Category: Podcasts

Virtual Memories – season 2 episode 3
Ann Rivera – Good Housekeeping

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It’s time for a new episode of The Virtual Memories Show! I finally managed to get a guest to come all the way out to deepest, darkest New Jersey to record a conversation for this one!

Ann’s a 20-plus-year pal of mine from college, and I was happy to have her be my very first pod-guest! Our conversation was for a new segment on the show: Second Hand Books. The theme is that you tell me about a book or author you once hated but now adore. (Because it’s too easy to talk about books/authors you once loved but are now embarrassed by.)

Give this episode a listen, and if you have a book or author you wanna discuss on the show, drop me a line! I love to learn about how people’s literary tastes change and what those changes say about the way we grow. (No, I don’t have a very interesting life, I admit.)

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Credits: This episode’s music is Coralia, by Mark Adler, from the Henry & June soundtrack. In the comments, I’ll put a link to this episode’s m4a version, which has my cutesy headshot embedded. Let me know if you have trouble playing the files; I’m still figuring out how to optimize the audio and I’m not sure I’ve got the meta-data correct to file this stuff in iTunes.

Virtual Memories – season 2 episode 2
Gil Roth – Burning Libraries

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Another month, another podcast! I told you I was trying to keep to some sorta schedule for 2012, so here’s the latest installment of the Virtual Memories Podcast!

I’m still working with both mic placement and amp effects, so I apologize in advance if you’ll need to turn up the volume a little to listen to it. I really oughtta take a class in this stuff, so I can get the technical aspects down, rather than hashing this stuff out every time.

Still, it’s another podcast! Enjoy!

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Credits: music from Rome, by Danger Mouse and Daniele Luppi, feat. Norah Jones. The Five Books interview with Geoff Dyer can be found here. Here’s a link to the m4a version, in case you want the version that has my headshot and all.

Virtual Memories – season 2 episode 1
Gil Roth – Pale Horses at the Burger Joint

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I managed to make it through a whole year of being 40! Today I’m turning 41 and I don’t know what to do with myself. (That sounds like a Morrissey song title.)

In honor of the new year and my new year, I recorded “season 2” of The Virtual Memories Show. I promise to get these podcasts out regularly, and to make ’em less Gil-centric than they’ve been.

I mean, not this time out, but in future. Anyway, why don’tcha download the MP3 version and listen to my conversations with myself (and a neat piece of music by Bach).

While you’re at it, why don’tcha leave a comment below about people you think I oughtta interview or topics I oughtta cover?

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The podcast was recorded using a Blue Yeti microphone connected via USB to a Macbook Air. Recording was captured on Audacity and transferred to GarageBand for editing, mixing, etc. I forgot to amplify the vocal tracks before the transfer, so the recording level may be a little low. Sue me.