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 He Occasionally Takes an Alcoholiday or: The Wake (2543 + 14)

18 Monday Oct 2021

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Today, I learned some very sad news. Finnigan’s Wake will be closing its doors permanently on October 30. Finnigan’s Wake is THE reason the Arts District in Downtown Winston-Salem exploded in to ’00s. Yes, there were other now-staples such as Sweet Potatoes and 6th & Vine, but none had the impact that Fins did. But, for me, the impact was even more than reinvigorating an area of town.

Practically nothing in my life right now would be like it is if it weren’t for Fins. How, you ask?

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I was able to realize what others may say is ridiculous but something I’m very proud of. I was the second-ever person to join the 90-Day Club. Not only did I do 90 days, I did 1099 days. That got me some recognition and status.

I was “Trivia Tim.” I didn’t start the pub trivia at Fins but I took it over after the first three weeks and I did it for six years after. Again, people got to know me, spend time with me, and my network was greatly and largely expanded because of that.

The Less Desirables was conceived, hatched, and born sitting at the high-top table right next to the hallway. Without that, I probably wouldn’t have started other podcasts after it. No Fan Interference. No Camel City Dispatch/Electric Camel Pod. No Tart & Tangy Triad. No The Beer Dads. No The Man Who Ate the Town. No Sipping NC: The Art of Drinking. No Apartment 5B. No Beeswax Vinyl. No Beeswax Vinyl Daily. No Asylum – Tales from the Devereaux Diaries. No Wheelers Dog. No The Less Desirables Network. No podcast clients. Heck without Fins, there may not be a podcasting community here in WSNC to speak of, at least as it is. I know two or three podcasts in town that are thriving because they were inspired by me doing The Less Desirables (or one of the others) and they’ve told me that. No podcasting would mean no “Podfather.” All that I am and do wouldn’t be if there was no Finnigan’s Wake. In fact, the first place I ever met Brian Attridge who started The Less Desirables with me, was at Finnigan’s Wake.

The revitalization of downtown, in general, may still have happened but it wouldn’t be what it is if Philip “Opie” Kirby and John Cahoon hadn’t opened THE Irish pub in October of 2006.

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The first place I met Jon Lowder, one of the Beer Dads and a partner/friend that I have come to thank for many of my accomplishments was at Fins.

Several of my friends who are in relationships met at Finnigan’s Wake. Which brings me to the BIGGEST link that Fins has for me: I met my wife, The BCPF, Stephanie, at Finnigan’s Wake. If she hadn’t come with her friends to play trivia and get away from her toxic, dead-end marriage, and we hadn’t started having small talk conversations, I would never have had the opportunity to ask her, “Are you married, Steph?” That conversation and the fact that she had a birthday soon around that time and I did a special trivia category for her, led to us having our 11:10p nightly computer conversations, which led to us being great friends, which led to us being more than friends, which led to us being affianced, which led to us being life partners and husband and wife.

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Finnigan’s Wake is the portal to my survival, to my life, to my being, to my loves. I so appreciate that Opie has kept the pub going for so long. The pandemic was hard for everyone. It led to changes within the business. But, he says it’s not about the pandemic. He said the restaurant was kept alive by the community and patrons. He says this is about him and wanting to start something new. Move in a new direction. Pursue new ideas and thoughts. He has been all over the world. As far as I know, he’s touched every continent. If he’s missing one, I think it’s Australia. He’s bought houses. He’s raised money for charities. He’s made himself better. He’s made the community better. I am glad for my friend that he’s okay and just starting a new chapter.

When I read that this was happening, it felt as if I had lost a friend, or at the very least, been kicked in the teeth or the crotch. The memories and recollections of the last 14 years of my life (with the exception of the last one) have relied heavily on my time in the wooden doors under the green sign with the huge Claddagh, the hallowed halls of Finnigan’s Wake. Slàinte mhath, Finnigan’s Wake. Slàinte mhath.

Until tomorrow, Erin go Bragh…
Scorp out!

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“The most important things to do in the world are to get something to eat, something to drink and somebody to love you.” – Brendan Behan

Piggybackin’ or: Celebration Time

06 Tuesday Feb 2018

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I’m going to piggyback The Man Who Ate the Town as I always do, but I’m also going to talk about what I said I was going to talk about, yesterday. Kelly and I talk about Camino’s new co-owners, Super Bowl and our food for the big game, Wise Man, Willows and a brand new Asian place called Dynasty. You can hear about that HERE.TLD

Now, on to the other thing. This past Saturday, February 3rd, was the EIGHTH anniversary of the very first recording of The Less Desirables podcast. I tell this story every year and I know you get tired of reading about it but here goes anyway…

Brian and I sat in what is now my son’s bedroom and labored over what we were going to talk about for twenty minutes. This after we spent an hour running around getting all the right cables and such together from where the bands I was in practiced. We pulled it off and the next week we did it again. And the next. And so on. Our first outside guest was Brian’s brother Sean who played the part of the Least Desirable. I feel I can tell that, now.

Then, our first “official” guest was our buddy Jay Platt who was our Beer Guru for the first three years. That date was March 17, in which we went to Finnigan’s afterward to get some holiday time in and started really promoting the show. Jay was a quarterly regular and then moved monthly until circumstances led to him having to stop. I miss old Jay.

We started having guests regularly after a while and one of those was my buddy Eugene, whom other than The BCPF, I probably write the most about on this blog after myself. He became a fixture and co-host as the Official Third Wheel and TV Guru.

Brian eventually bettered himself and moved to Virginia leaving Eugene and me to tend the garden. We then added Caitlin to our fold and she became the Third Wheel. Eugene left and we brought Bruce in to replace him. Bruce was fun, but life took him back to Chi-town. Caitlin took the co-pilot chair and eventually another guest became a permanent fixture, that being Danielle.

With Caitlin, we always knew we were on a limited-time basis with her, because she was going to be moving once her degree was finished. We did get to milk her time for about a year longer than we thought and that was great

When Caitlin had to move, yet another past guest came in to take the Third Wheel seat, or as we call it now, the “Abuse Tim” chair. That would be Bethany and that’s where we are now. Danielle, Bethany and me, with a bevy of guests.

Tomorrow, we will record show #417. That’s more than and longer than any other podcast in this area and as far as I can tell, this state. Without that first one eight years ago, I wouldn’t produce Fan Interference, The Camel City Dispatch/Electric Camel Pod, Tart and Tangy Triad, The Beer Dads, Sipping NC: The Art of Drinking or The Man Who Ate the Town podcasts. With the exception of the CCD and T&TT podcasts, I still do the others as part of The Less Desirables Network.

There are more TLD podcasts and shows coming, whether as part of the TLD Network, a whole new podcast network or for individuals’ use. The future is bright, but I have to get busy, there’s a lot of podcasting to do, yet.

We would have never gotten where we are without our sponsors: City Beverage, Finnigan’s Wake, King’s Crab Shack, Washington Perk, Bull’s Tavern, Underdog Records, Test Pattern. Also, we thank a/perture cinema, The Garage, Bob’s Big Gas Subs and Pub, Cafe Rochè for their support early on and up until the last little bit. A few of those are no longer in existence but we do appreciate them being with us when they were.

This Saturday, we are celebrating our eight-year fun, along with the rest of the network, our guests, our listeners and our people. We are doing that where the whole thing was conceived: Finnigan’s Wake. That’s where I pitched the idea to Brian and we planned its course. I am now inviting all of you to Finnigan’s to celebrate with us. The party is from 7-10, February 10. I really hope to see a lot of you there!

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“Voted the best pop culture podcast within a four-block radius in downtown Winston-Salem, this is The Less Desirables.” – TLD Announcer

Silent Sunday or: The Post Party Post

20 Sunday Mar 2016

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Last night, at The Less Desirables Official Emerald Isle, Finnigan’s Wake Irish Pub & Kitchen, The Less Desirables Network had their post-post-post holiday party. Members of The Less Desirables (all three of us throughout the evening at one point or another), The Beer Dads (two of the three) and Chad & Carissa of the former Electric Camel Pod (Camel City Dispatch) were all there. TC of Fan Interference had a prior engagement or the whole network would have been represented. I hold down The Man Who Ate the Town so that was already represented. We had around 30 people in and out all night. Not quite the crowd I was expecting but, it was a great night and I’m glad we have the support and listeners from everyone who was there and those who couldn’t make it. Next year, I’ll put more effort into promotion and try to get a real crowd there. Special thanks to Superfan Damien for coming from Durham and my childhood friend, author Shonna Whitley and her buddy Misty for coming from Greensboro. I appreciate all of you and to my partners in crime, thank you all so much for what we do.

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Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp

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“I believe that if life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade… And try to find somebody whose life has given them vodka, and have a party.” – Ron White

Holiday Giving or: Yule Love This Short Post

25 Friday Dec 2015

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Today is Christmas. I’m not going to take up your time because today isn’t about me. Really, it’s never about me. I just take up a little piece or cyberspace and am so glad you come to read what I’m rambling about, Dear Reader. This is going to be even shorter than the average Silent Sunday, my gift to you. And to you, Dear Reader, to all my family, to my friends, to my The Less Desirables family, to my The Beer Dads family, to my Fan Interference family, to my Tart & Tangy Triad family, to CCD and ECP families, to my lovely wife, The BCPF… Merry Christmas and have a great day with your family or whomever it is that you’re spending the day with. Peace to you all.

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“Christmas time is here. Happiness and cheer. Fun for all that children call their favorite time of the year.” – “Christmas Time is Here” from A Charlie Brown Christmas (Gauraldi/Mendelson)

Talking Tuesday or: And Now For Something Completely Different

10 Tuesday Nov 2015

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I’m trying a different approach today. I’m always talking about podcasting and the voice overs and all that jazz, so I figured, why not add a little element of that in the blog? I 21660_10151470787465490_1711193223_ntold you, Dear Reader, that I was going to try new things with this blog. Well, here it is. Have a listen.

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“It’s tricky when you’re doing a recording, because the only weapon you have is your voice and the delivery of that voice. You don’t have a gesture or a facial expression, there are no costumes or set pieces. Everything needs to be present in the voice.” – Joyce DiDonato

One Year On or: Not-So Silent Sunday

01 Sunday Nov 2015

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It was one year ago today. On the suggestion of Kristen Daukas, I started my journey for NaBloPoMo (National Blog Posting Month) for BlogHer.com and its “everyday through November” requirement. I did that, actually scheduling the first three posts that first day. My blog posting style actually evolved a bit over that month.

Luckily, I had some “Honeymoon Chronicles” to write that took up some of the slack.I also had started the Rolling Stone Top 500 albums of all time. At the end of November, I was only up to #411 out of 500. I’m now on the south side of 200, as you’ll see tomorrow. My brother, my best friend and I all have birthdays in November and there’s Thanksgiving. I talked about the shows (The Less Desirables, Electric Camel Pod, Fan Interference, Tart & Tangy Triad and The Beer Dads) and sponsors of The Less Desirables Network. There was a start about the history of Heavens Sake, the band I played in and I maintain that we have never officially broken up (I need to get back to that). The rest of the month was scattered with my life, my thoughts and my opinions. Which is pretty Head in Handsmuch what a blog is. All that was easy. As November came to a close, I signed off the final NaBloPoMo post by stating that I thought I was going to back off the everyday posting, hoping to take it to at least 2-3 times a week. Well, I’m a man of habit, a lover of streaks, and on December 1 last year, I wrote that I couldn’t bring myself to not posting, thinking, still the 2-3 times a week but every day it was a matter of not being able to quit.

That mentality stuck with me and now, one year later, I’ve not missed a single post. There were a couple of days that I may have hit it just after midnight but the post was there. Kind of like when you miss your pills you should take them as soon as you can, even if you’re doubling up. It happens. But, I’m committed to continuing it. I do reserve the right to not post (which what does it matter, anyway?) but I have found that I really, really like writing. I like my writing style, although, as I said earlier, it changes a bit over time, always evolving. I’m going to try some other things, as I had talked about last week including posting videos, memes, etc. I’ll still do The Less Desirables Beer of the Week (brought to you by City Beverage) on Wednesdays and The Less Desirables Movie of the Week (brought to you by a/perture cinema) on Saturdays. Sundays will still be “silent” or as minimally verbose as possible. I will also continue to piggyback on my food news and views blog, The Man Who Ate the Town: a Food Blog. That’s my plan, for now. And notice, too, that the picture here is the picture I posted for the November 1, 2014 post.

As always, I appreciate you reading and commenting, either here, on Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+, Twitter or Tumblr. I don’t care how you respond, I just appreciate that you do and hope that you continue to do so. Don’t hold back, either. Send it on! Happy anniversary to us, dearest blog o’mine.

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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We do Such-N-Such or: Personalizing Your Media

15 Thursday Oct 2015

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Tonight is the VIP party for ConvergeSouth, the region’s premier technology and creativity conference for businesses, non-profits, and emerging entrepreneurs. I’ve been part of the planning committee for this year’s conference. I say I’ve been a part. I’ve been included but don’t know how much input or help I’ve been. The conference itself is tomorrow. There are still tix available if you’re interested in going. If you go to the ConvergeSouth website you can purchase from there. It’s a great deal, too.

I’m also a sponsor of the conference. I say “I” but really it’s a group effort. Such-N-Such Limited, Inc., the company that owns, operates and generally forces The Less Desirables, Electric Camel Pod, Fan Interference, Tart & Tangy Triad and The Beer Dads podcasts down your gullet, has started Such-N-Such Media, a subsidiary of Such-N-Such Limited. Inc. I started Such-N-Such Limited, Inc. back in 1997 (it was recognized as a S-Corp by the NC Secretary of State on my birthday of all days) as a business entity for the band I was in at the time. It has also been a preview front burgmusic publishing company (which is still does).

Such-N-Such Media is now the production company that produces the podcasts on the TLD Network, any new podcasts and commercial podcasts for others. It will also do consultations for others who want to start their own podcast, from conception to execution.

We also offer copywriting and copy editing services for blogs, social media posts, commercials, narration, etc. If it needs a script or authoring, we can do it!

We have a stable of possible voices that may be used for advertisements, narration, animation, etc. We can have female voices, male voices, deep and powerful voices, child voices, teenage voices, character voices and the list goes on. If you have a need for a voice over, we can do it!

Are you an author of a book, whether it’s fiction, non-fiction, instructional, self-help, autobiographical or any other style of book that you can think of? Do you want to turn that into an audiobook? We produce audiobooks. We can host you whilst you record them or we can hire a voice to record it for you. We charge per finished hour so it’s a matter of how long the book is in hour length not how long it takes us to record it.

We also do audio/video work. Whether its your video that you want edited into a usable medium or you need us to provide the videography, we can provide that service. We do full video services and have professional videographers and editors at our disposal. Also, if you have audio that you need edited (cleaning up, toning down sibilance, leveling, EQing, etc.) or even recorded, we can do that, too.

To be sure, we are a full-service media company. We price to each individual job, not set rates because they don’t always work for everyone. We like to say we are “Personalized Media Solutions.” So, come to ConvergeSouth and talk to us about what we’re doing. Or just contact us here. We want to help you with your media needs.

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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In the Air Last Night or: A Long Day is a Good Day

20 Thursday Aug 2015

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Yesterday was a very long and busy day. I was asked on Tuesday, by Matt Clark, of the More… with Matt Clark Show on 600 WSJS, to host his show while he was on assignment and I agreed. Well, that was going to be a Wednesday and if anyone knows my Wednesday, it’s already long; and busy.

The big thing is The Less Desirables. Not only do I record the show but I have to prep for it, collecting data for the info we report on, getting the song of the week (presented by The Garage, the Official Music Sponsor of The Less Desirables), writing my review of The Less Desirables Movie of the Week (presented by 11880372_10153445981140490_2501700804026736046_na/perture Cinema, the Official Movie Sponsor of The Less Desirables), get The Less Desirables Beer of the Week (presented by City Beverage, the Official Beer Sponsor of The Less Desirables) and put them all in order and get the data, songs and clips loaded into the computer and where applicable, into the “cart” system. I write the movie review in the morning and I did that around 8am (usually do it around 10:30a or so). I even did my shower before that and I’m generally lazy about that on Wednesdays.

Then I did the research for the topics I talked about on 600 WSJS, which was a little time consuming because I wanted quality material and not just fluff. I worked on that from around 8:45a to around noon; yeah a long time, really. Well, it was more than gathering, I wrote many show notes and facts so that I didn’t sound stupid or trying to sling talk from the cuff. I like to sound like I know what I’m talking about.  I then went by City Beverage and picked up the beer of the week and then go back, get the pic and write a blog post about it. Then I put the lists together for The Less Desirables. Luckily, I got a chance to grab some grub from the new Local 27101 restaurant.

I went to 600 WSJS and I feel that Eugene and I had a great show. It was, at least to me, entertaining and fun. We had about six phone calls and that’s a great thing. Eug says that calls aren’t usually abundant with guest hosts. We talked about Yvonne Craig, Batgirl from television’s Batman. Idaho removing Mile Marker 420, TigerMania, tattoos and beer (you know Eug and I have to talk about beer). In the past, I always recruited Camel City Dispatch‘s Chad Nance to accompany me and talk about community stuff, but this time I decided I wanted to go it alone. Again, I think I did a decent job. I think it helps that Eug and I have the rapport that we have with each other (after all, we’ve been together for almost 20 years). We always feed off each others’ conversational directions, even on The Less Desirables. Now the caveat there is that we never know in which direction it will go in. On the radio, we have to be clean. On The Less Desirables, not so much.  But, again, I think we did a good job. Not tooting horns just giving my opinion.

So I got out of there around 6:30p and made it to the studio in time to get a sandwich from Washington Perk & Provision Co., the presenting sponsor of Tart & Tangy Triad, and get everything cranked for The Less Desirables. Enter Doug Davis and the result: a really good TLD. We even had a return of Ty Collins from Fan Interference to do a TLD Sports Report. After the show, I had to do the post-production on the show and also had to write the RSS feed (the thing that allows your iTunes and Stitcher to download the new shows), not only for TLD but for The Beer Dads Podcast, as well. I also had to do “post” on one of The Beer Dads upcoming shows. So, in editing all the shows, uploading them to the server, writing RSS, editing the website, I was there late. I got home around 10:45p or so.

And the thing is, I’d do that every single day. When I’m that busy, I have the best of days. There was a sense of urgency in the morning to make sure I had all that I normally do, combined with the commitment I had made for this day in particular, I felt really good about my day. From 8a until 11p, that’s a 15 hour day. Sounds like a good day to me! Many thanks to Matt Clark for allowing me to fill in for him and many thanks, also, to Eugene for making me sound good. You can listen to More… with Matt Clark every week day from 3-6p. Also, sorry, not sorry about all the plugs for the sponsors and the other The Less Desirables Network shows (I got all five in there). It doesn’t happen all the time.

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“I like radio better than television because if you make a mistake on radio, they don’t know. You can make up anything on the radio.” – Phil Rizzuto

State of the Network or: The Way It Is

23 Thursday Apr 2015

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Just wanted to give a State of the Network address, if I may. By Network I mean The Less Desirables Network and its shows: The Less Desirables, Electric Camel Pod, Fan Interference, Tart & Tangy Triad and The Beer Dads…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

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The Less Desirables

The Less Desirables are still trucking strong as we’re booked into June. I’ll be filling additional spots in the next few weeks, so if you know someone of interest, a local mover and shaker, a celebrity, a kooky someone that you’d like to hear (or they’d like to hear themselves) on a cool pop culture podcast with a couple of goofballs, then by all means, let me know! There’s free beer in it for them. Ask Britney Lowery of Triad Intrepreneur or Caitlin Weaver from the Winston-Salem Jaycees. They got free beer last night! That show was fun. TLD is available on Wednesday evenings, usually by 11pm, although our guarantee has always been and continues to be 6am Thursday morning.

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Electric Camel Pod

Have you seen the new logo for Electric Camel Pod? I played around with some Photoshop stuff and I must say I was pretty proud of it. Chad Nance was, too. He approved it right away and we started using it immediately. I changed the Network logo first thing and then inserted it on the Network pages on both TLD and Tart & Tangy Triad’s websites. I wanted it to keep the theme of Camel City Dispatch’s logo but something that you’d see in some ’80s club or seedy alley.  Again, I was happy and very proud. This week we interviewed two directors from RiverRun International Film Festival, Tom Roach (of 120 Days) and Neil Creque Williams (of David’s Reverie). Great hearing of their films. Recorded on Wednesdays and “officially” released on Thursdays although Stitcher and iTunes are available early Wednesday evening.

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Fan Interference

Fan Interference is going to be doing an NFL Draft Preview this coming Monday where TC and Brian Formica predict and debate the way they see the draft playing out. What teams need or who they think will go where, that’s what you’ll hear. We’re hoping Formica will become a fixture on the show. If sports talk is your thing, then be sure to listen in. Recorded on Monday, released on Monday. See how that works!?

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Tart & Tangy Triad

Tart & Tangy Triad continues to be a source of food news and views in the area. Nikki Miller-Ka is constantly giving us local food gossip and Stephanie continues to bring trends and food history. I’m hoping we start bringing chefs in again and doing more interviews with them, especially since we have “phone in” capabilities. You can hear the newest webisodes on Tuesday evenings and 2 years of archives streaming from the website.

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The Beer Dads

The Beer Dads Podcast is growing at a great pace. It’s the only show on the Network that isn’t time stamped and doesn’t have to do with current events as much as issues that parents deal with, especially dads and their points of view, all whilst we enjoy delicious libations. We are very close to getting a presenting sponsor and we couldn’t be happier about that. Listeners (at least downloads) are up and the shows are a ball to do.  We’ll have more guests on the show and with the phone in capabilities it will allow us many more opportunities for quality guests. We have recently purchased a URL that will be used in the very near future. Those are released on Thursdays (like today) so check them out.

So that’s the lowdown on what The Less Desirables Network has been and is up to. All the current shows are available on iTunes and Stitcher and on the Network tabs on both Tart & Tangy Triad and The Less Desirables websites.

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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No Cheese in the Mac or: A Long Row to Hoe

03 Friday Apr 2015

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Well, the news isn’t too great.  Marko from Triad Mac came and looked at the system and it turns out one of the external drives that I use to record all the podcasts to has starting crapping out on me.  The Mac is losing communication with the drive, the files that are remotely large are kicking back out and the last error we saw was an I/O (input output) error and that means that the drive itself, not necessarily the data was cutting its cord.

The Mac is in fine order, the other external drive is working ok, just the Glyph, the main one.  So I’m trying to get the data that I can off of it so I don’t lose it.  Basically, it’s an archival thing but it is used for actual recording so I will have to change my approach, my work flow, my procedure.  That’s not a problem, but it will titlecard_blackslow me down a slight bit.  I’ll be spending a good bit of time moving the files that I can.  I’ll lose some and just delete some.  The ones that I will try to do first is the production files for Tart & Tangy Triad, Fan Interference, The Beer Dads, Electric Camel Pod and especially The Less Desirables.  Not that TLD is any more important than the others but there are much more of them.

Marko did a great job or walking me through some of the ins and outs of how that thing (and how to diagnose problems) works and I have to move each thing, small individual files at a time or it loses communication.  The poor thing has been ridden hard and put up, well at least damp.  Wish us luck.  But, if you have Mac problems and need quality help with those problems, I highly recommend Triad Mac.  They do house calls, you can take your Mac to them and they have remote software that they use to remotely see your Mac without being in front of it.  Knowledgeable and quick.

So until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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Never ask what sort of computer a guy drives. If he’s a Mac user, he’ll tell you. If not, why embarrass him” – Tom Clancy