The FULL OF WIN Podcast Episode 1

[Eel O'Brian]

Well, I did it. I made a podcast.

Right-click the link below and select "Save target as..." to download the first episode of the FULL OF WIN Podcast to your hard drive, where you can listen to it from your computer, or load it on your .mp3 player, or drag and drop it into your Recycle Bin after hearing the first ten seconds.

http://media.libsyn.com/media/kevinparrott/FOWep1.mp3

I can't tell you how long it took to record that six minute introduction. Actually, I can. It took almost two hours. I edited it on the fly - recorded a bit, then went back and cut out all (well, most of) the "uuhhhs" and dead space, and extraneous words.

I'll get faster the more I do it, but it was like pulling teeth this first time.

And I still screwed it up.

I accidentally recorded in left-channel mono, so I had to split it into two tracks and mix them both together to get stereo-mono. It sounds like I recorded it in the bathtub as a result (oh, if only). I tried to clean it up as best as I knew how, and did a bit of noise reduction, but all the opening and saving degraded the sound and I finally decided that a Halloween Special should probably go up before Christmas.

Anyway, if you want to read the show notes (there aren't many), go to http://kevinparrott.libsyn.com/ and drop me a comment or constructive criticism after you listen.

I'm doing another Halloween Special tomorrow (that one will probably go up on Halloween Day), then the FULL OF WIN podcast proper will begin next week.

Once I get the hang of it, if any of you are still interested in doing an Evilbore cast, we'll sort it out.

[demi]

I am fuck downloading it RIGHT NOW, I sent it to Gazunta too

[Eel O'Brian]

I have to warn you that it's a little dry and impersonal - I was trying to cram a lot of info in that six minutes, and I was also trying to get used to speaking into a mic.  After the Halloween specials, the regular podcast will be a lot different.

[demi]

First thing's first - this is boring, you read like a blog post - voice is good, you got a nice voice

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Gazunta how long does this go for
Thomas looks like 30 minutes?
just skipped near the end
Gazunta k
Thomas i think its just him talking about stuff
needs um... people
Gazunta yeah this is why i dont do a podcast by myself
no matter how interesting the content is its hard to listen to one person.
he's talking about old radio
which is interesting topic to me
1930s radio!!! <3

[MrAngryFace]

Did you find out Gaz was a BEAR or something

[demi]

That is a rude question. Gaz dabbles with podcasting so I figured I would toss it to him

Are you playing the entire episode of this? It doesnt make this much of a podcast then

[MrAngryFace]

Haha, like you care about 'rude'

[Eel O'Brian]

Yeah, I need someone to play off.  I'm open to a co-host.

Yeah, I play the whole episode, and my intro is only six minutes.  Like I said, it's just a test cast to get me used to the mic and comfortable with it.  I had a lot of notes to read, so I know I came off as monotone for most of it.  The second Halloween Special will be about the same length.  Then next week the podcast will be "normal," and my personality (I do have one, you know) can come through.

You should listen to that whole episode of Quiet, Please!  It's really good - holds up today, and will genuinely make your skin crawl.

Who is Gazunta?

[demi]

LEAD DESIGNER AT KROME STUDIOS

He also helps out on Angry-Gamer podcast, take a listen

[Eel O'Brian]

Just under the wire with the Halloween Special #2.

This one is a Halloween episode of Jack Benny from 1939, where he thinks his singer Dennis Day's mother is trying to kill him at a masquerade party he's throwing. Funny stuff, even today.

It didn't take nearly as long to do this one, although I didn't do nearly as much editing, so you'll notice the volume levels spiking here and there.

Right click and select "save target as..." to download to your hard drive:

http://media.libsyn.com/media/kevinparrott/FULLOFWINPodcastEpisode2.mp3

Minimal show notes, and a pic of the cast, can be found here:

http://kevinparrott.libsyn.com/

You can also find the first podcast still up.

Next week the podcast changes to a regular format, and it's going to be drastically different than what you're listening to now. I may even have some sort of crappy theme song, or maybe I'll just whistle a lot, or whatever.