March 28, 2006 Podcast

I've gathered both fragmented halves of my show and using some technological alchemy, have reconstituted them as a whole. Behold, the entire show's podcast.

Podcasts

Entire show

If the mp3 doesn't work, please download them by clicking on the links under Other Sections.

Just as a reminder, the feed for this site is http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheSweetHereafter

Thanks for listening,

Tuan

Sweet Hereafter March 28, 2006: Jingle all the way

Hey everyone,

While watching an NCAA March Madness (or March Sadness in my case), my attention was grabbed by a short 15 seconds American Eagle Outfitters ad. No, it wasn't the cute blonde in the ad nor that it was American Eagle Outfitters, it was the song that they were using. A female voice singing a poppy tune that I thought I recognized and I thought I was indifferent to, but in this commercial setting, sounded appealing to me. I racked my brain the rest of the evening and the tune stayed in my head Monday morning on the drive to work till I was able to get access to Google and figure out what song it was. It was a tune called Nth Degree by a band named Morningwood (yes, I am aware of the connotations of that name) and I remember seeing the video on The Wedge, Much Music's weekly one-hour slot dedicated to non-top 40 stuff. I also remembered that I was indeed indifferent to it the first time I saw it, but now the song is stuck in my head simply because of that commercial.

So today on the show, I will play songs that have put in the mainstream consciousness because they appeared in a short ad. You'll hear songs like "Don't wait too long" by Madeleine Peyroux, "Jerk it out" by the Caesars, "This is the day" by The The and of course, "Hands in my pocket" by Jim Guthrie (sorry Linds). If you have any suggestions in terms of other songs that you discovered through commercial spots, please send them my way before 2:30 and I'll try to get them on the show.

By the way, the podcasting venture seems to be working. I've had a few people tell me that they were able to get the podcasts using either Juice or iTunes. Thanks for your feedback. I may be able to get both halves the show together so you will only have to download one .mp3 file.

See you in a bit (3-5PM or at your own convenience),

Tuan

March 21 2006: Podcasts Deux

My Podcast retriever program Juice (from iPodder.org) only retrieved the first half of the show so I'm making the assumption that I need to put both halves in two different posts so here goes. I apologize for the slightly chaotic state of the website. I'm still trying to figure out the rules of Podcasting

Second half of podcast

Second half

March 21 2006: Podcasts

I've been able to make the show available for downloading and you should see the links on the side, in the Other sections section. Note that the show is divided into two one-hour downloads, each approximately 58 Mb in size.

What would make it even sweeter is if I was able to include the podcasts into the feeds so that podcasts receivers could pick them up. I'm still hacking away at this and will let you know once it works. Again, the feed for this site is http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheSweetHereafter

Podcasts

First half

The Sweet Hereafter March 21, 2006: Stepping carefully into the 21st century

Hey cool kids,

I closed my eyes, pinched my nose and then jumped into the seemingly frigid waters of PODCASTING. Podcasting, to the uninitiated, is simply a .mp3 audio or video web feed for anyone to download or suscribe. What distinguishes podcasts from regular downloads is that they are published in such a manner that specialized software can automatically retrieve them when a new "show" is available using RSS or Atom syndication.

I finally found some storage place (thanks Noah for the tip) and the show's website has a link to the last show (i.e. which will be the show airing today!) so you can just click on that once the show is done and I've uploaded it to the aforementioned storage space. Where I'm still iffy about is the syndication part. I tested it yesterday on a test podcast and it worked but it was a bit mysterious how it worked and I myself was very surprised to find that it works. In any case, you can find podcast retrieval software easily on the web. The one I'm using right now is Juice from iPodder.org only because it was the first link that came up on Google.

Whichever program you are using, add a new feed and type in http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheSweetHereafter Theoretically, the program should get the podcast when I've uploaded it and syndicated it, so close your eyes, pinch your nose and jump into the warm waters of Podcasting won't you. Or just click on the link on the website. I will be simply amazed if this works. Simply amazed


Okay, gotta go talk brain science to a whole lotta kids. See you at 3

Tuan

The Sweet Hereafter March 7, 2006: Thinks Jon Stewart did an okay joke and Hollywood should get their head out of their a...

Hey everyone,

So if you tuned in to ABC to watch the Oscars this Sunday, you might have had two thoughts: 1) This is really underwhelming. I'd rather pick my nose. 2) Wait a firetruckin' minute! Where's Grey's Anatomy?

My interest in the Oscars has waned over the years as the number of nominated movies that I have actually seen has decreased. And it doesn't help whatsoever that the list of nominees for Original Song seems to be rather uninspiring the last few years. Not that the Academy has always shown itself to be a harbinger of good musical taste. A lot of their winning songs have come from Disney movies or from Celine Dion's discography. But once in a while however, one could be treated to seeing an Elliott Smith or an Aimee Mann perform their songs and get some time to shine under the spotlight. And that, that was worth watching the show for.

So expect to hear some songs from soundtracks today including Elliott Smith and Aimee Mann as well as some Shins and who knows what else.

And if that's not worth tuning in, I found the full version of that Capital One commercial jingle, you know, the one with gentleman walking around with other gentlemen with a hand in their pockets. I think the song is called "Hands in My Pocket".

TICKET GIVEAWAY
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We gots tickets for:

Cuff The Duke at the Elixir this Thursday
Uncut, and Ladies and Gentleman at the Grad Club this Friday


Cheerio,

Tuan