The MousePod - MousePod #22 - the long-awaited Dumbo show
 

So here’s the scoop: last year, when I planned to do the Dumbo MousePod, I got a ton of primo tape for the show. And it sat on my computer. And sat. Call it procrastination, call it “podcast fade”… whatever the terminology you choose - it meant no show for you and a major roadblock for me.
Well, something happened (I’m not sure exactly what) and I got off my butt and finished the darn show. The tapes - including an excellent DVD review with Aaron of the Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Pod and some great recordings featuring some familiar MousePod voices “on location” at Disneyland - were as good as I remembered.
Even with all of this quality material, I admit that I found this show something I needed to “get through” before I could move on and do even better things, so I decided to record the whole thing “live” with no edits. I queued up all of the clips and the music, turned on the mic and just went for it.
The result: you judge for yourself. Some of the levels vary wildly between clips - consider this a warning if you listen with headphones. The free association that can only come with bad notes and sleep deprivation is there in full force. But I think it’s a pretty good show. But I’m obviously biased.
Time for your feedback…

Download Mousepod 022: The Dumbo Show


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So, um, is something supposed to happen if you click that link?

Both links are working for me. It could be that your browser is trying to download the entire file (which is quite large) in the background before launching a player. Try right clicking and selecting "Save As".

...or just go to mousepod.com and listen to it as a stream.

Ain't technology grand?

Speaking of the technology, how do you like WordPress?

I'm loving WordPress. I installed MovableType on my site and played with it for a few months but never went live - there were too many awkward errors and lack of real community support. I was able to put the entire WordPress site together in less than a weekend - just about everything I wanted to do with the mousepod site has been doable - and with yesterday's release of WordPress 2.1 (and 2.2 coming in April) - it's only going to get better.

Cool. We just moved our old domain to a new host (same host as LoT) and at some point I want to sit down and give it a front-end of some kind to keep things like photo albums we upload and such organized and accessible. Looks like WordPress might do the trick.

Oh wow, it was worth the wait!





Sort of.



I'm really glad to have the mousepod back, in whatever form. And it was neat to finally have the other shoe drop.






(But, um ..... pssst, ditch the "live" format from the wee hours.)

Oh, and a bit of genuine praise: Two of the rare musical selections were awesome: "When I See an Elephant Fly" and "Baby Mine."

I was familiar with the Sun Ra of Pink Elephants, so these other two really made an impression on me. Great finds.


More music in the mousepods!!

Yeah... I know that I tend to get a little nutty after midnight. The only benefit is the interesting tangents that I sometimes find myself on. I don't think I could have (or would have) made the Dumbo-->Freddie and the Dreamers<---The Jungle Book connection if I was in my right mind. And I'm glad I did.

BTW, I spoke with NA about the episode after the next, and I think you're going like the idea.