Saturday, March 28, 2009

Awesome Train podcast #007 The Pat's First Sound Effects Show

March 25th, 2009

Show #7 and we decided to try something new. Greg's brother, Pat, brought his Macbook and Garageband sound effects to the podcast. Good ide, but poor execution on the part of us who don't have a audio engineer background to show between the three of us. So please mind the feedback, echo, distortion, etc. Next week we will be back to normal.

This week is more indie music with talk about penis paintings on rooftops; getting booted off a school bus for passing gas; KidzBop covering P!NK and PSA's that maybe go too far; and other news and topics.

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Don't forget, GREG TAKES OVER FOR THE AWESOME TRAIN PODCAST #10!

SONGS PLAYED:
Bombay Bicycle Club: 'How Are We'
Cut Off Your Hands: 'Heartbreak'
Grizzly Bear: 'Two Weeks'
Golden Holy: 'Sleeping Thieves'
Chairlift: 'Bruises'
Passion Pit: 'Sleepyhead'

LINKS TO TOPICS:
Student kicked off bus for passing gas
Lindsay Lohan Fornarina commercial
Lindsay Lohan's running fast on Samantha Ronson's cash
Is Chad Michael Murray Being Forced Out of One Tree Hill?'
60-foot penis painted on roof
Police notes from Rihanna/Chris Brown fight used to make new PSA
Thai fireman in 'spider-man' rescue of autistic boy
KidzBop cover P!NK's 'So What!?'from Videogum
Definition of Awesome Train:A successful group of people or organization.

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Exported at: 64Mhz
File size: 31Mb

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Sunday, March 22, 2009

Awesome Train podcast #006 The 17 Year Olds in the Basement Show

March 21st, 2009

Show #6 and WE'RE BACK!

Indie music with talk about weird names (Taco Vandervelde, anyone?); College majors defining whether you will be a virgin by graduation; too sexy cartoon characters and power tools gone wrong in the bedroom; and other news and topics. OH! and special guest this week, my wife Louise and 4 year old son, Luke! As Greg said, our high tech studio was hacked to comedic error.

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Tune in next episode where Pat, Greg's brother, joins us for a show a before he moves out of the state. And mark your calendars down, GREG TAKES OVER FOR THE AWESOME TRAIN PODCAST #10!

SONGS PLAYED:
Red Light Company: 'Meccano'
Glasvegas: 'Please Come Back Home
The Uglysuit: 'Daniel Peace'
Telekinesis: 'Coast Carolina'
Golden Holy: 'Sleepy Thieves'
The National: 'All the Wine'
The Owls: 'Air'

LINKS TO TOPICS:
Name of the Year contest
Gay Rights Games possibly coming to Cleveland 2014...?
Your major in college defines if you will get laid
Outrage over new, sexy Dora the Explorer
USB drive replaces finger'
Woman injured in power sex tool encounter
Project Runway contestant arrested for throwing cat
Man uses deer antlers to attack girlfriend
Brooke Hogan's new stage show

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File size: 33.6Mb

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Awesome Train podcast #005 The No Voices Show

March 12th, 2009

Show #5 and Jonathan screwed up BIG TIME. In the interest of full disclosure, I didn't change the settings the last time I used Wire Tap Pro and therefore none of our audio commentary was recorded, just the music.

So into be completely thorough and true to the audience, here is that show. If you dare to listen, you will have songs with lots of fading over them and then lots of dead air. Awesome, just like the Awesome Train.

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SONGS PLAYED:
Kid Britsh: 'Elizabeth'
K'naan: 'People Like Me' and 'T.I.A.'
Snow Patrol: 'If There's a Rocket Tie Me To It'
Owl City: 'Fuzzy Blue Lights'
Anathallo: 'Hanasakajijii (Four: A Great Wind, More Ash)'
Pictures of You - NME Cure Tribute CD (link to a blogpost and a few songs)
MGMT: 'Kids'
The Owls: 'Air'

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Awesome Train podcast #004

March 5th, 2009

Show #4 and we are starting to roll.

Indie music with talk about nude teachers in Wendy's drive-thru; office chairs exploding in your b-hole; people calling 911 to complain about fast food service; and questionable behavior at my local Dunkin Donuts/Baskin Robbins; and other news and topics.

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SONGS PLAYED:
Florence and The Machine: 'Dog Days Are Over'
Flight of the Conchords: 'Sugar Lumps'
Snow Patrol: 'If There's a Rocket Tie Me To It'
Maia Hirasawa: 'Crackers'
Her Space Holiday: 'Sleepy Tigers'
Vampire Weekend: 'Ottoman'

LINKS TO TOPICS:
Nasty pizza burger
Office chair explodes into boy's b-hole and kills him
Teacher On Paid Leave After Charged In Flashing Incident
Man calls 911 after Burger King runs out of lemonade
McDonald's apologizes days after Florida woman Latreasa Goodman called 911 over McNugget 'emergency'
Katherine Heigl: From Hollywood sweetheart to killer diva?
Successfully Marketing Your Bike On eBay
Brazilian Man Holds Woman Hostage For 10 Hours... With A Sega Light Gun'

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File size: 25.4Mb

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Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Awesome Train podcast #003 aka the Nutline

February 18th, 2009

Show #3 where we have better audio! No more reverb from the speakers, just sweet, clear 64Mhz audio into your earrrrrz.

Indie music with talk about a 13 year old father; Greg goes to a bachelor auction; a chimpanzee ripping off the face of a 50 year old woman; the appropriate age to for a man to leave cotton boxers behind; and other news topics. OH! And don't forget our FIRST POLL over in the right column.

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Songs played:
Dent May: 'Oh Paris!'
Lonely Island: 'Dreamgirl' ft Norah Jones
Ben Folds: 'Cologne'
The Boxer Rebellion: 'Evacuate'
Justin Vernon: 'Hazelton'

Links to topics:
Alfie Patten, the 13-year-old British daddy, taking DNA test to prove he's the father
A woman's massive meltdown over missed flight becomes a YouTube hit
Criznittle, author of Indie Rock Playlists, R.I.P. (until probation is over)
Man who lost leg while drunk on subway track wins a $2.3M verdict
911 tape captures chimpanzee owner's horror as 200-pound ape mauls friend

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File size: 19.9Mb

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Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Awesome Train podcast #002

February 10th, 2009

Show #2 where we try to iron things out a bit more, however... the echo from the speakers in our sweet, state of the art studio is ridiculous. We have a solution in mind so get ready for better audio soon.

In this podcast more indie music with talk about Christian Bale screaming on set and the various YouTube videos stemming from it; Michael Phelps discussions; and the hot topic of the moment, Chris Brown allegedly beating up Rihanna. We always try to keep the podcast clean but if there are little kids out there who want a ticket for the Awesome Train, today's show might not be for you.

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Songs played:
Lykee Li: 'Dance Dance Dance'
Lily Allen: 'The Fear'
Fight Like Apes: 'Tie Me Up with Jackets'
Jeremy Jay: 'Airwalker'
Cloud Cult: 'Love You All'

Links to topics:
Christian Bale goes Ape Sh!t on set of Terminator 4
David Goes to the Dentist
Bale Out - RevoLucian's Christian Bale Remix
David Goes to the Dentist
Really!? with Seth Meyers (Michael Phelps)
The Superficial
What Would Tyler Durden Do

Exported at: 64Mhz
File size: 19Mb

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Thursday, January 29, 2009

Awesome Train podcast #001 (aka Troubleshooting Show)

January 28th, 2009

Here is our first attempt, things are clearly rough quality but entertaining (at least to us). Indie music, chatting about Jessica Simpson gaining a wee bit o' weight and our search for some decent train sound effects. More to come.

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Songs played:
Little Boots 'Stuck on Repeat'
M83: 'Graveyard Girl
White Lies: 'From the Stars'
She & Him: 'This is Not a Test'
Joy Zipper: 'Just Like Heaven' (the Cure cover)

Exported at: 64Mhz
File size: 15Mb

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