!0th Anniversary Show! (Don’t worry, it’s the same old crap)
I went to the latest meeting of the LA Podcasters on Tuesday, scheduled to sort of begin celebrating the 10th year of podcasting in Los Angeles by getting together on the anniversary of the launch of this show (I was not the first person in LA to ever podcast, and have never claimed to be, but I may have been the first to get major media attention and a decent listenership, so every once in a while my friends are nice enough to pretend that means something). Luckily for everyone there, a bunch of grumpy old podcasters may have been saved by a new female warrior.
My daughter’s podiatrist, Dr. Shoe (I swear, that’s her hame), moved to the east coast, so I had to call the new doctor, Dr. Chow, for an appointment. How is it that doctors, potentially the smartest and most educated people I come into contact with on a regular basis, hire the stupidest people to run their offices? The conversation I had with Dr. Chow’s office staff was so amazingly cyclical and mind-boggling, I almost couldn’t complain about it on the show. Almost.
I had an audition for a show about a highly successful canine blogger. Yeah, I can actually speak and type and I’m going nowhere fast, but not only does this dog have a blog but he also (apparently) has his own show on The Disney Channel. I’m not sure if babies were being kidnapped before the audition, but it definetely seems like I was staring at Wayne Federman‘s ass afterwards. The thing to take away from that story: whether the bathroom is locked at the libary or not, you should just go to Walgreens.
I went to the Screamfest Los Angeles screening of The Quota at The Chinese Theater. It was a wonderful night, and we saw a bunch of great horror shorts. Most importantly, I got to be part of Susan Ruttan’s entourage (“Yeah, Susan, I’ll be your Turtle!”) and I smeared the white outer frosting of a protein bar all over my suit jacket while Cush did his Q&A. Now that’s how you shmooze in Hollywood, baby!
—————————————–
PHOTO: Back Row: Joseph Berman (Pod to Pod newsletter), yours truly, Cush (Cush: Things I Say), Lance Anderson (Verge of the Fringe). Front Row: Grant Baciocco (The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd, Uncle Interloper), Espree Devora (WeAreLATech Podcast), Alfonzo “Fonz” Martinez & Walt Cortez (Walter and Fonz Show)
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Dan,
Congrats on 10 years. I still love the episode of princess leaving poo in the living room. The possum, puppets, your Uncle’s funeral, the behind the scenes of the auditions, and so much more. King of the dramatic pause! The Pill Rules! Thanks so much for sharing.
You really don’t know what you’re doing when it comes to websites do you? . I see you have some nice comments from TradeKey india etc…
Anyways good sir, I’m happy to see you’re still podcasting…however some thoughts if you’ll indulge me. I kind of have this weird concern for you.
1. askimet plugin and wangguard plugin will deal with the spam on your site
2. bladestats.com I’d like you to look up Shaytards when you get there. Time to move your stuff to youtube and start getting paid my friend.
My daughter watches minecraft videos by a guy called “stampylonghead”
(look him up on bladestats too.)
I’m really hoping you take a hard look at youtube. If guys like “smosh” can clear 10 million a year, i’m sure you can make bank, seeing that your a hyper diet coke fueled whirlwind with damn near perfect annunciation.
And this wordpress theme……has to go.
John, I agree…
The site is the worst. I was okay a long time ago and has not been maintained. It died at some point and I resurrected it, but never put the new header back on or any of that crap. And, yes, I have not taken spam prevention very seriously. But, it’s coming. I started off by updating DanKlass.com, at least visually. The Pill is next. Just looking for the right theme.
Will check out all that YouTube junk. Need me some millions…
THANKS.
Dave Jackson, I’m gonna quote you on ALL of this stuff….