Monthly Archives: August 2005

Aug 31

Let’s Help Hurricane Victims

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I am not alone in the profound sympathy we feel for those whose lives have been forever changed by Hurricane Katrina.

I urge all who read this to seriously consider what you personally can do to help. Go to the American Red Cross website and donate money. You can also find out about where you can go to donate blood.

Another website you can head over to is the Salvation Army.

Alternatively, you can call 1-800-HELPNOW.

Finally, pray.

This is a tremendous opportunity for us to unite for a common good.

Aug 31

JIMM 7 – Driving Home

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Episode 7 of Journey Inside My Mind takes you on the way home with me, southbound on Interstate 75; for the first 30 minutes of the drive anyway. Like episode 6, I did this live, in one take, after lining up the audio tracks beforehand.

Here’s what happened:

As always thanks go out to the folks who help make this possible:

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Aug 30

JIMM 6 – Humorous Clips

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Mood: pleasant
Listening to: my sixth official podcast

I decided to do something different in episode 6. I did this show in one take after lining up all the other sound tracks. It wound up being around 14 minutes long.

Here’s the breakdown of the show:

  • “Journey Inside My Mind” Theme
  • PSA – “National Baked Bean Month”
  • James Lileks – “Yeagh” (the Howard Dean sound bite from the 2004 presidential campaign)
  • Commercial “Elvis’s Last Phone Conversation”
  • PSA – “Champagne”
  • podsafe music network Matthew Ebel – “Trees”
  • Commercial – “PA Announcer Degree”

Special thanks to James Lileks for his permission to use “Yeagh” – the Howard Dean mix – it’s still funny one year later. He’s done some other sound files that I look forward to including in future shows.

PSAa and commercials came from I Love Wavs.

As usual thanks go out to the folks who help make this possible:

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Aug 28

JIMM 5 – NanaCast

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Mood: sleepy
Listening to: my fifth official podcast

Episode 5 of Journey Inside My Mind is the first of what I’m going to call “NanaCasts”. In this episode, my daughter Keisha and I interview her Nana, aka my Mom about what it’s like living near San Francisco, California. Along the way we hear some great music from the podsafe music network .

Here’s a breakdown of the show:

  1. Teaser (0:00-0:14)
  2. Theme (0:14-1:47)
  3. Intro/1st Segment (1:47-6:21)
  4. Stingray – “Last Night” (6:21-10:41)
  5. 2nd Segment (10:41-13:59)
  6. De La Vega – “Breathe” (13:59-19:30)
  7. 3rd Segment (19:30-24:17)
  8. Hotrod Cadets – “Not the Only One” (24:17-27:51)
  9. Show wrap-up (27:51:28:08)

As usual thanks go out to the folks who help make this possible:

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FACTOID: My Mom is the Official Mom of Journey Inside My Mind!

Aug 28

So Much Audio, So Little Time

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This morning, Keisha and I talked with my Mom, aka Nana, on the phone, which we hadn’t done in quite some time. I recorded almost 60 minutes of our conversation for use in future podcasts. I won’t expect, however, someone who listens to the podcast to listen 60 minutes of our conversation in one sitting.

So I’m breaking it up into smaller segments and into multiple podcasts that you’ll be able to check out soon.

In fact, you can look for the first “Nanacast” sometime early tomorrow morning.

Aug 26

JIMM 4 – Romantic Movements

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Mood: glad
Listening to: my fourth official podcast

The topic for episode 4 of the Journey Inside My Mind podcast is Romantic Movements, an original collection of poems I wrote back in high school. But these do not comprise the majority of this podcast. Nope, most of it is original music from the PodSafe Music Network.

Like movements of a classical music piece, so are the chapters comprising this podcast. Check out the artists and other links related to today’s show:

Show Segments:

A special note about the “Permission” segment:

By the way, here’s the link in case you want to read “Romantic Movements” while you’re listening:Streams of Consciousness: Romantic Movements.

As usual thanks go out to the folks who help make this possible:

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8 Sept 2005 Update: The Reverse Engineers tell the Story Behind the Song – Mercury in Retrograde in their podcast.

Aug 24

JIMM 3 – Back to School

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Mood: excited
Listening to: my third official podcast

I’m feeling really tired. I’ve been spending so much time consumed with these podcasting episodes that I haven’t been getting enough sleep. It’s hard to sleep when I’m so fired up about this new phenomenon.

The topic for episode 3 of the Journey Inside My Mind podcast presented itself naturally this afternoon:

In this back-to-school episode, I interview my wife Jennie and my daughter Keisha about how things have been going on the day before Keisha starts first grade. You could say that Keisha is excited, but you’ll want to hear it in her voice.

Along the way, we listen to some more music, chosen for this special occasion from the Podsafe Music Network:

As usual thanks go out to the folks who help make this possible:

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