Thu, 10 April 2008
The Show Notes: Mark and the Mad Dog Intro Henrique's Movie An Half Australian Wedding Wombat Rape from Chris Merle Religious Moron Collective Noun Suggestions Amazing Life, with guest Michael Benhaw Ask George - FZ MP literary equivalent from Bradley C. Roberson
- no pay gig? from Marvin
Hotel gigSummer gigs and Balticon Schedule Show close ..................................... Mentioned in the show: Henrique, the "Clown Prince of Atheism" and the Freak Forum; coming up soon, Balticon; James Randi's The Amazing Meeting 6 ; the largest free music festival in the Northern Hemisphere [or so they say] Musikfest. Score more data from the Geologic Universe! Get George's music at CD Baby and iTunes, and Non-Coloring Book at Lulu, both as download and print editions. Have a comment on the show, a topic for the Hrabbi, or a question for Ask George? Drop George a line and write to Geo's Mom, too! Ms. Information says: The Gig Info has been updated at Geologic Records. Synchronize your calendars, kids! Comments[34]
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- Maybe that's a little older than we're thinking but that's a pretty big part of the history of the English wit....even though I think they were both Irish...but it works for me..Tiffany Jewellery
Tiffany and co
- Maybe that's a little older than we're thinking but that's a pretty big part of the history of the English wit....even though I think they were both Irish...but it works for me..Tiffany Jewellery
Tiffany and co
Tiffany Co Bracelets - Hey George. Love the podcast.
A suggestion for Python/Zappa literary equivalent... How about Samuel Clemens? He never pulled a punch and was always willing to stick a finger in the eye of the establishment. One of my favorite writers and one quick witted MoFo.
Keep up the great work! - re: Mac vs PC \"debate\"(WAR is more appropriate usually) on the Farpoint Forums(should the Geologic Forums be setup there) is a headache I(as a moderator) would rather avoid, and I\'m sure I am not the only one.
Doug in Alaska aka dqbiggerfam on http://farpointfourms.com - Geo, thanks for the great insight into artist economics. I hadn't thought of it in those terms.
As for the intro -- I love it, and I enjoy it when you riff on it as well. I can't say I've ever been fond of the "adios muchachos" outro, however. Somehow it always seems to clash with the rest of the show. I'd vote for "Goodbye" from Coelacanth or something in a similar vein. - \"... or am I just completely insane?\"
Yes.
Please, please, please extend your southwest trip to include Phoenix. Please? Pretty please?
Personally I think your bumpers are a bit long, but at least you use them. Nothing worse than a podcaster that just rambles on with no breaks between subjects. You\'re fascinating!
Lurve, Debbie - Hey George! I was listening to your show on my motorcycle and I noticed that your interview section that you were rather low, you might want to look at your levels. It\'s happened on other episodes.
Having that out of the way, I have to tell you, you are one funny mf. I love your show, I really look forward to it every week. Keep up the good work!
- I agree with CarrieP. I like the intros, I think it makes the show have nice transitions from skit to skit. And i kinda missed the "adios muchachos" in this show... But like she said, you can't please everyone.
and just to clarify, when you said "if this computer crashes one more time, i'm gonna get a wombat and I'm gonna rape it" did you mean you would rape the wombat or have it rape your computer? - regarding mac vs. pc, I go both ways (to my wife\'s chagrin). Anywho, Ms. Info, do you use garageband or logic studio/express to edit the podcast. Just curious. Do you know how it compares to audacity (there I go again with liking both platforms).
As for the intro, I\'m cool with it. I usually am zoned out until the show begins; however when it\'s changed up, or you do a skit prior to the intro, it does keep me on my toes and I get excited with anticipation for what is to come. - Carrie....you do not want to see me get involved in a PC vs Mac debate...
:-D
Anyway...As for Python or Zappa esque literature, what about Oscar Wilde or Johnathan Swift?
Maybe that\'s a little older than we\'re thinking but that\'s a pretty big part of the history of the English wit....even though I think they were both Irish...but it works for me...
Can\'t really think of any Americans though...I don\'t know...would Chuck Palahniuk qualify as being like Zappa? I don\'t really understand his appeal, but people really seem to be into him for his edgy way outside the lines style and subject matter....plus he\'s Ukrainian, apparently...
Um....maybe J.D. Salinger or Ken Kesey?
shrug - I can\'t think of a better \"literary equivalent of Frank Zappa\" then your suggestion of Kurt Vonnegut. I think the original suggestion of Douglas Adams is a tiny bit of a cheat for the \"literary equivalent of Monty Python\". As you point out, Adams was no more or less literary than the Pythons themselves -- he was a sketch and radio comedy writer, and only went to books after making it big with performance comedy.
But if Adams can qualify, then I have to plug one of my comedy heroes, Spike Milligna (the well-known typing error). I wrote you about Milligan and the Goon Show a while back, and think I covered much of this but your other readers may be interested.
Not only did Spike Milligan write The Goon Show for the BBC for 10 years -- thereby launching Peter Sellers\'s career, not to mention inspiring most of the Pythons in their youth -- but, on the literary side, his war memoirs are very funny, without taking anything away from the horrors he was subjected to (up to and including being caught in German shelling that left him shell-shocked, leading to life-long bipolar disorder).
While Milligan\'s later books are nowhere near as strong as the earlier ones, I highly recommend at least the first four of his memoirs: \"Adolf Hitler: My Part in his Downfall\", \"Rommel? Gunner Who? A Confrontation in the Desert\", \"Monty: His Part in My Victory\", and \"Mussolini: His Part in My Downfall\".
The first volume begins:
\"September 3, 1939: the last minutes of peace ticking away. Father and I were watching Mother digging our air-raid shelter. \'She\'s a great little woman,\' said Father. \'And getting smaller all the time,\' I added.\"
Another little excerpt, shortly after Milligan was called up:
\"He drove me into what was D Battery Office. The walls once white were now thrice grey. From a peeling ceiling hung a forty watt bulb that when lit made the room darker. A Janker Wallah was giving the bare floor a stew-colored hue by slopping a mop around, r - The methods Apple's using to promote their products makes me sick. Example: No credit card? Sorry, no iphone for you then. They hate software freedom even more than the behemoth in Redmond. I cannot and will not promote Apple in any way.Never used one so can't say anything on usability. I moved from Winduh to Kubuntu Linux last year and I'm not going back. The one thing Apple's got down is design.
- Mika-
We are the Apple fan-boys [er, people]. The studio is wholly Mac-outfitted. In the 15 years I've been Sheer Brick Studio, I've had one serious hardware problem... which my tech team proceeded to fix in record time.
The only software that's wonky here? Office, most particularly Word. I have to have it for my DOS clients even though iPages outstrips it. And Vista? I won't allow it within an inch of my network.
Freedom-hating? I'd say Apple and related software is extremely cross-platform in many instances.
I'm convinced DOS users are people who need a Christmas present.
best,
Ms. Infoposted by: Ms. Information for the Geologic Universe on 2008-04-11 07:58:00
- One thing I would sorely miss if changed is the Ask George intro. I laugh every single time I hear it. [And you can best believe I hear it often.]
A propos of nothing, I happened to be in the studio when the Maestro was recording some of the cast. I was eating carrots- as quietly as possible. Glad you couldn't hear it over the wombat-related defilement.
cheers,
Ms. Infoposted by: Ms. Information for the Geologic Universe on 2008-04-10 18:07:00
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