I’ve been reading Jeanette’s first children’s book this week, Tanglewreck. I wouldn’t say that it was terribly different from her adult fiction, aside from the lack of overt sensuality her stories normally have. The main difference I’ve noted is that she isn’t being quite as mythical this time around, but more sci-fi, if that makes any sense. She’s still spinning a yarn, to be sure, with many fantastic qualities, but it reminds me more of that fellow with the round glasses.. what’s his name? Oh yes, Harry Potter. I could see this being turned into a children’s film in that vein. What I love about what she’s doing is that she’s sneaking in socio-political themes that are important for kids to understand for the survival of the planet. The main theme is time, which is so very, well TIMELY for me right now. Most of my lyrics on the new album seem to be about time. And the lack thereof. Speaking of which, I’m out of it now!

Every time I tune in to Pandora, they play “I’ve Been Thinking” by Handsome Boy Modeling School. I think it’s my new theme song. I had heard the name of the band before, but I don’t think I ever heard their music. I like this track, though. Guess I’ll have to check out more. “Slide, slide, slippety slide…”

Ah… that’s Cat Power on vox. Interesting. What a confusing band! They released 3 versions of the CD; explicit, clean, and instrumental. Sheesh! I think I was hearing the clean version of that one song, not sure what the filthy part would be, if any? “Sunshine” and “The Truth” also seems like cool tunes, but most of what I heard was too Hip Hop for my tastes.

Well, I guess the first episode of Atmosphere69 with myself as guest hostess should have played last night on Mix 96 fm, in Canada. I’m looking forward to checking out the stream on Luxuria Music. Doron told me that’s his favorite Internet radio station and was impressed that I’m doing a show for them, which is very cool!

Actually, Doron pointed out to me last time we hung out that I seem to know a heck of a lot more than the average person about cool musical resources on the Internet. He was saying I could teach classes to folks about how to get their music out via the Internet. Not sure when I’d have time for such things, but it does give me one idea, should I choose to pursue it. Hmm…

Oh, but back to A69! I just finished wrapping up my voice overs for the next installment, along with a few promos for the show. Not sure how I’ll do the one after this, since I’ll be out of town for a few days. We’ll see!

Woo hoo! My host endorsement for Earthlink has been chosen as a finalist entry in the Podshow Ad Challenge. (I’m Finalist #8) Not only do I win a cash prize (stoked) but my ad will be played in a network wide promotion for EarthLink. Pretty cool. I’m also eligible to win the Grand Prize, which would be awesome, but I figure somebody with a fancier production will get that. I’m just amazed to be a finalist. Anyway, keep your ears open for my ad, which features a bit of music by Lovespirals, of course…

I’m part of the second round of ads, so it’s not up on the site yet, but hopefully will be added soon at adchallenge.podshow.com.

Just a quick note to say Happy B-day to Lovespirals founder, Ryan Lum. Woo hoo!

At long last, we posted up another episode of our band podcast, “Chillin’ with Lovespirals”. You can find it here on the Lovespirals site. I realized that we totally missed the opportunity to celebrate our one year anniversary on June 27th — despite the fact the we made a podcast the night before… Just goes to show how frazzled we’ve been recently…

Forgot to mention that the Chillin with Lovespirals show is listed on Podshow+ now. By the way, it would be really cool if everyone who listens to The Chillcast would go and show some support for me on Podshow by joining as a listener and adding the show as a favorite. I could use all the reviews, comments, etc I can get! I kinda feel outnumbered as a non rock’n’roll podcast on the network. I want Podshow to realize that folks apreciate variety in their music podcasts, and I hope to attract more non-rock and punk bands to the Podsafe Music Network. Plus I’d like to prove that girl podcasters do not have to show their boobs to gain listenership.

My listership has been growing steadily, and I’m really happy to have met my first goal this month, but I have a long way to go to really compete with the shows that get the most promotion. If you enjoy my podcast — please tell a friend about it! Post a link on your blog, play my show promo on your podcast, or even just mention me on your podcast. I never ask anyone to vote for me on Podcast Alley or wherever, and I’ve been fairly content with word-of-mouth promotions because I hate to be pushy and in-your-face about my art, but I could really use a push now that Podshow has gone live! So, if you love what I do, please help to ensure that I don’t remain an undiscovered gem of the podosphere!

Thanks to everyone who has already played my promo, linked to my site, or played my songs – be they Lovespirals or Anji Bee songs. I really, truly appreciate the support more than you know.

The Chillcast 30 sec promo

I just created a series of iMixes on iTunes featuring music from all of my Chillcast episodes. Check ’em out via these handy dandy links listed below. Oh, and by the way, if you decide to purchase any of these fine songs, you’ll be helping to support not only the artists, but The Chillcast as well. Thanks in advance!

Chillcast Mix 1

Chillcast Mix 2

Chillcast Mix 3