We ALL know about what has happened in Japan over the last...26 hours or so. And, if you don't...you've really been in a shell! It could take weeks to understand the disaster - but, we know the situation as it stands right now, and that it's not looking pretty. Hell, it hasn't looked pretty since the first pictures started to emerge.
I screwed up with the title! lol. It's supposed to be Episode 116: Title? What Title? But...i accidentally made it 115...again lol. Blame the tiredness. But, here's the show! I do know that the podtrac player pop-up doesn't work - so, i'll do it one better tonight!
You can use this link to listen to it. If you have FoxyTunes installed, just click the link, and it'll use the MP3 player included. You can also Right click on the link and "Save target as...."
Episode 116: Title? What Title?
Edit: There's a problem with Flash content. So, the player i wanted to embed in here before - won't work. So, the only way to listen to the show right now, other than subscribing, is to use the direct link above to the MP3 file! Hopefully, this problem won't last too long....and, if it does, i'll look into embedding Windows Media Player or something for further releases.
My schedule's been whacked to say the least. I just got up again about an hour ago. After going to bed this afternoon @ 1:30. Hey now! I was watching season 1 of Californication! Have to get ready for season 3 this fall, ya know? lol.
So, i'm ready to go at it now! I went to the store, bought this Hardcore Energize Bullet. Wow. Very potent shit i tell ya! I felt like death warmed over when i woke up. Had no energy, was lifeless....now, that's changed - and, i only had 2 gulps lol. Not like i'm gonna down it all in 1 go :)
Anyways, i'm making the playlist for tonight's episode...and, there will be a ton of stuff in there that's been added since the last show!
Post coming when the episode is done, and posted live!
The blog's gone through a little bit of changes since lastnight! I like the layout of this....much more improved than over @ blogger. (Yes, Shawn...i left blogger for the time being. Prob'ly won't be back lol. This is the new home.)
Anyways - i did however add Twitter. It's my first time using it...so, i'm like a virgin. In that sense anyways. I hope i get some followers - i don't want it to seem like a waste of space lol. I'd like to find some fellow EFx'ers on there who use it as well!
I will be doing some minor tweaking with the site to still come tonight. Nothing "Major" - i just wanna see if i can do something with the entry boxes (Maybe!) ...and a few minor changes with adding a subscription box up top where it used to be on blogger. As well as trying to make twitter a bit bigger. I'll worry about all that later :)
is it weird that reminded me of the Placebo song, Pure Morning? lol. Anyways - i wanted to do a short entry tonight about something i did on...last Tuesday. I think. It mighta been Wednesday.
On...one of those days, i got bored and decided that i'd go through the iTunes store...to see what i could buy. People tend to ask me why i use iTunes for buying music. First off - it's the ONLY store that seems to be open 24/7/365. Online that is. That's available to Canadians. Yea, i do download my share of music as well, but, if the CD or the Artist is amazing...i have no problem purchasing it. I'm what they call a "Smart Consumer". Prob'ly the only thing "Smart". The other reason i buy with iTunes is....there's no converting of the damn CD. You know how...technical that can get? Geeze! Just trying to unwrap the CD, ya need the jaws of life.
Not to say i DON'T buy CD's - normally, those are reserved for the Deluxe CDs or Special Edition CDs. I think the last CD i bought in store was...The Eagle's Very Best Of. That was along with Evanescence's Live CD.
Now ya know where i stand on this whole concept. I don't always buy stuff i hear. Independent and Canadian music? That's a whole other story, because those are the only things i seem to support nowadays.
Anyway - i got off topic. In my looking through iTunes, i noticed that we actually had a pre-order! And, it's still there, up until tomorrow or monday. I went and pre-ordered the Tragically Hip's new CD "We Are The Same" - and, i got the first single when i did! I'm actually drooling in anticipation for this CD! They haven't released anything new since "In Between Evolution" - and, that came in 2004. almost 5 years of waiting for new Hip, and after hearing the new single (Love Is A First)...you begin to understand why they're not really a secret anymore.
If that's not good enough - i get the bonus track "Hush" as well on release date - which is this Tuesday by the way. It's kind of hard to believe that i didn't start getting hardcore into the Hip until In Violet Light was released in 2002. Sure, i'd known them for a long time...but, was only into the singles, and not an entire album. That all changed though - and, now i can honestly say i'm a...Hipster.
On that note, i also got Adam Gregory's new CD, "Crazy Days". That one made me put country back on the podcast lol. Yea, that's right - you'll actually hear some country on the podcast again. Adam's new one takes me back to his CD, "Workin' On It". The sound of it is just amazingly brilliant. The songwriting is...incapable of words. The one song i'm hooked on is "Could I Just Be Me". All ya have to do is pay attention to words...and, it sounds like a life story of sorts.
Since i'm blabbing...and, i'm done with the CDs and stuff, i wanted to throw in some randomness. First off....i'm looking into an easy way for you guys to donate to me (If you so choose) to help me out with the podcast. I don't get paid to do this - and, i do it because i love it. I don't get paid to do it, but, the satisfaction of promoting music and talent is enough for me. That and the exposure to new music is always awesome! So, for those of you interested - i will find something other than paypal (Cause, to me, PP sucks anyway!) So, that those of you that wish to throw me something for my time...can do so.
I've also been thinking that below the video...i wanna remove that, and put an "Independently Licensed" thing in that write-up instead. And, that way, i can show off some of the labels i represent instead of having just links and boring text.
Also on the agenda...i'm bringing back the Artist of the Month feature. Since EFx3 supports pages made with WordPress, i'll just make a page for that. Archiving them is gonna be a little tricky - but, i might just use my webhost that i use to host the feed on and link to them in that page as well.
The last thing i wanna do is incorporate a list of sorts to what i'm listening to right now. AKA: Not Last.fm charts or anything. More along the lines of a list of my Fave CDs at the moment that will constantly change. I might just do a CD thing similar to that of the Artist Of The Month thing that will come. I have so many ideas with these 2 things, it drives me bloody insane just thinking about it!
And, of course - You guys ALWAYS have a say! So, if you have any comments about what might compliment the site and make it one of the best...let me and others know by leaving a comment! The more, the better - ya know?
Episode 115 is Now LIVE for your listening pleasure. So, tune in and listen to it!
Also....i'm gonna be finding a new way for people to "Donate" to me of sorts. I'm in a toss up right now between iTunes Gift certificates...OR an Amazon wish list. Still deciding lol. I figure this way since most of my "Disposable Income" goes toward this shit anyways...might as well use it. I'll have it all figured out by the end of next week though...so, for those of you who wanna help me out, can do so.
However - i won't object to you guys' sending me iTunes cards or anything. Just use this email: toxicast [AT] shaw [DOT] ca[podcast]http://www.archive.org/download/ToxicTuneZ115/show115.mp3[/podcast]
Today's show is still going on as planned. However, due to voice issues, i will NOT be using the microphone today. So, it'll just be all music, no talk. Hopefully this won't be the case next weekend.
Also - i will no longer be posting any playlists, starting with today's show. Where's the fun in all of that? :)
I'm still thinking of some stuff to do and add to the website here. I'll have a much more clear head in a few hours when i don't have nothing going on.
So....yeaaa...there's the "News" lol
On Saturday night, April 3rd i will be back with a new episode! There's a new playlist i made that will be awesome! I think i did a stoner worthy playlist! lol
Some of the highlights of this weeks' show are...too many to list! From All Time Low to Matthew Good. There's gonna be some news and stuff thrown in...and, a full result of the JUNO awards last week. I knew i shoulda did a show that day. GRRRRR.
Then, the usual release of 'casts will pick up...i shouldn't be in this slump of "Whenever the next one comes" :)
