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Somehow I got a real burr up my butt this Memorial Day weekend about the worthless crap we are forced to consume because the bulk of us are mouth breathing retards who vote for everything sucky under the sun, like the American Idol and W. I quit bitching long enough to play

Paul Warner, who can also be found at MySpace and somewhere up in Canada (no immediate local show dates). Most excellent selections of Arnold Schwarzeneggar, Crash Collide, and I'm Your Tiger. Damn good.

Jason Harwell, also also at MySpace. Yes, a repeat so soon (I played him 2 weeks ago), but he's playing again this weekend at Eddie's Attic and there's a new track I hadn't heard before.

C'mon, ladies, seriously, you don't find either of these guys as dreamy as that John Mayer poofta?

Penultimately, the man named Chance (surprise, MySpace) scrubs our brains clean with a kickass remake of The Milkshake Song and the sound of his soul dying. I haven't been this amused in weeks.

And finally, I spin a bit of a GarageBand original I felt inspired to compose in honor of so many of my peers at PodcastAlley. If you're just as demented as I hope you are, you can download a pristine copy of PodpornAlley right here. NFSFFW, so consider yourself warned.

Y'all right-clickers, download today's episode here. (38:38 / 26.6MB / 96kbps)

Jackie's show

Hey everybody,
Jackie here from South Beach, Florida, and I just wanted to throw a couple of tunes up while Shel's out of town. I've got some time to kill in Atlanta since I had my head way up my ass about what day it is (these things happen when you're "self employed"), so I thought I'd share some tunes from a couple of bands I'll probably go see this week.

On Friday the 27th, if I drink enough Red Bull, there's The Hiss (they also have a MySpace page) playing at The Earl. I think they're going to be among the new "hair bands" of the 21st century, it's just amazing.

And on Saturday the 28th, over at the Red Light Cafe on a little lighter note, some really super folk-rock-bluegrass coming from Seventh Season. Their sound just knocks my little socks off -- I've always been a sucker for a mandolin and accordion. They're working on their first big CD, so check them out, sweetie.

Omigosh and don't forget, Atlanta Jazz Festival this weekend!

Have you tried this MySpace music thing? It's fabulous, seriously. Neatest thing since hard-pack cigarettes. Well okay so that's it, then. Toodles!

-J

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Mountain Town

This week's episode gets kicked off in the lovely, quiet, relaxing Blue Ridge Mountains...and then finishes up in the city where everything sucks (including my mic EQ -- I don't know what the hell went wrong there but I'm not re-recording it, so deal). I discuss my love-hate relationship with a now-heavily-tourist-infested mountain town (and the irony thereof) which lacks liquor and liberal media. From there I spiral off into liberal Catholics and scary Christians, a mule or two, and finally some local music by Atlanta singer-songwriter Jason Harwell.

Linky-doo:
Jason Harwell is playing at Eddie's Attic on the 23rd and various locations in the southeast as well. We heard "Declaration Song" and "Just Another Run-of-the-Mill Day."

Fox News certainly didn't make much ado of this kinky interview with anti-abortion activist and saved mule-humper Neal Horsley.

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Terminal degree

This week's episode looks at some of the soul-searching moments of five graduate students who often find themselves wondering just what the hell they are doing with their lives. Why am I getting a PhD? Have I really accomplished anything? Will it ever matter? Do these boobs help or hinder my career? And why can't I stop crying? Listen in as your host and four women of science take you down the bumpy road and (hopefully) on to better places.

God, that sounds awful cheery for a cynical bastard like me, doesn't it? Well, don't worry, it ain't as warm and fuzzy as Ira Glass...but it's a start.

Sound beds this week:
Radio Cure by Wilco (iTunes)
and from the Atlanta music scene, two amazing duos:
Little More than This by NorthSouth
Mexico by Arlington Priest
Both play regularly in town and branch out all over, so be sure to check out their sites for schedules.

Oh yeah, want to know what a bat biologist does? Check out some videos.

Download this episode (38:20 / 13.5 MB) - she's a big 'un, so I decided against stereo to spare your iPod. Back to normal next week.

ETA - Bienvenidos a los nubios de PodcastOutlaws!

Emily Lord

Alright, fine, so I lied! I made a podcast! I know I'm going to regret this at 5am Wednesday as I finish my final paper. But in the meantime, studying and drinking at the same time got me to thinking about Emily Lord's new CD coming out, so I thought I'd share some of it with y'all. Encoded at 128 kbps today so you can get the most out of the samples from her new album.



And that's really it for today. Except that damn it feels good to be a gangsta, thank you Geto Boys.

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