SMART-POPcast Episode 6

Thom · 25 Oct 2005 11:37 pm Post subject: **SMART-POPcast Episode 6**

Better late than never. I think by now I don't need to put all the links here, do I? Just check out this page:

http://www.smart-popcorn.com/podcast/6/

...or to listen...

http://www.smart-popcorn.com/listen/6/

Nate · 26 Oct 2005 08:43 am Post subject:

Thanks for the plug.

"One of you is just too smart and the other is just too popcorn. You need to come in the middle."
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Thom · 26 Oct 2005 10:13 am Post subject:

Also:

"I'm a little bit country, and you're a little bit rock & roll... and Phil wears his sunglasses at night." (He does, it's true.)

Mitch is still hee-hawing about about the closing lines. We had a lot of fun with this podcast, though we ran way long and editing was a real bitch. (I cut out a lot of digressions and one or two news stories.)

Nikcon · Member Joined: 08 Oct 2003 Posts: 130

hee-haw

Nate · 26 Oct 2005 02:43 pm Post subject:

Wasn't there supposed to be festival coverage? Monkey said something last weekend about it.
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Thom · 26 Oct 2005 04:34 pm Post subject:

Festival coverage is part of what got cut, as is my News in Briefs section. It's unfortunate but there's gotta be a balance between punctuality, duration, and completeness... Putting out a Sunday cast on Wednesday was bad enough; there just wasn't time to put in those parts.

Nate · 26 Oct 2005 09:21 pm Post subject:

Maybe a way around making sure things don't get cut is to have multiple podcasts. Not to rock any kind of established boat, but if other staffers could organize a group on their own time and could record and edit a show, I think that would be great too. It'd be another outlet for the voice of the site and another opportunity to snag new listeners and members.
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Thom · 26 Oct 2005 10:30 pm Post subject:

Yeah, I've already brought up the idea of multiple casts. In fact I brought up something like "Mac & Monkey Mondays" back when we'd only recorded the pilot. But I think it's a bit early yet... Can't jump into a second podcast until we know what works & doesn't work with the first.

Thom · 26 Oct 2005 10:36 pm Post subject:

Also... Regarding stuff getting cut... to some degree that's bound to happen with any publication that (a) is regularly and frequently updated, and (b) must fit within a relatively finite amount of time/space. This isn't a problem so much on a website where we've got plenty of space for articles and set our own deadlines, but it's quite common in TV, radio, newspapers, magazines, etc.

Thom · 27 Oct 2005 09:33 pm Post subject:

Reel Monkey · Corn-Star Joined: 03 Oct 2003 Posts: 1121

so you're saying like (just as an example) a sort of Smart/Popcorn dichotomy? Not saying anyone should ever stick to certain types of films or certain types of opinions, but I just thought it was funny to bring it up. Razz

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Thom · 28 Oct 2005 07:47 am Post subject:

Yeah... Actually that's exactly why it clicked in my head, two podcasts. We're all about flirting with the dual nature of things, so it could be interesting to branch in two directions with the cast, and see if we end up finding radically different directions, or converge upon the same path. It's all experimental & all, and that gets the science geek in me excited.

Reel Monkey · Corn-Star Joined: 03 Oct 2003 Posts: 1121

that word experimental is a bit scary... I had to watch "experimental" film in Subersive Film Class and I am tramatized for life. Razz

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