Patrick Murray

@nprpatrick.bsky.social

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Audio Engineer & Production Support for NPR since 1997. TD Emeritus of WATC, News Ops, WESAT, & WESUN. Proud member of NABET 31. Somewhat reformed Mass-Hole.

A picture of a transistor radio tuned to ESPN-LA being held in the stands of BMO stadium while the LAFC RSL match plays in the background
This is a screenshot of a history from UPS for package that was originated into Ontario California and was expected to be delivered to Los Angeles California. It took over two weeks because the package went across the country to Middletown, Pennsylvania.
Me standing in front of this stairway to the stone porch of a yellow craftsman bungalow, wearing a Mexican national team jersey along with blue jeans and blue and white shoes
This is a photo of a DirecTV branded TiVo remote. Though they look very similar, with its peanut shape, the IR signal was coded for DirecTV gear rather than TiVo gear and they weren’t interchangeable.
It is a screenshot of a Twitter post, which says: Every lifelong Catholic I've ever met is like "I think we're supposed to give this food to poor people" and every adult convert is like "the Archon of Constantinople's epistle on the Pentacostine rites of the eucharist clearly states women shouldn't have driver's licenses."
A display table at Barnes & Noble with a sign that says new in non-fiction. There are at least 20 books on the table with multiple copies stacked high. on the second round of books on the right hand side is a book titled “Planet Money, A Guide to the Economic Forces That Shape Your Life”
The pictures are contains two chocolate chip cookies laid on top of each other on top of a faux prescription pad with writing, which says take two of these and call me in the morning
The photo is a mock up of the toilet installed into the International Space Station. The orientation of the toilet seat is not horizontal, but more diagonal to facilitate the user leaning their posterior against the seat.
Me in the Stands of BMO stadium wearing a heavy duty knit hooded poncho with a large pink angel pattern on it with a black background.
On top of an old wooden picnic table there is an orange equipment, bag and IP Codec, headphones, a microphone and a Starlink Internet device.
A View of BMO stadium from the back of the second tier over looking the midfield line of the pitch.
A picture of a colonial house painted yellow with an two oak trees in the front yard. There are five windows on the second floor four on the first with a entrance door in the center on the first floor. There is 3 feet of snow on the ground, which comes up above the windowsills.
Myself outside with about 8 inches of snow on the ground wearing a Darrow School hooded sweatshirt, black ski gloves, wool hat, jeans and LL Bean Duck boots pushing a small Toro Electric Snow Shovel to clear a driveway while the snow is still falling
Me standing on the porch of the Sunny Bungalow all decked out in LAFC Gear with a 2022 season scarf a black and gold radio set to 710 am for play by play. My driver cap with the LAFC patch and my”Tacos” sweatshirt in the LAFC logo style.
The radio that’s in a Ford CMax Energize tuned to the station KXLU in Los Angeles
A navy blue cap with the old Pat the Patriot Embroidered on it set on top of a navy blue fleece scarf with the Flying Elvis Patriot helmet logo and the Patriot logo printed on it
A brand new U.S. passport which is slightly opened on top of a stone counter which has shades of grey and white marbling
The before shot of me trying to replace the sheathing over the wires of my bike light the pictures of a small circuit board with capacitors, chips and connectors plus 4 neatly soldered 22 gauged wires in red, black, white, and green, neatly attached to their contacts with a dab of solder.
A roast beef sandwich with lettuce, tomato, horseradish and cream cheese, encased in an onion bun, on top of a small white plate, which is on top of the grates for a gas stove top.
The photo is of eight approximately 3 inch onion buns, laid vertically into columns in the picture. They are fresh out of the oven and are a deep golden brown with sesame seeds on the top and a bit of shine to the crust. They are on top of a wire rack, which is on top of the grates for a gas stove in order to cool
Me standing, leaning against the official Mattapoisett, Massachusetts town entry sign. I’m on the side of Route 6 on the Marion Mattapoisett line. The sign is on an 8 foot aluminum pole. It’s a large white sign with the top edge cut so that it looks like an open book. The word entering is written in a curve across the top and the word Mattapoisett is written straight along the bottom. In the center is the Massachusetts state seal and on either side are the words Inc. and 1857
A picture of the top of the Hollywood Hills with the famous sign in the foreground and the snow capped San Gabriel mountains behind it
A picture of the control center at NPR West with A “wall“ of six large TV screens showing various playback machines meters and automation indications along with two smaller TVs on top of the wall with programming on them in the center of the wall on the top is four digital displays for timers and in the center of that mount is a real time clock Below the wall and closer to the camera are two rows of work positions with the various equipment to allow us to control feeds and fix audio
This is a video taken at two locations on Bologna Creek in the Los Angeles area, where the amount of water rushing out of it is tremendous as you should be able to tell by the sound of the water
My self standing on the median of North Capitol Street leaning against the Traffic signal pole with the NPR headquarters building behind me and the 4 story entrance sign right behind me with lines ove purple leds placed vertically on the sign and topped with a black and white NPR Logo
A Plastic Box with 4 tiers, one Yellow One Blue one Red one green used to sort Lego Bricks by size. It’s on the sidewalk filled with various Lego pieces. It has a sign which says Lego Sorter Free/gratis.
A picture of me is from the shoulders up sitting in front of an announcement board for the next stop, which is LAX/Metro Transit Center
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This is a photo of me standing with my legs crossed in front of a red VW micro bus, located at the Guthrie Center in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. in the rear window of the bus, there’s a 12” round sticker in black and white commemorating the 50th anniversary of the song Alice’s Restaurant. The white Trinity Church is in the background. The scene is shaded by a large oak tree. I’m wearing a green sweater with black and white stripes, a pair of hickory colored khakis with a matching driver’s cap, along with sunglasses.
In the photo is a picture of me wearing a Driver cap which you can barely see the rim of, glasses which are darkened half way. You can see most of my face and a third of my torso I’m wearing a maroon sweatshirt with a small “WBZ Radio and Television, Operations and Engineering” logo. I have an empty seat to my right which has a Vinyl cover which matches my Sweatshirt.
Imagine of the NY Times Crossword for Tuesday November 18, 2025. Looking at the clue for 12-down “Limerick’s Locale”
2 dozen perfectly cooked English muffins cooling on a rack in a 1/2 sheet pan on a butcher block cart infringes of a kitchen stove.
2 half sheet pan trays with plastic covers filled with 12 proofing English muffins each
Screen shot of today’s NYTimes Connections Puzzle with the Green answer (Second Tier) answered first. “Band, Channel, Frequency, Station = Radio Tuning Options. “
A poster advertising registration for men ages 18 to 25 for selective service to be a part of a draft for war if one is ever called for
A Pupu platter for 2 at Chan’s in Woonsocket RI. This consists of a large wooden segmented bowl with appetizers in each segment, including egg rolls, crab Rangoon shrimp chips fried shrimp, chicken wings and spareribs. In the center of the bowl is a cast-iron sterno burner
The view from the second story of a CalTrain EMU set two tracks away.
Three. Turkeys standing by a tree in the grassy median of University Ave in Berkeley an orange Road closed in the foreground and a city Target in the background.
Out with Susan Stamberg on Hollywood Boulevard during the unveiling of Matthew Broderick’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, talking to Sarah Jessica Parker.
Susan Stamberg in a group photo surrounded by her dedicated and grateful co-workers. From L->R: Jason DeRose, Karen Grigsby Bates, Danny Hajek, Ina Jaffe, Angie Hamilton-Lowe, scenario Clinton, Susan, Jonaki Mehta, Leo del Aguila, Kirk Siegler, and me, at NPR West
Four English muffins on a black griddle having been cooked on one side so they have the telltale brown large spot on the side that’s facing up. Also, you can see specs of semolina flower sprinkled on it.
An info sign posted on the wall of the Academy Museum with it’s English title as:“Making the Shark” and the Spanish title as: “La Creación del Tiburón”
A white bowl on a tan table filled with spaghetti topped with sliced chicken. A small “silver” fork is to the left of it. Behind the bow it a tulip shaped 32-oz glass with water and a large ice cube in it.
Three single serving packets of condiments. The one on the left is for Hunts ketchup the one in the center is Heinz mustard and the one on the right is Heinz mayonnaise. The background is red and white check wax paper.
The rear of a Late 1980’s 2-tone Honda Civic (Black/Baby Blue) with an orange license plate with red lettering from Arizona denoting this vehicle as Historic.
A car infotainment screen showing 4 windows with phone status, audio system status, climate control status, GPS Status, and at the top of the screen is the time 4:42pm and the temperature 107°