This is where I was tonight, dancin' over at The Black Dog Club, next door to The Hiber-Nation Theatre in Second Life.  Very fun.

And where were you?

You should stop by.  Don't cost nuthin', just to show up.

I'm just sayin'.

Part 15, "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

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

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

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

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

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

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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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.

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Closing Music: "Vampire Hotel" from Chris Kirby.

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!

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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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Part 8, "The Mildness of the Yellow Press"

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

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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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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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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.

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

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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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/ !

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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

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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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Part 7, "Omar and the Sacred Vine"

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

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

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

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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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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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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

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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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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

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

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

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

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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

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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

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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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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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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

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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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Part 4, "Mr. Bernard Shaw"

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

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

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

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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

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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!  :)



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On "The IDSL" today:

"Blackened Shade" from Fallen Shadow

"Black" from JERKSTORE

"blah blah blah" from Pushluppies

"Blame" from Parrot Attack!

"Blame" from Schiek

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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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Part 3, "On Mr. Rudyard Kipling and Making the World Small"

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

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

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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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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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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!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

"Flatland, a Romance of Many Dimensions," by Edwin Abbott Abbott.

Part 2 -- Other Worlds




Show Theme:  "Canon in D" from Owen Poteat.

Book Theme: "Friendly Day" from Kevin MacLeod.

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

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

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

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

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

"Flatland, a Romance of Many Dimensions," by Edwin Abbott Abbott.

Part 2 -- Other Worlds



Show Theme:  "Canon in D" from Owen Poteat.

Book Theme: "Friendly Day" from Kevin MacLeod.

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

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!

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

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

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!

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!

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.

K7 Comment Line: 206-350-6909

"Flatland, a Romance of Many Dimensions," by Edwin Abbott Abbott.

Part 2 -- Other Worlds



Show Theme:  "Canon in D" from Owen Poteat.

Book Theme: "Friendly Day" from Kevin MacLeod.

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.

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.

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.

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

Amazon.com

CDBaby.com

iTunes

Amie Street

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

Amazon.com

CDBaby.com

iTunes

Amie Street

Amie Street

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.

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

K7 Comment Line: 206-350-6909

"Flatland, a Romance of Many Dimensions," by Edwin Abbott Abbott.

Part 2 -- Other Worlds



Show Theme:  "Canon in D" from Owen Poteat.

Book Theme: "Friendly Day" from Kevin MacLeod.

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.

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

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.

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

 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...

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.

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"Flatland, a Romance of Many Dimensions," by Edwin Abbott Abbott.

Part 2 -- Other Worlds



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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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)

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"Flatland, a Romance of Many Dimensions," by Edwin Abbott Abbott.

Part 1 -- This World



Show Theme:  "Canon in D" from Owen Poteat.

Book Theme: "Friendly Day" from Kevin MacLeod.

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."

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"Flatland, a Romance of Many Dimensions," by Edwin Abbott Abbott.

Part 1 -- This World



Show Theme:  "Canon in D" from Owen Poteat.

Book Theme: "Friendly Day" from Kevin MacLeod.

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.

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"Flatland, a Romance of Many Dimensions," by Edwin Abbott Abbott.

Part 1 -- This World



Show Theme:  "Canon in D" from Owen Poteat.

Book Theme: "Friendly Day" from Kevin MacLeod.

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.

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"Flatland, a Romance of Many Dimensions," by Edwin Abbott Abbott.

Part 1 -- This World



Show Theme:  "Canon in D" from Owen Poteat.

Book Theme: "Friendly Day" from Kevin MacLeod.

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

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.

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"Flatland, a Romance of Many Dimensions," by Edwin Abbott Abbott.

Part 1 -- This World



Show Theme:  "Canon in D" from Owen Poteat.

Book Theme: "Friendly Day" from Kevin MacLeod.

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

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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



Show Theme:  "Canon in D" from Owen Poteat.

Book Theme: "Friendly Day" from Kevin MacLeod.

 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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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.

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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

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.

Copyright Misfistaudio.com 2009

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Why is this Peanut Butter & Jelly?  There's no bread.  Just filling.

Themes: "Hot Swing" & "Continue Life" from Kevin MacLeod

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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

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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.

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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

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

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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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/)

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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.

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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"

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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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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



Show Theme:  "Canon in D" from Owen Poteat.

Book Theme: "Friendly Day" from Kevin MacLeod.

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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

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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.

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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.

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"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.

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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. 

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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].

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.