Category: Interviews

Thursday, 6 January 2005

First Crack 18. Blogumentary’s Chuck Olsen and the Revamps

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Chuck Olsen and I discuss his movie Blogumentary, open source films, vlogging, authenticity, and piles of other things including:

I end the show with “Rainy Day Exit” by the Revamps. For more on them, drop lead man Darren Harff a line or catch them at their show on Jan 14th at the Terminal Bar – they go on around 11:45pm.

Listen to Blogumentary’s Chuck Olsen and the Revamps [44 min]

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Thursday, 30 December 2004

First Crack 17. Belgian Coffee, Beer, and Chocolate with Lewis Dijkstra

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The best places for coffee, beer, and chocolate in Brussels, Belgium from Lewis Dijkstra.

Things discussed:

Listen to Belgian Coffee, Beer and Chocolate with Lewis Dijkstra [28 min]

Intro: Tod Maffin & Sean from I Love Radio.

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Tuesday, 21 December 2004

First Crack 16. Interview with a Roastmaster: Greg Beale

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Greg Beale, a Dunn Bros. Coffee roastmaster, and I roast 8 pounds of Colombian beans, discuss holiday brewing tips, and the local flavors of the Dunn Bros shops.

Intro: PodCat from PodCat’s Daily Best of Podcasting.

Listen to Interview with a Roastmaster: Greg Beale [38 min]

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Tuesday, 14 December 2004

First Crack 15. Minneapolis Bicycle Culture with Gene Oberpiller

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Gene Oberpriller, who runs the 1-on-1 Bike Studio, gives us the skinny on his shop/gallery/cafe, the 15 year-old bicycle junkyard in the basement, and the history of Minneapolis’ bombastic bicycle culture.

Links Mentioned:

Intro: Bill Boulger from IndieTickets.com

Listen to Minneapolis Bicycle Culture [28 min]

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Monday, 13 December 2004

First Crack 14. RIAARadar.com Creator Ben Tesch

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A conversation with Ben Tesch, the creator of RIAARadar – a website that suggests non-RIAA artists and MixMatcher.com – a media-player-independent song playlist sharing site.

Links Mentioned:

Intro: PodCat from PodCat’s Daily Best of Podcasting

Listen to RIAARadar.com Creator Ben Tesch [45 min]

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Featured in PodCat’s Best of Podcasting Dec 9 – 13

Saturday, 4 December 2004

First Crack 12. The Winter Blanket at Marysburg Books

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Special Guest: The Winter Blanket. We talk about the last 4 miles of the Hiawatha LRT opening today – from downtown to the airport to the Mall of America, winter striking Minnesota this week, and the band’s upcoming Polar Bear tour. We close with a live premiere of their new song – Neil Young Blues.

Links mentioned:

Intro: PodCat from Daily Best of Podcasting

Listen to Winter Blanket at Marysburg Books [34 min]

Saturday, 20 November 2004

Tuesday, 9 November 2004