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JAG Cast

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  • #151: So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish!

    This is the end! The final POD! The Jenkintown Arts Garage is ending, but Steve and Chrissie will continue.


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    POD Back Catalog

    https://jagcast.show


    Archived Website

    https://jenkintownartsgarage.com


    Jenkintown Dance Arts

    https://jenkintowndancearts.com


    Jenkintown Movement Arts

    https://jenkintownmovementarts.com


    Miss Chrissie on Instagram

    https://www.instagram.com/misschrissieemma/


    Steve on the Web

    https://stephentolton.com


    Steve on Instagram

    https://www.instagram.com/stolton/


    Steve on X

    https://x.com/stolton


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    00:00 - The Final POD!

    04:28 - What's next for Chrissie?

    06:29 - What's next for Steve?

    09:38 - Follow our socials!

    12:23 - What about continuing the pod?

    14:44 - So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish!

    16:19 - Outro Music


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    🎸 Theme Song, “The Rescue Party” by E.Joseph and the Phantom Heart


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    https://jenkintownartsgarage.com/podcast-151

    18 min
  • #150: Jenkintown Festival of the Arts 2024 With Ben Bergman

    This week, Ben Bergman returns to the POD to discuss the upcoming Jenkintown Festival of the Arts, give us an update on the Jenkintown Night Market's rousing success, and let us know what's still to come as part of the Jenkintown 150 celebrations! Plus, we discover a curiosity about time capsules on Amazon.com. It's all about the fun to come in the weird small town we call home.


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    Jenkintown Festival of the Arts

    https://festivalofthearts.jenkintown.net/


    Jenkintown Night Market

    https://egreenevents.com/jenkintown-night-market-1


    Jenkintown 150

    https://jenkintown150.org/


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    00:00 - Introductions

    01:25 - Welcome Back, Ben Bergman!

    02:20 - Jenkintown Festival of the Arts 2024

    16:48 - Revising Our Thoughts About Bucks County & Malls

    20:58 - Favorite Moments at the Festival of the Arts

    28:26 - Better Beer Experience at Arts Fest!

    30:14 - Update on the Jenkintown Night Market

    38:12 - Update on Jenkintown 150 Events

    45:16 - Special Announcement: Jenkintown 150 Time Capsule

    48:20 - Update on the Holiday Market & the Magic of Santa

    50:48 - Where to Get More Jenkintown Event Info

    51:21 - The Wrap-Up

    53:58 - Outro Music


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    🎸 Theme Song, “The Rescue Party” by E.Joseph and the Phantom Heart

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    https://jenkintownartsgarage.com/podcast-150

    55 min
  • #149: How to Make a Living as a Musician with Jason Ager (Part 2)

    This is part 2 of our discussion with Jason Ager. This time, Steve and Jason discuss the business of making a living as a musician and how technology has changed and continues to change the game. Learn about the importance of and increasing scarcity of quality human curation for small artists, how phone culture has changed the live music experience, possible ways to use AR/VR to monetize performances, how Jason uses "pay as you wish" to sell CDs and get a useful market signal, and learn how one artist made a request show both more fun and more profitable by encouraging a bidding war for song selection. This is a fantastic episode you won't want to miss.


    If you haven't check out part 1, it's available now wherever you get your pods as episode #148 or on our website here: https://jenkintownartsgarage.com/podcast-148.


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    Jason Ager's Home on the Web

    https://www.jasonager.com


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    00:00 - Part 2 Intro

    00:56 - Curation & The Death of Radio Stations

    08:47 - Live Music & Phone Culture

    15:29 - AR/VR Use Cases in Music

    27:17 - Pay What You Wish & Thinking Like a Business

    40:53 - “Superchats” for Live Music

    45:17 - Where to Find More Jason Ager

    46:10 - Where to Find More JAG

    47:16 - Outro Music


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    🎸 Theme Song, “The Rescue Party” by E.Joseph and the Phantom Heart

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    https://jenkintownartsgarage.com/podcast-149

    49 min
  • #148: Telling Personal Stories Through Music with Jason Ager (Part 1)

    Friend of the show Jason Ager returns to the POD for a special two-parter! In this first part, Miss Chrissie, Steve, and Jason discuss his latest release, "Bronco Buster," and the CD release party that recently took place at the coffee shop / brewery, Death of the Fox. We also delve into some thoughts on raising kids today when they all seem so anxious as well as some discussion on how modern music production lacks humanity, especially in pop. Subscribe for part 2 where Steve and Jason do a deep dive on the music business and technology trends.


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    Jason Ager's Home on the Web

    https://www.jasonager.com


    Death of the Fox Brewery / Coffee House

    https://www.deathofthefoxbrewing.com/


    Rick Beato's amazing YouTube channel

    https://www.youtube.com/@RickBeato


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    00:00 - Part 1 Introduction

    00:37 - Introductions

    03:32 - CD Release Party at Death of the Fox

    07:33 - Bronco Buster Album Discussion

    16:11 - Raising The Anxious Generation of Kids

    21:27 - Telling Personal Stories Through Music

    23:24 - Modern Music Production Lacks Humanity

    34:55 - “AI” Slop and Streaming Services

    40:37 - Jason’s Music Recommendations

    42:52 - Part 1 Outro

    43:13 - Ending Music


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    🎸 Theme Song, “The Rescue Party” by E.Joseph and the Phantom Heart

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    https://jenkintownartsgarage.com/podcast-148

    45 min
  • #147: AI, AR, & The Future of Dance Performance

    We discuss various ways cutting edge dance performances are now or could be in the future using AI and AR to create unique experiences. From AI dance partners, to immersive 3D video expanding the potential audience for performances, to the use of 3D virtual structures and sets and even bringing a new level of virtual dance instruction, these technologies are poised to reshape this otherwise primarily analog art form.


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    - AI as a Dance Partner

    - https://www.dancemagazine.com/how-dancers-use-ai/


    - Immersive Video on Vision Pro

    - https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2024/07/new-apple-immersive-video-series-and-films-premiere-on-vision-pro/


    - A Virtual Dancer in Your Living Room

    - https://appsforapplevision.com/apps-directory/wowdance


    - 3D Interactive Structures

    - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XyHvFqMFUc

    - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_Vo7I8pc2s


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    00:00 - Introductions

    02:01 - AI as a Dance Partner

    07:13 - Tangent: Chrissie Remembers a Fringe Festival Performance

    10:13 - Immersive Video on Vision Pro

    19:55 - A Virtual Dancer in Your Living Room

    27:27 - 3D Interactive Structures

    36:02 - Concluding Remarks

    38:44 - The Wrap-Up

    40:09 - Pod Theme Song


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    🎸 Theme Song, “The Rescue Party” by E.Joseph and the Phantom Heart

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    https://jenkintownartsgarage.com/podcast-147

    42 min
  • #146: July Fourth Chill-Cast

    It's the July Fourth holiday week and Chrissie is back from vacation in Puerto Rico with some tales to tell! Plus, Steve survives cat-sitting and tree-snapping thunderstorms and the greatest patriotic movie ever, Independence Day, has an amazing real-time X account you should be following. It's our first (annual?) July Fourth Chill-Cast. Tune-in, chill out, and enjoy the holiday. America, F*** Yeah!


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    ID4 in Realtime: https://x.com/1996id4


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    00:00 - Introductions

    01:43 - Chrissie's Puerto Rico Trip Tales!

    21:38 - Cat-sitting "Adventures"

    24:49 - Steve's Tree-snapping Thunderstorm Experience

    27:41 - Independence Day Movies / Activities

    38:20 - The Wrap-Up

    40:02 - Pod Theme Song


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    🎸 Theme Song, “The Rescue Party” by E.Joseph and the Phantom Heart

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    https://jenkintownartsgarage.com/podcast-146

    42 min
  • #145: UArts Closing & The Higher Ed Crisis

    We discuss the abrupt closing of Chrissie's alma mater, UArts, and whether it is indicative of a trend in higher education. Are "art" degrees (or most degrees) just useless anyway? Did Covid screw everything up for universities? Have schools invested too much in getting "fancy"? Plus, Chrissie discovers that Walmart has cheap prices, we have a few technical difficulties, and end on a hopeful note that maybe Temple will save the day in the end.


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    Philadelphia Inquirier article about UArts closing

    https://www.inquirer.com/education/uarts-closing-philadelphia-finances-higher-education-20240607.html


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    00:00 - Introductions

    05:20 - UArts Closing Discussion (article)

    12:17 - Higher Education Crisis Discussion

    34:13 - Chrissie Discovers Walmart is Cheap

    36:20 - UArts "The Big Shot" Discussion (photos)

    39:47 - Will Temple Save the Day?

    40:36 - The Wrap-Up

    41:54 - Pod Theme Song


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    🎸 Theme Song, “The Rescue Party” by E.Joseph and the Phantom Heart

    ✅ Subscribe to the Pod http://jagcast.show

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    https://jenkintownartsgarage.com/podcast-145

    43 min
  • #144: "AI" is Coming For Your iPhone

    Miss Chrissie returns to the POD to react to rumors of some "AI" features expected to be announced at Apple's upcoming WWDC developer conference. Some of her reactions are truly priceless. We also explore what types of "AI" tools are actually kind of useful and which ones we find kind of creepy (*cough* Microsoft Recall *cough*).


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    WWDC24

    https://developer.apple.com/wwdc24/


    WWDC24 Rumors

    https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/wwdc/


    Microsoft Recall Demo Video (The Verge)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzEc4KCmao0


    Meta's "AI" Assistance Newsroom Post

    https://about.fb.com/news/2024/04/meta-ai-assistant-built-with-llama-3/


    ━ Chapters ━━━━━━━━━━━

    00:00 - Introductions

    03:41 - Apple "AI" Rumors Discussion

    30:39 - WTF is this "AI" in the Facebook app?

    33:40 - Companies Using Our Data to Train "AI" Models

    35:24 - Concluding Thoughts

    38:47 - The Wrap-Up

    40:45 - Pod Theme Song


    ━ Show Links ━━━━━━━━━━━

    🎸 Theme Song, “The Rescue Party” by E.Joseph and the Phantom Heart

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    https://jenkintownartsgarage.com/podcast-144

    42 min
  • #143: "AI" is Changing Education & Music - Jason Ager

    Jason Ager returns to the Pod as co-host / guest for an intellectually stimulating conversation that begins with Jason Ager & The Golden Eagles at Broken Goblet and continues with discussions on Tik Tok censorship, social media and mental health, "AI's" effect on education and the arts, finding your audience as a creator, and finally, Jason's new music. It's a jam packed episode. Be sure to check out the chapters and show links!


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    Please like, subscribe, and share the show so the algorithms will notice us! We appreciate you!


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    Jason Ager's Last Pod Appearance:

    https://jagcast.show/episodes/105-a-philosophical-pity-party


    Pity by Jason Ager

    https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=4hJ8JOUeLfw


    Jason Ager's website

    https://www.jasonager.com


    Coddling of the American Mind by Greg Lukianoff & Jonathan Haidt

    https://www.thecoddling.com


    Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt

    https://www.anxiousgeneration.com


    The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell

    https://marydoriarussell.net/novels/the-sparrow/


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    00:00:00 - Introductions

    00:00:42 - Jason's show / Broken Goblet praise

    00:08:59 - The future of small music venues

    00:23:02 - Tik Tok / censorship / social media & mental health

    00:39:28 - "AI" & Education / Arts

    01:06:00 - Finding your audience / authenticity

    01:14:06 - Jason's new music

    01:23:32 - The Wrap-Up

    01:26:19 - Pod Theme Song


    ━ Show Links ━━━━━━━━━━━

    🎸 Theme Song, “The Rescue Party” by E.Joseph and the Phantom Heart

    ✅ Subscribe to the Pod http://jagcast.show

    🙋‍♂️ Become a member at https://jenkintownartsgarage.com

    ☕️ Support the Pod http://jenkintownartsgarage.com/coffee

    📸 Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/jenkintownartsgarage/

    👴 Follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/jenkintownartsgarage/


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    https://jenkintownartsgarage.com/podcast-143

    1 hr 28 min
  • #142: Danceology of Hip Hop with Clyde Evans, Jr.

    Clyde Evans, Jr. is the Director of Education at the International Museum of Dance and a Hop Hop instructor at Drexel University. He joins us to talk about an amazing project he recently presented called the "Danceology of Hip Hop," an attempt to codify the evolution of Hip Hop dance expression. Part of this work involved creating 3D volumetric recordings of several dance moves that you can learn via AR! Open the links listed below on your phone! This was a fantastic conversation that epitomized our mission at the JAG to explore the "intersection of the arts and technology."


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    Please like, subscribe, and share the show so the algorithms will notice us! We appreciate you!


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    International Museum of Dance

    https://www.museumdance.org


    Learn to Dance via AR (open on your phone!):

    "Reject": https://museumofdance.8thwall.app/moded-a/

    "Roger Rabbit": https://museumofdance.8thwall.app/moded-b/

    "Running Man": https://museumofdance.8thwall.app/moded-c/

    "Spongebob": https://museumofdance.8thwall.app/moded-d/


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    00:00 - Introductions

    01:45 - Welcome Clyde Evans, Jr.

    02:13 - Teaching at Drexel University

    05:39 - Danceology of Hip Hop

    43:24 - Where to find more Clyde / Danceology

    44:40 - The Wrap-Up

    46:36 - Pod Theme Song


    ━ Show Links ━━━━━━━━━━━

    🎸 Theme Song, “The Rescue Party” by E.Joseph and the Phantom Heart

    ✅ Subscribe to the Pod http://jagcast.show

    🙋‍♂️ Become a member at https://jenkintownartsgarage.com

    ☕️ Support the Pod http://jenkintownartsgarage.com/coffee

    📸 Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/jenkintownartsgarage/

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    https://jenkintownartsgarage.com/podcast-142

    48 min

About JAG Cast

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The podcast of the Jenkintown Arts Garage. Tune in to hear Miss Chrissie and Steve converse with artists, entrepreneurs, and other interesting people from the intersection of the arts and technology.