Here, have a podcast
In this, the 50th Collings & Herrin Podcast, we celebrate by not using the brand new podcast studio because we can't make it work yet. But in what may be the last ever podcast made using GarageBand - and indeed the last ever podcast, if we decide to stop it (letters of protest to the usual address) - we discuss Prince Harry's racism course, bears and cubs, Husker Du, the only good news to come out of the Australian Bush Fires, the complex morality of a 13-year-old having a baby with a 15-year-old and the fact that Richard is touring The Headmaster's Son and wants people to buy tickets so much he is prepared to appear alongside Britain's second favourite racist Carol Thatcher on Channel Five. Here's to the next 50. (The next 50 plugs for Richard's tour, that is.) In the picture we pay visual homage to one of the key media events of the week, which has been beamed around the world.
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Haven't heard the new one yet, but it had bloody better not be the last one.
why is it I enjoy listening to two blokes wittering on for an hour? doesn't make sense. Yet I do.
Also: I just saw that video of Richard and the heckler on the Word site. I don't know when that happened, and sorry if this has been covered previously, but BLIMEY.
I posted a similar comment in the comments after the last podcast, but did it in the middle of a technical discussion of bit rates of podcast saving. It may have been lost in the "dork talk".
Check out here what Richard Herring does when not in his attic with Andrew Collins. (Sorry not clever enough to hyperlink, I hope the cutting and pasting will not put you off).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnPf9BTO5F0
Peter.
Great podcast, it certainly kept me from concentrating on my disseration for an hour... Will it be worth the embarrassment of a fail and a Richard Herring-style degree snub scenario, albeit for polar opposite reasons? Yes, yes it will.
Although I have to point out that a koala is not a bear, but a marsupial, in the same family as the kangaroo, yes that's right, the kangaroo.
I'm not being pedantic, it's just... it's the only fact I know and like the alighnment of the stars themselves, the... er... stars have aligned and allow me to impart my one and only nugget of wisdom.
There is a song about it too, but I can't find it at the moment...
Cheers!
Though I myself am not gay, my cousin (by marriage) is a gay bear. He and his long-term partner, both have a lot of body hair (peeps up from shirt collars), shaven heads, and great big, Hitler-before-the-gas-mask-incident moustaches. Lots of denim, leather and lumberjack shirts, but very quiet voices. Sort of like lesbians, but for men. They live in Brighton, so I don't see them very often, if at all (they might be lesbians by now).
Once you know about them, bears are fun to spot around town, or maybe Andrew could just google 'bears' and leave it at that.
Please keep doing the podcast; every issue has a least one laugh-out-loud moment that gets me funny looks at the gym. Last week was Hitler the wasp, this week it was Bob Mould's 'punk' name. Maybe getting some guests might re-ignite the 'spark'. I'd listen to either Adam or Joe in Richard's loft, or even Stuart Lee for one week.
Ben
PS. I was at Oxford at the same time as Richard, and I'm pretty sure I remember seeing him drinking heavily with girls outside the Eng Fac Library. You're both right about libraries.
I haven't listened yet either. Please don't end the podcast or I'll cry while wanking myself to death.
thank you
Best photo ever! I can honestly say I've never ever laughed so much at a still image. Cheers for the laughs.
well, that would solve the "will I ever get round to listening to the old podcasts" thing if you stop doing them, I can just listen to old ones and pretend they're new.
Don't stop though.
I agree with Matt about the photo. I just burst out laughing. Very clever. (Whose idea was it?)
Please don't stop them! Just think of the pain that you'd put MD through if he has to listen to all the old ones.
By the way, if you want proof of freeconomics at work, this week I bought most of Richard's stuff available at GFS.com (not the Hercules DVD yet. That'll be ordered, along with Robin Ince's DVD, when I next get paid) the other day, and your first two books this morning. All at full price!
Of course it's entirely up to you two. You owe us nothing, we owe you everything. I think they're still working (the lack of "format" helps because there's little or nothing to get stale).
Regardless, thanks for the last 52 podcasts, and I hope I can thank you in advance for another 52!
(I'm not sure if I should admit this, but for the past few months I've taken to listening to old episodes whilst going to sleep. It works surprisingly well.)
I laughed when I saw the Mickey Rourke award photo on the BAFTA site on Monday.
Then I laughed when I saw the "Here, have a drink" photo on this blog.
And to top it all was the podcast photo.
That and "Alfie, come in Alfie. Your baby's here."
Worst podcast ever ;-)
A gay friend once advised that I would fall within the definition of a ‘bear’ ie an older, fatter man, somewhat gone to seed with a preponderance of body hair, as opposed to the cub, who I think is a younger bear-in-waiting. I’ve decided to assume it was a compliment for which I lack the cultural references to appreciate.
Another good one.
A warning: before Friday, you should take a look at the size of the WAV files your magic podcast machine is created. I'm not an expert on this sort of thing, but I think WAV files are uncompressed (someone else can correct me if I'm wrong). If that's right, you may find a one hour WAV file is massive, and too big to quickly send through to your podcast dealer.
Surely the kit can output MP3? Or maybe you could convert the WAV file to MP3 before you send it off.
Very decent of Richard to sport those particular shorts, gifting you the opportunity to blue-screen whatever image you like into his crotch.
Great podcast this week. Please don't stop or I won't buy your audiobook or go to see Richard when he plays Brighton. (I am not a bear.)
I grew up in the same town as Li'l Alfie (Hailsham, not Eastbourne) and I'm pretty sure that he will be treated as a conquering hero by most of the community. It really is a shithole. Like Eastbourne but with less sea and more casual violence.
I can't believe Richard thought that Billy Joel song was 'obscure'! I can (just about) forgive him for not knowing who Bob Mould is, but surely he must have heard "We Didn't Start The Fire"!! I don't even think he was joking... Neil B.
Thanks for the plug, Andrew. Glad my name, which has been an annoyance to me my whole life, amuses you and Richard. Well, Jon Lovitz enjoyed that "gay bee" joke long ago (http://kstreetblues.blogspot.com/2004/05/what-hells-gaybee.html). Then again, thanks for remembering how to pronounce my name. There are people I've worked with for years who call me Gabby. Ick.
Richard was quite right about Eastbourne. There's a good reason they built it so close to Beachy Head, you know.
Just listened to the Podcast and have to say happy anniversary. I was listening and was confused about why you were moving away from Garageband to record the podcast. I looked at the Behringer podcast studio you were given for christmas and it includes a usb audio interface. I have had one these in the past. Plug the mic in to the mixer and the usb interface into the macbook and then in preferences in Garageband choose the audio input as the usb interface instead of the built in mic, then just record the podcast as you usually would. The new version of garageband in ilife 09 has a shortcut to record a podcasts on the opening screen. Hope this helps.
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