Sometimes you upload the wrong file. For fuckssake.
[Edit: Fixed]
[Edit: Not actually fixed all the way, since the original VO is all plopped together at the end of the show. I’ll replace the file later today when I get the opportunity, but the damage has largely been done. It’s good to make these sorts of mistakes, though, and to get them out of the way early, when we have a small and forgiving base of listeners. Hopefully these two technical flops (the completely wrong file, and one sloppily cut) won’t come up again.]
I had every intention of getting Episode 5 online this past Monday morning; I wanted to establish a structure of trying to get these out on Monday mornings, just to see if I could keep to a schedule. Apparently I couldn’t. I’ll try to correct that by having another episode ready to go next week.
This is a growing experience for me. This podcast is like the egg that you name and house for a week with your teacher’s initials penciled onto the bottom of it so s/he knows if you break it. Except I don’t get to turn it in. I have to check it in often and never break it if I can avoid it. And this metaphor only gets more complicated as I try to find a way to shoehorn in the monthly storage allotment I pay for.
Dropping the metaphor completely, I’ll put it this way: we’ve got precisely 2 weeks from this day (thank goodness for leap years, eh?) to fill approximately 3 episodes’ worth of space. So if I can get Episode 5 online today or tomorrow, and get Episode 6 (or some sort of bonus mystery content perhaps?) ready before next Monday, then we’ll actually be all back on track for the month.
Jesus, this is hard. It’ll be even harder once we have to buckle down and really decide upon, then lock into a consistent release schedule.
It’s also hard to believe how uncomfortable I’ve become with some of the show’s content since it was first recorded. I can’t tell you how many things were cut before the final episodes published. Episode 5 includes a minute or so of content that I was fine with the dozen times I previewed it last year, but which plays some part in why the episode is not out yet…because I had a lapse of confidence as to whether or not this is really something that belongs in an entertainment product, or if it just brings everything down too far. I’m just too close to it, I suppose. I can’t tell the good from the bad (or the unwatchable, HAH) or the entertaining from the disturbing anymore. I’m losing my mind.
At any rate, sorry again for the delay, and as a way of making amends, I’ll be penning you a freshly crafted Deadpool review.
Wow. Lots of big stuff going on. The true first episode of the podcast has gone up, and soon you’ll find it on iTunes, where we have just been listed. I’ve also applied to get the show listed on the upcoming Google Play Music podcast section. Between these two, both iOS and Android users should have easy access to the show. The fastest way to find it will be by searching “GBU” in the appropriate podcast app.
Here’s the episode, with some behind-the-scenes notes to follow the links to stream and download.
This was the first episode we recorded. I had wanted to podcast for years, and after I finally had all the hardware, I was having trouble thinking of a show to proceed with. Adam and I happened to be getting into it about our different tastes in film last summer, and he began pushing to just do a show where we argue about films. He then pushed me further, and after we’d exchanged a few quid pro quo agreements to watch different films, he said “let’s just do it, let’s just go upstairs and record right now.” And so without any confidence, but a fair amount of beer, we sat down and dove in for a four-movie recording that almost lasted for four hours.
We were initially passionate about doing all four movies at once but in the weeks that followed, we agreed that no one, anywhere, would want to listen to a 3 and a half hour podcast. So, the painful decision was made to split it in two. I didn’t really know what I was doing with the mixer, editing was long and grueling, and the show was failing to take much shape as I tried to cut it together. But that didn’t stop us from recording more. We learned by doing.
You’ll find that this episode doesn’t have the same sound quality as the Christmas special which we released first. There’s a long and boring, very technical story about how that happened, but I don’t want anyone to get the wrong idea, that all the shows will sound that way. The quality of each episode gets better and better as we learn and refine.
We’re also very grateful to Ghost Diamond for letting us use their music. That helped immensely in setting the structure and pace of the show. Do yourself a favor and check out their music.
I should have posted this sooner, but my only concern at the time was getting the podcast online and to notify all of my friends, family and confidants of that fact. The blog was secondary. Hopefully by the end of the day, our domain will officially be CandidPodcast.com. For now, here’s the very first episode of the show, which is in fact, the…9th?…in production order.
This year in Ohio (or at least, my part of Ohio) the weather has been warm. I’m sure it’s got nothing to do with climate change. I’m just sure of it. And because I’m so sure, I can observe without worry, that we’ve experienced more Spring-like days in November and December than we did in all of Spring during this past year. There’s no goddamn snow, is what I’m trying to say.
I’ve been putting off making this site for an entire year. I hope you’re happy. I like the pink.
Coming soon, God willing, the first episode of The Good, The Bad, & The Unwatchable. In the meantime, I’ll be shooting the shit about movies I suppose.
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