New podcast and new addition to the extended family!

My sister-in-law is in labor now. Baby Landon Merrifield is practically on the mark due-date was. I think it was scheduled for tomorrow. Needless to say, we're all excited to meet him, especially his uncle Travis who's the guy I'm married to.

Speaking of my hubby, he co-hosted this month's podcast with me. If you're interested, the last half hour is devoted to They Might Be Giants. My brother, John Williams, and a bunch of other people named John, Johnny or Jonathan are on there.

Visit:
Adzuki Bean Pod #10: J is for John Johnny and Jonathan

Music blog perhaps? Podcasting ramblings...

I'm seriously considering starting a music blog. I was reorganizing my CDs the other day and realized I have a freaking huge collection of local Austin bands, many of which are amazingly good, but perhaps don't get as much exposure as needed. I realize blogs on Texas musicians exist, but how many of them would feature a bluesy chubby Asian dude (yes I'm talking about my bro) singing about dolphins? Furthermore, I feel like humorous music, experimental and classical tunes don't get as much exposure as they should. I might as well jump onto the podcasting bandwagon since I enjoy making compilation CDs for friends/family anyway and attend concerts frequently.

This is the opportune time to quote one of my coworkers, Matt. Regarding the word podcasting: "It's called downloading an mp3, people! The etymology is misleading."

Catch phrase or not, it is a fun idea. This is yet another way of transmitting information. Now, I'm somewhat against podcasting college lectures simply because I'm not an auditory learner. Maybe a web cast would be better. I'm pondering whether or not the internet is making people smarter or if it is merely dividing the social classes more. Not sure, but I digress.

Any name ideas for this new blog, I'm proposing?

Till then, check out earfarm.blogspot.com I'm sad I didn't know about this place earlier, but it is by far one of the best music blogs I've come across in a long while and it mainly focuses on non-mainstream music. Pretty much everything on there is good too.