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Piggybackin’ the Upside-Down “P” or: WTH?!

12 Tuesday Jun 2018

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Today on The Man Who Ate the Town podcast, Kelly and I talked about several things like IHOP becoming “IHOb” (which is ridiculous, even if it is only temporary), Oreos’ new flavors, Anthony Bourdain’s passing and a few other things. I could go into some long-winded complaint about the IHOb thing but I won’t. You should listen to hear what we said about it. You can do that HERE.

We also put a poll up on that post. We would be very appreciative if you participated in that poll. If you have trouble voting, let me know. It’s important for us to have the interaction with our listeners/readers/viewers.

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“Food is everything we are. It’s an extension of nationalist feeling, ethnic feeling, your personal history, your province, your region, your tribe, your grandma. It’s inseparable from those from the get-go.” – Anthony Bourdain

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

Snow Day or: We Do This the Easy Way

17 Wednesday Jan 2018

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You know, in the almost eight years of doing The Less Desirables, there has only been one Wednesday that we missed a show. I was in Costa Rica at the time and there were difficulties with the equipment and/or ProTools and Eugene had no clue what was going on. That wasn’t his fault. Even Doug Davis, the most Mac savvy person I know couldn’t figure out what was going on. I will admit that I have it set up kind of weird to work for me and my workflow.20180117_145245

Even when our first Mac was stolen we were still able to put the show together.

Today was a snow day and I never left the house. But, what to do when you can’t get to your studio?

You improvise.

And, that’s what I did. Luckily, I have a USB mic and Adobe Audition here at home. I’m going to make sure that when I get back to the studio, I send home a copy of the outro and a few of the intros to use in case this happens again. It’s a bit dry as there are no sound effects, no music, no “As Ardmore Turns,” no anything. But… I did it. There was a show today. I didn’t miss any.

That’s two weeks in a row we’ve done truncated shows. I hate that. I want a full show and we will get back to that. We had a full show planned. We had a guest, we were going to have beer, we were going to be full-staffed. So, we are rescheduling the guest will get back to business next week.

I want to thank Test Pattern Studios, King’s Crab Shack, Finnigan’s Wake, Bull’s Tavern, Underdog Records, Washington Perk & Provision Company and City Beverage for all they do for me and The Less Desirables.

Stay safe out there, Dear Reader.

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water.” – Carl Reiner

Seven Year Itch or: Happy Anniversary, Baby

03 Friday Feb 2017

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February 3, 2010.

I drove to the fork of Silas Creek Parkway and Wake Forest Road. I was there to pick up my pal, my buddy, my future business partner, Brian Attridge, from his (now-) former place of employment and drove him to my house. His car was in the shop and I told him I’d pick him up and then take him home (he lives in Greensboro). But, first, he and I had something to take care of. Something we had been planning for a few months.

We arrived at my house and walked into the downstairs bedroom, it wasn’t a “bedroom” at the time, it was my music room/studio room. I realized I was missing a mic cable, so we got back into my vehicle, drove to my family’s office to where I had some extra cables – that’s where the bands I had been in practiced. Then we went back to my house. I made the connections I needed to and turned around to look at him.

“What are we going to talk about? How are we going fill 20 minutes of talking? What are we getting ourselves into?” we took turns asking each other. “I dunno,” was pretty much the response to each question, regardless of who was asking it. Finally, I said, “you know what? I’m just gonna hit the record button and let’s see what happens. If we don’t get 20 minutes, oh well.” I hit the button. 38 minutes later, the very first episode of The Less Desirables podcast was recorded and produced (well, production took another 45 minutes at that point). Wow, that went by quickly! And, so has the last seven years.

We took a bit of time to get the word out, admittedly. People didn’t get what podcasts were back then. I still have to explain it at least once a week. I’ve been podcasting longer than anyone I know around there (just over 10 years) and certainly longer on the scale and consistency that I am now. That’s not bragging, at least it’s not meant to be. I’m just proud of where this has gone. Since then, though, we’ve grown our listenership to good numbers (at least from what we can tell), we have great guests almost every week, now. Heck, I put out one mention about a need for guests in February and now I’m booked through April, some dates even double booked. The name The Less Desirables has become synonymous with community awareness and I love that.

Brian has moved on to bigger things outside of the podcast world. I had my bestest buddy in the world, Eugene as my co-host for over four years. He moved on. I had my good pal, Bruce come on to replace Eug and Bruce, too, had to move on. I have my two wonderful and beautiful work-wives, Caitlin and Danielle who keep me in line but also take good care of me. We’ll lose Caitlin in May/June when she graduates the PhD program and moves to Maryland. I dread that. Dannie B and I will find an ample replacement and we’ll continue on.

We started in that small bedroom downstairs in my house and moved to the upstairs where there was a bit more room and we had to share that loft with my bedroom. That was odd, but it worked. We moved from there to downtown Winston-Salem, the city we talk about and support. Two different studios in the bunkers under Fourth Street and to our current home in the arts district, behind Test Pattern Bar, in what we call Test Pattern Studios. We’ve come a long way.

I expanded my reach from the one show to now doing FIVE as part of The Less Desirables Podcast Network. Fan Interference, The Beer Dads, The Man Who Ate the Town and Sipping NC: The Art of Drinking. To you and the co-hosts of each show, thank you for making the network grow.

To Bruce, Caitlin and Danielle, I thank you from the bottom of my heart for what you’ve done to help me keep this dream going. To Brian and Eugene, who still are my business partners, albeit in a very small role, thank you for helping me start and/or perpetuate this show to break out into bigger and better things. To Jon and Paul, my Beer Dad brethren, as well as major business partners, thank you for pushing me, supporting me and keeping me sane. This ride would never have reached the heights it has, and will, without all of you. You are all CrewTLD.

To Stephanie/The BCPF, thank you for your wisdom, support, dedication to me and the cause and for loving me. This journey started just before I met you but it would have never gotten where it is without you. I love you dearly for it. And to 3B for giving me something to strive for: being a pain in your arse… just kidding. I love being your dad and I hope you’re proud of where I have this show. Mes ‘Rents, I have to thank you guys, too. You always have pushed me and I have always needed it. You are all CrewTLD.

I thank all of you, our listeners, for hanging around the last seven years and into the future! All the guests that have appeared on the show in these past seven, you’ve made the show what it is. It went from a pop culture podcast to something a little more. Musicians, store owners, brewers, bloggers, vintners, comedians, film makers, writers, business folks, even politicians, and though I try to avoid politics and religion on the show as much as humanly possible. There’s more a variety of guests than that, but that’s the short list. You are all CrewTLD.

City Beverage, a/perture cinema, Finnigan’s Wake, King’s Crab Shack, The Garage, Washington Perk & Provision Company, Test Pattern, Bull’s Tavern, Underdog Records, Hoots Beer Company, Spring House Restaurant Kitchen & Bar. All sponsors of TLD or the other podcasts on the Network, past or present. Thank you all so much for your support for all of our shows. You are all CrewTLD.

Everyone, including past guests, sponsors, friends, family, listeners… you’re all invited to join us tomorrow night, Saturday, February 4 at Finnigan’s Wake Irish Pub & Kitchen for our Annual Post-Holiday/Post-Anniversary Celebration. It’s from 7-10pm. Come have some Irish fare, great libations and celebrate the whole CrewTLD family with gang and me. I look forward to seeing you all!

I’m not going anywhere. This has to go at least another seven years, if not 27 more.
Until tomorrow and the next many years, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“Your weekly podcast with guys with more time on their hands than you’ll ever know…” – The Voice of The Less Desirables

Piggybacking TMWATT or: Hello, Goodbye

13 Friday Jan 2017

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I’m piggying today, Dear Reader. Some big news in WSNC foodie scene and I’m spilling it on The Man Who Ate the Town. Read the post HERE.

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Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“Our tables have been filled with friends and supporters who share in our endeavor: to showcase the amazing food that’s produced or grown in the Triad, to drink well in good company, and to celebrate life.” – Beau Tate

Living Art America or: The Less Desirables, September 14, 2016

20 Tuesday Sep 2016

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Karon McKinney (aka Karon Click), Cheryl Ann Lipstreu, Madelyn Greco and Scott Fray are in the studio this week to talk about the upcoming activities with Living Art America including the North American Bodypainting Championships. Cheryl Ann, Madelyn and Scott left after the interview portion but Karon stuck around the whole show and we talked about pop culture stuff.

a/perture cinema presents week in movies including new to Netflix and a review of “That Touch of Mink.” I reviewed that film on this blog this past Saturday, too.

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Scott, Madelyn, Karon, Cheryl Ann

Caitlin gives the latest happenings of the Winston-Salem Jaycees in Caitlin’s Bowl o’Stuff.

Bull’s Tavern presents “As Ardmore Turns” where the Ardmorians are still going crazy about clowns.

New Music brought to you by The Garage as well as a song from Master Master Wait and the next to last feature of the TLD/MM3AMMC Tap Takeover.

TC of our sister podcast, Fan Interference, presents latest sports headlines and rumors.

City Beverage presents He Ain’t Heffe by Straight to Ale Brewing.

We’d also like to thank Finnigan’s Wake, Washington Perk and King’s Crab Shack for also believing in what we do at The Less Desirables.

You can hear the latest episode of the show FREE on the website, iTunes, Stitcher, Podfeed, Podcast Addict or TuneIn. Really you can find it anywhere you get your podcasts. Or, you can just listen here, because I’m cool like that.

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“Throughout history, the human form was the focal point of master artists…” – Living Art America

Wayne Pinnix or: The Less Desirables, August 31, 2016

06 Tuesday Sep 2016

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The Less Desirables welcomed Wayne Pinnix to the Test Pattern Studios, last week. Wayne is from Biker Trash Nation was on to promote Camel City Bike Fest that is happening on September 10. 2016-08-31-22-28-57

Caitlin’s Bowl o’Stuffs featured the latest in Winston-Salem Jaycees happenings.

TC of our sister show, Fan Interference gives the latest sports update, rumors and headlines. Follow Fan Interference on Twitter (HERE) for round-the-clock sports goings on.

a/perture cinema presents the week in movies including new to Netflix and a review of “Blazing Saddles.” It was the week of Gene Wilder’s death, so I had to throw that one in. I wrote a review this past Saturday. Look three posts back.

Bull’s Tavern presents the latest episode of “As Ardmore Turns.”Let me say that the Ardmorians were losing their shite! Well, perhaps they were finding it, the dog kind anyway.

The Garage presents the week in music including new releases and two MM3AMMC songs. Because of wild and weird plumbing issues, The Garage was closed this weekend, so there was room to play two of the MM3AMMC tunes.

City Beverage presents Locksley Ordinary Bitters from Mystery Brewing. It was tasted and rated by CrewTLD!

We’d like to thank our additional sponsors, Finnigan’s Wake, King’s Crab Shack and Washington Perk.

You can listen to The Less Desirables on the website, on iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, Podcast Addict, Podfeed or any other app or place you get your podcasts. Or, you can listen right here because I included it for you. I’m cool like that, yeah?

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!!

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“I don’t suppose you’d remember those memories? They haunt me tonight. We sat on a bench outside Roux House, bathed in the gold marquee’s light. You told me you’d never been partial to my kind of trifling schemes, but, I dreamed that some day you would love me and tonight I’m still dreaming that dream.” – ‘Debris” (Doug Davis)

Niki’s Pickles or: The Less Desirables, August 10, 2016

16 Tuesday Aug 2016

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On The Less Desirables, we had a real treat. Not only did we get to imbibe beer, talk pop culture and have Danielle Bull (of Bull’s Tavern) co-host with us and awesome guests, those awesome guests brought pickles! Niki Farrington and Jay Roberts from Niki’s Pickles brought pickles, radishes and cauliflower as well as two different hot sauces all under the Niki’s Pickles brand. We had it the whole night and I got to bring some stuff home. I am a fan of Niki and her wares.

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The Garage presents the week in music including what came out last Friday on CD, digital and some cases vinyl. We also played a tune from Gringo Star who was playing at The Garage that weekend. There was one tune from the TLD/MM3AMMC as well.

TC of Fan Interference, The Less Desirables sister podcast, gave a sports update with rumors and major headlines. FI starts back on Monday.

Caitlin gives the latest events and happenings with the Winston-Salem Jaycees.

a/perture cinema presents the week in movies including what was new to Netflix streaming and I reviewed “Sergeant York.”

The latest episode of “As Ardmore Turns” featured a mysterious smoking diaper man and the community went nuts.

City Beverage presents Vitamin Sea Australian Sparkling Ale from Southern Pines Brewing Company.

In addition, we’d like to thank Finnigan’s Wake, King’s Crab Shack and Washington Perk for sponsoring us and what we do. In addition, we have a new sponsor signing on this week, if everything goes right. More on that later in the week, when it happens. I’m excited about it though.

You can listen on the website, iTunes, Stitcher, Podcast Addict and TuneIn, or you can listen here because, yes, I am cool like that, right?

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“Has anyone else seen the young man who wears a diaper prominently displayed?” – Penny, an Ardmorian

Roundtable or: The Less Desirables, August 3, 2016

09 Tuesday Aug 2016

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I wrote this along with three movie reviews today and forgot to send it. Our scheduled guest was unable to attend The Less Desirables taping due to a death in his band family. I totally get that so no worries. It did leave me in a bind so I went searching, even posting a request for guest hosts. I had two takers, Bob Campbell and Clay Howard; they were going to tag team the spot. Turns out, that Clay also couldn’t make it due to a family obligation. But, Bob showed and we went on with the show.2016-07-20 22.08.36

Bob talked about the Salvation Army and the Boys & Girls Club.

a/perture cinema presents the week in movies including what’s new to Netflix streaming and a review of Hotel Rwanda.

Caitlin’s Bowl o’Stuffs is where she talks about things going on in the Winston-Salem Jaycees and things are going to start cranking up.

TC of our sister podcast, Fan Interference, gives the latest sports rumors and updates. We should be starting that back up in the next few weeks.

The Garage presents the week in music including the new music that came out on Friday. Also, since there wasn’t any artists to highlight from The Garage, I played two feature songs from the TLD/Monday Morning 3AM Music Club.

The latest episode of “As Ardmore Turns.” There’s a question of a drug bust but we never find out if there was an actual bust or not.

City Beverage presents Optimator Doppelbock from Spaten.

Special thanks to Test Pattern Studios for being our new home. We’d also like to think Finnigan’s Wake, Washington Perk and King’s Crab Shack.

You can listen to the show on the website (or by going to the Network tab or menu on any of the sister podcasts’ pages), iTunes, Stitcher, Podcast Addict and TuneIn. Or, you can listen right here because I’m cool like that!

Thank you for listening and until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“We’re like Renaissance people here.” – Bob Campbell

Byron and Kelley Weeks or: The Less Desirables, July 27, 2016

02 Tuesday Aug 2016

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We had special guests this week on The Less Desirables,which is recorded live in the Test Pattern Studio. We had Byron and Kelley Weeks of Earth’s Edge Tattoo and Piercing on to talk about their lives, their history, tattoos and piercings in general. Kelley and Byron then hung out with Caitlin and me to talk about pop culture stuffs.

Since there was no As Ardmore Turns the previous week, we hit them hard last week with a 16-minute whopper that was full of disdain for a local grocery chain and snootiness about the south in general. Oh and don’t forget the coconut creamer.2016-07-27 22.51.37

Caitlin gives her “Bowl o’Stuffs” about the Winston-Salem Jaycees and their upcoming events.

The music section is brought to you by The Garage. I give a rundown on what new tunes and albums came out last Friday. Kyle Caudle had a CD release on Saturday and we played a tune in honor of it. The song wasn’t from the new ep but I didn’t have access to that.

We then played the latest featured tune from the TLD/MM3AMMC Tap Takeover, who was the winner? Well, you just have to listen to find out!

TC of our sister podcast, Fan Interference, gives the latest in sports updates. Lots of NFL news since the season is upon us. Also, MLB and NBA stuff.

a/perture cinema presents the week in movies including what’s new to a/perture and Netflix movie streaming. I give a review of the film Sideways.

City Beverage presents the beer of the week, Starlight Ale from Bombshell Beer Company.

We’d like to thank our sponsors listed above as well as Finnigan’s Wake, King’s Crab Shack and Washington Perk.

You can hear the podcast on the website, iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn and Podcast Addict. Or you can listen right here, because I’m cool like that.

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“I rode a horse drunk once…” – Kelley Weeks