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A Third Piggyback or: Winston-Salem Monthly

11 Wednesday Jul 2018

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So, here we are, three days in a row that I’ve had a piggyback-worthy post from The Man Who Ate the Town. But, I am proud of the fact that I was featured in an article from Michael Breedlove for Winston-Salem Monthly Magazine about being “The Man Who Ate the Town.”

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Because I can be verbose, and it’s already been said the best it could in the article, I’m going to post those here so you can read them for yourself if you’re so inclined, Dear Reader.

The article is HERE.
The TMWATT post is HERE.

Thanks to Michael Breedlove and all the folks over at Winston-Salem Monthly!

Until tomorrow, which may or may not be about food…
Scorp out!

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“How Tim Beeman turned a love of food into a food-media empire.” – Winston-Salem Monthly (Breedlove)

Another Piggyback or: The Biscuits Were Cut

10 Tuesday Jul 2018

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As promised, I did a full-on blog post about my experience watching the Biscuitville Bake-Off Championship today over on The Man Who Ate the Town. It was a cool thing to get to see and I’d really appreciate if you’d read the post. I’ll love you for one day plus forever. You can read it HERE.

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Until tomorrow, cutting the biscuits…
Scorp out!

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“Our hand-kneaded biscuits are prepared in front of guests every 15 minutes, each and every day.” – Biscuitville

Piggybackin’ or: Do(ug)h!

09 Monday Jul 2018

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I recorded The Man Who Ate the Town podcast a day early. Kelly was out again because she suffered a freak accident at Heavy Rebel Weekender this past weekend. Anywhat! I talk about First Street Draught House, Acadia Foods and my experience at the Biscuitville Headquarters two weeks ago. You can listen to the episode HERE.

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Look for the blog post about Biscuitville on the TMWATT blog as well. It should be there in the next few days.

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“Biscuitville has been locally-owned and operated since 1966 and serves FRESH SOUTHERN® food the old-fashioned way.” – Biscuitville

 

Piggybackin’ from The Lab or: How Many Coffee Shops Does It Take?

03 Tuesday Jul 2018

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Today on The Man Who Ate the Town Podcast, I flew solo as Kelly had to work and my scheduled guest had to reschedule. It’s okay. I talked about the 146 coffee shops in the downtown-ish area, things that are moving and July 4th, along with other things. It was the shortest episode I’ve recorded in several months. However, I want Kelly to come back soon so we can do the regular-length/regular-style podcast. You can listen to the episode HERE.

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“I go to coffee shops for my outlet. Which is just not healthy at all.” – Jane Lynch

Settling In or: The Shows that Weren’t

02 Monday Jul 2018

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Today, after having all the stuff set up and ready to go, doing The Less Desirables so that it was first, and Fan Interference was canceled today. The guest for tomorrow’s The Man Who Ate the Town had to cancel and Kelly isn’t going to be there because of her job. We will have Apartment 5B as far as I know. But, I was kind of bummed. No one has seen the studio outside TLD, 3B, Our Jim and The BCPF. At least A5B will be there. I may still do TMWATT tomorrow, though.

That’s all I got today… Until tomorrow, Scorp out!

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“We’re all influenced by everything unless we’re locked in an empty room.” – Nicolas Roeg

A New Sponsor or: X1 Marks the Spot

29 Friday Jun 2018

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So, the entire The Less Desirables Network got a new sponsor this week! I am so very proud to announce our partnership with X1 Communications, the standard of internet providers in the downtown WSNC area!X1 Logo

Nathan Geipel, the owner-operator of X1 Communications is a member of TBD Referral Group that I’m part of (that stands for The Best Damn Referral Group) and I know that most of the businesses in the downtown area rely on them for their internet needs. So, when I was going into The Lab at Industry Hill, I called on him to see if they serviced that location. Wait, what? Don’t all internet providers in the area service all the area?

Nope.

X1 Communications are different than traditional internet providers in town. First of all, X1 uses “Fixed Wireless” technology. According to their website: Fixed Wireless is the process of enabling communications between two locations, using a radio as a wireless link. Say what!? Yes, they do not use wired technology. They’re not renting lines from bigger communications companies. They have radios on a few of the taller buildings downtown. In order for them to service your business, they have to have a line-of-sight connection with your business from those points. At that point, the data is transferred between radios using passwords and high-level encryption to ensure fast and secure data transfer. This stuff is high speed!

Does the line-of-sight provision limit their reach? Well, kind of, but what it does is allows Nate and Josh to take care of and provide high-level service to the folks they do serve. I think that’s important.

They own their entire network. Unlike their competitors who rent wires from the phone company, they are not beholden to those primitive measures and can guarantee 99.99% uptime. Which, is imperative to business owners, especially those like me who are internet-based. I didn’t have to buy any special equipment, either. They put the radio on the roof of the building and the building was already wired internally. I plugged my router into the port and BAM! I’m surfing and uploading.

I don’t have to worry about weather problems, either. Their network is on the 5Ghz bandwidth so it is “weather resistant.” I’m not really sure what that means and it doesn’t matter if I know or not, it’s taken care of.

I know what you’re asking. “Is it safe?” Oh yes. X1 uses AES 256 Encryption – the same
level of security as the Dept. of Defense. So, my info, data, properties and all that are quite secure. And, man… it’s fast. The only thing worse than slow internet is no internet. X1 guarantees consistently high speeds, so you focus on your work, not your broadband service. That helps.

Are you like me and tired of dealing with Spectrum and AT&T? Well now, you don’t have to. No more hassle in dealing with the major telecommunications companies. You’re in the capable hands of a local provider, with a history of excellence.

Have I done an ample job of pushing X1 Communications? I hope so, because not only are they my sponsors, I think they have a great product and we know that I love promoting local businesses, especially the ones that I can get behind. But, if you’re looking for more testimonials, I’m sure you can ask Alma Mexicana, Krankie’s, Inmar, BB&T Ballpark, The Ramkat, WBFJ, Camino Bakery and fellow TLD sponsor, Underdog Records. I am sure all of them would give you raving reviews of X1 Communications, too. If you’re in line-of-sight of the taller buildings downtown WSNC and want high-speed broadband internet, contact X1 Communications at (336) 773-9950.

Here’s welcoming X1 Communications to the CrewTLD family! Thanks, Nate and Josh!

Until tomorrow, broadcasting at breakneck speeds…
Scorp out!

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“With more than 20 years of combined experience in the field of Digital Communications, X1 is proud to provide custom internet solutions to a variety of businesses and residents.” – X1 Communications

On the Move or: Stu-Stu-Studio

25 Monday Jun 2018

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Today, with the help of my son, 3B and my nephew, whom his mother calls “Wee One,” both of them 16 and strong-backed, I moved everything that was ours out of Test Pattern Studios. It looked weird with all the stuff out of there. But, we moved it all into the new location and we’ll be able to tell you more about that studio in the coming weeks.

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Scorp holding the key to the new SNS Media recording facility.

But, I wanted to do some numbers on the other shows. A recap, we moved into Test Pattern Studios on July 20, 2016, and stopped production on June 20, 2018. That’s 100 weeks/700 days. 100 episodes of The Less Desirables were recorded there, as I stated a few days ago. Now, let’s talk about the others.

If my calculations are correct, we recorded 66 episodes of The Beer Dads in Test Pattern Studios.

We recorded approximately 85 episodes of Fan Interference. That could be a low estimate. It may be closer to 90 but here’s where I’ll put the proverbial “~” in there.

We recorded 36 episodes of Sipping NC: The Art of Drinking podcast there.

We recorded 73 episodes of The Man Who Ate the Town podcast there.

We recorded 10 episodes of Apartment 5B podcast there, which isn’t on the TLD Network, but you should still check it out!

We recorded five episodes of Twisted Tulip Podcast with Stacy V, which has never been released, only recorded and produced.

Such-N-Such Media (the company that produces the podcasts) also does production for outside content. We produced around eight (again, “~”) episodes for the Piedmont Triad Apartment Association’s Not a Complex Podcast in Test Pattern Studios which were recorded off-site by Jon Lowder.

Also, SNSM produces Thrive Podcast that is recorded off-site and sent to me to “massage” it and get it ready. This has just started to be released. If you have people in your life that are dealing with cancer, have them check out this podcast. Or, heck, you or your loved ones don’t even have to have cancer, perhaps you’re in treatment or are the caretaker for someone who is a cancer thriver? This is an entertaining podcast that still touches on subjects important to anyone with “the Big ‘C’.” We have produced around eight of those so far.

If my math is correct (or should I say the calculator on my laptop), then that’s 391 podcast episodes in that 700 days/1 years 11 months.

Again, I can’t thank B Cole enough for allowing us to use the space. I’m going to miss my 7th Street Window but progress happens. Now it’s on to greener pastures, at least that’s what I’m hoping for. Again, more to come on the new space. So, wish me luck for tomorrow as I go and start putting the pieces of the puzzle back together.

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“I’m easy. Put me in an interesting location with good people and I’m there.” – Jane Curtin

 

So Long Old Friend or: New Beginnings

22 Friday Jun 2018

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It created a bit of an uproar when I posted on The Less Desirables social media channels that we recorded our last show at Test Pattern Studios, and that we did it as a “roundtable” by ourselves. I guess I wasn’t clear enough and it sounded as if we had recorded our last show. That certainly isn’t the case. I fight too hard for my podcasts to end them right now.

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No, what I meant was it was the last show – of any of the podcasts – to be recorded at the location, Test Pattern Studios. We had to move out because the building is being repurposed. All was well between B Cole and me, it wasn’t anything anyone did. The former Test Pattern bar is being repurposed into a better bar. And, where the studios were is where they’ll be putting the extra large beer cooler for the long-draw system, at least that’s what I think is happening if I understood what I was told. The details aren’t for public consumption yet, so I’ll leave it at that.

But, our time in the Test Pattern Studios has been great. We had Caitlin, lost Caitlin. That part sucked but our time with her when she was there was great. We got Bethany. Bethany has been really good at taking her best shots at me and I think she’s done it better than most all the other co-hosts. Danielle has been with me the whole time.

From the first podcast recorded in the location, July 20, 2016, until the last one recorded in the location, June 20, 2016, there were exactly 700 days and exactly 100 weeks. That means 100 episodes, too. That’s a lot of time: one year 11 months exactly. Our first show there was with B Cole, Danielle, Caitlin and myself. The last was just Danielle, Bethany and me.

We’ve had politicians, opera singers, app developers, musicians, chefs, breweries, cideries, promotional folks, ballet dancers, acupuncturists and many more guests. We’ve had great conversations and great beer. And, heck! That’s only for The Less Desirables.

Let’s not forget the many episodes of The Man Who Ate the Town, Sipping NC: The Art of Drinking, The Beer Dads, Fan Interference, and Apartment 5B podcast episodes there have been. I’ll make a post about those numbers, maybe, later. Anywhat! I want to thank B Cole for all he and his staff did for us over the past two years. I can’t tell him how much we appreciate it.

I have the keys for the new digs in my hands and I’m going to hold off on telling you about the new space until we are ready to do a show or two. But, I’m sure there will be some invitations to the spot when the time comes. So, keep listening to what we have going on and we’ll be back with you in the next little bit. The Less Desirables will be back on track. The other podcasts will be on a week’s hiatus. So stay tuned!

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“Coming to you for the last time from Test Pattern Studios…” – Me

Piggybackin’ the Penny Path or: It’s Mystic

19 Tuesday Jun 2018

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So, this week on The Man Who Ate the Town Podcast, Kelly and I talked about Penny Path Café and Crêpes Shop opening, as well as revisiting some listener email as we were able to update some things. I don’t know much about the Penny Path Café but the pictures of the space look really great! There is actually a penny path in there. I’d love to see what Miro and his folks have done to the old Pane e Vino location. I hope they do well.

We are also offering up a new poll that you can answer on TMWATT page, as well.

Last week’s poll had Waffle House being the winner. I think there was confusion as to what we were looking for, but WH is what we picked as the winner.

You can listen to this week’s episode and take this week’s poll HERE.

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“Wonderful addition to Reynolda Village. Great to have a place for breakfast. I had the kitchen sink crepe and a cappuccino and both were delicious.” – Donna C. about Penny Path Café and Crêpes Shop.

A Second Piggyback or: Old School Style

14 Thursday Jun 2018

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So, I am piggybacking tonight because I wrote an article for the food blog, The Man Who Ate the Town. It’s been a long while since I wrote a “From the Home Kitchen” post, too. I got to revisit, kind of, an old-school pizza, one that I haven’t had since the mid-90s: a Spinach Foggia pizza from Prince’s on the Park. Prince’s closed in the mid-90s and I have missed it. I don’t know why it took me so long to try to make my own.

Anyway, I got to make it with 3B. The post is right HERE.

Enjoy!

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“As soon as I could see over the counter, they threw an apron over me.” – Mike Prince to Greensboro News & Record about growing up in a pizza parlor in 1995.