Anji is the special guest on today’s Shameless Plugcast, being interviewed by show host, Zack Daggy, about Lovespirals, vocal influences, podcasting, vidcasting, radio DJing, The Chillcast, Unwind, Lovely Ladies et al, plus a listener question from Ed Ovett, of Ed’s Mixed Bag Podcast.
Ryan and Anji jump back into the band podcast with breaking news of the digg.com HD-DVD controversy, which has further evolved since recording this, plus the band give you an update on the new Lovespirals CD, ask listeners for advice on the new album title, announce potential future gigs, share gnome news, read an awesome fan email from Juan, debate album posters VS postcards, and share a clip from the now infamous new song #9 aka “Treading the Water.” Don’t miss this jam packed episode!
Ryan and Anji rant about taxes, tip their hat to Amazon Advantage, rant more about Wikipedia, put in their 2 cents on the iTunes EMI announcement, explain Twitter, Tweetbar, TwitterVision, Twitteritas and the connection between Twitter and Second Life, share some recent music placements, give you an update on the upcoming Lovespirals album, and share the theme song for Anji’s new podcast, Unwind, written by Lovespirals.
Ryan and Anji talk about recent recordings, chat about their local movie revival house, discuss the updated Love Spirals Downwards website and upcoming reissues, rant about Wikipedia, announce the winners of last episode’s Blisscent 1 CD giveaway contest, share a fan email asking for the best method of buying music to support bands — as well as Lovespirals’ view of Pandora, iLike, and Last.FM, and share the theme song for Anji’s new podcast, Lovely Ladies, written by Lovespirals and Beauty’s Confusion.
Ryan and Anji return with tales of woe and delight including fire alarms and idiot neighbors, Kevin Rose‘s GoDaddy Superbowl commerical, Anji’s birthday celebration, Ryan getting hit on in SecondLife, listener comments from episode 30 — including a response from War-N of Hungry Lucy — plus a Lovespirals contest announcement, and another new song from their upcoming album. You might find this review of Blisscent 1 handy after listening to the show…
The band chat about the latest Lovespirals news including overhauling the site with WordPress, using royalties from MTV shows like The 70’s House for gear acquisition, new songwriting and recording, as well as preparing to perform in SecondLife, more ShowGirls news, Last.FM vs iLike, are RSS readers just for geeks, and more. And last – but not least – Ryan and Anji share a clip of “Sundrenched” from their upcoming 3rd album.
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Ryan and Anji give a brief rundown of their New Year’s celebrations — including Anji’s Tofurky Roast feast, the band wax poetic on recent audio equipment updates, Ryan becomes an iLike convert, iLike VS Mog VS Pandora, Anji shares fan mail connecting her to French Maid TV, Anji shares her “Internet Land Bridge Theory” and that’s about it…
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Anji and Ryan sit down for their final episode of the year! Topics include Anji joining the Sirius Stars 102 show lineup, embarrassing moments on iLike, the Podsafe Music Network, fan feedback, Anji’s new Show Girls podcast, Lovespirals’s first living room concert, and more! We share a clip of Ryan’s 1999 recording of “Little Drummer Boy” featuring his previous singer, Suzanne Perry.
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Anji and Ryan are back with the latest band news — including a big, big podcast announcement and a big, big CD sale, plus more music geekery, and listener feedback, including an audio feedback from CC Chapman of the award winning Accident Hash podcast!
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Ryan and Anji update you in the saga of Ryan’s new Mac Mini and how it affects progress on Lovespirals’ current recording sessions, reminisce about sneaking into NAMM, share Ryan’s “second choice” theory, make a big podcast announcement, and answer listener email, as Anji tries not to cough into the mic.
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In this fun Halloween episode the band chat about the evils of CRT monitors and B.O. iBooks, their scary LA Day of the Dead trip to visit Joyce Burstein where Ryan discovers the magic of Huichol yarn paintings, plus band news, listener feedback and more!
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Ryan and I talk about his upgrade to a Mac Mini running Parallels, the mysterious stink of his old iBook (aka StinkTop), PodShow forgetting to renew their domain, my launch of anjibee.com, plus I read a touching fan email from MySpace, share my own fan story of Robert Cray and more. Be excellent!
