Podcast Ping 24 - Writing

The theme of this podcast is writing.

http://www.archive.org/download/PodcastPing24/pp24.mp3

As some might have noticed, I've removed the older posts of episodes 1-9 because I felt someone sampling the show might get the wrong impression. I will redo the poetry and post it at a later date.

Remember, the music is free and legal under podsafe music provisions so don't worry about subscribing or downloading.

Podcast Ping Bonus 5 - Ways

Not much to say but here it is:

http://www.archive.org/download/PodcastPingBonus5/ppb5-ways.mp3

As a matter of scheduling, I plan to replace one of the upcoming Tuesday bonus episodes with another movie commentary (if I can find the time). I also don't plan on putting one out Christmas day (which falls on a Tuesday), although I have a couple of Christmas episodes prior. In the new year the Tuesday episodes will have regular episode numbers instead of being labeled as bonus episodes.

Podcast Ping 23 - Comrades

This episode honours those who died during the war with a tribute to Dr. John McCrae and a reading of "In Flanders' Fields" at the end.

http://www.archive.org/download/PodcastPing23/pp23-comrades.mp3

It seems I made a mistake and left the credits out. I recorded them but when I edited the show together I accidently added the Podshow.com credit instead.

Here they are:
Music:
Deana Carter - On The Road Again
Dust Rhinos-Perfect World
Great Big Sea-The Chemical Workers Song/Process Man
Celtic Woman-You Raise Me Up
Dempsey Doodle-My Folks Have Always Been Here
Great Big Sea-General Taylor

Poetry:
Ways
Unity
The Assassin
I Try
To A Poppy
Poppies Are Red
By Patrick McNamara

Dr. John McCrae tribute by Patrick McNamara

In Flanders' Fields by Dr. John McCrae

Note: I put it up a bit early because I want to see if it would work better to post on Saturdays or Sundays. I would rather have an episode a day early than a day late and I suspect so would listeners.

Podcast Ping Bonus 4 - Castles, Kings and Compositions

This episode has slight medieval theme.

http://www.archive.org/download/PodcastPingBonus4/ppb4-CastlesKingsAndCompositions.mp3

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Podcast Ping 22 - Garden Party

http://www.archive.org/download/PodcastPing22/pp22-gardenparty.mp3

This show's theme is a garden.

Podcast Ping Bonus 3 - Ghosts

This episode complements The Halloween episode; it's an episode with the theme of ghosts.

http://www.archive.org/download/PodcastPingBonus3/ppb3-ghosts.mp3

If you notice I've added some buttons to the podcast page at http://podcastping.blogspot.com to make it easier to subscribe. I've also put a link which allows one to subscribe by e-mail; each time a new episode comes out an e-mail is sent to your inbox. This service is offered through Feedburner and I don't have any control of it so if you have a problem you'll have to deal with them about it, but I've tested it and it works.

I've also added a player from Podcast Pickle to allow you to play the podcasts right from the webpage.

Addendum: You can see the pumpkin I carved this year and those I carved in previous years at http://www.geocities.com/writerpatrick/pumpkin.html.

Podcast Ping 21 - Spooky Stanzas

And here is the Halloween episode:

http://www.archive.org/download/PodcastPing21/PP21-spookystanzas.mp3

It's filled with songs and poetry I've been saving up just for this episode. It's likely one of the best I've done so far and I'm sure that there will be at least one piece you've never heard. If you're tired of all the radio station playing Monster Mash over and over again, then you'll enjoy this one. The bonus episode later this week will follow-up with the theme of ghosts.

I've been working on the rest of the shows for the year, including the Christmas ones. I have two because one will be original music and one will be traditional. I've also packaged the original music in an interesting way, one a little different than I've done before.

I'm planning to clear out everything I've saved up this year, including the poetry, and if I haven't played it by the final show if the year it will go into that. I want to get into all new music and poetry for next year. Some of the poetry I have is stuff I've written years ago. I'm planning to drop themes, with the possible exception of holidays, since I find I'm using music more because it fits the theme than any other reason. This makes it difficult to play some good music that doesn't fit in anywhere. The end of year show will be filled with many of those pieces.

Podcast Ping Bonus 2 - Time

The songs on this show are from PodsafeAudio.com. I'm just trying them out and I wanted to use a few songs. Most of the rest of the year I'll be using material I gathered from Podshow.

http://www.archive.org/download/PodcastPingBonus2-Time/ppb2-time.mp3

Podcast Ping 20 - Poverty and Poetry

For a change this week's show uses music from Archive.org. The next show will be back to Podshow's music.

http://www.archive.org/download/PodcastPing20/pp20.mp3

I will be putting out another bonus episode this week. I'm considering a schedule of Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday but that's not likely to be standard until the new year. The shows will likely be about fifteen minutes each, so there will be at least the same amount of music each week as now.

I've also put together a bonus for Halloween aside from the Halloween episode I plan to release next Sunday.

Podcast Ping Bonus - Comedy Clips

http://www.archive.org/download/PodcastPingBonus-ComedyClips/pp-ComedyClips.mp3

This is a bonus episode. I'm experimenting a little with doing multiple shows per week instead of one long one. I'll probably do another eight at least to make up for episodes 1-9 which don't really use the current format. Although episode 10 doesn't use podsafe music, it does follow the current format.

After I do nine bonus episodes I'll number them to equalize the number of shows with the current format to those actually being produced. That way when I get to episode 50 I will have the same number of shows in the new format. Of course I'll really have more than 50 shows but that's a matter of what's considered valid.

If things work out well I'll do the shows regularly. The length of the show has been creeping up and I'd like to keep it under 30 minutes. It also has the advantage of making it easier to follow a theme; I can do two different themes each week instead of trying to force them all into one.

The downside is that it takes extra time to post additional shows and I can't say how busy I will be but I'll try to get at least one a week. I also don't know if I'll stay with using themes or just make mixed shows. But any new schedule likely won't come into effect until next year.