http://odeo.com/channels/3708-Tokyo-Calling-Original-Feed Tokyocalling no Japan's First Podcast en 40 Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:17:15 -0700 Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:17:15 -0700 http://odeo.com/episodes/25370948-Five-Years-On Upon listening back to this first Tokyo Calling recording, which was first released five years ago today, I've decided not to re-release entire past episodes through this channel. It really is quite embarrassing to listen back. I'm not sure what value it will hold for new listeners. Still the archive project remains a goal. I'm just too busy at present to make any progress in that direction. I've had occasion to reflect upon my podcasting journey over the past five years as this date has approached. I've benefitted greatly from the experience. There have also been costs incurred on personal, professional and financial fronts that have at times made it difficult to justify the project. So without further ado, let me present the mp3 that heralded the arrival of Japan's First Podcast: Click the magic button for lo-fidelity trip back in time: . What comes next remains buried within the murky borscht-like mass of fluid between my ears. As soon as I know, I'll let you know. In the meantim... Upon listening back to this first Tokyo Calling recording, which was first released five years ago today, I've decided not to re-release entire past episodes through this channel. It really is quite embarrassing to listen back. I'm not sure what value it will hold for new listeners. Still the archive project remains a goal. I'm just too busy at present to make any progress in that direction. I've had occasion to reflect upon my podcasting journey over the past five years as this date has approached. I've benefitted greatly from the experience. There have also been costs incurred on personal, professional and financial fronts that have at times made it difficult to justify the project. So without further ado, let me present the mp3 that heralded the arrival of Japan's First Podcast: Click the magic button for lo-fidelity trip back in time: . What comes next remains buried within the murky borscht-like mass of fluid between my ears. As soon as I know, I'll let you know. In the meantime, I am doing some modest spoken-word experiments in audio with my new iPod Touch through audioboo and tumblr. Updates will be posted through my twitter. Upon listening back to this first Tokyo Calling recording, which was first released five years ago today, I've decided not to re-release entire past episodes through this channel. It really is quite embarrassing to listen back. I'm not sure what value it will hold for new listeners. Still the archive project remains a goal. I'm just too busy at present to make any progress in that direction. I've had occasion to reflect upon my podcasting journey over the past five years as this date has approached. I've benefitted greatly from the experience. There have also been costs incurred on personal, professional and financial fronts that have at times made it difficult to justify the project. So without further ado, let me present the mp3 that heralded the arrival of Japan's First Podcast: Click the magic button for lo-fidelity trip back in time: . What comes next remains buried within the murky borscht-like mass of fluid between my ears. As soon as I know, I'll let you know. In the meantime, I am doing some modest spoken-word experiments in audio with my new iPod Touch through audioboo and tumblr. Updates will be posted through my twitter. tag:odeo.com,2009-10-25,25370948 Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:17:15 -0700 no Tokyo Calling - Original Feed podcasts http://odeo.com/episodes/25319608-102209-UtUn With the fifth anniversary re-issue of episode 1 less than a week away, I thought I ought to listen back to the first Tokyo Calling recordings. It took some doing to track down the old files. Once found, I loaded the first dozen or so episodes on the iPod Touch with the intention of listening back during a Monday's idle moments. Frankly, the experience of revisiting words spoken 5 years earlier is a bit unnerving. Hopefully there is some benefit in reconnecting with the past in this manner. Click the magic button for some muddled thoughts on the Listening Back: . Also included with the recording is an audio memo sent in by Bob Sprankle. Bob is a grade-school teacher and long-time podcaster from the United States. As the 100th episode of his Bit by Bit podcast approaches, he too has been revisiting where and how his podcasting journey began. He's invited me to join him for a recorded conversation examining some of the matters I've been grappling with in my own journey. I am grateful ... With the fifth anniversary re-issue of episode 1 less than a week away, I thought I ought to listen back to the first Tokyo Calling recordings. It took some doing to track down the old files. Once found, I loaded the first dozen or so episodes on the iPod Touch with the intention of listening back during a Monday's idle moments. Frankly, the experience of revisiting words spoken 5 years earlier is a bit unnerving. Hopefully there is some benefit in reconnecting with the past in this manner. Click the magic button for some muddled thoughts on the Listening Back: . Also included with the recording is an audio memo sent in by Bob Sprankle. Bob is a grade-school teacher and long-time podcaster from the United States. As the 100th episode of his Bit by Bit podcast approaches, he too has been revisiting where and how his podcasting journey began. He's invited me to join him for a recorded conversation examining some of the matters I've been grappling with in my own journey. I am grateful for this invitation and eagerly look forward to the chance share the conversation. With the fifth anniversary re-issue of episode 1 less than a week away, I thought I ought to listen back to the first Tokyo Calling recordings. It took some doing to track down the old files. Once found, I loaded the first dozen or so episodes on the iPod Touch with the intention of listening back during a Monday's idle moments. Frankly, the experience of revisiting words spoken 5 years earlier is a bit unnerving. Hopefully there is some benefit in reconnecting with the past in this manner. Click the magic button for some muddled thoughts on the Listening Back: . Also included with the recording is an audio memo sent in by Bob Sprankle. Bob is a grade-school teacher and long-time podcaster from the United States. As the 100th episode of his Bit by Bit podcast approaches, he too has been revisiting where and how his podcasting journey began. He's invited me to join him for a recorded conversation examining some of the matters I've been grappling with in my own journey. I am grateful for this invitation and eagerly look forward to the chance share the conversation. tag:odeo.com,2009-10-20,25319608 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:06:29 -0700 no Tokyo Calling - Original Feed podcasts http://odeo.com/episodes/25287354-101409-UtUn Similar to the Little Dinosaur in the Jonathan Richman song that says, "I could never really go away," I recently found myself with a need to come back (and resume podcasting). Click the magic button to hear what's brought me back: . Also featured in this podcast is an excerpt from the October 6h broadcast of The Dusty show on WFMU along with a recounting of the frightening experience that occurred while I listened to a podcast of the show. Check out the entire episode from Clay Pigeon's archive at WFMU. In this recording, I also direct listeners' attention to what I consider to be the best Japan-based English language podcast: Japan Podshow. Please give George and Joseph and see what you think. Up next, fifth year anniversary re-release of episode 1 of what was Japan's First Podcast. Stay subscribed. Thanks for listening. Similar to the Little Dinosaur in the Jonathan Richman song that says, "I could never really go away," I recently found myself with a need to come back (and resume podcasting). Click the magic button to hear what's brought me back: . Also featured in this podcast is an excerpt from the October 6h broadcast of The Dusty show on WFMU along with a recounting of the frightening experience that occurred while I listened to a podcast of the show. Check out the entire episode from Clay Pigeon's archive at WFMU. In this recording, I also direct listeners' attention to what I consider to be the best Japan-based English language podcast: Japan Podshow. Please give George and Joseph and see what you think. Up next, fifth year anniversary re-release of episode 1 of what was Japan's First Podcast. Stay subscribed. Thanks for listening. Similar to the Little Dinosaur in the Jonathan Richman song that says, "I could never really go away," I recently found myself with a need to come back (and resume podcasting). Click the magic button to hear what's brought me back: . Also featured in this podcast is an excerpt from the October 6h broadcast of The Dusty show on WFMU along with a recounting of the frightening experience that occurred while I listened to a podcast of the show. Check out the entire episode from Clay Pigeon's archive at WFMU. In this recording, I also direct listeners' attention to what I consider to be the best Japan-based English language podcast: Japan Podshow. Please give George and Joseph and see what you think. Up next, fifth year anniversary re-release of episode 1 of what was Japan's First Podcast. Stay subscribed. Thanks for listening. tag:odeo.com,2009-10-14,25287354 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:48:49 -0700 no Tokyo Calling - Original Feed podcasts http://odeo.com/episodes/24125452-TC-133-Thanks-for-Listening It has been a pleasure and a privilege to bring you this little audio thing for the past four years. I've decided to finally end the wonderful ride to pursue other interests. Here then is the final 2 minute episode of Japan's First   . The Tokyo Calling website will be dismantled in early March 2009. It has been a pleasure and a privilege to bring you this little audio thing for the past four years. I've decided to finally end the wonderful ride to pursue other interests. Here then is the final 2 minute episode of Japan's First   . The Tokyo Calling website will be dismantled in early March 2009. It has been a pleasure and a privilege to bring you this little audio thing for the past four years. I've decided to finally end the wonderful ride to pursue other interests. Here then is the final 2 minute episode of Japan's First   . The Tokyo Calling website will be dismantled in early March 2009. tag:odeo.com,2009-02-18,24125452 Wed, 18 Feb 2009 04:32:14 -0800 no Tokyo Calling - Original Feed podcasts http://odeo.com/episodes/24050898-TC-132-Cut-Blackout-Pow (click the magic button to hear or download the 35 minute episode) time segment Links 0:00-2:39 Jean Shepherd Who is Jean Shepherd? 2:27-13:57 Shuffling to the Juku 13:04-15:18 Pieces of Life Music by cdk, under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license 14:42-21:23 Sumo Controversies A bad week for sumo 21:02-22:11 Musical Interlude 22:06-31:44 More Sumo, Colonel Qadaffi's United States of Africa, TCTV Breaking News English Russian Reefer Sumo Madness 31:37-35:72 Frequency (The Phenomenon of Sound) Music by DoKashiteru available under Creative Commons NonCommercial Sampling Plus 1.0 license As always, thanks for listening. (click the magic button to hear or download the 35 minute episode) time segment Links 0:00-2:39 Jean Shepherd Who is Jean Shepherd? 2:27-13:57 Shuffling to the Juku 13:04-15:18 Pieces of Life Music by cdk, under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license 14:42-21:23 Sumo Controversies A bad week for sumo 21:02-22:11 Musical Interlude 22:06-31:44 More Sumo, Colonel Qadaffi's United States of Africa, TCTV Breaking News English Russian Reefer Sumo Madness 31:37-35:72 Frequency (The Phenomenon of Sound) Music by DoKashiteru available under Creative Commons NonCommercial Sampling Plus 1.0 license As always, thanks for listening. (click the magic button to hear or download the 35 minute episode) time segment Links 0:00-2:39 Jean Shepherd Who is Jean Shepherd? 2:27-13:57 Shuffling to the Juku 13:04-15:18 Pieces of Life Music by cdk, under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license 14:42-21:23 Sumo Controversies A bad week for sumo 21:02-22:11 Musical Interlude 22:06-31:44 More Sumo, Colonel Qadaffi's United States of Africa, TCTV Breaking News English Russian Reefer Sumo Madness 31:37-35:72 Frequency (The Phenomenon of Sound) Music by DoKashiteru available under Creative Commons NonCommercial Sampling Plus 1.0 license As always, thanks for listening. tag:odeo.com,2009-02-05,24050898 Thu, 05 Feb 2009 16:17:54 -0800 no Tokyo Calling - Original Feed podcasts http://odeo.com/episodes/23968052-TC-131-The-Sweet-Season (click the magic button to hear or download the 33 minute episode) time segment 00:00-07:10 Running errands in Ikebukuro on a Sunday afternoon 06:44-09:43 Third grade elementary school performance of Swan Lake 09:18-19:15 Waiting for daughter's Brownie troop to return from overnight excursion while sitting in a park near Tokyo Dome 18:46-25:23 Still waiting - this time next to a fountain 25:12-28:24 Elementary school choral performance 28:16-33:51 Three days later in another park with final segment - featuring a letter from Mr. Peters As always, thanks for listening. [image entitled Sis was shot by rayparnova and is provided through a creative commons license via her/his Flickr photostream. Thanks, rayparnova.] (click the magic button to hear or download the 33 minute episode) time segment 00:00-07:10 Running errands in Ikebukuro on a Sunday afternoon 06:44-09:43 Third grade elementary school performance of Swan Lake 09:18-19:15 Waiting for daughter's Brownie troop to return from overnight excursion while sitting in a park near Tokyo Dome 18:46-25:23 Still waiting - this time next to a fountain 25:12-28:24 Elementary school choral performance 28:16-33:51 Three days later in another park with final segment - featuring a letter from Mr. Peters As always, thanks for listening. [image entitled Sis was shot by rayparnova and is provided through a creative commons license via her/his Flickr photostream. Thanks, rayparnova.] (click the magic button to hear or download the 33 minute episode) time segment 00:00-07:10 Running errands in Ikebukuro on a Sunday afternoon 06:44-09:43 Third grade elementary school performance of Swan Lake 09:18-19:15 Waiting for daughter's Brownie troop to return from overnight excursion while sitting in a park near Tokyo Dome 18:46-25:23 Still waiting - this time next to a fountain 25:12-28:24 Elementary school choral performance 28:16-33:51 Three days later in another park with final segment - featuring a letter from Mr. Peters As always, thanks for listening. [image entitled Sis was shot by rayparnova and is provided through a creative commons license via her/his Flickr photostream. Thanks, rayparnova.] tag:odeo.com,2009-01-28,23968052 Wed, 28 Jan 2009 06:03:10 -0800 no Tokyo Calling - Original Feed podcasts http://odeo.com/episodes/23820873-TC-130-Auld-Anxieties (click the magic button to hear or download the 32 minute episode) In this very exciting end of year episode I discuss what it means to be "The King of Podcasting." There's also a bit of reflection on some of the year's especially weird points for Tokyo Calling. And finally, there's an imagined flashback preview of the year to come. I'll have more to say about King-ly matters in my "State of Podcasting" report in early February. Until then, please accept my sincere wish for everyone to have a fun and interesting trip in 2009. We will do all we can to make sure things don't get too weird. (click the magic button to hear or download the 32 minute episode) In this very exciting end of year episode I discuss what it means to be "The King of Podcasting." There's also a bit of reflection on some of the year's especially weird points for Tokyo Calling. And finally, there's an imagined flashback preview of the year to come. I'll have more to say about King-ly matters in my "State of Podcasting" report in early February. Until then, please accept my sincere wish for everyone to have a fun and interesting trip in 2009. We will do all we can to make sure things don't get too weird. (click the magic button to hear or download the 32 minute episode) In this very exciting end of year episode I discuss what it means to be "The King of Podcasting." There's also a bit of reflection on some of the year's especially weird points for Tokyo Calling. And finally, there's an imagined flashback preview of the year to come. I'll have more to say about King-ly matters in my "State of Podcasting" report in early February. Until then, please accept my sincere wish for everyone to have a fun and interesting trip in 2009. We will do all we can to make sure things don't get too weird. tag:odeo.com,2008-12-30,23820873 Tue, 30 Dec 2008 17:30:50 -0800 no Tokyo Calling - Original Feed podcasts http://odeo.com/episodes/23758528-TC-129-I-Don-t-Mean-Elliot-Gould (click the magic button to hear or download the 42 minute episode) I had a bit of left over audio from last June and July. Seemed that I might be able to beg the indulgence of the many kind listeners to allow me to submit this haphazard effort as an episode. It is after all the holiday season. Actually, had I not taken a three month hiatus, this would have been episode 122 (hence the repeated reference to that episode number). Listening and thinking back, I've realized that a couple of the recordings took place at fairly pivotal moments in the life of Japan's First Podcaster. Note: There's a whole slew of obscure show biz references that will require an extensive list of links. I hope to update this post with those links in the coming days... Until then, Thanks for listening. (click the magic button to hear or download the 42 minute episode) I had a bit of left over audio from last June and July. Seemed that I might be able to beg the indulgence of the many kind listeners to allow me to submit this haphazard effort as an episode. It is after all the holiday season. Actually, had I not taken a three month hiatus, this would have been episode 122 (hence the repeated reference to that episode number). Listening and thinking back, I've realized that a couple of the recordings took place at fairly pivotal moments in the life of Japan's First Podcaster. Note: There's a whole slew of obscure show biz references that will require an extensive list of links. I hope to update this post with those links in the coming days... Until then, Thanks for listening. (click the magic button to hear or download the 42 minute episode) I had a bit of left over audio from last June and July. Seemed that I might be able to beg the indulgence of the many kind listeners to allow me to submit this haphazard effort as an episode. It is after all the holiday season. Actually, had I not taken a three month hiatus, this would have been episode 122 (hence the repeated reference to that episode number). Listening and thinking back, I've realized that a couple of the recordings took place at fairly pivotal moments in the life of Japan's First Podcaster. Note: There's a whole slew of obscure show biz references that will require an extensive list of links. I hope to update this post with those links in the coming days... Until then, Thanks for listening. tag:odeo.com,2008-12-15,23758528 Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:07:23 -0800 no Tokyo Calling - Original Feed podcasts http://odeo.com/episodes/23726988-TC-128-Drugs-Terror-Shambolar (click the magic button to hear or download the 29 minute episode) I really have no idea what to say about this one. Don't even know whether to be embarrassed by or proud of it. Only know that it was fun to record and listen back to while putting it together. Relevant Links: Peter Stampfel Drugs in Japanese Universities Mumbai attacks: Drug Angle As always, thanks for listening. [image of the Wako department store in Ginza next to which part of this episode was recorded was shot by fatoy_japa. and is provided through a creative commons license via her/his Flickr photostream. Thanks, fatoy_japa.] (click the magic button to hear or download the 29 minute episode) I really have no idea what to say about this one. Don't even know whether to be embarrassed by or proud of it. Only know that it was fun to record and listen back to while putting it together. Relevant Links: Peter Stampfel Drugs in Japanese Universities Mumbai attacks: Drug Angle As always, thanks for listening. [image of the Wako department store in Ginza next to which part of this episode was recorded was shot by fatoy_japa. and is provided through a creative commons license via her/his Flickr photostream. Thanks, fatoy_japa.] (click the magic button to hear or download the 29 minute episode) I really have no idea what to say about this one. Don't even know whether to be embarrassed by or proud of it. Only know that it was fun to record and listen back to while putting it together. Relevant Links: Peter Stampfel Drugs in Japanese Universities Mumbai attacks: Drug Angle As always, thanks for listening. [image of the Wako department store in Ginza next to which part of this episode was recorded was shot by fatoy_japa. and is provided through a creative commons license via her/his Flickr photostream. Thanks, fatoy_japa.] tag:odeo.com,2008-12-09,23726988 Tue, 09 Dec 2008 07:14:17 -0800 no Tokyo Calling - Original Feed podcasts http://odeo.com/episodes/23699587-TC-127-Executive-Sweets-Part-2 (click the magic button to hear or download the 13 minute episode) Things started well enough on this episode. The recorder managed to pick up a nice bit of atmosphere walking through a luxury hotel in central Tokyo on my way to a teaching gig. And then, I managed to wrap up the story from the preceding episode while walking along a busy roadway. There's even an opportunity for you to participate in the comments by sharing your advice for the new recruits at your company. And then I entered the building for my final lesson of a company class I've been teaching with the promise to complete the episode later. Unfortunately things didn't go as hoped. I've got a busy couple of weeks ahead and if I don't put this out now, chances are that I never well. Perhaps that would have been better. I hope no one is too put off by this less than complete episode. I'll try to double-up and catch-up with the next one. Thanks for listening. [image of the atrium from which part of this episode was reco... (click the magic button to hear or download the 13 minute episode) Things started well enough on this episode. The recorder managed to pick up a nice bit of atmosphere walking through a luxury hotel in central Tokyo on my way to a teaching gig. And then, I managed to wrap up the story from the preceding episode while walking along a busy roadway. There's even an opportunity for you to participate in the comments by sharing your advice for the new recruits at your company. And then I entered the building for my final lesson of a company class I've been teaching with the promise to complete the episode later. Unfortunately things didn't go as hoped. I've got a busy couple of weeks ahead and if I don't put this out now, chances are that I never well. Perhaps that would have been better. I hope no one is too put off by this less than complete episode. I'll try to double-up and catch-up with the next one. Thanks for listening. [image of the atrium from which part of this episode was recorded was shot by Tom H. and is provided through a creative commons license via his Flick photostream. Thanks, Tom.] (click the magic button to hear or download the 13 minute episode) Things started well enough on this episode. The recorder managed to pick up a nice bit of atmosphere walking through a luxury hotel in central Tokyo on my way to a teaching gig. And then, I managed to wrap up the story from the preceding episode while walking along a busy roadway. There's even an opportunity for you to participate in the comments by sharing your advice for the new recruits at your company. And then I entered the building for my final lesson of a company class I've been teaching with the promise to complete the episode later. Unfortunately things didn't go as hoped. I've got a busy couple of weeks ahead and if I don't put this out now, chances are that I never well. Perhaps that would have been better. I hope no one is too put off by this less than complete episode. I'll try to double-up and catch-up with the next one. Thanks for listening. [image of the atrium from which part of this episode was recorded was shot by Tom H. and is provided through a creative commons license via his Flick photostream. Thanks, Tom.] tag:odeo.com,2008-12-03,23699587 Wed, 03 Dec 2008 06:59:12 -0800 no Tokyo Calling - Original Feed podcasts http://odeo.com/episodes/23630572-TC-126-Executive-Sweets-Part-1 (click the magic button to hear or download the 28 minute episode) This episode is part 1 of a multi-part series featuring stories from some of the big shots I've been teaching recently. The short bit of audio that appears between the last two segments features some cut-up excerpts from a video on creating compelling elevator speeches from SellingPower.com and was done with Garagband. Part two should be coming later this week. Thanks for listening. (click the magic button to hear or download the 28 minute episode) This episode is part 1 of a multi-part series featuring stories from some of the big shots I've been teaching recently. The short bit of audio that appears between the last two segments features some cut-up excerpts from a video on creating compelling elevator speeches from SellingPower.com and was done with Garagband. Part two should be coming later this week. Thanks for listening. (click the magic button to hear or download the 28 minute episode) This episode is part 1 of a multi-part series featuring stories from some of the big shots I've been teaching recently. The short bit of audio that appears between the last two segments features some cut-up excerpts from a video on creating compelling elevator speeches from SellingPower.com and was done with Garagband. Part two should be coming later this week. Thanks for listening. tag:odeo.com,2008-11-17,23630572 Mon, 17 Nov 2008 07:08:36 -0800 no Tokyo Calling - Original Feed podcasts http://odeo.com/episodes/23626064-TC-125-The-Perfect-Episode (click the magic button to hear or download the 35 minute episode) Were it not for the poor sound quality, heavy-handed editing, and fatuous narrative arc, this otherwise would be a perfect episode. I'm still surprised with how nicely the disparate pieces fell in together - though it did take a bit of tweaking to make some of them fit. More coming shortly. Relevant Links Lou Holtz Rant Media News Real with Sean Kennedy Finding Japan Bootsy Collins beware: loud and funky music plays automatically DnB Radio: Time Served featuring Turbo Alliance from 10/23/08 Radio Unnameable on WBAI Bob Fass The Boy Bathing Thanks for listening. (click the magic button to hear or download the 35 minute episode) Were it not for the poor sound quality, heavy-handed editing, and fatuous narrative arc, this otherwise would be a perfect episode. I'm still surprised with how nicely the disparate pieces fell in together - though it did take a bit of tweaking to make some of them fit. More coming shortly. Relevant Links Lou Holtz Rant Media News Real with Sean Kennedy Finding Japan Bootsy Collins beware: loud and funky music plays automatically DnB Radio: Time Served featuring Turbo Alliance from 10/23/08 Radio Unnameable on WBAI Bob Fass The Boy Bathing Thanks for listening. (click the magic button to hear or download the 35 minute episode) Were it not for the poor sound quality, heavy-handed editing, and fatuous narrative arc, this otherwise would be a perfect episode. I'm still surprised with how nicely the disparate pieces fell in together - though it did take a bit of tweaking to make some of them fit. More coming shortly. Relevant Links Lou Holtz Rant Media News Real with Sean Kennedy Finding Japan Bootsy Collins beware: loud and funky music plays automatically DnB Radio: Time Served featuring Turbo Alliance from 10/23/08 Radio Unnameable on WBAI Bob Fass The Boy Bathing Thanks for listening. tag:odeo.com,2008-11-15,23626064 Sat, 15 Nov 2008 09:10:25 -0800 no Tokyo Calling - Original Feed podcasts http://odeo.com/episodes/23594631-TC-124-Dude-I-m-so-stoked (click the magic button to hear or download the 23 minute episode) Quite by accident, I seem to have stumbled upon a format that is fun to record, relatively easy to produce, and hopefully not too unpleasant on the ear. I'm thinking of calling it a "How do 'ya do - cast." Is that corny enough? More music from Lizards From Afar is featured in the middle of this episode. My apologies for not announcing the song more professionally in the previous episode - but hey, I'm a goober, aren't I, son? Links Mentioned My new Eee Pc Sanyo ICR-B90RM Digital Voice Recorder Webcast Academy TUJC Radio Practicum on UStream Thanks for listening. (click the magic button to hear or download the 23 minute episode) Quite by accident, I seem to have stumbled upon a format that is fun to record, relatively easy to produce, and hopefully not too unpleasant on the ear. I'm thinking of calling it a "How do 'ya do - cast." Is that corny enough? More music from Lizards From Afar is featured in the middle of this episode. My apologies for not announcing the song more professionally in the previous episode - but hey, I'm a goober, aren't I, son? Links Mentioned My new Eee Pc Sanyo ICR-B90RM Digital Voice Recorder Webcast Academy TUJC Radio Practicum on UStream Thanks for listening. (click the magic button to hear or download the 23 minute episode) Quite by accident, I seem to have stumbled upon a format that is fun to record, relatively easy to produce, and hopefully not too unpleasant on the ear. I'm thinking of calling it a "How do 'ya do - cast." Is that corny enough? More music from Lizards From Afar is featured in the middle of this episode. My apologies for not announcing the song more professionally in the previous episode - but hey, I'm a goober, aren't I, son? Links Mentioned My new Eee Pc Sanyo ICR-B90RM Digital Voice Recorder Webcast Academy TUJC Radio Practicum on UStream Thanks for listening. tag:odeo.com,2008-11-07,23594631 Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:41:16 -0800 no Tokyo Calling - Original Feed podcasts http://odeo.com/episodes/23581525-TC-123-Now-You-re-Talking-Son (click the magic button to hear or download the 11 minute episode) Sir Pent, the drummer from Lizards From Afar, asked me to play a song from his band on the podcast. He said he was a long time listener and thought the other Tokyo Calling listeners would enjoy hearing the band. As a rock and roll kind of guy, I told him I'd be honored to play their song "Mr. Peabody" on the next episode. As production of that next episode (#124) began to take shape, irony reared it's ironical head and it became clear that rock and roll would not fit. Episode 124, you see, is going to be more a drum and bass kind of thing. But I couldn't let the Lizards From Afar down, I'd made a promise to play their song in the next episode. How fortunate that this short episode popped into my head on the way to the station from the radio class in Minato ward. It is a rambling recounting of a passing thought from earlier in the day that was centered around a memory from the day before in relation to a song from the... (click the magic button to hear or download the 11 minute episode) Sir Pent, the drummer from Lizards From Afar, asked me to play a song from his band on the podcast. He said he was a long time listener and thought the other Tokyo Calling listeners would enjoy hearing the band. As a rock and roll kind of guy, I told him I'd be honored to play their song "Mr. Peabody" on the next episode. As production of that next episode (#124) began to take shape, irony reared it's ironical head and it became clear that rock and roll would not fit. Episode 124, you see, is going to be more a drum and bass kind of thing. But I couldn't let the Lizards From Afar down, I'd made a promise to play their song in the next episode. How fortunate that this short episode popped into my head on the way to the station from the radio class in Minato ward. It is a rambling recounting of a passing thought from earlier in the day that was centered around a memory from the day before in relation to a song from the 80's and another from the 70's which led to knee slapping bit of discourse analysis on a recurring speech act by everyone's favorite Loony Toons rooster. If ever an episode of Japan's First Podcast deserved rock and roll, it would be this one (#123). And the most amazing part of it all is that the premise of Sir Pent's band's song - time displacement - will play a not insignificant role in episode 124. It's funny how things work out sometimes. (click the magic button to hear or download the 11 minute episode) Sir Pent, the drummer from Lizards From Afar, asked me to play a song from his band on the podcast. He said he was a long time listener and thought the other Tokyo Calling listeners would enjoy hearing the band. As a rock and roll kind of guy, I told him I'd be honored to play their song "Mr. Peabody" on the next episode. As production of that next episode (#124) began to take shape, irony reared it's ironical head and it became clear that rock and roll would not fit. Episode 124, you see, is going to be more a drum and bass kind of thing. But I couldn't let the Lizards From Afar down, I'd made a promise to play their song in the next episode. How fortunate that this short episode popped into my head on the way to the station from the radio class in Minato ward. It is a rambling recounting of a passing thought from earlier in the day that was centered around a memory from the day before in relation to a song from the 80's and another from the 70's which led to knee slapping bit of discourse analysis on a recurring speech act by everyone's favorite Loony Toons rooster. If ever an episode of Japan's First Podcast deserved rock and roll, it would be this one (#123). And the most amazing part of it all is that the premise of Sir Pent's band's song - time displacement - will play a not insignificant role in episode 124. It's funny how things work out sometimes. tag:odeo.com,2008-11-05,23581525 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 07:28:00 -0800 no Tokyo Calling - Original Feed podcasts http://odeo.com/episodes/23582892-TC-123-Now-You-re-Talking-Son (click the magic button to hear or download the 11 minute episode) Sir Pent, the drummer from Lizards From Afar, asked me to play a song from his band on the podcast. He said he was a long time listener and thought the other Tokyo Calling listeners would enjoy hearing the band. As a rock and roll kind of guy, I told him I'd be honored to play their song "Mr. Peabody" on the next episode. As production of that next episode (#124) began to take shape, irony reared it's ironical head and it became clear that rock and roll would not fit. Episode 124, you see, is going to be more a drum and bass kind of thing. But I couldn't let the Lizards From Afar down, I'd made a promise to play their song in the next episode. How fortunate that this short episode popped into my head on the way to the station from the radio class in Minato ward. It is a rambling recounting of a passing thought from earlier in the day that was centered around a memory from the day before in relation to a song from the... (click the magic button to hear or download the 11 minute episode) Sir Pent, the drummer from Lizards From Afar, asked me to play a song from his band on the podcast. He said he was a long time listener and thought the other Tokyo Calling listeners would enjoy hearing the band. As a rock and roll kind of guy, I told him I'd be honored to play their song "Mr. Peabody" on the next episode. As production of that next episode (#124) began to take shape, irony reared it's ironical head and it became clear that rock and roll would not fit. Episode 124, you see, is going to be more a drum and bass kind of thing. But I couldn't let the Lizards From Afar down, I'd made a promise to play their song in the next episode. How fortunate that this short episode popped into my head on the way to the station from the radio class in Minato ward. It is a rambling recounting of a passing thought from earlier in the day that was centered around a memory from the day before in relation to a song from the 80's and another from the 70's which led to a knee slapping bit of discourse analysis on a recurring speech act by everyone's favorite Looney Tunes rooster. If ever an episode of Japan's First Podcast deserved rock and roll, it would be this one (#123). And the most amazing part of it all is that the premise of Sir Pent's band's song - time displacement - will play a not insignificant role in episode 124. It's funny how things work out sometimes. (click the magic button to hear or download the 11 minute episode) Sir Pent, the drummer from Lizards From Afar, asked me to play a song from his band on the podcast. He said he was a long time listener and thought the other Tokyo Calling listeners would enjoy hearing the band. As a rock and roll kind of guy, I told him I'd be honored to play their song "Mr. Peabody" on the next episode. As production of that next episode (#124) began to take shape, irony reared it's ironical head and it became clear that rock and roll would not fit. Episode 124, you see, is going to be more a drum and bass kind of thing. But I couldn't let the Lizards From Afar down, I'd made a promise to play their song in the next episode. How fortunate that this short episode popped into my head on the way to the station from the radio class in Minato ward. It is a rambling recounting of a passing thought from earlier in the day that was centered around a memory from the day before in relation to a song from the 80's and another from the 70's which led to a knee slapping bit of discourse analysis on a recurring speech act by everyone's favorite Looney Tunes rooster. If ever an episode of Japan's First Podcast deserved rock and roll, it would be this one (#123). And the most amazing part of it all is that the premise of Sir Pent's band's song - time displacement - will play a not insignificant role in episode 124. It's funny how things work out sometimes. tag:odeo.com,2008-11-05,23582892 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 07:28:00 -0800 no Tokyo Calling - Original Feed podcasts http://odeo.com/episodes/23478404-TC-122-A-Hack-s-A-Hack (click the magic button to hear or download the 31 minute episode) Would you believe ... a new podcast episode? Many thanks to everyone who sent words of support and encouragement during the recent three month hiatus. The time away from the podcast has provided an opportunity to ponder where things are going with Japan's podcast. This episode is, in essence, a meditation on those ponderings. In short: Tokyo Calling is back (just in time for the fifth anniversary)! (click the magic button to hear or download the 31 minute episode) Would you believe ... a new podcast episode? Many thanks to everyone who sent words of support and encouragement during the recent three month hiatus. The time away from the podcast has provided an opportunity to ponder where things are going with Japan's podcast. This episode is, in essence, a meditation on those ponderings. In short: Tokyo Calling is back (just in time for the fifth anniversary)! (click the magic button to hear or download the 31 minute episode) Would you believe ... a new podcast episode? Many thanks to everyone who sent words of support and encouragement during the recent three month hiatus. The time away from the podcast has provided an opportunity to ponder where things are going with Japan's podcast. This episode is, in essence, a meditation on those ponderings. In short: Tokyo Calling is back (just in time for the fifth anniversary)! tag:odeo.com,2008-10-12,23478404 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 07:56:47 -0700 no Tokyo Calling - Original Feed podcasts http://odeo.com/episodes/23023330-TC-121-A-Bit-of-Context (click the magic button to hear or download the 38 minute episode) Let me know if show notes are required. It seems that having 'em would run counter to what this Free Association thing I'm trying to put together is all about. But I'm willing to consider alternative views. Image provided by Ardesia under Creative Commons licensing via Flickr. Grazie tanto, Ardesia!! (click the magic button to hear or download the 38 minute episode) Let me know if show notes are required. It seems that having 'em would run counter to what this Free Association thing I'm trying to put together is all about. But I'm willing to consider alternative views. Image provided by Ardesia under Creative Commons licensing via Flickr. Grazie tanto, Ardesia!! (click the magic button to hear or download the 38 minute episode) Let me know if show notes are required. It seems that having 'em would run counter to what this Free Association thing I'm trying to put together is all about. But I'm willing to consider alternative views. Image provided by Ardesia under Creative Commons licensing via Flickr. Grazie tanto, Ardesia!! tag:odeo.com,2008-06-24,23023330 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:40:21 -0700 no Tokyo Calling - Original Feed podcasts http://odeo.com/episodes/22596003-TC-120-Hitting-the-Sweet-Spot (click the magic button to hear or download the 30 minute episode) This one-hundred-twentieth episode came unexpectedly on a Sunday afternoon at home. Show notes don't really seem to make sense for this one as it's pretty self-explanatory. Curious listeners might be interested in tracking down the Warren Ellis blog post referenced at the close of the episode which was prompted by a recent report about some science stuff from the BBC. (click the magic button to hear or download the 30 minute episode) This one-hundred-twentieth episode came unexpectedly on a Sunday afternoon at home. Show notes don't really seem to make sense for this one as it's pretty self-explanatory. Curious listeners might be interested in tracking down the Warren Ellis blog post referenced at the close of the episode which was prompted by a recent report about some science stuff from the BBC. (click the magic button to hear or download the 30 minute episode) This one-hundred-twentieth episode came unexpectedly on a Sunday afternoon at home. Show notes don't really seem to make sense for this one as it's pretty self-explanatory. Curious listeners might be interested in tracking down the Warren Ellis blog post referenced at the close of the episode which was prompted by a recent report about some science stuff from the BBC. tag:odeo.com,2008-06-09,22596003 Mon, 09 Jun 2008 06:36:17 -0700 no Tokyo Calling - Original Feed podcasts http://odeo.com/episodes/22560742-TC-119-For-the-record (click the magic button to hear or download the 9 minute episode) It seems that this is the time of year when this podcast always appears to crash and burn. Over the past three years a number of folks had declared an end to Tokyo Calling through the silent weeks of late May, June and July. Some might even have felt that the pattern was beginning to repeat itself this year. The point of this short little recording is to declare that nothing could be further from the truth. Though, the frequency of offerings will most probably decline in the coming weeks, this podcaster feels more committed to this project than ever before. Essentially, my whole purpose in putting this episode out is to rid myself of of some self-imposed pressure and potential anxiety - for the record. Stay tuned, episode 120 will be vastly different than this one. (click the magic button to hear or download the 9 minute episode) It seems that this is the time of year when this podcast always appears to crash and burn. Over the past three years a number of folks had declared an end to Tokyo Calling through the silent weeks of late May, June and July. Some might even have felt that the pattern was beginning to repeat itself this year. The point of this short little recording is to declare that nothing could be further from the truth. Though, the frequency of offerings will most probably decline in the coming weeks, this podcaster feels more committed to this project than ever before. Essentially, my whole purpose in putting this episode out is to rid myself of of some self-imposed pressure and potential anxiety - for the record. Stay tuned, episode 120 will be vastly different than this one. (click the magic button to hear or download the 9 minute episode) It seems that this is the time of year when this podcast always appears to crash and burn. Over the past three years a number of folks had declared an end to Tokyo Calling through the silent weeks of late May, June and July. Some might even have felt that the pattern was beginning to repeat itself this year. The point of this short little recording is to declare that nothing could be further from the truth. Though, the frequency of offerings will most probably decline in the coming weeks, this podcaster feels more committed to this project than ever before. Essentially, my whole purpose in putting this episode out is to rid myself of of some self-imposed pressure and potential anxiety - for the record. Stay tuned, episode 120 will be vastly different than this one. tag:odeo.com,2008-05-27,22560742 Tue, 27 May 2008 19:29:41 -0700 no Tokyo Calling - Original Feed podcasts http://odeo.com/episodes/22515514-TC-118-Always-check-it-might-be-mate (click the magic button to hear or download the 48 minute episode) Well, it's done. It was a fun, challenging and exciting process to put this one together. This is an example of the direction I'd like to take the Tokyo Calling podcast (what am I signing myself on to do?) - there are other ideas in the works as well. I'm not quite sure how to describe this one. The phrase "audio melange" came up in the Twitter this past week. If you have any ideas about what to call this sort of thing (besides steaming hunk of junk), leave a comment. Oh and another one of these will be coming around next week in conjunction with the live recording on TalkShoe. If you can find the time, would love to have you join in. Relevant Links: Illinois Street Lounge The Game of the Century The mystery voice with the show ID toward the end of the episode (after the crows) recorded live on TalkShoe on 051408 The photo accompanying this blog entry is entitled Graffiti Chess and is generously shared by David Wilmo... (click the magic button to hear or download the 48 minute episode) Well, it's done. It was a fun, challenging and exciting process to put this one together. This is an example of the direction I'd like to take the Tokyo Calling podcast (what am I signing myself on to do?) - there are other ideas in the works as well. I'm not quite sure how to describe this one. The phrase "audio melange" came up in the Twitter this past week. If you have any ideas about what to call this sort of thing (besides steaming hunk of junk), leave a comment. Oh and another one of these will be coming around next week in conjunction with the live recording on TalkShoe. If you can find the time, would love to have you join in. Relevant Links: Illinois Street Lounge The Game of the Century The mystery voice with the show ID toward the end of the episode (after the crows) recorded live on TalkShoe on 051408 The photo accompanying this blog entry is entitled Graffiti Chess and is generously shared by David Wilmot via a Creative Commmons license from Flickr. Thanks, David! (click the magic button to hear or download the 48 minute episode) Well, it's done. It was a fun, challenging and exciting process to put this one together. This is an example of the direction I'd like to take the Tokyo Calling podcast (what am I signing myself on to do?) - there are other ideas in the works as well. I'm not quite sure how to describe this one. The phrase "audio melange" came up in the Twitter this past week. If you have any ideas about what to call this sort of thing (besides steaming hunk of junk), leave a comment. Oh and another one of these will be coming around next week in conjunction with the live recording on TalkShoe. If you can find the time, would love to have you join in. Relevant Links: Illinois Street Lounge The Game of the Century The mystery voice with the show ID toward the end of the episode (after the crows) recorded live on TalkShoe on 051408 The photo accompanying this blog entry is entitled Graffiti Chess and is generously shared by David Wilmot via a Creative Commmons license from Flickr. Thanks, David! tag:odeo.com,2008-05-14,22515514 Wed, 14 May 2008 19:53:52 -0700 no Tokyo Calling - Original Feed podcasts http://odeo.com/episodes/22489923-TC-117-Solid-Golden-Week (click the magic button to hear or download the 33 minute episode) It looks like Japan's First Podcast will be coming through TalkShoe for the foreseeable future. Free hosting that actually returns a small sum compared to paid hosting leaves no choice. This is especially the case considering some decisions I've made about future directions for this podcast. All the details are laid out in a semi-coherent form in the later half of the episode. In the first half is the Kodomonohi fukubiki story I promised on twitter earlier today. Spoiler: the image for this blog post is the one mentioned in the story. For those interested in participating in the live post-show chat on TalkShoe next week, please note the new time that has been scheduled (Wednesday morning in Japan and Tuesday evening in USA). (click the magic button to hear or download the 33 minute episode) It looks like Japan's First Podcast will be coming through TalkShoe for the foreseeable future. Free hosting that actually returns a small sum compared to paid hosting leaves no choice. This is especially the case considering some decisions I've made about future directions for this podcast. All the details are laid out in a semi-coherent form in the later half of the episode. In the first half is the Kodomonohi fukubiki story I promised on twitter earlier today. Spoiler: the image for this blog post is the one mentioned in the story. For those interested in participating in the live post-show chat on TalkShoe next week, please note the new time that has been scheduled (Wednesday morning in Japan and Tuesday evening in USA). (click the magic button to hear or download the 33 minute episode) It looks like Japan's First Podcast will be coming through TalkShoe for the foreseeable future. Free hosting that actually returns a small sum compared to paid hosting leaves no choice. This is especially the case considering some decisions I've made about future directions for this podcast. All the details are laid out in a semi-coherent form in the later half of the episode. In the first half is the Kodomonohi fukubiki story I promised on twitter earlier today. Spoiler: the image for this blog post is the one mentioned in the story. For those interested in participating in the live post-show chat on TalkShoe next week, please note the new time that has been scheduled (Wednesday morning in Japan and Tuesday evening in USA). tag:odeo.com,2008-05-07,22489923 Wed, 07 May 2008 07:59:16 -0700 no Tokyo Calling - Original Feed podcasts http://odeo.com/episodes/22459434-TC-116-By-the-way (click the magic button to hear or download the 19 minute episode) I decided to wrap up the week with one more bit of audio. This didn't work so well over the TalkShoe because of the low quality of the recording. I was surrounded by noise and wind as I made the walk from Iidabashi to Suidobashi. Hopefully, there's enough here to warrant putting it out as an episode. (click the magic button to hear or download the 19 minute episode) I decided to wrap up the week with one more bit of audio. This didn't work so well over the TalkShoe because of the low quality of the recording. I was surrounded by noise and wind as I made the walk from Iidabashi to Suidobashi. Hopefully, there's enough here to warrant putting it out as an episode. (click the magic button to hear or download the 19 minute episode) I decided to wrap up the week with one more bit of audio. This didn't work so well over the TalkShoe because of the low quality of the recording. I was surrounded by noise and wind as I made the walk from Iidabashi to Suidobashi. Hopefully, there's enough here to warrant putting it out as an episode. tag:odeo.com,2008-04-26,22459434 Sat, 26 Apr 2008 09:22:31 -0700 no Tokyo Calling - Original Feed podcasts http://odeo.com/episodes/22459102-TC-116-By-the-way (click the magic button to hear or download the 33 minute episode) I decided to wrap up the week with one more bit of audio. This didn't work so well over the TalkShoe because of the low quality of the recording. I was surrounded by noise and wind as I made the walk from Iidabashi to Suidobashi. Hopefully, there's enough here to warrant putting it out as an episode. (click the magic button to hear or download the 33 minute episode) I decided to wrap up the week with one more bit of audio. This didn't work so well over the TalkShoe because of the low quality of the recording. I was surrounded by noise and wind as I made the walk from Iidabashi to Suidobashi. Hopefully, there's enough here to warrant putting it out as an episode. (click the magic button to hear or download the 33 minute episode) I decided to wrap up the week with one more bit of audio. This didn't work so well over the TalkShoe because of the low quality of the recording. I was surrounded by noise and wind as I made the walk from Iidabashi to Suidobashi. Hopefully, there's enough here to warrant putting it out as an episode. tag:odeo.com,2008-04-26,22459102 Sat, 26 Apr 2008 09:22:31 -0700 no Tokyo Calling - Original Feed podcasts http://odeo.com/episodes/22443248-TC-115-Waxen-Grimaces-in-the-Morning (click the magic button to hear or download the 33 minute episode) Decided to enjoy a leisurely walk to campus this Monday morning rather than transfer to another hot and crowded subway car. On the way there, I recorded some random thoughts about frowning salarymen, girl scouts, teaching matters, and this Wednesday's Calling Tokyo Calling. Relevant Links: Graham Stanley Voice Thread Calling Tokyo Calling on TalkShoe WIkipedia entry on Steampunk Image courtesy of LouiseDK via a Creative Commmons license from Flickr (click the magic button to hear or download the 33 minute episode) Decided to enjoy a leisurely walk to campus this Monday morning rather than transfer to another hot and crowded subway car. On the way there, I recorded some random thoughts about frowning salarymen, girl scouts, teaching matters, and this Wednesday's Calling Tokyo Calling. Relevant Links: Graham Stanley Voice Thread Calling Tokyo Calling on TalkShoe WIkipedia entry on Steampunk Image courtesy of LouiseDK via a Creative Commmons license from Flickr (click the magic button to hear or download the 33 minute episode) Decided to enjoy a leisurely walk to campus this Monday morning rather than transfer to another hot and crowded subway car. On the way there, I recorded some random thoughts about frowning salarymen, girl scouts, teaching matters, and this Wednesday's Calling Tokyo Calling. Relevant Links: Graham Stanley Voice Thread Calling Tokyo Calling on TalkShoe WIkipedia entry on Steampunk Image courtesy of LouiseDK via a Creative Commmons license from Flickr tag:odeo.com,2008-04-21,22443248 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 08:15:08 -0700 no Tokyo Calling - Original Feed podcasts http://odeo.com/episodes/18158043-TC-114-Back-to-School-Special tag:odeo.com,2008-04-12,18158043 Sat, 12 Apr 2008 16:25:17 -0700 no Tokyo Calling - Original Feed http://odeo.com/episodes/22411228-TC-114-Back-to-School-Special (click the magic button to hear or download the 30 minute episode) Follow Japan's First Podcaster as he returns to teaching duties for another school year. From Office 2007 to peanut butter and jelly sandwiches on the way to the Meat Grinder, from a muscle-bound Lothario and his wingman to a university administrator with a stack of student complaints - the only sane way to cope is to Do Easy (DE). Relevant Links: The Discipline of DE (Do Easy) My TalkShoe "Shows" Wikipedia entry on "Wingman" Who Am I? podcast from WNYC's Radio Lab Music Courtesy of CC Mixter Title: Down the Lighted Path Artist: Darkroom Creative Commons License: Attribution 3.0 Unported (click the magic button to hear or download the 30 minute episode) Follow Japan's First Podcaster as he returns to teaching duties for another school year. From Office 2007 to peanut butter and jelly sandwiches on the way to the Meat Grinder, from a muscle-bound Lothario and his wingman to a university administrator with a stack of student complaints - the only sane way to cope is to Do Easy (DE). Relevant Links: The Discipline of DE (Do Easy) My TalkShoe "Shows" Wikipedia entry on "Wingman" Who Am I? podcast from WNYC's Radio Lab Music Courtesy of CC Mixter Title: Down the Lighted Path Artist: Darkroom Creative Commons License: Attribution 3.0 Unported (click the magic button to hear or download the 30 minute episode) Follow Japan's First Podcaster as he returns to teaching duties for another school year. From Office 2007 to peanut butter and jelly sandwiches on the way to the Meat Grinder, from a muscle-bound Lothario and his wingman to a university administrator with a stack of student complaints - the only sane way to cope is to Do Easy (DE). Relevant Links: The Discipline of DE (Do Easy) My TalkShoe "Shows" Wikipedia entry on "Wingman" Who Am I? podcast from WNYC's Radio Lab Music Courtesy of CC Mixter Title: Down the Lighted Path Artist: Darkroom Creative Commons License: Attribution 3.0 Unported tag:odeo.com,2008-04-12,22411228 Sat, 12 Apr 2008 08:25:17 -0700 no Tokyo Calling - Original Feed podcasts http://odeo.com/episodes/18158033-Grateful-Guilty-Gobsmacked tag:odeo.com,2008-04-09,18158033 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:06:30 -0700 no Tokyo Calling - Original Feed http://odeo.com/episodes/22356873-Grateful-Guilty-Gobsmacked (click the magic button to hear or download the 20 minute glimpse behind the curtain) The best part of this TalkShoe cast took place after the recording. Thanks to Aaron, Randulo, Mafuchan, Zaren and others for a fun and lively conversation. In the recording, I apologized for and tried to explain the recent lack of podcast episodes. Next a big thank you was sent out to some generous listeners. There's also an awkward moment where I mentioned some recent examples of how my own prejudices and misconceptions have been made clear. And finally, I give the highest possible recommendation for anyone with half-a-mind and a pair-of-ears to listen to The Black Tie Martini Club Oddcast. Also mentioned, and very much checking out is the SLPN. (click the magic button to hear or download the 20 minute glimpse behind the curtain) The best part of this TalkShoe cast took place after the recording. Thanks to Aaron, Randulo, Mafuchan, Zaren and others for a fun and lively conversation. In the recording, I apologized for and tried to explain the recent lack of podcast episodes. Next a big thank you was sent out to some generous listeners. There's also an awkward moment where I mentioned some recent examples of how my own prejudices and misconceptions have been made clear. And finally, I give the highest possible recommendation for anyone with half-a-mind and a pair-of-ears to listen to The Black Tie Martini Club Oddcast. Also mentioned, and very much checking out is the SLPN. (click the magic button to hear or download the 20 minute glimpse behind the curtain) The best part of this TalkShoe cast took place after the recording. Thanks to Aaron, Randulo, Mafuchan, Zaren and others for a fun and lively conversation. In the recording, I apologized for and tried to explain the recent lack of podcast episodes. Next a big thank you was sent out to some generous listeners. There's also an awkward moment where I mentioned some recent examples of how my own prejudices and misconceptions have been made clear. And finally, I give the highest possible recommendation for anyone with half-a-mind and a pair-of-ears to listen to The Black Tie Martini Club Oddcast. Also mentioned, and very much checking out is the SLPN. tag:odeo.com,2008-04-09,22356873 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:06:30 -0700 no Tokyo Calling - Original Feed podcasts http://odeo.com/episodes/18158023-TC-113-Hat-in-Hand tag:odeo.com,2008-03-19,18158023 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 04:42:55 -0700 no Tokyo Calling - Original Feed http://odeo.com/episodes/22186116-TC-113-Hat-in-Hand (click the magic button to hear or download the 30 minute episode) time segment links 00:00-09:03 CTC Returns Calling Tokyo Calling on TalkShoe 09:07-12:08 Stroke of Luck Jerome Stewart Gets Lucky, too 12:12-15:20 Trotsky on an elevator Trotsky on stage Patchouli on Wikipedia Umbrella Self-Defence 15:25-18:03 The Final Obento Happy Lunchbox 17:40-22:10 Donation Drive Wojtek Andy Dr. Gene Scott 22:05-29:40 Epilogue Music: Fixing my Brain by Gillies offered through a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License via ccMixter (click the magic button to hear or download the 30 minute episode) time segment links 00:00-09:03 CTC Returns Calling Tokyo Calling on TalkShoe 09:07-12:08 Stroke of Luck Jerome Stewart Gets Lucky, too 12:12-15:20 Trotsky on an elevator Trotsky on stage Patchouli on Wikipedia Umbrella Self-Defence 15:25-18:03 The Final Obento Happy Lunchbox 17:40-22:10 Donation Drive Wojtek Andy Dr. Gene Scott 22:05-29:40 Epilogue Music: Fixing my Brain by Gillies offered through a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License via ccMixter (click the magic button to hear or download the 30 minute episode) time segment links 00:00-09:03 CTC Returns Calling Tokyo Calling on TalkShoe 09:07-12:08 Stroke of Luck Jerome Stewart Gets Lucky, too 12:12-15:20 Trotsky on an elevator Trotsky on stage Patchouli on Wikipedia Umbrella Self-Defence 15:25-18:03 The Final Obento Happy Lunchbox 17:40-22:10 Donation Drive Wojtek Andy Dr. Gene Scott 22:05-29:40 Epilogue Music: Fixing my Brain by Gillies offered through a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License via ccMixter tag:odeo.com,2008-03-18,22186116 Tue, 18 Mar 2008 20:42:55 -0700 no Tokyo Calling - Original Feed podcasts http://odeo.com/episodes/18158013-TC-112-I-m-So-Thick tag:odeo.com,2008-03-05,18158013 Wed, 05 Mar 2008 06:23:37 -0800 no Tokyo Calling - Original Feed http://odeo.com/episodes/22150472-TC-112-I-m-So-Thick (click the magic button to hear or download the 48 minute episode) time segment links 00:00-27:57 Wandering to a barbershop Chinese Yellow Sands hit Japan and Korea: Mis-speaking yet again, I called it yellow dust No One Goes to Japan: blog by an American student staying in Tokyo Blue and Brown Books: blog by a Canadian philosopher teaching English in Shizuoka Letters to Nana: podcast of audio letters with photos from the Canadian philosopher to his Nana 27:08-29:09 Musical interlude courtesy of ccMixter When I Close My Eyes (Demo) by DJ Rkod Available through CC Noncommercial Sampling Plus 1.0 license 28:44-48:46 Wondering beside a pond Jesse James William James Thanks to Ernesto JT for sharing the above photograph, entitled "the demon barber of hokkaido" through a Creative Commons license. Check out more photos from Ernesto JT at flickr. (click the magic button to hear or download the 48 minute episode) time segment links 00:00-27:57 Wandering to a barbershop Chinese Yellow Sands hit Japan and Korea: Mis-speaking yet again, I called it yellow dust No One Goes to Japan: blog by an American student staying in Tokyo Blue and Brown Books: blog by a Canadian philosopher teaching English in Shizuoka Letters to Nana: podcast of audio letters with photos from the Canadian philosopher to his Nana 27:08-29:09 Musical interlude courtesy of ccMixter When I Close My Eyes (Demo) by DJ Rkod Available through CC Noncommercial Sampling Plus 1.0 license 28:44-48:46 Wondering beside a pond Jesse James William James Thanks to Ernesto JT for sharing the above photograph, entitled "the demon barber of hokkaido" through a Creative Commons license. Check out more photos from Ernesto JT at flickr. (click the magic button to hear or download the 48 minute episode) time segment links 00:00-27:57 Wandering to a barbershop Chinese Yellow Sands hit Japan and Korea: Mis-speaking yet again, I called it yellow dust No One Goes to Japan: blog by an American student staying in Tokyo Blue and Brown Books: blog by a Canadian philosopher teaching English in Shizuoka Letters to Nana: podcast of audio letters with photos from the Canadian philosopher to his Nana 27:08-29:09 Musical interlude courtesy of ccMixter When I Close My Eyes (Demo) by DJ Rkod Available through CC Noncommercial Sampling Plus 1.0 license 28:44-48:46 Wondering beside a pond Jesse James William James Thanks to Ernesto JT for sharing the above photograph, entitled "the demon barber of hokkaido" through a Creative Commons license. Check out more photos from Ernesto JT at flickr. tag:odeo.com,2008-03-04,22150472 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 22:23:37 -0800 no Tokyo Calling - Original Feed podcasts http://odeo.com/episodes/18158003-TC-111-Who-s-Scottlo-Scorbal tag:odeo.com,2008-02-27,18158003 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:54:15 -0800 no Tokyo Calling - Original Feed http://odeo.com/episodes/22150476-TC-111-Who-s-Scottlo-Scorbal (click the magic button to hear or download the 25 minute episode) This episode is another freewheeling affair which was recorded live before a camera for an actual internet audience on Yahoo!Live. I wouldn't know where to begin in terms of writing up some show notes - once again, this one was all over the place. Please accept the following links as a token of good will. Olympus LS-10 Linear PCM Recorder David Lynch: comments regarding viewing movies on the iPhone Meet Scottlo Scorbal Once again, thanks for listening. (click the magic button to hear or download the 25 minute episode) This episode is another freewheeling affair which was recorded live before a camera for an actual internet audience on Yahoo!Live. I wouldn't know where to begin in terms of writing up some show notes - once again, this one was all over the place. Please accept the following links as a token of good will. Olympus LS-10 Linear PCM Recorder David Lynch: comments regarding viewing movies on the iPhone Meet Scottlo Scorbal Once again, thanks for listening. (click the magic button to hear or download the 25 minute episode) This episode is another freewheeling affair which was recorded live before a camera for an actual internet audience on Yahoo!Live. I wouldn't know where to begin in terms of writing up some show notes - once again, this one was all over the place. Please accept the following links as a token of good will. Olympus LS-10 Linear PCM Recorder David Lynch: comments regarding viewing movies on the iPhone Meet Scottlo Scorbal Once again, thanks for listening. tag:odeo.com,2008-02-27,22150476 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 07:54:15 -0800 no Tokyo Calling - Original Feed podcasts http://odeo.com/episodes/18157993-TC-110-My-Other-Self tag:odeo.com,2008-02-20,18157993 Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:47:08 -0800 no Tokyo Calling - Original Feed http://odeo.com/episodes/22142283-TC-110-My-Other-Self (click the magic button to hear or download the 24 minute episode) I really don't know how to explain this one. I'll try to come up with something in the coming days, if I don't pull this post down first. (click the magic button to hear or download the 24 minute episode) I really don't know how to explain this one. I'll try to come up with something in the coming days, if I don't pull this post down first. (click the magic button to hear or download the 24 minute episode) I really don't know how to explain this one. I'll try to come up with something in the coming days, if I don't pull this post down first. tag:odeo.com,2008-02-20,22142283 Wed, 20 Feb 2008 07:47:08 -0800 no Tokyo Calling - Original Feed podcasts http://odeo.com/episodes/22132983-tc_vlog_022 Click To Play I just realized that the last vlog post was made in May, 2007. Now that I'm doing the daily updates on Tokyo Calling TV, I wonder if there will remain a need to do vlog entries. Any thoughts or suggetions? Click To Play I just realized that the last vlog post was made in May, 2007. Now that I'm doing the daily updates on Tokyo Calling TV, I wonder if there will remain a need to do vlog entries. Any thoughts or suggetions? Click To Play I just realized that the last vlog post was made in May, 2007. Now that I'm doing the daily updates on Tokyo Calling TV, I wonder if there will remain a need to do vlog entries. Any thoughts or suggetions? tag:odeo.com,2008-02-13,22132983 Wed, 13 Feb 2008 15:49:30 -0800 no Tokyo Calling - Original Feed podcasts http://odeo.com/episodes/18157983-I-Heartily-Endorse-This-ep01 tag:odeo.com,2008-02-07,18157983 Thu, 07 Feb 2008 16:29:13 -0800 no Tokyo Calling - Original Feed http://odeo.com/episodes/22126888-I-Heartily-Endorse-This-ep01 (click the magic button to hear or download the podcast) A busy week has prevented me from producing either a Tokyo Calling or My Ears to Your Ears episode - though offerings for both are in the works. Fortunately the work I've been doing has allowed me to listen to music. A couple of music podcasts I've recently come across soothed my jagged nerves through this arduous process. The two podcasts are recent additions to the essential NeoJaponisme blog. After listening to both of them a half-dozen times, I decided to introduce them in this debut edition of, "I Heartily Endorse This..." Simply put, Pandatone's first episode of the Mr No Music Podcast blew me away. It's a seemingly perfect blend of electronic and ambient indie music from Japan. Martians Go Home is another exciting podcasting project at NeoJaponisme. You might be asking yourself if you really want to listen to a radio show from FM Yokohama recorded on a cassette tape in 1991. Please trust me on this one: you do want to l... (click the magic button to hear or download the podcast) A busy week has prevented me from producing either a Tokyo Calling or My Ears to Your Ears episode - though offerings for both are in the works. Fortunately the work I've been doing has allowed me to listen to music. A couple of music podcasts I've recently come across soothed my jagged nerves through this arduous process. The two podcasts are recent additions to the essential NeoJaponisme blog. After listening to both of them a half-dozen times, I decided to introduce them in this debut edition of, "I Heartily Endorse This..." Simply put, Pandatone's first episode of the Mr No Music Podcast blew me away. It's a seemingly perfect blend of electronic and ambient indie music from Japan. Martians Go Home is another exciting podcasting project at NeoJaponisme. You might be asking yourself if you really want to listen to a radio show from FM Yokohama recorded on a cassette tape in 1991. Please trust me on this one: you do want to listen. It is a treasure. Happy listening. p.s. a scan of Art Linkletter on the 1960 box of Milton Bradley's Game of Life would be greatly appreciated if anyone can track one down (click the magic button to hear or download the podcast) A busy week has prevented me from producing either a Tokyo Calling or My Ears to Your Ears episode - though offerings for both are in the works. Fortunately the work I've been doing has allowed me to listen to music. A couple of music podcasts I've recently come across soothed my jagged nerves through this arduous process. The two podcasts are recent additions to the essential NeoJaponisme blog. After listening to both of them a half-dozen times, I decided to introduce them in this debut edition of, "I Heartily Endorse This..." Simply put, Pandatone's first episode of the Mr No Music Podcast blew me away. It's a seemingly perfect blend of electronic and ambient indie music from Japan. Martians Go Home is another exciting podcasting project at NeoJaponisme. You might be asking yourself if you really want to listen to a radio show from FM Yokohama recorded on a cassette tape in 1991. Please trust me on this one: you do want to listen. It is a treasure. Happy listening. p.s. a scan of Art Linkletter on the 1960 box of Milton Bradley's Game of Life would be greatly appreciated if anyone can track one down tag:odeo.com,2008-02-07,22126888 Thu, 07 Feb 2008 08:29:13 -0800 no Tokyo Calling - Original Feed podcasts http://odeo.com/episodes/18157973-TC-109-A-Most-Fortunate-Discovery tag:odeo.com,2008-01-31,18157973 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:07:51 -0800 no Tokyo Calling - Original Feed http://odeo.com/episodes/22120567-TC-109-A-Most-Fortunate-Discovery (click the magic button to hear or download the 42 minute episode) time segment links 00:00-1:59 Introduction &nbsp 1:59-2:20 The House on Landsford Drive by gurdonark Creative Commons licensed via ccMixter 2:15-16:15 Elementary School Kendama Tournament Japan Kendama Association 16:10-32-40 lab_sound (part 4 - alternate) by jaspertine Creative Commons licensed via ccMixter 16:35-27:57 Vending Machine with David Lynch Coffee Petty Larceny with Schlomo David Lynch Signature Coffee Schlomo Rabinowitz 27:46-29:53 Break In remix - bwilson Creative Commons licensed via ccMixter 28:20-42:30 Finally an answer for Marius ccMixter Thanks to the artists at ccMixter for sharing their music under Creative Commons licensing. (click the magic button to hear or download the 42 minute episode) time segment links 00:00-1:59 Introduction &nbsp 1:59-2:20 The House on Landsford Drive by gurdonark Creative Commons licensed via ccMixter 2:15-16:15 Elementary School Kendama Tournament Japan Kendama Association 16:10-32-40 lab_sound (part 4 - alternate) by jaspertine Creative Commons licensed via ccMixter 16:35-27:57 Vending Machine with David Lynch Coffee Petty Larceny with Schlomo David Lynch Signature Coffee Schlomo Rabinowitz 27:46-29:53 Break In remix - bwilson Creative Commons licensed via ccMixter 28:20-42:30 Finally an answer for Marius ccMixter Thanks to the artists at ccMixter for sharing their music under Creative Commons licensing. (click the magic button to hear or download the 42 minute episode) time segment links 00:00-1:59 Introduction &nbsp 1:59-2:20 The House on Landsford Drive by gurdonark Creative Commons licensed via ccMixter 2:15-16:15 Elementary School Kendama Tournament Japan Kendama Association 16:10-32-40 lab_sound (part 4 - alternate) by jaspertine Creative Commons licensed via ccMixter 16:35-27:57 Vending Machine with David Lynch Coffee Petty Larceny with Schlomo David Lynch Signature Coffee Schlomo Rabinowitz 27:46-29:53 Break In remix - bwilson Creative Commons licensed via ccMixter 28:20-42:30 Finally an answer for Marius ccMixter Thanks to the artists at ccMixter for sharing their music under Creative Commons licensing. tag:odeo.com,2008-01-31,22120567 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 09:07:51 -0800 no Tokyo Calling - Original Feed podcasts http://odeo.com/episodes/18157963-My-Ears-to-Your-Ears-episode-01-I-Remember-Seeing-Orson-Welles-on-TV tag:odeo.com,2008-01-22,18157963 Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:22:23 -0800 no Tokyo Calling - Original Feed http://odeo.com/episodes/22102567-My-Ears-to-Your-Ears-episode-01-I-Remember-Seeing-Orson-Welles-on-TV After too many months of dormancy, the ZionRadio Padcast feed delivered three tasty 70 minute mp3s to iTunes this morning. I listened to a hypnotizing episode entitled "music a fe rule" throughout the various stages of my commute during the day. The idea for this audio miniature occurred while listening to twisting-sweep-in-a-swamp sort of jam at the 49 minute mark whilst thinking about Orson Welles on the way home after a long day in the classroom. Sadly, the ZionRadio website seems a bit out of date. I couldn't find playlists for the recently arrived podcast. Best bet if you wanna listen is to subscribe to feed: http://www.zionradio.com/podcasts/zionradiopodcast.xml. The image that accompanies this blog post is provided by Daniel Montesinos under a Creative Commons license via Flickr. After too many months of dormancy, the ZionRadio Padcast feed delivered three tasty 70 minute mp3s to iTunes this morning. I listened to a hypnotizing episode entitled "music a fe rule" throughout the various stages of my commute during the day. The idea for this audio miniature occurred while listening to twisting-sweep-in-a-swamp sort of jam at the 49 minute mark whilst thinking about Orson Welles on the way home after a long day in the classroom. Sadly, the ZionRadio website seems a bit out of date. I couldn't find playlists for the recently arrived podcast. Best bet if you wanna listen is to subscribe to feed: http://www.zionradio.com/podcasts/zionradiopodcast.xml. The image that accompanies this blog post is provided by Daniel Montesinos under a Creative Commons license via Flickr. After too many months of dormancy, the ZionRadio Padcast feed delivered three tasty 70 minute mp3s to iTunes this morning. I listened to a hypnotizing episode entitled "music a fe rule" throughout the various stages of my commute during the day. The idea for this audio miniature occurred while listening to twisting-sweep-in-a-swamp sort of jam at the 49 minute mark whilst thinking about Orson Welles on the way home after a long day in the classroom. Sadly, the ZionRadio website seems a bit out of date. I couldn't find playlists for the recently arrived podcast. Best bet if you wanna listen is to subscribe to feed: http://www.zionradio.com/podcasts/zionradiopodcast.xml. The image that accompanies this blog post is provided by Daniel Montesinos under a Creative Commons license via Flickr. tag:odeo.com,2008-01-22,22102567 Tue, 22 Jan 2008 07:22:23 -0800 no Tokyo Calling - Original Feed podcasts http://odeo.com/episodes/18157953-TC-108-Open-Gates tag:odeo.com,2008-01-18,18157953 Fri, 18 Jan 2008 02:44:21 -0800 no Tokyo Calling - Original Feed http://odeo.com/episodes/22080218-TC-108-Open-Gates - (click the magic button to hear or download the 49 minute episode) time segment links 00:00-10:29 Open Gates Brezny's Free Will Astrology JapanPodcasters.com 10:29-10:50 Now or Never 10:45-31:29 Pause Talk JeanSnow Paper Bird Shantell Martin Test Tone Hitotoki 31:22-32-55 Onarimon Station Noises 32:46-40:27 TCTV Talk 40:23-40:47 Toto: Child's Anthem 40:43-49:18 Epilog Toto and Boz Skaggs together at MEETSPORT Eric Rice on Identity Hacking Momus on Mask Making Antonin Artoud on Wikipedia Thanks to Night Owl City thanks the above photograph which is made available through a Creative Commons license. Check out more photos from Night Owl City at flickr. - (click the magic button to hear or download the 49 minute episode) time segment links 00:00-10:29 Open Gates Brezny's Free Will Astrology JapanPodcasters.com 10:29-10:50 Now or Never 10:45-31:29 Pause Talk JeanSnow Paper Bird Shantell Martin Test Tone Hitotoki 31:22-32-55 Onarimon Station Noises 32:46-40:27 TCTV Talk 40:23-40:47 Toto: Child's Anthem 40:43-49:18 Epilog Toto and Boz Skaggs together at MEETSPORT Eric Rice on Identity Hacking Momus on Mask Making Antonin Artoud on Wikipedia Thanks to Night Owl City thanks the above photograph which is made available through a Creative Commons license. Check out more photos from Night Owl City at flickr. - (click the magic button to hear or download the 49 minute episode) time segment links 00:00-10:29 Open Gates Brezny's Free Will Astrology JapanPodcasters.com 10:29-10:50 Now or Never 10:45-31:29 Pause Talk JeanSnow Paper Bird Shantell Martin Test Tone Hitotoki 31:22-32-55 Onarimon Station Noises 32:46-40:27 TCTV Talk 40:23-40:47 Toto: Child's Anthem 40:43-49:18 Epilog Toto and Boz Skaggs together at MEETSPORT Eric Rice on Identity Hacking Momus on Mask Making Antonin Artoud on Wikipedia Thanks to Night Owl City thanks the above photograph which is made available through a Creative Commons license. Check out more photos from Night Owl City at flickr. tag:odeo.com,2008-01-17,22080218 Thu, 17 Jan 2008 18:44:21 -0800 no Tokyo Calling - Original Feed podcasts http://odeo.com/episodes/22049274-TC-107-The-Road-to-Self-Discovery Podcast: Tokyo Calling 107 (click to listen) Getting Started Inspired by a couple of blogging and self-help gurus, this podcast features a few of my personal and podcasting goals for the coming year. Problogger goes so far as to schedule a Resolution and Goal Setting brunch at the beginning of every year with his wife. I don't know if Mrs. Tokyo Calling or the TC Singers would tolerate such indulgence. Though, I don't doubt its value. Looked at from another angle, in his Personal Development for Smart People blog, Steve Pavlina discusses letting your intuition tell you what sort of year you'd like to have in a journal in a post from 2006. Later in the episode Instead of getting ready for the resumption of classes during the break, my focus has been turned more inward. I'm grateful to BicycleMark of CitizenReporter.org for his tip on a great journaling application for Macs. Simply enough, it's called Journler. It has been a timely discovery which I've used to begin digitally archivin... Podcast: Tokyo Calling 107 (click to listen) Getting Started Inspired by a couple of blogging and self-help gurus, this podcast features a few of my personal and podcasting goals for the coming year. Problogger goes so far as to schedule a Resolution and Goal Setting brunch at the beginning of every year with his wife. I don't know if Mrs. Tokyo Calling or the TC Singers would tolerate such indulgence. Though, I don't doubt its value. Looked at from another angle, in his Personal Development for Smart People blog, Steve Pavlina discusses letting your intuition tell you what sort of year you'd like to have in a journal in a post from 2006. Later in the episode Instead of getting ready for the resumption of classes during the break, my focus has been turned more inward. I'm grateful to BicycleMark of CitizenReporter.org for his tip on a great journaling application for Macs. Simply enough, it's called Journler. It has been a timely discovery which I've used to begin digitally archiving the past nine months worth of hand-written and until now unexamined journals. This has been a rewarding experience. Finally I close with an announcement about a contest that could get you a free trip to Tokyo to vlog the 2008 Tokyo International Anime Fair. The graphic with this blog post will also take you to the contest which, as far as I can tell, is sponsored by AnimePodcast.Net. A tip of the hat to Jimmy-khun in Parsippany, NJ for sending his video entry and informing me about this cool opportunity. The entry deadline is February 15, 2008. Good luck, Jimmy-khun. Also Did I mention Tokyo Calling TV is still around? It is, have a look Comments and suggestions are welcome Thanks to Mark for the kind donation As Always Thanks for listening. And may you meet all of your goals! addendum: I forgot to add links to Internet Eavesdropping kit mentioned in the podcast: Internet Eavesdropping - pdf document The article where the document can be found The online OPML generating tool mentioned in the document (Please be careful with this information. In the wrong hands - there could be danger) Podcast: Tokyo Calling 107 (click to listen) Getting Started Inspired by a couple of blogging and self-help gurus, this podcast features a few of my personal and podcasting goals for the coming year. Problogger goes so far as to schedule a Resolution and Goal Setting brunch at the beginning of every year with his wife. I don't know if Mrs. Tokyo Calling or the TC Singers would tolerate such indulgence. Though, I don't doubt its value. Looked at from another angle, in his Personal Development for Smart People blog, Steve Pavlina discusses letting your intuition tell you what sort of year you'd like to have in a journal in a post from 2006. Later in the episode Instead of getting ready for the resumption of classes during the break, my focus has been turned more inward. I'm grateful to BicycleMark of CitizenReporter.org for his tip on a great journaling application for Macs. Simply enough, it's called Journler. It has been a timely discovery which I've used to begin digitally archiving the past nine months worth of hand-written and until now unexamined journals. This has been a rewarding experience. Finally I close with an announcement about a contest that could get you a free trip to Tokyo to vlog the 2008 Tokyo International Anime Fair. The graphic with this blog post will also take you to the contest which, as far as I can tell, is sponsored by AnimePodcast.Net. A tip of the hat to Jimmy-khun in Parsippany, NJ for sending his video entry and informing me about this cool opportunity. The entry deadline is February 15, 2008. Good luck, Jimmy-khun. Also Did I mention Tokyo Calling TV is still around? It is, have a look Comments and suggestions are welcome Thanks to Mark for the kind donation As Always Thanks for listening. And may you meet all of your goals! addendum: I forgot to add links to Internet Eavesdropping kit mentioned in the podcast: Internet Eavesdropping - pdf document The article where the document can be found The online OPML generating tool mentioned in the document (Please be careful with this information. In the wrong hands - there could be danger) tag:odeo.com,2008-01-03,22049274 Thu, 03 Jan 2008 08:39:56 -0800 no Tokyo Calling - Original Feed podcasts http://odeo.com/episodes/22049282-Tokyo-Calling-Episode-106 Recorded on my way to and from a Saturday make-up lesson at the science university, this 30 minute he's-at-it-again-cast features thoughts on my second daughter's recent attempt to enter a national elementary school and how that effort impacted our family. Also included is a debriefing on the lessons in which I showed and asked the engineering and business management students to write about some holiday videos I'd recently found online. The most popular video among the students seemed to an excerpt from the Robot Chicken Christmas special which features a send-up of DragonBall Z (note: the linked-to video is of a mature theme). Unfortunately, I didn't have the energy include the TCTC segment I mentioned during the cast. That will have to wait until the next episode. At the current rate the podcast is going, that should be sooner rather than later. As always, thanks for listening!! Recorded on my way to and from a Saturday make-up lesson at the science university, this 30 minute he's-at-it-again-cast features thoughts on my second daughter's recent attempt to enter a national elementary school and how that effort impacted our family. Also included is a debriefing on the lessons in which I showed and asked the engineering and business management students to write about some holiday videos I'd recently found online. The most popular video among the students seemed to an excerpt from the Robot Chicken Christmas special which features a send-up of DragonBall Z (note: the linked-to video is of a mature theme). Unfortunately, I didn't have the energy include the TCTC segment I mentioned during the cast. That will have to wait until the next episode. At the current rate the podcast is going, that should be sooner rather than later. As always, thanks for listening!! Recorded on my way to and from a Saturday make-up lesson at the science university, this 30 minute he's-at-it-again-cast features thoughts on my second daughter's recent attempt to enter a national elementary school and how that effort impacted our family. Also included is a debriefing on the lessons in which I showed and asked the engineering and business management students to write about some holiday videos I'd recently found online. The most popular video among the students seemed to an excerpt from the Robot Chicken Christmas special which features a send-up of DragonBall Z (note: the linked-to video is of a mature theme). Unfortunately, I didn't have the energy include the TCTC segment I mentioned during the cast. That will have to wait until the next episode. At the current rate the podcast is going, that should be sooner rather than later. As always, thanks for listening!! tag:odeo.com,2007-12-23,22049282 Sun, 23 Dec 2007 00:52:07 -0800 no Tokyo Calling - Original Feed podcasts http://odeo.com/episodes/22049316-Tokyo-Calling-Episode-105 Hoping that the third time is a charm, this 30 minute setting-the-record-straight-cast features recap, explanation, and examination of topics that were less than fully covered in the two prior episodes. Relevant Links: Systemic Infection Boz Skaggs, according to wikipedia, is tremendously popular in Japan Boz Skaggs and Toto in concert Tokyo Hoping that the third time is a charm, this 30 minute setting-the-record-straight-cast features recap, explanation, and examination of topics that were less than fully covered in the two prior episodes. Relevant Links: Systemic Infection Boz Skaggs, according to wikipedia, is tremendously popular in Japan Boz Skaggs and Toto in concert Tokyo Hoping that the third time is a charm, this 30 minute setting-the-record-straight-cast features recap, explanation, and examination of topics that were less than fully covered in the two prior episodes. Relevant Links: Systemic Infection Boz Skaggs, according to wikipedia, is tremendously popular in Japan Boz Skaggs and Toto in concert Tokyo tag:odeo.com,2007-12-19,22049316 Wed, 19 Dec 2007 09:35:30 -0800 no Tokyo Calling - Original Feed podcasts http://odeo.com/episodes/22049323-Tokyo-Calling-Episode-104 Wish I could blame the poor sound of this 24 minute echo-chamber-cast on the pain killers from my recent injury. In fact, some dude giving a talk on podcasting at a recent Tokyo Mac Users Group (RINGO) meeting recommended using a bit of reverb when recording. He said it would add a little something. Unfortunately, I recorded with some of it instead of adding it after the fact. My fear is that this is unlistenable. In the final five minutes I explain the links below to my Mother's new online endeavor. Please pay her a visit and tell her Tokyo Calling sent you, if your so inclined. Relevant Links: Baba Knits blog Baba Knits online shop Wish I could blame the poor sound of this 24 minute echo-chamber-cast on the pain killers from my recent injury. In fact, some dude giving a talk on podcasting at a recent Tokyo Mac Users Group (RINGO) meeting recommended using a bit of reverb when recording. He said it would add a little something. Unfortunately, I recorded with some of it instead of adding it after the fact. My fear is that this is unlistenable. In the final five minutes I explain the links below to my Mother's new online endeavor. Please pay her a visit and tell her Tokyo Calling sent you, if your so inclined. Relevant Links: Baba Knits blog Baba Knits online shop Wish I could blame the poor sound of this 24 minute echo-chamber-cast on the pain killers from my recent injury. In fact, some dude giving a talk on podcasting at a recent Tokyo Mac Users Group (RINGO) meeting recommended using a bit of reverb when recording. He said it would add a little something. Unfortunately, I recorded with some of it instead of adding it after the fact. My fear is that this is unlistenable. In the final five minutes I explain the links below to my Mother's new online endeavor. Please pay her a visit and tell her Tokyo Calling sent you, if your so inclined. Relevant Links: Baba Knits blog Baba Knits online shop tag:odeo.com,2007-12-16,22049323 Sun, 16 Dec 2007 05:14:08 -0800 no Tokyo Calling - Original Feed podcasts http://odeo.com/episodes/22049339-Tokyo-Calling-Episode-103 Here's a 22 minute recording made while walking in Chiyoda-ku this afternoon. Here's a 22 minute recording made while walking in Chiyoda-ku this afternoon. Here's a 22 minute recording made while walking in Chiyoda-ku this afternoon. tag:odeo.com,2007-12-13,22049339 Thu, 13 Dec 2007 07:51:36 -0800 no Tokyo Calling - Original Feed podcasts