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I spent a couple hours very early this morning doing a live show with my new Birthday Present, a Behringer PodcastStudio Firewire Bundle, trying to stream over BlogTalk Radio with that.  Didn't work out well.  Too many stages."Tom Cruise Crazy" from Jonathan Coulton"God Is In The City" from Nicholas Howard"Re: Your Brains" from Jonathan CoultonMentioned "The Takeover" from Mur Lafferty.  Played the promo from her book, "War," the fifth book in her Heaven series."Ain't So Bad/Radio Mix combo" from LeVar Thomas"Queen of Me" from Natalie Brown"Carry the Light" from Kelly Richey"Chiron Beta Prime" from Jonathan Coulton (I'd forgotten it's a Christmas song.  Oh, well!)"Wasted (Crunk mix)" from C.B.Y.A."Come Clean" from Chris Kirby off his "Vampire Hotel" album"We're Goin' to the Dells!" from The Great Luke Ski off The FUMP"Oh No!" from Kaiser Cartel's "

If you'd like, download a copy directly from Archive.org.On "The IDSL" today:"Breathe" from Seth Rush"Breathe" from Troop Of Echoes"Brian's Song" from Michael Dawald"Brighter Day" from Words Of Wise"Bring it on" from Hostile Environment"New American Way," Track 5 off John MacLean's "Letters Home" albumThanks for listening!Theme: "140 Times" from RockOnWant to hear it all better?  Try here!

Part 5, "Mr. H.G. Wells and the Giants""Heretics," a series of essays by Gilbert Keith Chesterton.Book Theme: "Thaxted," written by Gustav Holst, arranged by Kevin MacLeod Series Theme: Pachelbel's "Canon in D," performed by Owen Poteat

You can download a copy from Archive.org, if you'd like.With Co-host "Your Girl Kali" from the Flaws and All show here on BTR!On "The IDSL" today:"Brand New Disease" from Stupid Emo Kid"Breaking My Fall"from Laura Helde"Breakthru" from Eddie Mac"Breathe" from Autumn Dervish"Breathe" from Landspeeder!"Still Waters" from John Maclean off his "Letters Home" albumAnd from Assembly of Dust, who I found via Ariel Publicity, by the way:"All That I Am Now" featuring Richie Havens"Arc of the Sun" featuring Mike Gordon"The Second Song" featuring Keller Williams"Leadbelly" featuring Jerry DouglasThanks for listening!Theme: "140 Times" from RockOnWant to hear it all better?  Try here!

You can manually download a copy from Archive.org, as always.On "The IDSL" today:"Bottom Out" from Stupid Emo_Kid"Bottomless Pit" from Mimic of a Mind"Box of Medals" from The PinsComment from Shawno of the Shawnogram and Hypernonsense podcasts"boxes" from Joel Oscar"Boy Meets Dog" from Noah Bradley"Courage to Care" from John MacLean off his "Letters Home" album"Strange Woman, Stranger Man" from Owen Poteat"In Your Arms Again" from Natalie BrownThanks for listening!Theme: "140 Times" from RockOnWant to hear it all better?  Try here!

Back on July 30, I ended up doing an extra-long show on BTR, because I wanted to fiddle with VAC, Virtual Audio Cable, a utility for manipulating audio inside my computer rather than using a mixer.  It didn't work well enough for my purposes, but that might have been my own limited understanding.As a result, I ended up with a bit over an hour of fairly interesting talk and pleasant music.  Waste not, want not.This show includes:My opinions on what it takes to make a good podcast.  Kali from the "Flaws and All" show on BlogTalk Radio (@yourggkali on Twitter) had asked what I thought she could do to make her show better, and I wanted to devote some time and serious thought to giving an intelligent answer to that.Music from LeVar Thomas:  "Come With Me," "Don't Give It Away," "Get You Home," "Gotta Love You," "Mean to Me" (from Hellz Yeah, featuring L.T.), "Now Get This," "Pause," "So Funky (Re-Mix with Carte

You can download The IDSL directly from Archive.org, if you'd like.On "The IDSL" today:"B.I.O.H.H. (Blame It On HipHop)" from Hotskeems"Bored Game" from Third Element"Bored to Tears" from Idiocreiton"born within" from Jana Thornton"Bottom of the World" from DarkfoldAnd the second track, "Baltimore," from John MacLean's album, "Letters Home."Thanks for listening!Theme: "140 Times" from RockOnWant to hear it all better?  Try here!

You can download the show directly from Archive.org, too.On "The IDSL" today, with my sometime Co-host, YourGirlKali of "Flaws and All" on BTR:"Blurry Facts and Waking Eyes (Windows)" from room101"Bobby" from American Gypsy"Body of the Blood Machine" from Big Jesus and the Homeless Bastards"Bombs Away" from Stupid Emo Kid"Bones in the Hourglass" from Funhead"Boondock Saint" from Ck5"Blind Willie McTell" from John MacLean off his "Letters Home" albumThanks for listening!Theme: "140 Times" from RockOnWant to hear it all better?  Try here!

You can download a copy from Archive.org, too.On "The IDSL" today:"Blue Dolphins in June" from Michael Dawald"BLUE SQUARE" from ANTENNAS TO THE SKY"Blue Troll Jelly" from Spindle"blueberry cemetary" from Moon to Monk"Blue" from Diva Dolls"Blues in X" from nova jazz orchestra"In Your Arms Again" and "In My Dreams" from Natalie BrownThanks for listening!Theme: "140 Times" from RockOnWant to hear it all better?  Try here!

Part 4, "Mr. Bernard Shaw""Heretics," a series of essays by Gilbert Keith Chesterton.Book Theme: "Thaxted," written by Gustav Holst, arranged by Kevin MacLeod Series Theme: Pachelbel's "Canon in D," performed by Owen Poteat

You could grab a copy directly off Archive.org, of course.On "The IDSL" today:"Bloom" from Brock"BlowUp" from The TAM's"Blue (Pre-Production)" from Echo Effect"Blue Nude" from sonafide"Blue Song" from Chris O'Brien and Cohorts"Don't Forget to Remember" from TV's Kyle of The Funny Music Project"Out of Snark" from Tom Smith of The FuMP"Cthulhu Fthagn" from Tom Smith and The Great Luke Ski of The FuMPThanks for listening!Theme: "140 Times" from RockOnWant to hear it all better?  Try here!

If you wanted, you could grab a copy from Archive.org.On "The IDSL" today, with Co-Host YourGirl Kali!"Blindside" from Dislocated"Bliss" from Troy's Sweater"Blood on the Tracks" from Parrot Attack!"Bloody Knuckles" from RealityFlint"Bloom and Touch" from IdiocreitonThanks for listening!Theme: "140 Times" from RockOnWant to hear it all better?  Try here!

You can grab a copy of this show from Archive.org, too.On "The IDSL" today:"Blank Sheet" from Copper"Bleed" from Tim Mahoney"Blind Parade" from The Decomposeurs"Blinded by the Moonlight" from Belly Flopp"Blinded Love" from Universal IntelligenceI also played a phone comment from John MacLean, who'd sent me a copy of his CD.  He does some very nice folksy music, and I plan on playing some later.   Thought you might be amused by what Google Voice's speech-to-text system thought John said: Transcript: hey kelly this is donna calling from the boston area i just  want to let you know that since discovered your your blog i've been  listening to it and the especially love listen on 24th of july and my  favorite song so far as best to me about your back of i was great song and anyway i'm also thrilled to hear that you've received my C D voice message  and that you're that you're like in it and you may even play at i ho

You can go grab a copy from Archive.org here.On "The IDSL" today:"Blackened Shade" from Fallen Shadow"Black" from JERKSTORE"blah blah blah" from Pushluppies"Blame" from Parrot Attack!"Blame" from SchiekThanks for listening!Theme: "140 Times" from RockOnWant to hear it all better?  Try here!

You can download a copy directly from Archive.org right here.On "The IDSL" today:"Bite Your Tongue" from Leslie Rich"Black and Back" from Apathy"Black Beans and Pie" from Jeb Nome"Black Dog" from Universal Intelligence"Black River Blvd" from Leon LaudenbachThanks for listening!Theme: "140 Times" from RockOnWant to hear it all better?  Try here!

Part 3, "On Mr. Rudyard Kipling and Making the World Small""Heretics," a series of essays by Gilbert Keith Chesterton.Book Theme: "Thaxted," written by Gustav Holst, arranged by Kevin MacLeod Series Theme: Pachelbel's "Canon in D," performed by Owen Poteat

If you like you can grab a copy from Archive.org, too.On "The IDSL" today:"Biota (studio pre-release)" from Simplicia"Bird In the Sunshine" from Nellie and the Drummers"Birds and Bees" from Northline"Bitch" from Curbfeelers"Bitch" from Live NativeThanks for listening!Theme: "140 Times" from RockOn

You can manually download a copy from Archive.org here.On "The IDSL" today:"Big Blue Truck" from Elverse"Big Ups to Groovy Lucifer" from dallas orbiter"Biggest Enemy" from one 2wenty one"BigShot" from  Jaded Reign"billyday" from pushluppiesThanks for listening!Theme: "140 Times" from RockOn

Had a nice long chat with Kali (aka YourGirlKali) from the "Flaws and All" show on BlogTalkRadio, and Rhonda Carpenter of the Podioracket podcast and author of "The Mark of a Druid," about podcasting, promoting podcasts, and related self-promotion.Brief call-in from "CRC the reliever" who also has a show on BTR.Discussed recording and swapping promos with others, leaving voice comments and blog comments.  Suggested K7.net, Snapvine, or Google Voice for a voice comment line.  I mentioned I'd recorded a comment line reminder for the Dawn & Drew Show which has worked out for me.  Noted that podcasters are generally happy to play your promo, if you're willing to promote theirs, and happy to play any voice comments (including mention of your website) that are meaningful about their content.  Mentioned producing some content for the Bloodthirsty Vegetarians podcast, with the similar  results.Oh, and I won a book on Podioracket earlier, by Brian Rathbone, ca

You can manually grab a copy from Archive.org, as usual.On "The IDSL" today:"Beside Me (demo)" from Are We There YET?"Best Of Me" from Troop Of Echoes"Best Shot" from Dred I Dread"Better Days" from Just Add Water"Beyond The Mind" from Negative NothingThanks for listening!Theme: "140 Times" from RockOn