Props for Dr. Demento

Shawno and Jen plug the Podcast Roundup, give props to my Dr. Demento play and dream of the day when they, too, can broadcast on “real” radio.

Get real  (1:09). Continue reading

Posted in: Podcast Roundup at 3:14 pm Thu, Aug 31, 2006.

Poet, philosopher, podcaster

Host Robert G Parent is a poet and philosopher of the “I’m good enough, I’m smart enough, and gosh darn it, people like me!” variety.

He provides an updated word count for his epic-poem-in-progress (4,583 as of Sunday, toward a goal of 10,000 words), plays The Ballad Of Morris The Cat, and really peaks out that microphone. But he recovers with a well-delivered closing verse called “Time Of Wisdom”.

Morris The Cat  (0:43)

Bummer!  (0:15) Continue reading

Posted in: Podcast Roundup at 2:50 pm Wed, Aug 30, 2006.

Podcast pals spin pop culture

What happened to the “Bob and Betty Sanders” radio format of the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s, when housewives, taxi drivers and office workers tuned to the soothing sounds of the husband-and-wife radio talk show team? It’s merely morphed into the pop-culture married couple podcast team. No format ever gets retired. It only changes to fit a new medium.

Bob Sanders

Just as Bob and Betty Sanders once defined a radio format as the definitive married couple broadcast team, podcasting has produced its own conventional couples. In the case of the newer medium, Bob typically handles the technical duties and runs the show. Betty giggles a lot. Together, they celebrate and dissect pop culture. Continue reading

Posted in: Podcast Roundup at 8:53 pm Mon, Aug 28, 2006.

Personal podcast roundup

Enhance your Podcast Roundup experience by listening along to audio samples of the very podcasts celebrated in this column. Visit Podcast Roundup and check out the tracks in the audio player at right.

Also, explore the Ken Turetzky podcast phenomenon in this introductory feature: Podcast pals spin pop culture and a couple of comedy songs. Continue reading

Posted in: Podcast Roundup at 8:51 pm Mon, Aug 28, 2006.

Request Morris The Cat!

My new song, The Ballad of Morris The Cat, is now roaming alleys and neighbors’ yards, eating out of trash cans and chasing squirrels, following its premiere over the weekend on The Dr. Demento Show.

In case you missed the broadcast, or if you’d like to hear it again, you can now dial up Morris in the music player at right. Even better, purchase your own high-quality mp3 of Morris The Cat or any of my other songs at my store. Continue reading

Posted in: Dementia at 8:33 pm Mon, Aug 21, 2006.