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Contents
Editorial
New s
8 A Fountain Pen Connects An Artist To H is Audience
Regular Columns
Jose ph D ough e rty : W rite r, Pod caste r
- Lance Ande rson
11 Citiz en S coop: Community
- Joh n Buck l
ey
13 S ow erby & Luff: At Th e BBC
- Ge orgina Sow e rby & Brian Luff
15 W ordpress W orkh orse
- Col
in M e e k s
17 Getting A Presence O n Google
and oth e r se arch e ngine s
- Jul ie n Sm ith
20 Audio 101: Not Your Grandma's Mixer
- Sk inny W h ite Boy
23 Ew an S pence: Going Live
- Ew an Spe nce
25 O ut O f S ync: Be An Individual
- R ich ard Vobe s
27 Inside Th e Podcasters' S tudio: Jason Ruby
- Paul& Judy H utch inson
30 'LO S T' 'Casts
Feature
find ing your w ay around th e m
- M ark H unte r
35 Podcast Review s: 'LO S T' 'casts
Review s
- M aril
yn M adse n, Ph ilCl
ark , H il
ary Tyl
er
37 Review Roulette
- Be rnade tte , M aril
yn M adse n, H il
ary Tyl
e r, Ph ilCl
ark , Sim on Toon
41 Global Voices: Videocasts O f H olland & Belgium
- Jane t Park inson
43 A Band Called Quinn: 'S un Moon S tars'
- Gabor Kovacs
44 Reiser: 'Th e W ell Dressed Th ief'
- Col
in Gaze l
ey
45 S carlatti Tilt: 'Gath ering O f Th e H aunted'
- Col
in Gaze l
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46 Product Review : Edirol R-09
- Ph ilCl
ark & M ik e Lingafe l
te r
51 Podcaster Profile: Cliff Ravenscraft
Guest W riters
- M ark Jul
iano
52 Interview ing Tea Leaf Green
- Ge orge LSm yth
55 Th e Pow er O f Th e RS S Feed
- Bruce Ch am off
58 Reveal Yourself: Freddy Litw iniuk
- M aril
yn M adse n & Grant M ason
59 Letters to PU M
D e ar Pod cast Use r Magazine
60 More New s From PU M

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A Fountain Pen
Connects an Artist
to h i s Audi ence
Text & Ph oto by Lance Anderson
Spe nd ing tim e w ith Em m y Aw ard -w inning
w rite r Jose ph D ough e rty is l
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trave l
ing into anoth e r d im e nsion.
H e 's a Be at poe t w ith th e d e l
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of D avid Le tte rm an.H is w ord s are
not onl
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, th e y cut d e e p
w ith sarcasm .Joe can tal
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circl
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anyone , ab out m ost
th ings, b e cause Joe
h as stud ie d th e
"e d ge of th e
fram e ."
ph oto cou rte s y Lance Ande rs on

LIK E M OST M AVERICK artists, Joe D uring h igh sch ooland col le ge , Joe w as
com e s from a h um bl e be ginning. H e gre w w riting al lth e tim e . Th e n h e sl ippe d into
up in th e 19 50s and 60s in Long Isl and , h is "assh ole pe riod"in w h ich h e e xpe cte d
Ne w York . H is dad w as a janitor and h is w riting jobs to com e k nock ing on h is
m om w as a bank te l le r. Th e D ough e rty door. O nce Joe got h is act toge th e r, h e
fam ilyl ive d across th e stre e t from a be gan a succe ssfulcare e r in th e m id
m ovie th e ate r. Since Joe w as an onl y 19 80s as a pl ayw righ t in Ne w York . H is
ch ild, w ith no re alsociall ife , h e w e nt "to pl ay D igby l e d to an invitation from Ed
th e m ovie s too m uch ."H is pare nts al so l et Z w ick and Marsh al lH e rsk ovitz to join
h im stay up l ate to w atch th e Tw il igh t th e w riting te am of th e ir groundbre ak ing
Z one . "O nce as a w rite r and storyte l l
e r,
R od Se rl ing ge ts to you... you are pre tty
m uch frie d for l ife ."D uring th is sam e
"m ush y"pe riod h e first discove re d th e
w ork s of R ay Brad b ury, w h ich h e l pe d to
ce m e nt h is l
ife -long l ove for scie nce
fiction and th e w ritte n w ord.
Th e spok e n w ord cam e into Joe 's e ars

th rough an "inh e rite d"re d cl ock radio
w ith "cigare tte burns"in th e pl astic,
be cause h is dad w as a sm ok e r. Late at
nigh t, w h ile lying in be d, Joe w oul dl iste n
to storie s of th e l ate , gre at Je an
Sh e ph e rd on W OR R ad io in Ne w York . im age courte s y abc
(M ost pe opl e k now Sh e ph e rd as th e TVse rie s "th irtysom eth ing". Joe
w rite r and narrator of th e h ol iday classic, acce pte d th e ir offe r and ne ve r l ook e d
A Ch ristm as Story.) Joe conside rs back . H e fondl y re m e m be rs th e cre ative
Sh e ph e rd a dire ct e nvironm e nt th at h e cal ls
de sce ndant of th e
Be ats, "a m e sh of
H and w ritte n th e "Ed and M arsh al
as You Le arn Fil
lEarn
m Sch ool ."
spok e n w ord and Jazz." Th e atre isn't viral It w as for
R e m e m be ring
Sh e ph e rd, Joe says, "h e ye t.It is m ore of a "th irtysom e th ing"th at Joe
w on h is Em m y and a
h ad a w ise , frie ndl y,
sm art voice . H e 's your
low -grad e col d. H um anitas Prize . Th e
m om e ntum carrie d h im
re ally coolcol le ge into m ore w riting and
room m ate . H e 's th e guy in th e cubicl e producing gigs on e ve ryth ing from H BO
ne xt to yours w h o points out th e to Judging Am y. At th e m om e nt h e 's
absurdity al laround you." w ork ing on a ne w se rie s for TNT cal led
Saving Grace , starring H ol l y H unte r.
Al so in th e "big soup"of h is infl ue nce s are "H olly's sh e e r l
e ve lof inte nsity is
Bob & R ay and Ernie K ovacs, w h o h e astounding.... It's l ik e an e clipse . Th e re is
discove re d th rough Mad Magazine . "Th e im age courte s y TNT
pe riod be tw e e n about 10 to 17, you are

basical ly a sponge . Th e n w h e n you turn
16 or 17, you start to sq ue e ze th e sponge
out a l ittle bit. But th e good stuff stays."
Lik e film m ak e r Pre ston Sturge s, "H ol y
cat! You can actual ly w rite th is de nse ly,
and w rite th is funny, and th e n you can do
180 de gre e s and m ak e a se rious m ovie ."
Joe w as now firm l y on h is path .

so m uch l igh t th at val ue s are sl

igh tly ragge d, but I don't find
com e s off of h e r, it th at to be a ne gative anym ore .... I al
m ost
is alm ost w ante d to ge t th e m up as raw as
im possibl e to judge possibl e ."
any oth e r aspe ct of
th e sh ow ." M any of th e pie ce s are original l
y w ritte n
for actors Joe h as w ork e d w ith , incl uding
W ith al lof h is D avid Cl e nnon and Moira Quirk , ye t
succe ss, Joe stil l th e pl ays are not casting spe cific. Th is
push e s h im se l f as le ad a Ne b rask a th e atre com pany to
an artist, w h ich h as pre se nt th e first live pe rform ance s of th e
le d to h is sh ort pl ays, w ith actors th at don't usual ly
outstanding w ork in ge t cast. Joe l ove s th e ide a so m uch h e
Ne w M e dia. H e h al f- ph oto courte s y Joe Dough e rty
pl ans to se l f-publ ish a book of
jok ingl y re fe rs to h is TVgigs as h is "day H andw ritte n Th e atre and "ge t th e m into
job."H e adm its "it's an aw ful l y nice day th e h ands of oth e r th e atre com panie s."
job,"and w h e ne ve r h e For Joe , se l f-publ ish ing is no
com pl ains about th ings, h e ask s longe r "gh astl y."It is just anoth e r
h im se lf, "Am I m ak ing m ore toolof th e Ne w M e dia, w h ich h e
m one y th an m y dad?" h as ful ly e m brace d, incl uding
doing h is ow n m ark e ting and
Joe 's insatiabl e sponge and h is prom otion. Joe original ly jum pe d
de sire to w rite w h ate ve r h e into Ne w M e dia w ith h is nove l
w ants is th e ne w e st inspiration Com fort and Joi. It's a ve ry cool
in h is "big soup."In Jul y of story about one m an's bitte rsw e e t
2005, afte r w atch ing "Th e D an obse ssion w ith B-m ovie actre ss
(K l ass) and Lance Pod cast Joi Lansing. Th e narrator ye arns
Expe rim e nt"pe rform e d in a for e ve ryth ing th at is now gone ,
sm al lcoffe e h ouse , "e ve ryth ing ye t stilllive s brigh tl y inside th e
crystal lize d"for h im about "e dge of th e fram e ."
podcasting. Joe is not sure im age courte s y K e n Dough e rty
w h at e xactl y it w as th at m ove d h im , but Joe 's TVw riting h as be e n se e n by

"if I w e re to sum it up in one w ord, it m il l
ions, but w h at re al ly e xcite s h im is
w oul d be 'acce ss'."H e soon sat dow n th e th ousands of dow nl oads h e ge ts from
"w ith a note book and a fountain pe n and I h is gl oballiste ne rs. Podcasting provide s
indul ge d m yse lf."W ith th e sh ort w ork s of th e "dire ct conne ction be tw e e n th e artist
Sam ue lBe ck ett and H arol d Pinte r as a and th e audie nce "th at fue l s Joe . H e l ik e s
guide , h e put "no l im itations on th e to use an anal ogy (pick e d up from
w riting,"inste ad h e w as "just focusing on w ork ing in TV) to de scribe Ne w M e dia:
th e l anguage . Th e fun, and th e gam e of "W h at w oul d you rath e r h ave in your
it."Th e first se rie s of H and w ritte n h ouse ?A be autiful l
y finish e d oilpainting
Th e atre w e re re corde d at h is im age courte s y Joe Dough e rty
by a h ack ?O r som e th ing
h ouse w ith actors w h o w e re Picasso sk e tch e d on a
"Sh angh aie d by pastrie s and tabl e cl oth w ith a pie ce
flavore d te as."It w as "a l ot of of ch arcoal , w h il e he
h ard w ork ... I didn't k now if w as h aving a cup of
th e y w e re any good."Joe th e n coffe e ?"
e dite d and m ixe d th e pie ce s on
h is ow n M ac and th e n bl aste d Lance Ande rson
th e m off into cybe rspace . "Som e h ttp://ve rge ofth e fringe .com
pe opl e com m e nt th at th e production h ttp://h andw ritte nth e atre .bl ogs pot.com /
h ttp://w w w .im db.com /nam e /nm 0234859 /
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Citiz en S coop
Community
Text by Joh n Buckley
originalim age courte s y Joh n Buck l

ey
TH E W ORD 'COM M UNITY' h as an inte re sting e tym ol ogy. It's be e n around for at l e ast six
ce nturie s. Its e arl
y origins lie in a w e b of re l
ate d te rm s and l anguage s, al lof w h ich de scribe
sh ade s of th e sam e th ing, w ith re l
ative ly sim il
ar m e anings.
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. It consiste d
from an ol de r Latin w ord com m unitate m , of l
iste ne rs and podcast e arl y adopte rs
a noun use d to de scribe fe l l
ow sh ip, cluste re d around sh ow s such as Adam
com m unity re l ations, or sh are d fe e l
ings. Curry's 'D ail y Source Code ,' D ave W ine r's
In th is se nse , it w as use d to indicate 'M orning Coffe e Note s' and D ave
som e th ing h e ld in com m on or Sl ush e r's 'EvilGe nius
in pub l ic;b e l
onging to al l Ch ronicl e s.' Th e com m unity
or to m any pe opl e , w h ich h ad th e e ne rgy and
re late d to an are a of ope nne ss one al w ays
com m on inte re st in associate s w ith ne w
prope rty re l ations, or th ings. It w as ge e k y in
in d e fining and its tone and conte nt,
coh e ring ce rtain but it w as al so h ip,
aspe cts of social am using, touch ing,
id e ntity. inve ntive and gre at fun
to l iste n to.
Th is is both inte re sting
and re l e vant in an age of Som e th ing about th e
digitalne tw ork s and social m arriage of R SS
softw are . Cre ative Com m ons subscription te ch nol ogy and
lice nsing and fre e ly availabl e e nte rtaining audio, de l ive re d to
ope n-source tool s m e an th at anyone m y de sk top, cl ick e d for m e righ t
w ith a com pute r and a ne tw ork aw ay. H e re w as a m e th od of ge tting
conne ction can cre ate and participate in acce ss to th ings I w ante d to h e ar sim pl y
com m unitie s of sh are d inte re st. In 2005, I by cl ick ing m y m ouse . As it h appe ne d, it
discove re d just such a com m unity base d turne d out to be a fairl y significant 'cl ick '
around th e m e dium of podcasting. for q uite a lot of pe opl e.

Th e cre ative , tol e rant, com m unity- inte re st in m uch of w h at I am saying th e

ce nte re d e th os, w h ich gave podcasting its pow e r to re spond to m e on just th e one
e arly im pe tus, w as incl usive , innovative ide a or topic w e sh are a com m on inte re st
and unpre te ntious. W h il st it w as in. It's a nich e w ith in a nich e !
te ch nical ly daunting for som e to cre ate
and upl oad sh ow s, th e fre e dom to Podcasts are particul arly e ffe ctive at
produce conte nt w as cre ating a se nse of
pote ntial ly absol ute . Th e re
w e re none of th e styl e and
Pod casts are com m unity be cause th e
spok e n voice is such a
form at re strictions ch ok ing particul arly pe rsonaland e ffe ctive
th e cre ativity of traditional
radio. Th is w as som e w h e re e ffe ctive at transm itte r of m e aning.
M uch of w h at w e do is
w h e re th e pe opl e l iste ning to
and cre ating th e sh ow s w e re
cre ating a se nse re liant upon our abil
spe ak . Podcasts h e l
ity to
p to
al so buil ding tool s to m ak e it of com m unity re store a se nse of
grow . It w as grassroots. It w as e q uality and a grassroots
innovative . It w as fre sh . m e ntality back to th e audio tradition, a
tradition th at, at tim e s, h as se e m e d to be
W ith in a fe w m onth s I be gan podcasting dying inside a broadcast cul ture saturate d
m yse l f. Sh ortl y afte rw ards, I discove re d w ith com m e rcialm e ssage s.
th e 'Britcaste r' forum s. H e re I found a
com m unity of pe opl e w h o sh are d m y Podcasts al low pe opl e to re discove r a
passion for podcasting and w ante d to se nse of th e re aldive rsity of spok e n
grow th e sce ne in th e UK. By l iste ning to th ough t, inform ation, m usic, dram a,
th e sh ow s produce d by th e ch aracte rs e ducation, ne w s and storyte l ling. Th e y
pe opl ing it, I discove re d a w h ol e ne w se t put us back in touch w ith th e
of voice s. M any of th e se I cam e to k now com m unitie s w e care about be l onging to.
w el l. Som e be cam e cre ative Th e y h e lp us l iste n into and participate in
col laborators;som e I now cal lfrie nds. In th e conve rsations w e w ant to be l ong to.
th is w ay, I l e arne d th at podcasts are Th e y are both pow e rfultool s for
pow e rfultool s for bringing pe opl e individualse l f-e xpre ssion and im portant
toge th e r, buil ding re lationsh ips, sh aring ve h icle s for sh aring fe e lings and
storie s, jok e s and re invigorating a se nse of
k now l e dge . com m unity.
I b e gan to
Eq ual ly im portantl
I discove re d m y ow n
y,
und e rstand th e
com m unity of
liste ne rs: pe opl e uniq ue pow e r
inte re ste d in th e
conte nt I w as of m y ow n
producing;m any of
w h om offe re d
pod cast
support, advice ,
furth e r inform ation or just frie ndl y
e ncourage m e nt. I be gan to unde rstand
th e uniq ue pow e r of m y ow n podcast, as
both a form of socialsoftw are
propagating m y pe rsonalm e ssage and as
a w ay of al low ing oth e r pe opl e to e ngage
in conve rsation w ith m e . I re al ize d th at
th e se arch abl e pow e r of th e w e b give s Joh n Buck l ey
pe opl e w h o h ave onl y a pe riph e ral h ttp://citiz e ns coop.co.uk

Th e W orld of
S ow erby & Luff
Text by S ow erby & Luff
ph oto courte s y Sow e rby & Luff
DIY radio…
at Television Centre?
GEORGINA AND BRIAN w e re tw o of th e inte rvie w for a drive tim e sh ow on l ocal
first British podcaste rs to buil d a trul y cul
t radio. Th e BBC doe sn’t e xpe ct anyone
fol low ing around th e w orl d w ith th e ir from London to actual l
y trave lto any of
Com e d y 365 se rie s Th e Big Sq ue e ze . its m ore far-fl ung outposts of
Th e ir l ate st podcast Th e Sow e rby & Luff broadcasting, so w e w e re instructe d to go
Sh ow is on th e Podsh ow Ne tw ork . In th is, to Te l e vision Ce ntre in Sh e ph e rd’s Bush ,
th e ir first col um n for Podcast Use r w h e re our program m e contribution w as
M agazine , th e dynam ic duo re port back to be l ink e d “dow n th e l
ine ” to a l ocal
from a strange adve nture at th e BBC... radio studio.
Ge orgina & I w e re re ce ntl

y invite d to tal
k W h e n w e arrive d at Te l
e vision Ce ntre , th e
about com e dy podcasting in a l ive re ce ptionist at th e Stage D oor took us to

w h at l ook e d lik e a cupboard in th e A m inute l ate r, w e ’re back in th e

base m e nt. Sh e punch e d a four-digit code Unatte nde d Studio, h e adph one s on,
into a se curity l ock , ope ne d th e door, w aiting to go on th e air. W e ’d h ad no tim e
push e d us inside and scurrie d aw ay l ik e a to go ove r w h at w e w e re going to tal k
se w e r rat. W e w e re gre e te d by a about, be ing too busy doing th e jobs of a
dark e ne d, e m pty room w ith a coupl e of BBC studio e ngine e rs. Ge orgina
m icroph one in th e m iddl e . O n th e w al l said sh e ne e de d a gl ass of w ate r. W e
w e re a l ist of instructions. “W e l com e to look e d around th e room for som e th ing to
th e BBC’s Unatte nde d Studio” it said. drink . Al lw e coul d find w as a te n-w e e k -
“Pl e ase fol low th e se sim pl e instructions”. ol d cup of coffe e w ith som e th ing siniste r
and sm e l ly incubating inside . G dash e d
No studio e ngine e r. No production upstairs to th e coffe e bar, but th e re w as a
assistant. No runne r to bring us a nice long q ue ue . Sh e l ook e d at h e r w atch . W e
cup of te a. Just a pie ce of fade d A4 pape r, w e re on th e air in th irty se conds. No tim e
gaffe r-tape d to th e w al
l. for l iq uid re fre sh m e nt. Sh e dash e d back
dow nstairs and th re w h e r h e adph one s
“First, sw itch on th e pow e r at th e big back on. O nl y th e le ft ch anne lw as
sw itch ne xt to th e door”, it advise d. w ork ing. Sh e give th e m a th um p, and th e
Ge orgina h unte d around, found th e le ft ch anne lw e nt off as w e l l. I coul dn’t
sw itch , and activate d it. A faint h e ar a bl oody th ing e ith e r. I fiddl e d w ith
fluore sce nt l
igh t flick e re d on. “Sw itch on th e ph ono sock e t, on w h ich w as anoth e r
th e m icroph one using th e big re d button Post-It note w h ich re ad “D o not touch ”.
in th e m iddle of th e de sk ”. I locate d th e
button. It h ad a Post-It note stuck on it Sudde nl y, th e h e adph one s spurte d into
w h ich re ad “Ye s, th is one .” life , at th re e tim e s th e originalvol um e ,
tak ing out m y righ t e ardrum , and w e
“Now , cal lth e studio at th e oth e r e nd, h e ard th e dul ce t tone s of a localradio
and announce your pre se nce ”. Ge orgina pre se nte r w e l com ing us to h is sh ow .
pick e d up th e ph one . No dial l
ing tone .
Sh e look e d at h e r m obile , and I l ook e d at Th e re w as one finalite m on th e ch e ck l ist
m ine . No signalon e ith e r h andse t. W e of stuff to do on th e w al l. It said “M ak e
w e re in th e base m e nt, afte r al l
. Lik e your program m e contribution into th e
Batm an and R obin on a case , w e dash e d m icroph one ”. So w e did. Fifte e n m inute s
up to th e first floor and cal le d th e local late r w e w e re w alk ing tow ards W h ite City
radio studio on G’s m obil e . “Are you th e re tube , w onde ring if w e ’d m anage d to say
alre ady?” said th e program m e assistant. anyth ing m il dly inte ll
ige nt on th e radio,
“Th e inte rvie w ’s not for anoth e r tw o and unde rstanding com pl e te l
y w h y it
m inute s!” God h e l p us, w e ’ve al w ays use d to be such a good ide a to h ave BBC
be e n ove r-punctual . staff w ork ing in BBC studios.
“Just go back to th e studio and w ait,” sh e Th e BBC are in th e proce ss of l aying off a
said. W e le gge d it dow nstairs, but w h e n totalof 6000 staff, in orde r to m ak e th e
w e got back to th e unatte nde d studio w e corporation a m ore “l e an” m ach ine .
coul dn’t re m e m be r th e e ntry code to th e Judging by th is e xpe rie nce , w e 'd say
door. th e y’re pre tty dam ne d le an alre ady.
“Can you l e t us into th e Unatte nde d

Studio in th e base m e nt?”, Brian ask e d
th e re ce ptionist. Sh e l ook e d up from
se arch ing for jobs on Googl e . “D idn’t I h ttp://s ow e rbyandl
uff.com
just le t you in?” sh e sigh e d. W e e xpl aine d. h ttp://com e dy365.co.uk
More ad ve nture s w ith Sow e rb y & Luff in th e ne xt issue of Pod cast Use r Magazine .
W ord Pres s
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Text by Colin Meeks
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Getting a Presence
on Google and
O th er S earch Engines
Text by Julien S mith Part O ne
[Julien originally presented th is topic as part of a session on Google
at PodCamp Toronto, February 24, 2007. Creative Commons Attribution-
Non-commercial-S h are Alike 3.0]
Googl e
k now s
w h at
h um anity
w ants
ph oto courte s y C.C.Ch apm an (w w w .cc-ch apm an.com )

FOLLOW TH IS TRAIN of th ough t: O ur purpose th is m onth is to start to h e l

p
you be sure th at w h e n pe opl e look in
1. M ORE pe opl
e use Googl
e th an any oth e r Googl e for th e ir ne e ds, you are
w e bsite . som e w h e re in th e re .
2. GOOGLE is use d, m ost Pod caste rs Th e re ason th at I k now a

ofte n, to se arch .
are at a fair am ount about th is is
be cause I've be e n
3. BECAUSE
Googl
of th is,
e k now s m ore m assive podcasting for a l
w h ile , but sh ortl
ittl
e
y afte r
th an anyone about
w h at pe opl e are d isad vantage : be ginning, I starte d ask ing,
"W h e re is al lth is traffic
se arch ing for and, as a
re sult, k now s w h at Googl e h ate s us com ing from ?"Al
traffic w as th e re sul
lof th e
t of
pe opl e w ant. accide ntal , random
be h aviour th at I didn't
4. BECAUSE of th at, Googl
e is cl
ose r th an th ink about, th at I didn't re al ize I w as
anyone at k now ing w h at h um anity, as a doing. But w h e n I re al ize d w h at I h ad
w h ol
e , w ants. accide ntal l
y h it upon, it w as a re ve l ation.
Tak e a l ook at a num be r of site s, and se e
Th is is w h at Joh n Batte l
le cal
ls "Th e th e big diffe re nce th e y h ave in th e ir
D atabase of Inte ntions,"as outl ine d in h is traffic, and you can te l lw h e n a site is w e l l
book , "Th e Se arch ." re pre se nte d on Googl e and w h e n a site
isn't.
Se ve ralm il lion visitors are using Googl e
e ve ry day. Com pare d w ith th e oth e r Th e first th ing you ne e d to k now is th at if
se arch e ngine s, Googl e is th e m ost you're a podcaste r, you're at a m assive
popul ar by far. It h as at le ast tw o to th re e disadvantage . Googl e h ate s you. It doe sn't
tim e s m ore se arch e s pe r day th an Yah oo care w h o you are ;it doe sn't e ve n k now
(in se cond pl ace ) and M SN (in th ird). w h o you are . You're spe ak ing in Engl ish ,
Googl e is gaining in se arch e s, M SN is and Googl e spe ak s in Engl ish , too, but it
losing and Yah oo is l osing be cause Yah oo doe sn't care , be cause you're not spe ak ing
and M SN are m ore about be ing portal s, in text.
about be ing acce ss to
al ot of oth e r th ings,
and Googl e provide s, Googl e is ab out te xt. Googl e is about te xt.
Se arch is about te xt. If
by far, th e se arch you are not using te xt,
e xpe rie nce th at Se arch is ab out te xt. you're scre w e d! [And
use rs, in ge ne ral , th is is not a jok e !]You
w ant. If you are not ne e d to re sol ve th is
probl e m , and th e re
So w h at? using te xt, are a num be r of w ays
to do it.
So, you w ant to b e
on Googl e . Th e
you're scre w e d ! O ne of th e m ain
re ason th at th e re 's th ings th at you ne e d
th e 'I'm fe e l ing luck y' button on th e ir to th ink about is th e fact th at th e w e b
ope ning page is be cause pe opl e trust w ork s around te xt and th e w e b w ork s
Googl e m ore th an th e y trust anyone e l se . around h ype rl ink s. You can ge t your
You can cl ick on 'I'm fe e l
ing l
uck y', and podcast prom o pl aye d on som e body's
th e re 's a good pe rce ntage ch ance th at podcast th at's m assive l y popul ar, and th at
you w il lfind w h at you w ant, assum ing m igh t h e lp you out a l ittle bit, but th e
th at you k now h ow to se arch . re ality is th at Googl e doe sn't care w h ose

podcast your stupid prom o is on. Your podcaste r and spe ak ing onl y in audio is
prom o can be on te n or a h undre d l
ik e l
iving in a bl
ack h ole ... noth ing ge ts
diffe re nt podcasts, and Google says, "So out.
w h at?I don't care ."
SO YOU H AVE TO GET GOOGLE TO CARE.

In th e ne xt instal lm e nt, w e 'l
lsh ow you
Th e ne xt th ing you ne e d to re al ize is th at h ow to be com e m ore invol ve d, som e re al
Googl e is ge tting sm arte r. You can't strate gie s - in th e Jul y issue of Podcast
de ce ive Googl e at all;you can onl y do Use r M agazine .
your be st to pl e ase it.
Pe opl e use d to try tactics on th e ir

w e bsite s in orde r to de ce ive se arch
e ngine s such as Googl e into com ing to
page s for a varie ty of re asons th at w e re
totally irre le vant in th e e nd, and now
Googl e pe nal ize s you for th at. If you're
using ol d te ch niq ue s, you w illge t banne d.
So be care fulw h at you l

e arn.
You can't stuff invisibl e w ords onto your

w e bsite anym ore . You h ave to be h one st
w ith Googl e , be cause Googl e re al
ly
k now s m ore about your w e bsite th an
anybody e l se . And it's k now ing m ore and
m ore , and it unde rstands h ow l anguage
w ork s.
Th e first th ing I w oul d e ncourage you to

do, as a podcaste r, is to start de al ing in
te xt as w e ll. Eve ry podcaste r sh ould be a
bl ogge r. You don't h ave to be a h uge
bl ogge r, you don't h ave to bl og al lth e
tim e , but you ne e d to h ave actualw ord s
on your w e bsite .
W ORD S ARE W H AT GOOGLE UND ERSTAND S.
It's ve ry im portant, be cause if you do not

h ave w ords on your w e bsite , al lGoogl e is
going to l ook at is a random audio fil e
th at it w on't both e r to de ciph e r. You w ant
Googl e to be on your side .
SO H OW D O YOU D O TH AT?
Th e re can be a w h ol e oth e r articl

e on
h ow to be a bl ogge r, and h ow th is w oul d
w ork –w h at tool s w oul d hel p you out and
such - but th is is de finite ly e nough for Jul ie n Sm ith
now . Ch ange your h abits. Be ing a h ttp://inove ryourh e ad.ne t/

Audio 101:
Not your
grandma’s
mixer
Text by S kinny W h ite Boy
ITH INK IT’S safe to assum e w e al lk now w h at a m ixe r is for: you use it to m ix ingre die nts
such as flour, butte r and m il
k into a h om oge nize d and lum p-fre e batte r for pancak e s,
w affl
e s and… O h w ait, w rong m agazine ! Le t m e start ove r. ...
I th ink it’s safe to assum e w e al

lk now For a l
ot of podcaste rs, a m ixe r's first (and
w h at a m ixe r is for: you use som e tim e s onl y) purpose is to ge t
it to com bine se parate th e ir voice into th e com pute r.
sound source s into one Th e re are oth e r w ays of doing
'l
um p-fre e ' m ix. R e ally, th at, of course , but none is as
th e m ixe r your grandm a fle xibl e as using a m ixe r. So
use s in th e k itch e n and le t’s look at w h at it tak e s to
th e one you use in your h ook a m ixe r to a PC and a
studio are n’t al lth at m icroph one to a m ixe r. [Am I
diffe re nt, e xce pt th at yours re all y going to w rite an e ntire
probabl y h as m ore k nobs articl e about h ook ing a
and fade rs and sw itch e s m icroph one up to a m ixe r?
and buttons. You be t I am !]
A m ixe r is a de vice th at In its sim pl e st form , a

com bine s m any audio m ixe r contains inputs, or
signal s into one ch anne l s, to w h ich you
de stination signal . You can conne ct audio
tak e tw o se parate audio source s. Th e ch e ape r th e
source s, such as a m ixe r, th e fe w e r th e
m icroph one and an M P3 pl aye r, ch anne l s (or inputs) th e
conne ct th e m to th is de vice cal led a m anufacture r w il lgive you,
im age courte s y K itch e nAid
m ixe r and al lof a sudde n you can and th e opposite is al so true . Each
com bine th e tw o source s and pl ay th e m input h as its ow n control , w h ich is use d
as if th e y are one and th e sam e . to se nd m ore or l e ss of th e signalto

th e output of th e m ixe r. Th e (ste re o)
im age s courte s y h ttp://w w w .m us icians te ch ce ntral

You can usual l
y
output can th e n be fe d into an re cognize a
am pl ifie r or, m ore l
ik e l
y for us m icroph one input on
podcaste rs, a re corde r of som e sort, a m ixe r by its XLR
such as your com pute r. conne ctor/sock e t.
First of al l, you ne e d to h ook th e

m ixe r up to your com pute r. If you In m ost case s (but
are one of th e l uck y duck s w ith a not all
), line -l
e ve l
USB m ixe r, th e n al lyou h ave to do
.com /m ixe r.h tm l

inputs h ave R CA
is find th e USB port on th e m ixe r,
locate th e sam e on th e com pute r or
and conne ct th e m by using th e (ph one ) jack
de signate d cabl e . C’e st tout! M ore conne ctors
th an l ik e l
y, you w il lnot h ave a USB (Ask any guitar pl aye r
m ixe r, but don’t w orry, just find th e about th e m , th e y all
line -in jack on your com pute r. k now Jack !).
Typicalconne ctors are ste re o m ini
jack s or R CA (in w h ich case th e re But e nough about conne ctors… Just
w illbe tw o). O n your m ixe r, find th e re m e m be r th e rule you l e arne d about
conne ctors th at are l abe l e d 'm ain basic sh ape s w h e n you w e re a toddl e r:
out '. O n som e m ixe rs you w il lfind you can’t fit a sq uare pe g into a round
a 'tape out'. Eith e r w il lw ork , but if h ole ! So find th e conne ctors and th e
you do h ave a 'tape out', it’s prope r cabl e s and just string th e m all
probabl y e asie r to find th e corre ct toge th e r.
cabl e s for it, be cause 'tape out'
conne ctions usual l
y use R CA W e k now th at m ixe rs h ave de dicate d
cabl e s. Eve n if th e l ine -in on your inputs for m icroph one s, or at l e ast
PC’s soundcard use s ste re o m ini inputs th at can be sw itch e d from l ine -
jack s, th ough , you sh oul d h ave l ittl
e le ve lto m icroph one -l e ve l. Th e re is good
troubl e finding th e righ t cabl e s at re ason for th is. Not al lsound source s are
your l ocalw ire -farm . cre ate d e q ual , and as th e se th ings go,
m icroph one s are about as 'une q ual ly'
cre ate d as th e y com e . Com pare d w ith
line -le ve lsource s (CD pl aye rs, M P3
pl aye rs, com pute rs, and so forth ),
m icroph one s put out a ve ry, ve ry w e ak
signal . Al lm icroph one s re q uire e xtra
am pl ification, and you can’t just 'pum p
up th e vol um e ', be cause you’d be
pum ping up th e noise th at a
m icroph one ge ne rate s al lby itse l f to
s y Nady unbe arabl e l
e ve ls.
cou rte
im age
Typicalm ixe rs h ave tw o type s of

inputs: m icroph one inputs and
inputs for e ve ryth ing e l
se (cal l
ed
line -l
e ve linputs). Lo and be h ol d! -
Typicalpodcaste rs ne e d to re cord
tw o k inds of signal s: m icroph one
signal s and th ose of e ve ryth ing e l
se . im age
cou rt
e s y Be
h ring
er

So th at is w h y m icroph one s h ave Now for th e th re e th ings th at ne e d done

ch anne l s de dicate d to th e m on a m ixe r: sim ul
tane ousl y:
th e m icroph one inputs (or ch anne l s) on a
m ixe r h ave buil t-in pre -am pl ifie rs. Th e se Look at th e m e te r
inputs sh oul d al so h ave anoth e r e xtra, a
48-vol t ph antom pow e r suppl y. (And if Tal
k into th e m icroph one
your m ixe r doe sn't h ave th is ph antom
pow e r, go find one th at doe s!). Th is e xtra Turn th e gain/trim k nob cl
ock w ise
pow e r suppl y is th e re be cause conde nse r
m icroph one s ne e d e xte rnalpow e r. You
w illbe finding out if yours is a conde nse r Ke e p tal k ing and k e e p turning th e l ittle
m icroph one in just a l ittl
e bit, but first it’s gain k nob cl ock w ise . As you k e e p talk ing,
tim e to h ook up th at m icroph one . you w ant to m ak e sure th at you don’t
vary th e distance from th e m icroph one to
your m outh too m uch and th at you tal k at
a vol um e sl igh tl
yl oude r th an w h at you
e xpe ct to use w h il e re cording your
podcast. W h at you are afte r is a signal
th at pe ak s righ t around th e 0 dB m ark on
your VU m e te r. (You w e re stil lw atch ing
er
it, w e re n’t you?)
g
h rin
Be
esy
u rt
im a
ge
co You now h ave your m ixe r se t so th at
w h e n you spe ak norm al ly, th e m ixe r is
not artificial ly boosting or cutting your
Se t th e m aste r vol
um e of your m ixe r to signal . You are ge tting out of th e m ixe r
0 dB w h at goe s in, m ore or l e ss. You can now
start pl aying around to your h e art's
Se t th e fade r on th e ch anne lstrip th at conte nt. Turn up th e vol um e (you w il l
you're pl ugging th e m icroph one into to h e ar w h e n it is too l
oud –it w il lsound
0 dB as w e l l ugl y), play w ith th e EQ, add sound e ffe cts
th at your m ixe r m ay h ave buil t in, turn
Find th e gain/trim k nob for th at ch anne l th e fade r for th e m icroph one dow n but
(h int: it’s usual
ly righ t unde r th e XLR push th e gain/trim al lth e w ay up (to ge t
conne ctor). som e nice fuzz), and so forth . W h e n you
TUR N IT ALLTH E W AY D O W N! royal ly m e ss up and it sounds h orribl e,
you now k now h ow to ge t back to a basic
w ork ing se tting.
Go ah e ad, now pl ug in th e m icroph one .
And just in case you are w onde ring Just one m ore th ing… R e m e m be r th e
w h ich cabl e to use , just re m e m be r… ph antom pow e r th at I m e ntione d e arl ie r?
Sq uare pe g, round h ol e . Afte r plugging If none of th e instructions in th e l ast
in th e m icroph one , you w il lh ave to do paragraph w ork e d, and if turning up th e
th re e th ings at once , but first l ocate th e gain/trim h ad no e ffe ct and you h e ard
VU M e te r on your m ixe r. It’s usual ly NO TH ING, th e n you m ost l ik e l
y h ave a
found cl ose to th e m aste r fade r and conde nse r m icroph one , and you w il lne e d
typical ly consists of a ne e dl e -type gauge to look in your m ixe r's instruction m anual
(lik e th e spe e dom e te r of a car) or a se t for h ow to turn it on!
of ve rtical ly pl ace d LED l igh ts ranging in
col or from gre e n at th e bottom to re d at
th e top (w ith ye l low in th e m iddl e ). Th e
last gre e n ligh t w illbe l abe le d 0 dB. Sk inny W h ite Boy
h ttp://s k innyw h ite boy.k as tpod.org/

Ew an S pence
A s som e of you m ay k now , I d o a fair
am ount of b road cast rad io in
d ayligh t h ours, and for al lth e
procl am ations th at
pod casting is pre -re cord e d
rad io (and I'm fond of
th e anal ogy of
pod casting b e ing
"rad io w ith a pause
b utton"), th e re 's a
w orl d of
d iffe re nce .
ph oto courte s y C.C.Ch apm an (w w w .cc-ch apm an.com )

Ew an S pence - Going Live

BUT LET'S START w ith th e sim il aritie s: M icroph one (ch e ck ). A voice and som e th ing to
talk about (not actual l
y a ful
lre q uire m e nt, but ch e ck anyw ay). Stuff th at m ak e s sounds
(you k now … jingle s, bum pe rs, m usic th at's inte re sting, th at sort of stuff).
And it's at th is point th at I start th e tape and just
th ings start to divide . Th e go for it. Al lth e jingl es
obvious one is sim pl e: I'm fond of and m usic are pl aye d in
R adio is l ive . O nce you say situ, w ith m usic cue d up
som e th ing, pre ss a button, th e anal ogy re ady to go. I ge t th e
or pl ay a tune , it's out adre nal ine le ve ls up just
th e re . It's proce sse d. It's in of pod casting be fore I start (norm al l
y
th e l iste ne rs' e ars. You're by sl am m ing on som e
standing in front of th e m
pre tty m uch nak e d. Any
b e ing AC/D C and l e tting m y
h air de fy gravity) and
fluffs, sl ip-ups, forge tting
your script - too l ate ,
'rad io w ith a th e n drive m yse l f forw ard
at th e sam e pace as th e
e ve ryone h e ard it. pause b utton' liste ne r…
In podcasting, you can M any pe opl e use

re lax a touch . Any m istak e s and you can podcasting as a h obby (a l ot m ore th an
re w ind th e tape ;you can sort th e pops th ose giving up th e ir day job to go
and sil e nce s in post-production. podcasting 9 :00-5:00) and I suspe ct are
th ink ing "but I'm not in th is for th e
I th ink th is is m issing a big trick . re vol ution"and w il lcontinue to voice
Podcasting is al labout th e pe rform ance – track . W h at I'd say to th e m is, "You sh oul d
no m atte r your topic, you sh oul d be try it a fe w tim e s."Tak e fe e dback from
e nte rtaining, you sh oul d be abl e to your l iste ne rs. Liste n back to your sh ow s.
pre se nt your be st voice and ch aracte r. For O r e ve n do th e sam e sh ow , once w ith
m e , th at m e ans l ive . O r voice track ing and once
as-l ive . W h e n I starte d
m usic podcasting, I Pod casting is al l as-live . Now w ith out
practice th e se cond one
w oul d re cord m y l
individual ly. I'd
ink s
ab out th e m igh t h ave a fe w m ore
pause s, um m s and ah h s,
asse m bl e th e m usic
around th e m . I'd pop in pe rform ance – no but ask yourse l
one sounds m ore
f w h ich
th e th e m e tune at th e natural , w h ich one

corre ct tim e . And it m atte r your topic sh ow s true passion. M y
sounde d… ok ay. But m one y is on th e l atte r.
som e th ing w as m issing, you sh oul d be
and it w asn't in th e Eve n w h e n you pl ay
audio q ual ity of th e e nte rtaining sport for fun, you k e e p
sh ow . It w as in m y score . So w h y sh ould
pe rform ance . I sounde d you not strive to
flat –w h at sounde d to m e l ik e im prove yourse l
f e ve n if your podcasting
e nth usiasm w as… fal se . And you coul d is for fun?
te ll.
Now adays (w e l l
, afte r about te n sh ow s of Ew an Spe nce
voice track ing as I've just de scribe d), h ttp://w w w .e w ans pe nce .com

O U T O F S YNC
-Be an Individual!
Text by Rich ard Vobes
IH AD AN argum e nt th e oth e r day w ith a
frie nd of m ine . H e doe sn’t l
ik e to call
h im se l
f a podcaste r. H e says th at h e is an
audio produce r. I said, "O h re al l
y?W e l l
,
you do a ve ry good im pre ssion of a
podcaste r, th e n!"
H e snorte d and ask e d, "H ow so?"
"W e l
l,"I said, "you ce rtainl
y use th e
sam e disguise th at podcaste rs
use ."
By th at, I e xpl aine d th at h e

re cords h is audio and save s it
as an M P3 fil e on a se rve r. H e
pl ace s an R SS fe e d on h is site .
H e use s th e sam e dam n aw ful
bl ogging softw are th at e ve ryone
el se use s w ith a sm al l
, h ard-to-
find buil t-in pl aye r, com m e nt
box and m ost re ce nt re cording
uppe rm ost. H e h as th e sam e im age
cou rte
ge ne ric de faul t-size d banne r at th e s y R ic
h ard V
ob e s
top, l ink s to Podcasting Ne w s and a 'Vote

on th e Sh ow ' button on th e l e ft-h and side .
"If you are not a podcaste r,"I l augh e d, "I
w il le at m y h at!"
R e gul ar re ade rs, you sh oul d k now m e by

now . If th e re st of th e w orld is going in stall, so to spe ak ?"And th e ne w bie w il l,I
one dire ction, I w il lde libe rate l y sw im am sure , be drive n to th e bl ogging
against th e tide and h e ad th e oth e r w ay. softw are h ouse s and tak e re side nce in a
It’s in m y nature not to be a sh e e p, and w orld of bl and corporate ide ntical ne ss. I
th at is e xactly w h at th is col um n is al l am sorry, but th e bl ogging ‘W ordPre ss’,
about. I m ay not be righ t, but if for a fe w ‘Type Pad’ and ‘Bl ogge r’ softw are de fauts
m om e nts I can cause you to th ink in a th at e ve ryone use s stink ! I am sure th e y
diffe re nt w ay, I w illbe th rille d. are e xce l le nt program s for bl ogs, but I
re all
y cannot se e th e ir val ue for audio
W h e n you are ne w to podcasting it is productions. It’s th e boring sam e ne ss, th e
pe rfe ctly norm alto h ave a l ook round at ide ntical -tw in syndrom e , th e e ve ry-
w h at oth e r podcaste rs are doing and flipping-site -l ook s-th e -ruddy-sam e ne ss
de te rm ine w h at is th e protocol . You ask , th at I cannot stick .
"W h at is th e norm al , acce ptabl e w ay to
pre se nt m yse lf?H ow sh oul d I se t out m y Le t's put it anoth e r w ay. M y dad is not

ve ry ne t savvy, but h e w oul dl ove to sit th e m into a se nte nce th at m ak e s se nse .

w ith h is laptop and l iste n to a fe w
podcasts th at appe alto h is inte re sts. But So if not bl ogging softw are , th e n w h at?
h e w on't. W h y?Be cause if h e stum bl es Eve r h e ard of H TM L?M ak e and de sign
across a typicalpodcaste r's w e b site h is your ow n w e b page . Th ink about th e
e ye s gl aze ove r. It l
ook s too com pl icate d. sh ow th at you produce . Le t’s say it is a
It doe sn’t e ntice h im in. It’s too m atte r-of- fish ing podcast. W h y not h ave a cartoon
fact. And w h y is th e m ost re ce nt podcast or ph otograph of th e fish e rm an in
at th e top and th e first one w ay dow n th e q ue stion, sitting on th e rive rbank w ith h is
bottom of th e page or not th e re at al l?M y rod at h and and l ine in th e w ate r . If you
dad, typicalof h is ge ne ration, w oul dl ik e cl ick th e rod, h e re e ls in th e de sire d sh ow
to start at th e be ginning, as h e doe s from th e rive r and it starts up th e
w ith a book , a fil m , a radio playe r. Th at’s a l ot m ore fun and
pl ay or e ve n a m e al , and dynam ic! You coul d cl ick h is
w ork h is w ay th rough ne t to se e w h at sh ow s are
m e th odical l
y. al re ady w aiting to be
Podcaste rs do not l
h im do th at. Th e y
et pod caste rs l iste ne d to. H is ope n
ne w spape r, on h is l ap,
e xpe ct h im to jum p
in th e de e p e nd
in ge ne ralare w h e n click e d m igh t
h ave th e ne w s of h is
and drow n in th e
audio of th e ir sh ow
insul ar and m ost re ce nt
activitie s. Cl ick th e
and h ope th at h e
w illl e arn to sw im as
inw ard - fish e rm an’s bag to
find out about th e
h e goe s al ong.
look ing fish e rm an’s h istory and
spe cialinte re st, and so
Th e h orribl e , corporate l
y on and so forth . I am sure
bland podcaste rs' bl ogging you can be m ore inve ntive
w e b site s don’t appe alto th e th an I.
laym an, th e ne w com e r and th e first-
tim e discove r of podcasting. Now , e ve n m y dad, w h e n pre se nte d w ith
a site lik e th is, w ould be intrigue d to
Try th is as an e xpe rim e nt. Go and h ave a e xplore w h at it’s al labout and l iste n to
look at w e b site s for radio stations. Th e th e sh ow , and h e doe sn’t e ve n l
ik e fish ing!
BBC is a good e xam pl e , al
th ough th e y are
a m assive organization w ith a l ot of Th e w e b site is ge ne rally th e first port of
program m ing conte nt to displ ay. Notice cal lfor som e one to discove r your sh ow . If
h ow m uch m ore e nticing th e w e b page is it is bland and uninte re sting, one can
and h ow m uch m ore inform ative th e e q ually assum e th at th e podcast th at
layout is;th e gre ate r use of ph otograph s, fol low s is going to be th e sam e . But, if th e
th e e ase of use and th e navigation m ak e it site de m onstrate s fl air and individual ism ,
m uch be tte r to ge t to any sh ow you w ish just w h at k ind of im pre ssion w il lth at give
to liste n to. for th e no-doubt-e xce l le nt podcast th e y
are about to discove r?
I continual l
y say th at podcaste rs in
ge ne ralare insul ar and inw ard-l ook ing. Now you k now w h y I sw im against th e
Th e y are . Th e y assum e bigh e ade dl y th at tide . W il
lyou...?
pe opl e unde rstand and l ik e th e blogging
form at. W e l l, th at’s l
ik e saying th at pe opl e
lik e th e dictionary form at w h e n re ading a
story –th e w ords are al lth e re , but you
h ave find th e m individual ly and string R ich ard Vobe s
h ttp://w w w .vobe s .com

Ins id e Th e Pod cas ters ' S tud io

Jason Ruby
In an e ffort to b e tte r k now our
col le ague s, w e are tak ing a
look "Insid e th e Pod caste rs’
Stud io".W e w ant to k now
w h at m ak e s pod caste rs d o
w h at th e y d o, w h at m otivate s
th e m , and w h e re th e y se e th e ir
pod cast going in th e future .
ph oto courte s y Jas on Ruby

Text by Paul and Judy H utch inson
LET'S BEGIN W ITH som e back ground inform ation...
Jason is a w e b d e ve l ope r for th e city of Portland , O re gon.Be fore th at, h e w ork e d as th e

D ire ctor Inte ractive Me d ia for W SAV;th e NBC affil iate in Savannah , Ge orgia.Jason is
from Montana and h as a BFA in Acting from th e Unive rsity of Montana and is final l
y
putting it to good use w ith pod casting.H e is m arrie d to A nna Joh ns (h is co-h ost) and l ive s
in Be ave rton, O re gon, w ith h is tw o cats, Morl e y and Cl ara.Jason l ik e s pe as and is 31 ye ars
ol d .Jason and A nna prod uce D e l ta Park Proje ct and D e l ta Park Ge ts LO ST.D e l ta Park
Proje ct - b ase d in rainy Be ave rton, O re gon - fe ature s m ovie re vie w s, TiVo ad d ictions,
w ack y m usic, h om e tow n ne w s, and m ore .Th e y b e gan D e l ta Park Proje ct on Nove m b e r 11,
2004, and h ave prod uce d 110 e pisod e s.D e l ta Park Ge ts LO ST re caps th e l ate st LO ST
e pisod e and incl ud e s com m e ntary and aud io cl ips.It d e b ute d on Se pte m b e r 23, 2005;at
th e tim e of th is w riting, th e re are 45 sh ow s.
W h e n, and h ow , did y ou firs th e ar about W h atdrove y ou, pe rs onal

ly, to be com e a
podcas ting? podcas te r y ours e l
f?
JASON: In Se pte m be r of 2004, l ik e m any JASON: I saw it as a w ay for m e to

oth e r e arl
y podcaste rs, I stum bl
e d upon e xpre ss m yse l
f to a l
arge r audie nce in a
Adam Curry. m ore e xpre ssive m e dium . In th e
be ginning, I w ork e d w ith a frie nd w h o I
W h atw as th e firs tpodcas ty ou h ad done im provcom e dy w ith for a ye ar.
s ubs cribe d to, and w h y ? Th e sh ow w as a 'Proje ct' so to spe ak . H e
m ove d on to oth e r th ings -- m y w ife took
JASON: I don't re m e m be r. I th ink ove r and w e h ave n't look e d back .
D ail ySource Code -- but al so m y frie nd
Tim Ge rm e r's "North w e st Noise "( W h atm otivate s y ou, curre ntl
y, to
h ttp://w w w .north w e s tnois e .com ). Th e re continue podcas ting?
w asn't m uch out th e re at th e tim e . :)
JASON: O ur audie nce is a m ajor driving
W h atdo y ou l
ook for in a podcas t? point. W e h ave grow n ve ry cl ose to our
'Supe rFans' ove r th e ye ars and e njoy
JASON: Com pe l l
ing conte nt, gre at sh aring w ith th e m , te asing th e m and
ch e m istry (pe rsonal ity) and som e th ing ge tting it back from th e m ful lcircl e . It is
th at I can re l
ate to. Th at re all
y is th e also fun to sit dow n w ith m y w ife and
be auty of th is re volution. It al
low s gre at h ave th is publ ic conve rsation -- one th at
voice s to e m e rge and al l
ow s anyone to w e norm al l
y h ave in our dail yl ive s -- but
liste n. now it is pre se rve d in tim e . I e njoy going
back and l iste ning to our arch ive s to h e ar
W h atputs y ou offa podcas t? w h at w e w e re up to.. It's a re ally cool
tim e capsul e.
JASON: Tange nts, R am bl
e , Tal
k ing to
Tal
k.
im age courte s y De l
ta Park Proje ct

H ow h ave podcas ts ch ange d y our

attitude tow ard, and cons um ption of,
traditionalm e dia?
JASON: I don't th ink traditionalm e dia

w illgo aw ay. I th ink it w illslow l y e volve
and podcasting is one of m any force s
push ing it in ne w dire ctions. It is and
al w ays w illbe about good conte nt -- and
if it com e s in a podcast, gre at. If it is on
th e radio th at is gre at, too. Too m any
pe opl e ge t caugh t up in th e te ch nol ogy
but it is re ally about te l l
ing gre at storie s
no m atte r h ow th e y are pre se nte d.
H ow h ave podcas ts ch ange d y our l

ife in
a m ore ge ne rals e ns e ?
JASON: Th e y h ave e ate n aw ay at m y

pe rsonall ife ..... But th e y h ave al so
introduce d m e to a l ot of w onde rful
pe opl e (i.e ., th e Portl and SocialM e dia
Club h ttp://w w w .portl ands ocial m e dia.com )
and w il lh ope ful ly be com e a ful ltim e
care e r. (h ttp://w w w .m orl e ys tudios .com )
W h at, in re l
ation to podcas ting, give s
y ou th e m os th ope ?
JASON: I th ink th e m ost inspiring th ing

is th at it give s voice s to pe ople no m atte r
w h o or w h e re th e y are . Anyone can do
th is -- th e y don't h ave to be in Ne w York
or H ol lyw ood. Th at's th e cool e st part to
m e.
W h atdo y ou s e e in th e future for y ou,

and y our podcas t?
JASON: W e h ave a baby on th e w ay in

August and w e are afraid 'sh e ' w il
l
dram atical
ly cut into our abil ity to
podcast. But w e h ope not. :)
Jason Ruby - Th e D e l ta Park Proje ct

h ttp://w w w .de l
tapark proje ct.com
Judy and PaulH utch inson - TotalPodCastroph e

h ttp://w w w .Total
PodCas troph e .com ph oto courte s y Jas on Ruby

LO S T 'Casts
- Find ing your w ay around th em
Text By Mark H unter
im age courte s y abc
IN SEPTEM BER 2004 D annie Gre gorie de cide d it w as tim e to re giste r som e ne w dom ain
nam e s base d on a w ord h e h ad starte d using, a w ord th at w as al re ady buzzing w ith th e
el e ctricity of anticipation. H e w asn't th e first to use th is w ord. Be n H am m e rsl e y, w riting in
Th e Guardian ne w spape r back in Fe bruary 2004, h ad m ade re fe re nce to it. But it w as
w h e n D ave Sl ush e r, D ave W ine r and Adam Curry pick e d up on Gre gorie use of th e w ord
th at it starte d to garne r popul arity. H e nce Gre gorie re giste re d, am ong oth e rs, 'podcast.ne t.'
Around th e sam e tim e Gre gorie w as doing th is, ABC aire d th e pil
ot e pisode of th e TVsh ow
th at w oul
d go on to w in an Em m y Aw ard and BAFTA during its first ye ar. 'LO ST' w as born.
Th e ir joint e xpl osion onto th e w orl

d's consciousne ss as th e sum m e r of 2004 dre w to a cl
ose
m ark e d th e be ginning of a ne w ch apte r in te l
e vision and use r-ge ne rate d conte nt, but
th e re 's som e th ing about 'LO ST' and podcasts th at just, w e l
l, go toge th e r.
Th is m onth in Podcast Use r M agazine w e bring you th e w orl

d of 'LO ST' podcasts. Toge th e r
l
e t's ge t Lost in Podcasting.
Th e Trans mis s ion
Ryan O zaw a w as in th e ide alposition to Lik e al lth e be st podcaste rs, Ryan and Je n
start Th e Transm ission, l ite ral ly. But as it al low e d th e ir passion to fl
ow th rough
turne d out, h e w as com pl e te l
y th e ir podcast.
unpre pare d for th e w h at w as going to
h appe n to h im . "W h e n w e first starte d tal
k ing about
'LO ST' on our podcast w e got tw o k inds of
"M y w ife Je n and I w e re producing a com m e nts: 'W e l ove th e 'LO ST' talk , m ore
podcast about H aw aii, w h e re w e l ive , m ore m ore !' or 'Enough 'LO ST' tal k ,w e
w h e n 'LO ST' first aire d. W e w e re e xcite d don't w atch it!'
about it, not just be cause it's fil m e d righ t
h e re on th e isl and but be cause of th e "Th e sol ution w as obvious - a spin-off.
q ual ity of th e storyte l l
ing, th e production And so Th e Transm ission, and th rough
val ue s. It's just a gre at TVsh ow ", h e tim e , a com m unity of 'LO ST' podcasts,
e xpl ains. w as born.

im age courte s y Th e Trans m is s ion

iTunes
Around th e tim e Th e Transm ission w as "Th e liste ne rs w e re ve ry vocalw ith th e ir
launch e d, th e podcasts w e re adde d to th e fe e dback and th e orie s. Th e re w as so
iTune s Store . And so, coincide ntal ly, w as m uch m ate rialto proce ss. W h il e w e w e re
'LO ST'. Sudde nl y th e iTune s Store w as im m e nse l y grate fulfor it, it w as
both cre ating and fe e ding a publ ic h unge r intim idating. It ce rtainl y didn't h e lp th at
for 'LO ST'. Th e Transm ission w as in th e m ost of our l iste ne rs w e re sm arte r th at
righ t pl ace in th e righ t tim e . Not onl y w e w e re ! But w h ile it w as a privil e ge to
w e re th e h osts base d on th e ve ry isl and se rve our com m unity of l iste ne rs on a
w h e re th e film ing of 'LO ST' tak e s pl ace , w eekl y basis, it w as be com ing m ore and
th e ir podcast w as on th e front page of th e m ore l ik e a se rious re sponsibil ity."
iTune s Store , re ce iving
th ousands of ne w Th e l iste ne rs Eve ntual ly th e coupl e took th e
liste ne rs e ve ry w e e k .
But th e coupl e w e re n't
w e re ve ry vocal de cision to re tire Th e Transm ission.
Th e se days th e y w atch and e njoy
pre pare d for th is
w ith th e ir 'LO ST' l ik e e ve ry oth e r fan. And
ove rnigh t succe ss. fe e d b ack and th e y're k e e n liste ne rs to various
th e orie s 'LO ST' podcasts, of course .
"W e got as h igh as
num be r 7 on th e iTune s top 100 podcast "W e m ade gre at frie nds and contacts in
list. Th irty th ousand pe opl e w e re and around th e 'LO ST' com m unity. W e 're
dow nl oading our podcast w e e k l y,"Ryan stillin contact w ith Jorge Garcia (w h o
re m e m be rs, "It w as ove rw h e lm ing. W e pl ays H url e y on th e sh ow ) and various
h ad to m ove se rve rs tw ice be cause th e y oth e rs on th e production te am , and I'm
coul dn't h andl e th e dow nloads. In sh ort, good frie nds w ith Jay and Jack of Th e
it w as insane . W e didn't fe e lq ual ifie d to 'LO ST' Podcast w ith Jay and Jack ."And
h andl e th at l e ve lof e xposure ." w h ile Ryan's days as a 'LO ST' podcast
produce r are ove r, h e 's stillve ry involve d
W ith e xposure and h uge l iste ne r num be rs w ith th e 'LO ST' podcast com m unity,
com e s re sponsibility. Not onl y did Ryan acting as coordinator of th e 'LO ST'
and Je n h ave a w e e k l
y sh ow to produce , Podcasting Ne tw ork and re cording
but th e y now h ad a com m unity to se rve , re ports of fil m ing activity on th e island to
and a vocalcom m unity, at th at. oth e r 'LO ST' 'casts.

im age courte s y Cl
iffRave ns craft
Generally S peaking
Th e Transm ission se t th e standard to Ste ph anie , re cord tw o podcasts a w e e k
w h ich oth e r 'LO ST' podcasts aspire d to. de dicate d to 'LO ST' in th e ir h om e studio.
Cl iff R ave nscraft w as al re ady spe nding Live inte raction w ith th e ir e nth usiastic
h uge am ounts of tim e liste ne rs is im portant to th e m .
e ve ry w e e k im m e rse d in I stil
ll ove
th e 'LO ST' com m unity
onl ine , se arch ing m e ssage
w atch ing th e Cl
l
iff e xpl
ains th at th e y re cord a
ive sh ow e ve ry Friday nigh t in
boards and discussing sh ow as m uch w h ich th e y re vie w , in full
, th e
th e orie s, clue s and e aste r
e ggs in e ach e pisode .
as I e ve r h ave late st 'LO ST' e pisode and, via
Tal k Sh oe , tak e cal ls from
liste ne rs. Al ong w ith th at th e y re cord
"I de cide d to start a podcast and, as it th e ir initialre actions to th e sh ow w ith in
turne d out, th e first topic I cove re d on m y tw o h ours of its be ing aire d.
first e pisode w as 'LO ST'. I'd notice d th at
w h e n I poste d 'LO ST' conte nt on m y But sure ly putting al lof th is w ork , tim e
w e bsite , I'd se e a big spik e in h its. And and e ffort into producing a podcast about
w ith in tw o e pisode s of m y podcast be ing 'LO ST' ruins th e e njoym e nt of actual ly
re le ase d, I w as be ing be gge d by l iste ne rs w atch ing 'LO ST', doe sn't it?Cl iff disagre e s.
to do a w e e k l y 'LO ST' podcast!", Cl iff says.
"Since th ose first e pisode s I've spe nt a fe w "I stilll ove w atch ing th e sh ow as m uch as
th ousand dol l
ars on e q uipm e nt. I se e it as I e ve r h ave . H ow e ve r, w h e n I h ave n't
an inve stm e nt to h e l p m e produce a lik e d a particul ar e pisode , I'm ve ry h one st
m ark e tabl e 'LO ST podcast." about th at on th e podcast. Som e l iste ne rs
lik e m y h one sty;oth e rs don't l ik e
Cliff's atte ntion to production de tailh as anyth ing ne gative to be said about 'LO ST'!
paid off, e vide nt from th e clim bing But I am w h o I am and I sh are m y
l
iste ne r num be rs. H e and h is w ife , th ough ts and fe e l ings none th e l e ss."

A Little Les s Bloated

Th e Transm ission and Cl iff's GSPN
Week l y 'LO ST' Podcast are of th e sam e
ilk:l e ngth y, in-de pth and ch ock -ful lof
anal ysis, th e orie s and l iste ne r fe e dback . If
th e y're a little lik e th e sum o w re stl e rs of
'LO ST' podcasting, th e n th e D e l ta Park
Ge ts 'LO ST' 'cast is th e Bruce Le e : l e an
and q uick .
Th e onl y sim il arity am ong al lth re e , aside

from th e subje ct m atte r, is th at th is th ird
podcast is pre se nte d by anoth e r coupl e.
O h , and th at it's an offsh oot from an ph oto courte s y Tim Ge rm e r North w e s tNois e .com
e xisting podcast. Jason and Anna are
h osts of Th e D e l ta Park Proje ct, a pop "W e w atch th e sh ow , th e n spe nd th e ne xt
cul ture podcast."Anna and I starte d day re ading forum s and gath e ring
tal k ing about 'LO ST' on Th e D e l ta Park th e orie s. Th e n w e brie fly w atch it again
Proje ct, but w e q uick l yl e arne d from our and gath e r cl ips to pl ay on th e podcast,
inte rnationall iste ne rs th at th is w as a bad m aybe four or five of th e m . I turn on th e
ide a", e xpl ains Jason. "In Sw e de n th e y ge t m ics and Audio H ijack Pro, and w e
'LO ST' six m onth s to a ye ar l ate r th an w e re cord th e w h ol e th ing in one go. W e
do in th e State s, so w e w e re spoil ing it for h ave som e note s printe d up in advance to
th e m ."And so a spin-off e nsue d, and th e hel p guide us. Th e n it's just a case of
nich e D e l ta Park Ge ts 'LO ST' podcast w as adding our intro, tagging it in Garage band
born. R e l e ase d w e e k l
y a fe w days afte r and syndicating it to th e w orl d."A typical
e ach 'LO ST' e pisode airs, th is podcast h as podcast l asts around 15 to 20 m inute s.
a ve ry trim form at.
Producing th e O fficial
'LO S T' Podcast
"I'm Annabe lPort and I w ork fre e lance for Koink . Th e y produce th e 'Lost Initiative ' for
Sk y O ne . Sk y O ne official
lyl
ice nse 'LO ST' from ABC for transm ission in th e UK, so our
podcast is th e UK's official'LO ST' podcast.
"Production on th e podcast starts on Th ursdays w h e n I w atch th e m ost re ce nt e pisode .

I tak e care fulnote s, som e tim e s re w inding and w atch ing sce ne s in sl ow m otion! I al so
ch e ck on th e 'LO ST' fan forum s and th e Sk y O ne 'LO ST' forum to se e w h at pe opl e are
saying. From th at I th e n w rite a script for our m ain pre se nte r, Iain Le e , w h ich is
basical ly a rough orde r in w h ich to tal k th rough th e e pisode and im portant points to
conside r. W e al so h ave l iste ne rs e m ailin th e ir th e orie s and w e 'l
lcal
lback th e be st one s
on th e sh ow w h e n w e re cord on Fridays.
"Th e n th e pre se nting te am com e in on Friday, th e y w atch th e l

ate st e pisode and w e
re cord th e podcast! W e re l e ase it on Sundays, im m e diate l
y afte r th e sh ow airs on Sk y
O ne ."
'LO ST' airs on Sk y O ne e ach Sunday at 10:00pm .

Th e LO ST Initiative Koink
h ttp://w w w .s k yone .co.uk /Los t/Se as on3/podcas t.h tm h ttp://w w w .k oink .co.uk /

Podcast and capitalise d on th e

com m unity and fan base buil t around
'LO ST' podcasts.
"M y podcast is on th e 'LO ST' Podcasting

Ne tw ork , and th ank s to it I h ad ove r 1000
liste ne rs im m e diate l
y", h e gush e s, "and
I'm one of th e 'l ittl
e guys'."
It's cle ar th e re 's a h uge l iste ne r base of

pe opl e h ungry for 'LO ST' conte nt, and
th e se liste ne rs are cre ating th e ir ow n
conte nt, conte nt th at's e xpl oite d by th e
im age courte s y Th e Jos h m e is te r 'LO ST' podcast produce rs. It's a pl e asant
sym biosis, and one th at's going to
Pas s ionate Fanaticis m continue for a w h il e ye t. Cl iff e xpl
ains:
O ne constant th at runs th rough virtual l
y
al lof th e 'LO ST' podcasts is l iste ne r "Th e th ird se ason just e nde d, but th e
fe e dback . As a TVsh ow , 'LO ST' h as produce rs h ave announce d th at th e sh ow
spaw ne d countl e ss on-line discussion w il lcontinue until2010, so th at give s us
groups and forum s w h e re pe opl e spe nd anoth e r guarante e d th re e ye ars of 'LO ST'
h uge am ounts of tim e podcasting, som e th ing I'm
discussing and th e orising 'LO ST' is sim pl y sure w e 're al le xcite d
about e ach e pisode and about. Al so, k now ing th at
de constructing and th e b e st sh ow on Se ason Six w il lbe th e last,
disse cting th e island it give s us pl e nty of tim e to
m yth ol ogy and ch aracte r te l
e vision com m unicate w ith our
re lationsh ips. Th is liste ne rs about w h at th e y'd
fanaticism h as spil l
e d ove r into th e 'LO ST' lik e to se e us do in th e ne xt fie ld of
'casts, and th at m ak e s totalse nse , as m ost podcasting."
of th e 'LO ST' podcaste rs w e re fans of th e
TVsh ow first, using th e ir passion to Som e tim e s th ings just w ork out righ t.
cre ate th e ir podcast. Som e tim e s th ings just go w e l ltoge th e r.
'LO ST' and podcasting arrive d at th e party
It's th is ve ry notion th at m ade podcasting at th e sam e tim e . Th e ir e ye s m e t across
w h at it is: use r-cre ate d conte nt. Pe opl
e th e crow de d m e dia l andscape . And it w as
are passionate about a topic, so th e y a m atch m ade in h e ave n. M ay th e y l ive
cre ate a podcast about th e ir passion. h appil y e ve r afte r. O r at l
e ast untilth e
e nd of Se ason Six.
Tal k ing to "Th e Josh m e iste r"confirm s
th is. H e e nth use s about 'LO ST', h is Th e Transm isson
se nte nce s brim m ing w ith adje ctive s. h ttp://w w w .h aw aiiup.com /l os t/
Ge ne ral ly Spe ak ing Podcast Ne tw ork
"'LO ST' is sim pl y th e be st sh ow on h ttp://w w w .gs pn.tv/l os t
te l
e vision. Its story is original , e nth rall
ing, De l ta Park Ge ts 'LO ST'
incre dibl y intricate , and ofte n h ttp://w w w .de ltapark proje ct.com /l os t/
unpre dictabl e , and it inspire s its vie w e rs Th e Josh m e iste r's Lost Podcast
to ponde r e ve ry q ue stion th at's raise d and h ttp://th e l
os tm e is te r.blogs pot.com /
de ve lop th e ir ow n th e orie s th at m igh t Th e Lost Podcast w ith Jay and Jack
e xplain th e sh ow 's m yste rie s. Th e re 's h ttp://w w w .jayandjack .com /
noth ing e lse l ik e it on te l
e vision."
M ark H unte r
Josh produce s th e Josh m e iste r's 'LO ST' h ttp://w w w .tartanpodcas t.com

L O S T Casts.com
- U ntil next w eek… . S tay LO S T!
W eek l y anal ysis of th e te am al so scours al loth e r re l
ate d 'LO ST'
podcasts and bl ogs for re l ate d
m yste rie s, th e orie s and inform ation. Th e m ost pe rtine nt points
spe cul ation surround ing are brough t up in discussion, and m any
link s are provide d for furth e r re se arch .
th e sh ow 'LO ST'. Be ing a 'LO ST' fan m yse l f, I
Review ed by w as draw n into th e
Marilyn Mad s en inte llige nt discussion th e se
h osts provide and spe nt
TH REE ENTH USIASTS OF se ve ralh ours l iste ning to
th e te le vision sh ow 'LO ST' past podcasts, vie w ing
produce th e LO STCast in pre vious e pisode s and
D al las, Te xas. Th e h osts are de lving into th e associate d
Joh n Ke e h l e r, R obe rt Stone link s.
and M att Jone s. Each w e e k
th e y conve ne afte r th e m ost Th e LO STCast h as a use r-
re ce nt e pisode h as aire d frie ndl y w e b page w ith e asy-
and discuss, th e orize and im age courte s y LO STcas ts .com
to-find fe e ds and a M ySpace
spe cul ate on al lth e e ve nts th at h ave page for up-to-th e -m inute postings. Th e
tak e n pl ace on th e isl and and in th e l ive s onl y dow nside to th is podcast, in m y
of its inh abitants. Each podcast be gins opinion, w as th e variabil ity in th e audio
w ith an audio cl ip from th e m ost re ce nt l e ve l s be tw e e n th e h osts. O th e rw ise , if
sh ow fol l
ow e d by ge ne ralre actions to th e one is inte re ste d in th e w orl d of 'LO ST',
e pisode . Liste ne rs provide provocative tune in to th is podcast… You m ay soon
th e orie s and com m e nts via audio find th at you h ave 'LO ST' yourse l f in th is
com m e nts and e -m ail . Th e LO STCast intriguing w orl d!!
h ttp://w w w .l
os tcas ts .com
W eekl y L O S T Podcast
- on Generally S peaking Podcast Netw ork
R e cord e d l
ive e ve ry Frid ay nigh t at 9 :15pm Easte rn Tim e ,
th is sh ow usual ly attracts a lot of aud ie nce participation.
Review ed By Ph il Clark
AS A FAN of th e TVse rie s 'LO ST', I w as Th e W e e k l
y LO ST Podcast spe nds
e age r to liste n to th is podcast, and ove ral l anyw h e re from 30 to m ore th an 60
I w asn’t disappointe d. Ge ne ral ly spe ak ing m inute s discussing th e m ost re ce nt
Podcast Ne tw ork is run by Cl iff and e pisode of th e block buste r te l e vision
Ste ph anie R ave nscraft, w h o h ave be e n program . If you h ave no ide a of w h at th is
podcasting since D e ce m be r 2005. Th e y sh ow is about, th e n e ith e r you don’t care
now cl aim to h ave ove r 14,000 l iste ne rs be cause you don’t w atch it, or you h ave
around th e w orl d, across e igh t diffe re nt be e n l
iving on a de se rt isl and (pun
podcasts. inte nde d).

Th e one th ing th at se ts th is sh ow apart

from oth e rs I h ave l iste ne d to is th at Cl iff
h osts th is as a tal
k sh oe .com pre se ntation,
so th e re is an opportunity for l iste ne rs to
cal lin and join in to th e sh ow as it is
re corde d, but of course you can al so just
subscribe via norm alR SS de l ive ry
m e ch anism s and l iste n late r.
im age courte s y gs pn.tv
Add som e good gue sts to th e m ix, and

For 'LO ST' fans, it se e m s th e ir appe tite for som e tim e s e ve n an in-studio audie nce ,
discussion and th e orizing about th e plus Cl iff’s ‘re gular-guy’ on-m ic pre se nce ,
plotline is e ndle ss. Podcasts l ik e th e and I’d rate th is as a top pick for 'LO ST'
GSPN W e e k l y LO ST Podcast are ide al . fans.
h ttp://rave ns craft.org/gs pn/arch ive s /cate gory/w e e k l

ylos tpodcas t/
Delta Park Th e LO S T
Gets LO S T Community
Review ed by H ilary Tyler Podcast
ARGUABLY TH E M OST affabl e h osts in
Review ed by H ilary Tyler
podcasting, h usband-and-w ife te am
Jason and Anna de l ive r D e l
ta Park Ge ts IF YOU'RE LOOK ING to 'one up' your pal s
Lost, giving 'LO ST' fanatics w h at th e y around th e w ate rcool e r, th is is th e 'LO ST'
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Review Roulette
POD CASTING IS SUCH a dive rse m e dium , th e re is at l e ast one podcast on any subje ct
you coul d im agine –and a l ot of subje cts you'd ne ve r im agine ! But if you l ook at th e m ain
podcast dire ctorie s, it's ve ry e asy to ge t stuck in a m ainstre am rut. So h ow do you spice up
your playl ist w ith som e th ing oth e r th an th e m ainstre am ?Th e ir se arch functions can h e l p
you find podcasts on any obscure subje ct you coul d th ink of, but h ow can you find th e
une xpe cte d stuff you're not e ve n l ook ing for, w ith out w asting your tim e liste ning to
rubbish ?W e l l, w e at th e R oul e tte te am th ink w e h ave th e answ e r: w e pick a bunch of
podcasts total l y at random , and re vie w th e m for you.
Th is m onth w e w e l
com e anoth e r ne w re vie w e r to th e R oul
e tte te am : H il
ary Tyl
e r, Bl
ogge r
at Th e Podcast Ne tw ork .
Th e Digital S tory Review ed by H ilary Tyler
h ttp://w w w .th e digital
s tory.com /
D e rrick Story is a l e ading of ph otograph y, offe ring

e xpe rt in th e fie lds of hel pfultips and
ph otograph y and e q uipm e nt re vie w s.
te ch nol ogy. If th e nam e Th e re are al so se ve ral
sounds fam il iar, you m ay w ays in w h ich h e ask s
h ave se e n it on a h is liste ne rs to
confe re nce program or contribute and h is
th e cove r of a book . H e is re assuring tone foste rs
probabl y m ost w e l l participation. D uring th e
k now n for th e m any titl es first podcast of e ach
h e h as produce d for O 'R e il l
y, m onth a ne w 'Ph oto
incl uding D igitalPh otograph y Assignm e nt' is re ve al e d.
im age courte s y w w w .th e digital
s tory.com
H ack s, D igitalPh otograph y Pock e t Liste ne rs are ask e d to subm it a
Guide and th e Pow e rBook and iBook ph otograph th at re pre se nts th e
Fan Book s. H e is al so coauth or of iPh oto: assigne d w ord or ph rase and re sul ts are
Th e M issing M anual . Additional ly, h e co- poste d on th e w e bsite . Past assignm e nts
auth ore d Ape rture 1.5 Be yond th e Basics h ave incl ude d sl e nde r, w indow to th e
vide o training for Lynda.com . As if th at's soul , te xture and juxtaposition. Th e re is
not e nough , Story al so h osts a w e e k ly al so a cal lfor candids, w h ich Story cal ls
podcast cove ring digitalph otograph y, 'Grab Sh ots', w h e re h e is "l ook ing for
appropriate l y titl e d Th e D igitalStory. cl e ve r, h um orous, h e art-w arm ing, or just
Im pre ssive l y, th e podcast is re l e ase d on dow nrigh t unusualim age s". Story is doing
M onday or Tue sday of e ve ry w e e k , as it m ore to e ncourage conve rsation too w ith
h as since th e first sh ow in O ctobe r of th e ne w addition of a D igitalStory Fl ick r
2005. group poolw h e re l iste ne rs can join
to subm it and com m e nt on
At first im pre ssion, Story's voice "Th is is a top- ph otos from oth e r l iste ne rs.
w ith its re gul ar cade nce se e m s notch e xam pl e of
a bit dry, but th e n q uick l y h ow podcasting can be Th e w e bsite is a fantastic
grow s on th e l iste ne r. It is use d to inform , e nte rtain com panion to th e
de cide dl y cal m and and cre ate a com m unity for podcast, fe aturing
com forting, l ik e th at of a pe opl e w ith sh are d inte re sts." prom ine nt subscription
good storyte l le r (pun link s, a se arch fie l d
inte nde d). H e give s - Bernadette and a jum p m e nu for
practicaladvice on topics th e diffe re nt are as of

inte re st. Th e re are l ink s to th e podcast

fil
e s, sh ow note s, bl og posts, as w e llas a
subm issions page . Th e site is e asy to Conte nt: 4.50 out of 5
navigate and one coul d spe nd h ours Production: 3.83 out of 5
pe rusing th e gal l
e rie s of ph oto
assignm e nts and grab sh ots.
"Th is podcast is pack e d w ith inform ation
Th e D igitalStory podcast w il lappe alto and advice for anyone inte re ste d in digital
am ate ur ph otograph e rs w h o are e age r to ph otograph y. Th e cle ar instructions in
im prove th e ir sk il ls. D e rrick Story is a sh ow # 1 h e l
pe d m e produce d be tte r
m ore th an cre dibl e h ost w ith a de l igh tful ph otos for a w ork proje ct. Th e D igital
te ach ing styl e . If you are l ook ing for a Story is staying in m y subscription l ist!"
digitalph otograph y podcast, th is one
sh oul d de finite l y be in th e q ue ue for a - Marilyn Madsen
liste n!
Th is W eek in S ea Turtles Review ed by Ph il Clark

(TW iS T)
h ttp://w w w .s e aturtl
e .org/tw is t/
W ow ! W h o’da th ough t?A off if th e se am azingl y ge ntl e
podcast spe cifical ly de vote d cre ature s w e re m ade e xtinct.
to se a turtl e s? Al th ough th e q ual ity at tim e s
Wel lth at’s th e be auty of is som e w h at ‘rough ’, ove ral l
inte rne t radio and podcast th e inform ation containe d in
audio –it’s ope n to anyone e ach podcast is
and any topic, and th is one com m unicate d. But th e n,
fits th e spe cific ne e ds of th e se guys are scie ntists and
th ose fol ks w hol ik e , nay conse rvationists and not
love se a turtl e s. podcaste rs, and ye t th e y
strive to bring audio of th e ir
Th is particul ar podcast is just im age court
e s y w w w .s e aturt
le .org passion to anyone w h o
an e xte nsion of th e m ain w e bsite w ants to l iste n. Pe rh aps th is re vie w w il l
(h ttp://w w w .se aturtle .org/) w h ich is al e rt th ose w h o h ave an inte re st in th e
de dicate d to providing onl ine re source s pre se rvation of w il dl ife , and in particul ar
and sol utions in support of se a turtl e se a turtl e s, to give th is podcast a l iste n. I
conse rvation and re se arch . k now I’m k e e ping it in m y podcast l ibrary,
and l ook ing forw ard to th e ne xt e dition.
In th e TW iST podcasts you can h e ar Ke e p up th e good w ork l ads!!
discussions about a varie ty of topics
incl uding th e M arine Turtl e Conse rvation
Act, ch ats w ith inte rns at th e Bal d H e ad
Island Conse rvancy on Bal d H e ad Isl and "You ne e d a h igh e r th an ave rage inte re st
in North Carol ina, and re ports on th e in, and k now l e dge of, se a turtl e s to 'ge t'
annualSe a Turtl e Sym posium . th is sh ow but it's a good e xam pl e of nich e
podcasting in th e e ducationalare na. Th e
O ne th e m e th at se e m s to be consiste nt VO IP conne ction for one of th e pane l lists
th rough out e ach podcast is th e am azing is consiste ntl y bad w h ich is e xtre m e l y
e nth usiasm th at fl ow s out of th e h osts on annoying and, j
udging by oth e r podcast s
th is topic. I h ave be e n privil e ge d to h ave using th e sam e te ch nol ogy, sh oul d be
gone snork e l ing am ong se a turtl e s in fixabl e ."
H aw aii, and I can unde rstand th is - Bernadette
e nth usiasm . Th e w orl d w oul d be w orse

"Cove ring such a spe cial ize d fie l

d, th is
podcast coul d be use fulto scie ntific
re se arch e rs. H ow e ve r, th e sound q ual ity of
Conte nt: 3.0 out of 5 th e cal l
-in participant on Sh ow # 8
Production: 1.70 out of 5 re nde re d it unbe arabl e to e ve n l iste n."
- H ilary Tyler
W indow to th e Magic Review ed by Bernadette

h ttp://w indow toth e m agic.com /podcas t.h tm l
W indow to th e M agic aim s to be e n in production for tw o ye ars
provide l iste ne rs th e and th e forum s and oth e r
opportunity to surround fe e dback de m onstrate s an
th e m se lve s w ith th e obvious l iste ne r e ngage m e nt
sounds of D isne y. H oste d w ith th e sh ow , but th e
by PaulBarrie , w ith factors th at ge ne rate th at
m onth l y gue st h ost k ind of inte re st re m ain a
Patrick H urd, th e w e e k l y m yste ry to m e .
sh ow provide s sound
tours of D isne y th e m e Al th ough th e conte nt is
park s and audio h istorie s of lost on m e I’m h appy to
ride s and facil itie s (w ith th e ack now l e dge th at th e audio
occasionalvide o e pisode and vide o production q ual ity is
th row n in). w ay above ave rage , e spe cial ly for
im age cou rte s y w indow toth e m agic.com
outdoor re cording on-th e -go.

Liste ning to th is podcast ge ne rate d th e Unfortunate l y th e sh ow ’s w e bsite doe sn’t
e xact sam e re action as I e xpe rie nce w h e n sh are th e sam e q ual ity standards as it’s
w atch ing a W oody Al l
e n fil
m or standing not m uch m ore th an a ve nue for se l ling
in front of a Jack son Pol lock painting: m e rch andise associate d w ith th e sh ow .
I k now pe opl e th ink th is stuff is Norm alpodcast w e bsite
gre at art but I’ve no ide a w h y "Not ge are d tow ard fe ature s such as sh ow note s
th e y th ink th at. I liste ne d pote ntialvisitors but rath e r and an audio pl aye r are
to an e pisode w h ich die -h ard D isne y fans craving an now h e re to be se e n
incl ude d th e w h e re in in-de pth , h istoricalvie w at th e al th ough th e re is an
th e park gam e in w h ich park . Sh ow 9 4 fe ature d a D isne yl and act ive use r forum (via
Paull e d pe opl e to a Trivia W al k providing a be h ind-th e - th e D isne y Podcast
m yste ry de stination sce ne s tour during a re ce nt D isne y Ne tw ork ).
w ith in a park w ith out podcaste rs' m e e t-up."
any of th e m utte ring a - H ilary Tyler I’llstick w ith m y pe rsonal
w ord. To m y e ars it w as 25 m e m orie s of m y m ul tiple
m inute s of am bie nt noise th at visits to D isne yl and ne xt tim e I
coul d h ave be e n anyw h e re and did w ant to be transporte d back to th e
noth ing to h ol d m y inte re st. In oth e r h appie st pl ace on e arth .
e pisode s an audio tour of th e D isne yl and
H ote lw as l itte re d w ith poor de scriptions In podcast fanatic te rm s th is sh ow score s:
of picture s I coul dn’t se e w h ich l e ft m e Not m y cup of te a but do try it for yourse l f.
m ore frustrate d th an inform e d and a
h istory of th e space m ountain ride h ad
Conte nt: 2.38 out of 5
th e pote ntialto be inte re sting for 10
Production: 3.88 out of 5
m inute s but didn’t h ol d m y atte ntion for
h al f an h our. W indow to th e M agic h as

Th e Movies RetroCast Review ed by Marilyn Madsen

h ttp://m ovie s .th e re trocas t.com
Liste n up, Fil m Buffs! straigh tforw ard, l isting e ach
Th e M ovie s R e trocast brings sh ow w ith m inim alnote s.
you sce ne -by-sce ne Th e re w as ve ry l ittle
discussion of fil m s from th e inform ation to be gl e ane d
past. Each w e e k tw o or th re e about th e sh ow ’s
film s are ch ose n by de dicate d production, pre se nte rs or
m ovie e nth usiasts, Tom and location. Th e re are l ink s to a
Jack son, for synopsis and list of oth e r podcasts unde r
re vie w . Th e se film s run th e th e banne r “Th e R e trocast
gam ut from true cl assics to Fam il y”. It appe ars th at th is
th e m ost obscure th e y can is a group of frie nds th at
find. O n occasion som e cre ate podcasts about th ings
podcasts fe ature B-m ovie im age courte s y m ovie s .th e re trocas t.com
from th e past. An arch ive for
offe rings. W ith a se t form at, e ach sh ow al lsh ow s and an e asy to find R SS fe e d
ope ns w ith fil m m usic or dial og fol low e d l ink round out th e page .
by th e re ading of e -m ail s from liste ne rs
and som e ge ne ralch at. Ne xt w e m ove on Afte r h aving a l iste n to se ve rale pisode s,
to a ve rbalre pl ay of th e fil m s pick e d for th is podcast som e h ow m isse s th e m ark
th at e pisode . for m e . It is a subje ct m atte r in w h ich I
h ave gre at inte re st, but th e sl ow and
H aving be e n in production since June of de l ibe rate re counting of th e fil m s al m ost
2006, Th e M ovie s R e trocast h as just fram e by fram e coul d not h ol dmy
poste d sh ow # 26. D uring th at tim e th e re atte ntion. Pe rh aps a m ore l ive l
y de l ive ry
h ave be e n som e ch ange s in th e l ine up of and a bit of re se arch for som e associate d
h osts and styl e , but th e basic form at h as ane cdote s and l ink s w oul d pe rk th is
staye d in pl ace . Th e audio q ual ity is sol id. podcast up!
Th e curre nt h osts, Tom and Jack son both
te nd to spe ak sl ow l y, so e ach e pisode is
w el love r an h our in l e ngth . Conte nt: 1.63 out of 5
Th e M ovie s R e trocast w e bsite is basic and
"Th e sh ow fe ature s th e in-de pth re -te ll

ing "O ne guy giving a pl ay-by-pl ay of an ol
d-
of e ntire m ovie pl ots w h ich is not te rribly ish m ovie w h il e th e oth e r inte rje cts
e nte rtaining and, to m e anyw ay, fairl y irre l
e vant de tail s, th e n th e y sw itch rol
e s.
pointl e ss be cause it doe sn't provide th e Lots of ye ah 's, and's, and uh 's and ye ah
im pe tus to w atch a m ovie th at a m ore and's. Painful ."
traditionalre vie w w oul d give ." - H ilary Tyler
- Bernadette
Th is m onth 's podcasts w e re Th e ratings give n are th e ave rage of th e

random l y ch ose n from : score s give n by our te am of re vie w e rs.
Th e y w e re re vie w e d by:
PodcastAl le y.com
(h ttp://podcas tal e y.com /)
l Be rnade tte - h ttp://podcas tfanatic.com
and H il
ary Tyle r - h ttp://tpn.th e podcas tne tw ork .com
PodcastPick l e .com M arilyn M adse n - m ads e nm @ e arth l ink .ne t
(h ttp://podcas tpick le .com /) Ph ilClark - h ttp://w w w .th e britandyank e e .com
Sim on Toon - h ttp://w w w .s l am idol
podcas t.com

Global Voices:
VIDEO CAS TS O F
H O LLAND & BELGIU M
Text by Janet Parkinson
ph oto courte s y ofCh ris ta Rich e rt
AS POD CASTING H AS e vol ve d, H ol

land h as alw ays be e n one of th e l
e ading countrie s to
e m brace and de ve l op th is m e dium . W h e n I conducte d m y ‘virtualtour’ of H ol land in 2006,
I w as e xcite d to se e th e e m e rge nce of vide ocasts (stil
la rarity in m ost countrie s). So it w as
good to se e th is tim e th at th e tre nd is continuing w ith an incre asing num be r and som e ve ry
popul ar vide ocasts be ing produce d by inde pe nde nt produce rs:
iskateboard
w w w .is k ate board.e u
D e scribe d as a ‘Sk ate board Vide o

M agazine ’, th is re gul ar fortnigh tl y podcast
h olds al lth e e l e m e nts th at I for one
w oul d h ope to find in a vide ocast: Lots of
action, good inte rvie w s, coolm usic, but
also inte rtw ine d w ith cl ips of Joh n
D e urh ol t in h is studio inte rvie w ing via
Sk ype ch at. H is young son al so joins in,
w h ich total ly adds to th e e xpe rie nce .
Snappy and fast pace d, Joh n k now s h ow
to h ol d your atte ntion and de se rve s to do
w el l
.
im age courte s y iSk ate board.e u

Langs Vlaamse W egen

h ttp://l
angs vl
aam s e w e ge n.anucas t.com
'Al ong Fl e m ish W ays' is a vide ocast w h ich

w il ltak e you on w al k ing trips around
various parts of Fl ande rs. No w ords:
m usic is use d as th e back drop - usual ly
e xtre m e ly w el lch ose n and by appropriate
fe m al e vocal ists. Am bl e ge ntly along
country l ane s, stop and adm ire th e odd
w indm il l, w atch th e birds in a tow n,
duck s on a l ak e or ch ild sw inging in th e
park . Ste faan Le sage is onto a w inne r
h e re . W e al lne e d to ge t out into th e
country som e tim e s –so w h y not l et
Ste faan do th e w al k ing and you do th e
ch il ling!?Enjoy.
im age courte s y Langs Vl
aam s e W e ge n
Conte nt: 4 out of 5

Production: 3.5 out 5
KatsCast
w w w .k ats cas t.btpods h ow .com
H e re is a vide ocast in Engl ish ful lof Katja

Trijbe r’s ‘unde fine d distractions’. Th is, I
fe e l
, sum s it up rath e r w e l l–be cause
e ach sh ow is a totalm ix of Katja’s
pick ings from l ife on h igh spe e d, buzzy,
snappy and m ixe d up w ith fun or
e nte rtaining m om e nts. Not to e ve ryone ’s
taste and m ark e d as e xpl icit, th is
vide ocast appe ars to h ave a sol id and
grow ing audie nce . As one com m e nte r
note d, "it's th e pe rfe ct th ing for th e iPod
ge ne ration;a gre at program th at trave l s
w el land h ol ds up unde r re pe ate d
vie w ings."

Production: 5 out of 5
im age courte s y K ats Cas t
Th ank s go to Ch rista R ich e rt (h ttp://w w w .s xc.h u/profil a87) for th e W indm il

e /Ayl lph oto. Ne xt
m onth I’llbe re turning to India to se e h ow podcasting is de ve l oping th e re –so ge t in
contact if you h ave any ne w s you’d l ik e to sh are !

Album Review
S un Moon S tars
–by A Band Called Quinn
Text by Gabor Kovacs
EVERY M USIC POD CASTER can re e loff th e nam e s of at l e ast a h andfulof artists and
bands th at sh oul d be m ore succe ssful . A Band Cal l
e d Quinn are at th e top of m y l ist. You
m ay h ave h e ard th e band on th e tartanpodcast (w h e re I first h e ard th e m ) unde r th e nam e
Quinn, but th e l aw ye rs w rote l
e tte rs, and now th e band is A Band Cal le d Quinn.
Th e band is buil t around Louise Quinn, w h o forw ard. Soone r or l
ate r th e y al
lbuild up
sings, pl ays guitar and w rite s th e songs. to a good ste ady be at. Th e trum pe t adds
Th e y’ve be e n going a fe w ye ars now and are de pth and col our to m ost of th e songs.
w el lk now n on th e Gl asgow m usic sce ne .
Th e ir l ine -up for th e ir 2001 al bum 'Inbe tw e e n Th e re are a num be r of instant cl assics
W orl ds' incl ude d Al e x H untle y on guitars. M r h e re . Th e tone is se t at th e be ginning
H untl e y m ove d on, took on h is m oth e r’s w ith 'Al lth e D e ad End Jobs', w h ich you’l l
m aide n nam e of Kapranos, and, w e l l, you be h um m ing soon, I prom ise you, and
k now th at Franz Fe rdinand story. So Quinn carrie s on w ith th e rock ing 'Unsung
h ave pe digre e . Th at first al bum is w orth Fe e ling' (ch e ck out th e vide o of a l ive
ge tting ;one re vie w e r on Am azon.co.uk says pe rform ance of 'Unsung Fe e l ing' on th e
“Each song is e xciting and th e m usic and band’s M ySpace page ). M y M ySpace
vocal s tak e you on an unpre dictabl e journe y frie nd W il lie re com m e nde d 'Baby W h e n I
of be autifulm usic”. Th e n, in 2006, cam e th e Se e Your Eye s', saying it “h as h it w ritte n
re le ase of th e ir se cond al bum , 'Luss'. Th is is a al love r it”, and a num be r of m y l iste ne rs
se le ction of l ush songs, produce d by sough t- agre e d w h e n I pl aye d th at song on m y
afte r Fre nch produce r Kid Loco (w h o's said to podcast a fe w w e e k s back . In th e m iddl e
h ave turne d dow n M adonna to w ork w ith of th e al bum are 'Fl uff Girl' and 'D IY',
Quinn!). O ne of th e songs from Luss, 'Th e w h ich both drive al ong, th e l atte r w ith a
W orl d Is Upside D ow n', w as pick e d up from rock ing be at and trum pe t bl asting out.
th e band's w e bsite by a Se rbian D J and w as a Th e al bum e nds w ith anoth e r rock e r,
top-10 h it in th e Bal k ans. So A Band Cal led 'Bul le t For a Frie nd'.
Quinn h ave pe digre e .
O n th e w ay are sl igh tl y slow e r-te m po
Th e band’s th ird al bum 'Sun M oon Stars' is songs such as 'Invincibl e ' and 'Look ing
due for re l e ase be fore l ong (ch e ck on m y Back ', w h e re th e use of th e trum pe t
podcast for ne w s). For th is re l e ase , th e re is a re m inds m e of Bal ’s broth e r’s band Be l l
e
ful lband. As w e l las Louise Quinn and h e r & Se bastian. Fam il y conne ction or just
long-standing col laborator, drum m e r Bal Gl asgow ?A difficul t q ue stion for a
Cook e (broth e r of Be l le & Se bastian’s M ick south e rne r l ik e m e to answ e r. Lik e B& S,
Cook e ), are bassist Ste ve n W e stw ate r and th e songs are al lm e lodic, e ach h as a
trum pe te r R obe rt H e nde rson. Th is is a re al ly strong h ook , and you coul d find yourse l
f
e njoyabl e album , m ak e no doubt about it. h um m ing any of th e m .
Louise Quinn h as a voice th at is th e rock y
sound of e th e re al . In m y opinion, sh e sh ow s As you can te l l
, I’m a fan. I’ve h ad an
h e r vocaltal e nts off e q uall
y w el lon th e advance copy of 'Sun M oon Stars' for a
q uie te r songs as on th e rock y one s. So w h at fe w w e e k s and k e e p pl
aying it. I’m sure
do A Band cal le d Quinn sound l ik e ?W e l l, I’llstil
lbe pl aying it ye ars from now . So I
th e y range from ne ar-disco to rock ing. Bal com m e nd it to you: 5 stars out of 5.
Cook e ’s drum m ing drive s al lth e songs
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Album Review
Th e W ell Dressed Th ief
by Rieser
Text by Colin Gaz eley
RIESER ARE AN unsigne d band from Edinburgh w h o h ave a sol id fol low ing north of th e
borde r. Afte r m any ye ars of touring and a sm al
l-scal
e singl
e re l
e ase , th e y've final
ly se l
f-
re l
e ase d th e ir de but al
bum .
It's a col le ction of guitar-base d indie dre am s th rough to e ve ntualfail ure . It
songs w ith dive rse infl ue nce s: th e band is cle ve rl
y onl y ch ange s a fe w w ords in th e
e q ually at h om e producing bouncy riffs tw o ve rse s to sh ow th e fine l ine be tw e e n
('Se cre ts', 'Sanctuarium '), acoustic-l ed succe ss and fail ure , and th e ch orus is a
bal l
ads ('Just Se e n a Gh ost', 'Lik e A sim pl e re pe at of th e line "W anna be a
W h ispe r') and e ve n a tinge of re ggae rock star"th at m irrors h ow m ost of th e
sk ank ing ('Assassins', 'M e s Enfants'). w orl d fe e l
s at one tim e or anoth e r. 'In A
Ch ildre n's Arm y' and 'R ock star' are th e
From th e ope ning track you k now th is is onl y track s th at you coul d cate gorise as
going to be an inte re sting al bum . h um orous, but th e funnie st th ing on th e
'Ange rfl ow ' starts off as a se e m ingly album is th e aw fulFre nch acce nt on 'M e s
straigh tforw ard l ow -te m po rock track Enfants'. Fortunate l y th e track itse lf is a
w ith a dre am y, rh yth m ic unde rl ay from bouncy, jangl y de ligh t w ith a good use of
th e guitar. It th e n h as a off-be ats to cre ate a dub fe e l .
sudde n burst of pow e r
w ith th e guitar com ing Th e joyfulattitude of th e
to th e front of th e m ix band is w e l lsh ow case d by a
to cre ate a soaring sh ort prom o vide o th e band
cre sce ndo be fore h as put up on YouTube . It
de sce nding again to starts out w ith a pare d-dow n
m irror th e low k e y acoustic ve rsion of th e
ope ning. It is an album 's cl osing track ,
e xh il
arating ope ning 'Confusion Parade ', be fore
and a gre at signifie r of follow ing th e band as th e y
th ings to com e . try to ge t m e m be rs of th e
im age courte s y Re is e r publ ic to buy th e ir singl e on
As w e l las sh ow ing gre at m usical th e stre e ts of Edinburgh . H aving h ad
prow e ss, th e y al so h ave a good se nse of fre q ue nt e m ailcorre sponde nce w ith th e
h um our. 'In A Ch il dre n's Arm y' starts w ith band in re gards to m y podcast, I can
a jaunty, m ock -m il itaristic riff be fore confirm th e y re al ly are as th e y are
m orph ing into a sl ice of jangl y pop rock . portraye d on th e vide o.
Just w h e n you th ink th e y've com pl e te ly
lost th e pl ot it th e n de vol ve s into a rock Th is is an assure d and e njoyabl e de but,
fre ak out. It's one of th ose track s th at's and th e onl y sm al lniggl e I h ave is th at
'k inda w e ird' but l e ave s you w ith a h uge w h e n th e y slow th e pace dow n for a
sm il e on your face . bal lad, th e y can't q uite h e lp th e m se l
ve s
from inje cting som e pace into it. Th e onl y
Th e h um orous side of th e band is sh ow n track on th e al bum th at coul d be
again on th e track 'R ock star'. It's a sh ort classifie d as a true bal lad is 'Just Se e n A
tongue -in-ch e e k track th at h as an ol d- Gh ost'. Th e oth e r sl ow e r num be rs -
sch oolrock styl e and te l ls th e story of a 'Ange rfl ow ', 'Lik e A W h ispe r' and
struggl ing rock band from youth ful 'Confusion Parade ' - al lh ave e l e m e nts

th at bring th e pow e r up. Th is is, h ow e ve r, im agine w h at th e y coul d do if th e y e ve r

a m icroscopic com pl aint for an e xce l le nt got signe d?Th e w h ol e al
bum can be
al bum . Th is is not onl y an al bum of good stre am e d from th e ir w e bsite and is
m usic, it is also an al bum in w h ich you're avail abl e th e re for £5 via PayPal .
h e aring pe opl e e njoy th e m se l
ve s. If th e y R e ise r
can m anage to produce such q ual ity h ttp://w w w .rie s e r.co.uk
w ith out any l abe lsupport, can you
Click h e re to s e e YouTube vide o
Album Review
Gath ering O f Th e H aunted
by S carlatti Tilt
Text by Colin Gaz eley
SCARLATTITILT ARE a Bristol -base d band w ith a h aunting sound. Th e y ach ie ve gre at
th ings w ith just th re e pe opl
e : D aisy Ch apm an on piano and vocal s, Gre g Sim m ons on bass
and l yrics and Tim Sm ith on drum s. Th e m ost pow e rfulinstrum e nt on th e re cord, h ow e ve r,
is Ch apm an's e xtraordinary voice .
M ost of th e al bum de al s w ith Probabl y th e stronge st track on
th e dark e r aspe cts of th e th e al bum is th e one th at h as
h um an e xpe rie nce . Th e brie f th e l e ast e m otionalbaggage
instrum e ntaltitl e track th at attach e d to it. 'Th e Inse ct's
starts th e al bum bl e nds into Party' is a w istful , pastoralvision
'I W as O nl y Five ', w h ich tal ks of a picnic th at ge ts ove rrun by
about th e de ath of a pare nt. bugs. Its h ypnotic piano riff is
It h as h e artbre ak ingl y pe rfe ctl y com pl e m e nte d by a
pow e rfull yrics w h ose e ffe ct cool -jazz drum l ine . It's a pre tty
is incre ase d by Ch apm an's track th at doe sn't ne ce ssaril y fit
soul fulvoice . Th e im age ry of im age courte s y Scarl
atti Til
t w ith th e re st of th e al bum .
a ch il d sitting on a ch air w ith th e ir fe e t
dangl ing, trying to com fort a grie ving It is inte re sting th at th e band ch ose to
m oth e r, pack s a re alpunch . nam e -ch e ck Jack Ve ttriano in th e titl e of
one of th e ir track s. For th ose of you w h o
Th e re is al so a brie f m e ntion of crow s in don't k now w h o th e h e l lJack Ve ttriano is,
th at track , w h ich is continue d in th e h e is th e guy w h o se l ls m ore poste rs th an
h aunting l yrics of 'Som e th ing For Th e any oth e r l iving artist. H is m ost fam ous
Crow s'. Th e se nse of doom and de ath is painting is th e one of an Edw ardian
al m ost pal pabl e , but again th e vocalstyl e coupl e dancing on a be ach in ful le ve ning
brings it out of th e re al m of th e truly dre ss. Th at im age se e m s a ve ry
disturbing to cre ate som e th ing be autiful . appropriate one for th is al bum . It's
som e th ing pe rfe ctl y crafte d, ye t sl igh tl y
Th e th e m e continue s on 'D e ath O f A ol d fash ione d and disq uie ting.
Ladie s' M an', w h e re th e m ournfulch orus
m el ts into a re pe at of th e w ord 'm an' th at is Th e al bum is avail abl e dire ct from th e
al m ost accusatory. As w e l las th e vocal band's w e bsite and from iTune s.
pow e r, th e re is al so som e pow e r in th e
m usic, e spe cial ly on 'To W onde r' w h e re Scarl atti Til t
piano pow e r ch ords are turne d into an h ttp://w w w .s carl attitil
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audio w e apon at tim e s. Col in Gaze le y - O urobouros Podcast
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Product Review
Edirol R-09
Digital Recorder
from Roland Corporation
Text by Ph il Clark and Mike Lingafelter
IT SEEM S LIK E th e re are a EdirolR-09 D igitalRe corde r
num be r of re vie w s of th e from Roland Corporation
EdirolR-09 avail able on th e
w e b, including se ve ralfrom Lis tPrice : $450.00
podcaste rs w h o h ave al re ady Stre e tprice : $39 9 .00
bough t th is unit. Th e R-09 is
th e ne xt upgrade from th e Pack age Conte nts :
e xce l
le nt R-1 24-bit D igital R-09
W ave /M P3 R e corde r, and as a AC Adaptor
proud ow ne r of th e R-1, I Acce s s orie s avail
abl
e
include :
th ough t it w oul d be
Cove r and Stand K it
appropriate to re vie w th is
M icroph one s tand adapte r
de vice as if I w e re about to Carrying cas e for R-09
upgrade to th e R-09 (just as if I and acce s s orie s
w oul d tak e a te st drive w h e n Softw are :
purch asing a ne w car). None
im age courte s y Rol
and Corporation
BACK GRO U ND: Th e R-1
I purch ase d th e R-1 just ove r a ye ar ago by incre asing bars. Th is scre e n al so al l
ow s
and h ave found it to be of e xce l le nt m e to acce ss th e Se tup m e nu and th e
q ual ity and e asy to use . It use s com pact Effe cts m e nu, w h ich provide s som e nice
flash cards as th e re cording m e dium , and fle xibil ity for on-th e -fl y re ve rb and
to transfe r th e re corde d fil e s I e ith e r use a m aste ring. M y favorite se tup toolis th e
USB cabl e or e asil y acce ss and re m ove Lim ite r, w h ich re duce s an e xce ssive input
th e card and pl ug it into a m e dia sl ot or le ve lappropriate l y. I h ave found th at if I
m e dia re ade r. Th e re cording m ode s range se t th e input l e ve lto just th is side of m ax,
from 24- to 16-bit W AVfil e s, and from I can l e ave th e l im ite r se t to 'on' and not
64Kbps to 320Kbps M P3 fil e s. Natural ly, w orry about cl ipping during a re cording.
th e size of th e fl
ash card de pe nds on h ow Th is m e ans I can w h ip out th e re corde r,
m uch tim e is avail abl e for re cording;I pre ss th e R EC button, and be assure d
se ttl
e d on 256Kbps M P3, w ith a 1Gb card, th at m y re cording w oul d be q uite
w h ich give s m e 6 1/2 h ours of re cording acce ptabl e . I h ave use d th is approach to
tim e and h as prove n pl e nty for any re cord voice , am bie nt sound, and l ive
re m ote re cording purpose s. Th e buil t-in conce rts w ith gre at re sul ts and l ittle
m icroph one s re cord in e ith e r ste re o or h assl e!
m ono m ode s. Al lth e ne ce ssary control s
are on th e front or side s of th e unit, w h ich Th e R-09
is about th e size of a sm al lpape rback (3
¾ “ x 5“ x 1“), not sm al le nough for a sh irt Now l e t's l
ook at th e R-09 . W h at
pock e t, but sm al le nough for a side im m e diate diffe re nce s do I se e ?Th e first
pock e t. M y R-1 didn’t com e w ith a cove r is th e size . R ol
and h ave re duce d th e unit
case . Th e LED scre e n is nice and l arge , size dow n to 4” x 2 ½” x 1”, al m ost lik e a
and th e re cording l e ve lis cl e arl y sh ow n large pack e t of cigare tte s, and it w e igh s in

at 6 oz (145 g), com pare d 9 oz (260 g) for spe cifically m e ntion h ow l

ong. Eve n
th e R-1. Th e re sul t of th is is th at you CAN Ste ve ns h e re .
now fit it in your sh irt pock e t or h ol d it
com fortabl y in one h and. Th e control s are Th e displ ay on th e R-1 is a back l it LCD ,
al lpositione d e rgonom ical l
y so th at th e but on th e R-09 it's an ‘O rganic EL’. Eh ?
pow e r, input vol um e , and R EC buttons Now th e re are organic displ ays?D oe s th is
can be e asil y re ach e d by finge rs and m e an I can safe l y consum e it w ith out fe ar
th um bs on th at one h and. Good stuff, of pe sticide s?No, al lth is m e ans is th at
e xce pt th at it is SO l igh t th at you fe e lit th e displ ay is sm al le r and in a m ore h igh l y
coul d bre ak m ore e asil y, and it h as a contrasting bl ack and w h ite . O rganic EL
fe e l
ing of be ing ‘ch e ap’ be cause of th at. pane l s are m ade from a form of organic
But w e k now it’s not ch e ap (at $450 m ate rialth at e m its l igh t w h e n an e l e ctric
re tail), and I gue ss th at’s w h y th e y now curre nt is appl ie d to it - th e ‘EL’ stands for
provide a ve ry nice , spe cialcove r th at El e ctrol um ine sce nce . Th e R-1 h as 20
prote cts th e unit from im pact. W ith th e ch aracte rs and tw o l ine s, but it is
cove r on, th e unit control s can stillbe re adabl e w ith out m y h aving to put m y
e asily re ach e d, and th e re ’s a pl ace on th e re ading gl asse s on! Th is m igh t be 'an age
back to attach a tripod, w h ich is use fulif th ing' and a com prom ise th at h as to be
you are re cording l ive conce rts. m ade if th e ove ral lsize of th re corde r is
re duce d, but I
Th is cove r is one of th e acce ssorie s th at I stillpre fe r a
w oul d h ave re adil y bough t on th e R-1. sligh tl
y bigge r
Th e case on th e R-1 w as m ade of a m ore displ ay.
rugge d pl astic, but it w oul d h ave stil
l
be ne fite d from a spe cial l
y de signe d cove r. For m e , score
Pl us, w ith th e R-1's adde d w e igh t, it one for th e R-1.
be com e s tire som e to h ol d afte r an
e xte nde d pe riod and it pick s up som e Ae sth e tics are
sound w h e n it sh ifts in m y h and as I try to one th ing, but
re lie ve th at tire dne ss. Score one for R-09 . le t’s ge t to th e
guts of th e
Anoth e r ite m th at w as re de signe d w as m atte r. H ow
th e USB, digitalm e dia card and batte ry e asy is it to
com partm e nts as w e l las th e acce ss to im age courte s y Ph ilCl
ark
re cord, and
th e m . As th e R-1 is l arge r, th e USB port is h ow do th e
on th e side and is re adil y acce ssibl e at al l re cordings sound?For th e m ost part, it’s
tim e s. Th e batte ry com partm e nt is on th e just th e sam e good q ual ity w e ’ve com e to
re ve rse side and h as a standard tab e xpe ct from a R ol and 24bit W AVE /M P3
re le ase . Th e m e dia card acce ss point is R e corde r. Th e sam e re cording m ode s are
se parate and com prise s a sl ide out-and- pre se nt (pl us an upgrade d sam pl ing
up approach . O n th e R-09 , sure l y due to fre q ue ncy of 48k H z), and th e e stim ate d
th e unit's re duce d size , th e y are al l re cording tim e s are al so sim il ar, w ith a
com bine d into one . O n th e bottom of th e fe w diffe re nce s l ik e l
y cause d by card
re corde r th e re is a dual -function cove r spe cifications.
th at sl ide s out to re ve alth e SD m e dia
card (64M b com e s w ith th e unit, th e H e re is a l
ink to som e te st fil e s th at I
sam e as it doe s w ith th e R-1) and th e re corde d, just to te st out th e se l e ction of
USB port. Sl ide a sm al llock to th e l e ft re cording option sw itch e s, al ll ocate d on
and sl ide ope n th e cove r a l ittl
e m ore , th e back of th e R-09 . I brie fly re ad th e
and th e batte ry com partm e nt is re ve al e d. m anualto de te rm ine w h at e ach sw itch
Both units use AA size batte rie s, but it se tting w oul d do, and th e se are th e ‘raw ’
se e m s th e R-09 h as a m uch be tte r batte ry re sul ts.
life , al
th ough th e m anualdoe s not Cl
ick h e re to h e ar th e M P3 s am pl
e

Th e se sw itch e s control critical . Point to R-09 .

Autom atic Gain Control
(AGC), Low Cut, M ic Gain, Strange l y, th e R-09 doe s not al low
and Exte rnalM ic Type . ch anging th e re cording m ode from
Again, th e Ste re o to M ono w ith th e inte rnalm ics.
re cording q ual ity
is sim il ar, w ith
one e xce ption. I
coul dn’t find a
Lim ite r m ode , so
I fe lt
uncom fortabl e
w ith a R EC-and-
Go approach , and
fe lt I h ad to
continuousl yl ook
at th e ELscre e n
to ch e ck th e l e ve l s. Now I’m a discipl e of th e Vobe s sch oolof
pe rh aps th e AGC sw itch is th e podcasting (PUM , Issue # 2, “W h y I h ate
re pl ace m e nt for th e Lim ite r, Ste re o M icroph one s”) and pre fe r to
but I don’t th ink so. AGC re cord in m ono in al lbut a ve ry fe w
al low s th e re cording to ge t circum stance s. I w oul d agre e th at for
loude r or softe r if th e vol um e am bie nt and conce rt re cordings, ste re o
of th e sound be ing re corde d im age courte s y Rol
and Corporation
can be pre fe rabl e , but for inte rvie w s and
ge ts q uie te r or l oude r. Th e inform ationalaudio se gm e nts, I’ve found
Lim ite r just pre ve nts cl ipping, m ono w ork s for m e . Now th e
and if th e input l e ve lis se t appropriate l y, discl aim e r… your m il e age m ay vary, or in
it w il lre tain al lth e infl e ction and th is opinion m ay diffe r!
dynam ics of th e re cording w ith out h itting
th e pe ak cl ip l e ve l . Th e abil ity to go m ono w ith an e xte rnal
m ic is ach ie ve by fl ick ing a sw itch on th e
I did cal lproduct support ove r at R ol and back of th e unit, so th at’s nice and h andy,
US to ask if I w as corre ct in m y and th e e xte rnalm ic re cordings are ve ry
assum ptions, and th e y confirm e d I w as. good q ual ity. Th e inte rnalm ics are ve ry
Th e y coul dn’t say w h y th is w as om itte d, re sponsive and give a nice -q ual ity
and I’m not ce rtain if in ge ne ralit’s good re cording. In a re cording te st, th e ste re o
or bad, but from m y pe rspe ctive its se paration e ffe ct is actual l
y m inim ize d, so
som e th ing th at w oul d h ave m ade m e fe e l in a ch at w ith tw o pe opl e on e ith e r side ,
it w as m ore fool -proof to ge t a q ual ity th e e m ph asis is de finite l y th e re on th e le ft
re cording e ve ry tim e . Score one m ore for or righ t ch anne l , but it’s not annoying. I
th e R-1. th ink R ol and h ave ach ie ve d th is by
h aving a front and side pointing scre e n on
A coupl e of oth e r ite m s of note : O n th e th e inte rnalm ics. In practice , for
R-09 , th e tim e and date can be se t and im prom ptu re cordings, th e inte rnalm ics
re taine d on e ach re corde d fil e . O n th e w ork fine , e ve n th ough it give s a ste re o-
R-1, al th ough th e nam e of e ach fil e h as an se parate d e ffe ct. In situations w ith m ore
incre m e ntalnum be r, e ach fil e h as th e of a se tup, an e xte rnalm ic w oul d ve ry
sam e date and tim e (1/1/2002 12:00 - a lik e l
y be in pl ay, so it be com e s a m oot
significant date , I gue ss!) H aving th e point.
corre ct date and tim e on e ach re cording
is a significant advantage w h e n m any fil es Stil l, on th is one for m e , a m arginalm inus
are spre ad across se ve ralSD cards and a point for R-09 w h e n com paring it to th e
k e e ping track of th e m ch ronol ogical ly is R-1.

Be fore I sum m arize m y findings and pass a finalgrade , m y co-h ost on th e Brit and Yank e e ,
M ik e Lingafe l te r al
so took th e R-09 for a te st drive . H is vie w point is th at of a ne w use r, and
h e re ’s w h at h e h ad to say:
I w as ask e d to do th is re vie w for one re ason: I do not ow n a h andh e l

d re corde r. I gue ss
PUM w ante d to k now if a sim pl e guy l
ik e m yse l
f coul
d find h is w ay around th e Edirol
R-09 , so h e re goe s:
W h e n USBrit (a.k .a. Ph ilCl ark ) h ande d m e th e EdirolR-09 re corde r, th e ve ry first th ing I
notice d w as h ow ve ry l igh t it w as, and unlik e oth e r re corde rs of th is type , it fit in m y h and
ve ry com fortabl y.
I re vie w e d th e sm al
l'PracticalGuide To Th e EdirolR-09 '. Th e guide w as ve ry e asy to use .
Finding th e SD card sl ot and batte rie s w as a snap;th e y’re unde r th e sam e cove r. I q uick l y
found th e vol um e and input l e ve lbuttons, and by th e n I w as re ady to re cord. Th is ste p
w as ve ry e asy. I pl aye d w ith th e built-in ste re o m icroph one s and th e buil t-in re ve rb FX,
and afte r I h ad pl aye d around w ith th is re corde r for a w h ile , I w as re ady to h e ar som e
sound.
W h e n I pl ugge d it into m y PC (and ye s, it use s a USB cabl e ), I w as surprise d to se e th at m y

PC not onl y saw th e R-09 but l oade d it as a re m ovabl e drive in l e ss th an a m inute . It w as
e asy to drag and drop th e M P3s I h ad m ade onto m y de sk top. Th e sound w as good. I e ve n
pl ugge d in m y Sh ure 89 00 to te st th e R-09 w ith an e xte rnalm ic. Th is w as going gre at. And
th e n th e q ue stions starte d in m y h e ad. H ow do I ch ange th e form at?H ow do I ch ange
from re cording M P3 to W AV?H ow do I ch ange th e rate ?Th e 28-page book l e t didn’t h ave
th e answ e rs, so it w as tim e to go to th e w e b. Afte r spe nding a sh ort tim e at
w w w .rol andus.com , I found al lth e answ e rs to m y q ue stions.
Allin al l, I found th at w h at I l
ik e d about th e R-09 far outw e igh e d w h at I disl ik e d. Som e
disl
ik e s: Th e door cove ring th e SD card and batte rie s is ve ry sm al l, as is th e displ ay. Th e
R-09 te nds to rock a bit w h e n it is se t dow n. M y l ik e s: Am ong oth e rs, th e e ase of use ;th e
good sound;th e good size ;AND it com e s in th re e col ours: black , re d and w h ite .
M y rating for th e EdirolR-09 is a 8/10
- Mike Lingafelter (ak a Lingo)
Le t’s now tak e a l ook at th e ove ral l re com m e nd it as a be autiful ly com pact
scoring for th e points I’ve tal k e d about. de vice . H as it pe rsuade d m e to upgrade ?
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Podcaster Profile:
Cl iff Ravenscraft
Generally S peaking Podcast Netw ork
Text by Mark Juliano
W h at d o an insurance age nt, a pastor, a fath e r and
fam il y m an and a pod caste r h ave in com m on?No,
th is isn't som e b arroom jok e , b ut it d oe s d e scrib e
pod casting ze al
ot Cl iff R ave nscraft.
ph otos courte s y Cl
iffRave ns craft
A POD CASTING ICON got Cl iff starte d. and sim ul tane ousl y te xt-ch at. “Th e
“It's alldue to Le o Laporte and h is 'Th is inte ractivity k e e ps m e going,” com m e nts
W e e k in Te ch ' podcast. I w as a h uge fan of Cliff. “I can re al ly conne ct w ith m y
h is back in th e Z D TVand Te ch TVdays. audie nce .”
Now , w ith h is podcast, I coul dl iste n to
th e sh ow w h e n I w ante d, w h e re I w ante d, But for Cl iff, th e H ol y Grailis to m ak e a
h ow e ve r I w ante d.” care e r out of podcasting. Curre ntl y, h is
k e y source of podcast re ve nue is
W h e n Cl iff got starte d in podcasting, h e adve rtising. Tal k Sh oe e nabl e s h im to
h ad no pre vious broadcasting, radio, or m one tize h is podcasts by inse rting audio
TVe xpe rie nce , al th ough h e says, “I h ave ads and providing h ost-re ad affil iate ads.
q uite a lot of e xpe rie nce in tal k ing. A lot!” Th e com pany cuts Cl iff a ch e ck e ve ry
H e al so h as a lot of e xpe rie nce be ing m onth base d upon h is num be r of
passionate about th ings, and h e says th at dow nl oads, and it now total s ove r $8,000.
it doe sn’t h urt th at h e ’s be e n pre ach ing Stil l
, th is can’t m atch h is incom e as an
for six ye ars. insurance age nt. “I'm going into a care e r
as a podcaste r, as w e l las a podcast
H is initialpodcast w as about th e TVsh ow consul tant. I'm going to te ach com panie s
'LO ST', and h ad 400 l iste ne rs for th e first h ow to re ach pe opl e and h ave a
e pisode . W ith in six w e e k s, h e h ad 4,000 com m unity am ong th e ir cl ie nts.”
liste ne rs. Cl
iff adm its h e didn’t put a l ot Cl iff says th e m e asure m e nt of succe ss in
pre paration in to th e sh ow at first, and podcasting is il l usive . “D oe s it m e an
th at h is audio w as poor, but says th e m ak ing l ots of m one y?O r doe s it m e an
conte nt w as in h igh de m and. h aving a sh ow w ith a l arge com m unity of
pe opl e w h o support your passion?” H e
Cl iff’s passion h as grow n into h is adds, “For m e , it’s not about th ousands of
Ge ne ral ly Spe ak ing Podcast Ne tw ork dow nl oads. Pe opl e don't l ik e to be vie w e d
(GSPN, h ttp://gs pn.tv) w ith e igh t podcasts as a num be r, and if you vie w dow nl oads
th at re ce ive ove r 50,000 dow nl oads pe r as a statistic onl y, you've al re ady fail e d as
m onth . H e advise s doing podcasts on a podcaste r.”
spe cific topics and says th at ge ne ral
podcasts don't cut it. H e adds th at ove r W ith re gard to th e future Cl iff says,
tim e , audio production as w e l las prope r “About nine ye ars ago, I w oul d say, ‘H e y!
pre paration is im portant. I've just starte d a bl og.’ And pe opl e w oul d
say, ‘Bl e ss you’. Today bl ogging is
Afte r a w h ile , Cl iff fe l
t th e de sire to e ve ryw h e re .” Cliff fore se e s a day w h e n
e nh ance h is sh ow w ith gue sts and oth e r th e re w illbe m ore podcasts th an bl ogs,
participants. Again Le o Laporte l e nt a but h e doe sn’t th ink podcasting w il le ve r
h and w h e n Cl iff found h im se l f on Le o’s re pl ace bl ogs. “And I de finite l y k now for a
live podcast ne t@ nite , h oste d on fact podcasting is not a fad. It is h e re to
Tal k Sh oe , a se rvice w h e re pe opl e can call stay."
in via ph one , Sk ype or com pute r (VoIP) M ark Jul iano h ttp://w w w .Tal k Sh oe .com

Interview ing
Tea Leaf Green
Text & Ph otos By George L S myth
IH AVE BEEN l iste ning to groups for th e past th re e h ours, and now it’s tim e to try to find
Todd. Th e Fe de ralH il lStre e t Fe stivalin Bal tim ore fe ature s 17 bands, and I h ave h e ard
m ost of th e m in th e th re e ve nue s strung th rough out th e are a. Early in th e afte rnoon th e
com pl e te l
y unk now n groups w e re e ith e r playing or se tting up in front of crow ds num be ring
in th e h andful s. Now m ore pe opl e h ave arrive d and it is starting to ge t a bit crow de d.
I h ave no ide a w h at e ve ning th e y h ave

th e R oad M anage r for
T e a L e af Gre e n are : anoth e r gig at th e
Te a Le af Gre e n l ook s 8X10 Cl ub. Th e se
Josh Cl ark - Guitar/Vocal s
lik e , but I am sure guys are busy, and
Be n C.- Bass/Vocal s
th at I w il lbe abl e to busy is good. I l ook
Scott R age r - D rum s
som e h ow spot h im . I around and se e
Tre vor Garrod - Ke yb oard s/Vocal s
find m y w ay to th e Tre vor, th e k e yboards
ve nue w h e re th e pl aye r, surve ying th e
band w il lbe pl aying. Th e group th at h ad site , so I introduce m yse l f and start a
just finish e d pe rform ing h urrie dl y unpl ugs conve rsation. H e l ook s a l ittl e tire d but
spe ak e rs, tosse s cabl e s into boxe s and you w oul d ne ve r k now th at by w atch ing
ge ntl y but sw iftl y m ove s instrum e nts from h im on th e stage . D uring our
th e stage . I se e a guy w ith bl onde h air conve rsation I com e to unde rstand h ow
w h o appe ars to h ave a grasp on w h at is m uch of a bl ur e ve ryth ing is. I ask h im
going on, and som e h ow I k now th at th is is about th e confusion as to w h e n th e y are
Todd. I don’t e ve n th ink of tal k ing to h im to pl ay, and h e h as no ide a w h at I am
at th is point, h e h as a th ousand th ings in talk ing about.
h is m ind at th is point and h e is Th e band w as original ly sch e dul e d to
pl anning th e m al lout in h is h e ad. pl ay at 2:00 pm . D uring m y
conve rsation w ith Todd, h e tol dme
Th is m orning I h ad gotte n a cal l th at it w as h is unde rstanding th at th e
from h im , l e tting m e k now tim e h ad be e n ch ange d to 3:00
th at I coul d inte rvie w th e pm . By th e tim e I got to
group. Th rough our th e fe stival , th e ir start
conve rsation I be com e tim e h ad be e n ch ange d
m ore appre ciative of th e to 4:00 pm . Crazine ss
am ount of e ffort th at lik e th is w oul d drive m e up
goe s into m anaging a th e w al l . For Todd, it is al lin
band on th e road. a day’s w ork . For Tre vor, it is
From l ook ing at a non-issue , som e th ing of
th e ir w e bsite , I h ad w h ich h e k now s noth ing
k now n th at th e about. As h e said, “Al lI k now is
pre vious e ve ning th e y th at w h e n th e y te l lm e to ge t in th e
h ad pl aye d in Fal ls van, I ge t in th e van.”
Ch urch , Virginia. Th e
L. S m yt
h
nigh t be fore th e y w e re in Fol low ing th e com pl e tion of th e

Ph il ade l ph ia, Ch arl otte svil
le e q uipm e nt pl ace m e nt on th e
y G e orge
th e nigh t be fore th at, and on stage , I go to Todd and

urte s
and on. Late r th is introduce m yse l f.

ph oto co

H e sm il e s and note th at one can

te l
ls m e th at I can te l
lth at th e y are
inte rvie w th e from San
group afte r th e y Francisco - it is
finish pl aying, and inde e d, afte r late on an ove rcast day, and th re e of th e
e ve ryth ing com e s off th e stage , h e four band m e m be rs are w e aring sh ade s. I
m otions m e ove r. I m e e t th e band and w e start w ith a standard q ue stion, w h ich
try to de cide w h e re to h ave th e inte rvie w . conce rns th e nam e of th e band –Te a Le af
Gre e n. I’ve h e ard th e ir answ e r be fore , so
Th is is e asie r said th an done . In an it doe sn’t re ally surprise m e w h e n I am
atte m pt to k e e p th e onl ook e rs told th at it w as just a random ch oice from
e nte rtaine d be tw e e n se ts, m usic blasts a group of guys w h ose initialinte ntion
out of th e m ain spe ak e rs. Th e vol um e w as not to start a band, but it w as
th at is pum pe d out of th e se spe ak e rs is in som e th ing th at just h appe ne d. By th e
pre paration for Fogh at, w h o w il lbe tim e th e y h ad pl aye d se ve ralgigs and
loude r th an l oud, and w e al lagre e th at w ante d to ch ange th e nam e , it w as too
th e re is just no w ay w e can re m ain w h e re late .
w e are for th e inte rvie w . W e de cide to try
th ings inside th e van, so e ve ryone l oads in. I h ave found th at th e be st ch e m istry
com e s from pe opl e w h ose initialinte ntion
Th e van h as a pl ace for e ach m e m be r and fol l
ow e d th e ir l
ove for th e m usic th e y
th e ir im portant be l ongings –book s, w e re cre ating, th e n find th at th e y h ave
m agazine s, CD s, and so forth –but w ith got som e th ing spe cialand de cide to tak e
m e as an e xtra pe rson, th ings are th row n th ings to th e ne xt l e ve l
. W ith gre at
into ch aos. I am stum pe d as to h ow I am ch e m istry th e m usic doe sn't h ave a
going to h ol d th e m icroph one to ch ance to sound m e ch anical , but fl ow s
accom m odate one of th e m e m be rs sitting w ith consiste ncy.
ne xt to m e , anoth e r in front of m e , and
tw o be h ind. Th e issue be com e s m oot W e tal k about th e positive and ne gative
w h e n th e door is cl ose d and w e allre alize aspe cts of pl aying so m any conce rts, as
th at th e h e at of th e inside of th e van, th e re is a re altrade off. Th e ne gative is
coupl e d w ith th e ir 45 m inute th at th e m usic can te nd to ge t stal e,
se t, is going to be pl aying th e sam e songs nigh t afte r nigh t.
uncom fortabl e ve ry Th e positive is th at th e re pe tition al low s
q uick l y. W e de cide on th e band to be com e e xce ptional ly tigh t.
pl an B. Additional l
y, th e fans te nd to m ak e th ings
inte re sting. Th e pe opl e appre ciate d th e
Pl an B is to w al k up th e oth e r bands th e y h ad h e ard e arl ie r
stre e t and duck dow n th at afte rnoon, and sh ow e d it w ith
an al l
e y, and I th e ir appl ause . W h e n Te a
prom ise th e m a Le af Gre e n pl aye d,
q uick inte rvie w h ow e ve r, pe opl e
and m ugging. W e dance d, bl ew
w al k a bl ock and bubbl e s, and m ade
turn into an al le y. th e m usic an
Th e m usic from e xpe rie nce .
th e ve nue is stil l
bl asting, but it’s Th e group adm its th at
ph oto courte s y Ge orge L. Sm yth
tim e to ge t th is th e crow d th e y attract

th ing done . is notice abl y diffe re nt.
Th e y note th at th e
W e be gin th e East Coast is m ore
inte rvie w , and I “pum pe d up”

ph oto courte s y Ge orge L. Sm yth
th an th e W e st Coast, but th at th e re are se e s h is roots in fol k m usic and jazz, Josh

fre ak s e ve ryw h e re . A num be r of th e se basical lyl ik e s loud guitars, Scott (drum s)
fre ak s fol l
ow th e m e ve ryw h e re th e y pl ay, w e nt back to Bad Com pany, Fore igne r
and th e afore -m e ntione d pe opl e bl
ow ing and Fogh at, and M il k y (bass) m e ntions
soap bubbl e s h ad se e n th e m th e pre vious h ip-h op, w h ich surprise s m e as I h ad not
five sh ow s. Th is, appare ntl y, is not re al l
y h e ard th at in h is pl aying. Th is
unusual . e cle ctic m ix of infl ue ntialge nre s
unq ue stionabl y contribute s to th e uniq ue
W e tal k about th e de cision to al low sound of th e group and distinguish e s
anyone to re cord th e ir conce rts, w h ich is th e m from th e standard cove r band.
h ow I w as introduce d to th e m in th e first
pl ace . Th e y h ave w e l love r 100 conce rts It is tim e to e nd th e inte rvie w , so I th ank
avail abl e on h ttp://arch ive .org. I w onde r if th e m and w e w al k back . Th e y tal k about
th is w as a busine ss de cision or just ge tting som e th ing to e at, as th e y h ave a
som e th ing th at h appe ne d. Tre vor and conce rt in just a fe w h ours. I cannot h e l p
Josh (guitar) e xpl ain th at th is is now just but th ink about h ow conne cte d to
standard acce pte d practice and is a good e ve ryone and acce ssibl e th e y are . M y
busine ss de cision, as it spre ads th e m usic gue ss is th at if th e y w e re to be com e m e ga-
of th e band. Th e ir prim ary inte re st is in fam ous th e y w oul d probabl y stillre m ain
h aving pe opl e com e to th e ir sh ow s, and th e w ay th e y are , frie nds l iving out a
th e y say th at th e y h ave no ide a w h y dre am and h oping for th e be st. Th e
anyone w oul d buy th e ir CD s w h e n one cal e ndar on th e ir w e bsite onl y goe s out to
can dow nl oad th e ir m usic w ith out cost. th e e nd of th e ye ar, and it l ook s l ik e th e y
Eve n th e se guys, w h ose profe ssion it is to w il lh ave som e w e l l-de se rve d re st com ing
pe rform , are confuse d by th e re cording to th e m during th e l ast m onth . I w onde r if
industry, and re cording m usic to se l lis th e y w il lge t to tour Japan, as M il ky
de finite l y an afte rth ough t for th e m . Th e ir w oul dl ik e to do, and I w onde r if th e y w il l
inte re st is in th e pe rform ance , w h ich com e to Bal tim ore again. I h ope th at both
k e e ps th e m going nigh t afte r nigh t, and in h appe n, for th e m and for m e .
th is case , al so th e afte rnoon. Te a Le af Gre e n
h ttp://te ale afgre e n.com
W e talk about infl
ue nce s, and e ach Ge orge L. Sm yth - Ecl e ctic M ix podcast
individualuniq ue ly h as h is ow n. Tre vor h ttp://e cle cticm ix.com

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and H ow To U s e It To Get More
S ubs cribers To Your Pod cas t
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M OST POD CASTERS USE th e popul ar blog w e b site s such as W ordPre ss and Bl ogge r to
h ouse th e ir podcast site s. Th e se blog site s offe r a w ide array of fre e tool
s, but ch ance s are
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It's e asy it is to use your R SS fe e d Now suppose you give th ose 20

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subscribe r base , and if you W h e ne ve r you update your
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conside r th e e ffe ct of m ore R SS fe e d w illautom atical ly
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M ore e xposure can bring 20 w e b site s w ith out your
m ore sponsors, and th at e ve r ne e ding to contact
can m e an m ore th e ir ow ne rs. Im agine h ow
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e fforts as a podcaste r. im age courte s y Bruce Ch am off you.
W h y is your R SS fe e d th e m ost Now you are probabl y th ink ing,

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YOUR POD CAST:
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D O YOU H AVE A H ID D EN TALENT? M OST D OG-EARED BOOK ?

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Managing Editor: Linda M il

Review s Editor: Sim on Toon Feature W riter: Joh n Buck l

Music Editor: Grant M ason Feature W riter: Lance Ande rson

Co-Founder: Jim m y H aste l

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"I'm sure th is h as crosse d e ve ryone 's m ind at som e point in tim e .

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ph oto cou rte s y Lance Ande rs on

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Th e spok e n w ord cam e into Joe 's e ars

pe riod be tw e e n about 10 to 17, you are

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so m uch l igh t th at val ue s are sl

w h at e xactl y it w as th at m ove d h im , but Joe 's TVw riting h as be e n se e n by

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originalim age courte s y Joh n Buck l

Th e Fre nch te rm com une te w as de rive d At first it w as re lative l y sm al l

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Th e cre ative , tol e rant, com m unity- inte re st in m uch of w h at I am saying th e

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ph oto courte s y Sow e rby & Luff

Ge orgina & I w e re re ce ntl

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w h at l ook e d lik e a cupboard in th e A m inute l ate r, w e ’re back in th e

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FOLLOW TH IS TRAIN of th ough t: O ur purpose th is m onth is to start to h e l

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I th ink it’s safe to assum e w e al

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th e output of th e m ixe r. Th e (ste re o)

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