Updated my rss feed for my podcast once again

If you’re already subscribed through iTunes then this doesn’t apply to you. However if you use any other podcast aggregator or podcatcher then would you be so kind as to unsubscribe and resubscribe through the new rss feed of:

http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheJulioFromNyShow

Apparently feedburner has fixed their rss streams and it won’t affect how many episodes will show on it. That was my initial reason for dropping my feedburner account because I want you, my listeners, to always have access to all the episodes on the podcast feed for whenever you wanted to back catalog or whatever. Feedburner’s assurance that this won’t be an issue anymore and it’s ability to collect data of my subscribership has lured me back into their fold.

Again, this change is really for my own purposes and if you don’t want to, you can just stay with the libsyn rss link but I would appreciate it all the same if you humored me with this quick change. Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.

Promo for Matthew Wayne Selznick’s novel

I just wanted to let you guys know about a podcast novel, which I have been a fan of for the past 2 years called Brave Men Run by Matthew Wayne Selznik.  If you’re a fan of X-men, Smallville, Heroes or any coming of age story, a fan of teen dramas, like “my so called life” or “freaks and geeks” or just a fan of good speculative fiction, I highly recommend this book.

The reason for this little push for MWS is that for the past two years he’s had this book in circulation online through his website, podibooks dot com and lulu press.  Well thanks to his hard-earned work and his pseudo-internet fame, small publisher Swarm Press is going to re-release his book this coming Sunday, July 13th on Amazon.  One of the things he’s going to do to promote this new launch is do a little live webcast through his site reading short stories written by fellow podcast authors that will take place in the BMR universe and every hour he’s going to let you know how many books have sold.

I want to do my part in helping him sell some copies; hence the reason for this quick blog entry. Down below are some links to his website, the podiobooks page and my podcast promo.  Until the next blog entry.

Brave Men Run’s main page

for Brave Men Run (currently only way to subscribe)

Link to my podcast promo for Matthew Wayne Selznick

Hello Podcasting World

After much debating and planned preparation I finally just took the plunge and recorded a podcast, with my wife’s assistance.  As can be expected, it is most amateurish, and the lack of planning plainly shows.  But whatever, I enjoyed myself.  I obviously need to learn Audacity a bit better and I just have to keep practicing.  Eventually it should sound crisp and clean, right?

If your curiosity is piqued feel free to check it out at this link.

Or you can just subscribe to the rss feed and get an instant download.

Having a pretty busy month thus far

It’s been a while since my last entry and I apologize for that. I also don’t usually write anything personal but this month has been phenomenal for me as a fan of podcasts and I just want to share my joy. On May 2nd, I went down to New York City to meet some fans of the Keith and The Girl show, as well as support comedian Jesse Joyce as he competed for a spot on the Montreal Comedy Festival over at the Stand Up New York Comedy Club. On top of meeting fellow fan Babbling Bryan, I also got to meet the stars of Keith and the Girl (Keith and Chemda) as well as their friends and fellow guest stars Rellek, Keith McNally, Matthew Bray, Spooky and of course comedian Jesse Joyce. On top of a stellar night of comedy, I actually got the pleasure of hanging out with everyone for a good part of the late night. Getting to know everyone on a more personal level made being a fan all the more special.

This past weekend, after emailing Seth Harwood some suggestions for a title of a new podcast that he is working on, he emailed me back asking me to do the intro for his latest episode of Jack Palms. Needless to say I was floored and honored. Not having any audio equipment of my own of course, I had to come up with some quick minute planning, contacted a friend of my wife and sent him the intro in record time. He just released it on his site and even though it sounds like I have a speech impediment, I can’t help but be pleased that I got to do it. This has been a very good month for a podcast fan indeed.

Below are some Pictures I took on the May 2nd event:

Scott Sigler wished me a happy birthday!!!

Normally I’m not much for making a big hoopla about myself. But I just received a sound file from Scott Sigler saying happy birthday to me and I was very much in glee. For those of you who do now know Sigler, he is one of the first authors to put one of his novels in podcast form. His first podcast novel was Earthcore. Since then he’s gone on to produce many more sci-fi horror related novels and got a book deal with Crown Publishing. His first book with Crown, Infected, will be launching later this year.

Now before I get hate mail from other “junkies” out on the internets (Sigler’s moniker for his fanbase), let me remind you guys that he mentioned something about this in a previous episode. He stated that he was trying to allocate all his fanbase’s information into a database so that he can do little special things for them (such as wish them Happy Birthdays, invite them to pub crawls, book launches, etc). I’m sure you’ll all be getting your birthday wishes from him soon enough. All you have to do is sign up to his website and you’ll be added to his database.

Anyway, Happy Birthday to me, check out Scott Sigler’s website and I’ll see you guys later.