SnakeCasters and Topics Welcome

So want a cheap-sh*t way to be a podcaster? Forget everything else you have heard. Send me an MP3 file and maybe I will suck it into the show. Want to hear an example? Go back to my show called "Dead Sam and the Sheep that Wouldn't Die" where Bobo of the North sent a great 3 or 4 minute segment of about Elvin Jones, his giant death resisting sheep. You can do the same. If your topic is just the right mix of strange, fun, authentic and/or includes a paypal $50 deposit (kidding), I will include it and you will get access to the vast audience of Snakesters out there. BTW - I am back up to being rated #20 in the damn WORLD in terms of Music Podcast. OK, that is, on Podcast Alley. OK so saying that ranks me as #6 on the conceited list as well. Hey - don't hassle me in my own house!
There is danger in that podcast offer I made tho cause if you are the least bit geeky, you will find your self gradually pouring more money in to improve the sound of the setup. Hey, it's fun.
Finally - what topics do you get psyched over. Here's some I am working on in my head. (I tend to work em upstairs for quite a while, then they come together quicker later down here in the studio) OK so topics I am thinking of for soon . . . .. or maybe not.....

• The Next Dylan (wont tell you who - but I picked him out already - best writer ever)
• The Funnel (John Fahey) All the blues guys went into him, all the white pickers like Kottke came out the other side
• It Grabbed Me! Songs that I cant get thru singing or playing without breaking down (not sad - they just move the heck out of me)
• My Own Funeral - OK so i think about it. OK so I obsess about the soundtrack I would want...
• Local Chinese Bands (or, "Stop spitting while you play, for God's sake. Huh? Yes, I said God. Never mind, I dont have time to explain that one! Just stop Spitting!!)
• The Crazy Uncle You Keep in the Closet (I KNOW you have one!) I dont even know what that means, but I will figure it out
  

Sydney - Best Urinal View in World

OK so I was travelling thru Sydney and had lunch at a dreadfully good restaurant - Level 41 or something like that. 41st floor with premier view, great wine list and killer food. I was told the view from the bathroom was one of the best in the restaurant so that is why i took my camera in (so quit the wisecracks, Silvertone!) And there it was! 3 porcelin receivers in a row with picture windows straight out and down to the rest of Sydney. I was happy, that is, certainly not pissed.

Chop Chop!!

So in China any official paper has a "Chop" on it. It is a red stamp that means it is official. A work permit needs your company 'chop' to be accepted - you get the idea. So I figger the DSGuy needs a chop too so I had an official one made. I have a Chinese name that was given to me by a loose (very loose!) committee of people I work with, led by the guy that runs my Hong Kong office. It is a pretty cool name that sounds like my real last name a little but is a common Chinese family name with 2 given names that imply lovely attributes that I am FAR too modest to name. (Unless you buy me a glass of wine). Anyway here is the 'chop maker' carving the old style chinese symbols into the bottom of a stone stamp. This goes on all correspondence from now on. . .