Today's show is appropriately named Back in the Saddle again...

It's been a minute, and I give thanks to all of you who have stayed subscribed, whatever your reason. Real life (RL) has made it very difficult lately to get a good quality show out, but I'm determined to come thru for you the podcast listener. (as well as my own sanity!)

With that in mind, this show is a bit shorter than usual, and pretty much devoted to Part 2 of my interview earlier this year with singer/songriter Robin Stine of Pensacola, Florida whose latest CD DAYDREAM has been very well received. We talk about her relationship to Podcasting, and her thoughts on the subject. She shares with us what it takes to be a truly independent artist, and other insights she's gained on her artistic journey. It was a great pleasure speaking with her, and I'm sure you'll enjoy our chat as much as I did...

-gt

 
MUSIC:

SHY BOY, from her highly acclaimed CD DAYDREAM - Robin Stine - www.robinstine.com 

PROMOS:

Podchick.com

Podcast Peer Awards  podcastpeers.org

Children of the Gods - www.childrenofthegods.net - A serial, SciFi podcast set 500 years after Independence Day  

Hi out there!

To those of you that haven't dropped your subscriptions, to those of you that are still subscribed, believing in your hearts that I haven't podfaded yet, despite the difficult year, I want to say thank you! Thanks for waiting, or being too lazy to clear out the old RSS feeds that aren't any good anymore.

I HAVEN'T PODFADED AND STILL WANT TO BRING YOU SHOWS!

Yesterday, I finally got a chance to check the site, and start to get things going again, and guess what happened?

That's right, no site! No site, no feed, no show, not even a homepage for my host, Blogmatrix.com, and no email telling me what was up! Imagine my surprise! Had I been cut off, squeezed out? Had the company gone under after being overtaken by the competition? What the hell happened? And why wasn't I notified?

I was able to find an email address for Blogmatrix support, and sent off an immediate email to find out just what was going on here. I was also able to locate the Blogmatrix.com blog which informed me that they were switching over to "V10" and had had some problems in the process. To their credit they answered immediately, and let me know that in the changeover they had elected not to move accounts that hadn't posted in the last 60 days. This included yours truly, and thus my show, and page was off the net. However, thanks to Tim Desjardins over at Blogmatrix, my podcast was back up and running by this evening. When I came home from a great open mic night in Monterey, there was an email from Tim informing me that my show was back. I went to my page at Blubrry.com, and all was well. They even gave me hosting credit for the inconvenience, which is a BIG help!

So, if you're still reading this I want to say thanks for sticking with me. I'll have a new show shortly, and be doing my best to get back on track. Maybe even serious! I've got lots of work to do to build my audience back up again, and I'm looking forward to every bit of it! 

So. After the last two weeks of being in computer hell, with failing hard drives, and all, my Powerbook is now completely hosed. It started with a failing hard drive, then escalated to being in pieces as my Apple savvy IT friend went at it to replace the screwed up hard drive with a new one. Unfortunately, time, exhaustion, and losing track of what screw went where (there’s a million of ‘em!) left my poor laptop pretty much toast. He got it back together but then the screen wouldn’t work! Crap! Tomorrow it goes to my local service center, along with it’s various pieces to be put back together. All this means that I have been holding up production of a new show since I’m not sure I can give you the same quality you’re used to with the equipment I have that is working. There’s still a chance I can get one out that sounds ok. If so, I will! I miss you guys! I want to rap with you, and play you some great podsafe music! I even have a new source for podsafe music, and an interview with Robin Stine , plus poetry, and more!

So don’t think I’ve pod-faded! I’m not out, just a little down. I’ve got some great ideas for 2006 that I aim to try out so I’m not going anywhere. Powerbook or no Powerbook!

Wish me luck!

-gt

p.s. Email from my listeners always helps to soothe the pain…

It’s the Wednesday edition of the show!

Podsafe Music Network Artists:

Brother Love – “There She Goes”
Satya – “Silk Route”
Peeper Radio Theatre:
“Holmes in 30 Seconds: The Final Problem”
“Peeper Brand Powdered Meat”

Garageband.com:

Crash Magnet – “No Known Unknowns”
The Beyonder – “Digitalis”

Sound Art by Garland T:

“It’s a Baghdad Christmas!”

Poet Ric Masten’s new book:

WORDS & ONE-LINERS: TAKE 2
available at www.ric-masten.net

See ya next time!

-gtSGTM21

Hi Everyone!

It’s been a crazy couple of weeks since our last podcast, but here’s our latest one for your dinner, dining and dancing pleasure. Today we talk about my work and time at the National Black Theatre Festival in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and send a big shout out to Kenn Rodriguez, Danny Solis and the good people of Albuquerque for their fabulous hosting of the 2005 National Poetry Slam. As well as Team Albuquerque’s grand slam first place win at the Nationals at Kiva Auditorium in Albuquerque, New Mexico in front of a sold out crowd of 2300 poetry lovers! Much love to that wild bunch who put on one of the best Nationals in years!

Today we also begin our four part interview series featuring interviews of people I met and worked with at the National Black Theatre Festival in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. First up is Joseph Marcell, veteran of stage and screen, a Shakespearean, and Broadway actor who is probably best known in America for his work as Geoffrey the Butler on the hit TV series THE FRESH PRINCE OF BEL AIR, a role created just for him.

We also feature music by Mwalim Peters, Singer/Songwriter, composer, Poet, playwright, and Professor in the U. Mass (University of Massachusetts) Theatre Dept. He’s also Artistic Director of the New African Theatre Company, the longest running black theatre company in Massachusetts. We hear a track called THE TALKING DRUM MIX, and we give you a taste of some music by Maggie Brown, her late, great father Oscar Brown Jr. and her baby sister Africa Pace Brown doing the ALL BLUES MEDLEY. Look for my interview with Maggie Brown as the last in this four part interview series.

Here are some links to the artists and festivals we’re presenting this week. Please check them out, and support them when you can. You won’t ever be disappointed!

National Black Theatre Festival – http://www.nbtf.org/
National Poetry Slam – http://nps2005.org/
Joseph Marcell – http://josephmarcell.com/
Mwalim Peters – http://mwalim.com/
Oscar Brown Jr. & his daughter Maggie Brown –
http://oscarbrownjr.com/
http://maggiebrown.com/

Peace out,
-gt

It’s Sunday Go To Meetin’ on Thursday! Apologies for the delay in getting last weekends show out. It was the Slam’s fault! ;+)

Today we talk about the 8th Annual West Coast Championship Poetry Slam, the hottest ringtone in the Phillipines, and C7’s upcoming show at Kimball’s East in Jack London Square, Oakland. Our feature this week is Spoken Word Artist Nercity. You can check him out http://www.nercityblues.com. C7 remembers Nintendo, talks about his birthday today, and his parents (Dad sent him an e-card). Then it’s onto another track for Nercity, “Jelly, pusher cut”. Garland T gives his answer to Dear Abby and windchimes. We also hear about Monterey’s newest performance venue, Monterey Live, and the great things coming up there. Then a shout out to London after the latest bombing incidents, and the end of show wrap up. Til Sunday! Be cool! Peace – gt

8th Annual West Coast Championship Poetry Slam
http://www.westcoastslam.com