Here is the direct MP3 download for the EGC clambake for August 20, 2010. I play a song from the newly reformed Vaselines; I talk about anti-nostalgia, and harken back to the beginning of this podcast; I play a song by the Gentle Readers; I tell the story of how I come to love the music of the Gentle Readers; I talk about my lack of needing to convince anyone much of anything; I play a song by Camper van Beethoven and we begin the seventh year of this thing.
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Links mentioned in this episode:
- Hover.com is now our sponsor: Use coupon code EGC to save 10% on domain registrations
- The Vaselines
- Buy the music of The Vaselines
- Camper van Beethoven
- Buy New Roman Times by Camper Van Beethoven
- Theme song provided by the Gentle Readers
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Happy 6th anniversary. You are still my podcast mentor.
Thanks chief. I remain one of your longest running fans.
Good comments on nostalgia.
I pretty much decided to cancel my annual October trip to NYC for a conference when I heard that the Vaselines were coming to Atlanta and conflicted with that trip.
Oh, I remembered the other comment I meant to make …
You criticize that NPR vocal style. I think it comes from having the headphone volume up too loud and as a result talking too softly (and thus having to goose the board slider up). Try it — turn up the volume and you’ll find you are speaking in lower, breathy tones. It took me a while at WREK to learn to keep the headphone volume LOW so my speech would be more … animated. A deep voice like mine (well, sometimes it’s deep) doesn’t carry over radio, so I needed to pay attention to these things so that listeners could actually hear me.
Happy Anniversary. It’s been an odd day today, listening to you talk about anti-nostalgia, and on the same day running into Hazem for the first time in nearly 10 years.