Grizzly's Growls Podcasts & Stories

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

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

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

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.

We Should Talk 0001 -- Hitting The Ground Running!

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.

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

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)

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)

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

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

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

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

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)

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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!

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

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)

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!

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

Sat, 05 Sep 2009 00:11:00 +0000

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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

Thanks for listening!

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

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!

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!

IDSL from 09/01/2009 - High-quality version (Comment line 218-234-CALL)

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 06:23:00 +0000

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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

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

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

IDSL from 08/28/2009 - High-quality version (Comment line 218-234-CALL)

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 05:00:00 +0000

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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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IDSL from 08/27/2009 - High-quality version (Comment line 218-234-CALL)

Sat, 29 Aug 2009 05:00:00 +0000

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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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IDSL from 08/26/2009 - High-quality version (Comment line 218-234-CALL)

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 05:00:00 +0000

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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

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

IDSL from 08/25/2009 - High-quality version (Comment line 218-234-CALL)

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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IDSL from 08/24/2009 - High-quality version (Comment line 218-234-CALL)

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 05:00:00 +0000

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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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IDSL from 08/21/2009 - High-quality version (Comment line 218-234-CALL)

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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IDSL from 08/20/2009 - High-quality version (Comment line 218-234-CALL)

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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IDSL from 08/19/2009 - High-quality version (Comment line 218-234-CALL)

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!

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

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

IDSL from 08/18/2009 - High-quality version (Comment line 218-234-CALL)

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)

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!

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IDSL from 08/13/2009 - High-quality version (Comment line 218-234-CALL)

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

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

IDSL from 08/11/2009 - High-quality version (Comment line 218-234-CALL)

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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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)

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

IDSL from 08/07/2009 - High-quality version (Comment line 218-234-CALL)

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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Sat, 08 Aug 2009 05:12:00 +0000

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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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IDSL from 08/05/2009 - High-quality version (Comment line 218-234-CALL)

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 08:37:00 +0000

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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

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Hiber-Nation 77 -- Heretics by GK Chesterton Part 4

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)

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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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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Sun, 02 Aug 2009 05:45:00 +0000

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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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IDSL from 07/30/2009 - High-quality version (Comment line 218-234-CALL)

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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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

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

IDSL from 07/28/2009 - High-quality version (Comment line 218-234-CALL)

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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IDSL from 07/27/2009 - High-quality version (Comment line 218-234-CALL)

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 05:33:00 +0000

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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!

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Episode 114 -- Podcast Promotion and People (Comment line 218-234-CALL)

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)

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!

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IDSL from 07/23/2009 - High-quality version (Comment line 218-234-CALL)

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:04:00 +0000

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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!

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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!

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Hiber-Nation 75 -- Heretics by GK Chesterton Part 2

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)

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!

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IDSL from 07/21/2009 - High-quality version (Comment line 218-234-CALL)

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:44:00 +0000

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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!

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IDSL from 07/20/2009 - High-quality version (Comment line 218-234-CALL)

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!

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Episode 113 -- Live Midnight Saturday Sunday (Comment line 218-234-CALL)

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)

Sat, 18 Jul 2009 10:38:00 +0000

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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!

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IDSL from 07/16/2009 - High-quality version (Comment line 218-234-CALL)

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!

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Hiber-Nation 74 -- Heretics by GK Chesterton Part 1

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)

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 04:17:00 +0000

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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!

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Hiber-Nation 73a -- Coming Attractions (Comment line 218-234-CALL)

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)

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:37:00 +0000

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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!

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IDSL from 07/13/2009 - High-quality version (Comment line 218-234-CALL)

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 04:39:00 +0000

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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)

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)

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)

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

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)

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)

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)

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)

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:24:00 +0000

Here's your link to download from Archive.org.

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)

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:14:00 +0000

Download Link from Archive.org.

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!

Theme: "140 Times" from Rockon.

IDSL from 06/21/2009 - High-quality version

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 01:28:00 +0000

Download from Archive.org.

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

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

Sat, 20 Jun 2009 06:21:00 +0000

Download from Archive.org.

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!

Theme: "140 Times" from RockOn.

IDSL from 06/17/2009 - High-quality version

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 05:00:00 +0000

Download from Archive.org.

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

Thu, 18 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 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

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!

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

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

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