Stink gets mixed up

It is the week of September 3, 2006. I’m Cheri Arnett. I am Aaron Geis. And we are the hosts of Headphone Bleed — your personal mixtape.

Her Shit Don’t Stink gets the full iTunes techno treatment.

Your personal Stink  (0:57). Continue reading

Posted in: Podcast Roundup at 3:20 pm Sat, Sep 2, 2006.

Get Jacked! plays My Fat Ass Itches

Jack Elias likes the Comfort Suites in Lebanon, Tenn., better than the Hampton Inn.

In this brief, vacation edition of his program, Jack spins the hard-rockin’ “Fat Fun” by Moose and follows it up with My Fat Ass Itches.

Phat!  (0:51). Continue reading

Posted in: Podcast Roundup at 3:17 pm Sat, Sep 2, 2006.

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.