Clambake Episode for July 31, 2005

Here is the Bittorrent link and direct MP3 download for the EGC clambake for July 31, 2005.
I talk about finally listening to the Wired Jesus episode responding to me and how I did a road trip of approximately 8 driving hours without turning on the radio; I talk about and play music from the Butthole [...]

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Road Work

Took a work-related road trip that involved leaving that house at 6 AM on Friday and just finishing now. Much work happened, a few hijinks and adventures, and now I am back home. I had no internet access the whole time, and it’s downright amazing how much email can build up in 30 hours.
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Google Ads

So after the comment thread through the course of the day, I have opted to put the Google ads back on the page. Finding out they have lifted their conversation-stifling “you can use us and make money, but not talk about that” bullshit was the big thing. It’s easier to put this on a Wordpress [...]

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ELO

My cable modem took a dump, so I relocated to the branch office temporarily. I’m sitting here working, eating a crab melt panini and listening to last week’s Personality Crisis from WREK. Jon is currently playing a chunk of songs that are ELO and ELO covers. Just like the Paul Melancon song “Jeff Lynne” reminds [...]

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Ellen Kushner

I was surprised and pleased to see that Ellen Kushner left a comment on this blog. I really like Ellen, and I’ve been a listener of her show Sound and Spirit for 10 years. It’s one of the ones I capture from MP3 streams and listen to later. In 1996 when I was pitching the [...]

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Blogging for $$$

Comic strip blogger talks about Darren Rowse, Cam Reilly has breakfast with him and talks about how much money he makes with his blog ($14,500 in Google ads in one month???). If he’s such a power, how come I never heard of this guy until yesterday?
Google Ads mailed me yesterday. They have finally noticed that [...]

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Shuffle Swap

Yesterday afternoon, I plugged in my Shuffle to the iBook to refresh my listening content. It didn’t mount as a drive, it didn’t mount in iTunes and it didn’t flash as if it were recharging. I tried a few things like plugging it into a powered hub, plugging into every USB port on every computer [...]

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George Carlin Pet Commentary of the Day

Dogs lead a nice life. You never see a dog with a wristwatch.
- from the George Carlin Day Calendar for July 25, 2005
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Clambake Episode for July 24, 2005

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Today is Rocket City Riot day, with our weekly interview and song from John Mark King; I talk about doing interviews via Skype; I play an out of context quote I find funny; I talk about and play a [...]

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Comic Strip Blogger v. Gaping Void

I cannot unequivocally say that Comic Strip Blogger is certifiably insane because I haven’t seen the paperwork, but it wouldn’t surprise me. That nuttiness is doing a pretty good job of keeping me amused. I think the best one so far is this strip about Hugh Macleod, with a really credible parody of a Gaping [...]

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Clambake Episode for July 23, 2005

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Man is it hot! I play some cut-ups from the Institute of Contemporary Music; the bulk of this episode is music from and an interview with Brad Sucks. Thanks Brad!
Don’t forget, you can fly your EGC flag by buying [...]

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Insight

I had been skipping the interview Rob Greenlee did with David Coursey every time it came up on the Shuffle because I just didn’t feel like tackling it. Today I finally listened, and now I think I now understand his column on podcasting I discussed earlier. My sense of his viewpoint after listening to him [...]

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Uptick

So the crap of the week has mostly resolved itself. The phone works, the AC is fixed, the bookshelves moved and the worst part of the mess tidied back up. Here’s to going into the weekend without a lot of holdover crap dragging it down.
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He’s in a Bad Mood

Listening to last Sunday’s Personality Crisis from WREK today, one of the songs was Sonic Youth’s “She’s in a Bad Mood.” That’s fitting, because I had a crap day that was just getting rolling right around then. All the stuff that went wrong yesterday took a toll, even though they are getting straightened out. The [...]

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The DRM’d Future

I’ve talked in the podcast about the widening division between open culture and closed culture. If something like this situation comes to pass with monitors required to implement DRM security restrictions to view content with rules chosen by content creators, I can tell you what I’m going to do. I will take out a bank [...]

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Crazy Digital Life

So, I’m sitting on my couch in Conway, SC. My phone line has mysteriously gone out as has half of the AC in the house so analog technology isn’t doing so well at this moment. I get an IM from Sam Levin. He tells me that he’s at the Always On conference and sends me [...]

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Quick Hits

These are things that I have been meaning to blog and just haven’t. For all I know I already did but I’m too much of a lazy prick to actually check and see if I did.
The iPodder Lemon folks paypal’d me a donation, just for me being me. Thanks guys! My relationship with iPodderX [...]

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Your Turn Now

I mentioned this in the last podcast, but I want to post it in the text as well. I’m presenting at the Podcast and Portable Media Expo this fall. My topic will be “The Human Touch”, exploring the human interactions enabled by this medium. I’m trying to do something different by not having a boring [...]

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The Death of Podcasting

Lest I was tempted to comment on this piece by Frank Barnako (how shocking, a big media guy is gleeful that iTunes is focussing on big media podcasts), Steve Gillmor is already on the case. Thank you Steve, for removing that temptation and doing it far more entertainingly than I could.
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Kelly Link Audio

At Telltale Weekly they are having a special with some of their audiobooks available for free. I listened to Kelly Link’s story “Most of My Friends Are Two-Thirds Water” and really liked it. I’ve heard a lot about her work but haven’t read any myself. This story was good enough to make me seek some [...]

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