Kellie: It's called Daisy Bell and I found it, years and years later, when a coworker told me about it.Īmory: So I know it by the title, and this might be a more modern title, “A Bicycle Built For Two.” I can't remember it now, but it was an older song, and I would sing it all the time. Especially since Madison is spending a lot of time with Kellum. Today’s episode, Imaginary Friend.īen: So this three year old, Madison, has a new imaginary friend named Kellum.
Yes, this month, we’re featuring scary stories in a series we’re calling…Īmory: And we’re coming to you from WBUR, Boston’s NPR station. And then we found out about the song.Īmory: I’m Amory Sivertson, and you’re listening to Endless Thread.īen: The show featuring stories found in the vast ecosystem of online communities called Reddit. But Kellie was still trying to play it cool.
If one of them told you that they had an imaginary friend, who was a middle-aged man, would that ring any alarm bells?īen: I mean, if he’s teaching them how to skateboard or something I’d be in favor of that.īen: But yeah no, in general I think it would ring some alarm bells. He was always wearing work clothes, like outside clothes.Īmory: Ben, you have young children. He kind of felt like a father figure to me. Madison: I remember one time, I had a little table and chair sitting in my room and I would make playdough sandwiches for me and him or I would build towers and knock them down because he thought it was funny. She played with him when she was small, she enjoyed his company. Kellie: He’s not disturbing anything at the house. I confess.īen: And Kellie didn’t pick up on any weird vibes around her daughter’s new imaginary friend.at first. Kellie: My Reddit handle is “Who Farted” and it's spelled h-o-o-f underscore h-a-r-d-e-d.Īmory: I did not pick up on that. This one's, you know, there's only one of this one. Kellum first started visiting Madison when she was 3 years old.
Madison: I had Dana and Steve, Froga and Kinga, and Boyfriend and Girlfriend.īen: One day, along came a new imaginary friend…not part of a pair. She is 15 years old now, but when she was little, she had imaginary friends. All I can remember is just him being there.Īmory: This is Madison. Madison: I don't remember seeing him for the first time. music, sound effects, tone) are harder to translate to text.Īmory Sivertson: Do you remember the first time you saw Kellum? The transcript has been edited from our original script for clarity. uk is a company that can work with any format, including the short-lived MiniDisc.This content was originally created for audio. That said, I may cheat and call on the services of an audio conversion specialist. What about reel-to-reel recordings? My father has a collection I’m keen to preserve and with his old player still working (just) and a five-pin DIN-to-stereo jack, I can connect to his computer’s microphone. You can also clean up poor recordings, although that might lose the individuality and little imperfections that your recordings have picked up over the years and that you’ve grown to love.
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