Blue Hot Gossip's 13 Days of Halloween 2011 - Day 4

Day 4

http://www.archive.org/download/BlueHotGossips13DaysOfHalloween2011-Day4/Blue.Hot.Gossip.13.Days.of.Halloween.Day.04.mp3

It seems to me that devils were more popular in the past as part of Halloween than they are today. It might have something to do with the pranking origins of modern Halloween. In the past pranks were performed to scare people into thinking that spirits had done things but today's Halloween is more about the celebrations than the scares.

Although Spring Heeled Jack isn't exactly a devil, he would have been thought of one at the time. It's a Victorian character that not everyone knew about, much like the Jersey Devil. I was surprised when the character showed up on Sanctuary. I suspect the song may have renewed an interest in the character, although I can't help but wonder if one of the writers happened to listen to last year's show.

Blue Hot Gossip's 13 Days of Halloween 2011 - Day 3

http://www.archive.org/download/BlueHotGossips13DaysOfHalloween2011-Day3/Blue.Hot.Gossip.13.Days.of.Halloween.Day.03.mp3

I'm glad I got the the first three done since I've been a little busy the past couple days to do any work on it. But it doesn't take long to edit the shows together once the voice recording is done and edited. The rest should go quickly, once I get the time to work on them. The only thing I'm cutting short are these descriptions.

Since it isn't always easy to come up with Halloween-related songs that are also podsafe. However it seems that there's more podsafe stuff than commercial stuff. Some of it, like the old 78 records, are commercial material that's become public domain.

Blue Hot Gossip's 13 Days of Halloween 2011 - Day 2

Day 2

http://www.archive.org/download/BlueHotGossips13DaysOfHalloween-Day2_463/Blue.Hot.Gossip.13.Days.of.Halloween.Day.02.mp3

I've been busy these past couple days so I don't have the time or energy to write much. I've got up to episode 8 recorded and only up to episode 3 edited and ready to post so I'll have to try and get some more work done tomorrow.

Initially I was just going to have one new song in each posting but I realized there might be a lot of older stuff that people haven't heard and the episodes were a little short so I decided to add another song. But since I was making the episodes two songs long I decided I might as well put three songs in each. And many may not have heard listened to those song since last year. That allows me to repost many of the songs I've played in the past. But there's still plenty of new music in the episodes as well.

The themes really came about as I was sorting out what songs to put in each show. I hadn't initially planned on themes but I found that I had many songs that would fit into groups. Since I chose to go with themes many days may have all older music while some might have a couple new ones.

Blue Hot Gossip's 13 Days of Halloween - Day 1

Day 1

http://www.archive.org/download/BlueHotGossips13DaysOfHalloween2011-Day1/Blue.Hot.Gossip.13.Days.of.Halloween.Day.01.mp3

It's time again for the third annual 13 Days of Halloween. I say third even though it's only the second year I'm posting it at Blue Hot Gossip. The first year was posted at Podcast Ping.

I started working on it a little late and I've still got the last script to write, but I had decided already that I wouldn't make it as complicated as the past two. Initially I was just going to have one song and a paragraph of narration, but I wound up deciding to use some songs I had used before and felt it better to add Edward in with Count Cordova as hosts. So I've got a little bit of conversation plus three songs.

And like last year, I am going to try and post the evening before the day so that it's easier for people to download. That way come Halloween most people will have a whole day to download and listen to the podcast.

The Blue Hot Gossip Comedy Show 22

After a long delay, here's episode 22.

http://www.archive.org/download/TheBlueHotGossipComedyShow22/BHGCS22.mp3


This will probably be the last episode of the podcast, at least for a while. It's been hard enough to get around to doing it with all the other things I need to work on, and many of those take more priority. I also have another podcast I'd like to work on, however it could be some time before I start on it.

This seems like just the right time to wrap the show up. I've take the Count Cordova/ Francis storyline just about as far as I can. And I'm ending the episode in a way that would allow me to either continue with the format of the three hosts or to do the show more like I did for the first five. So if I do continue with the podcast I can do so with a fresh start.

It's sort of interesting how the airplane motif works into the show. The Count Cordova storyline started with a plane crash and (sort of) wraps up with the boys traveling home on one. The first song of the first episode was "At The Airport" which also related to planes.

The airplane motif relates well to the podcast because I've always felt I've been trying to get it off the ground. I would like to have been able to do it weekly but just found it took too much work as well as it being difficult to come up with enough good suitable music. In fact I'm a bit amazed at even getting 22 episodes out of it, or 35 if you include the Halloween specials. And likely because the episodes haven't been so regular it's been difficult to really draw much of an audience (aside from the torrentcast).

So rather than just coming up with one every few months I thought I'd give it a proper ending, or at least do a show that would work as a proper ending. But like season finales it also leaves it open to further shows should I decide to do them.

As for other podcasts I'll have to wait and see. I do want to get into a new one but I'm a bit busy right now. And I don't want to get into a new one unless I can be sure I can do it weekly. The big problem is that right now I can't afford to work on anything that isn't going to generate revenue. And podcasting tends to be non-profit. I could afford to do one or two a month but not weekly as I would like so it's best for now just to hold off.

But I'm not quitting podcasting, just taking a break from it for now. I have been blogging a bit more lately. My blog, The Best Blog In The Unknown Universe, can be found at http://writerpatrick.wordpress.com/ .

The Blue Hot Gossip Comedy Show 21

The Blue Hot Gossip 2010 Christmas episode.

http://www.archive.org/download/TheBlueHotGossipComedyShow21/BHGCS21.mp3

I know it's late in the month for a Christmas podcast but I almost didn't do this one. I kept getting interrupted and had too many other things to deal with this month. And I had trouble coming up with good music; most of the humorous Christmas music that came out this month wasn't all that funny or suitable.

The next one will most likely be the third anniversary episode in January. I already have an idea for it. Then I'll take a break from it but I can't say for how long. I'll probably give myself a break of a few months then get into a new podcast. Whether I work on this one has much to do with the music I find and the ideas I come up with.

The Blue Hot Gossip Comedy Show 20 - Ode to Billy Jones

This is a somewhat special episode featuring the music of Billy Jones. He was a comedy musician back in the 20s and 30s, although much of his work holds up today.

http://www.archive.org/download/TheBlueHotGossipComedyShow20/TBHGCS20.mp3

I was initially planning on getting this episode out before Halloween but I was too busy with the 13 Days of Halloween to get it done. The premise is a little different than what I was going to do but it worked out as well just the same. I would have done this a little sooner but I was holding off to today because of the Canadian podcasting five years celebration.

I can't say whether or not I'll get one done for Christmas. It mainly depends upon the music and I'm having trouble can't find anything decent I haven't yet used. Last year's Christmas Calendar for Podcast Ping as well as the Christmas episode used up what old stuff I could find and I've not been too thrilled by the new stuff coming out. In fact it seems that in general most of the stuff from The Fump lately has been a little too serious.

But it's really a matter of whether or not I'll find the time to write the script. I do want to get one done for the 3rd anniversary show in January, but at this point I will probably put the show into hiatus so that I can spend time working on a new podcast. I just can't seem to find the time or energy to work on more than one at a time and I would like the new one to be weekly. I'm hesitant to talk about it now since I may not start it until the spring.

Looking back at my old posts I can see that I've been podcasting for about three-and-a-half years and blogging for six years on December 2nd. Although before blogs I did have web pages with a few articles I had written so in a sense I've been blogging for longer than that. In all, I've been putting material out for about ten years, although the last few years have been the most productive.