Evil Genius Chronicles (mp3)

EGC Introduction and Disclaimer

dave — Sun, 14 Nov 2004 03:42:08 +0000

A welcome to this podcast and an introduction to what this is all about

Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for May 22, 2009 – “CREATE South and Balticon, 2009 Style”

dave — Mon, 25 May 2009 07:28:32 +0000

Here is the direct MP3 download for the EGC clambake for May 22, 2009. This is my first ever episode recorded in a car. I give a wrapup to our 2009 CREATE South conference; I play my goto song for this kind of topic by Alana Davis; I then talk about Balticon and why from here on out I will be attending science fiction conferences with a podcast track and probably not any pure tech-centric or commercially organized new media conferences.

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Links mentioned in this episode:

CREATE South
Alana Davis
Buy Surrender Dorothy from Alana Davis at iTunes!
Balticon
Dragon*Con
This podcast’s Ustream channel
My FriendFeed
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Balticon Is Nearly Here

dave — Sun, 17 May 2009 13:45:18 +0000

Next weekend, I’ll be a guest at Balticon in Hunt Valley, Maryland. I’ve never actually been to Maryland so this will be a big adventure to me. If you are wondering what to expect from the con, this promo should give you some idea.

I’ve got my first science fiction interview for Reality Break lined up and I hope to get a few more. I’m gearing up for my Friday night talk “Amateur Means You Do It For Love” (10 PM Friday night in the Chesapeake Suite). It’s kind of a reworking of the talk I gave at the Podcast Expo/New Media Expo in 2006. Back then, we were in the thick of the new media gold rush. I was trying to play Cassandra to warn that hitching your financial wagons to the podcast horse was not only a bad idea financially, it was a bad idea artistically. I tried to provide a framework for people to do their work without the “get rich quick” mentality that so pervaded the medium at that time.

Nowadays, the persuasive part of that talk is no longer necessary. History has born out what I was saying, so now the talk shifts to the idea of how we can do our work and find it valuable even if we know for certain we will never ever make a nickel off of it. This is why I like to focus inside out in this talks. The whole idea is to find a way that you are have succeeded in what you want to do by sitting at the microphone, and you’ve succeeded even better when you publish. Listeners and feedback and enthusiasm after the fact is great, but it is possible to consider yourself the victor before you get there. Take out the “have one million listeners and make a plush living at this” from the equation because if that’s what it takes to make you happy, you are pretty much doomed to sadness. There is no reason we can’t do what we do in podcasting, in videoblogging entirely for the fun of it and my talk is a celebration of that. Come celebrate with me!

Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for April 6, 2009 – “Starting is Easy, Finishing is Hard”

dave — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 06:25:27 +0000

Here is the direct MP3 download for the EGC clambake for April 6, 2009. I play a song from Glass Eye; I talk about CREATE South and Balticon and Dragon*Con, about organizing a conference and what we are trying to do with CREATE South in Myrtle Beach; I play a solo song by Kathy McCarty, talk about my Kindle and my social media timeout; I close out with another Glass Eye song.

Links mentioned in this episode:

Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for February 11, 2009 – “Manufacturing Joy”

dave — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 05:10:26 +0000

Here is the direct MP3 download for the EGC clambake for February 11, 2009. I play a song from Amy Ray and another from 3canal; I talk about the dichotomy of thinking of oneself as a happy person but not actually being happy that much; I discuss Poppy Z. Brite’s Liquor books; about joining the Minicomic of the Month club; about collecting comics and about Danger Woman; I play one more 3canal song and then exit before my CF card fills.

Links mentioned in this episode:

Amy Ray
3canal
3canal’s Joy + Fire at TrinidadTunes
Poppy Z. Brite
I’m a big fan of Liquor, Prime, and Soul Kitchen
Liz Baillie’s Minicomic of the Month Club is available at her store
The documentary about Danger Woman
This podcast’s Ustream channel
My FriendFeed
Sign my Frappr Map!

Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for January 4, 2009 – “The Start of Something Good”

dave — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 02:12:43 +0000

Here is the direct MP3 download for the EGC clambake for January 4, 2009. I play a song from the Jody Grind; I talk about the new year, about being too fat and deciding where to spend my time; I talk about how I am getting back to collecting comic books; I talk a little about Saul Griffith and lifestyle wattage; I play a song by John Cameron Mitchell and then drag race out of town.

Links mentioned in this episode:

The Jody Grind’s One Man’s Trash Is Another Man’s Treasure
Saul Griffith’s presentation via IT Conversations
My ComicBookDB public collection
My FriendFeed
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Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for December 7, 2008 – “Gentle Readers Fiesta”

dave — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 01:36:55 +0000

Here is the direct MP3 download for the EGC clambake for December 7, 2008. I play songs from my friends the Gentle Readers, and then I do it again and again until the clock runs out. Really, that’s enough.

Links mentioned in this episode:

Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for November 27, 2008 – “Thankful For You”

dave — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 19:17:48 +0000

Here is the direct MP3 download for the EGC clambake for November 27, 2008. I play a song from Camper Van Beethoven; I discuss what I’m thankful for; I talk about the fragile first few minutes of a podcast and how you can lose me in them; I talk about trying and failing to get organized with GTD and how Google and Android phones work into this; I play a breaking story from the Onion Radio News; I talk about how Twitter could have failed to screw up the I Want Sandy acquisition if they thought about it for 3 minutes; I talk about comic books and how they make the nerd in me really happy; I play a Siderunners song and then put myself in the oven for 3 to 5 hours.

Links mentioned in this episode:

Camper Van Beethoven
Buy some Camper CDSs for Xmas
SEQALAB podcast
Android phones
The Onion Radio News
The Get Satisfaction page for the Twitter/Sandy debacle
ComicBookDB
The Siderunners
Buy the Siderunners CD for Xmas. I’m not kidding here, people!!!
Sign my Frappr Map!

Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for November 23, 2008 – “Indie Band Survival Guide – Part 2″

dave — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 19:03:22 +0000

Here is the direct MP3 download for the EGC clambake for November 23, 2008. I play songs by Beatnik Turtle and present the second half of an interview I recorded at Dragon*Con with Jason Feehan and Randy Chertkow about their book the Indie Band Survival Guide. “I Don’t Want to Work Today” is my favorite Beatnik Turtle song!

Links mentioned in this episode:

Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for November 11, 2008 – “Indie Band Survival Guide – Part 1″

dave — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 02:53:39 +0000

Here is the direct MP3 download for the EGC clambake for November 11, 2008. I play songs by Beatnik Turtle and present the first half of an interview I recorded at Dragon*Con with Jason Feehan and Randy Chertkow about their book the Indie Band Survival Guide.

Links mentioned in this episode:

EGC Clambake for August 19, 2008 – “Fourth Anniversary, Big Whoop”

dave — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:17:14 +0000

Here is the direct MP3 download for the EGC clambake for August 19, 2008. I play a song from Rocket City Riot and then try and fail to read some user mail; I play a song by the Harvey Girls; I discuss this being the fourth anniversary of this podcast, why I started doing this show and why I continue and how I feel about the state of our medium; I mention New Media Expo and Michael Geoghegan and the “death of podcasting”; I play a song by Glass Eye and then groove my way on into the night.

This turns out to have been an unusually foul-mouthed episode. I guess it happens when you wind the monkey up. That’s why I disclaim this up front, kids.

Links mentioned in this episode:

Rocket City Riot
The Harvey Girls
New Media Expo
Michael Geoghegan’s presentation on the death of podcasting
Nicola Griffith
Kelley Eskridge
Glass Eye
The Gentle Readers
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EGC Clambake for August 4, 2008 – “Vacate”

dave — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:31:20 +0000

Here is the direct MP3 download for the EGC clambake for August 4, 2008. It’s a short show, as I talk about going on vacation and play some Amy Ray. See you on the flipside, tanned and relaxed like Richard Nixon.

Links mentioned in this episode:

EGC Clambake for June 29, 2008 – “Reality Break Lives”

dave — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 02:38:43 +0000

Here is the direct MP3 download for the EGC clambake for June 29, 2008. I play a song from Chris Christensen and Mark Schultz; I talk about the Reality Break podcast and tell some tales from the radio show that preceded it; I mention a little bit about the class I taught and what the proceeds are going to buy; I play a song from the incredible Gentle Readers and then gamble into the sunset.

Links mentioned in this episode:

EGC Clambake for March 30, 2008

dave — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 21:06:19 +0000

Here is the direct MP3 download for the EGC clambake for March 30, 2008. I play an audio promo for our Create South conference, and a song by Chris Yale. I talk about the new MacBook that I’m doing the show on, apologize that things aren’t quite the same when I reach for them and about how I feel like at age 40 I still need adult supervision. I talk about screwing up seeing the Siderunners play live and then play a live Siderunners song. I walk down the well worn hallways of discussing the economy and our scary economic times. I play an unreleased track by the amazing Jill Sobule and mention her interesting album funding project.

The audio on this show is not perfect by a long ways, mostly in the levels. This were just weird enough on new versions of the OS and Quicktime that I had a hard time getting everything the same. By next show I hope to have these kinks worked out.

Links mentioned in this episode:

Create South
Chris Yale
The Siderunners – Get live tracks there!
Jill Sobule
Jill’s Next Record project
Sign my Frappr Map!