The Bitterest Pill

IN MEMORIAM: I have been a longtime fan of Prince.  Yes, I admit it.  I also admit I was a bit taken aback when my wife bought tickets to his recent concert.  Since he hadn’t released an album that either of us cared for in five years or so, I didn’t know what to expect.  Of course, I should have known to expect a journey…

In this edition of The Bitterest Pill I talk about Prince for an hour and twenty minutes, from the day one of the Jones sisters handed me her copy of Dirty Mind to his May 28th engagement at the LA Forum.

Enjoy.

(June 9th, 2011)

We threw a birthday party for Hudson.  Surprise?

PLEASE NOTE: The mp3 originally published for this show was all kinds of messed up.  The file currently available has been fixed, and should include the entire 1 hour 24 minute episode.

PLEASE ALSO NOTE: The episode has a strange beginning.  I was having trouble with the many systems that have to be in sync for the show to stream/record, but decided to include my complaining about the trouble I was having before the show IN the actual show.  The theme song doesn’t start until about a minute and a half in.

The video for the full recording session, including the lava lamp footage from when I went to get a tissue, if available on YouTube.

THANKS!

I learned a new word today.  Verschlimmbessern.  It’s German.  It means “To make something worse in an attempt to improve it.”

If I could pronounce it, it would be the new name of this podcast series…

Also see: kaputtreparieren.  From kaputt and, well, repairin’…

The continuing saga of the wreck. I had some technical difficulties that I left in the show. The show is the show, warts and all…

Just when you think your biggest problems are in your head, someone comes along and nearly wrecks everything.

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I’m just an annoyed a-hole.  I admit it.  Sometimes it’s kind of amusing, sometimes it’s kind of annoying, and sometimes it’s kind of useful.  At least I got to see Deadpool at The Vista…

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I broke my website, took the wrong way out of Santa Monica, didn’t like Steve Jobs, and wouldn’t have cast that guy as Kato…

Thank you to everyone who supports to show on Patreon.

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I struggle with the streaming set-up on this first edition of The Bitterest Pill as part of the Alpha Geek Media family.

I give a vague introduction to who I am, and talk about what is and what isn’t working…

To watch the video version, check it out on YouTube.

Note: Updated audio version of the show was uploaded 2-12-16 at about 11:45am, to include Patreon “Shout Out” level contributors.  Annotations to the YouTube video seems to work, but only sometimes…

While recently poking around the servers, I found that this old gem is still on-line.  Wow. Hudson’s first appearance on the podcast back in 2004.

I hope to get a new show out before the end of the year. If you don’t hear from me, HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

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He and I talk about today’s disasters with the Wesson oil and the tipping tree, and then recommend some Christmas CDs (his pick: James Brown). Finally, we wrap things up by playing “Joy to the World” by The Butties, a former Syracuse University Beatles cover band whose music has been featured on Scrubs and Christmas With the Kranks. Special thanks to Mark Humble of The Butties for sending me the CD, and to all The Butties for allowing us to play their music.

*I realize that most people think their own children are just priceless, and that other people’s kids are a complete bore, which is why this is not part of the regular show.

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