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Let’s Get It On or: The 2019 Podcast Era

07 Monday Jan 2019

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Today started the 2019 podcast season for Such-N-Such Media (which is the company that I along with a few others familiar to the TLD family own). That includes recording our own network podcast and producing podcasts for others. Today was a heck of a start, too. We recorded the first episodes, each, of Rule One Podcast, The Man Who Ate the Town and The Beer Dads.SNSMedia

Tomorrow, I will record Apartment 5B, but also have meetings about one other podcast as well as doing a recording for something totally unrelated. Then on Wednesday, of course, it will be The Less Desirables, but also, Fan Interference starts its very own Wednesday run. Come Thursday, I have another meeting about yet another podcast and I will produce the Thrive Podcast with Dara and Garth on Friday after my The Best Damn Referral Group meeting.

I look so forward to all this work. It’s paying off, too. I’m making a little bit of money doing what I love doing and it’s about danged time. I hope you enjoy listening to today’s podcasts. You can hear them all here: Rule One Podcast, The Man Who Ate the Town and The Beer Dads.

Until tomorrow, happy podcast listening…
Scorp out!

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“Podcasting is great. Total freedom.” -Bill Burr

For the First Time or: To 2019 and Beyond

26 Wednesday Dec 2018

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Today I did something that I’ve never done before. I had my son, 3B on The Less Desirables. For almost nine years I’ve been doing this show and he’s never been on it. He has been on The Beer Dads for a couple of shows, but never TLD. It was a “year-end/post-Christmas” show and relatively short, but it was still cool. We talked about Christmas, his culinary aspirations, cooking, food, his musical tastes and more. It was just cool having him there for it and talking.  You can hear that episode HERE.20181226_150340.jpg

I also wanted to take a minute to thank all the TLD Network sponsors for a great 2018. Special, very special thanks to Underdog Records, Bull’s Tavern, Finnigan’s Wake, King’s Crab Shack & Oyster Bar, Willow’s Bistro, X1 Communications, Machine Gun Graphics, SOS Investor LLC, Washington Perk & Provision Company, Industry Hill, Dilisio’s Italian Restaurant, The Humblebee Shoppe, Hoot’s Roller Bar & Beer Company, Satornino Group, Old Winston Social Club, and hopefully a few more coming soon. 2018 was awesome. 2019 is going to be even more kick-arse!

Thank you all for listening, too. And, for reading this blog.

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“I built a program that crawled job boards to determine which skills employers value, which helped Johnson & Wales explore ways to improve its curriculum.” – Hilary Mason

Enough Fun or: Nite

18 Tuesday Dec 2018

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I dealt with some negativity today and, luckily, it had nothing to do with me. I had some more podcast editing to do, a networking event and I was supposed to go rehearse for a small gig I’ll be performing with The Plaids on New Year’s Eve. hqdefault

Well, the negativity was draining for the whole city, I think. I’m not giving it any more publicity other than to say, it was crazy and it should be done.

I did all but seven minutes of the podcast edit and I’ll do that in the morning.

I love hanging out with my TBD friends and whilst this wasn’t an actual TBD event, there was a good bit of us there at a pub that I had never been to before. To my surprise, the owners had heard of me because my friends talk about me (in a good way). I got to taste Bombshell beers with the owners of the bar with the distributor.

I went to rehearsal for The Plaids and it was 10 minutes after the time and no one showed up. Turns out they canceled practice but they forgot to tell me. I’m not a member of the band, so they probably didn’t think about it. Oh well. I can’t tell you what I’ll be doing with them because I want you to come out to see the show, New Year’s Eve at The Ramkat.

And, that Dear Reader, is all I got for today. I’ve had enough fun for today.

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“Networking has been cited as the number one unwritten rule of success in business. Who you know really impacts what you know.” – Sallie Krawcheck

Too Busy to Notice or: Just How I Want It

13 Thursday Dec 2018

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Since I was out of “the office” on Monday and Tuesday, I had to make up some serious ground yesterday and today. I was in the studio from 10:30a until 9p yesterday and from 10:45a until 6:30p today. None of it was doing anything other than busting my arse editing four podcasts, prepping for The Less Desirables/Apartment 5B combo podcast (including the Underdog Records and Bull’s Tavern commercials and Apartment 5B’s “Today in Music” spot) and Phoenix Rising’s “Rule 1 Podcast.” SNSMedia

I stared at my computer screen — and the many, many, many waveforms and edits in ProTools that went with the podcast edits — so long that my eyes still haven’t uncrossed. But, I really love my job and I wouldn’t want it any other way. Actually, I want even more. If I had a full week to do edits, I could edit/produce about four external podcasts, eight in-house podcasts and still be able to have meetings and networking. That would be a full week and I would love to do that. So, I’m working on doing that. I have most of that filled, I just need to fill the last few pieces.

But, whilst I was so busy over the last two days, I hadn’t had time to realize that no one, not one person said anything about my KISS rankings. I figured I would catch some heck for Dressed to Kill‘s low ball number, my least-liking of Ace’s solo album and Music from ‘The Elder’ being my top album. Only one person “liked” either post on Facebook and nothing else. I don’t get it. I guess I’m having no readers on the posts? *knockknockknock* is this thing on!? I don’t know.

Anywhat, if you have any comments on both of those posts, I’d hear them. Otherwise, I’ll just keep on posting and keep on editing. Oh well. Have a good night.

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“I think blogging, by and large, is basically therapy. And I’m sure, and I know, that there are some terrific bloggers and some legitimate bloggers. But I think, by and large, a huge percentage of people who are blogging are doing it for self-therapy.” – Mike Barnicle

Piggybacking a Day Late or: Better Nate than Lever

04 Tuesday Dec 2018

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Yesterday, as I said on my post from last night, we had some internet problems but Nate from X1 Communications was able to get us up and running later in the day. Today, I was able to post The Man Who Ate the Town and the first Fan Interference in almost two months. Faninterference

For TMWATT, Ray and I talked about Quanto Basta and Campus Gas. For Fan Interference we spent a long time talking with Intern Haley McFadden about the Kareem Hunt situation, and of course, TC had to go off on his Redskins. I’m sure he’s not happy today after last night, either.

Anywhat! I, Ray and TC would greatly appreciate if you’d listen to our episodes. You can listen to TMWATT HERE and Fan Interference HERE.

Happy listening and thank you for it!

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“Classic Bites & Brews located right outside Wake Forest University” – Campus Gas

Down But Not Out or: Without the Net

03 Monday Dec 2018

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When I went into the studio today, the internet was down. Nate at X1 Communications figured that the main router was just unplugged as it wasn’t showing up internally. It was showing that the signal was getting to the building. I asked if it was located in the telecommunications room where most of the stuff like that was and they said yes. What they thought it was was an old server room on the other side of the building. But, I had to get the key to open the door to the communications room, then the other room had a keycode lock and we had to figure that code out (by calling the building owner).

It turns out that someone over the weekend tore all the stuff out of that old server room because it was (mostly) just that, old. The router wasn’t old, but they didn’t know that. Plus, the whole cable system was removed (or eliminated). I don’t think anyone was at fault, but it happened. Well, what I do is an internet-based business and without it, it was hard to do work.

We did Fan Interference without the intro (although I haven’t loaded that, yet) or any sound effects because I couldn’t get to the internet. We recorded The Man Who Ate the Town, but as I was without the internet, I couldn’t upload it to the server, so it will be a day late, tomorrow. We recorded The Beer Dads tonight and finally was able to put stuff on the ‘net. It worked. But, I’m thrown behind. Again, this is no one’s fault. Just a lot of inconvenience and miscommunication. So, The Beer Dads got up and the others will tomorrow.

But the point I wanted to make was that I knew but didn’t know how reliant I have become to the internet. Without it today, it crippled my business and it crippled my ability to communicate with our listeners. That was rough. But, for now, it’s back up as we had to be a little creative (running a cable the length of the building to my wi-fi router). It was just rough, as I said. Thanks to Nate and Josh at X1 Communications for going above and beyond.

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“Technology is neutral; it depends on how it’s used.” – Rick Smolan

Knock Knock or: Irrational Conversations

27 Tuesday Nov 2018

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Piggybackin’ again tonight! We recorded Apartment 5B: Irrational Conversations with the Cool Breezes of Anytown, USA tonight. We threw a few throat punches, complained, talked about idiots who gave money to the homeless/GoFundMe scam and talked holidays and some “this day in history” stuff.

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We had a good show and you really should listen to the episode. You can do that HERE. Thanks for listening!

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“It started as a heartwarming tale. But in a “too good to be true” twist, prosecutors say, Mark D’Amico, Kate McClure and Johnny Bobbitt Jr. now face charges.” – NBC News

Double Piggyback or: The Beer Dads Who Ate the Town

26 Monday Nov 2018

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We recorded both The Man Who Ate the Town and The Beer Dads today.

Ray and I talk about burgers, Hop’s Burger Barn, Carmine’s 901 (or what used to be), journalistic integrity and source dependency, and other foodstuffs. We did touch on the Thanksgiving gathering that we were both a part of, too.

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The Beer Dads touched on the “other side of Christmas, the parts that we don’t actually like. We are all Scrooges in some way or fashion. Plus, we give Beer Dad Paul a hard time about his dislike of Journey.

I want to say, too that today was my first day away from The BCPF since last Thursday and I missed the heck out of her today. But, that’s how it should be, right? I think she may have missed me a little, too.

To hear The Man Who Ate the Town click HERE. Or, to hear The Beer Dads click HERE. Remember you can subscribe on Stitcher or iTunes and now, even on Spotify. Really, anywhere you get your podcasts. Finally, you can always visit The Less Desirables Network website. No matter how you listen, I appreciate that you do.

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“Just a small town girl, living in a lonely world. She took the midnight train going anywhere. Just a city boy, born and raised in South Detroit. He took the midnight train going anywhere.” – “Don’t Stop Believin'” (Schon/Perry/Cain)

Piggybackin’ Family or: Time for Fun

19 Monday Nov 2018

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Today on The Man Who Ate the Town, Ray brought his wife, Whitney and I had The BCPF and we talked about Thanksgiving and a few food news items. We had a great time. We met with Ray and Whitney at 1703 for a wine tasting and then we all went to Willows for a bit of dinner and bevies. It was a fun time and a great show. You can listen to that episode HERE.

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Tomorrow is a big day for me, but you’ll have to wait for it. Until then…
Scorp out!

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“Cherish your human connections – your relationships with friends and family.” – Barbara Bush

Behind or: A Piggyback

15 Thursday Nov 2018

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I forgot to say — because I was writing other things on Monday — that we did The Man Who Ate the Town and The Beer Dads this week (and The Less Desirables). But, on The Beer Dads this episode, we talked about teaching the kid about budgeting. Cl1JVyyWYAAbovF

I found it funny that 3B came home today during his “travel period” between Career Center and high school and needed gas. After a long discussion about his First Quarter grades not being “too hot” as he called it, he had to get back to school. I took money by school for him a little bit later.

First of all, yes, he has a large SUV that sucks the gas like fish suck water. And, he has started living here at his grandmother’s house (Ma Mère’s) during the week because his mother for whatever reason decided to buy a house in a small town 45 minutes away. So, it is a little better now as he only has to fill up weekly, not $50 worth every three days. But, he hasn’t even gotten his “after 9s” yet. Wait until he starts going places and doing things. Yeah, I’m waiting. I won’t be able to help all that much.

Some think its better that he concentrate on school and not get a job while others think he should get a job. I see both sides and have overall mixed feelings about it. He’s finally found something that really interests him and I want him to concentrate on that. However, he’s not doing “jack” in the rest of his classes that don’t contain the words “weight” and “lifting.” Money is tight and he’s going to want to do things. So, I don’t know what to do about it.

Anywhat, I digress.

Follow the link if you want to hear the episode for:

The Man Who Ate the Town
The Beer Dads
The Less Desirables

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“Dad, I need gas…” – 3B