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GG20200303 -- Eugenics by G K Chesterton Part 1 Chapter 1

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Wed, 04 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000

"Eugenics and Other Evils," by G.K. Chesterton, published in 1922.

Narrator's Introduction:

For the next few paragraphs I will speak for myself, to set the stage for G.K. Chesterton's book, and to suggest why I believe it is still an important book.

I think G.K. Chesterton explains his book rather well in his introduction, but it might help to start with a sense of the time in question. Chesterton started work on Eugenics and Other Evils in about 1910, but it was not completed and published until 1922. In his own introduction he talks about the period before and after "The War." The war he refers to is now called World War One.

We now have a distaste for the word Eugenics, largely driven by events in World War Two. But at the time this book was published, Eugenics was lauded to the skies as a wonderful idea, and Chesterton was nearly the only person saying in writing that Eugenics was in fact evil. A case could be made, and has been made, that today, though the word Eugenics is avoided, some practices that are in fact Eugenic practices, and some sciences that are in fact Eugenic sciences, enjoy great popularity and engender great public enthusiasm. To which practices and which sciences I refer, is left as an exercise for the reader.

To the Reader:

"...It was a time when this theme was the topic of the hour; when eugenic babies (not visibly very distinguishable from other babies) sprawled all over the illustrated papers; when the evolutionary fancy of Nietzsche was the new cry among the intellectuals; and when Mr. Bernard Shaw and others were considering the idea that to breed a man like a cart-horse was the true way to attain that higher civilisation, of intellectual magnanimity and sympathetic insight, which may be found in cart-horses...."

Part 1 -- The False Theory

Chapter One:

"The wisest thing in the world is to cry out before you are hurt. It is no good to cry out after you are hurt; especially after you are mortally hurt."

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Eugenics by GK Chesterton - the Promo

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Wed, 19 Feb 2020 08:06:50 +0000

I'm going to be reposting my old recordings of G.K. Chesterton's "Eugenics and Other Evils." I heard the other day that the idea is making a comeback. Again. And Chesterton said what needed to be said rather well. He could make a point, stick it in your gut, and make you chuckle when he did it.

And, sad to say, it does need to be said. Again. Coming soon to a podcast near you.

Episode 20181127 - Back in the Game

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Tue, 27 Nov 2018 13:26:51 +0000

Where I've been and what I've been doing and not doing. And where I'm going next.

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Episode 20180527 - Not Too Terribly Special

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sun, 27 May 2018 07:55:00 +0000

Exhausted, all my tech is failing, including this podcast. Oh, did I mention I'm losing my hearing and half-blind in one eye? So, how's your year been going. See also one of my earliest podcast episodes, "Some Old Guy Whining."

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Prince Martin Wins His Sword - the Promo!

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Mon, 30 Apr 2018 02:10:19 +0000

I recently completed the Audible version of "Prince Martin Wins His Sword" for the author, Brandon Hale. While recording this rhyming book, I noticed a particular piece of music fit the rhyme scheme perfectly. And then I also noticed the promotional language on the book's page on Amazon also rhymed the same way.

And the rest is history... a promo was born!

Griz

Hiber-Nation 20180419 - Federalist # 16 - The Same Subject Continued: The Insufficiency of the Present Confederation to Preserve the Union

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 19 Apr 2018 23:00:00 +0000

Back in the saddle, with a few saddle sores. And a bit of news. And then, The Same Subject Continued.

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Hiber-Nation 20180208 - Federalist # 15 - The Insufficiency of the Present Confederation to Preserve the Union

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 08 Feb 2018 18:00:00 +0000

Everybody agreed the Articles of Confederacy weren't working. Not everyone agreed how much needed to be changed.

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Hiber-Nation 20180201 - Federalist # 14 - Objections to the Proposed Constitution From Extent of Territory Answered

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 01 Feb 2018 18:00:00 +0000

Hello, welcome back for Federalist # 14, "Objections to the Proposed Constitution From Extent of Territory Answered."

You know, I do love reading these older works aloud for you. I like to think it adds a living energy to words to which you and I have paid far too little attention for far too long. I've mentioned that I don't read ahead very much, to keep the material fresh for me. I like suprises as much as you folks do. Much of the Federalist papers are rather calm, rather clerical, rather tame. The first part of this essay is much the same. But towards the end, there's quite a crescendo, lemme tell ya.

This one purports to be written by James Madison, though the Alexander Hamilton Awareness Society argues that most or all were written by Hamilton. That's possible. But it seems to me the more firey essays do seem to be attributed to Madison. So it's an intriguing question. And it's nice to find an intriguing question about something written 230 years ago. Hope I do it justice.

Good day!

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Hiber-Nation 20180125 - Federalist # 13 - Advantage of the Union in Respect to Economy in Government

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Fri, 26 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Hello, we meet again, this time for Federalist # 13, "Advantage of the Union in Respect to Economy in Government."

Once again, the Federalist's primary argument for the Constitution is that it is the only way to preserve the Union, all the states working together. That argument is assumed throughout this essay. And once again, the Federalist gives us an answer to a question raised in our current era.

Hamilton contends that there are functions that must be carried out by the national government, whether that nation be one state, one of three or more confederacies, or a nation comprised of all the thirteen states. With that in mind, a single government would be most economical, without duplicating necessary national functions three times, or thirteen times.

Modern politicians often argue that the Federal government is too expensive and inefficient. I'd counter that people governing themselves is expensive and inefficient, and worth preserving. The alternative offered is not some better Federal government. It is a Federal government that doesn't actually perform the necessary work. When one completes half the work, or none of the work, one can sure save a lot of money. Monarchy or tyranny is relatively cheap, and can look a lot more efficient, what with the trains running on time, and all those parades of marching uniforms.

But I digress. Let's let Mr Hamilton speak for himself. Good day!

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Episode 20180122 - Our Stories Tell Us

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Mon, 22 Jan 2018 09:47:01 +0000

We all tell stories, and listen to stories, and learn from stories. And our stories tell us, too.

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Hiber-Nation 20180118 - Federalist # 12 - The Utility of the Union In Respect to Revenue

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 18 Jan 2018 18:00:00 +0000

Hello again. Tonight is Federalist # 12, which is all about Revenue. Or in other words, tax collecting.

Naturally this one is written by Alexander Hamilton, the banker. He founded the Bank of New York. Later on, President George Washington appointed him as the first Secretary of the Treasury, and in that capacity he also founded the first Bank of the United States. So he would be the one to write an essay to convince the people of New York that the Constitution would be a great idea, because the government would be better at collecting taxes. I admit I got a bit of a chuckle out of that. Can't picture a modern legislator promoting anything with the idea it'd let the Federal government collect more taxes. Anyway, I found it a bit amusing. Then again, I also get many of the dirty jokes in Shakespeare.

The modern debates on reforming the tax code, basically started with the work of Alexander Hamilton.

But he does make some valid points. No government can do much without revenue, no one can, really. If it's got to be done, and it does, it ought to be done well. And he does say that most of that revenue would come from duties on imports, and not from landowners and especially not from farmers, who generally don't have much cash anyway. That had to go over rather well in a largely agrarian society.

This is a short one, but has value of it's own. Good day.

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Hiber-Nation 20180111 - Federalist # 11 - The Utility of the Union in Respect to Commercial Relations and a Navy

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 11 Jan 2018 18:00:00 +0000

Hello again. Tonight I'm recording Federalist #11. This is not the most exciting essay to the modern ear, being primarily about international trade, especially by sea. The ending does get a bit firey.

I am not a trained historian, just a history fan, I suppose. In 1787 America didn't have much of a navy to speak of. And British naval power, or French for that matter, was much stronger. The only advantage we had was the very long way they had to travel to do much of anything to us, and the ongoing conflicts between Britain and France, which made conflict with us an inconvenient side issue in many ways. I find the coverage of American Naval potential interesting in the very different resources necessary for naval building in those days: tar, pitch, turpentine and the strong wood available from the southern states, oh, and some of the iron from the north, too.

The essay also mentions hypothetically cutting off direct trade with Britain, and how it might put us in a strong position negotiating a trade treaty with them. Twenty-five years later we were at war once again with Britain, after cutting off trade, in part due to trusting France, in part due to our still lacking a strong enough navy to keep Britain from kidnapping our merchant seamen and impressing them into the British navy. We won again, largely due to the internal lines of supply also discussed here, which same have also been the foundation of every war we've won, in my amateur opinion. We didn't always build the best of anything, but we sure built a lot of 'em in a hurry.

The most strongly worded part of this essay is at the end, suggesting a European opinion that America weakened anyone who went there. I wasn't around at the time, so I'll take Hamilton's word on that. We were still desperately vulnerable, and building a strong navy was probably a very good idea. But I believe what saved us was largely the French conflict with Britain, and our willingness to persist in fighting long enough that Britain couldn't sustain a war against us. And finally, it was the commercial side, internal and external trade, that allowed us to become a strong, viable nation.

And the Union, providing a framework for our internal cooperation, was essential to our later external strength.

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Episode 20180108 - Madison's Plea

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Mon, 08 Jan 2018 10:06:41 +0000

Hello ladies and gentlemen.

This is David Grizzly Smith. You probably guessed that, of course.

I normally wouldn't do what I'm going to do tonight. This is rather unusual for Grizzly's Growls -- though Grizzly's Growls doesn't have a strict format, and besides it's mine, I can do what I want.

As you know, I've been getting a few episodes ahead in my recording of the Federalist Papers. Tonight I recorded Federalist #14, the whole of which you'll hear when it drops on February 1st. Every time I've recorded a book, it seems, there's that one part I have to record two or three times. It gets me right in the heart, and I break down a bit trying to get the words out. So I do it over till I can finish it intelligibly, more or less.

This time, so far at least, it was Federalist #14. It purports to have been written by James Madison, and I can believe that, it seems the most heartfelt essays came from Madison. Some sources'd say Hamilton really wrote them. I'd go with Madison, even so.

The first part of the essay is along the workmanlike likes of those just prior. And then I got to the last part. And I could hear in the words the voice of a warrior for American independence, and American innovation, at a time when Kings and Queens were the order of the day for much of the world. And at a time when some in this country were arguing for dividing us up into fragments, rather than preserving the Union which made the American revolution possible.

Seems to me there are those forces and those voices today who likewise would like to divide us. And we need words that express those fundamental values and that fundamental unity in which almost all of us believe. We are quarreling amongst ourselves, as families do sometimes. And there are certainly those who'd like to encourage those quarrels, to weaken us and strengthen their own grasp on their wealth and power over us.

I think James Madison said it well, so I'm going to let him say his piece. If you're interested, the background music is Johann Sebastian Bach's "Prelude in C Major" played by Kevin MacLeod, the theme music for the whole series. Enjoy. And I hope you take it to heart, as I did.

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Hiber-Nation 20180104 - Federalist # 10 - The Same Subject Continued: The Union as a Safeguard Against Domestic Faction and Insurrection

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 04 Jan 2018 18:00:00 +0000

Hello again and welcome to Federalist #10. You may remember I mentioned I'd be recording this the same night as #9.

I was startled to notice that #9, "The Union as a Safeguard Against Domestic Faction and Insurrection" was written by Hamilton, and was rather intellectual. But #10, "The Same Subject Continued" came from James Madison, who seems so staid in the pictures, but who's a bit of a firebrand in this essay.

There's a lot to love about this one. Once again the author wrote a couple of centuries back, but seems to have watched TV last night. While I'm sure there was a temptation to high-flown rhetoric, Madison was cold-bloodedly pragmatic about the vulnerabilities of the Republic. He knew it wouldn't be perfect, but he knew it could be protected and made better.

I also noted Madison's reference to "the most numerous party, or, in other words, the most powerful faction," which reminded me of John Stuart Mill's mention in On Liberty, Chapter One, of "the majority, or those who succeed in making themselves accepted as the majority," more than a century later. Madison shows a realistic view of government one might not expect from the Federalist, if one approaches it as some sort of religious work, rather than what it is, a political work intended to convey rationally how one might form a durable republic, and to convince the citizens that this new Constitution would accomplish that.

It has been pointed out elsewhere that the founders assumed the citizens, if provided with the facts, would make intelligent choices. I'd expect that to be necessary in the foundation of any Republic. If the citizens aren't equipped to choose correctly, then you either equip them, or you choose a different form of government. But I think this essay makes clear that the founders understood the people could also make incredibly bad choices. The hope was that there'd be enough people making enough choices that it'd all come out fairly well even so.

I hope so, too.

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Hiber-Nation 20180101 - Federalist # 9 - The Union as a Safeguard Against Domestic Faction and Insurrection

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Mon, 01 Jan 2018 18:00:00 +0000

Tonight I'm recording Federalist number 9. I'm sorry that I'm way behind the weekly recordings I originally planned. It was such a lovely plan, wasn't it? I'm going to try to record two tonight, so I can get caught back up.

I feel like there ought to be three aspects of this essay for me to comment about, but I can only think of two. First I note that Hamilton describes generally the best and worst of the ancient Greek and Roman republics. These descriptions feel all too well fitted around our own necks. Listen for yourself, tell me I'm wrong, because I'd like to be.

Secondly I note that Hamilton defends the new Constitution by pointing out new innovations in republican government that should prevent the worst excesses of past republics. He's quite right, they should. But these new ideas aren't magical incantations, inscriptions and annointings that will frighten off all possible future demons. These are practices and processes, habits and jobs. And these jobs must be done every day by those we've hired to do them, or there are no protections, there are no checks and there is no balance.

And now I see that third thing I figured must be there ... because there are always three things, ask anyone who's written a speech or an essay.

Hamilton's republic demands that we are lead by our best and brightest, who we choose from among ourselves. If our best aren't all that good, and our brightest not always very bright, we elect enough of them that they will improve their results by working together. If we trust a few who are not worthy of trust, the rest will demand better behavior of them, and check their worst abuses. But if we fail, if we choose representatives who will not act in the public interest, or who will not act at all unless marching obediently behind the fools they follow, there is no magical incantation in the Constitution that can save us.

No magic but time. If we and our Republic survive, perhaps we will have a chance to choose better next time.

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Episode 20171225 - The Symbol and the Saint by Eugene Field

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Mon, 25 Dec 2017 15:13:52 +0000

"The Symbol and the Saint," from "Christmas Tales and Christmas Verse," by Eugene Field, published in 1912.

A very pretty story I found, and recorded on this date back in 2008, as Hiber-Nation 45. Still makes a good audio Christmas card, not perfect, but heartfelt.

Best wishes for a joyous holiday season, whatever holiday you celebrate! And here's to better times in the coming year.

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Hiber-Nation 20171221 - Federalist # 8 - The Consequences of Hostilities Between the States

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 21 Dec 2017 18:00:00 +0000

Some dangers we avoided early, but encountered later.

And what I didn't know, but didn't want to spoil the surprise.

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Episode 20171215 - The FCC Killed The Internet!

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sat, 16 Dec 2017 04:38:18 +0000

OH MY GOD THE FCC JUST DESTROYED THE INTERNET AND MADE IT NOT NEUTRAL ANYMORE!!! Well, no.

A brief quote at the end from "The Desiderata."

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Hiber-Nation 20171214 - Federalist # 7 - The Same Subject Continued: Concerning Dangers from Dissensions Between the States

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 14 Dec 2017 18:00:00 +0000

Reference to a shared YouTube clip from "The Newsroom" which is sadly on-point for this episode, and which you can see on my Podbusker.com blog.

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Hiber-Nation 20171019 - Federalist # 6 - Concerning Dangers from Dissensions Between the States

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 19 Oct 2017 17:00:00 +0000

We fight amongst ourselves, but we're still family even so.

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Hiber-Nation 20171012 - Federalist # 5 - The Same Subject Continued: Concerning Dangers From Foreign Force and Influence

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 12 Oct 2017 17:00:00 +0000

Though these essays seem to be separate pieces, they are also organized to work together as a cohesive piece. Also, as with other old works I've recorded, there are lessons here that apply well to our modern circumstances. Every day we see "Dangers From Foreign Force and Influence," don't we?

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Hiber-Nation 20171005 - Federalist # 4 - The Same Subject Continued: Concerning Dangers From Foreign Force and Influence

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 05 Oct 2017 17:00:00 +0000

Everything new is old again.

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Hiber-Nation 20170928 - Federalist # 3 - The Same Subject Continued: Concerning Dangers From Foreign Force and Influence

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 28 Sep 2017 17:00:00 +0000

Upon further review ... one essay per podcast, for the moment.

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Hiber-Nation 20170921 - Federalist # 2 - Concerning Dangers from Foreign Force and Influence

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 21 Sep 2017 17:00:00 +0000

A possible change in format. But not this time.

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Hiber-Nation 20170914 - Federalist # 1 - General Introduction

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 14 Sep 2017 17:00:00 +0000

My first effort on the Federalist Papers. One of those learning experiences you've heard about.

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Episode 20170821 - Local Elections

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Mon, 21 Aug 2017 07:57:05 +0000

Talked briefly to Janet Kennedy who's a candidate for an At Large seat on the Duluth City Council. She was nice enough to ask, so I'll probably vote for her. I'd have her on the show sometime, too, I think. Dunno if she'd do it, though.

Episode 20170520 - Federalist #1 test video

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sun, 21 May 2017 05:45:21 +0000

Tried a Youtube livestream recording for Federalist #1 as I mentioned a while back. Probably need to redo it. Wanted to see how the video file would be handled by Libsyn, though. (Bad video, since my room's a mess!)

Episode 20170219 - The Federalist Papers?

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 23 Feb 2017 23:30:00 +0000

Think I'll record all 85 essays in The Federalist Papers. But I'm not sure I should.

Episode 20170220 - On Liberty by John Stuart Mill Chapter 5

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Mon, 20 Feb 2017 23:00:00 +0000

Chapter 5, The final (hour-long) Chapter. Mill provides some sample applications for the principles from previous chapters. And points out that though society could restrict liberty when others experience loss, that doesn't mean they always should. Some losses aren't as important as preserving Liberty.

Hope you enjoyed the book.

Episode 20170216 - On Liberty by John Stuart Mill Chapter 4

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 16 Feb 2017 23:00:00 +0000

Chapter 4 - Aren't there limits on liberty and individuality? Certainly. But there are also limits on society, and both are to preserve. And sometimes, liberty has costs. But liberty is worth the costs.

Episode 20170213 - On Liberty by John Stuart Mill Chapter 3 Part 2

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Mon, 13 Feb 2017 23:00:00 +0000

Chapter 3 Part 2 - It's important to be an individual, and to allow others to be individuals in thought and act. And it's important to preserve that liberty, even for individuals you don't like. Because they come up with good new ways of doing things. Bad new ways, too -- and then you learn what doesn't work... Something like that. Mill explains it better, just listen!

Episode 20170209 - On Liberty by John Stuart Mill Chapter 3 Part 1

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 09 Feb 2017 23:00:00 +0000

Chapter 3 Part 1 - Mill speaks about the importance of not just thinking and talking but acting as an individual (as long as you don't harm others) and preserving the right to act as an individual. One of the strengths of his arguments is that though he might well not approve of some of our new sorts of individuality, his truths about liberty are still true. And will drive some folks crazy. Which is why I do this!

Episode 20170206 - On Liberty by John Stuart Mill Chapter 2 Part 4

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Mon, 06 Feb 2017 23:00:00 +0000

The pursuit of truth, and the necessity for opposition, in politics and government. On point, anyone? Timely, even a century old.

Episode 20170204 - Thanks for All the Fish

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sun, 05 Feb 2017 06:24:03 +0000

Ten years of podcasts, and I almost missed the anniversary. I'm a bit down tonight, and I'd completely forgotten till the last minute, so nothing planned. So, it is what it is.

Episode 20170126 - On Liberty by John Stuart Mill Chapter 2 Part 3

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 02 Feb 2017 23:00:00 +0000

Chapter 2 Part 3 - Why even regular people still have to hear all the views, even though the Best and Brightest know what's best for them.

Episode 20170126 - On Liberty by John Stuart Mill Chapter 2 Part 2

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Mon, 30 Jan 2017 23:00:00 +0000

Chapter 2 Part 2. Mill talks about the idea that persecution is always good for new (religious) truths. Love this because so many of the new persecutors claim to be bringing back Old Time Religion. Here's an intelligent religious philosopher from a century ago petty much slapping them down in so many ways.

Post truth? Yeah, right. It's in there.

Episode 20170128 - Politically Correct

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sun, 29 Jan 2017 04:35:11 +0000

Was going to to a blogpost or podcast about Political Correctness. I started by looking up the origins of the phrase, "Politically Correct."

So I ranted a bit on YouTube. But video takes a whole lot of space on my Libsyn account, so...

Episode 20170126 - On Liberty by John Stuart Mill Chapter 2 Part 1

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 26 Jan 2017 23:00:00 +0000

And now it starts to get good! Chapter 2 Part 1, including some opening comments on freedom of the Press which kinda sting to listen to. I could tell Mill was getting rolling, and so did I. Enjoy!

Episode 20170124 - On Liberty by John Stuart Mill Chapter 1

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Wed, 25 Jan 2017 06:19:44 +0000

Since I'm at a low ebb in confidence and energy, I'm bringing back a project I started back in 2012 and didn't finish till 2014, "On Liberty" by John Stuart Mill. I think it's on point for current events. And I think some things bear repeating right now. And this time I'll just put it all up right away.

In the meantime, perhaps I'll manage to record something new for you? Still haven't gotten the recording I needed to finish Swinging Doors. And there's three or four other possible Next Projects.

Episode 2017-01-21 On the Bias

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sun, 22 Jan 2017 01:35:38 +0000

A critique of "unbiased journalism," and why not everyone is a Journalist.

Wanted to talk about a pet peeve, not really an issue as such. Unbiased Journalism.

You're out there saying, "But wait, unbiased journalism is a very important issue!" I understand your feeling that way. But actually it's only an issue because of misuse of terms. Everyone who has a job in what we still call the Press for some reason, wants to be called a Journalist. This is understandable. Journalist sounds like a cool and hip job. Assuming anyone not my age still says cool and/or hip. Most jobs in the press, quite frankly, sound kinda geeky, and perhaps even sleezy. Journalist means one particular vocation, or perhaps an avocation, and not all of them.

Let's go back in history for a bit. The Press actually started with folks who actually used presses, to print newspapers. On actual paper. And at least hypothetically, newspapers conveyed news. News was gathered by news reporters -- not journalists, reporters. News is very simple. It's what happened, who what when where and how. That's all. Not why. Why is not news. If someone said what they thought was why, I suppose that's news, the "somebody said" part is. That's something that happened or didn't. But that last bit is hopefully done with caution, because "why" itself, is not News.

As for Bias, well, a news report is not biased, if it simply states who what when where and how. It can't be. What happened happened, and it's news. If it didn't happen, then it's not news, it's a lie. If someone lies, the lie is news, and the truth is news to demonstrate, if you will, the truth about the lie.

And a news reporter, had better not be a Journalist.

A journalist is a whole 'nother sort of animal. Back in the day, most people didn't travel much at all. It's still pretty rare for folks to go very far from where they were born. Travelling was something special, and usually very expensive. Sometimes some fairly well-known person would get to travel out of their own home area, maybe even to another country on another continent. They might keep a journal of their adventures on their travels, possibly so they could write a book later. And they might agree to occasionally share a page or two of their travel journal with a newspaper, and they might well get paid a bit for doing that. So they became a Journalist.

Is a Journalist biased? Of course, absolutely. A journalist is supposed to be biased. We read the works of a journalist because an interesting person is visiting interesting places, doing interesting things for interesting reasons. We don't just want an elementary school "What I Did This Summer." We want their impressions. We want their opinions. We demand their biases. If they are not biased, they are boring, and we'll go read the news instead.

Travel today is marginally cheaper, and it is marginally easier for regular folks to go some other places. But still, most of us don't leave the country without wearing a uniform and possibly carrying a government issued firearm. Journalists may go to places we could conceivably visit. But we still expect their impressions. We still demand bias. An "Investigative Journalist" is exploring another sort of place, the dark and stinking underbelly of a beast with an innocent and mostly pristine face. They often can't be sure what happened, they can only draw conclusions from what limited facts they can gather. Again, we demand bias, and hope they are biased in the same direction we are. We hope they value the truth, and strive toward it. But we want their attitudes to be part of their stories.

The news is just the news. Does this mean a newspaper can't be biased? No, quite the opposite. In 1886, Adolph Simon Ochs applied the slogan "All the News That's Fit to Print" to the New York Times. Other papers were blatantly sensational. He wanted his paper to be a NEWS paper. From what I've read, he did his best to live up to that. Realistically, newspapers print "all the news that fits." They have to be selective about what they print. They are selective about what gets on the front page, if for no other reason than no more fits.

They are also selling papers, which in turn sells ads. So, like it or not, they have to pick and choose. A news report that is News will state the simple truth, as I said earlier. But given the editors have to select anyway, they select what suits them and sells papers. A newspaper, with the best of intentions, will be biased. A headline, to capture reader attention, will be biased. But news is news, or it is not.

An editor is not a journalist. An editor is an editor. And an editorial is opinion, not news. An editorial is intended to convey the opinion of the paper, usually of the owner, and sometimes of the editor which may not be the same.

A columnist is not exactly a journalist. A columnist expresses opinions, on important or on frivolous subjects, but usually within the day-to-day experience of the reader. A column is not news. A column is intended to convey the personality of the columnist in an entertaining fashion. In doing that, it is at least going to be affected by the opinions of the columnist. If it lacked that columnist's personality, that columnist's biases, it would simply not be worth reading. Even if it does, sometimes it's still not worth reading. But that's another story. You're probably buying the wrong paper.

Editorials and columns are thus, not ever unbiased. Of course they are not. They are opinion.

So, there is no such thing as "unbiased journalism," and there shouldn't be. News is news or it is not. But no news outlet will contain All The News, so it will be selective, and will one way or another be biased. A news outlet, so-called, will also contain opinion. Opinion is opinion. If it isn't biased, then I suppose it isn't opinion, is it?

And let us not forget the news reporter. The news reporter is not a Journalist, doesn't need to be, and can't be while remaining a news reporter. Reporting the news is an honorable profession, when done well. It is usually an unglamorous and unsung profession. Opinion needs a byline. The truth doesn't need a byline. A rose, by any other reporter, will smell as sweet.

Episode 20170101 - Citizens or Subjects? a column by Theodore Roosevelt

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Mon, 02 Jan 2017 04:11:47 +0000

Originally a VIDEO: Theodore Roosevelt's column, "Citizens or Subjects" from the KC Star, April 6, 1918 -- My live reading for my Grizzly's Growls podcast, on YouTube earlier this evening.

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Episode 173 - The Everlasting Man by G. K. Chesterton - Conclusion - The Summary of This Book - Appendix I & Appendix II

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Mon, 02 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Finally I'm done! A slight change in style, partly due to losing much of my voice...

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Episode 172 - The Everlasting Man by G. K. Chesterton - Part II Chapter VI The Five Deaths of the Faith

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Mon, 26 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Maybe strained my voice a bit recording this second- or third-to-last episode for this book, but I definitely want it on Podiobooks, too, so...

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Episode 171A -- The Symbol and the Saint by Eugene Field - Revisited

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Fri, 23 Dec 2016 23:19:44 +0000

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Episode 171 - The Everlasting Man by G. K. Chesterton - Part II Chapter V The Escape from Paganism

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Mon, 19 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Preparing for Chapter V, I found out there's also a Chapter VI that I hadn't known about, as well as a Conclusion chapter, then there's the two appendices. So I better get to steppin'.

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Episode 170 - The Everlasting Man by G. K. Chesterton - Part II Chapter IV The Witness of the Heretics

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sat, 10 Dec 2016 09:00:06 +0000

I can maybe get this book up on Podiobooks in time... along with my other project. But I'll have to be very quick! And then...

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Episode 169 -- The Latest Thing

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sun, 04 Dec 2016 06:49:59 +0000

Only a couple subjects to cover tonight. Maybe a brief "get off my lawn" rant on this new Virtual Reality thing.

First let me give you some rather bad news. Podiobooks.com has been sold to a site called Scribl. Podiobooks is still there. Sort of. The stuff I've already posted is still on that site. So far.

Thing is, Scribl is all about _selling_ audio versions of books. Podiobooks was about giving away audio versions of books, and accepting donations, if any. There weren't many donations, or at least I didn't see many. Lots of downloads and listeners, not so much with the money.

So, Scribl the sellers of audiobooks, don't accept anything using Creative Commons content. Can't sell something licensed for only non-commercial use. And even if I decided my recordings were not so licensed... I use Creative Commons licensed music and sound effects. I'd have to pay for commercially usable music to support the Public Domain books I record. And of course I can't afford to do that.

Higher bitrates, that I could manage. A few minor technical changes, maybe. Paying money I don't have for audio I don't want to use just doesn't make sense for me.

So while I've been preparing both the books I've been recording for posting to Podiobooks over the months I've been producing them... I can no longer put them on Podiobooks, because Scribl sets the rules there now, and I can't afford to fulfill their requirements. The only place my recordings of these books will be available will be on my own website. Which will be disappointing, because I don't have the audience Podiobooks has had. And I won't be able to do that final stage of posting Mike Hampston's book on Podiobooks, either, because I don't have the right licensing on the music I used to back those recordings, and I don't have the right permissions from the author to put it there anyway. Not on a commercial site like Scribl.

I suppose I might put the recordings on Librivox. The old books like Everlasting Man would be fine there. Don't think I can put Mike's book there. So all in all, after years of work... that kinda sucks. I can understand Evo selling the place. He's not obligated to keep it up just for someone like me. But that kinda breaks my plans. And I don't know what to do next.

And that other thing...

I've seen a lot of coverage of all the swell new-ish tech they offer now for trying Virtual Reality. Got yer basic wrap-around headsets, and special motion controllers and whatnot. All very shiny, new and expensive. Tend to require more powerful computers and more powerful graphic cards. Also very shiny and new.

But once I thought that through, the tech is all that's new. I've been playing around in a simulated three-dee environment for several years now, Second Life. No wrap-around goggles, just a keyboard and mouse to control interactions. But still, it's a three-D environment, albeit rendered in two-D. To be fair, sure the three-D effect is clever and new. The fancier controllers are new. To make all that work you'll need pretty heavy-duty graphics capabilities. So does Second Life, but I don't think the machine I use for SL could manage that. I'm sure playing with the new hardware will be fun for a while.

And yet...

What'll happen in these new VR worlds, in a social sense, will not be new. You'll start with the early adopters, and for a while the only people there will be those people. Exclusivity has a profound impact on the feel of any social environment, on computers or otherwise. If you were there, you know that about every previous social site, for as long as there have been computers. But then, of course, the companies trying to make money off all that will expand, and try to expand their audience. Crowds of new folks will come. The builders will come. And so will the griefers. The nice folks who treat each other well will be there, for a while. And the bad folks who treat others evilly will be there, too.

The new tech might allow new ways to interact and experience the environment. That'll be swell. But the people will still be people.

So I figure if you want to know how VR in virtual worlds, as compared to 3D video shows from real life, will turn out... you'll come to Second Life. The anonymity will most likely be the same. The interactions without apparent consequences will be the same. The loves will be the same, the hates will be the same. People will be the same. Only the technology will be different.

VR will be, they say, immersive. Second Life is immersive, too. Takes some time to get used to. So will VR. It would be entirely possible to upgrade the existing SL to work somewhat with VR hardware. It might not work well, but it's liable to be doable. And for that matter, however hard, it'd likely be quicker and cheaper than building a whole new world from scratch. Probably won't happen. But it could.

Anyway, if folks want to know what a real Virtual World, a real Metaverse would be like in a social sense, well, we can show you. Second Life started out as an experiment in exactly that Metaverse like experience. Been there, done that, got the virtual teeshirt.

Some of it is wonderful. Some of the people, in particular, are wonderful. And some of it sucks. The sucky parts suck disproportionally to the time and effort involved. I suppose the same could be said for the wonderful parts.

I don't think saying any of that will change anyone's opinion of SL. People who haven't been in SL, or been long enough to actually settle in, have already set their expectations in stone between their ears, and me talking here will probably not make a damn bit of difference. I don't think much of anyone more will come to SL to find out what VR will turn out to be.

But it's the truth. And if anyone is still interested in the truth anymore, this would be a good place to come find some of that particular truth. We have more than a decade of experience in a laboratory for the beginnings of that same phenomenon. Some of it will be new. Most of it will not.

Enjoy the magical new technology and hardware. But don't expect magical changes to human nature. Given time, you'll be in a place very much like here. And from my experience of previous technological advances and changes, it'll probably be much less than what we already have.

Good night. And good luck.

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Episode 168 - The Everlasting Man by G. K. Chesterton - Part II Chapter III The Strangest Story in the World

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 01 Dec 2016 09:34:40 +0000

Noticed an ironic typo in the title of the current chapter, and had to share that, but went with (probably) the correct version.

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Episode 167 - The Everlasting Man by G. K. Chesterton - Part II Chapter II The Riddles of the Gospel

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Mon, 28 Nov 2016 07:56:59 +0000

Upgraded my computer a bit, new SSD, but I might have done it wrong. Whole lot of room now, though. And then, "The Everlasting Man..."

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Episode 166 - The Everlasting Man by G. K. Chesterton - Part II Chapter I The God in the Cave

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 08:05:34 +0000

A little bit on starting work from home. Still feels odd, but probably good.

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Episode 165 - The Everlasting Man by G. K. Chesterton - Part I Chapter VIII The End of the World

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sun, 17 Jul 2016 13:24:55 +0000

Just a quick note, in case you've been wondering.

I've recorded more G.K. Chesterton books than of any other author. I like his writing, and I like the way I sound when I read it.

That doesn't mean I agree with everything he says, and I am not endorsing his beliefs. He was I gather considered a liberal by the standards of his day. By modern standards he'd be a bigot and a racist. He was profoundly parochial in every sense of the world, and proud of it. His views were those of a man of his time, place and background. He could use terms and language that in a public venue today would make jaws drop and fists rise. And yes, I quote them word for word. Because yes, that's what he wrote in the book.

That said, he was an intelligent man and a good writer. And he spoke in a manner that has gone out of fashion. It seems the fashion lately to despise people who don't agree, and to see malice in every opinion and action, what one writer has called the "indig-nation," a whole society whose first response is anger and hatred. As mentioned in the introduction to "Heretics," Chesterton could disagree strenuously with his closest friends, and they remained his closest friends. He admired them and treated them with respect. They returned that view. That's refreshing, and it's sad how rare that's become.

So I'm recording this book because I was asked. And I'm recording this book for the reason I recorded the others, because these books are worth exploring, it is valuable to be reminded that good ideas and wisdom weren't invented in last week's latest self-help book. Sometimes the old books ought to be dusted off and reread. And it's much easier if someone, me for example, can read them aloud to you so you don't just see what was typed, you know what was meant -- at least as well as I can figure that out.

So now that I've got that off my chest, let's get on with recording the book.

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Episode 164 - No Fly No Buy - Not Buyin' It

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sat, 02 Jul 2016 05:19:47 +0000

I have a severe allergy to too-clever political speech. This is my abrupt sneeze on a timely topic. Sorry. Here's a tissue.

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Episode 163 - My Well-Regulated Mansplanation

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 16 Jun 2016 02:39:29 +0000

I casually mentioned on Twitter that the late Chief Justice Warren Berger was wrong about the Second Amendment. And he was, indirectly. I got jumped on with both feet by someone with lots more followers than me. And when I responded without fawning, Twitter decided I must be hacked and took me offline.

So here's my well-regulated "mansplanation" of what I'd only suggested I might say before. It's not as articulate as it might be, and I didn't make an effort to respond to the million-follower trolls and flamewars in detail. Just said my piece in 10 minutes or so, and stopped.

It's a discussion we damn well better have now, while we still can. As some old white guy once said.

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Episode 162 - The Everlasting Man by G. K. Chesterton - Part I Chapter VII The War of the Gods and Demons

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sun, 12 Jun 2016 15:47:16 +0000

Got the Karaoke machine working. Turned out I simply needed to unplug and reseat the cable from the machine to the mixer, and it seems fine now. Here's hoping. And then The Everlasting Man...

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Episode 161 - The Everlasting Man by G. K. Chesterton - Part I Chapter VI The Demons and The Philosophers

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sun, 05 Jun 2016 14:20:32 +0000

Just a brief mention of trying to get my Karaoke machine working for singing in Second Life. And I forgot to mention the new logo, based on a gift from a fan (on Second Life, dunno if he listens here)... which as you can see is gorgeous!

Recorded this episode and this chapter of Everlasting Man on the Blue Yeti. Better? Took six hours to edit, especially the traffic noises. UPDATE: found an edit problem a month later and updated the file. Oopsie.

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Episode 160 - Critical Precedents

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 28 Apr 2016 06:52:15 +0000

About that iPhone encryption thing... Was listening to Leo LaPorte et al on This Week in Google 341, after so many other discussions of the Apple dispute with the FBI over access to the content of the one particular iPhone, and Leo made a passing comment about how some people think phones ought to have special legal protections... and I thought to myself, "you know, maybe they should!"

So I spent a few minutes trying to explain off the cuff what I mean by that, why we are setting precedents now that will be critical for generations, well into the Singularity. So listen in, bear with my pontification, and let me know what you think.

It's a discussion we damn well better have now, while we still can.

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Episode 159 - The Everlasting Man by G. K. Chesterton - Part I Chapter V Man and Mythologies

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sun, 24 Apr 2016 08:10:50 +0000

So, GRIZZLYSGROWLS.COM is back! And a brief discussion of what Podbusker and DigitalVoyageur mean.

And I added a new @BlueMicrophones Yeti which hopefully improves the sound. Think I might do a review of the thing sometime. Followed by...

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Episode 158 - The Everlasting Man by G. K. Chesterton - Part I Chapter IV God and Comparative Religion

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sun, 17 Apr 2016 12:23:24 +0000

A reading from my blog, wherein I am "Speaking Freely," and then, my throat was a bit rough from allergies...

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Episode 157 - The Everlasting Man by G. K. Chesterton - Part I Chapter III The Antiquity of Civilization

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Wed, 13 Apr 2016 06:38:13 +0000

Various growls about the Podcast Awards, the Survey, and a couple of "job offer" phishes I got, claiming to be from Australian energy companies. Unfortunately no, I don't get to go to Australia. And then, The Everlasting Man...

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Episode 156 - Donors Choose some more!

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Tue, 05 Apr 2016 07:22:38 +0000

Devoted the whole show to my reactivated Donor's Choose Giving Page including three new projects from Duluth:

Seating for Active Students

Classroom iPads

and

Flexible Seating to Complete Our Classroom

All three are from Piedmont Elementary, not too very far from where I went to elementary school. They actually closed down all three of my elementary, junior high and high schools, so this was close. Give early and give often!

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Episode 155 - The Everlasting Man by G. K. Chesterton - Part I Chapter II Professors and Prehistoric Men

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Tue, 29 Mar 2016 05:23:12 +0000

Part I On The Creature Called Man

Chapter II Professors and Prehistoric Men

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Hi.

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sat, 26 Mar 2016 12:18:43 +0000

Since you happen to be in the neighborhood, could you take a minute to take the listener survey? It is exceedingly short. Not a large enough audience to get advertisers. But the Libsyn folks were nice enough to provide a survey. So it'd be nice, and thanks in advance.

Here's a link for you.

Episode 154 - Insert Title Here

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sat, 26 Mar 2016 08:30:24 +0000

Autism blah blah blah Executive Dysfunction yadda yadda yadda podcast.

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Episode 153 - The Everlasting Man by G. K. Chesterton - Part I Chapter I The Man in the Cave

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 24 Mar 2016 08:02:54 +0000

By popular demand...

Part I On The Creature Called Man

Chapter I The Man in the Cave

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Episode 152 - The Everlasting Man by G. K. Chesterton - Preparatory Note and Introduction

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sat, 19 Mar 2016 13:35:14 +0000

So, here's the deal. On the one hand, I'm still in the middle of producing Swinging Doors over on Stories from the Hiber-Nation. On the other hand, people who have liked my GK Chesterton books, and said so on Podiobooks, have repeatedly requested I record "The Everlasting Man." Didn't want to interrupt Mike's book, and didn't want to keep putting off Chesterton's book.

So I'm compromising. I'm going to interject the episodes of The Everlasting Man over here on the Growls feed, and continue Swinging Doors on Hiber-Nation till that's finished. That should dissatisfy everyone with the added advantage of exhausting me. What could go wrong? ;-)

The Everlasting Man by G. K. Chesterton - Preparatory Note and Introduction

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Episode 151 - But Wait, There's More!

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sat, 12 Mar 2016 11:07:22 +0000

Took off MeerKat, added #Periscope, another live-streaming option tied to Twitter. So that's at least 3 ways I can stream video, 4 or 5 ways I can livestream audio, a dozen different ways I can record podcasts on maybe eight different devices... TOO MANY OPTIONS! Or... why it took me so long to do another podcast.

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Episode 150 - Nine Years After

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sun, 07 Feb 2016 02:52:30 +0000

Nine years of podcasting, 373 podcast episodes including 150 Grizzly's Growls. And just maybe some good news on the job front?

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Episode 149 - Anecdotal Review of the 2015 Kindle Fire 7

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sun, 24 Jan 2016 02:35:36 +0000

This is an Anecdotal Review of the 2015 Kindle Fire 7. But this is not a review, really. Reviews delve into all the tech specs and whatnot, and frankly I don't care much about the specs of the Kindle Fire 7. Just wanted to share my experiences with the cheap Kindle Fire. I have a fair amount of Kindle experience from which to compare.

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Episode 148 - The Choice

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Wed, 20 Jan 2016 05:29:25 +0000

It is wise to wish to preserve life. But it can be a wiser and more noble choice to risk one's life, or even sacrifice it, if you are actually accomplishing what you have hoped to achieve in your life.

Includes:

Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr's sermon at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia in November, 1967 from The Internet Archive

Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit from The Internet Archive

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Episode 147 -- Just a Moment

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sun, 17 Jan 2016 05:58:26 +0000

I just had a minute or two....

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Episode 146 - The Mad Stuart Index

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 08:07:18 +0000

A quick and dirty first impressions review of the Blab social media audiovisual thingamajigger. Reference is made in particular to Evo Terra's concept of "The Mad Stuart Index."

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Hiber-Nation 160 -- Swinging Doors by Quinlan Michael Hampston Part 16 Chapters 34 & 35

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 24 Sep 2015 17:00:00 +0000

Chapter 34 - Tubby

Chapter 35 - The Military Ball and St. Patrick's Day Parade

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Hiber-Nation 159 -- Swinging Doors by Quinlan Michael Hampston Part 15 Chapters 32 & 33

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 17 Sep 2015 17:00:00 +0000

Chapter 32 - Making Bread

Chapter 33 - Z's Childhood

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Episode 145 -- Corporations are People

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sun, 13 Sep 2015 07:58:35 +0000

Just a little niggle with a comment by Congressman Rick Nolan saying that "Corporations are not People." Well, not quite correct, at best.

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Hiber-Nation 158 -- Swinging Doors by Quinlan Michael Hampston Part 14 Chapters 28, 29, 30 & 31

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 17:00:00 +0000

Chapter 28 - Andy's Bar

Chapter 29 - Jake and Spinnaker

Chapter 30 - New Careers

Chapter 31 - Seeing Eye Sergeant

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Hiber-Nation 157 -- Swinging Doors by Quinlan Michael Hampston Part 13 Chapters 26 & 27

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 03 Sep 2015 17:00:00 +0000

Chapter 26 - Winging It

Chapter 27 - Swimming for Dollars

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Hiber-Nation 156 -- Swinging Doors by Quinlan Michael Hampston Part 12 Chapters 24 & 25

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 27 Aug 2015 17:00:00 +0000

Chapter 24 - Stork Stories

Chapter 25 - Drinkin' Buddies

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Hiber-Nation 155 -- Swinging Doors by Quinlan Michael Hampston Part 11 Chapters 22 & 23

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 17:00:00 +0000

Chapter 22 - Family Matters

Chapter 23 - Jack

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Hiber-Nation 154 -- Swinging Doors by Quinlan Michael Hampston Part 10 Chapters 20 & 21

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 13 Aug 2015 17:00:00 +0000

Chapter 20 - Chase Scene

Chapter 21 - Australia

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Hiber-Nation 153 -- Swinging Doors by Quinlan Michael Hampston Part 9 Chapters 18 & 19

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 17:00:00 +0000

Chapter 18 - Foreign Women

Chapter 19 - Bremerton

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Hiber-Nation 152 -- Swinging Doors by Quinlan Michael Hampston Part 8 Chapters 16 & 17

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 30 Jul 2015 17:00:00 +0000

Chapter 16 - Deep Sink

Chapter 17 - Mr. Johnson

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Hiber-Nation 151 -- Swinging Doors by Quinlan Michael Hampston Part 7 Chapters 13, 14 & 15

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 23 Jul 2015 17:00:00 +0000

Chapter 13 - Going to Sea

Chapter 14 - Attack on Pearl Harbor

Chapter 15 - Brig

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Hiber-Nation 150 -- Swinging Doors by Quinlan Michael Hampston Part 6 Chapters 11 & 12

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 16 Jul 2015 17:00:00 +0000

Chapter 11 - Boot Camp

Chapter 12 - Freedom

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Hiber-Nation 149 -- Swinging Doors by Quinlan Michael Hampston Part 5 Chapters 9 & 10

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 09 Jul 2015 17:00:00 +0000

Chapter 9 - Wise Guys

Chapter 10 - Devil or the Deep Blue Sea

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Hiber-Nation 148 -- Swinging Doors by Quinlan Michael Hampston Part 4 Chapters 7 & 8

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 02 Jul 2015 17:00:00 +0000

Chapter 7 - Three Hoods and Roxie

Chapter 8 - Linda and the Genius

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Hiber-Nation 147 -- Swinging Doors by Quinlan Michael Hampston Part 3 Chapters 5 & 6

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 25 Jun 2015 17:00:00 +0000

Chapter 5 - The Bike

Chapter 6 - Schilla's Bakery

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Hiber-Nation 146 -- Swinging Doors by Quinlan Michael Hampston Part 2 Chapters 3 & 4

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 17:00:00 +0000

Chapter 3 - Confessions of a Sinner

Chapter 4 - Timmy Tyler

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Hiber-Nation 145 -- Swinging Doors by Quinlan Michael Hampston Part 1 Preface & Chapters 1 & 2

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 11 Jun 2015 17:00:00 +0000

Preface

Chapter 1 - New Year's Eve at the 402

Chapter 2 - A Hot Time in the West End

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Hiber-Nation 144 -- The Defendant by G K Chesterton - Chapter 16 - LAST CHAPTER

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 04 Jun 2015 17:00:00 +0000

"A Defence of Patriotism" the last chapter of The Defendant. Hope you enjoyed it!

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Hiber-Nation 143 -- The Defendant by G K Chesterton - Chapter 15

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 28 May 2015 17:00:00 +0000

"A Defence of Detective Stories"

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Hiber-Nation 142 -- The Defendant by G K Chesterton - Chapter 14

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 21 May 2015 17:00:00 +0000

"In Defence of Baby Worship"

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Episode 144 -- My Life and My Town

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Mon, 18 May 2015 08:40:07 +0000

A little bit of news:

I get to start a new podcast for one of the sims in Second Life, a community of common interests that I think the rest of the world will find interesting, too.

And a friend asked me to help him start his own podcast. Flattering and gratifying, to know someone who knows me face to face thinks this podcasting stuff is a worthwhile skill that I actually have, after eight years of practice.

I finally got my music back! Got my old account at CyberPR opened again, found a tune I really love (My Town) from a group called Antigone Rising, which I got to play on the podcast. I missed having music!

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Hiber-Nation 141 -- The Defendant by G K Chesterton - Chapter 13

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 14 May 2015 17:00:00 +0000

"A Defence of Slang"

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Episode 143 -- Wanna Come Out and Play?

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Wed, 13 May 2015 08:43:45 +0000

Some comments on a small recent debate about what Second Life is all about. Drawn from a blog post from Honour McMillan, related to some reactions to a post by Eric Grundhauser.

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Episode 142 -- Feedback and Other Interactions

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Mon, 11 May 2015 06:47:57 +0000

Recorded while live-streaming in Second Life. Nobody listened, but even so.

Got a voicemail!

Swinging Doors will be back, starting the 2nd Thursday in June.

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Hiber-Nation 140 -- The Defendant by G K Chesterton - Chapter 12

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 07 May 2015 17:00:00 +0000

"A Defence of Humility"

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Hiber-Nation 139 -- The Defendant by G K Chesterton - Chapter 11

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 30 Apr 2015 17:00:00 +0000

"A Defence of Farce"

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Episode 141 -- Hot Mike!

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Mon, 27 Apr 2015 08:24:37 +0000

A first try with the new tech setup, which should allow live recording from Skype while livestreaming with Shoutcast (into Second Life) and recording. More fiddly, and I had my levels a bit too high. Better next time I hope.

Have some dire financial issues which will impact the podcast, so I yelled for help on that.

I also got some further word from TR Kelley & The Raventones regarding their IndieGoGo fundraiser to help pay for producing their new album. Yes, that is a link up there, go ahead and click!

And "Starstruck Enterprise" at the end, used by permission, which will also be on the new album. Still trying to get some of the new tunes. Again, next time.

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Hiber-Nation 138 -- The Defendant by G K Chesterton - Chapter 10

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 23 Apr 2015 17:00:00 +0000

"A Defence of Ugly Things"

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Hiber-Nation 137 -- The Defendant by G K Chesterton - Chapter 9

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 16 Apr 2015 17:00:00 +0000

"A Defence of Heraldry"

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Hiber-Nation 136 -- The Defendant by G K Chesterton - Chapter 8

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 09 Apr 2015 17:00:00 +0000

"A Defence of Useful Information"

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Hiber-Nation 135 -- The Defendant by G K Chesterton - Chapter 7

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 02 Apr 2015 17:00:00 +0000

"A Defence of China Shepherdesses"

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Hiber-Nation 134 -- The Defendant by G K Chesterton - Chapter 6

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 26 Mar 2015 17:00:00 +0000

"A Defence of Planets"

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Hiber-Nation 133 -- The Defendant by G K Chesterton - Chapter 5

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 19 Mar 2015 17:00:00 +0000

"A Defence of Nonsense"

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Hiber-Nation 132 -- The Defendant by G K Chesterton - Chapter 4

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 12 Mar 2015 17:00:00 +0000

"A Defence of Publicity"

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Episode 140 -- Live from Second Life!

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Wed, 11 Mar 2015 06:42:18 +0000

Just as an experiment, I recorded the whole show while live streaming it in Second Life. No SL-specific content, but maybe someday soon. Gotta figure out Skype for that yet.

I explained what happened with the feed, and some of you getting a whole lot of old episodes with your usual. Funny story... well, maybe not funny. One of those mistakes I figured out after it'd all happened. Sorry about that.

Started playing from the stack of promos for Podiobooks.com. The books are still there, so the promos are for existing books, just not the most recent ones. First one was one of my own, "Flatland."

Talked about the upcoming new album from The Raventones, and played a song from their last album Odd Birds at the end, "White Crosses."

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Hiber-Nation 131 -- The Defendant by G K Chesterton - Chapter 3

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 05 Mar 2015 18:00:00 +0000

"A Defence of Skeletons"

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Hiber-Nation 130 -- The Defendant by G K Chesterton - Chapter 2

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 26 Feb 2015 18:00:00 +0000

"A Defence of Rash Vows"

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Episode 139 -- It's a Beautiful Day, Or Night anyway

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sun, 22 Feb 2015 08:30:45 +0000

Big news for an old friend Natalie Brown, getting "It's a Beautiful Day" from her Random Thoughts album in play with the City of Ottawa, and

A bit if explanation of the recent confusion on the Stories from the Hiber-Nation feed. No wars, just a bit of confusion cleared up now, and yes, "Swinging Doors" might be back at some later date.

And the full tune at the end, "It's a Beautiful Day" from Natalie Brown's "Random Thoughts" album

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Hiber-Nation 129 -- The Defendant by G K Chesterton - Chapter 1

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 19 Feb 2015 18:00:00 +0000

"A Defence of Penny Dreadfuls"

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Hiber-Nation 128 -- The Defendant by G K Chesterton - Introductions

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 12 Feb 2015 18:00:00 +0000

"In Defence of a New Edition" and "Introduction"

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End of Swinging Doors

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sat, 07 Feb 2015 08:04:06 +0000

The nice folks who were allowing me to produce a serialized audio version of "Swinging Doors," changed their minds. They're concerned that it interferes with their copyright. I grant you that offering a free audio version to promote the print & Kindle versions is a hard concept to get your head around for many people, though it has been known to work rather well.

But it's their book, their copyright. So every episode of Hiber-Nation from Episode 128 forward has been taken down. If you want to read the book, the paper version is available from SwingingDoorsBook.com, and the Kindle version is available on Amazon. It's still worth reading, the ending is exciting.

It'll be a while till I come up with another book to record. Thanks for listening, while it lasted.

Griz

Episode 138 -- PRESS RELEASE

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 29 Jan 2015 08:32:19 +0000

Minneapolis App & Web Design Company, KaJ Labs Releases New Mobile Games

Find more games by KaJ Labs on the App Store and Play Store.

Google Play Store: https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/joel-kasr/id824833887

App Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=KaJ+Labs

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Episode 137 - PRESS RELEASE

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 10:00:21 +0000

Experimenting with content I don't have to write myself, cause that's how I roll.

KPI Partners Launches Cloud-Based Analytics for NetSuite

As part of the launch of KPI Cloud Analytics for NetSuite, KPI has released a 1 minute quick overview video and an extended product tour. These videos are accessible at http://www.kpipartners.com/KPICloudAnalytics

150+ Minnesotans Embark on an 18-Week Weight Loss Battle in the Slim Down Challenge

Registration and official rules are available at www.SeattleSuttonSlimDown.com.

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Episode 136 - Guys Like Me

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Mon, 05 Jan 2015 10:33:51 +0000

Some thoughts on "Californication," and what all that has to do with ordinary guys like me.

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Episode 135 -- In Defense of Marriage

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 24 Jul 2014 09:06:00 +0000

This is my humble response to laws claiming to defend marriage, revising and extending an earlier comment I made on Twitter.

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grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 17 Jul 2014 04:08:56 +0000

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Episode 134 -- Second Life dot Biz

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Mon, 07 Jul 2014 03:47:34 +0000

Yes, you could do business in Second Life. But there's some things they didn't tell you.

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Episode 133 -- I Have No Words

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sun, 06 Jul 2014 06:24:08 +0000

I need your help in coming up with more stuff to podcast. Lemme know, 'kay?

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Episode 132 -- Where Credit Is Due

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Fri, 04 Jul 2014 15:44:03 +0000

Got a pleasant, intelligent and informative response to a nastygram email I sent, and I wanted to give credit where it's due. Yes, I am a crotchety old man.

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Episode 131 -- Using the Space

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Wed, 02 Jul 2014 00:00:00 +0000

A Modest Proposal to use the space in the former Lincoln Elementary School. It'll never happen, but here it is.

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Episode 130 -- There's a Story There

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Mon, 30 Jun 2014 06:25:11 +0000

Walking through my neighborhood, noticed some unremarkable buildings that really are remarkable, if you give it some thought.

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Episode 129 -- Not That Guy... Yet...

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sun, 29 Jun 2014 06:31:42 +0000

Had a good week, and a chat with the folks who are letting me record "Swinging Doors." It's an honor just to be nominated.

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Hiber-Nation 127 -- On Liberty by John Stuart Mill Chapter 5 - LAST CHAPTER

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sun, 15 Jun 2014 12:20:34 +0000

CHAPTER V. APPLICATIONS.

"The principles asserted in these pages must be more generally admitted as the basis for discussion of details, before a consistent application of them to all the various departments of government and morals can be attempted with any prospect of advantage. The few observations I propose to make on questions of detail, are designed to illustrate the principles, rather than to follow them out to their consequences."

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Hiber-Nation 126 -- On Liberty by John Stuart Mill Chapter 4

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Mon, 09 Jun 2014 10:35:08 +0000

CHAPTER IV. OF THE LIMITS TO THE AUTHORITY OF SOCIETY OVER THE INDIVIDUAL.

"What, then, is the rightful limit to the sovereignty of the individual over himself? Where does the authority of society begin? How much of human life should be assigned to individuality, and how much to society?"

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Episode 128 - Perfect is Enemy of Good

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sat, 01 Mar 2014 06:36:18 +0000

Some Dork with a Microphone. Just an update so there's something not way old in the feeds. I'll do more later.

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Episode 127 -- What do you DO in Second Life?

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 10:26:00 +0000

Followup to Episode 126. Now we know what Second Life is, what is it you do there? Just about anything and everything, I suppose. Second Life as Social Media. Second Life as a virtual world and "actual" place, where you don't spend time killing people or critters for gold. Mostly.

Oh, it turns out Chris Kirby has a brand new album, "Wonderizer." I just got my MP3 copy from Amazon (and then Chris wanted to send me one, oh well...) and I look forward to listening to it. Might be getting a signed CD for a later giveaway, we're talkin'. ;)

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Episode 126 -- Second Life : This Is Not Your Life

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 01:46:00 +0000

Leo LaPorte said on "This Week in Tech" that he abandoned Second Life because "it's all about sex." Made my jaw drop to the floor. After I picked it up, this is what I wanted to tell you about Second Life, what it's not "all about," and what it is, at least from my viewpoint.

Used a tune called "Day Job" from Chris Kirby's album "Vampire Hotel" on the show. Back when I interviewed him on The IDSL he said I could use his music on my show. He may even vaguely remember who I am. I encourage you to buy and check out the rest of the album, too -- I think the title tune from "Vampire Hotel" reminds me of almost all the clubs in Second Life where I've DJed late into the night. Except of course we take vampires a lot more seriously in Second Life. ;-)

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Crap, quoted Cunning Minx from the Polyamory Weekly podcast, and forgot to provide a link. Till now.

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Hiber-Nation 125 -- On Liberty by John Stuart Mill Chapter 3 Part 2

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 05:00:00 +0000

Chapter 3 - OF THE LIBERTY OF THOUGHT AND DISCUSSION. Part 2 of 2

"Having said that Individuality is the same thing with development, and that it is only the cultivation of individuality which produces, or can produce, well-developed human beings, I might here close the argument: for what more or better can be said of any condition of human affairs, than that it brings human beings themselves nearer to the best thing they can be? or what worse can be said of any obstruction to good, than that it prevents this?"

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Hiber-Nation 124 -- On Liberty by John Stuart Mill Chapter 3 Part 1

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 22:01:00 +0000

Chapter 3 - OF THE LIBERTY OF THOUGHT AND DISCUSSION. Part 1 of 2

"Such being the reasons which make it imperative that human beings should be free to form opinions, and to express their opinions without reserve; and such the baneful consequences to the intellectual, and through that to the moral nature of man, unless this liberty is either conceded, or asserted in spite of prohibition; let us next examine whether the same reasons do not require that men should be free to act upon their opinions—to carry these out in their lives, without hindrance, either physical or moral, from their fellow-men, so long as it is at their own risk and peril."

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Hiber-Nation 123 -- On Liberty by John Stuart Mill Chapter 2 Part 4

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 06:00:00 +0000

Chapter 2 - OF THE LIBERTY OF THOUGHT AND DISCUSSION. Part 4 of 4

"In politics, again, it is almost a commonplace, that a party of order or stability, and a party of progress or reform, are both necessary elements of a healthy state of political life; until the one or the other shall have so enlarged its mental grasp as to be a party equally of order and of progress, knowing and distinguishing what is fit to be preserved from what ought to be swept away."

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Hiber-Nation 122 -- On Liberty by John Stuart Mill Chapter 2 Part 3

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 06:00:00 +0000

Chapter 2 - OF THE LIBERTY OF THOUGHT AND DISCUSSION. Part 3

"To abate the force of these considerations, an enemy of free discussion may be supposed to say, that there is no necessity for mankind in general to know and understand all that can be said against or for their opinions by philosophers and theologians. That it is not needful for common men to be able to expose all the misstatements or fallacies of an ingenious opponent."

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Coming Up Short...

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 02:35:21 +0000

I have never made much of a fuss about asking for donations for the podcast. This may have had some impact on the fact that I have only gotten one since I've been doing these.

Turns out I came up a bit short this payperiod. Libsyn is asking Paypal for the "rent" on the website. Paypal is asking the bank where my paycheck is automatically deposited. And there's nothing left in the bank. So now I've been hit by overdraft fees, twice so far. Not your fault, not your responsibility.

But ya know, if the needed $24 were in my Paypal account, the bleeding would stop, at least for the moment. So I'm asking. If you've ever considered donating to help me with these projects... now would be a very good time.

Thanks.

Griz

Hiber-Nation 121 -- On Liberty by John Stuart Mill Chapter 2 Part 2

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 01:33:00 +0000

Chapter 2 - OF THE LIBERTY OF THOUGHT AND DISCUSSION. Part 2

"Aware of the impossibility of defending the use of punishment for restraining irreligious opinions, by any argument which will not justify Marcus Antoninus, the enemies of religious freedom, when hard pressed, occasionally accept this consequence, and say, with Dr. Johnson, that the persecutors of Christianity were in the right ..."

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Hiber-Nation 120 -- On Liberty by John Stuart Mill Chapter 2 Part 1

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 03:30:00 +0000

Chapter 2 - OF THE LIBERTY OF THOUGHT AND DISCUSSION. Part 1

"... Let us suppose, therefore, that the government is entirely at one with the people, and never thinks of exerting any power of coercion unless in agreement with what it conceives to be their voice. But I deny the right of the people to exercise such coercion, either by themselves or by their government. The power itself is illegitimate. "

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Hiber-Nation 119 -- On Liberty by John Stuart Mill Chapter 1

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 08:58:17 +0000

Chapter 1 - INTRODUCTORY

"The subject of this Essay is not the so-called Liberty of the Will, so unfortunately opposed to the misnamed doctrine of Philosophical Necessity; but Civil, or Social Liberty: the nature and limits of the power which can be legitimately exercised by society over the individual."

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The IDSL for December 11, 2011

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 20:00:00 +0000

Various tunes from Ariel Publicity, including:

Savio Rego - Moving On

Stephen Luke - Powered by Love

Beth Bombara and The Robotic Foundation - Conversation

Roy Jay - California Grey

Mark Radcliffe - Miss Hard to Forget

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The IDSL for December 10, 2011

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 02:03:00 +0000

The rebooted version of IDSL. Don't have the actual List to work from anymore, but I have other sources for music, of course.

Music includes:

Amy Coleman - Where Are You

Lily Sparks - Stars

Maria Dunn - The Elder Sister

Lori Lieberman - Killing Me Softly

Brant Christopher - Shoes for Margaret

Found all of these on Ariel Publicity/CyberPR. Enjoy.

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Episode 125 -- Four More Years! Four More Years!

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 13:24:00 +0000

Yes, this is my 125 episode, and as of tomorrow it'll be four years since I started. Yay. :)

A GOOD DAY!.

I got a call for a short Temp assignment, which happens to be working for a temp agency that's working for another company that's working for our Public Radio folks. Only three degrees of separation. Wow. Sure will be nice to be working again.

Oh, and I found my lanyard for my glasses. And you should care because.... ?

Started recording from practice scripts I found at the Edge Studios website. Recorded 35, and put a couple in this podcast. What do you think? Talked about doing a demo disk, if I can make up my mind what should be on there. Eventually I'll get it.

1-800-COLLECT Demo

I've always started with seriously Entry Level jobs, with not much in the way of qualifications. Broadcasting and voiceover requires coming in the door with talent and skills. Maybe I have them, but I find it hard to ask for that sort of job. Very new to me.

1-800-OK-CABLE Demo

Four years. Wow.

New Group Quest Intro & Outro

I could do one for you, too, ya know. Just sayin'. Call me.

Did a few other folks, too. Here are a couple examples:

The Rejoiner I didn't do for "Evo@11." :)

Rejoiner for Annie and the Awkward Cakeman on B.T.R.

Rejoiner for Boise and Beyond podcast

Piteous whining.

IDSL-ish tune for the day....

A little "Face Funk" called "Snacks" from The Twin Cats' new album, "Thick."

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Hiber-Nation 118 -- Eugenics by G K Chesterton Part 2 Chapter 8 and 9

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 06:30:00 +0000

"Eugenics and Other Evils," by G.K. Chesterton, published in 1922.

Chapter 8 -- The End of the Household Gods:

Chapter 9 -- A Short Chapter:

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The IDSL for December 11, 2010

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 18:00:00 +0000

Yet another IDSL, this one recorded while live-streaming in Second Life at my little jazz club there, Ours Ballroom. (Technically, This Ballroom of Ours.) Had a few tech flaws, but it's not too bad. Again, all Ariel Publicity music.

Music Included:

Maria Dunn - The Peddler

The Juniper - The Juniper

Shalone - Potential Golddigger

Savio Rego - Chai Time

Davy Mooney - Maybe Tomorrow

Stephen Luke - The Devil Won't Think Twice

Still don't know how often these will come out, but so far, one a day. :)

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The IDSL for December 10, 2010

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 23:17:21 +0000

A quick, hacked-together version of The IDSL, using only tunes I got from Ariel Publicity. Since my account there doesn't work anymore at the moment, I couldn't get to bio information, but now that I think about it, I may be able to get it from other sources for future shows. How many shows, how often? Who knows? I barely got this one done.

Music includes:

Beth Bombara - Abandon Ship

Nicholas Howard - Mother

Maree McRae - Urgency

Nina Vox - So Sue Me

Dala - Lonely Girl

Kelly Richey - What in the World

I'll try to come up with links for alla those, wish me luck! :)

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Hiber-Nation 117 -- Eugenics by G K Chesterton Part 2 Chapter 7

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 06:30:00 +0000

"Eugenics and Other Evils," by G.K. Chesterton, published in 1922.

Chapter 7 -- The Transformation of Socialism:

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Hiber-Nation 116 -- Eugenics by G K Chesterton Part 2 Chapter 6

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 06:30:00 +0000

"Eugenics and Other Evils," by G.K. Chesterton, published in 1922.

Chapter 6 -- The Eclipse of Liberty:

"If such a thing as the Eugenic sociology had been suggested in the period from Fox to Gladstone, it would have been far more fiercely repudiated by the reformers than by the Conservatives."

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Hiber-Nation 115 -- Eugenics by G K Chesterton Part 2 Chapter 5

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 06:30:00 +0000

"Eugenics and Other Evils," by G.K. Chesterton, published in 1922.

Chapter 5 --The Meanness of the Motive:

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Hiber-Nation 114 -- Eugenics by G K Chesterton Part 2 Chapter 4

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 06:30:00 +0000

"Eugenics and Other Evils," by G.K. Chesterton, published in 1922.

Chapter 4 -- The Vengeance of the Flesh:

"By a quaint paradox, we generally miss the meaning of simple stories because we are not subtle enough to understand their simplicity."

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Hiber-Nation 113 -- Eugenics by G K Chesterton Part 2 Chapter 3

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 06:30:00 +0000

"Eugenics and Other Evils," by G.K. Chesterton, published in 1922.

Chapter 3 -- True History of a Eugenist:

"He does not live in a dark lonely tower by the sea, from which are heard the screams of vivisected men and women. On the contrary, he lives in Mayfair."

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Hiber-Nation 112 -- Eugenics by G K Chesterton Part 2 Chapter 2

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 05:30:00 +0000

"Eugenics and Other Evils," by G.K. Chesterton, published in 1922.

Chapter 2 -- True History of a Tramp:

"He awoke in the Dark Ages and smelt dawn in the dark, and knew he was not wholly a slave."

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Hiber-Nation 111 -- Eugenics by G K Chesterton Part 2 Chapter 1

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 05:30:00 +0000

"Eugenics and Other Evils," by G.K. Chesterton, published in 1922.

Part 2 -- The Real Aim

Chapter 1 -- The Impotence of Impenitence

"The root formula of an epoch is always an unwritten law, just as the law that is the first of all laws, that which protects life from the murderer, is written nowhere in the Statute Book."

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Hiber-Nation 110 -- Eugenics by G K Chesterton Part 1 Chapter 8

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 05:30:00 +0000

"Eugenics and Other Evils," by G.K. Chesterton, published in 1922.

Chapter 8 -- A Summary of a False Theory:

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Hiber-Nation 109 -- Eugenics by G K Chesterton Part 1 Chapter 7

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 05:30:00 +0000

"Eugenics and Other Evils," by G.K. Chesterton, published in 1922.

Chapter 7 -- The Established Church of Doubt:

"Let us now finally consider what the honest Eugenists do mean, since it has become increasingly evident that they cannot mean what they say."

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Hiber-Nation 108 -- Eugenics by G K Chesterton Part 1 Chapter 6

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 05:30:00 +0000

"Eugenics and Other Evils," by G.K. Chesterton, published in 1922.

Chapter 6 -- The Unanswered Challenge:

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Hiber-Nation 107 -- Eugenics by G K Chesterton Part 1 Chapter 5

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 05:30:00 +0000

"Eugenics and Other Evils," by G.K. Chesterton, published in 1922.

Chapter 5 - The Flying Authority:

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Hiber-Nation 106 -- Eugenics by G K Chesterton Part 1 Chapter 4

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 05:30:00 +0000

"Eugenics and Other Evils," by G.K. Chesterton, published in 1922.

Chapter 4 -- The Lunatic and the Law:

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Hiber-Nation 105 -- Eugenics by G K Chesterton Part 1 Chapter 3

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 05:30:00 +0000

"Eugenics and Other Evils," by G.K. Chesterton, published in 1922.

Chapter 3 -- The Anarchy from Above:

"A silent anarchy is eating out our society. I must pause upon the expression; because the true nature of anarchy is mostly misapprehended."

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Let's prove the theory that a podcast sells books!

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 13:49:00 +0000

UPDATE: Just struck me, how will I know if this is helping? Drop Terry a note if you buy, maybe?

ORIGINAL POST:

I recently received a special episode of Terry Fallis' podcast of "The High Road." Hope you've already been listening, but if you haven't, it's attached here. The gist of it is this:

"...So while I have always preached that social media is not really an appropriate platform for hardcore selling, I’m going to cross the line this once, but I think all for a good cause. If you want to have a hand in reshaping the approach traditional publishers like McClelland & Stewart have historically adopted, please take a second to buy The High Road. Here are Amazon and Indigo links, and you’ll also find links in the left hand side bar.

If we can show that the podcast helped to drive early sales, M&S will be more likely to consider podasting to be an effective way to promote new titles. As always, thanks for all the support. The High Road hits bookstores today (September 7th), so now is the perfect time to place that order. Besides, the holiday season is just around the corner. Thank you all, I’m grateful…"

I'm still unemployed -- but yeah, I'm thinking...

Griz

Hiber-Nation 104 -- Eugenics by G K Chesterton Part 1 Chapter 2

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 05:30:00 +0000

"Eugenics and Other Evils," by G.K. Chesterton, published in 1922.

Chapter 2 -- The First Obstacles:

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Hiber-Nation 103 -- Eugenics by G K Chesterton Part 1 Chapter 1

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 10:02:00 +0000

"Eugenics and Other Evils," by G.K. Chesterton, published in 1922.

Narrator's Introduction:

For the next few paragraphs I will speak for myself, to set the stage for G.K. Chesterton's book, and to suggest why I believe it is still an important book.

To the Reader:

Part 1 -- The False Theory

Chapter One:

"The wisest thing in the world is to cry out before you are hurt. It is no good to cry out after you are hurt; especially after you are mortally hurt."

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Episode 124 -- Experimental Hybridization... Huh? (218-234-CALL)

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 01:47:00 +0000

Experimenting with recording the regular parts on my portable Zoom H2 Handy Recorder, and the music parts of the show via SAM Broadcaster, combining all of it in SAM.

Part 1

Where does "Internationally-Renowned New Media Celebrity Grizzly Smith -- Yes, That's Me!" Come from?

Finally getting around to playing some of the music from Ariel Publicity I've accumulated. A bit about The IDSL, which may or may not have been a successful podcast, and may or may not be coming back.

Music

Marie McRae - Until I Met You

Part 2

Podcasting Administrivia - We Should Talk Podcast and what's up with that?

Music

Kelly Richey - Only The Bird Knows

Part 3

Many different online services I'm on. Not sure why. Twitter make sense. Facebook I'm tired of, and seems pointless (especially Gangster Wars or whatever) but everyone is on Facebook, so I need to be. Friendfeed, but I'm not really there. My podcatcher (MediaMonkey), but I tend to let a lot of podcasts "age out" and I don't hear all of them. How many people are like me, downloading but not actually listening? "Long tail" downloads -- I get a lot of those. Annoying whining about Libsyn 3, and why they didn't just make it simple, if they could. "Criminalization" of cigarette smoking. The War on Drugs -- AKA the Federal Price Support Program for Illicit Pharmaceuticals.

Music

Sora - Heartwood

And Finally...

My turn to forget to hit the button twice on my Zoom H2 Handy Recorder. Begging for Comments. Begging for Donations. Begging for Work.

Okay, one more piece of Music...

Cady Finlayson & Vita Tanga - All Set for St. Pat's

Theme: "Hot Swing" from Kevin MacLeod.

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Episode 123 -- Revise and Extend (218-234-CALL)

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 13:49:00 +0000

I started a rant last time about Second Life. Decided to Revise and Extend my remarks here, about the Mainland, exploration, Search, what SL is For, and so on, and so on.

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We Should Talk 0001 -- Hitting The Ground Running!

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:27:00 +0000

"Hitting the Ground Running!" The top/first 10 things you'll need to get started in voice work. This is part 1 of 2, since we got up to about item 8 and ran out of time. We'll finish up next time.

Theme: "Sunshine" from Kevin MacLeod.

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Later note: This was actually the last episode of We Should Talk.

Hiber-Nation 102 -- SPECIAL! Terry Fallis' "The High Road," Chapter 1

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 14:13:00 +0000

After a certain amount of begging and whining, Terry Fallis, author of the political satire "The Best Laid Plans" (winner of the Stephen Leacock Award for Humor) that I reviewed a long while back, gave me permission to share the first chapter of his new sequel, "The High Road," here in the Hiber-Nation.

If you've missed it, now you don't have an excuse. :)

The remainder of the book is being made available over at Terry's website. Enjoy!

Griz

Episode 122 -- The Internet is Over (218-234-CALL)

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 07:22:00 +0000

Part 1 -- Second Lifeless

I've been on Second Life for over a year now, and most of the things I've tried to do there have turned out to be hopeless and pointless.

Part 2 -- I'd better get on this one...

I finally have the necessary stuff to do a project I was asked to do for Behringer, in exchange for...

Part 3 -- The Internet is Over

Why Prince was right. Kinda.

Part 4 -- The High Road

Terry Fallis' new sequel to "The Best Laid Plans" is out in podcast form. Yay!

And finally...

Stuff I really gotta get done. Soon. Really.

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Episode 121 -- We Should Talk Episode 0000 (Comment line 218-234-CALL)

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Mon, 31 May 2010 21:38:00 +0000

I got together with Kimi Alexandre of the "Tale Chasing" podcast and the Guardians podcast-novel to talk about her new career, as a voice actor and voiceover artist. I'd come up with a title for a new podcast specific about voice careers and the voice acting industry: "We Should Talk." And well, that was pretty much all I had. So we kind of riffed off each other and explored what we would talk about if we did manage to do "We Should Talk" as a Podcast.

I now have http://weshouldtalkpodcast.com registered, by the way. Doesn't go anywhere yet.

Honorable Mentions:

Podiobooks - free podcast books

Project Gutenberg - free digital copies of Public Domain works

For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report PR Podcast

Inside PR Podcast

Tee Morris -- because we don't really have our own Nemesis yet

LibriVox - free audiobooks

Voices.com

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Hiber-Nation 101 -- Orthodoxy by GK Chesterton Chapter 9

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 13 May 2010 05:00:00 +0000

Chapter 9, "Authority and the Adventurer" (the last chapter)

"Orthodoxy," a series of essays by Gilbert Keith Chesterton, and a Sequel to "Heretics."

Book Theme: "The Rule," by Kevin MacLeod

Series Theme: Pachelbel's "Canon in D," performed by Owen Poteat

Hiber-Nation 100 -- Orthodoxy by GK Chesterton Chapter 8

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 06 May 2010 05:00:00 +0000

Chapter 8, "The Romance of Orthodoxy"

"Orthodoxy," a series of essays by Gilbert Keith Chesterton, and a Sequel to "Heretics."

Book Theme: "The Rule," by Kevin MacLeod

Series Theme: Pachelbel's "Canon in D," performed by Owen Poteat

Hiber-Nation 99 -- Orthodoxy by GK Chesterton Chapter 7

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 05:00:00 +0000

Chapter 7, "The Eternal Revolution"

"Orthodoxy," a series of essays by Gilbert Keith Chesterton, and a Sequel to "Heretics."

Book Theme: "The Rule," by Kevin MacLeod

Series Theme: Pachelbel's "Canon in D," performed by Owen Poteat

Hiber-Nation 98 -- Orthodoxy by GK Chesterton Chapter 6

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 05:00:00 +0000

Chapter 6, "The Paradoxes of Christianity"

"Orthodoxy," a series of essays by Gilbert Keith Chesterton, and a Sequel to "Heretics."

Book Theme: "The Rule," by Kevin MacLeod

Series Theme: Pachelbel's "Canon in D," performed by Owen Poteat

Episode 120 -- Regular Rates (Comment line 218-234-CALL)

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 23:20:00 +0000

Part 1 -- A Learning Experience

A little bit about how school is going, and how I'm going to school.

Part 2 -- Regular Rates

Voicework, and actually getting paid. Wait, I'm supposed to have some idea how to do this?

Part 3 -- The New Local Radio

My thoughts on streaming radio as the new local radio station. With just a bit of a rant in there.

... And Finally ...

Comments on live streaming this show, and on commenting. I'm including the comment line in the shownotes, but haven't updated my own podcast outro. Sloppy of me.

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Episode 119 -- Where Was I? (Comment line 218-234-CALL)

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 23:15:00 +0000

Yes, I'm back, more or less.

Part 1 -- School

How's school going? Well... it's going...

Part 2 -- Podiobooks

Seventh book, Orthodoxy, is up on Podiobooks.com. Thinking the eighth will be "Eugenics and Other Evils," also by Chesterton. Big deal? Yeah, kinda.

Part 3 -- A New Plan

What do I have planned? Wait, a plan? I should get one of those.

Part 4 -- Final thoughts

I will try to continue Grizzly's Growls, and restart The IDSL. I will certainly keep doing the audiobook stuff. Might even get a job somewhere along the line. We'll see what they'll let me do in that line.

I really need to redo that Outro with the new comment line and whatnot. Some Day Real Soon Now.

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Hiber-Nation 97 -- Orthodoxy by GK Chesterton Chapter 5

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 05:00:00 +0000

Chapter 5, "The Flag of the World"

"Orthodoxy," a series of essays by Gilbert Keith Chesterton, and a Sequel to "Heretics."

Book Theme: "The Rule," by Kevin MacLeod

Series Theme: Pachelbel's "Canon in D," performed by Owen Poteat

Hiber-Nation 96 -- Orthodoxy by GK Chesterton Chapter 4

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 05:00:00 +0000

Chapter 4, "The Ethics of Elfland"

"Orthodoxy," a series of essays by Gilbert Keith Chesterton, and a Sequel to "Heretics."

Book Theme: "The Rule," by Kevin MacLeod

Series Theme: Pachelbel's "Canon in D," performed by Owen Poteat

I Remember Joe: 2010

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 22:51:00 +0000

Just heard the latest of these today, and I realized I'd forgotten this year. Do I remember Joe? No... and yeah, kinda.

And the rest of it isn't mine anyway, so go ahead and listen.

http://teemorris.com/2010/04/01/i-remember-joe-2010/

Hiber-Nation 95 -- Orthodoxy by GK Chesterton Chapter 3

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 05:00:00 +0000

Chapter 3, "The Suicide of Thought"

"Orthodoxy," a series of essays by Gilbert Keith Chesterton, and a Sequel to "Heretics."

Book Theme: "The Rule," by Kevin MacLeod

Series Theme: Pachelbel's "Canon in D," performed by Owen Poteat

Hiber-Nation 94 -- Orthodoxy by GK Chesterton Chapter 2

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 10:31:00 +0000

Chapter 2, "The Maniac"

"Orthodoxy," a series of essays by Gilbert Keith Chesterton, and a Sequel to "Heretics."

Book Theme: "The Rule," by Kevin MacLeod

Series Theme: Pachelbel's "Canon in D," performed by Owen Poteat

Hiber-Nation 93 -- Orthodoxy by GK Chesterton Chapter 1

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:17:00 +0000

Chapter 1, "Introduction in Defence of Everything Else"

"Orthodoxy," a series of essays by Gilbert Keith Chesterton, and a Sequel to "Heretics."

Book Theme: "The Rule," by Kevin MacLeod

Series Theme: Pachelbel's "Canon in D," performed by Owen Poteat

Hiber-Nation 92 -- Heretics by GK Chesterton Part 20

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 06:00:00 +0000

Part 19, "Concluding Remarks on the Importance of Orthodoxy"

"Heretics," a series of essays by Gilbert Keith Chesterton.

Book Theme: "Thaxted," written by Gustav Holst, arranged by Kevin MacLeod

Series Theme: Pachelbel's "Canon in D," performed by Owen Poteat

Hiber-Nation 91 -- Heretics by GK Chesterton Part 19

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 07:36:00 +0000

Part 19, "Slum Novelists and the Slums"

"Heretics," a series of essays by Gilbert Keith Chesterton.

Book Theme: "Thaxted," written by Gustav Holst, arranged by Kevin MacLeod

Series Theme: Pachelbel's "Canon in D," performed by Owen Poteat

Hiber-Nation 90 -- Heretics by GK Chesterton Part 18

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:34:00 +0000

Part 18, "The Fallacy of the Young Nation"

"Heretics," a series of essays by Gilbert Keith Chesterton.

Book Theme: "Thaxted," written by Gustav Holst, arranged by Kevin MacLeod

Series Theme: Pachelbel's "Canon in D," performed by Owen Poteat

Episode 118 -- Education in Second Life (Comment line 218-234-CALL)

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:00:00 +0000

Here's the audio from a video I put together for Cosmic Surrounding Technology for a foreign presentation. First time I've ever tried a long video, and first time I've tried anything this big from video captured from Second Life, and the video is, well, just okay.

I think the interview about SL for education, with Dr. Carolyn Lowe, PhD, of the University of Northern Michigan, is very worth a listen. Enjoy.

Griz

Hiber-Nation 89 -- Heretics by GK Chesterton Part 17

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:58:00 +0000

Part 17, "On the Wit of Whistler"

"Heretics," a series of essays by Gilbert Keith Chesterton.

Book Theme: "Thaxted," written by Gustav Holst, arranged by Kevin MacLeod

Series Theme: Pachelbel's "Canon in D," performed by Owen Poteat

Hiber-Nation 88 -- Heretics by GK Chesterton Part 16

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:02:00 +0000

Part 16, "On Mr. McCabe and a Divine Frivolity"

"Heretics," a series of essays by Gilbert Keith Chesterton.

Book Theme: "Thaxted," written by Gustav Holst, arranged by Kevin MacLeod

Series Theme: Pachelbel's "Canon in D," performed by Owen Poteat

Coffee Hunt

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:46:00 +0000

Here's another little project I did for school. Not brilliant, but rather clever:

Hiber-Nation 87 -- Heretics by GK Chesterton Part 15

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:00:00 +0000

Part 15, "On Smart Novelists and the Smart Set"

"Heretics," a series of essays by Gilbert Keith Chesterton.

Book Theme: "Thaxted," written by Gustav Holst, arranged by Kevin MacLeod

Series Theme: Pachelbel's "Canon in D," performed by Owen Poteat

Hiber-Nation 86 -- Heretics by GK Chesterton Part 14

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:00:00 +0000

Part 14, "On Certain Modern Writers and the Institution of the Family"

"Heretics," a series of essays by Gilbert Keith Chesterton.

Book Theme: "Thaxted," written by Gustav Holst, arranged by Kevin MacLeod

Series Theme: Pachelbel's "Canon in D," performed by Owen Poteat

My new Video promo for The IDSL

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 04:30:00 +0000

As I may have mentioned, I'm currently in the Media Studies and Production course at Lake Superior college since August. I just today completed my second project for Video Graphics class. Came out kinda cool.

Since I can, and since I haven't done a podcast in a long while, I decided to put that video out on the feed here. Dunno if anyone will see it go by. UPDATE: I finally decided running my voice audio through Levelator wasn't cheating. I'd do it for work, why not do it for school? Glad I did. Made a real improvement, I think.

See ya around campus!

Hiber-Nation 85 -- Heretics by GK Chesterton Part 13

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:00:00 +0000

Part 13, "Celts and Celtophiles"

"Heretics," a series of essays by Gilbert Keith Chesterton.

Book Theme: "Thaxted," written by Gustav Holst, arranged by Kevin MacLeod

Series Theme: Pachelbel's "Canon in D," performed by Owen Poteat

Hiber-Nation 84 -- Heretics by GK Chesterton Part 12

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:00:00 +0000

Part 12, "Paganism and Mr Lowes Dickinson"

"Heretics," a series of essays by Gilbert Keith Chesterton.

Book Theme: "Thaxted," written by Gustav Holst, arranged by Kevin MacLeod

Series Theme: Pachelbel's "Canon in D," performed by Owen Poteat

Hiber-Nation 83 -- Heretics by GK Chesterton Part 11

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:00:00 +0000

Part 11, "Science and the Savages"

"Heretics," a series of essays by Gilbert Keith Chesterton.

Book Theme: "Thaxted," written by Gustav Holst, arranged by Kevin MacLeod

Series Theme: Pachelbel's "Canon in D," performed by Owen Poteat

Hiber-Nation 82 -- Heretics by GK Chesterton Part 9 and 10

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:00:00 +0000

Part 9, "The Moods of Mr. George Moore"
Part 10, "On Sandals and Simplicity"

"Heretics," a series of essays by Gilbert Keith Chesterton.

Book Theme: "Thaxted," written by Gustav Holst, arranged by Kevin MacLeod

Series Theme: Pachelbel's "Canon in D," performed by Owen Poteat

IDSL from 09/08/2009 - High-quality version (Comment line 218-234-CALL)

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 07:03:00 +0000

You can directly download the file from Archive.org here.

On "The IDSL" today:

"Chandeliers, Scientists, Freaks and Aliens" from Dallas Orbiter

"Change Again" from Midriff

"We Dream For Jeanne" for Spider Robinson

"Change is in Season" from Matthew Anderson

"Change" from Schiek

"Feedback PSA" from Nobilis

"Chap My Pride" from Static Captain

"Golden Year" from Chris Kirby

"In My Dreams" from Natalie Brown

Thanks for listening!

Theme: "140 Times" from RockOn

Want to hear it all better? Try here!

This program sponsored by You, our loyal listeners! Want to help? Go to our Donate page!

Episode 117 -- A Helluvathing! (Comment line 218-234-CALL)

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 12:50:00 +0000

Decided to try a Grizzly's Growls the old way I used to do it. Turned out pretty good, I think.

Part 1 -- A Hell of a Thing

My rant about taking a beginner's writing course -- blatantly swiped from my blog.

"We Dream For Jeanne" from Spider Robinson

Part 2 -- Thinking in Pictures

This video stuff is very new to me, and now I'm learn to do it professionally? Yikes! A bit of story about my life in pictures.

Part 3 -- Bits and Pieces

I've gotten pretty good at all those little bits that get added to podcasts. There's a story behind that.

"Feedback PSA" from Nobilis

And Finally...

Comments to 218-234-CALL, grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com or here at the website.

Theme: "Hot Swing" from Kevin MacLeod.

Closing Music: "Vampire Hotel" from Chris Kirby.

IDSL from 09/04/2009 - High-quality version (Comment line 218-234-CALL)

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 18:37:00 +0000

You could download direct from Archive.org, if you'd like. On "The IDSL" today:

SPECIAL!!! Interview with R&B artist Chris Kirby, with music and discussion of his new album, "Vampire Hotel." Listen in, call in, join in!

Thanks for listening!

Theme: "140 Times" from RockOn

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IDSL from 09/03/2009 - High-quality version (Comment line 218-234-CALL)

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 00:11:00 +0000

You can download a copy directly from Archive.org, if you'd like.

On "The IDSL" today:

"cephalopoda of the desert" from Frowning Trees

"chainlink" from melisma

"Feedback PSA" from Nobilis

"Chalkboard Fingernails" from sombertown

"Podcast Bailout" from John Bell

"Chance Life" from Anoran

"We Dream for Jeanne" from Spider Robinson

"Chance" from Morrisson

"Lift This Fog" from Chris Kirby

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Hiber-Nation 81 -- Heretics by GK Chesterton Part 8

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 22:00:00 +0000

Part 8, "The Mildness of the Yellow Press"

"Heretics," a series of essays by Gilbert Keith Chesterton.

Book Theme: "Thaxted," written by Gustav Holst, arranged by Kevin MacLeod

Series Theme: Pachelbel's "Canon in D," performed by Owen Poteat

The Podcast Awards Are Coming!

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:00:00 +0000

Since I have 3 podcasts, you could nominate me three times! Just sayin'.

2009 Podcast Awards

It's Podcast Awards Season again and I am preparing the site tonight the firm that manages the site will be putting us in pre-nomination mode tomorrow.

Podcast Nominations by your audiences will open at 2100 EST on Oct 4th so start getting your audiences prepared today to nominate your show.

We will be accepting sponsorships exactly as we were last year so be the first to get your sponsorship dollars in.

The awards take a huge amount of work each year, so much in fact that I had considered not holding the event this year. Over the past three weeks my email inbox has been exploding and I decided to go ahead and hold the event again. I am hoping that the volunteers step up like they did last year to help because without them it is a monumental job.

Get your audiences ready

Todd Cochrane
Found Podcast Awards!

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grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 06:23:00 +0000

You can download direct from Archive.org, if you'd like.

On "The IDSL" today:

"Carry On" on J and R Grace

"Carry" from Seazon of the Fly

"We Dream For Jeanne" from Spider Robinson

"Cat Got My Tongue" from PrairieHomeRecords

"Caviar" from Young Pluky -- well, okay, part of Caviar...

"Feedback PSA" From Nobilis

"Celebrate Your Love" from sonafide

"Don't Forget About Me" from Chris Kirby

Thanks for listening!

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We Dream For Jeanne

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 04:05:00 +0000

Found this on the website of someone I like and admire a lot, author Spider Robinson. Jeanne's his wife, and they're having some tough times.

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HELP JEANNE STAY HEALTHY

This year a brilliant surgeon, Dr. Andresz Busczowski, helped Jeanne Robinson beat back a rare and virulent form of biliary cancer. But it's so rare even he can't say how much time he's bought her, how soon it might recur. For technical reasons she is not a candidate for either radiation or chemo. Her only hope for longterm survival is therefore to reboot and reinvigorate her failed immune system. She needs special therapies and meds, extensive diet and lifestyle changes, and a stress level as close to zero as possible. All those are expensive, none are covered by even Canada's excellent medical care...and like many artists today the Robinsons were already running on fumes financially.

But Jeanne, a Soto Zen monk, has been spreading love and kindness in all directions for a long time. So her Buddhist sangha in Vancouver, her neighbors on Bowen Island, and friends as far away as Florida have all spontaneously come together to raise funds to help keep her around as long as possible. Your participation is welcomed. A Bowen benefit concert, "WE DREAM FOR JEANNE," will be held at Cates Hill Chapel at 7:30 PM on Friday Sept 18 details here; cheques may be made out to Jeanne Robinson in Trust and sent to Mountain Rain Zen Center, 6183 Fraser St. Vancouver, BC V5W 2Z9; goods or services can be donated for eBay auction by contacting Jan Schroeder at <dreamforjeanne@aol.com>, and PayPal donations can be sent to http://wedreamforjeanne.blogspot.com/.

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I put together the attached audio from an excerpt from "Spider on the Web" # 71," Spider's own podcast. I haven't heard back from them for permission to use it this way, but I think he'll be fine with this. The music, appropriately enough, is "Eternal Hope," from Kevin MacLeod. You certainly have my permission to use this as you will and pass it along far and wide, as long as you don't mind the audio imperfections from my front-bedroom studio.

I'm a poor Broadcasting student (in many senses). I hope you can help them out, though.

Thanks.

Griz

Jeanne's Paypal account is here. Send via paypal to jeannedream@gmail.com

The "Heretics" Promo

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 15:50:00 +0000

Wanted to make sure you check out my just-completed Promo for my reading of "Heretics," by GK Chesterton, on Podiobooks.com.

Of course, Heretics has already been appearing here. But I think I chose rather well as to what brief excerpt effectively conveys the overall message of "Heretics." Didn't do anything terribly imaginative with it.

But Promos are good.

Thanks!

Griz

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grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 05:00:00 +0000

Manually download a copy from Archive.org, if you'd like!

On "The IDSL" today: SPECIAL!!! Interview with R & B Artist LeVar Thomas, with music and comentary by the artist himself.

Music from LeVar Thomas includes: "Ain't So Bad," "Lovin' Alone," "Missing You," and performances with City Haze in "On My Way" and "Dream Boy."

You can find Levar at http://www.levarthomas.com/ and a whole lot of other places on the web. Oh, and vote for his tunes at http://clipstar.com/levarthomas/ !

Thanks for listening!

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grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 05:00:00 +0000

You can download direct from Archive.org.

On "The IDSL" today:

"Captain" from ShovelDance

"Capturing Moments" from Kolaberate

"Car Chases Galore" from Porcelain Frogs

"Podcast Bailout PSA" from John Bell of "Bells In The Batfry" podcast

"Things That Used To Be" from Levar Thomas

"Caroline" from Josh Gloe

"Strange Woman Stranger Man" from Owen Poteat

"Carpet Burn" from Shaky Jake

Thanks for listening!

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grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 05:00:00 +0000

You can manually grab a copy from Archive.org, too.

On "The IDSL" today:

"Can't Wait Anymore" from Unopened Presence

"Can't Wish It Away" from SteelgunBlu - The Music of Jeff Page

"Can you feel it?" from Rubasch

"Candle Black" from American Rust

"Can't Forget" from Tow Truck Tom and the Roadside Wrecks

Thanks for listening!

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Hiber-Nation 80 -- Heretics by GK Chesterton Part 7

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 22:00:00 +0000

Part 7, "Omar and the Sacred Vine"

"Heretics," a series of essays by Gilbert Keith Chesterton.

Book Theme: "Thaxted," written by Gustav Holst, arranged by Kevin MacLeod

Series Theme: Pachelbel's "Canon in D," performed by Owen Poteat

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grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 05:00:00 +0000

On "The IDSL" today:

"CAN I GO WITH YOU" from LOONEYMOBB

Can't Be Wrong" from The Weables

"Can't Make Love Alone" from Dances With Worms

"Can't Make You Love Me" from 1/2 Act

"Can't Say No" from ShovelDance

Thanks for listening!

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grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 05:00:00 +0000

If you'd like you can directly download a copy from Archive.org.

On "The IDSL" today:

"C U Next Time" from Rock On

"Cab Ride Through the South Side" from D B Phillips

"Calling down the stars" from Christian Nielsen

Podcast Bailout PSA from John Bell of "Bell's in the Batfry" podcast

"Camden Town" from Her Favorite Things

"Camille" from Elverse

"Stunna Shades" and "Tonight" from CBYA

"First Met You," the 12th and final track off John MacLean's "Letters Home" album. Thanks John!

Thanks for listening!

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grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 05:00:00 +0000

On "The IDSL" today:

"Bye Bye Bananas" from Doc's Kids

"Byte Me!" from ROMBAL

"Come Clean," "Don't Forget About Me," and "Lift_This_Fog" from Chris Kirby, who I found via Ariel Publicity

"Pancho and Lefty," Track 11 off John MacLean's "Letters Home" album

Thanks for listening!

Themes: "In My Dreams" from Natalie Brown and "140 Times" from RockOn

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grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 05:00:00 +0000

NOTE: My computer decided the pinhole microphone on my newly-installed Webcam was the one I wanted to use to record the show. Figured out the problem after 20-30 minutes or so. Sorry!

On "The IDSL" today:

"Bury" from taylor one

"BUST U DOWN" from LOONEYMOBB

"Butcher Block" from LOB (LEGION OF BOOM)

"Buttered Toast (rEmIX)" from Frumpy

"By Design" from Troop Of Echoes

"Faraway Friends," Track 10 off John MacLean's "Letters Home" album

Thanks for listening!

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grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 05:00:00 +0000

On "The IDSL" today:

"brutal" from Fettler

"Bullet Proof Vest" from Peculiar Red

"Burning Bridges" from Jens Hegg

"Burning Darkness of Night" from The Copperheads

"Burnt it Up" from the Syprhians

"Beyond Our Time," Track 9 off John MacLean's "Letters Home" album

Thanks for listening!

Themes: "In My Dreams" from Natalie Brown and "140 Times" from RockOn

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Hiber-Nation 79 -- Heretics by GK Chesterton Part 6

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 22:00:00 +0000

Part 6, "Christmas and the Esthetes"

"Heretics," a series of essays by Gilbert Keith Chesterton.

Book Theme: "Thaxted," written by Gustav Holst, arranged by Kevin MacLeod

Series Theme: Pachelbel's "Canon in D," performed by Owen Poteat

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grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:54:00 +0000

With my lovely and talented co-host, Your Girl Kali!

On "The IDSL" today:

"Brother Hawk" from American Gypsy

"Brouhaha" from The Oneironauts

"Brown Out" from room101

"Bruised" from Scott Morrisson Band

"Brundle Fly" from Gabe Powers

"Liar's War (Letter Home)," Track 8 off John MacLean's "Letters Home" album

"In My Dreams" from Natalie Brown's "Let The Candle Burn" album

Thanks for listening!

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Episode 116 -- Playing with my Birthday Present! (Comment line 218-234-CALL)

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 22:45:00 +0000

I spent a couple hours very early this morning doing a live show with my new Birthday Present, a Behringer PodcastStudio Firewire Bundle, trying to stream over BlogTalk Radio with that. Didn't work out well. Too many stages.

"Tom Cruise Crazy" from Jonathan Coulton

"God Is In The City" from Nicholas Howard

"Re: Your Brains" from Jonathan Coulton

Mentioned "The Takeover" from Mur Lafferty. Played the promo from her book, "War," the fifth book in her Heaven series.

"Ain't So Bad/Radio Mix combo" from LeVar Thomas

"Queen of Me" from Natalie Brown

"Carry the Light" from Kelly Richey

"Chiron Beta Prime" from Jonathan Coulton (I'd forgotten it's a Christmas song. Oh, well!)

"Wasted (Crunk mix)" from C.B.Y.A.

"Come Clean" from Chris Kirby off his "Vampire Hotel" album

"We're Goin' to the Dells!" from The Great Luke Ski off The FUMP

"Oh No!" from Kaiser Cartel's "March Forth" album

"Lift This Fog" from Chris Kirby

"Baby Got Back" from Jonathan Coulton (a bit different from the original version!)

"Big Fish Lazy River" from Owen Poteat

"Ain't Like We" from Shalone's self-titled CD

"In My Dreams" from Natalie Brown

That's all. Took me two tries to get the shownotes and file uploaded. Not a good tech-day for me, I guess.

Thanks for listening!

Theme: "Hot Swing" from Kevin MacLeod

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grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 07:38:00 +0000

If you'd like, download a copy directly from Archive.org.

On "The IDSL" today:

"Breathe" from Seth Rush

"Breathe" from Troop Of Echoes

"Brian's Song" from Michael Dawald

"Brighter Day" from Words Of Wise

"Bring it on" from Hostile Environment

"New American Way," Track 5 off John MacLean's "Letters Home" album

Thanks for listening!

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Hiber-Nation 78 -- Heretics by GK Chesterton Part 5

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 22:00:00 +0000

Part 5, "Mr. H.G. Wells and the Giants"

"Heretics," a series of essays by Gilbert Keith Chesterton.

Book Theme: "Thaxted," written by Gustav Holst, arranged by Kevin MacLeod

Series Theme: Pachelbel's "Canon in D," performed by Owen Poteat

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grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 05:00:00 +0000

You can download a copy from Archive.org, if you'd like.

With Co-host "Your Girl Kali" from the Flaws and All show here on BTR!

On "The IDSL" today:

"Brand New Disease" from Stupid Emo Kid

"Breaking My Fall"from Laura Helde

"Breakthru" from Eddie Mac

"Breathe" from Autumn Dervish

"Breathe" from Landspeeder!

"Still Waters" from John Maclean off his "Letters Home" album

And from Assembly of Dust, who I found via Ariel Publicity, by the way:

"All That I Am Now" featuring Richie Havens

"Arc of the Sun" featuring Mike Gordon

"The Second Song" featuring Keller Williams

"Leadbelly" featuring Jerry Douglas

Thanks for listening!

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grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 05:00:00 +0000

You can manually download a copy from Archive.org, as always.

On "The IDSL" today:

"Bottom Out" from Stupid Emo_Kid

"Bottomless Pit" from Mimic of a Mind

"Box of Medals" from The Pins

Comment from Shawno of the Shawnogram and Hypernonsense podcasts

"boxes" from Joel Oscar

"Boy Meets Dog" from Noah Bradley

"Courage to Care" from John MacLean off his "Letters Home" album

"Strange Woman, Stranger Man" from Owen Poteat

"In Your Arms Again" from Natalie Brown

Thanks for listening!

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Episode 115 -- Live from 7/30/2009 (Comment line 218-234-CALL)

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 05:00:00 +0000

Back on July 30, I ended up doing an extra-long show on BTR, because I wanted to fiddle with VAC, Virtual Audio Cable, a utility for manipulating audio inside my computer rather than using a mixer. It didn't work well enough for my purposes, but that might have been my own limited understanding.

As a result, I ended up with a bit over an hour of fairly interesting talk and pleasant music. Waste not, want not.

This show includes:

My opinions on what it takes to make a good podcast. Kali from the "Flaws and All" show on BlogTalk Radio (@yourggkali on Twitter) had asked what I thought she could do to make her show better, and I wanted to devote some time and serious thought to giving an intelligent answer to that.

Music from LeVar Thomas: "Come With Me," "Don't Give It Away," "Get You Home," "Gotta Love You," "Mean to Me" (from Hellz Yeah, featuring L.T.), "Now Get This," "Pause," "So Funky (Re-Mix with Carter)," and "What Love Feels Like"

Music from Natalie Brown: "Let's Just Waste Some Time," "Love Has Finally Called My Name," and "In My Dreams"

Theme: "Hot Swing" from Kevin MacLeod

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grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 05:00:00 +0000

You can download The IDSL directly from Archive.org, if you'd like.

On "The IDSL" today:

"B.I.O.H.H. (Blame It On HipHop)" from Hotskeems

"Bored Game" from Third Element

"Bored to Tears" from Idiocreiton

"born within" from Jana Thornton

"Bottom of the World" from Darkfold

And the second track, "Baltimore," from John MacLean's album, "Letters Home."

Thanks for listening!

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grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 05:12:00 +0000

You can download the show directly from Archive.org, too.

On "The IDSL" today, with my sometime Co-host, YourGirlKali of "Flaws and All" on BTR:

"Blurry Facts and Waking Eyes (Windows)" from room101

"Bobby" from American Gypsy

"Body of the Blood Machine" from Big Jesus and the Homeless Bastards

"Bombs Away" from Stupid Emo Kid

"Bones in the Hourglass" from Funhead

"Boondock Saint" from Ck5

"Blind Willie McTell" from John MacLean off his "Letters Home" album

Thanks for listening!

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grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 08:37:00 +0000

You can download a copy from Archive.org, too.

On "The IDSL" today:

"Blue Dolphins in June" from Michael Dawald

"BLUE SQUARE" from ANTENNAS TO THE SKY

"Blue Troll Jelly" from Spindle

"blueberry cemetary" from Moon to Monk

"Blue" from Diva Dolls

"Blues in X" from nova jazz orchestra

"In Your Arms Again" and "In My Dreams" from Natalie Brown

Thanks for listening!

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Hiber-Nation 77 -- Heretics by GK Chesterton Part 4

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 22:00:00 +0000

Part 4, "Mr. Bernard Shaw"

"Heretics," a series of essays by Gilbert Keith Chesterton.

Book Theme: "Thaxted," written by Gustav Holst, arranged by Kevin MacLeod

Series Theme: Pachelbel's "Canon in D," performed by Owen Poteat

IDSL from 08/04/2009 - High-quality version (Comment line 218-234-CALL)

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 05:00:00 +0000

You could grab a copy directly off Archive.org, of course.

On "The IDSL" today:

"Bloom" from Brock

"BlowUp" from The TAM's

"Blue (Pre-Production)" from Echo Effect

"Blue Nude" from sonafide

"Blue Song" from Chris O'Brien and Cohorts

"Don't Forget to Remember" from TV's Kyle of The Funny Music Project

"Out of Snark" from Tom Smith of The FuMP

"Cthulhu Fthagn" from Tom Smith and The Great Luke Ski of The FuMP

Thanks for listening!

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grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 05:00:00 +0000

If you wanted, you could grab a copy from Archive.org.

On "The IDSL" today, with Co-Host YourGirl Kali!

"Blindside" from Dislocated

"Bliss" from Troy's Sweater

"Blood on the Tracks" from Parrot Attack!

"Bloody Knuckles" from RealityFlint

"Bloom and Touch" from Idiocreiton

Thanks for listening!

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grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 05:45:00 +0000

You can grab a copy of this show from Archive.org, too.

On "The IDSL" today:

"Blank Sheet" from Copper

"Bleed" from Tim Mahoney

"Blind Parade" from The Decomposeurs

"Blinded by the Moonlight" from Belly Flopp

"Blinded Love" from Universal Intelligence

I also played a phone comment from John MacLean, who'd sent me a copy of his CD. He does some very nice folksy music, and I plan on playing some later. Thought you might be amused by what Google Voice's speech-to-text system thought John said:

Transcript: hey kelly this is donna calling from the boston area i just
want to let you know that since discovered your your blog i've been
listening to it and the especially love listen on 24th of july and my
favorite song so far as best to me about your back of i was great song and
anyway i'm also thrilled to hear that you've received my C D voice message and
that you're that you're like in it and you may even play at i hope that you
all we'll do that and hope oaks like listen to it but in any event you're
doing on the closing and i'm gonna go out about the rock seen in minnesota
while rocks you're planning is 60 thanks a lot and best of tested rebecca bye

Thanks for calling, Donna! :)

Thanks for listening!

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grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 08:31:00 +0000

You can go grab a copy from Archive.org here.

On "The IDSL" today:

"Blackened Shade" from Fallen Shadow

"Black" from JERKSTORE

"blah blah blah" from Pushluppies

"Blame" from Parrot Attack!

"Blame" from Schiek

Thanks for listening!

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grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 01:31:00 +0000

You can download a copy directly from Archive.org right here.

On "The IDSL" today:

"Bite Your Tongue" from Leslie Rich

"Black and Back" from Apathy

"Black Beans and Pie" from Jeb Nome

"Black Dog" from Universal Intelligence

"Black River Blvd" from Leon Laudenbach

Thanks for listening!

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Hiber-Nation 76 -- Heretics by GK Chesterton Part 3

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 22:00:00 +0000

Part 3, "On Mr. Rudyard Kipling and Making the World Small"

"Heretics," a series of essays by Gilbert Keith Chesterton.

Book Theme: "Thaxted," written by Gustav Holst, arranged by Kevin MacLeod

Series Theme: Pachelbel's "Canon in D," performed by Owen Poteat

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grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:38:00 +0000

If you like you can grab a copy from Archive.org, too.

On "The IDSL" today:

"Biota (studio pre-release)" from Simplicia

"Bird In the Sunshine" from Nellie and the Drummers

"Birds and Bees" from Northline

"Bitch" from Curbfeelers

"Bitch" from Live Native

Thanks for listening!

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grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 05:33:00 +0000

You can manually download a copy from Archive.org here.

On "The IDSL" today:

"Big Blue Truck" from Elverse

"Big Ups to Groovy Lucifer" from dallas orbiter

"Biggest Enemy" from one 2wenty one

"BigShot" from Jaded Reign

"billyday" from pushluppies

Thanks for listening!

Theme: "140 Times" from RockOn

Episode 114 -- Podcast Promotion and People (Comment line 218-234-CALL)

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 05:00:00 +0000

Had a nice long chat with Kali (aka YourGirlKali) from the "Flaws and All" show on BlogTalkRadio, and Rhonda Carpenter of the Podioracket podcast and author of "The Mark of a Druid," about podcasting, promoting podcasts, and related self-promotion.

Brief call-in from "CRC the reliever" who also has a show on BTR.

Discussed recording and swapping promos with others, leaving voice comments and blog comments. Suggested K7.net, Snapvine, or Google Voice for a voice comment line. I mentioned I'd recorded a comment line reminder for the Dawn & Drew Show which has worked out for me. Noted that podcasters are generally happy to play your promo, if you're willing to promote theirs, and happy to play any voice comments (including mention of your website) that are meaningful about their content. Mentioned producing some content for the Bloodthirsty Vegetarians podcast, with the similar results.

Oh, and I won a book on Podioracket earlier, by Brian Rathbone, called "The Dawning of Power." Another on-topic example, since the book giveaway was a promotional effort for Brian's book. (I look forward to reading that. And I like winning stuff. Thanks, Brian!)

Brought up blogging about others' podcasts with the same idea in mind.

Talked about the usefulness of Google Alerts for keeping track of what people are saying about you, good or bad. (Yahoo Alerts can serve a similar purpose.)

Discussed recording audiobooks for Podiobooks.com, and how doing those had helped promote my podcasts, and vice versa. (I have five on there now, and I'm working on my sixth.)

Is there such a thing as Too Much Promotion? Our take was that the key is to produce valuable content, make useful comments, add value to the podcasts you're appearing on or mentioned on, and that indirectly promotes your show(s) without getting too annoying. (In my humble opinion.) And if other podcasters do the same for you, they promote themselves without annoying your audience.

Rhonda presented author Seth Harwood's appearance on PodioRacket as an example on how to promote without being "excessively annoying" (Fidonet folks will recognize that phrase). I brought up singer/songwriter Natalie Brown's appearance on my show as a similar example. I also discussed playing LeVar Thomas' and City Haze's music on my show while commenting on that on Twitter.

Rhonda suggested using Ping.fm for making one post to multiple sites/accounts/outlets. That can be important when you're doing a lot of shows -- as I am, for example. And of course, producing a lot of content can help promotion in itself.

While I took a break, I played a tune from City Haze called "On My Way," featuring LeVar Thomas. (See the promotion-related tie-in, right?)

Since I use Skype for my BTR shows, I can also use a utility called Callburner to do separate mono recordings of each side of the Skype call, making it easy to edit, especially to add better-quality music to the shows. We also discussed editing for podcasting, and what Rhonda and I both use for that (as lots of podcasters do), Audacity -- free and effective for podcasting. You can spend more, if you like, of course. We're both happy with the latest Beta, 1.3.8, though technically 1.2.6 is the latest Stable version.

I suggested voice acting as another option, though that's certainly not for everybody. (There's a Yahoo Group for voice actors, by the way.)

I complained about the audio quality on BTR's archive recordings for music (though they're fine for talk, I suppose). I suggested getting a better mike. Rhonda's suggestion was a phone headset for BTR shows. I was thinking more of an inexpensive mike, and Rhonda's suggestion there was a Snowball USB mike, which can be gotten fairly cheaply.

Other recommendations:

"Podcasting for Dummies," by Tee Morris, Evo Terra and Chuck Tomassi.

The Yahoo Group for Podcasters

Leo LaPorte's TWiT podcasts, since Kali lives fairly near there, and some of the local podcasting groups in the area, including the one Matthew Wayne Selznick is in.

We talked video streaming, including what Phil Rossi did for the release of his novel, "Crescent."

We also discussed recording old Public Domain books as I do, and what an all-around outstanding fellow I am at doing that. I agreed humbly. :) But I gave much of the credit to my Samson Zoom H2 Handy Recorder, which is wonderful for a guy with a bassy voice like mine, and worth every penny my sister spent for my Christmas present.

Thanks again to Rhonda Carpenter and Kali for talking with me so long.

Lots of show notes, but it was after all a two-hour show!

IDSL from 07/24/2009 - High-quality version (Comment line 218-234-CALL)

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 04:23:00 +0000

You can manually grab a copy from Archive.org, as usual.

On "The IDSL" today:

"Beside Me (demo)" from Are We There YET?

"Best Of Me" from Troop Of Echoes

"Best Shot" from Dred I Dread

"Better Days" from Just Add Water

"Beyond The Mind" from Negative Nothing

Thanks for listening!

Theme: "140 Times" from RockOn

IDSL from 07/23/2009 - High-quality version (Comment line 218-234-CALL)

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:04:00 +0000

Here's your download link from Archive.org.

On "The IDSL" today:

"Before You're Gone" from Mark Brewer and Friends

"Before" from Copper

"Beggin' You" from Vanguard

"Believe" from PlanetAD6

"BELIEVERS (LIVE)" from MICHAEL J PAEPKE and THE_REIGN

"The Awful Truth about Hannah Montana" from Robert Lund and Spaff.com off The FuMP

"Moo Moo Cow" from Seamonkey off The Fump

Thanks for listening!

Theme: "140 Times" from RockOn
Here's your download link from Archive.org.

On "The IDSL" today:

"Before You're Gone" from Mark Brewer and Friends

"Before" from Copper

"Beggin' You" from Vanguard

"Believe" from PlanetAD6

"BELIEVERS (LIVE)" from MICHAEL J PAEPKE and THE_REIGN

Thanks for listening!

Theme: "140 Times" from RockOn

Hiber-Nation 75 -- Heretics by GK Chesterton Part 2

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:00:00 +0000

Part 2, "On the Negative Spirit"

"Heretics," a series of essays by Gilbert Keith Chesterton.

Book Theme: "Thaxted," written by Gustav Holst, arranged by Kevin MacLeod

Series Theme: Pachelbel's "Canon in D," performed by Owen Poteat

IDSL from 07/22/2009 - High-quality version (Comment line 218-234-CALL)

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 06:17:00 +0000

Here's your direct download link from Archive.org.

On "The IDSL" today:

"Bedside Manners" from engine11

"Beer Muscles" from Pat Bacon's Rebellion

"Before It's Over" from Distance

"Before The Fail" from Gone Out Gone

"Before We Sleep" from Morningtide

"On My Way" (featuring LeVar Thomas) from City Haze

"Lovin' Alone" from LeVar Thomas

Thanks for listening!

Theme: "140 Times" from RockOn

IDSL from 07/21/2009 - High-quality version (Comment line 218-234-CALL)

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:44:00 +0000

Here's your Download Link from Archive.org.

On "The IDSL" today:

"Beautiful Memory" from Impurfekt

"Beautiful Thing" from Levitt8

"Beauty Incarnate" from Art of Stillness

"Bed of Stars" from dallas orbiter

"bedroom lights (live)" from The Softrocks

Thanks for listening!

Theme: "140 Times" from RockOn

IDSL from 07/20/2009 - High-quality version (Comment line 218-234-CALL)

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 04:28:00 +0000

Direct Download link from Archive.org.

On "The IDSL" today:

"BE WHO YOU ARE" from Glowstrand

"Be Yourself" from Planet AD6

"Beast The Reverend - If Ya (Hustle) Don't" from Fangaz aka Produce Game

"Beatnik Blues" from Rick Danner band

"Beautiful Distraction" from Troop Of Echoes

Thanks for listening!

Theme: "140 Times" from RockOn

Episode 113 -- Live Midnight Saturday Sunday (Comment line 218-234-CALL)

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 21:55:00 +0000

Haven't been doing regular Grizzly's Growls shows for a while, and I wanted to try some things. Direct download link from Archive.org.

MUSIC FROM:

The Funny Music Project

Nicholas Howard

Owen Poteat

LeVar Thomas

Natalie Brown

Jonathan Coulton

"USF'n'A" from the FuMP - BalderBox

"Blood from a Stone" from Nicholas Howard

"Blue By You" from Owen Poteat

"Goin' To The Dells!" from the FuMP - Luke Ski

"Can't Hide From Love" from LeVar Thomas

"Come Closer" from Natalie Brown

"War of the Ages" from Owen Poteat

"RE: Your Brains" from Jonathan Coulton

"Run Away" from Natalie Brown

"Ooh Girl" from LeVar Thomas

"God's In The City" from Nicholas Howard

"Draining the Lizard" from the FuMP - Nuclear Bubblewrap

"In My Dreams" from Natalie Brown

"Sweet Pea Blues" from Owen Poteat

"Ain't So Bad" combined with "Ain't So Bad Radio Mix" from LeVar Thomas

"Cthulu Fthagn" from the FuMP - Tom Smith

"Things That Used To Be" from LeVar Thomas

"Just Another Day" from Owen Poteat

Promo/Contest for "The Fox" from Arlene Radasky

"There She Goes Again" from LeVar Thomas

"I Wonder" from Natalie Brown

Thanks for listening!

Theme "Hot Swing" from Kevin MacLeod

IDSL from 07/17/2009 - High-quality version (Comment line 218-234-CALL)

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 10:38:00 +0000

My Podcast Alley feed! {pca-9d17bea9061d4f6339b4bda4ff830755}
On "The IDSL" today:

"Bastard Son of Evil" from eeriearq

"Baudaffi" from ANDERSSON COUNCIL

"BE EASY" from YOUNGHERC

"Be Satisfied" from Jana Thornton

"Be Together" from Bdown Productions

Promo Contest for Arlene Radasky's "The Fox"

Thanks for listening!

Theme: "140 Times" from RockOn

IDSL from 07/16/2009 - High-quality version (Comment line 218-234-CALL)

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 04:21:00 +0000

On "The IDSL" today:

"Ballerina" from Moneypenny

"Baptized on New Years Eve" from Kerns and the Hemispheres

"Barrow" from confession of faith

Promo Contest for Arlene Radasky's "The Fox"

"Basic G (Strung Out)" from Luke Danger and Nik-o-lies

"Basket Wicker" from Anti Anne

Thanks for listening!

Theme: "140 Times" from RockOn

Hiber-Nation 74 -- Heretics by GK Chesterton Part 1

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 22:00:00 +0000

Part 1, "Introductory Remarks on the Importance of Orthodoxy"

"Heretics," a series of essays by Gilbert Keith Chesterton.

Book Theme: "Thaxted," written by Gustav Holst, arranged by Kevin MacLeod

Series Theme: Pachelbel's "Canon in D," performed by Owen Poteat

Chesterton had a sense of humor, had a sense of drama, and had sense. He was a man of strong opinions, and quite willing to argue vehemently for his own opinions, even with his friends -- and they remained his friends. Seems to me that's hard to find anymore.

He wrote prolifically. He wrote humor. He wrote mystery novels, the Father Brown mysteries in particular. But he also wrote his opinions, his religious opinions and his opinions about religion. "Heretics" is a book about religion and politics, theory and fact, morals and efficiency.

What I most admire about "Heretics," written a bit over a century ago, is that his arguments are exceptional, and that so many of them are still quite recognizably true. He argues that the weakening and devaluing of religion has also weakened and devalued heresy. He argues that people should be able to speak freely -- but that freedom of speech has actually decreased people's willingness to speak about important issues. And so much more.

This isn't the book you might expect it to be. I think you'll enjoy it, and maybe even learn something. Even if you disagree with it.

IDSL from 07/15/2009 - High-quality version (Comment line 218-234-CALL)

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 04:17:00 +0000

Here's your manual download link from Archive.org.

On "The IDSL" today:

"Bad Bad News" from ANSO

Promo Contest for Arlene Radasky's "The Fox"

"Bad Boys" from Universal Intelligence

"Bad Habbits" from The Annoying Solicitors

"Bag-o-Bones" from Phenomenal Fleeners

2009 Parsec Promo with Scott Sigler & JC Hutchins

"Ballad Of The Living Dead Elijah Damned" from Amish Armada

Thanks for listening!

Theme: "140 Times" from RockOn

Hiber-Nation 73a -- Coming Attractions (Comment line 218-234-CALL)

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 09:12:00 +0000

Just wanted to give you a heads-up on my next book for the series.

I'll be recording a book called "Heretics," by G.K. Chesterton. It's not a story, it's a collection of essays on religion and politics, ethics and morality, heresy and orthodoxy. These are serious topics, yet the book manages to be clever and funny, I think, intelligent and witty and not at all vehement as discussions of these topics tend to be these days.

Chesterton was an intelligent man who didn't take himself too seriously. He was certainly willing to disagree vehemently, even with his friends, but they remained his friends, and he continued to admire and respect them, even while disagreeing with them. Seems like one doesn't see that much these days.

I hope you enjoy the book -- but if you feel strongly about only listening to stories, you'll have to exercise your judgement on this one. And it's a long enough book that I'll be doing it, probably, through the end of the year.

Hope you'll stick around. Give it a chance. But make up your own mind.

IDSL from 07/14/2009 - High-quality version (Comment line 218-234-CALL)

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:37:00 +0000

Here's your direct download link from Archive.org.

On "The IDSL" today:

"Baby's Crazy" from the Good For You Band

"Backward" from room101

"Backwards Skaters" from Brenda Neighborhood

"Backward" from The Tofsters

"Bad Ass Blues" from Brian Hemsey

"BAD ATTITUDE" from MICHAEL J PAEPKE & THE_REIGN

Thanks for listening!

Theme: "140 Times" from RockOn

IDSL from 07/13/2009 - High-quality version (Comment line 218-234-CALL)

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 04:39:00 +0000

Here's your download link from Archive.org.

On "The IDSL" today:

B_Hav - "Make $$$ Spend $$" from Fangaz aka ProduceGame

"Babies Go To Limbo" from The Oneironauts

"Baby_Girl" from THE FOUNDATION 2008

"babyblue" The Schmoejoes

"Backseat Bingo" from The Way Out (inside your mind)

Thanks for listening!

Theme: "140 Times" from RockOn

Episode 112 -- Live with Martin Waxman of Palette PR (Comment line 218-234-CALL)

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 18:21:00 +0000

From my live BTR discussion with Martin Waxman of Palette PR and the "Inside PR" podcast. We focused on how PR techniques can be useful for Regular Folks, not just big companies, major celebrities, politicians and religious leaders; some are, for example, useful in job hunting (which I'm trying to do), and promoting podcasts (which you may have noticed I'm also trying to accomplish).

Bottom line it's about (1) building relationships with the media, and (2) your story -- determining what it is, how best to explain it to reporters et. al., and why it's news. Martin seemed to think my show having listeners in 80 countries or so (assuming I'm understanding Google Analytics) is news. He gave me some pointers for dealing with local newspaper reporters, and possibly radio. And I made some excellent points about web page SEO, newspaper writing, and press releases, doncha think?

We also talked about:
Social Media Releases;
Shel Holtz' recent helpful blogpost on that topic;
Todd Defren's design of the format;
Canada Newswire and PR Newswire, that distribute them;
being patient with reporters, especially about deadlines;
and the importance of research, followups and thinking long-term.

Takeaways: Building relationships, and knowing why your story is a story. And I really oughta work harder at promoting my podcasts.

Thanks, Martin, for devoting a half-hour of your Sunday to this important topic.

And I have listeners in 88 cities, in 19 countries. Oops.

Theme: "Hot Swing" from Kevin MacLeod.

The IDSL 07/10/2009 Natalie Brown Random Thoughts Complete! (Comment line 218-234-CALL)

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 03:00:00 +0000

Here's your link to download the show from Archive.org.

On "The IDSL" today:

I didn't want to start on the B's on a Friday. And ya know, I have yet to hear Natalie Brown's new "Random Thoughts" album all the way through. Maybe you haven't, either.

So I'm going to play all 13 songs from the album, in order, and try hard not to talk too much in between, in the best '70s FM radio tradition. We can experience it together. All Natalie and I ask in return is you post a review of the album on Amazon, iTunes or CDBaby. Hey, you'll have heard the album, what could be easier?

Thanks in Advance!

Griz

Here's the links to leave reviews:

Random Thoughts on Amazon:

Random Thoughts on iTunes:

Random Thoughts on CDBaby:

And, while you're there, you could buy a nice shiny-new copy of the album of your very own. Just sayin'.

Thanks for listening!

Theme: "140 Times" from RockOn

IDSL from 07/09/2009 - High-quality version (Comment line 218-234-CALL)

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:00:00 +0000

On "The IDSL" today:

"Au_Cirque" from The Decoys

"Audrey" from Pat Bacon's Rebellion

"Audubon" from Rikk Roxx

"Autumn" from Gretna Green

"Avalon" from 17 Hours

"Average Punk Song" from The New Senses

"Awexome" from Ninja Zone

Thanks for listening!

Theme: "140 Times" from RockOn

Hiber-Nation 73 -- Flatland Part 2 Sections 21 & 22 and Preface - THE END

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 22:00:00 +0000

"Flatland, a Romance of Many Dimensions," by Edwin Abbott Abbott.

Part 2 -- Other Worlds

Section 21 -- How I tried to teach the Theory of Three Dimensions to my Grandson, and with what success

Section 22 -- How I then tried to diffuse the Theory of Three Dimensions by other means, and of the result

Preface to the second and revised edition, 1884

The End of "Flatland"

Show Theme: "Canon in D" from Owen Poteat.

Book Theme: "Friendly Day" from Kevin MacLeod.

IDSL from 07/08/2009 - High-quality version (Comment line 218-234-CALL)

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:00:00 +0000

On "The IDSL" today:

"atmosphere" from halo effect (mpls)

"atomic blues" from Trevor and his Sister

"Atomic War Bride" from Number1Common

"Attack of the Double_Stack" from Michael_Dawald

"Attitude" from Michael Quinn and the Virgin Suicides

Thanks for listening!

Theme: "140 Times" from RockOn

IDSL from 07/07/2009 - High-quality version (Comment line 218-234-CALL)

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 03:45:00 +0000

Here's your download link from Archive.org.

On "The IDSL" today:

"Ass Cakes & Gravy" from Vanguard

"Assembly Divide" from confession of faith

"Astrofunktastrophy" from engine11

"At your Door" from Past23

"Atmosphere" from Concentual

Thanks for listening!

Theme: "140 Times" from RockOn

IDSL from 07/06/2009 - High-quality version (Comment line 218-234-CALL)

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 03:54:00 +0000

Here's the download link from Archive.org.

On "The IDSL" today:

"AS FAR AS I KNOW" from Elliott Christopher

"as i hung" from confession of faith

"As if you ever cared..." from David Mau

"As The Story Goes" from Side Tracked

"Ash" from TryMe

"Pr-pr-pr-procreate" from Moneyshot Cosmonauts off The FuMP

Thanks for listening!

Theme: "140 Times" from RockOn

IDSL from 07/03/2009 - High-quality version (Comment line 218-234-CALL)

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:24:00 +0000

On "The IDSL" today:

"Around the World" from Past23

"Arrow" from confession of faith

"Arsonist's Diary" from Three for the Gallows

"Artanium" from Blake_Johnson

"Artifice" from Copper

"Noah (New International Version)" from Robert Lund & Spaff.com off The FuMP

Thanks for listening!

Theme: "140 Times" from RockOn

IDSL from 07/02/2009 - High-quality version (Comment line 218-234-CALL)

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:57:00 +0000

Your link to download from Archive.org.

On "The IDSL" today:

"arena" from halo effect (mpls)

"ARIZONA" from Glowstrand

"Arlissa" from TONNAGE

"Armrests Again" from The Bloody Turncoats

"Around And Around" from Troop_Of_Echoes

Thanks for listening!

Theme: "140 Times" from RockOn

Hiber-Nation 72 -- Flatland Part 2 Sections 19 & 20

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:00:00 +0000

"Flatland, a Romance of Many Dimensions," by Edwin Abbott Abbott.

Part 2 -- Other Worlds

Section 19 -- How, though the Sphere showed me other mysteries of Spaceland, I still desired more; and what became of it

Section 20 -- How the Sphere encouraged me in a Vision

Show Theme: "Canon in D" from Owen Poteat.

Book Theme: "Friendly Day" from Kevin MacLeod.

IDSL from 07/01/2009 - High-quality version (Comment line 218-234-CALL)

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:23:00 +0000

Here's your download link from Archive.org.

On "The IDSL" today:

"Aquatic" from Michael_Dawald

"archeoptryx No. 6" from James Brooks

"Are_You_Dancing_Yet" from DJ Amore

"Are" from Jana_Thornton. Reminds me a bit of Carole King.

"Aren't You Glad That You're_Mine" from The_Motengata_Band

"Get Off My Cloud" from TV's Kyle of The FuMP

Thanks for listening!

Theme: "140 Times" from RockOn

Episode 111 - Live on 6/28/2009 Part 2 of 2

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:00:00 +0000

The "Life and Times of a Minor Local Celebrity" podcast, recorded live on BlogTalkRadio. You can download manually from this Archive.org link.

The "Life and Times of a Minor Local Celebrity" podcast, recorded live on BlogTalkRadio.

MUSIC:

"Love Had Finally Called My Name" from Natalie Brown

"We Drank A Toast to Underpants" from Robert Lund and Spaff.com of the FuMP

"Dumpster Diving" from Steve Goodie at The FuMP

"Let's Just Waste Some Time" from Natalie Brown

"War of the Ages" from Owen Poteat

And I chatted for a while with Stuck In The 70s. Audio was pretty hard to understand, too much background noise, nothing to be done there.

Theme: "Hot Swing" from Kevin MacLeod

Thanks for Listening!

IDSL from 06/30/2009 - High-quality version

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:00:00 +0000

Here's your download link from Archive.org.

On "The IDSL" today:

"Apartoplayourself" from Lesser Known Saint

"Apart" from the Sam Keenan Trio

"Apocalypse Love_Song" from Holly Wood Homicide

"Approaching the Distance" from NoSmallWonder

"APRIL'S FOOLS" from SUNSHINE_BEHAVIOR

"Words That Rhyme" from BalderBox of The FuMP

Thanks for listening!

Theme: "140 Times" from RockOn

IDSL from 06/29/2009 - High-quality version

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:28:00 +0000

Here's a download link from Archive.org.

On "The IDSL" today:

"Anyone But You" from Not A FaN

"Anyone But You" from Welmore Mile

"Apart (Rough Mix)" from Echo Effect

"Killing You Softly" from Carrie Dahlby of The Fump

"Are We Lawyer?" from Project Sysiphus of The Fump

Thanks for listening!

Theme: "140 Times" from RockOn

Episode 110 - Live on 6/28/2009 Part 1 of 2

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:00:00 +0000

The "Life and Times of a Minor Local Celebrity" podcast, recorded live on BlogTalkRadio. You can download manually from this Archive.org link.

MUSIC:

"Anti Drama Club" from Eta Carinae

"Anti Nothing" from Anti Anne

"Mr. Fancy Pants" from Jonathan Coulton on The FuMP

"Big Fish Lazy River" by Owen Poteat

"Things That Used To Be" by Levar Thomas

"Just Another Day" from Owen Poteat

"Locked In The Shadows" by Natalie Brown

Bach's "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor" from Kevin MacLeod

Part 2 will be up soon.

Theme: "Hot Swing" from Kevin MacLeod

Thanks for Listening!

IDSL from 06/26/2009 - High-quality version

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:57:00 +0000

Direct download from Archive.org

From "The IDSL" today:

Why do I do The IDSL? "Take Back the Music" from Sudden Death/Devo Spice featuring Possible Oscar

"Another Long Day" from Bus Nine

"another song about amazing" from Disgruntled Monkey Music

"Another Time" from HC Fragile

"Anti Armadillo" from Thy Epileptic Squirrels

and "Swine Flu!" from Seamonkey of The Funny Music Project.

Thanks for listening!

Want to hear it all better? Try here!

IDSL from 06/25/2009 - High-quality version

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:46:00 +0000

Here's a direct download link from Archive.org.

From "The IDSL" today:

"Getting Old Sucks" from Sudden Death/Devo Spice of The Funny Music Project

"Angry Dance-featuring Ben Oppenheimer" from Noah Bradley

"Anorexia" from No Social Skilz

"Another Day Another Drama" from kingsakillabeats

"Another Day" from Good For You Band

"Another Day" from THE FOUNDATION 2008

Thanks for listening!

Theme: "140 Times" from RockOn.

Hiber-Nation 71 -- Flatland Part 2 Sections 17 & 18

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 05:00:00 +0000

K7 Comment Line: 206-350-6909

"Flatland, a Romance of Many Dimensions," by Edwin Abbott Abbott.

Part 2 -- Other Worlds

Section 17 -- How the Sphere, having in vain tried words, resorted to deeds

Section 18 -- How I came to Spaceland and what I saw there

Show Theme: "Canon in D" from Owen Poteat.

Book Theme: "Friendly Day" from Kevin MacLeod.

IDSL from 06/24/2009 - High-quality version

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:36:00 +0000

Here's a direct download link from Archive.org.

On "The IDSL" today:

"And I Try" from the Scalywags

"Andrea" from Drive Love Live

BTW, Chaz Damrow from Drive Love Live is looking for a drumming gig in the Twin Cities area, and wanted me to share his contact info in the shownotes. Contact him at 651-428-0584 or cdamrow@comcast.net. Okay?

"Angel From Above" from Stupid Emo Kid

"Angelic Sunrise" from Murder for a Friend

"Angelina" from HELVA

Theme: "140 Times" from RockOn.

IDSL from 06/23/2009 - High-quality version

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:45:00 +0000

I can now upload IDSL to Libsyn. But I'm still putting the files on Archive.org for the moment.

On "The IDSL" today:

"American Conquest" from The New Senses

"Amish Armada Theme Song," "Amish Jailbreak," and "Amishland" from Amish Armada

"Amputated History" from Musicide

"An Attempt to Sleep Among the Wolves" from Idiocreiton

Thanks for listening!

Theme: "140 Times" from RockOn.

IDSL from 06/22/2009 - High-quality version

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:14:00 +0000

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On The IDSL today:

"Always Burning" from HARBOR the band

"Always Wrong" from Loft

"Always" from Tim Feeney

"Amante" from Squid Vision

"Amaurosis" from Ideocreiton

LAST MINUTE: "It's a Beautiful Day" by Natalie Brown, from her new "Random Thoughts" album.

Thanks for listening!

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IDSL from 06/21/2009 - High-quality version

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 01:28:00 +0000

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For the first half hour, Today on The IDSL:

"Alone" from Michael Braget

"Alone" from Rikk Roxx

"Already Gone" from Past23

"Alteres Fiction" from The Day Remains

"Always Better Sorry" from Carbon Carousel

At the half-way point in the show, SPECIAL Live Interview with R&B recording Artist Natalie Brown, discussing her life, her music and her new album, "Random Thoughts."

AMAZON: Random Thoughts

Natalie Brown Music included:

"You Make Me Feel" from her "Let The Candle Burn" album

"Around the World" from her "Random Thoughts"

and ended with "You're Mysterious" from "Random Thoughts."

Theme: "140 Times" from RockOn.

Album's Available Random Thoughts ( 2008 ) Let the Candle Burn ( 2000 )

SONGS and ALBUMS CAN BE PURCHASED AT:

Natalie Brown Official Site

Episode 109 -- Live Interview with Natalie Brown

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 23:42:00 +0000

AMAZON: Random Thoughts

Here's that interview with Natalie Brown I promised you. I noticed I had been shortchanging the folks on the Grizzly's Growls Podcast Only feed. The interview was at the end of my last live "The IDSL" show.

Natalie Brown Music included:

"You Make Me Feel" from her "Let The Candle Burn" album

"Around the World" from her "Random Thoughts"

and ended with "You're Mysterious" from "Random Thoughts."

The full "The IDSL" including the interview will be included in the IDSL High Quality feed, when I get that together. Thanks for listening!

Theme: "Hot Swing" from Kevin MacLeod.

Album's Available
Random Thoughts ( 2008 )
Let the Candle Burn ( 2000 )

SONGS and ALBUMS CAN BE PURCHASED AT:

Natalie Brown Official Site

IDSL from 06/19/2009 - High-quality version

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 06:21:00 +0000

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Today's "The IDSL" features:

"All or Nothing" from Secretly Drowning

"Alligator Alley" from Manifold Destiny

"Almost Fat Kid Wednesdays" from Minnesota Sur Seine

"Almost Real" from eeriearq

"Alone" from Enemy Mind

And that's it for this week. Don't forget the bit Natalie Brown interview on Sunday!

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IDSL from 06/17/2009 - High-quality version

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 05:00:00 +0000

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My third "The IDSL" featured:

"All I Ever Need" from 27 Years

"All I Really Want" from Mark Brewer & Friends

"All I Wanna Do" from Reality Flint

"All In All" from Scheik

"All is Lost" from Belly Flopp

And just cause I could, "In My Dreams" from Natalie Brown

Theme: "140 Times" from RockOn

I think I remembered to notify everybody. Hope you're enjoying the show!

Griz

Hiber-Nation 70 -- Flatland Part 2 Sections 15 & 16

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 05:00:00 +0000

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"Flatland, a Romance of Many Dimensions," by Edwin Abbott Abbott.

Part 2 -- Other Worlds

Section 15 -- Concerning a Stranger from Spaceland

Section 16 -- How the Stranger vainly endeavored to reveal to me in words the mysteries of Spaceland

Show Theme: "Canon in D" from Owen Poteat.

Book Theme: "Friendly Day" from Kevin MacLeod.

Episode 108 -- Live 06/14/09 Part 2 of 2

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:00:00 +0000

Part 2 of 2 of the 06/14/09 Live show.

Finally got connected to Shawno ("Hypernonsense," "Shawnogram") on Skype -- which is when all that technology when to hell... There's a whole lotta cussin' edited out of this version, believe me. And I got stuck with the BTR recording for this part, which is lower-quality than my Callburner recording had been. Sorry about that; replaced all the music with originals, though, so that sounds better.

Got very depressed with the tech failures. But part of the problem was my misunderstanding what BTR does and doesn't do. I could have fixed the call as easily as I broke it. It wasn't as broken as I thought it was.

Music: Levar Thomas - "Can't Hide From Love"

Talked to Shawno about doing live shows on UStream, commiserating about my troubles that day. Talked about Livestream.com, which is newer with more features. Dr. Normal and Cami Kaos use that for "StrangeLove Live."

I obsess some more about Callburner failure. Talked about the technical aspects of recording from Skype -- which is pretty much always hard for everybody.

Music: Levar Thomas - "Missing You"

Discussed some of the complexities of domain names, and the differences in the way "Talkshoe" works, or worked.

Theme: "Hot Swing" from Kevin MacLeod.

Live Interview with Natalie Brown!

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 08:23:00 +0000

I am a very lucky guy.

I get to interview Natalie Brown, on my live show on BlogTalk Radio. The interview is supposed to be this Sunday at Noon Central. And I admit, I'm really nervous about it. This is a Big Deal.

According to Wikipedia, "Natalie Brown is a Canadian-born, contemporary R&B, pop and Blue-eyed soul singer-songwriter," active in the industry since about 2000. She's got her second album, "Random Thoughts," out now. I'm listening to her music while I type this, and she's amazing.

Watched an interview with Tina Louise, and she said "Natalie Brown is awesome!" Tina Louise! I mean, c'mon!

Now I gotta think up questions and whatnot, like interviewers do.

Remarkable, the things I do these days... ;-)

Griz

IDSL from 06/16/2009 - High-quality version

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 05:00:00 +0000

My second episode of the new "The IDSL" show, from June 16, 2009. I featured:

"Alibi" from Troop of Echoes

"Alibis" from Engine 11

"aliensporebomb" from aliensporebomb

"All Along" from The Oneironauts

"All I Do" from Big B.I.Z.

I've asked all the artists for their permission, and hopefully no one gets mad at me!

Gee, this show is kinda fun!

Theme: "140 Times" from RockOn.

"The IDSL" Live on BlogTalkRadio

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:08:00 +0000

I just started a daily music show on BlogTalk Radio called "The IDSL."

For those of you who have listened to the Grizzly's Growls podcasts for a while, you'll be familiar with my "It Doesn't Suck List," which I use to pick music to play at the end of the show. What with all the fiddling I've been doing with live shows on BTR, I have not been keeping up on the IDSL, and I wanted to catch up. And then I thought, "Well, I could certainly set up a daily show on BTR to play those... hey, wait a minute!"

So I'm doing that daily show, with five selections for each show, and me trying to sound like a DJ -- doing rather well at that, actually.

Since I'm already producing the show and playing the music, and since Callburner has been behaving a bit better when I jump through enough hoops, I decided to take the Callburner audio, and modify that appropriately, replacing the BTR copies of the songs with fresh audio from the original MP3s. So I get the feel of the 30-minute live show, and any call-ins (if I get any), and the audio quality is high enough to post as a new show in the Feeds. Even created an IDSL feed on Feedburner. But...

I'm currently out of space at Libsyn! With all the new shows, I just don't have room for another show yet. After the 18th, my oldest non-archived file gets archived, and I'll start having space again. But I'm getting really impatient... maybe I can squeeze just one more in?

If y'all wanted to help out there, donations would go to (1) paying the existing Libsyn bill, (2) possibly expanding my space on Libsyn, and (3) beer, cigarettes and wild women! Probably in that order.

Probably. I am supposed to be a Minor, Local Celebrity, after all, and one must keep up appearances.

Thanks!

Griz

Episode 107 -- Live 06/14/09 Part 1 of 2

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:18:00 +0000

Part one, the first hour of last Sunday's live show. I had some technical difficulties after the first hour, but this part came out really clear, with Callburner doing the recording, and a whole bunch of editing.

Talked for a while about the swell deal I got at a nearby Rummage Sale: a Kodak Easy Share CX6200 and the original Kodak Easy Share printer dock, both in a box for $10. Cool, huh?

Music: Levar Thomas - "Ain't All Bad" and "Ain't All Bad Radio Mix." Really like this tune, and it's got a really positive message. I liked the way the two versions worked together, so I ended up editing them into one, long piece. Hope he doesn't mind. Thanks, Levar!

Tried to talk to Jen from "Inside My Head" on the show, but couldn't get the audio on her end to work correctly.

This whole process, not Jen's fault, was what produced the escalating chaos later in the show. Sometimes I think doing a call-in show is a mistake, once I got good on the regular podcast. But if you don't challenge yourself, you never learn anything.

Announced the last episode of "Flatland" is up on Podiobooks.com -- and it's also out there at the end of the Hiber-Nation feed, too, awaiting you.

Finally got connected with Jen (aka "Queen of Haiku" on Twitter). She had some nice things to say about Levar's music (and I kept obsessing about the technical stuff). Got to play with my new Rejoiner for the show, too. (Still having problems understanding her on the Click to Talk connection; had a horrible AC hum, which I edited out For Your Listening Pleasure.)

Talked a bit about Jen & Shawno having their experimented with live shows for their "Hypernonsense" podcast, the one they do together.

Discussed the upcoming interview with Natalie Brown this coming Sunday.

Music: Natalie Brown - "Hold Your Head Up High"

Jen called back in on Skype, and it worked properly. FINALLY! But we had more technical difficulties with picky BTR stuff. But at least I could finally hear her okay... More discussion of live shows, UStream, All Things Azeroth.

I've come to the conclusion I start having problems when I start getting call-ins. Which is a bad sign for doing a call-in show, now ain't it?

Discussed Jen's experiences (she's a teacher) with Swine Flu, or not Swine Flu. I get all Scientific-sounding. Talked about "ReGenesis," this show I watch(ed) on Hulu. Wonder if it's still being produced? And did they jump the shark? And talked about "Castle," with Nathan Fillion starring. Looking forward to that being on Hulu, too!

AND THEN I foolishly took a moment to play some music & get more coffee, and broke stuff again...

Music: Natalie Brown - "You're Mysterious"

... and off to part 2 of 2, dropping tomorrow...

Episode 106 -- Live on BTR part 5 of 5 - After Hours

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 22:00:00 +0000

Live on BTR 5 of 5 - After Hours

General chat. Nothing that I recall I need to provide links for.

Theme: "Hot Swing" from Kevin MacLeod.

Hiber-Nation 69 -- Flatland Part 2 Sections 13 & 14

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 05:00:00 +0000

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"Flatland, a Romance of Many Dimensions," by Edwin Abbott Abbott.

Part 2 -- Other Worlds

Section 13 -- How I had a Vision of Lineland

Section 14 -- How in my Vision I endeavored to explain the nature of Flatland, but could not

Show Theme: "Canon in D" from Owen Poteat.

Book Theme: "Friendly Day" from Kevin MacLeod.

With sound effects from The Free Sound Project and from The Absolute Sound Effects Archive.

Episode 105 -- Live on BTR part 4 of 5

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:00:00 +0000

Part 4 of my live show on BTR this last Sunday

Discussed something called OTS with Violet Light, and some other technical BTR stuff

Chatted with Robert aka Eareverence, who's been making the rounds of BTR shows

I leapt to the defense of Disco, and reminisced about learning to talk by listening to an AM radio in my sleep

I bragged at length about my Samson Zoom H2 Handy Recorder

We discussed Desert Rose's show being streamed on Fox, and her participating in a record attempt at having the most interviews in one day, to promote a book

Discussed Eareverence's upcoming show on BTR

Meredith from Braindouche! finally got to call in, and we talked briefly, but then we ran out of Streaming time. We talked a bit more in the After Hours segment you'll hear on Friday.

I've come to the conclusion I don't do well with too many people on the show at once. I think a new rule will be only one caller on live at a time, unless there's a compelling reason to talk to a particular group all together. The big PR show was an example of a "compelling reason." They were all invited guests, and all PR podcasters, talking about PR and podcasting.

Naturally, if I have an Invited Guest, that means one Caller at a time with a question for the Guest. Or maybe none, if that's what's comfortable for me.

Make sense?

For you longtime listeners to the regular show, I hope at least the new format hasn't been too disruptive for you. I hope I'm learning and getting better at doing a live show. And you're welcome to call in on Sunday and become part of the show yourself.

Theme: "Hot Swing" from Kevin MacLeod.

Creative Commons violators

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:54:00 +0000

Here's a list of sites using my Stories from the Hiber-Nation feed in violation of at least two of the three provisions of my Creative Commons license. Take my feed off your pages, folks.

Episode 104 -- Live on BTR part 3 of 5

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:00:00 +0000

The third part of my Live show on BTR. Yes, I know, but I didn't know in advance I'd be cutting it up, so it does start and end rather abruptly...

Promo for "Flatland, a Romance of Many Dimensions" on Podiobooks.com

Violet Light and I discuss video games

Natalie Brown: "Around the World"

Promo from "Wild Animals I Have Known," also on Podiobooks.com

I whine piteously to convince Mer from the Braindouche! podcast to call into my show

I talk about The Rules

Theme: "Hot Swing" from Kevin MacLeod

Episode 103 -- Live on BTR part 2 of 5

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 03:00:00 +0000

Continuing the live audio from my BTR show last Sunday. I replaced the prerecorded stuff with the original MP3s so they sound a bit better.

From The FUMP: "Capitol Hill" from Robert Lund and Spaff.com.

Discussion with "Violet Light" about Callburner and Pretty May (the software she uses) not always working.

Also discussed Violet's BTR show, "Secret Garden."

From Natalie Brown: "You're Mysterious"

And I played the Intro and Outro I created for Medros' new show connected with "All Things Azeroth," something called "Group Quest."

Theme: "Hot Swing" from Kevin MacLeod.

Episode 102 -- Live on BTR part 1 of 5

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:11:00 +0000

Part 1 of 5 episodes I snipped from my 2 1/2 hour live show on BlogTalkRadio.

Review of "Beautiful Red," by M Darusha Wehm from Podiobooks.com (with promo)

Installed a new Alarm Clock program to wake me up by playing "The Toccata and Fugue in D" I got from Kevin MacLeod's site.

Played a tune from Natalie Brown -- "I Wonder"

Got a call-in from Rich Wielgosz of the Bloodthirsty Vegetarians Podcast.

Theme: "Hot Swing" from Kevin MacLeod.

Hiber-Nation 68 -- "It's Time" by Randall Head

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 08:16:00 +0000

A very short piece of Flash Fiction from my friend Randall Head, I've given the title, "It's Time."

Music: "Comfortable Mystery" from Kevin MacLeod.

Theme: Pachelbel's "Canon in D" from Owen Poteat.

Sound Effects from the Absolute Sound Effects Archive.

Episode 101 -- A Silly Millisecond Longer!

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 21:21:00 +0000

Starting next week: I'll be recording Grizzly's Growls LIVE on BlogTalkRadio, at noon CST each Sunday.

Part 1

Discussion of Episode 100, again.

Part 2

Up at Mom's in Silver Bay for the past week. Didn't record there, though. A new Flash Fiction piece from Randall Head, coming next on Stories from the Hiber-Nation.

Part 3

Mur Lafferty's coming out with the fifth and last book in her "Heaven" series, entitled "War." (I said sixth. Oops.) Played the Promo.

Part 4

I actually got permission to use a performance of Mouret's "Rondo" from "Gossamer Winds," a wind quintet out of Denver Colorado. Thought I might use that as new theme music for "Hiber-Nation." And I might not; I do like Owen Poteat's performance of Pachelbel's "Canon in D." Tell me what you think!

From Devo Spice of The FUMP: "Getting Old Sucks!"

Part 5

More talk about alla my books on Podiobooks.com. "Flatland" was until recently one of the Podiobooks Top 10, measured by the number of new subscriptions in the previous 30 days. Isn't today, though. Oh, well.

And Finally...

Ongoing and Upcoming: Flatland on Hiber-Nation and Podiobooks. Randall's Flash Fiction piece on Hiber-Nation. A brief appearance on PodioRacket. A couple of lines on Kimi Alexandre's "Guardians." An upcoming role as the villain in an episode of Darker Projects "Tales from the Museum" series. And probably a bunch of stuff I've forgotten!

Theme: "Hot Swing" from Kevin MacLeod

IDSL: "After the Storm" from JWitt (Jacob Wittenberg)

Hiber-Nation 67 -- Flatland Part 1 Sections 11 & 12

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 28 May 2009 05:00:00 +0000

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"Flatland, a Romance of Many Dimensions," by Edwin Abbott Abbott.

Part 1 -- This World

Section 11 -- Concerning Our Priests

Section 12 -- Of the Doctrine of our Priests

Show Theme: "Canon in D" from Owen Poteat.

Book Theme: "Friendly Day" from Kevin MacLeod.

Episode 100 -- Cui Bono -- Recorded Live on Blogtalk Radio

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sun, 24 May 2009 22:41:00 +0000

A round table of PR and non-PR podcasters, discussing how podcasters in general can benefit from PR; both techniques and knowledge, and participation in projects to benefit PR clients. Including:

Terry Fallis, David Jones and Martin Waxman from "Inside PR," and

Shel Holtz and Neville Hobson from "For Immediate Release: the Hobson & Holtz Report"

Forgot I'd mentioned Shel's Webinar thingie, "Tactical Transparency," related to the book, I see.

Thanks to everyone for participating. It's not that bad for my first effort at a live show!

Theme "Hot Swing" and incidental music from Kevin MacLeod.

End music from Natalie Brown, "Around the World."

Hiber-Nation 66 -- Flatland Part 1 Sections 9 & 10

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 21 May 2009 05:00:00 +0000

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"Flatland, a Romance of Many Dimensions," by Edwin Abbott Abbott.

Part 1 -- This World

Section 9 -- Of the Universal Color Bill

Section 10 -- Of the Suppression of the Chromatic Sedition

Show Theme: "Canon in D" from Owen Poteat.

Book Theme: "Friendly Day" from Kevin MacLeod.

Episode 99 -- But Who's Counting?

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Mon, 18 May 2009 08:51:00 +0000

Episode 99? Already?

Part 1 -- Eden

My review of Phil Rossi's new Podiobook, with the Promo, and with a bit of a rant on Space Travel.

Part 2 -- Comments

A comment from Mer from the Braindouche! podcast.

Promo: for Kimi Alexandre's "Guardians" novel podcast.

Part 3 -- Metamor City

Just finished listening to Chris Lester's novel, "Making the Cut," released on his Metamor City podcast feed. Huge cast, lots going on there. With the Promo.

From TheFUMP: "99 Words For Boobs" -- closest I could come to the song I wished I could play for my 99th. Oh, well.

Part 4 -- Nina Kimberly the Merciless Held Hostage!

My take on the recent release of Christiana Ellis' novel in Dead Tree Edition from Amazon. With the (belated) promo. Still worth getting one. Oh, and if you can't wait for your hard copy, you can get a PDF copy of "Nina Kimberly The Merciless" here.

Part 5 -- Young Junius

Also just listened to the end of Seth Harwood's prequel to "Jack Wakes Up," the latter now being available in large-press dead tree form. With the Promo.

Part 6 -- Ida

An older Podiobook from Tim Callahan, who more recently produced the three "Arwen" books I reviewed a while back. Worth a listen. Yet another Promo. (Sensing a pattern here?)

Part 7 -- What am I Up To?

My current projects, including "Flatland," both on Hiber-Nation and on Podiobooks (did ya like the promo, by the way?), and Episode 100 "Cui Bono," coming up next weekend, Sunday May 24 at 10:00 am Central, live on BlogTalkRadio. I'm excited, and rather nervous about that.

And Finally...

A bit more on "Cui Bono," with the call in number for the live show, and a reminder of the comment line. Always nice to hear from y'all.

Theme: "Hot Swing" from Kevin MacLeod.

IDSL: "Adrenaline" (featuring Julian Spindell) from JWitt out of Saint Paul Minnesota.

Hiber-Nation 65 -- Flatland Part 1 Sections 7 & 8

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 14 May 2009 05:00:00 +0000

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"Flatland, a Romance of Many Dimensions," by Edwin Abbott Abbott.

Part 1 -- This World

Section 7 -- Concerning Irregular Figures

Section 8 -- Of the Ancient Practice of Painting

Show Theme: "Canon in D" from Owen Poteat.

Book Theme: "Friendly Day" from Kevin MacLeod.

Episode 98 -- Kimi Alexandre and Guardians!

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Mon, 11 May 2009 05:00:00 +0000

My interview with Kimiko Alexandre, host of the "Tale Chasing" podcast about writing Urban Fantasy, about her upcoming podcast novel project, "Guardians."

Two things to keep in mind: this is the first interview I've attempted since High School (see Episode 97). Be gentle! And I have a minor role in the podcast myself. Kimi was a sweetheart to interview, very patient with me.

The first episode of Guardians should be available around May 22.

Theme "Hot Swing" from Kevin MacLeod.

Hiber-Nation 64 -- Flatland Part 1 Sections 5 & 6

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 07 May 2009 05:00:00 +0000

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"Flatland, a Romance of Many Dimensions," by Edwin Abbott Abbott.

Part 1 -- This World

Section 5 -- Of our Methods of Recognizing one another

Section 6 -- Of Recognition by Sight

Show Theme: "Canon in D" from Owen Poteat.

Book Theme: "Friendly Day" from Kevin MacLeod.

Available now on Podiobooks.com!

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Wed, 06 May 2009 21:53:00 +0000

Wanted to share with you my new promo for the Podiobooks.com release of "Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions," available now! Of course, if you're already listening to "Stories from the Hiber-Nation," you'll be getting the rest of the book soon, anyway.

I'm wondering if the Promo isn't a bit better than the book.

Best get to work on the rest of the recording!

Griz

Episode 97 -- Celebrity Revisited

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Mon, 04 May 2009 05:00:00 +0000

Part 1 -- Celebrity Revisited

What possible excuse could I have for referring to myself as a Social Media Celebrity?

Promo: Christiana Ellis' "Nina Kimberly the Merciless" is coming out in Print from Dragon Moon Press on May 15! And have you checked out "Christiana's Shallow Thoughts" yet?

Part 2 -- Not That Big a Deal

Got this swell Callburner software for recording Skype interviews. Now I just gotta get the nerve to actually try interviews again.

Part 3 -- I've Got a Comment!

Got a comment on the K7 line, from Shawno of the Shawnogram and HyperNonsense podcasts (Hi Jen!) regarding that Land Rover #LRNY discussion last time.

TheFUMP: "Take It To the Bank" from Project Sysiphous of The Funny Music Project. Ripped from the Headlines!

Part 4 -- Serving Worlds

Discussion and Promo from John Mierau's "Serving Worlds" podcast story collection.

And Finally...

Theme: "Hot Swing" from Kevin MacLeod.

IDSL: "Adore" from Alva Star off GarageBand.

Hiber-Nation 63 -- Flatland Part 1 Sections 3 & 4

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 09:30:00 +0000

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"Flatland, a Romance of Many Dimensions," by Edwin Abbott Abbott.

Part 1 -- This World

Section 3 -- Concerning the Inhabitants of Flatland

Section 4 -- Concerning the Women

Show Theme: "Canon in D" from Owen Poteat.

Book Theme: "Friendly Day" from Kevin MacLeod.

Episode 96 -- Social Media Celebrity

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 01:22:00 +0000

I get all arrogant and start acting like I know better than most folks.

Part 1 -- Minor International Celebrity

I appeared on two Public Relations podcasts this week: Recorded a Rejoiner for the "Inside PR" podcast, and with a call-in on "For Immediate Release." Cool, huh?

Promo: "Two Minute Danger Theatre"

Part 2 -- In the D's

Why "Despatches from Agent Orange" is on the NaNaPooPoo list.

From The Funny Music Project: "Stupid As Charged," by Carrie Dahlby, featuring the inimitable Devo Spice.

Part 3 -- Tag Fail

My take on the past use on Twitter of the #LRNY hashtag promotion by Land Rover, and future use of #SYFY by the SciFi channel -- the latter being my idea. As far as you know.

And Finally...

Theme: "Hot Swing" from Kevin MacLeod

IDSL: "Addiction" by Belly Flopp

Hiber-Nation 62 -- Flatland Part 1 Sections 1 & 2 (Re-booted)

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:00:00 +0000

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"Flatland, a Romance of Many Dimensions," by Edwin Abbott Abbott.

I decided to "reboot" this series, since people have actually requested I finish the silly book.

Part 1 -- This World

Section 1 -- Of the Nature of Flatland

Section 2 -- Of the Climate and Houses in Flatland

Show Theme: "Canon in D" from Owen Poteat.

Book Theme: "Friendly Day" from Kevin MacLeod.

Episode 95 -- Twitter and the Death of Disco

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 11:04:00 +0000

Part 1 -- Susan Boyle, Girl Singer

My take on the well known Susan Boyle audition on "Britain's Got Talent."

Part 2 -- Twitter and the Death of Disco

Twitter, how it's supposed to work, and how it's getting muddied up by "Social Media Experts." A few suggestions if you just stumbled into it. And the Death of Disco, and how Twitter's current state compares.

Music: "Gettin' Giggity With It" from The Great Luke Ski of the Funny Music Project.

Theme: "Hot Swing" from Kevin MacLeod.

Episode 94 -- Passing Razor Wire

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 08:01:00 +0000

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Part 1 -- Cold Call Radio

Why and how I think Radio and TV are screwing up.

Part 2 -- In the C's

The next few in the NaNaPooPoo list.

Celtic Myth Podshow

Coverville

Creative Adventures Podcast

Promo: Murder at Avedon Hill

Part 3 -- Murder at Avedon Hill

My review of P.G. Holyfield's podcast novel, which is finally finished. Probably.

Part 4 -- Life in the Fleet

From the FUMP: Life in the Fleet, by Devo Spice, featuring Carrie Dahlby

Theme: "Hot Swing" from Kevin MacLeod

IDSL: "Acoustic Prom" from Past23

Episode 93 -- It's Really Simple

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 22:48:00 +0000

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Part 1 -- Minnesota Voices

An answer to a question I didn't have time to provide at the Minnesota Voices UnConference.

Theme: "Hot Swing" from Kevin MacLeod.

IDSL Tune: "Acoustic (no lyrics)" from Blackout Effect.

Try my new K7 voice comment line, 206-350-6909.

Episode 92 -- Doing Something Different

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 09:52:00 +0000

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Part 1 -- I Remember Joe

Running the "I Remember Joe" Special on 4/1/2009. Running that audioplay, "Sally's Dad Vs the Alligator." I was in two different bit parts.

Part 2 -- What's Next

What should I do differently this time, so I can end up doing something that'll really make use of my skills & knowledge & experience? Am I going to have a chance to do Something Different?

Part 3 -- 65 Below

Basil Sands' novel from Podiobooks.com. Action-adventure as good as anything in the stores, IMHO.

Music: "All Out of Beer" by Possible Oscar from the Funny Music Project.

Part 4 -- Stuff that's gonna Happen Soon

My next "Hiber-Nation" book, whatever that turns out to be. The Minnesota Voices UnConference today and tomorrow. Getting a jacket and finding my one tie. My new K7 comment line, 206-350-6909.

Theme: "Hot Swing" from Kevin MacLeod.

IDSL Tune: "Aching for your Company" from standardthompson.

SPECIAL: I Remember Joe: A 2009 Tribute

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 11:00:00 +0000

I like to watch NASCAR racing, but I only understand parts of it. Up till the late 1990's, NASCAR had a rule, when there was an accident and the yellow flag went out, crashed cars on the track, busted tires & car parts & smoke & flames everywhere, the cars were supposed to "race to the line," dodging alla that junk on the track, to have a good position when the race restarted.

A few years back, they made a new rule. The officials would decide in what order people would line up under the yellow, and no one would race to the line. But one guy would get moved up to the very tail end of the lead lap. "The Lucky Dog."

I started listening to podcasts in 2006. I listened to practically every podcast I could find. I started thinking, "I could do that!" So I started my own podcast, in February 2007.

Joe Murphy died of leiomyosarcoma on April 1st, 2007. I honestly don't know if I ever heard the podcasts Joe was on, but I have this vague memory I just might have. I listened to lots of podcasts. Or, honestly, I might not. I didn't get the chance to meet him.

But the folks who went ahead of me, folks I've come to like, admire, and trust, liked, admired, and trusted Joe. He's one of those who made this community what it is. He's worth remembering.

Podcasting isn't about the microphones, the computers, the software, the talk, the music, the time, or the money. It's about the people. And a whole lot of people took a chance on trying this new podcasting stuff, and even regular guys like Joe got a chance to speak. Even a regular guy like me.

I got to tag along on the tail end of the lead lap. I'm the Lucky Dog.

So yeah, I remember Joe. Even so.

But listen to them other folks. They tell it better.

Episode 91 -- Transitions

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 04:08:00 +0000

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Part 1 – Transitions

I'll be introducing a topic at the Minnesota Voices Unconference coming up on April 3rd & 4th at the Inn on Lake Superior in Duluth -- "The Transition from Old Media to New Media." What do I know about New Media? Oh, waitaminute...

Part 2 – Why Public Domain?

Something I put together for "PodioRacket," a new podcast Podiobooks.com has for their new releases. What do I know about recording Public Domain stuff for Podiobooks? Oh, waitaminute...

Music: "Creative Commons Anthem," from Rob Balder and TheFuMP.com.

Part 3 – In the B's

Further explanations of the podcasts I included in NaNaPooPoo, including:

Barely Podcasting

Blast from the Past Podcast

Bloodthirsty Vegetarians

Braindouche

Music: "Take My Job Away," from Project Sysiphus and TheFuMP.com

… And Finally …

Brief rambling about jobs. Comments about comments.

Theme: "Hot Swing" from Kevin MacLeod

IDSL: "Abstraction Attraction" from The Quilted Pigeons

My first Bit Part!

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:48:00 +0000

Sally's Daddy vs. The Alligator

March 23rd, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized

Imagine being a school teacher, and one of your young students has a fantastic story, about three, big, ugly alligators, and one brave daddy. And of course this happens, on a sunny afternoon, in one of our southern states. Could this true or is it one heck of an imagination of a young girl? You decide!

Written and Edited by: Charles W. Russell
Directed by: Capt. John Tadrzak
Post-Production: April Sadowski

Music Credits: Kevin McLeod

Featuring the voice talents of:
Cookie Colletti as Miss Hope
Julie Hoverson as Sally
Kristy Plotkin as Boy
Morganne Reed as Girl
Steve Carter as Daddy
Tim Bartczak as Alligator 1
David "Grizzly" Smith as Alligator 2
Stefania Lintonbon as the Snapping Turtle
Gwendolyn Jensen-Woodard as Nana
Gwendolyn Jensen-Woodard as the Announcer
David "Grizzly" Smith as Fluffy's Great Granddaddy
Crowd noises were provided by Kristy Plotkin
And featuring
Rocky Rungano as Fluffy
Rating: Family Approved.

Sally's Daddy vs. The Alligator [16:43m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (15)

Episode 90 -- Peanut Butter & Jelly

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 03:59:00 +0000

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Why is this Peanut Butter & Jelly? There's no bread. Just filling.

Themes: "Hot Swing" & "Continue Life" from Kevin MacLeod

Episode 89 -- A B C

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 03:59:00 +0000

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Trying to go through the list of NaNaPooPoo Network podcasts and explain why they're included in there. Starting with the 535 York Podcast.

Theme: "Hot Swing" from Kevin MacLeod

IDSL: "Absinthe" from Snark

Episode 88 -- ILY Et Al

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 22:00:00 +0000

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Part 2 of 2. These were the rest of the projects that came to mind on Saturday. Includes the International Listening Year, and the various Podiobooks projects I've already mentioned elsewhere.

Theme: "Hot Swing" from Kevin MacLeod.

IDSL: "Abbie: Movements I & II" from Jason Robert.

Episode 87 -- Na-Na-Wha-Wha??

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 01:44:00 +0000

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Decided to try to do a recap of all the projects I have going at the moment. Or have had going, but they kind of collapsed.

Started discussing The NaNaPooPoo Podcast Community Network. Show ended up too long. So this is part 1 of 2. Next part is tomorrow.

Theme: "Hot Swing" from Kevin MacLeod

Wild Animals I Have Known -- The Promo!

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 22:00:00 +0000

Just thought I'd let you know, at the end of the month, my reading of "Wild Animals I Have Known" by Ernest Thompson Seton will be available on Podiobooks.com. Yes, I know, I'm jumping the gun a bit. But (a) I'm proud of how the audiobook turned out, and (b) I'm rather proud of how the promo turned out, too. So I wanted to share that with you now.

The official release date on Podiobooks.com will be 3/31/2009 -- which happens to be my Mom's birthday. Being unemployed (along with the rest of the world), I'll be hard put to buy anything for her, but this, I can do. Heck, she likes audio books. "Look Mommie, I made it myself -- and didn't use any macaroni or glue!"

Hope you enjoy the promo. And given you'll be getting this on Friday the 13th.... Listen Carefully!

Griz

Hiber-Nation 61 -- Wild Animals I Have Known - REDRUFF The Story of the Don Valley Partridge 5 - 7 by Ernest Thompson Seton

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:00:00 +0000

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Wild Animals I have Known, by Ernest Thompson Seton

"REDRUFF The Story of the Don Valley Partridge" Parts 5 - 7

This is the end of the book. I hope you ... I was about to say "enjoyed..."

I hope you got as much out of the book as I did. Parts of the stories are sad. I have to admit, at moments in editing, I got tears in my eyes. I imagine that was mostly from the stories themselves. But I hope I did it justice. I believe I did. Thanks for listening.

Show Theme: Pachelbel's "Canon in D" from Owen Poteat.

Book Theme: "Sovereign" from Kevin MacLeod.

Available now on Podiobooks.com!

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 22:00:00 +0000

Forgot to mention, I now have "A Handy Guide for Beggars," by Vachel Lindsay, available on Podiobooks.com. I went back through all those files I'd recorded for Hiber-Nation, and did the necessary editing to fit them to the Podiobooks standards. So no, they don't sound any better than they did, but you can use the Personalized Feed mechanism to get the book sent episode-by-episode from beginning to end.

So if you liked the book, you could recommend the Podiobooks feed to your friends. For example. I'm just sayin'.

I've attached the promo for "Beggars" to the feed, so you'll have a copy you could share, or play on your podcast, if ya wanna. I'd appreciate that.

Thanks!

Griz

Hiber-Nation 60 -- Wild Animals I Have Known - REDRUFF The Story of the Don Valley Partridge 1 - 4 by Ernest Thompson Seton

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:00:00 +0000

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Wild Animals I have Known, by Ernest Thompson Seton

"REDRUFF The Story of the Don Valley Partridge" Parts 1 - 4

Show Theme: Pachelbel's "Canon in D" from Owen Poteat.

Book Theme: "Sovereign" from Kevin MacLeod.

Episode 86 -- Duluth! Revisited! Again!

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 16:00:00 +0000

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Back in Episode 56, I did that J Proctor Knott speech that in 1871 made Duluth one of the best-known cities in the country -- for a little while, anyway. I really liked the way the speech turned out, mostly.

But I didn't like the way that show turned out. Didn't like the music,didn't like the audio quality, the flaws kept picking at me. So tonight I opened up Episode 56, re-edited it and cleaned it up a bit. And here it is. I liked it enough that I thought it worthwhile to get it as good as possible.

Still not perfect, but a lot better, I think. If you missed it the first time, or even if not, I hope you like this version.

Thanks for your patience with my perfectionism.

Hiber-Nation 59 -- Wild Animals I Have Known - WULLY The Story of a Yaller Dog Parts 2 and 3 by Ernest Thompson Seton

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 16:00:00 +0000

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Wild Animals I have Known, by Ernest Thompson Seton

"WULLY The Story of a Yaller Dog" Parts 2 and 3

Show Theme: Pachelbel's "Canon in D" from Owen Poteat.

Book Themes: "Sovereign" and "Skye Cuilin" from Kevin MacLeod.

The Wolf That Changed America

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 03:24:00 +0000

I wanted to point you to a video broadcast on the PBS program "Nature," called "Lobo: The Wolf That Changed America." The BBC originally did it, narrated by Richard Attenborough. The PBS version is narrated by F. Murray Abraham.

Hard to compete with. ;-)

This explains why "Wild Animals I Have Known" became such an important book, and to a point, why I recorded it.

Here's a link so you can find the full show and watch it on the PBS site. (http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/the-wolf-that-changed-america/video-full-episode/4414/)

Hiber-Nation 58 -- Wild Animals I Have Known - WULLY The Story of a Yaller Dog Part 1 by Ernest Thompson Seton

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 12:09:00 +0000

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Wild Animals I have Known, by Ernest Thompson Seton

"WULLY The Story of a Yaller Dog" Part 1

Show Theme: Pachelbel's "Canon in D" from Owen Poteat.

Book Themes: "Sovereign" and "Skye Cuilin" from Kevin MacLeod.

Episode 85 -- Various & Sundry

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 23:00:00 +0000

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Just stuff that happened, that's all.

Part 1 -- Perfect Power

Traded two old laptops and a batteryless Belkin UPS for a working CyberPower 585AVR. Messed up Spinrite & started over (sigh). And so on.

Part 2 -- Expanding to Fill the Available Time

Even being unemployed, I've got enough to do that I'm wearing myself out.

Part 3 -- Some Day Real Soon Now

I'm gotta start reviewing Podiobooks again, Some Day Real Soon Now. Maybe starting with David Lee Summers newest book.

PROMO: "Heirs of the New Earth"

Part 4 -- Maybe This Time

Didn't manage NaBloPoMo last month. Trying again this month. Probably.

.. And Finally ...

New tools: How to Discuss, How to Donate, and more?

Theme: "Hot Swing" from Kevin MacLeod

IDSL: "Abandoned" from "Troop of Echoes"

Hiber-Nation 57 -- Wild Animals I Have Known - The Pacing Mustang Parts 4 - 6 by Ernest Thompson Seton

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 05:55:00 +0000

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Wild Animals I have Known, by Ernest Thompson Seton

"The Pacing Mustang" Parts 4 - 6

Show Theme: Pachelbel's "Canon in D" from Owen Poteat.

Book Themes: "Sovereign" and "Porch Blues" from Kevin MacLeod.

Hiber-Nation 56 -- Wild Animals I Have Known - The Pacing Mustang Parts 1 - 3 by Ernest Thompson Seton

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 10:39:00 +0000

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Wild Animals I have Known, by Ernest Thompson Seton

"The Pacing Mustang" Parts 1 - 3

Show Theme: Pachelbel's "Canon in D" from Owen Poteat.

Book Themes: "Sovereign" and "Porch Blues" from Kevin MacLeod.

Live on Podiobooks.com!

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 03:01:00 +0000

Exciting news!

At long last, I managed to get "Monarch: the Big Bear of Tallac" by Ernest Thompson Seton, the last book I completed on "Stories from the Hiber-Nation," up and live as a serialized audio book on Podiobooks.com !!

Here's the promo. Yes, I admit it, I cut-and-pasted it together from the existing audio. Same for the book.

Still, pretty cool, huh?

Griz

Episode 84 -- Noises Off

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 05:54:00 +0000

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Part 1 - Noises Off

Got that ThermalTake BlacX thing, and a new eSATA card, so I hooked up my old, broken laptop drive to my desktop, which is running Spinrite to recover the data -- hence the fan noise and occasional clicks.

Part 2 - Employment Wanted

Yep, still unemployed. Lots of that going around.

Promo: Tee Morris' new "In Your Right Mind" podcast.

Part 3 - Books

My continuing adventures trying to get Ernest Thompson Seton's book, "Monarch: the Big Bear of Tallac," from my "Stories from the Hiber-Nation" podcast, up as a Podiobook on Podiobooks.com.

Music: "I'm Gonna Procrastinate" by Rob Balder of The Funny Music Project.

Part 4 - Honorable Mention

Got invited to visit the "ErkPod" podcast, and while there, heard about the podcast Erk's Mom started recently, "Blast from the Past Podcast," wherein she had some nice stuff to say about me. She has excellent taste!

... And Finally

IDSL Tune: "A-YOO" from G-Rize.

Theme Music: "Hot Swing" from Kevin MacLeod.

Hiber-Nation 55 -- Wild Animals I Have Known - The Springfield Fox Parts 3 and 4 by Ernest Thompson Seton

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 23:00:00 +0000

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Wild Animals I have Known, by Ernest Thompson Seton

"The Springfield Fox" Parts 3 and 4

Show Theme: Pachelbel's "Canon in D" from Owen Poteat.

Book Themes: "Sovereign" and "Porch Blues" from Kevin MacLeod.

Hiber-Nation 54 -- Wild Animals I Have Known - The Springfield Fox Parts 1 and 2 by Ernest Thompson Seton

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 05:15:00 +0000

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Wild Animals I have Known, by Ernest Thompson Seton

"The Springfield Fox" Parts 1 and 2

Show Theme: Pachelbel's "Canon in D" from Owen Poteat.

Book Themes: "Sovereign" and "Porch Blues" from Kevin MacLeod.

Hiber-Nation 53 -- Wild Animals I Have Known - BINGO: The Story of My Dog Parts 5 - 8 by Ernest Thompson Seton

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 23:00:00 +0000

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Wild Animals I have Known, by Ernest Thompson Seton

"BINGO: The Story of My Dog" Parts 5 - 8

Show Theme: Pachelbel's "Canon in D" from Owen Poteat.

Book Themes: "Sovereign" and "Porch Blues" from Kevin MacLeod.

Hiber-Nation 52 -- Wild Animals I Have Known - BINGO: The Story of My Dog Parts 1 - 4 by Ernest Thompson Seton

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 23:00:00 +0000

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Wild Animals I have Known, by Ernest Thompson Seton

"BINGO: The Story of My Dog" Parts 1 - 4

Show Theme: Pachelbel's "Canon in D" from Owen Poteat.

Book Themes: "Sovereign" and "Porch Blues" from Kevin MacLeod.

Hiber-Nation 51 -- Wild Animals I Have Known - The Story of a Cottontail Rabbit Parts 5 - 8 by Ernest Thompson Seton

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 02:47:00 +0000

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Wild Animals I have Known, by Ernest Thompson Seton

"The Story of a Cottontail Rabbit" Parts 5 - 8

Show Theme: Pachelbel's "Canon in D" from Owen Poteat.

Book Themes: "Sovereign" and "Porch Blues" from Kevin MacLeod.

Hiber-Nation 50 -- Wild Animals I Have Known - The Story of a Cottontail Rabbit Parts 1 - 4 by Ernest Thompson Seton

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 11:00:00 +0000

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Wild Animals I have Known, by Ernest Thompson Seton

"The Story of a Cottontail Rabbit" Parts 1 - 4

Show Theme: Pachelbel's "Canon in D" from Owen Poteat.

Book Themes: "Sovereign" and "Porch Blues" from Kevin MacLeod.

Episode 83 -- Walking on Eggshells

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 06:58:00 +0000

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My triumphant return, sort of.

Part 1 -- Three Weeks?

My hard drive died. Tried to recover the data with Spinrite, the best tool I know of for that task. The program said it'd take three weeks...

Part 2 -- More Technology Please

I was asked to get the NaBloPoMo Collective Feed back up and running for the February folks. Got it updated.

Part 3 -- Irons in the Fire

A half a dozen different projects I have to do in a hurry.

Part 4 -- Something Just for Fun

I just got a Casio SK-1 Sampling Keyboard at Goodwill. Fun toy!

Part 5 -- A Different Outlook

A minor reduction in the chaos in my room.

And Finally...

Themes: "Hot Swing" and "Porch Blues" from Kevin MacLeod.

IDSL: "Aanese Uske Aaye Bahar" from Anil Khare.

Hiber-Nation 49 -- Wild Animals I Have Known -- SILVERSPOT: The Story of a Crow by Ernest Thompson Seton

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 23:00:00 +0000

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Wild Animals I have Known, by Ernest Thompson Seton

"Silverspot, the Story of a Crow"

Show Theme: Pachelbel's "Canon in D" from Owen Poteat.

Book Themes: "Sovereign" and "Porch Blues" from Kevin MacLeod.

Where's them Podcasts?

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 04:07:00 +0000

I recently migrated all my Feedburner feeds over to the systems at Google. In the process, some of the feeds got broken, in particular if you subscribed via feeds.grizzlysgrowls.com, rather than feeds.feedburner.com. Just found out it was broken today, and that appears to be fixed now. Tell me if there are problems.

In the process of poking around on Libsyn while researching that, I found out Libsyn had "misplaced" maybe 10 podcast files of the November episodes of Stories from the Hiber-Nation. I re-uploaded copies from my archives, and hopefully those are all back working again. Again, please, please tell me if you have problems.

In other news: The nice folks at the ET Seton Institute got a flash player installed in the Audio Books section on their site, playing my recordings of those two Seton books I'd recorded earlier. Cool, huh? They also requested one story in particular from yet another Seton book, "Lobo, the King of the Currumpaw," from "Wild Animals I Have Known." PBS recently did an episode of "Nature" about that particular story, and the Institute had been getting a surge in traffic due to interest in that show.

I'd already recorded and posted the first part of "Flatland," no help for that. After much uncertainty, I decided to make Hiber-Nation 48 the first part of "Wild Animals," including "Lobo." What will happen with 49 and so on?

I can't decide what's the right thing to do about all this. Opinions would be greatly appreciated -- put "Flatland" on hold and finish "Wild," put "Wild" on hold and finish "Flatland," or alternate between the two? Flatland is gonna be maybe 23 shows, if I keep episodes short. Wild would be better, I think, with each of the 8 stories complete in an episode, with one down already. So I'm leaning toward doing "Wild" first. But I still don't know.

Hope there hasn't been too much confusion for everybody. We'll return to our Regularly Scheduled Programming, already in progress, some time soon now.

Thank you for your patience.

Griz

Hiber-Nation 48 -- Wild Animals I Have Known -- LOBO: King of the Carrumpaw by Ernest Thompson Seton

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:00:00 +0000

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Wild Animals I have Known, by Ernest Thompson Seton

PREFACE

"Lobo, King of the Carrumpaw"

Sorry for any confusion; had to get this recorded for the ET Seton Institute. They requested it for a player they have set up on their site, that plays the earlier two Seton books I'd recorded. (Cool, huh?) I figure, while I'm at it, I'll record the rest of the book, and get back to "Flatland when that's done.

Thanks for your patience!

Griz

Show Theme: Pachelbel's "Canon in D" from Owen Poteat.

Book Themes: "Sovereign" and "Porch Blues" from Kevin MacLeod.

Hiber-Nation 47 -- Flatland Part 1 Sections 1 & 2

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 23:00:00 +0000

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"Flatland, a Romance of Many Dimensions," by Edwin Abbott Abbott.

HINT: This is not necessarily about what you think it's about. When he says "Many Dimensions," he means "Many Dimensions."

A Note to the Listener (from me)

Part 1 -- This World

Section 1 -- Of the Nature of Flatland

Section 2 -- Of the Climate and Houses in Flatland

Show Theme: "Canon in D" from Owen Poteat.

Book Theme: "Friendly Day" from Kevin MacLeod.

Episode 82 -- Socialized

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 08:13:00 +0000

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Part 1 -- Looking to the Future

Becoming a Displaced Worker. Becoming a Media Studies student - almost. Becoming a Medical Transcription student - almost. Aspergers, driving, job interviews, conversations & eye contact.

Promo: Jonathan Santlofer's "Anatomy of Fear"

Part 2 -- Critical Mass

Just went over 200 followers on Twitter. Still no idea why; might be the Promos. Might be the reviews of Terry Fallis' "The Best Laid Plans." (Congrats on the Stephen Leacock Award for Humour, by the way.) Might be mistaken identity.

Promo: Matthew Wayne Selznick's live concert

Part 3 -- Actual Value

Twitjoy and Twitter. Amazon. My new Cafe Press store. The Teddy Bear. The Pillow. Sales. Mom.

Promo: The "Tick" PSA

And Finally...

IDSL: "A Tiny Jaws" from Laredo Parish from Minneapolis Minnesota.

Themes: "Hot Swing" and "Continue Life" from Kevin MacLeod

Hiber-Nation 46 -- The Meat, by Randall Head

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 23:00:00 +0000

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Flash Fiction by my friend Randall Head, entitled "The Meat." I picked the title, since he didn't have one yet. Hope he likes it.

Theme: Pachelbel's "Canon in D" by Owen Poteat.

Incidental Music: "Porch Blues" by Kevin MacLeod.

Episode 81 -- One Size Fits All

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 10:21:00 +0000

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Part 1 -- Shameless Self-Promotion!

Discussing the promos on Bloodthirsty Vegetarians, The Dawn and Drew Show , Hypernonsense, Shawnogram, Inside My Head, Erkpod, Sonitotum and CrimeWAV -- so far. No shame at all, huh? Four voice acting roles. My new Pop filter.

Tune: "Bears in the City," from TR Kelley and "Babes with Axes" from their Live Axe album.

Part 2 -- Exciting New Stories!

A Flash Fiction piece upcoming on "Hiber-Nation," possible Science Fiction, another possible book. One I'm assembling for Podiobooks.com.

Part 3 -- Grizzly's Giving Page

Nice notes from teachers on recently completed Projects.

Closing Tune: "One Size Fits All," from TR Kelley and "Babes with Axes" from their Live Axe album.

Theme: "Hot Swing," incidental "Continue Life" from Kevin MacLeod.

Hiber-Nation 45 -- The Symbol and the Saint by Eugene Field

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 00:13:00 +0000

K7 Comment Line: 206-350-6909

"The Symbol and the Saint," from "Christmas Tales and Christmas Verse," by Eugene Field, published in 1912.

A very pretty story I found. I'm using this as an Audio Christmas Card this year. Don't have much money, but I do have blank CDs!

Best wishes for a joyous holiday season, whatever holiday you celebrate! And here's to better times in the coming year.

All Music from Kevin MacLeod.

Episode 80 -- Where Am I Going? And What Am I Doing In This Handbasket?

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 11:12:00 +0000

K7 Comment Line: 206-350-6909

The long awaited Episode 80. Cue the fireworks.

Part 1 -- Starting at the Beginning

Incoherent rambling about numbers. Wind thingies. Popping sounds. Stuff about having more stuff. I like Pie.

Part 2 -- Christmas Gifts

I got a nice compliment from Spider Robinson after commenting on his podcast, "Spider on the Web." I think. I don't always understand people, though.

Part 3 -- Young Junius

My review of Seth Harwood's new audiobook, on Podiobooks.com, and on his own site. By the way, Seth's first novel "Jack Wakes Up" will be released on Amazon on May 9, 2009. You can pre-order, if you'd like...

Amazon: Jack Wakes Up: A Novel

Themes: "Hot Swing" and "Continue Life" from Kevin Macleod.

IDSL Tune: "A Tiger Dancing" from Heiruspecs on Garageband.com, and on their new site.

Episode 79 -- A Matter of Opinions

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 06:00:00 +0000

Too bad I'd already done "Gang Aft Agley."

Part 1 -- Best Laid Plans Revisited

Decided I had more to say, and some corrections to my previous review of Terry Fallis' book, "The Best Laid Plans."

Amazon: The Best Laid Plans: A Novel

Part 2 -- Chasing the Bard

My review of Phillipa Ballantine's book, "Chasing the Bard." Wonder what Pip will think...

Amazon: Chasing the Bard

Part 3 -- A Little Good News

I signed up for this Voice123.com thing, that might get me voiceover work. And might not. I might also be in an audioplay, doing some voice acting. And might not. Life is so confusing.

And Finally...

IDSL Tune: "A Statement" from HC Fragile.

Themes: "Hot Swing" and "Continue Life" from Kevin MacLeod.

Episode 78 -- Will Talk For Money

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 23:36:00 +0000

Part 1 -- It's Not My Job

As of February, my employers are leaving town and I'm losing my job. And I'm terrible at job hunting. Still have to do it. I've added Amazon links for various stuff I've talked about on the show, and maybe that'll help a bit...

Part 2 -- The Best Laid Plans

My review of the Terry Fallis political satire novel.

On Podiobooks.com
On Terry Fallis' website

Amazon: The Best Laid Plans: A Novel

Part 3 -- The International Listening Year

Wanted to share an idea I had.

Storycorps and the National Day of Listening

The ILY Ning Group
The ILY Collective Feed

And Finally...

IDSL Tune: "A Reminder" from Past 23

Themes: "Hot Swing" and "Continue Life" from Kevin MacLeod.

Hiber-Nation 44 -- MONARCH: the Big Bear of Tallac Part 16 - The End

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 06:00:00 +0000

Amazon: Monarch: The Big Bear of Tallac (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press)

Ernest Thompson Seton's book, "Monarch, the Big Bear of Tallac."

Part 16 -- "Landlocked." The story ends as stories end. Not with a bang.

Theme: Pachelbel's "Canon in D" performed by Owen Poteat.

Hiber-Nation 43 -- MONARCH: the Big Bear of Tallac Part 15

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 06:00:00 +0000

Amazon: Monarch: The Big Bear of Tallac (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press)

Ernest Thompson Seton's book, "Monarch, the Big Bear of Tallac."

Part 15 -- "The Foaming Flood." Kellyan and Bonamy set more traps -- but this time with something extra.

Theme: Pachelbel's "Canon in D" performed by Owen Poteat.

Hiber-Nation 42 -- MONARCH: the Big Bear of Tallac Part 14

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:00:00 +0000

Amazon: Monarch: The Big Bear of Tallac (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press)

Ernest Thompson Seton's book, "Monarch, the Big Bear of Tallac."

Part 14 -- "The Cataract." Many Grizzlies acquire a taste for beef and mutton, and make names for themselves. One becomes the Monarch of the Plain, worth a King's ransom.

Theme: Pachelbel's "Canon in D" performed by Owen Poteat.

Episode 77 -- Ensemble

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 09:28:00 +0000

Amazon: SPITE (Jonny C Mysteries)

Amazon: Serve It Cold

Part 1 -- Ensemble

Finished Ronnie Blackwell's book, "Spite," in PDF form. Good book, with a notable "ensemble" cast of characters. Wouldn't be a Johnnie C Mystery without the whole community. Lots of ensembles in fiction these days, I think.

Part 2 -- A Very Different Time

Since I can only record what I'm allowed to, I read lots of old stuff. Some of that old stuff expresses old racial attitudes and stereotypes. What can I do?

And Finally...

A player of ME! reading them Seton books on the E.T. Seton Institute's website? Cool! Maybe I'm just as good as I claim to be? Remarkable how humble I remain, ain't it.

Shoutouts to: Jen & Shawno from "Inside My Head," "Shawnogram," and "Hypernonsense." Mer from "Braindouche!" Erk et. al. from the Erkpod Collective. Rich & John from "Bloodthirsty Vegetarians."

Theme: "140 Times" from Bob Baldwin & RockOn.
Music: "Continue Life" from Kevin MacLeod

IDSL: "A Promise (Is a Promise)" from [Elsewhere].

Hiber-Nation 41 -- MONARCH: the Big Bear of Tallac Part 13

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 06:00:00 +0000

Amazon: Monarch: The Big Bear of Tallac (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press)

Ernest Thompson Seton's book, "Monarch, the Big Bear of Tallac."

Part 13 -- "The Deepening Channel." Romance finds Gringo. Gringo finds revenge.

Theme: Pachelbel's "Canon in D" performed by Owen Poteat.

Hiber-Nation 40 -- MONARCH: the Big Bear of Tallac Part 12

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 06:00:00 +0000

Amazon: Monarch: The Big Bear of Tallac (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press)

Ernest Thompson Seton's book, "Monarch, the Big Bear of Tallac."

Part 12 -- "Swirl and Pool and Growing Flood." Kellyan and Bonamy try traps, and find "Gringo's" biggest weakness.

Theme: Pachelbel's "Canon in D" performed by Owen Poteat.

Hiber-Nation 39 -- MONARCH: the Big Bear of Tallac Part 11

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 06:00:00 +0000

Amazon: Monarch: The Big Bear of Tallac (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press)

Ernest Thompson Seton's book, "Monarch, the Big Bear of Tallac."

Part 11 -- "The Ford." A cowboy meets a full-grown grizzly on a trail, and lives to tell about it.

Theme: Pachelbel's "Canon in D" performed by Owen Poteat.

Hiber-Nation 38 -- MONARCH: the Big Bear of Tallac Part 10

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 06:00:00 +0000

Amazon: Monarch: The Big Bear of Tallac (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press)

Ernest Thompson Seton's book, "Monarch, the Big Bear of Tallac."

Part 10 -- "The Eddy." Kellyan and Bonamy once again try hunting "The Gringo," and occasionally, "The Gringo" hunts them right back -- but neither quite kills the other.

Theme: Pachelbel's "Canon in D" performed by Owen Poteat.

Hiber-Nation 37 -- MONARCH: the Big Bear of Tallac Part 9

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 06:00:00 +0000

Amazon: Monarch: The Big Bear of Tallac (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press)

Ernest Thompson Seton's book, "Monarch, the Big Bear of Tallac." Another grizzly story I think you'll enjoy.

Part 9 -- "Fire and Water." Kellyan has another try at Jack, and almost gets them both killed in the process.

Theme: Pachelbel's "Canon in D" performed by Owen Poteat.

Hiber-Nation 36 -- MONARCH: the Big Bear of Tallac Part 8

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 06:00:00 +0000

Amazon: Monarch: The Big Bear of Tallac (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press)

Ernest Thompson Seton's book, "Monarch, the Big Bear of Tallac." Another grizzly story I think you'll enjoy.

Part 8 -- "Roaring in the Canon." Jack has become a Giant Sheep-herder. Pedro seeks the help of Jack's old friend, Lan Kellyan. Lan takes Jack's sheep, and tries to take Jack -- not knowing it's Jack.

Theme: Pachelbel's "Canon in D" performed by Owen Poteat.

Episode 76 -- No Po No Mo!

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 06:05:00 +0000

Part 1 -- The Final Brick in the Wall

With this show, I've effectively finished NaPodPoMo. I have "Stories" in place for the last few days. But did I cheat myself?

And Finally ...

Some good news from Owen Poteat about some potential commercial exposure for one of his tunes -- which I decided to include in this show, at the end! Congratulations, Owen!

Theme: "140 Times" from Bob Baldwin & RockOn
Other Music: "Continue Life" from Kevin MacLeod

Closing Tune: "Hard to Get The Blues" from Owen Poteat.

Amazon: Time Marches On - album by Owen Poteat

Hiber-Nation 35 -- MONARCH: the Big Bear of Tallac Part 7

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 06:00:00 +0000

Amazon: Monarch: The Big Bear of Tallac (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press)

Ernest Thompson Seton's book, "Monarch, the Big Bear of Tallac." Another grizzly story I think you'll enjoy.

Part 7 -- "The Freshet." Jack comes back for more sheep. The sheep-herder, Pedro Tampico, gets a mistaken impression of Jack.

Theme: Pachelbel's "Canon in D" performed by Owen Poteat.

Hiber-Nation 34 -- MONARCH: the Big Bear of Tallac Part 6

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:00:00 +0000

Amazon: Monarch: The Big Bear of Tallac (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press)

Ernest Thompson Seton's book, "Monarch, the Big Bear of Tallac." Another grizzly story I think you'll enjoy.

Part 6 -- "The Broken Dam." Jack heads for the hills. He learns to like the taste of sheep. The sheep-herder doesn't approve. Jack is mostly untroubled by this.

Theme: Pachelbel's "Canon in D" performed by Owen Poteat.

Hiber-Nation 33 -- MONARCH: the Big Bear of Tallac Part 5

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:00:00 +0000

Amazon: Monarch: The Big Bear of Tallac (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press)

Ernest Thompson Seton's book, "Monarch, the Big Bear of Tallac." Another grizzly story I think you'll enjoy.

Part 5 -- "The River Held in the Foothills." Jack's captors torment and torture him, and he fights back. Jack shows his protective side. Then, Jack celebrates Independence Day.

Theme: Pachelbel's "Canon in D" performed by Owen Poteat.

Hiber-Nation 32 -- MONARCH: the Big Bear of Tallac Part 4

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 06:00:00 +0000

Amazon: Monarch: The Big Bear of Tallac (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press)

Ernest Thompson Seton's book, "Monarch, the Big Bear of Tallac." Another grizzly story I think you'll enjoy.

Part 4 -- "The Stream that Sank in the Sand." Jack and Jill have a little fun, and lose their home for it. Jack gains a new home.

Theme: Pachelbel's "Canon in D" performed by Owen Poteat.

Hiber-Nation 31 -- MONARCH: the Big Bear of Tallac Part 3

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:00:00 +0000

Amazon: Monarch: The Big Bear of Tallac (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press)

Ernest Thompson Seton's book, "Monarch, the Big Bear of Tallac." Another grizzly story I think you'll enjoy.

Part 3 -- "The Trout Pool." Jack teaches an old dog a new trick. The dog is not amused.

Theme: Pachelbel's "Canon in D" performed by Owen Poteat.

Hiber-Nation 30 -- MONARCH: the Big Bear of Tallac Part 2

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 06:00:00 +0000

Amazon: Monarch: The Big Bear of Tallac (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press)

Ernest Thompson Seton's book, "Monarch, the Big Bear of Tallac." Another grizzly story I think you'll enjoy.

Part 2 -- "The Springs and the Miner's Dam." The two youngsters become Jack and Jill. Jack becomes a pet. Jill becomes a problem. Jack comes tumbling down.

Theme: Pachelbel's "Canon in D" performed by Owen Poteat.

Episode 75 -- More Na, Less Poo

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 06:31:00 +0000

Day 17 of NaPodPoMo: Terror in the Heartland.

Part 1 -- The NaNaPooPoo Podcast Community Network

An extended rant on my current perseveration. A circus parade. Mimes and clowns. Reference to the Lovely and Talented Shawno and Jen from Hypernonsense et al, and the Lovely and Talented Erk from Erkpod et al.

Link to the NaNaProMo. Link to the NaNaProBump.

Part 2 -- Music

IDSL tune "A Precarious Situation" from Blue Attic Corner.

Part 3 -- Monarch

The new book in Hiber-Nation, "Monarch, the Big Bear of the Tallac," by Ernest Thompson Seton. And Hiber-Nation stays daily. Or not.

And Finally...

IDSL Tune "A Prepared Statement" from Sir Weeze.

Intro "Hot Swing," bumps "Continue Life" from Kevin MacLeod.

Outro "140 Times" from Bob Baldwin of RockOn.

Hiber-Nation 29 -- MONARCH: the Big Bear of Tallac Part 1

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 06:00:00 +0000

Amazon: Monarch: The Big Bear of Tallac (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press)

Ernest Thompson Seton's book, "Monarch, the Big Bear of Tallac." Another grizzly story I think you'll enjoy. Published in 1919, it tells the story of a Grizzly who ended up in a cage in Golden Gate Park, and the people who knew him. It's not quite as much a "Biography" as my previous Seton choice, but I really do like this book even so. And I felt like I had to return to Seton for this one, especially with NaPodPoMo.

Some of the humor would not be approved of these days, I suppose. But given that, the funny parts are still funny.

Dedication, Forward, and Part 1 -- "The Two Springs." We meet two very young grizzlies, their Mother ... and a hunter.

Theme: Pachelbel's "Canon in D" performed by Owen Poteat, with additional music provided by Kevin MacLeod.

Hiber-Nation 28 -- A Handy Guide for Beggars Part 2.13 by Vachel Lindsay - The End

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 06:00:00 +0000

Amazon: Handy Guide for Beggars, Especially Those of the Poetic Fraternity (Paperbound)

A Handy Guide for Beggars, Especially Those of the Poetic Fraternity, by Vachel Lindsay.

True story. In 1906, young poet Vachel Lindsay wanders through a dozen states, with no money and no baggage, staying with random strangers, reciting poetry and teaching "The Gospel of Beauty." So, what do you suppose that was like? Wonder why this book was popular in the 1960s & '70s?

Part 2.13, "A Mendicant Pilgrimage in the East."

Includes "The Old Gentleman with the Lantern," part 8, and "That Men Might See Again the Angel Throng."

And that's the end of the book. Now I'll be sad for a while, I think. And then find another book. What adventure awaits? "God help us to be brave."

Music by Kevin MacLeod.

Hiber-Nation 27 -- A Handy Guide for Beggars Part 2.12 by Vachel Lindsay

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 06:00:00 +0000

Amazon: Handy Guide for Beggars, Especially Those of the Poetic Fraternity (Paperbound)

A Handy Guide for Beggars, Especially Those of the Poetic Fraternity, by Vachel Lindsay.

True story. In 1906, young poet Vachel Lindsay wanders through a dozen states, with no money and no baggage, staying with random strangers, reciting poetry and teaching "The Gospel of Beauty." So, what do you suppose that was like? Wonder why this book was popular in the 1960s & '70s?

Part 2.12, "A Mendicant Pilgrimage in the East."

Includes "The Old Gentleman with the Lantern," parts 6 & 7.

Music by Kevin MacLeod.

Hiber-Nation 26 -- A Handy Guide for Beggars Part 2.11 by Vachel Lindsay

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 06:00:00 +0000

Amazon: Handy Guide for Beggars, Especially Those of the Poetic Fraternity (Paperbound)

A Handy Guide for Beggars, Especially Those of the Poetic Fraternity, by Vachel Lindsay.

True story. In 1906, young poet Vachel Lindsay wanders through a dozen states, with no money and no baggage, staying with random strangers, reciting poetry and teaching "The Gospel of Beauty." So, what do you suppose that was like? Wonder why this book was popular in the 1960s & '70s?

Part 2.11, "A Mendicant Pilgrimage in the East."

Includes "The Old Gentleman with the Lantern," parts 4 & 5.

Music by Kevin MacLeod.

Hiber-Nation 25 -- A Handy Guide for Beggars Part 2.10 by Vachel Lindsay

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 06:00:00 +0000

Amazon: Handy Guide for Beggars, Especially Those of the Poetic Fraternity (Paperbound)

A Handy Guide for Beggars, Especially Those of the Poetic Fraternity, by Vachel Lindsay.

True story. In 1906, young poet Vachel Lindsay wanders through a dozen states, with no money and no baggage, staying with random strangers, reciting poetry and teaching "The Gospel of Beauty." So, what do you suppose that was like? Wonder why this book was popular in the 1960s & '70s?

Part 2.10, "A Mendicant Pilgrimage in the East."

Includes "The Old Gentleman with the Lantern," parts 2 & 3.

Music by Kevin MacLeod.

Hiber-Nation 24 -- A Handy Guide for Beggars Part 2.9 by Vachel Lindsay

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 06:00:00 +0000

Amazon: Handy Guide for Beggars, Especially Those of the Poetic Fraternity (Paperbound)

A Handy Guide for Beggars, Especially Those of the Poetic Fraternity, by Vachel Lindsay.

True story. In 1906, young poet Vachel Lindsay wanders through a dozen states, with no money and no baggage, staying with random strangers, reciting poetry and teaching "The Gospel of Beauty." So, what do you suppose that was like? Wonder why this book was popular in the 1960s & '70s?

Part 2.9, "A Mendicant Pilgrimage in the East."

Includes "Life Transcendent," "In the Immaculate Conception Church," and "The Old Gentleman with the Lantern," part 1.

Music by Kevin MacLeod.

Episode 74 -- One Leg at a Time

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 06:00:00 +0000

Day 10 of NaPodPoMo -- The crisis continues....

Part 1 -- One Leg at a Time

We really ought to take a second look at celebrities sometimes -- Like Halle Barry, Al Gore, Jim Oberstar -- we might learn something.

Part 2 -- Music

IDSL Tune: "A New Face" from "Blue Numbers," out of Minneapolis Minnesota.

Part 3 -- Grizzly's Giving Page

Today's Project: "Privacy, Please!" from Mrs. S's classroom at Tigerville Elementary School, in Taylors, South Carolina.

And Finally ...

What, you expect more? You darn kids, get off my lawn!

IDSL Tune: "A Perfekt 10" from "Ten Dark Years" out of Mankato Minnesota.

(By the way, this was my 100th posted Podcast! Yay me!)

Hiber-Nation 23 -- A Handy Guide for Beggars Part 2.8 by Vachel Lindsay

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 06:00:00 +0000

Amazon: Handy Guide for Beggars, Especially Those of the Poetic Fraternity (Paperbound)

A Handy Guide for Beggars, Especially Those of the Poetic Fraternity, by Vachel Lindsay.

True story. In 1906, young poet Vachel Lindsay wanders through a dozen states, with no money and no baggage, staying with random strangers, reciting poetry and teaching "The Gospel of Beauty." So, what do you suppose that was like? Wonder why this book was popular in the 1960s & '70s?

Part 2.8, "A Mendicant Pilgrimage in the East."

Includes "Death, The Devil, and Human Kindness," part 4.

Music by Kevin MacLeod.

Hiber-Nation 22 -- A Handy Guide for Beggars Part 2.7 by Vachel Lindsay

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 06:00:00 +0000

Amazon: Handy Guide for Beggars, Especially Those of the Poetic Fraternity (Paperbound)

A Handy Guide for Beggars, Especially Those of the Poetic Fraternity, by Vachel Lindsay.

True story. In 1906, young poet Vachel Lindsay wanders through a dozen states, with no money and no baggage, staying with random strangers, reciting poetry and teaching "The Gospel of Beauty." So, what do you suppose that was like? Wonder why this book was popular in the 1960s & '70s?

Part 2.7, "A Mendicant Pilgrimage in the East."

Includes "Death, The Devil, and Human Kindness," parts 2 & 3.

Music by Kevin MacLeod.

Hiber-Nation 21 -- A Handy Guide for Beggars Part 2.6 by Vachel Lindsay

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 06:00:00 +0000

Amazon: Handy Guide for Beggars, Especially Those of the Poetic Fraternity (Paperbound)

A Handy Guide for Beggars, Especially Those of the Poetic Fraternity, by Vachel Lindsay.

True story. In 1906, young poet Vachel Lindsay wanders through a dozen states, with no money and no baggage, staying with random strangers, reciting poetry and teaching "The Gospel of Beauty." So, what do you suppose that was like? Wonder why this book was popular in the 1960s & '70s?

Part 2.6, "A Mendicant Pilgrimage in the East."

Includes "What the Sexton Said," and "Death, The Devil, and Human Kindness," part 1

Music by Kevin MacLeod.

Hiber-Nation 20 -- A Handy Guide for Beggars Part 2.5 by Vachel Lindsay

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 06:00:00 +0000

Amazon: Handy Guide for Beggars, Especially Those of the Poetic Fraternity (Paperbound)

A Handy Guide for Beggars, Especially Those of the Poetic Fraternity, by Vachel Lindsay.

True story. In 1906, young poet Vachel Lindsay wanders through a dozen states, with no money and no baggage, staying with random strangers, reciting poetry and teaching "The Gospel of Beauty." So, what do you suppose that was like? Wonder why this book was popular in the 1960s & '70s?

Part 2.5, "A Mendicant Pilgrimage in the East."

Includes "Near Shickshinny, Parts 4 & 5" (the end thereof).

Music by Kevin MacLeod.

Hiber-Nation 19 -- A Handy Guide for Beggars Part 2.4 by Vachel Lindsay

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 06:00:00 +0000

Amazon: Handy Guide for Beggars, Especially Those of the Poetic Fraternity (Paperbound)

A Handy Guide for Beggars, Especially Those of the Poetic Fraternity, by Vachel Lindsay.

True story. In 1906, young poet Vachel Lindsay wanders through a dozen states, with no money and no baggage, staying with random strangers, reciting poetry and teaching "The Gospel of Beauty." So, what do you suppose that was like? Wonder why this book was popular in the 1960s & '70s?

Part 2.4, "A Mendicant Pilgrimage in the East."

Includes "Near Shickshinny, Parts 2 & 3"

Music by Kevin MacLeod.

Hiber-Nation 18 -- A Handy Guide for Beggars Part 2.3 by Vachel Lindsay

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 06:00:00 +0000

Poem "The Town of American Visions"

"On Being Entertained One Evening by College Boys"
Poem "That Which Men Hail as Kings"
"Near Shickshinny, Part 1"

Music by Kevin MacLeod.

Episode 73 -- Not for Broadcast

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 06:00:00 +0000

Part 1 -- Canon in D

Welcome NaPodPoMoians! For the record, this fills my slot for 11/3. Figured I'd do my regular stuff.

Part 2 -- Not for Broadcast

Yes, I am broadcasting, I suppose, not so very New Media-ish of me. But I'm fine with that.

Part 3 -- Music

A little IDSL News: A note I got from Bob Baldwin about Rockon's latest stuff. Also an IDSL tune: "A Man Again" from The Weables.

Part 4 -- Grizzly's Giving Page

The Project "Writing in a Flash!" from Mrs C's classroom, at an undisclosed location in Minnesota.

And Finally ...

A little bit about the new mechanisms for providing comments, over on the sidebar on the website. I hope you'll check them out.

IDSL Tune: "A Monk Amok" from "Moon to Monk." Who, by the way is from Duluth, MN, my home town. Just noticed that.

Theme: Pachelbel's "Canon in D" as performed by Owen Poteat.

Hiber-Nation 17 -- A Handy Guide for Beggars Part 2.2 by Vachel Lindsay

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0000

Amazon: Handy Guide for Beggars, Especially Those of the Poetic Fraternity (Paperbound)

A Handy Guide for Beggars, Especially Those of the Poetic Fraternity, by Vachel Lindsay.

True story. In 1906, young poet Vachel Lindsay wanders through a dozen states, with no money and no baggage, staying with random strangers, reciting poetry and teaching "The Gospel of Beauty." So, what do you suppose that was like? Wonder why this book was popular in the 1960s & '70s?

Part 2.2, "A Mendicant Pilgrimage in the East." Includes the last part of "A Temple Made With Hands."

Music by Kevin MacLeod.

Hiber-Nation 16 -- A Handy Guide for Beggars Part 2.1 by Vachel Lindsay

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0000

Amazon: Handy Guide for Beggars, Especially Those of the Poetic Fraternity (Paperbound)

A Handy Guide for Beggars, Especially Those of the Poetic Fraternity, by Vachel Lindsay.

True story. In 1906, young poet Vachel Lindsay wanders through a dozen states, with no money and no baggage, staying with random strangers, reciting poetry and teaching "The Gospel of Beauty." So, what do you suppose that was like? Wonder why this book was popular in the 1960s & '70s?

Part 2.1, "A Mendicant Pilgrimage in the East." Includes "In Lost Jerusalem," and the beginning of "A Temple Made With Hands."

Music by Kevin MacLeod.

Episode 72 -- Out of the Blue

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 05:26:00 +0000

Part 1 -- Simplicity

Explaining how I have simplified the webpage. Still ugly, though.

Part 2 -- Halloween

"Halloween is Awsome," from Shawno of the HyperNonsense podcasts. Pretty awsome, I think.

Part 3 -- Grizzly's Giving Page

Another Project from the Giving Page, called "Reading is Essential."

Part 4 -- It Doesn't Suck

IDSL Tune: "A Lease on Life" from Justin Trautwein. Very pretty.

Part 5 -- Stories

About the "Hiber-Nation" feed, and more on Family, and my dreaming of voice-over work, and so on.

And Finally ...

"You Don't Need an iPod," A Podcasting PSA by Uncle Seth, a band out of Canada. They asked that I "also please idenfity John C. Havens of the About.com Guide To Podcasting as our co-writer." Done.

Themes: "Hot Swing" intro and "Hammock Fight" outro from Kevin MacLeod.

Hiber-Nation 15 -- A Handy Guide for Beggars Part 1.8 by Vachel Lindsay

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 05:00:00 +0000

Amazon: Handy Guide for Beggars, Especially Those of the Poetic Fraternity (Paperbound)

A Handy Guide for Beggars, Especially Those of the Poetic Fraternity, by Vachel Lindsay.

True story. In 1906, young poet Vachel Lindsay wanders through a dozen states, with no money and no baggage, staying with random strangers, reciting poetry and teaching "The Gospel of Beauty." So, what do you suppose that was like? Wonder why this book was popular in the 1960s & '70s?

End of Part 1.8 with "With a Rose, for Brunhilde," and "Lady Iron Heels."

Part 2 should be along shortly.

Music by Kevin MacLeod.

Episode 71 -- Friends and Family in Spite of People

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 07:03:00 +0000

For an entire show, I refrain from Singing to myself, or to you.

Part 1 - Spite

My first impressions of the second Jonny C mystery from Ronnie Blackwell, entitled "Spite." I bought and downloaded a PDF copy from Lulu.com, read a bit. No promo yet: so there's a promo for the first book in the series, "Serve It Cold." (And there's a fake promo I put together for "Spite," with music "Matt's Blues" from Kevin MacLeod. Was fun to do, but I gotta get a pop filter...)

Part 2 - Family

Got reconnected with the other branch of the Smith family, the children of my uncle Dale Marlin Smith. Looking forward to meeting them, someday.

IDSL Tuneage: "A Gain Again," from Bob Baldwin and Rock On.

Part 3 - Grizzly's Giving Page

Another Project I like -- "I Can Do It, I Know I Can!" -- from DonorsChoose.org.

Part 4 - The People's Choice

Out of 220 Shows finally nominated for The People's Choice Podcast Awards, We weren't. Maybe next year. But there are some I listen to on there, check them out for yourself!

And Finally...

That PSA from Nobilis again. Just for something to think about. (You might not approve of his show, for that matter. But you might.)

Theme: "Hammock Fight" from Kevin MacLeod.

Hiber-Nation 14 -- A Handy Guide for Beggars Part 1.7 by Vachel Lindsay

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 05:00:00 +0000

Episode 70 -- I'm a Dot Com!!!

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 03:30:00 +0000

Now with New and Improved, Shorter intro! (BTW, you could call this "Infinite Diversity II," but I haven't talked to TR lately...)

Part 1 -- The Charles Best email

Discussing the Email I got from the founder of DonorsChoose.org.

"I have a big favor to ask: Would you consider encouraging your readers to
vote for us in the AmEx Members Project? ...

I hope you'll check out the video for our Members Project entry, which might inspire extra enthusiasm for your giving page in the Blogger Challenge. ... Here's the link to vote for our entry, "Help 100,000 Children Thrive in the Classroom."

Part 2 -- Dot Com Entrepreneur Me

I finally own http://grizzlysgrowls.com !!

MUSIC: "Shades of Grey" from TR Kelley, off the "Starstruck Enterprise" album.

Part 3 -- "Shawno & Grizzly On The Town"

A little song, a little dance, a little seltzer in my pants. Showbiz is my life, and the show must go on, now mustn't it?

Part 4 -- A little more music

"Unfolding" from TR Kelley & The Raventones, off the "Odd Birds" album.

Part 5 -- Here's another fine project I've gotten you into!

"Mic Check 1,2! Can you hear me?" from our Grizzly's Giving Page.

Theme: "Hammock Fight" from Kevin MacLeod.

Hiber-Nation 13 -- A Handy Guide for Beggars Part 1.6 by Vachel Lindsay

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 05:00:00 +0000

Anybody got Episode 68???

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:00:00 +0000

When I uploaded Episode 69 this morning, I used the wrong filename, and managed to overwrite Epsode 68. And of course, I'd neglected to archive a copy of that episode on my laptop here, so I have nothing from which to recover it.

Anybody still got a copy of grizz068.mp3, the last show from September? The file on the website right now is the one overwritten by grizz069.mp3. If you've got a copy, I'd appreciate getting it back.

Thanks.

Sigh.

FOLLOWUP: Mer from "Braindouche" had the old episode, and found a way to get it to me. Hopefully, it's All Better Now.

Thanks, Mer!

Episode 69 -- Hnuh Hnuh He Said Sixty-Nine!

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 07:46:00 +0000

My "twenty-minute show" is a bit over 40, cause I'm a bit over 50. You do the math. It's all about Biorhythms. Watch a lot of TV on Hulu. Now they follow me on Twitter -- I think they started it. Also being followed by Barack Obama. That one I started, but even so.

Part 1 - Be Like the Bluebird

A stellar -- perhaps, stunning -- a capella performance of the Cole Porter tune from "Anything Goes," sung by me. HINT: My nickname is Grizzly, not Pavarotti.

Part 2 - Travel? Travel?

Shawno from the "Hyper-Nonsense" podcast nominated my Show for the People's Choice Podcast Awards. As a Travel Podcast.

Part 3 - IDSL: Josh Simmons "A Better Way"

Part 4 - Grizzly's Giving Page

Part 5 - IDSL: David Mau "A Clouded Mirror"

And Finally...

A brief commercial for "Zombinc," which is also a promo for Mur Lafferty's "The Takeover" podcast. Listen carefully; it actually mentions me, if not by name.

Finishing up with a "Braindouche Public Service Announcement."

Theme: "Hammock Fight" from Kevin MacLeod.

Interview on UTalkin2Me!

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 23:59:00 +0000

Just got to listen to an interview with me, on Big JD's "UTalkin2Me" podcast.

It's an interview show with folks who do various interesting things with their time. He did a couple recent shows with interviews with various podcasters like me, had some intelligent questions to ask. I was (rather surprised to be) pleased with how the interview turned out , though Skype was being contrary, and the audio was pretty bad.

Didn't think I'd interview well. But I actually sounded reasonably intelligent and articulate. I encourage you to listen.

Hiber-Nation 12 -- A Handy Guide for Beggars Part 1.5 by Vachel Lindsay

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 05:00:00 +0000

Episode 68 -- A Usual Suspect

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:00:00 +0000

Part 1 -- A Usual Suspect

Why, though never treated as such, I actually qualify as a Usual Suspect, for some things, anyway.

Part 2 -- Beggars

What I think is really remarkable about "A Handy Guide for Beggars," if you think about it.

IDSL: "8 Ball" by "Ask Again Later."

Part 3 -- Shadowmagic

My review of John Lenahan's audio novel, from "Podiobooks."

IDSL: "8 Inches" from "The Bee Family." Remember them?

Themes: "140 Times" from Bob Baldwin, "Human Beat" from Kevin MacLeod.

Nominations please?

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 06:53:00 +0000

By the way, I put up a link on both websites for nominations for the Fourth Annual People's Choice Podcast Awards. And you're the people. I'd imagine both "Grizzly's Growls" and "Stories from the Hiber-Nation" could be nominated.

I'd appreciate your nomination, in whatever category you think appropriate, if you're willing. Don't cost nuthin', and I'd feel good about it.

Thanks.

Grizzly

Hiber-Nation 11 -- A Handy Guide for Beggars Part 1.4 by Vachel Lindsay

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 05:00:00 +0000

Episode 67 -- International Talk Like A Pirate Day

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 19:47:00 +0000

Ruminations on the Family Values inherent in International Talk Like A Pirate Day, and why Kids These Days Just Don't Understand.

Part 1 -- "The Arwen, Season 3: Armada," by Tim Callahan

Part 2 -- "Double Share: A Traders Tale from the Golden Age of the Solar Clipper," by Nathan Lowell

Part 3 -- "Murder at Avedon Hill," by P. G. Holyfield

Part 4 -- "In Search of # 6," by Damon Timm

IDSL: "79th & Madison," by Julie Ann Bailey

Theme: "140 Times" by Bob Baldwin

Hiber-Nation 10 -- A Handy Guide for Beggars Part 1.3 by Vachel Lindsay

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 05:00:00 +0000

Hiber-Nation 9 -- A Handy Guide for Beggars Part 1.2 by Vachel Lindsay

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 05:00:00 +0000

Amazon: Handy Guide for Beggars, Especially Those of the Poetic Fraternity (Paperbound)

A Handy Guide for Beggars, Especially Those of the Poetic Fraternity, by Vachel Lindsay.

True story. In 1906, young poet Vachel Lindsay wanders through a dozen states, with no money and no baggage, staying with random strangers, reciting poetry and teaching "The Gospel of Beauty." So, what do you suppose that was like? Wonder why this book was popular in the 1960s & '70s?

Part 1.2 -- Second Story "The Man with the Apple Green Eyes"

Music by Kevin MacLeod.

Handy Guide for Beggars, Especially Those of the Poetic Fraternity (Paperbound)

Hiber-Nation 8 -- A Handy Guide for Beggars Part 1.1 by Vachel Lindsay

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 05:00:00 +0000

Amazon: Handy Guide for Beggars, Especially Those of the Poetic Fraternity (Paperbound)

A Handy Guide for Beggars, Especially Those of the Poetic Fraternity, by
Vachel Lindsay.

True story. In 1906, young poet Vachel Lindsay wanders through a dozen states, with no money and no baggage, staying with random strangers, reciting poetry and teaching "The Gospel of Beauty." So, what do you suppose that was like? Wonder why this book was popular in the 1960s & '70s?

NOTE: Some use of "The N-Word" on the part of the author, quoted faithfully by me. Sorry if you're offended.

Part 1.1 -- Preface through the first story.

Music by Kevin MacLeod.

Hiber-Nation 7 -- The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 05:00:00 +0000

Amazon: Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe

Music from Kevin MacLeod.

Westing

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:03:00 +0000

A while ago, in my massive amount of available free time (my 40 hour a week job just turned into a 20 hour a week job, worst-case), I went to the fridge looking for a snack.

There was a little white bunny rabbit in the Fridge.

I was confused.

"What are you doing in the Fridge?" I asked, innocently.

"Well, it's a Westinghouse, isn't it?" she responded.

I looked at the door. Sure 'nuff. "Yes, by golly, it is a Westinghouse. So, what's you point, and why aren't you lunch?" I asked, slavering innocently.

"I'm 'westing."

I closed the door, and went back to my game of Civilization III.

Close the door on the Fridge. I'm Westing.

Episode 66 -- Exactly Nothing

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 05:19:00 +0000

Spent the weekend trying to get this done, and Hiber-Nation done, and what did I accomplish? Exactly nothing.
     That nasty political issue that I've been so depressed about, a big part of the problem leading to "executive dysfunction." As far as you know.

IDSL Feature: "64th Time" from American Rust.

     My conclusions about Vachel Lindsay, and why that's gonna be what it's gonna be.

Just cause I can: "Chocolate Rain" from Tay Zonday.

    And finally, an honorable mention of The Raventones' new album, "Fledgeling." It's probably better than I've thought so far. Maybe cause it's different from what I've liked before?

Ending tune: "Starstruck Enterprise" from The Raventones.

Theme: "Human Beat" from Kevin MacLeod.

Grizzly's Growls Community Center

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 00:58:00 +0000

I keep forgetting, because it doesn't get used. But if you didn't know, there is a Yahoo Group for Grizzly's Growls, Hiber-Nation, and Life and Times. The group is at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/grizzlysgrowls/.

I think I set things up so the group receives all postings from the Blogs, including new show episodes. Sure tried, anyway. We'll see if it works.

Feel free to stop by. The hope would be that you'd discuss amongst yourselves, and maybe I'd get a better idea what you'd enjoy. Most of the podcasts have forums set up on their websites, and I'd suppose, since you stay on their websites, you spend more time looking at the ads. I don't have any forums, just this.

Thank you for your support, and your patience.

Episode 65 -- The Principle of the Thing

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 04:15:00 +0000

As Janis Joplin put it, "Why sleep? Might miss a party!"

Part 1 -- The Leopard and the Ethiopian

Okay, this classic, old book has the N-word in it. So that's the way I'll read it. Oh, well.

Part 2 -- Excuse the Mess

Three blogs, two podcasts, six RSS feeds ... Getting overwhelmed by too many media options, and confusing everybody else, too.

Featured: "Human Beat" from Kevin MacLeod -- yes, that Kevin MacLeod.

Part 3 -- So, What Else is New?

Getting interviewed for "UTalkin2Me" podcast. Sounding arrogant, maybe?

IDSL Feature: "64 Chevy" from Chavi.

Themes: "140 Times from Bob Baldwin, "Continue Life" from Kevin MacLeod.

Hiber-Nation 6 -- Biography of a Grizzly 3.1 through 3.4 -- The End

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:00:00 +0000

Amazon: The Biography Of A Grizzly

Stories from the Hiber-Nation 6: "Biography of a Grizzly," by Ernest Thompson Seton, Part 3, Chapters 1 through 4. The story ends the way stories end.

Themes: "Continue Life" and "Sovereign" from Kevin MacLeod.

A minor change in the Feeds

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:36:00 +0000

UPDATE!!!!!

Started fiddling with things again. So I moved a couple things around on the website, and I made one small change in the way one of the feed addresses work. Shouldn't affect many people.

Here's the way things stand with the feeds, as of now:

Grizzly's Growls Podcast Only feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/ggpo

Story-only feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/grizzlysgrowlsstory

Everything feed: http://grizzly.libsyn.com/rss OR http://feeds.feedburner.com/grizzlysgrowls

That Everything feed is the one really affected. It used to be podcast-only, and now it's Everything. So, if you want -only- the podcasts, you might wanna change to ggpo.

If you're currently receiving what you want, you probably don't need to change anything. The Everything feed gets more stuff, not less, podcasts -and- stories both.

So, if you wanted Everything, you may want the Everything feed. And you may not; using both the other feeds does the same thing (at the moment).

Also, the "Everything feed" will end up including any other new shows I start (not planning any at the moment), and may, briefly, include that experimental series I'm developing for the local non-profit.

And you never know, I might actually start new stuff. Video's all the rage among the young people, now, ain't it? ;-) The web page looks a bit confusing, since that shows Everything, too. But I'm using the tools I have. And this is how my current tools work out.

If there's anything I haven't explained well enough, send me an email or comment on the website.

Thanks for your patience.

Episode 64 -- Wayfaring Stranger

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 04:33:00 +0000

Part 1 -- Bliss is Ignorance

I get peevish about getting pestered. But I meet a pretty young blond lady. Yes, another one.

Katie King
"Last Night" (mp3)
from "Harry's Fight"
(OA2 Records)
More On This Album

Part 2 -- Jocose, Bellicose, Lachrymose, Comatose

The four stages of intoxication, and why you shouldn't be bothered.

Katie King
"Wayfaring Stranger" (mp3)
from "Harry's Fight"
(OA2 Records)

More On This Album

Part 3 -- I shoulda known better

Discussing politics and religion on alt.callahans. And why I like it there anyway. And how I managed to shamelessly plug Mur Lafferty's "Heaven" series .

Part 4 -- I'm out

What, you wanted more Actual Content?

Katie King
"Harry's Fight" (mp3)
from "Harry's Fight"
(OA2 Records)

Buy at Rhapsody
Stream from Rhapsody
More On This Album

Themes "Hot Swing" and "Continue Life" from Kevin MacLeod, and "140 Times" from Bob Baldwin.

.forward.libsyn

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 01:50:12 +0000

Hiber-Nation 5 -- Biography of a Grizzly 2.4 and 2.5

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 05:00:00 +0000

Amazon: The Biography Of A Grizzly

Stories from the Hiber-Nation 5: "Biography of a Grizzly," by Ernest Thompson Seton, Part 2, Chapters 4 and 5. Wahb meets some human "Grizzlies." And he starts learning a few things about being an old grizzly.

Themes: "Continue Life" and "Sovereign" from Kevin MacLeod.

Episode 63 -- Drama! Thrills! Action!

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:36:00 +0000

NEW AND IMPROVED! Now includes an audio file with Actual Audio Inside! (Which the originally posted copy didn't. Sorry about that, 3 in the morning...)

Part 1 -- Fans and Friends.

Twittering. A rescue from being stranded, via Twitter & Skype. Possible interviews. Probably no more Stickam.

Part 2 -- Back to Work

Going from part time to full time, for a while. Changing jobs, changing schedules, changing sucks!

Part 3 -- The Arwen

My review of "The Arwen," by Tim Callahan, found on Podiobooks.com. Ditto for Arwen 2.

Part 4 -- De Gustibus Non Disputantem Est

The new "Hiber-Nation" stories show is going fairly well. A number of folks listen regularly. And I'm enjoying doing it.

From the IDSL: "60 Billion Ways to Die," by One N8tion.

Themes: "140 Times" from Bob Baldwin, and "Continue Life" from Kevin MacLeod.

'Playing for Keeps' is coming to Amazon!

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:03:00 +0000

Amazon:

Just heard on Twitter from Mur Lafferty that her book "Playing for Keeps," that I reviewed a couple shows back, is going to be released on Amazon.com on August 25. Congrats, Mur! Doesn't seem to be a pre-ordering link there on Amazon, yet.

I'll add a link to the book, to my site's widget as soon as I can.

Hiber-Nation 4 -- Biography of a Grizzly 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 06:28:00 +0000

Amazon: The Biography Of A Grizzly

Stories from the Hiber-Nation 4: "Biography of a Grizzly," by Ernest Thompson Seton, Part 2, Chapters 1, 2 and 3. Wahb is now a fully grown Grizzly, strong and bad-tempered. Some men try to hunt him. Some men try to trap him. Some men try to invade his territory. All fail, and all regret it. And a couple of them die.

Themes: "Continue Life" and "Sovereign" from Kevin MacLeod.

iDSL Garageband artists: A Modest Proposal

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 01:33:00 +0000

By the way, if you're a Garageband artist that's going to be on an upcoming show, it wouldn't be impossible to set up a live show on Stickam, and do an on-the-fly (more or less) interview regarding your music. But maybe that's just me; I gather publicity is a good thing.

If you want more people to know about you and your music, make sure I know that, and I'll set up a feed, assuming I can figure out all the different software I have to use. Hey, I'm a stranger here myself!

Episode 62 -- Alarums and Excursions

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 07:20:00 +0000

Part 1 -- A Little Too Live

Tried starting a Live Feed on Stickam with the guys from the 535 York podcast, without knowing what I was doing, and ended up with a mob scene. All my own fault.

IDSL: Rich B Tracks -- 4 Minutes of Electro

Part 2 -- A Long Way from Disney

Review of Seth Harwood's so-named short story collections on Podiobooks.com. With the Promo.

IDSL: The Kissing Farries -- 420 Depletion

(So, what the heck is a 420?)

Part 3 -- Paper or Plastic?

It seems I might end up doing some job hunting. Not a good activity.

Nobilis' PSA

IDSL: Trout -- 45

Themes: "140 Times" from Bob Baldwin, "Continue Life" from Kevin MacLeod

Episode 61 -- What Goes Around Comes Around

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 01:18:00 +0000

Very little Karaoke, mostly a podcast about the podcast. And pretty young blond ladies.

Part 1 -- Comments and Responses

A PSA from Nobilis, about feedback on podcasts. A little pathetic whining by me in agreement. Seth Harwood's visit. Mentioned the "Aspie Quiz," which come to think of it, I -didn't- mention on the last show.

Part 2 -- Amazing Times

Talk about many, many downloads (194 so far!!), and hitting the top of Society podcasts at Podcast Pickle -- which lasted a day.

Turns out the NPR Show, "Talk of the Nation," the only more popular show in the genre, is a two hour show. And they podcast the first and second hours as separate episodes. So they get twice as many downloads per actual show they do. Hard to compete on the math alone.

A brief Tune about Barack Obama from TR Kelley and the Raventones.

Part 3 -- Books and Bills

A few new things I did to become a shameless, wealthy podcasting profiteer, namely the Amazon Affiliate stuff I added (including links to all the books I've reviewed that are now available on Amazon.com. Going to add the music, too, where available). Not wealthy yet, though.

Part 4 -- Almost Cut My Hair

Hair's getting big and shaggy. Sang part of the David Crosby song. Sorry about that. Maybe a crewcut would be nice for the summer? How about losing the gray beard, too? And job hunting, probably.

From the It Doesn't Suck list, "40th Floor" from American Gypsy.

Themes: "140 Times" from Bob Baldwin, and "Sovereign" from Kevin MacLeod.

Hiber-Nation 3 -- Biography of a Grizzly 1.4 and 1.5

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 08:00:00 +0000

Amazon: The Biography Of A Grizzly

Stories from the Hiber-Nation 3: "Biography of a Grizzly," by Ernest Thompson Seton, Part 1, Chapters 4 and 5. Wahb starts getting his growth, getting bigger than some old enemies, and getting smart about some new dangers. But it's still dangerous out there in the wild. End of Part 1.

Themes: "Continue Life" and "Sovereign" from Kevin MacLeod.

Episode 60 -- Deus Ex Machina

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 10:21:00 +0000

Part 1 -- The Soul of a New Machine

My new Dell laptop, which is why I didn't manage a show last weekend.

Part 2 -- Everybody Knows That

My confused ramblings on "Theory of Mind."

Part 3 -- That Vision Thing

Reviews of Seth Harwood's "Jack Palms 3," and Alan David Justice' "Communion of the Saint," with the promo for the latter.

Part 4 -- Bear With Me

The new "Stories of the Hiber-Nation" feed, with comments on comments from an Ernest Thompson Seton website.

Part 5 -- Sixty, Sixty, Sixty!

This is Episode 60, but not my 60th episode, really.

It Doesn't Suck List: "3:1", from Jared J Stulen of Minneapolis MN.

Themes: "140 Times" from Bob Baldwin, and "Continue Life" from Kevin MacLeod.

My Results from the Aspie Quiz

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 04:36:00 +0000

In case any of you have wondered where I got the idea I have Asperger Syndrome, attached are the results of an online "Aspie Quiz" I took today. Don't know the specific authority of the quiz, but the questions are the ones usually answered anyway. There are a couple of other worthwhile quizzes online, also.

Not like my answers are liable to be a secret anyway; I've talked enough about this stuff on the show, now haven't I?

Hiber-Nation 2 -- Biography of a Grizzly 1.2 & 1.3

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 29 May 2008 08:00:00 +0000

Amazon: The Biography Of A Grizzly

Stories from the Hiber-Nation 2, "Biography of a Grizzly," by Ernest Thompson Seton, Part 1, chapters 2 and 3. Wahb faces tragedy, and meets his enemies -- seemingly everybody.

Themes: "Continue Life" and "Sovereign" from Kevin MacLeod.

Stories from the Hiber-Nation now started

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 22 May 2008 21:30:00 +0000

By the way, finally got the Story feed, "Stories from the Hiber-Nation," started. Dunno if any of y'all had been looking for that. It's on a separate feed, so you wouldn't see it in the regular stuff.

Opinions on making it all a combined feed again? Not sure if I can at the moment; I'm currently working on a special project that requires some separation. But for future reference...

Hiber-Nation 1 -- Biography of a Grizzly 1.1

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 22 May 2008 07:48:00 +0000

Amazon: The Biography Of A Grizzly

The beginning of "Biography of a Grizzly," by Ernest Thompson Seton. An old book, but I thought it appropriate for the first show in the "Stories from the Hiber-Nation" feed. Why "Hiber-Nation?' Because I was so proud of thinking of it, of course, even though it doesn't seem to mean anything in particular.

It's actually kind of sad in spots, especially if you like bears. Think Bambi with 3-inch claws.

Theme: "Continue Life" from Kevin MacLeod.

Comments encouraged. Any idea how often I should post these? I've got the first three shows recorded already -- if no one objects, I'm setting them up for every Thursday, at the moment. I can change that later, if you'd like, though...

Episode 59 -- Executive Dysfunction

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Mon, 19 May 2008 21:41:00 +0000

I had three different podcasts to finish this weekend. I finished one, barely. And that was a bigger accomplishment than you might expect.

Part 1 -- The Dog Ate My Podcast

One of the "joys" of ASD is what's called Executive Dysfunction. I want to get it done, I know I can do it well, I understand exactly what to do ... but I can't take that first step. It can seem similar to a lot of things, but it ain't. That first step is a doozy!

Part 2 -- Playing for Keeps

My review of Mur Lafferty's audiobook, "Playing for Keeps." Definitely worth listening to.

Part 3 -- Sorry About That

My apologies for letting you down. Again. I'll get 'em done soon. Probably. I hope.

Themes "140 Times" from Bob Baldwin, "Sovereign" from Kevin MacLeod.

IDSL: "35-494" from Howlround, out of Redwing MN.

Episode 58 -- Popular Delusions

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Mon, 12 May 2008 06:58:00 +0000

People believe all kinds of things, mostly because other people believe them, too. And then there's the fish.

Part 1 - From the Preface

"Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds," by Charles Mackay.

Part 2 - Fish is Brain Food -- Isn't it?

Part 3 - It Gets Worse -- Autism and Fish

Part 4 - This is Life -- Seth Harwood's book, Jack Palms II.

Part 5 - Stories? Where's my Stories? -- No, really, they're coming soon.

IDSL -- Joel Johnson, "3 Seconds."

Themes: 140 Times from Bob Baldwin, Sovereign from Kevin MacLeod.

Oops. (sigh)

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Wed, 07 May 2008 22:22:00 +0000

I had a Badge from Pod-Planet on the site for maybe a week. When I did some searching on Google a while ago, though Google contended their site "may harm your computer." Google seems to think they have malware on their site. I wouldn't know. Anyway, the Badge is gone and stays gone till someone convinces me to put it back. Seems unlikely.

Too much crap on the web these days. Nobody can really keep track of it. I'm about ready to quit the whole business.

043008CLCO.mp3

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Wed, 07 May 2008 03:49:49 +0000

Episode 57 -- Purpose and Re-Purpose

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Mon, 05 May 2008 03:48:00 +0000

Probably the most brilliant podcast ever recorded. Not. But busy, busy, busy! Still limping, but more quickly now. And soon to be a member of A.A.R.P. (sigh)

Part 1 - Ingredients

What alla them extra coffee cups are for.

Part 2 - Jack Wakes Up

My review of Seth Harwood's Podiobook novel. Not the new one, his first, that everyone's already heard. But I liked it.

Part 3 - History

A recap of the flurry of activity around Episode 56, "Duluth!" especially on PerfectDuluthDay. The fun discussion of Episode 55, "Grizzly Goes Wild!" MySpace URLs. Cameras. A voice comment from Matt Selznick, and a promo for his re-started podcast, "Sonitotum."

IDSL feature, "3" from "Conditioned Response."

Themes: "140 Times" from Bob Baldwin, and "Sovereign" from Kevin MacLeod.

Episode 56 -- Duluth!

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 04:51:00 +0000

The famous J Proctor Knott speech about Duluth, Minnesota, my home town. I sprained my ankle the other day, hadn't listened to any new audio books, and already had this handy for C.T. under previous plans. Here's links to the original speech: from somebody's website, and from the Congressional Globe, the official source from those days.

IDSL Feature: "34 Miles" from Mark Throne and the Fingerprints. Who is it this guy sounds like?

Theme "140 Times" from Rock On.

Sorry about the pops and what-not. Lost that little foam rubber thingie goes over my Samson Zoom H2. Wonder if I can buy another one somewhere? Might have to make my own.

Episode 55 -- Grizzly Gone Wild!

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 10:41:00 +0000

A little strange, as my shows go.

Part 1 - Interview with Alicia after she won a contest sponsored by "Girls Gone Wild." Was kind of a surprise to me, too!

Part 2 - The rest of the show, recorded with K.M.A. Karaoke DJ Jon B and the rest of the regulars, after Friday night Karaoke at the Androy. Includes my first unfavorable Podiobook review, of Tracy Hickman's "The Immortals." Given the book's been out for ten years, and Tracy Hickman is a bestselling author, I doubt his career will be significantly effected. ;-) Included the promo, by the way.

IDSL feature: "2nd Sunday" from Ryan Weddle Protocol.

NEW THEME MUSIC: "140 Times" from Bob Baldwin & Rock On.

So, Where'd the Stories Go?

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 04:24:00 +0000

I just found out there's a way to have two separate feeds without creating a whole 'nother feed via a separate blog. Turns out I was already creating a separate feed, I just didn't know it. It's a Libsyn feature. Go figure.

So, I changed the Feedburner feed around a bit. The usual, http://feeds.feedburner.com/grizzlysgrowls has the usual feed except for the story episodes. http://feeds.feedburner.com/grizzlysgrowlsstory (note the double S) has only those story episodes.

All posts in both categories will show up on the Website as usual.

So, as it turns out, I will not be using Changeling Turkey for stories. For what, I dunno, but not for that.

Hope this doesn't confuse things even further....

Episode 54 -- Stormy Weather

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 19:13:00 +0000

Part 1 -- So How About That Weather?

Self-explanatory, right?

Part 2 -- Morevi

My utterly unnecessary review of the original "Morevi: The Chronicles of Rafe and Askana." They're doing a remastered version now, but I wanted to get the review done, so...

Part 3 -- Under Construction

Tinkering with Changeling Turkey, Facebook, and Twitter. Too many distractions, but it's kinda fun.

"It Doesn't Suck" list: A tune from Charlie Ray Glasgow of 10 States, Minnesota called "2nd Hand Heart."

Theme music still from Kevin MacLeod.

Episode 53 -- The Long Walk Home

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 00:34:00 +0000

Part 1 -- I Smoke Wrong

I've smoked for 24 years, two packs a day, and I'm apparently not addicted to nicotine. Go figure.

Part 2 -- Wasteland

My review of "Wasteland," the latest book/season in Mur Lafferty's "Heaven" podcast novel series on Podiobooks.com. Had to kinda review the whole series to make sense of it, though.

Part 3 -- Drunks & Crazy People

I take a long walk home. Twice.

From the "It Doesn't Suck" List: Featuring "20 Years" from Shaan Sharma, out of Minneapolis Minnesota. One of the prettiest Alternative Rock songs I've heard a long time.

Themes are still from Kevin MacLeod.

Episode 52 -- Strange Days Indeed

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:46:00 +0000

Part 1 -- Employment Wanted

I've been thinking about work. I'm a telemarketer, and for me, that's a special sort of hell.

Part 2 -- Silly Me

As I've mentioned, I can't always tell if people are kidding me. Contrary to the impressions some people have, that doesn't mean I'm stupid. Just a bit trusting maybe, and often confused, certainly. But not stupid.

Part 3 -- Strange Days Indeed

At Champs, people behaved very strangely to me. I didn't get angry or upset about it. It just slid off me, like water off a ducks back, as they say.

And a little bit at the end about money.

Featured from the iDSL: "20 Degrees" from Jeb Nome, on Garage Band.

Theme music from Kevin MacLeod.

A Minor, Local Something Or Other has a Very Good Week!

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 01:24:00 +0000

Just a little news: On Podcast Pickle, "The Original Podcast and Vidcast Community," of 9167 podcasts listed:

Grizzly's Growls is 57th of the Top 100 Podcasts;

54th of the Top 100 Audio Podcasts;

and 2nd in the Society category (behind NPR, but they -are- NPR, after all).

Cool, huh?

I owe it all to you, my loyal fans, and my new fans, and my fans who accidentally clicked on the wrong thing in their podcast feeder and can't figure out how to delete my silly little program. Thank you!

I have no idea how I rate in iTunes; I still use Win98SE, so I can't download the iTunes software, so I can't even look at iTunes. Hope one of you can tell me. And there are, naturally, a whole bunch of other feed aggregators, and I dunno how I do on their systems.

Next week, I might be 937th. But this week is a Good Week!

Episode 51 -- That's Showbiz!

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 07:49:00 +0000

Part 1 -- A Little Too Big a Celebrity -- Trying to hear people talking to me in noisy places, including the drunk guy who said something about a "stalker."

Part 2 -- Chow Time -- The wine tasting at Champs, and karaoke again. Meeting another pretty girl. Ah, the life of a star.

Part 3 -- The Geek in the Corner -- playing with my computer in bars, or reading. Unusual, but it's something to do.

IDSL Feature, "2 Step" from "$Muny Getta$" on Garageband.

Theme Music from Kevin MacLeod.

Episode 50 -- Gang Aft Agley

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 08:32:00 +0000

I did have a great plan. Unfortunately, I'd forgotten one important factor. Oh, well. Did manage to do two interviews. Toady, the Karaoke DJ from Champs, and a young fella named Mike.

What's Karaoke like for a guy who can't stand noise or crowds much?

My review of "Billibub Baddings and the Case of the Singing Sword," by Tee Morris. A hard-boiled detective novel, with a little sex, violence, magic, gangsters, gals, and guns. And it appears, sequels. Which is a very good thing.

Featuring "Get Good and Gone," from Owen Poteat -- Get well soon.
And "2 of 7" from "Company Incorporated," which Doesn't Suck.

Too bad the Big 50 Plan didn't work out. Maybe next year?

Theme music from Kevin MacLeod. (But watch this space...)

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grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 07:17:51 +0000

Episode 49 -- For Old Times Sake

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 08:57:00 +0000

I've been hearing from old friends from Blackthorne Repertory Theatre lately, which is pretty cool. Amazing how this Internet search stuff works. Didn't know anybody'd even be searching, much less finding such stuff.

Got my first donation today! So now the show is officially "Sponsored by Donations from People Like You," just like the big guys. And, while I'd somewhat lost heart, I'm told my show "has heart," even though I still don't know what the darn thing's about. Today, it's about 30 minutes...

Did a brief review of "Nina Kimberly the Merciless," by Christiana Ellis. Kinda funny, but also sad and touching in some ways. Maybe that's just me? Recommended.

Featuring "Don't Wake Me Please" by Owen Poteat. Very pretty.

Theme music from Kevin MacLeod, as per usual.

Episode 48 -- No, Not So Much

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 04:16:00 +0000

Found on Podcast Pickle I had messages from 14 New Fans! Oh, really? No, not so much, they appear to be fake. What's up with that?

Also, my take on "South Coast: A Shaman's Tale from the Golden Age of the Solar Clipper," by Nathan Lowell. Good book, kind of "old school," but in a good way. I've missed this kind of writing, and I'm glad to see it come back.

Featuring from the "It Doesn't Suck" list, "1913 Arms" from Porcelain Frogs (Elevations).

Theme music from Kevin MacLeod.

Episode 47 -- Teaching

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:59:00 +0000

After watching "School of Rock," with Jack Black, I had the thought, "Dang, I wish I'd become a teacher." Probably a bad idea for a number of reasons, but even so.

By the way, "186,000 Miles per Second" from "The Late" officially Doesn't Suck, now. Congratulations!

Theme music from Kevin MacLeod.

Episode 46 -- Hans in Luck

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 06:00:00 +0000

Another story from the Brothers' Grimm, "Hans in Luck." And my opinions on the story, for the little they're worth. I think it went rather well, though.

I ran into someone at the Androy the other day who'd apparently heard the last story, and thought "You'd be great with kids." I think I'd be terrible with kids, not that I wouldn't try hard. I'm much more comfortable with microphones & computers & such.

Any opinions on how the whole storytelling thing is going, folks? I'm enjoying it, and I do hope you are.

Themes: "Continue Life," "Sovereign" and "Hot Swing" from Kevin MacLeod.

Episode 45 -- The End of The Golden Bird

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 06:00:00 +0000

I finally finished "The Golden Bird." Sorry it took me so long. And I even critiqued the story a bit. Don't know how much sense it makes to do a review of a story several centuries old. That's just how I roll.

Themes: "Continue Life," "Sovereign" and "Hot Swing" from Kevin MacLeod.

Episode 44 -- Jon B and Me

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 21:58:00 +0000

My second attempt at recording with someone else, but my first with the new Zoom H2. Jon B and I rambled on marginally coherently after a night of drinking. I gather some people find such shows entertaining. Anyway, it was cool to try out the new hardware, and I've wanted to record with Jon for a while. Good friend, good D.J.

I originally thought, that he might be losing his job, but now I think something different is happening. Oh, well, I'd been drinking, my judgement was impaired.

Theme music from Kevin MacLeod

Episode 43 -- Some days, you eat the Bear...

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 02:32:00 +0000

Some days, you eat the bear, and some days, the bear eats you. Anyway, tried something new... and oddly enough, the episode # was 42. The answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, The Universe, and Everything. And my answer got cut off before I finished. Which is a shame.

Because at the end of the show, I explained the answers to every question you have ever asked or will ever ask, but now you missed it, so you're doomed to live in a miasma of confusion and self-doubt.

But it's not my fault, it's Libsyn's fault. Unless it's my fault, in which case, it's probably someone else's fault. But not mine. As far as you know, officially.

Glad we've got that settled.

New Intro! "Continue Life" from Kevin MacLeod.

iDSL Feature: "140 Times" from Rock On. Wonder if they'd mind if I used their song as my new show Theme?

Episode 42 -- The Golden Bird

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 00:04:00 +0000

Got the new hardware, so I'm doing something new. Here's a story from the Brother's Grimm Fairytales, called "The Golden Bird." Boy I love telling stories. Gotta do more of that.

Theme "Hot Swing," intros and outtros "Sovereign" from Kevin MacLeod.

And, by the way, that's all.

Episode 41 -- Activism, Inspiration, and Identity

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 06:00:00 +0000

After 40 episodes, so what is this show about? Well, it's about ten minutes. I could make it about Activism, but I'm not much of an activist. I am inspired by small and random things, of importance only to me, mostly.

And after all this time, has the show found an identity? Have I?

From the "It Doesn't Suck" List -- Featuring: "12" from halo effect out of Minneapolis.

Theme: "Hot Swing," and background "Sovereign" from Kevin MacLeod.

Meaningless drivel by Me.

Episode 40 -- Performance Anxiety

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 09:16:00 +0000

I've learned from experience that other people can learn from experience. Go figure, huh?

I reminisce about my days in Blackthorne Repertory Theatre, which is not a band off in England somewhere. Well, it is, but this ain't them, they ain't Repertory. As far as I know.

Finished "Children of the Old Stars," by David Lee Summers. Looking forward to the next book in what's turning out to be an excellent series. Started "South Coast," by Nathan Lowell; good so far.

GBIDSList Featuring: "(So far) Off Broadway," by Jon James.

Theme: "Hot Swing" from Kevin MacLeod

Episode 39 -- Opportunity Knocks

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 06:00:00 +0000

I'm in discussions to host the next season of another podcast, "Five Minute Memoir," the concept of which I love. But I'm still not convinced it's something I should do. Probably. Maybe? I dunno. Sure, yeah. Hmmm...

Featuring from the "It Doesn't Suck" list: "100 Years" by 21 Sheridan

Theme: "Hot Swing" from Kevin MacLeod.

Episode 38 -- You're Everywhere!

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 06:00:00 +0000

Just some talk about how amazing it is that people from so many different places come here and listen. Hello there!

Promo: "The Pirates of Sufiro," by David Lee Summers.

Featuring: "Heaven Was Never Far Away," from Burgess Norrgard.

Theme: "Hot Swing" from Kevin MacLeod

Episode 37 -- My Red Ryder B-B Gun

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 06:00:00 +0000

I am supposed to be getting One Big Thing for Christmas -- a bit late -- which I hope can be a Samson Zoom H2 Handy Recorder. Why do I want one so badly? Cause for me, this is "an official Red Ryder carbine action two-hundred shot range model air rifle with a compass in the stock and this thing that tells time." (Jean Sheperd, "A Christmas Story") Wish I'd done the Web search before recording the show, I coulda used that line. These days we have Blogs and Podcasts to hint at Christmas gifts. :-)

Featuring, from my GarageBand "It Doesn't Suck" list: "(last of the) Rockstars" by "Molly Gets Confused."

Theme: "Hot Swing" from Kevin MacLeod.

Please fill out our audience survey!

Episode 36 -- Voices for Voices

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 06:27:00 +0000

I tone down my attitude on authors reading their own audio books. But I think some things could be better, sometimes.

Featuring: "(heart like a) Phantom Limb" by The Bee Family

Theme: "Hot Swing" from Kevin MacLeod

Please fill out our audience survey!

Episode 35 -- Daily? What Happened to Daily?

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 00:37:00 +0000

Finally back today, after all the holidays. Didn't manage to do the daily thing, so far, but I'm still trying.

From Podiobooks: The 3rd book of the "7th Son" Trilogy is done, "Serve It Cold" is done. I Finished "Brave Men Run" last week. Just downloaded "South Coast," and a number of others. And my next project, eventually, I hope.

Why I listen to "Polyamory Weekly," and you should, too, maybe. Probably.

And no New Years' Eve for me. These things happen.

Featuring: "(ensure you) Something Real" from Sonifide.

Theme: "Hot Swing" from Kevin MacLeod.

Episode 34 -- Every Day should be, um, Tuesday?

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 02:50:00 +0000

What I did and didn't do for Christmas. "The Reason(s) for the Season."

Featuring: "'Til the Morrow" from Obadiah Brown-Beach on GarageBand.

Theme: "Hot Swing" from Kevin MacLeod

Please fill out our audience survey!

Episode 33 -- The Wrong Thing

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 08:53:00 +0000

When I'm in social situations, I often panic and say or do the wrong thing, talk or don't talk, smile or don't smile, laugh or don't laugh. Why don't I try to keep that a secret. What, it isn't obvious?

Featuring: "Out In The Reign" from Michael J Paepke & The Reign.

Theme: "Hot Swing" from Kevin MacLeod

Please fill out our audience survey!

Episode 32 -- Making Haste Slowly

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 07:33:00 +0000

After trying and failing to finish a longer show, I've decided to go back to shorter ones again, but maybe more of them.

Featuring: "Until I Meet God," from L.P. on Garageband

Theme: "Hot Swing" from Kevin MacLeod

Please fill out our audience survey!

Episode 31 -- Telling Stories

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 05:27:00 +0000

A little politics, a little survival, a little song, a little dance, a little seltzer in my pants...

And from my "It Doesn't Suck" list:

"I Love You" from Chris Rowe
"I Remember U" and "State of the Industry" from Vherbal

(Oh, figured out why those ended up near the beginning of the list -- the quote marks!)

Theme as usual, "Hot Swing" from Kevin MacLeod

Episode 30 -- One for the Books

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:17:00 +0000

I've been doing a lot of podcast and "podiobook" listening lately. Not a lot of recording, because of I've had a lot of technical failures, which continue to happen. Did reviews of podiobooks I've listened to, from Podiobooks.com:

"The Failed Cities Monologues" by Matt Wallace
The "Heaven" series by Mur Lafferty
The "7th Son" series by J.C. Hutchins
"Serve It Cold" by Ronnie Blackwell

A couple more tunes from my "It Doesn't Suck" list:
"Conspiracy Theory" and "Falling Apart" by Vherbal

Plus "Tees" from Tantra

And a couple of new tunes from an old friend:
"Something To Do With You" and "Hard to Get The Blues" from Owen Poteat

Theme "Hot Swing" from Kevin MacLeod

Episode 29 -- The Mind Killer

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 09:02:00 +0000

Fear, bullies, and doing the right thing, even when it's probably a Bad Idea.

Music from The Raventones, and from Owen Poteat.

Quotes from Frank Herbert, John Dryden and Edmund Burke. Oh, and from the movie, "Risky Business."

Theme "Hot Swing" from Kevin MacLeod.

Errors and omissions from me.

Episode 28 -- Time Is Running Out

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 17:50:00 +0000

A little philosophy, a little political rant, another interesting woman. The beginning of my "It Doesn't Suck" music list, today featuring three tunes from "Instru-Metal" which appears to be Kristian Strom, #1, #2, #3.

Theme "Hot Swing" from Kevin MacLeod. And please answer our Audience Survey. You'll be perfectly safe, as long as you're wearing your foil hat.

Episode 27 -- Busy Being a Big Deal

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 07:32:00 +0000

Followup on last show. References to:

Polyamory Weekly from Cunning Minx
I Should Be Writing from Mur Lafferty
Bloodthirsty Vegetarians from Rich & John
Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me! from NPR
News from Lake Wobegon from Garrison Keillor
7th Son: Book One - Descent by J. C. Hutchins

Theme: "Hot Swing" from Kevin MacLeod

Oh, and if the voice comment line is still working, it's 206-339-4749, that's 206-339-GRIZ. Talk at ya later!

Episode 26 -- Personality, Perserverance, Perception

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 03:32:00 +0000

Okay, here's the deal. Did this show with my friend, Boo, a young lady I've mentioned previously. Three things to note:

We spent some time discussing Curse Words, in detail and specifically. If you're offended by "foul language," you might want to skip this one.

You'll note that I was rambling and incoherent. Probably a Stress thing, possibly an Asperger thing, perhaps an Us thing, but definitely a Me thing. Doing new stuff kinda removed the comfort level I've
achieved with the show. Perhaps that's also a Good thing.

Third thing. I wanted to show her what I do, and what it's like. I think she enjoyed herself. What's next for me and for us? Well, she said she may do it again sometime. We'll see. She may also start her own, and if she wants to (you listening, Boo?) I'll help her out. She can obviously speak for herself. We didn't and don't always agree on what's appropriate. But it was still kinda cool. Anyway, comments are encouraged. Thanks for listening.

No music this time, just the Theme I got from Kevin MacLeod's site.

Episode 25 - Mysterious Movements

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 03:29:00 +0000

This episode kinda sucks, but it puts me back in the game. Who was it said everyone has a million words of, er, junk to write, and you have to write all that before you get to the good stuff? Anyway, this goes against my million-word quota. Yay me.

By the way, I think I finally convinced Libsyn to use the correct audio file for this. Here's hoping.

Features:

Owen Poteat: Rescue Me
Sue Merchant: Those Who Lose

Theme from Kevin MacLeod

Episode 24 -- Good Things on My List

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 06:00:00 +0000

A good week, good weather, good music... what more could I want?

Featuring Sue Merchant, found on Garageband and on her own page.

All her music is CreativeCommons: No Commercial, No Derivatives, Attribution.

Theme: "Hot Swing" from Kevin MacLeod.

Episode 23 -- Coming Soon

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 20:41:00 +0000

A carefully and precisely planned show, detail by detail, all of which went wrong. Luckily, no cute little bunnies were harmed in the making of this podcast. You have the privilege of hearing what's left.

Featured: Angie Browning & Geoff McArthur

By the way, she doesn't sound like Olivia Newton-John, as I said, but she has moments reminiscent of Crystal Gayle, if you listen.

Theme: "Hot Swing" from Kevin MacLeod . I have no idea if he sounds anything like Olivia Newton-John, but I sincerely doubt it.

Errors and Omissions: from Me.

Episode 22 -- Just Another Day

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 06:26:00 +0000

Nothing happened. Didn't sing kareoke, didn't get trained as a Kareoke Dude, didn't win the Powerball. Did get a nice note from Owen Poteat, so I used some more of his music: http://www.garageband.com/artist/OwenPoteat or look at his home website: http://www.owenpoteat.com. Probably no ad support, no Podcast Awards. But I rambled on about some other stuff.

Theme: "Hot Swing" from Kevin MacLeod at http://www.incompetech.com.

Episode 21 -- Winning the Powerball

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 15:59:00 +0000

My nearly guaranteed win of the Powerball drawing. And the Raventones new album.

Being broke. The usual pathetic whining. But I really should know bettter.

Also, The new player on the website.

Podtrac Standard Survey Link

Podtrac Abbreviated Audience Survey Link

Featuring "Walk With Me," "Southbound #5," and "All Up to You" from the Raventones. http://www.raventones.com/music.html

Theme: "Hot Swing" from Kevin MacLeod, http://incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-free/

Episode 20 -- The Big Two Oh!

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 21:03:00 +0000

The Great Underwear Debacle. Playing solitare. "It's quiet out there. Yeah, too quiet." And acting, writing, doing laundry, and other stuff I haven't been doing.

Theme: "Hot Swing," from Kevin MacLeod: http://incompetech.com/

Features:

Download "Changes" (mp3)
from "Homeland"
by Pat Surface
Spiritwood Music

Buy at iTunes Music Store

Download "Goodnight Lullaby" (mp3)
from "Goodbye Yesterday LP"
by Amber Rhodes
Stray Dog Music, Inc.

Buy at iTunes Music Store

Episode 19 -- Thank you for being a friend

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 02:32:00 +0000

Since I forgot, thank you for being my friend, and...

Download "May You Never" (mp3)
from "Oh Yeah"
by Teresa James
Black and Tan Records

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Download "Come Up And See Me Sometime" (mp3)
from "Oh Yeah"
by Teresa James
Black and Tan Records

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Episode 18 -- Gone Fishin'

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 17:32:00 +0000

I get to go fishin' today! Had a small, related adventure. Shorter show today, otherwise.

Featured Song: "Big Fish, Lazy River," by Owen Poteat: http://www.garageband.com/artist/OwenPoteat

Theme (as always) "Hot Swing" from Kevin MacLeod:
http://incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-free/

Episode 17 -- Infinite Diversity

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 04:41:00 +0000

I wanted to introduce you to the work of a new friend of mine. By the end of the show you'll know why I chose the title.

All the Raventones music is used by permission of TR Kelley.

More music, more info, and albums and whatnot, available from their website: http://www.raventones.com/home.html

TR Kelley's Blog is at http://trkelley.blogspot.com

Theme music "Hot Swing" from Kevin MacLeod, http://incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-free/

All errors and omissions are mine.

Episode 16 -- There Must Be Some Misunderstanding

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 05:00:00 +0000

Yes, I borrowed the title from the Phil Collins song. He can have it back now. Anyway, people find it hard to believe that the Host of an Internationally Syndicated Talk Program (wink wink nudge nudge) would have so much trouble understanding people. But I can give you some examples.

By the way, the content is moderately "racey," but there's no foul language necessary, thanks.

Featured Song: "Crazy Sometimes" by Jamie Davis & Soul Gravy, I found on Garageband: http://www.garageband.com/artist/jamiedavissoulgravy

Theme: "Hot Swing," and Background: "Meditation Impromptu" from Kevin MacLeod: http://incompetech.com/

Episode 15 -- A Good Place

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:30:00 +0000

Ranting about Ranting, smoking, and how people seem much meaner than they used to. Some people in particular. Maybe. Unless I just misunderstood. Again.

Theme: "Hot Swing," Background: "Meditation Impromptu" by Kevin MacLeod. http://incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-free/

Featured Song: "A Good Place," by Ryder (featuring Michelle Dupwee) who I found on GarageBand: http://www.garageband.com/artist/riders

Episode 14 -- Some Wierd Guy Whining

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 01:54:00 +0000

Catching up on all the topics I was going to discuss, but never did. Till now. And I discussed changing the name of the show, but didn't do that. Exactly.

Theme "Hot Swing," Background "Meditation Impromptu" from Kevin MacLeod http://incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-free/

Episode 13 -- Paved with First Impressions

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Mon, 28 May 2007 17:12:00 +0000

"The road to hell is paved with first impressions." And I have real problems with first impressions. I mean -real- problems.

And yes, I do respond to comments.

Theme "Hot Swing" from Kevin MacLeod http://incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-free/

Episode 12 -- Kids

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sun, 20 May 2007 08:04:00 +0000

I've been thinking about having kids -- it'll probably never happen, but I can dream, can't I?

By the way, I missed a good Boy's Name: Jefferson Smith, from "Mr Smith Goes to Washington." Make that my second favorite.

The featured song from Burgess Norrgard I found on GarageBand. http://www.garageband.com/artist/burgessnorrgard

Theme: "Hot Swing," Background: "Meditation Impromptu" from Kevin Macleod; http://incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-free/

Feature: "Lullabye" from Burgess Norrgard

Episode 11 -- Working to Work

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Mon, 14 May 2007 21:27:00 +0000

In looking at why my Midlife Crisis is still ongoing, I concluded that I work every day to get money so I can work every day. Imagine my joy.

BTW, I mentioned my curiosity about why Episode Six turned out to be so popular. In my websearches, I found two sites in particular that might have been where people were headed when they ended up here.

Here's a link to that podcast I mentioned: http://mywebpages.comcast.net/amidlifecrisis/

And that other one I mentioned, which is apparently a blog, not a podcast: http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/forum/index.php?automodule=blog&blogid=511

Go figure, huh?

Intro music: "Hot Swing" from Kevin MacLeod
Background: "Meditation Impromptu" by Kevin MacLeod
http://incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-free/

Episode 10 -- This is Just Me

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Thu, 03 May 2007 02:59:00 +0000

This is just me, the kind of show I can afford the time to record these days. If this isn't what you were hoping for, well, the Internet is a big place.

Theme music: Hot Swing, from Kevin MacLeod
http://incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-free/

Episode Nine -- It's Not My Song

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 16:00:00 +0000

THIS LAST WEEKEND, ONE OF MY KAREOKE D.J'S, JON B., ASKED IF HE COULD SING A SONG THAT I'VE BEEN DOING FOR A LONG WHILE, A SONG CALLED "GOODNIGHT, SAIGON." BILLY JOEL WROTE THIS FOR HIS FRIENDS WHO HAD TO GO OFF TO FIGHT IN VIETNAM. AS BILLY JOEL PUT IT, "THEY LEFT AS BOYS, AND CAME BACK AS OLD MEN. AND THEY WERE THE LUCKY ONES, BECAUSE MANY OF THEM DIDN'T COME BACK AT ALL." IT BROKE MY HEART TO GIVE IT UP, BUT IT'S JOHN'S SONG NOW. IT'S NOT MY SONG. REALLY, IT NEVER WAS MINE. SO WHY DID I SING IT IN THE FIRST PLACE? I WAS WAY TOO YOUNG TO HAVE TO GO TO VIETNAM. WHY WOULD I FEEL SO STRONGLY ABOUT A SONG ABOUT THAT WAR?

Theme Music "Hot Swing," Background "Meditation Impromptu" by Kevin MacLeod http://incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-free/

Image from http://www.usmemorialday.org/gallery.html

Episode Eight -- To Be Fair

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 16:00:00 +0000

I blame a lot on My Unfortunate Condition. But, to be fair, a lot of what has happened to me has been my own fault, and it's about time I said so.

Theme Music: "Hot Swing" from Kevin MacLeod http://incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-free/

The featured song at the end is "Dreaming My Life Away" by Al Carmichael. I got it from Garage Band, at http://www.garageband.com/artist/betteroffdud

Episode Seven -- Truth and Consequences

grizzly@grizzlysgrowls.com (Grizzly Smith) — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 20:18:00 +0000

I tend to believe everybody, though I know I shouldn't. Which means either something bad happened this week, or didn't.

The theme music is still "Hot Swing" from Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-free/). I re-engineered a bit, hope it doesn't blast you out of your chair anymore.

Oh, and I ended with a feature song I thought appropriate, and I think you'll like, and if you liked it, here's how to get a high-quality copy for yourself.

Download "Angels Cry" (mp3)
from "Tresa Jordan"
by Tresa Jordan
Aspirion Records

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