There's a new episode of THESIXTYONE.COM Fan Podcast out on my feed and on iTunes but it hasn't been added to my website yet because my young jedi webmaster is sick in bed. You can download and/or listen to it online if you're interested by following the "vote" link at the end of this post or by clicking here.
Here's a little taste of some good music from a guy that hates my foul mouth and my humor. Bump him up, gang. He's good people. He just doesn't know that I don't know how to be serious.
Do a fellow 61er a favor and click below to vote for my show. We finished March in first place but a couple of other independent music podcasts have apparently called out the troops and I'm losing ground to them in April. Sorry, to be a bother but it's a monthly thing and us podcasters need bumps too.
Spirit Creek got in touch with me about being added to my podcast and they were the only band that I've accepted without them first having been part of T61. I did it because both my co-host and I have seen them live and they are really really good.
Just thought I'd give Max Bumps readers a head's up so they can jump on the bump wagon earlier if so inclined.
"Since being formed in Milwaukee, WI in 1996 Spirit Creek has worked extremely hard to build an amazingly loyal following from all over the globe. Over that span of time they have shared their brand of melodic rock with thousands of faithful listeners, hitting the road hard with 200-250 dates a year and touring over hundreds of college campuses along with the club circuits. Powerful live performances and the “Yahoo best unsigned bands in America” earned Spirit Creek many accolades from around the world. This buzz granted them the honor of performing with over 40 national acts (Nickelback, Creed, Buckcherry, Stained, Lifehouse, Saliva, 3 Doors Down, Soul Asylum, and Bush to name a few) gaining a multitude of exposure, awards and industry interest.
Spirit Creek’s 3 disc album “A Culture of Unaccountability” slated for release in 2008 will have a combination of world wide industry names like Steven Haigler, Ted Jensen, and Ron Saint Germain @ world renowned recording Studio’s like Smart and Sterling Sound. The fifty plus song album “A Culture of Unaccountability” will also feature Milwaukee national and local heroes like Trevor Sadler, David Vartanian, and Brad Zwieg."
I run THESIXTYONE.COM Fan Podcast and am honored to have been invited to be part of this elite group of T61 contributors. I guess I need to explain a little something about my show. It's not for everyone. It's geared towards adults and people with a very raw sense of humor.
We all love music and we all love to laugh. We don't all love the same music, and what I find funny, others will find offensive. It's inevitable. It's my form of escapism and if you are easily offended than my show is not for you. My sense of humor is the closest thing to art that I have and believe it or not, you'll be hard pressed to find a man more respectful of others than myself. My humor might demonstrate the exact opposite to some, but having lived in and travelled many countries for almost longer than I lived in my home country, I know what discrimination feels like. That's a claim that most white American men can't even begin to fathom. Living in a foreign country teaches you a lot about your own culture. My daughter summed that thought up best one night while we were out to dinner and some drunken guy sitting alone at the bar kept asking the owner of the place questions about "those foreigners" in a very loud and rather rude voice. After the owner finally said, "Bryan speaks Japanese just fine. If you have a question for him why don't you just ask him?" I don't recall what the guy asked but it was something about us (Americans) not having something that they have here in Japan. My 10-11 year old daughter had enough and out of nowhere she said, "Hey! You know what the difference between Japanese people and people from other countries is?" The old man got a big laugh and said, "No, why don't you tell me there, little girl?" She replied, "The only difference is the color of our passports." (They're both blue now but at the time the Japanese one was red.) The thing that makes my very dark humor funny (to me) is that I harbor none of the negative, sometimes uncomfortable expressions I use in my podcast. Age, class, creed, disability, ethnic origin, gender, marital status, nationality and sexual orientation mean NOTHING to me, but laughing at people that think that any of those things will ever affect their personal lives absolutely cracks me up.
Finally, save your hate mail. If you don't like my show, don't listen. I can't believe that people care enough to write to complain about something that is free, and that they're free to turn off at any time. On the other hand, if you *do* like my show then please make sure to subscribe and to vote for it on podcastalley.com. Head over to www.puntspeedchunk.com and start clicking!
This place called podcastalley is an alternative place for people go to find new podcasts to listen to instead of iTunes, but more importantly, it's where sponsors go to find places to advertise and where independent artists go to get exposure. Voting is a monthly deal and I would really appreciate it if my friends and artists here would take the time to "bump" my podcast over there every month.
