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Starting in 1995 when he realized he needed a fourth part-time job to make ends meet, Eddie James has been something of a radio chameleon.

In the space of four years, he worked behind the microphone at no fewer than four stations in one market (occasionally at the EXACT same time) using various on-air aliases including Max Blaster, Commissioner Jim Gordon, and the Subverter.

Eddie has been absent from the local airwaves since he fled to a beach on the west coast of Mexico in late 1999, fearing that the "Y2K bug" would mean the end of civilization in general, and of the unsustainable American way of life in particular.

His refugee status earned him political asylum, and he eventually joined a professional wrestling circuit, where he assumed "Total Package" as yet another stage name. Inspired by the storied bordertown tradition of betting on cockfights, Eddie dressed as a giant fighting cock in the ring, wearing a costume he constructed himself from ostrich feathers.

Although he has made a home of his car in the past, he has now foresworn internal combustion as the devil's work. Wishing to rededicate himself to his lapsed vows of poverty and celibacy, he returned to eastern Iowa's airwaves seeking Nirvana and other great rock bands.

What's your favorite public radio show?

"On The Media" is my favorite. I am fascinated by the topics, and Bob & Brooke are skilled debaters.

I'm sick to death of "A Prairie Home Companion" but I enjoy "Selected Shorts" instead.

I wish that "Says You!" was on more often. If I hosted a show on NPR, I think a game show would be fun, but more fast paced and not as square as that show from Wisconsin.

What's your secret talent?

It's fire swallowing, but it's no secret.

What song is stuck in your head right now, you know, a music wedgie?

Some early Faith No More I think... no, dammit! It's "Killer Queen"

What sound is most characteristic of where you live?

Undoubtedly it's the freight trains, which can be heard everywhere all over town.

What's your favorite sound memory?

Finding myself as an unlikely member of a cast of skilled choral singers, one passage in a song during a production of the Ugly-Duckling-Inspired musical "Honk!" which ran for two weekends in 2003.

Which station do you listen to most?

KUNI, Cedar Falls, IA

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