The Denims

Talking with Ramble Redhead about American Idol Who made the Podcaster Quote of the Week? New website is taking shape. Please give me your feedback. New website is taking shape. Please give me your feedback. Get your weekly dose of blue denim here Music Today: "Out...Cast" by Podsafe Music Network artist The Wayne Fishell Experiment Intro Music: "Deep Cycle Discharge" by Podsafe Music Network artists Simon James and Derek K. Miller Podcaster Quote of the Week Bumper Music: "Snub Nosed Aardvark" by Podsafe Music Network artist Derek K. Miller Outro Music: "Power Inside" by Podsafe Music Network and PodsafeAudio.com group EL84 Contact info: You can email me at [email protected]. You can call my voicemail at 206-984-0329. You can also contact me by Gizmo Project at Gizmo ID thatbluejeansguy. Visit my website, where you can send me an Odeo voice mail and stick a pin on my Frappr map. While you are there, check out the links to my favorite podcasts' home pages. Check out my page on MySpace Visit me on Facebook Follow me on twitter at twitter.com/bluejeansguy Don't forget that this podcast has an alternate feed: feeds.feedburner.com/thatbluejeansguy, which will also deliver my text blog entries to your RSS reader! Thanks for listening, and stay powerful!

Presidential primary update Breaking tradition and doing an American Idol update. Emails, blog comments, and 32 Questions. Who made the Podcaster Quote of the Week? New website is taking shape. Please give me your feedback. Music Today: "Famous" by Podsafe Music Network artist The Lascivious Biddies Intro Music: "Deep Cycle Discharge" by Podsafe Music Network artists Simon James and Derek K. Miller Outro Music: "Power Inside" by Podsafe Music Network and PodsafeAudio.com group EL84 Contact info: You can email me at [email protected]. You can call my voicemail at 206-984-0329. You can also contact me by Gizmo Project at Gizmo ID thatbluejeansguy. Visit my website, where you can send me an Odeo voice mail and stick a pin on my Frappr map. While you are there, check out the links to my favorite podcasts' home pages. Check out my page on MySpace Visit me on Facebook Follow me on twitter at twitter.com/bluejeansguy Don't forget that this podcast has an alternate feed: feeds.feedburner.com/thatbluejeansguy, which will also deliver my text blog entries to your RSS reader! Thanks for listening, and stay powerful!

Musical tribute to the students, faculty, family, and friends of Northern Illinois University Job search update Grammy recap, with Eddie Awards presented Who made the Podcaster Quote of the Week? New website is taking shape. Please give me your feedback. Get your weekly dose of blue denim here Music Today: "River to an Ocean" by Podsafe Music Network artist Cassandra Kubinski "Pray" by Podsafe Music Network group Anemo Intro Music: "Deep Cycle Discharge" by Podsafe Music Network artists Simon James and Derek K. Miller Outro Music: "Power Inside" by Podsafe Music Network and PodsafeAudio.com group EL84 Contact info: You can email me at [email protected]. You can call my voicemail at 206-984-0329. You can also contact me by Gizmo Project at Gizmo ID thatbluejeansguy. Visit my website, where you can send me an Odeo voice mail and stick a pin on my Frappr map. While you are there, check out the links to my favorite podcasts' home pages. Check out my page on MySpace Visit me on Facebook Follow me on twitter at twitter.com/bluejeansguy Don't forget that this podcast has an alternate feed: feeds.feedburner.com/thatbluejeansguy, which will also deliver my text blog entries to your RSS reader! Thanks for listening, and stay powerful!

Super Tuesday results and my very brief comments on the implications for the remainder of the election cycle and beyond. Super Bowl commercials and my comments. I hand out Eddies to the Super Bowl advertisers, and the debut of the "Podcast Quote of the Week" Eddie. A voicemail I never thought I'd get, with voiceover comments. Congress has passed a bill that will make the federal "Do Not Call" list permanent. (As an aside, I had to stop recording three times due to telemarketer calls, so I'm a fan!) Music Today: "Still" by Podsafe Music Network group Strangers in Wonderland "River to an Ocean" by Podsafe Music Network artist Cassandra Kubinski Intro Music: "Deep Cycle Discharge" by Podsafe Music Network artists Simon James and Derek K. Miller Outro Music: "Power Inside" by Podsafe Music Network and PodsafeAudio.com group EL84 Contact info: You can email me at [email protected]. You can call my voicemail at 206-984-0329. You can also contact me by Gizmo Project at Gizmo ID thatbluejeansguy. Visit my website, where you can send me an Odeo voice mail and stick a pin on my Frappr map. While you are there, check out the links to my favorite podcasts' home pages. Check out my page on MySpace Visit me on Facebook Follow me on twitter at twitter.com/bluejeansguy Don't forget that this podcast has an alternate feed: feeds.feedburner.com/thatbluejeansguy, which will also deliver my text blog entries to your RSS reader! Thanks for listening, and stay powerful!

Birthday events. John Edwards and Rudy Giuliani have left the presidential race. No surprise, and this does mean that either Democratic nominee will be history-making (thanks to Archerr or Chef Mark (CRS acted up, so forgive me for forgetting). Birthday and other voice messages and blog comments. News that broke while I was recording: Scientists have figured out how HIV can hide in the body, and an existing medication may help deal with it. Yippeee! Military leaders report Al Qaeda's #3 man has been killed. My prayers to his family. This didn't break while I was recording: MIT researchers answer the question of whether or not a tinfoil hat blocks radio signals. Music Today: "Downtown" by Podsafe Music Network artist Matthew Ebel "Sand in the Hourglass" by Podsafe Music Network artist Brian Mazzaferri Promo for Playing for Keeps, a podcast novel written and performed by Mur Lafferty Intro Music: "Deep Cycle Discharge" by Podsafe Music Network artists Simon James and Derek K. Miller Outro Music: "Power Inside" by Podsafe Music Network and PodsafeAudio.com group EL84 Contact info: You can email me at [email protected]. You can call my voicemail at 206-984-0329. You can also contact me by Gizmo Project at Gizmo ID thatbluejeansguy. Visit my website, where you can send me an Odeo voice mail and stick a pin on my Frappr map. While you are there, check out the links to my favorite podcasts' home pages. Check out my page on MySpace Visit me on Facebook Follow me on twitter at twitter.com/bluejeansguy Don't forget that this podcast has an alternate feed: feeds.feedburner.com/thatbluejeansguy, which will also deliver my text blog entries to your RSS reader! Thanks for listening, and stay powerful!

It's my birthday (01/23), but don't think for one second that I'm taking a day off from the politics and pop culture that you love to hear me talk about! Heath Ledger has died at age 28, and as of now the cause is still unofficial. A Twitter debate erupted over the media's priority of focusing on celebrity lives/deaths and ignoring lives/deaths due to war, poverty, etc., and I give my perspective. Special thanks to Indiana University's English department. This is the link for the John Donne excerpt: http://isu.indstate.edu/ilnprof/ENG451/ISLAND/index.html Ramblings on the economy, the election, and whether or not we're on the brink of another Great Depression (there was a Republican in the White House the last time it happened). I got several birthday greetings and I'll feature them in next week's episode. Unwrap my present to you today! Music Today: "Hobbit, Happy Birthday Song" by Podsafe Music Network artist Brobdingnagian Bards "Have a Dream" by Podsafe Music Network artist Steffen Coonan "River to an Ocean" by Podsafe Music Network artist Cassandra Kubinski "Birthday" by Podsafe Music Network group SwampdaWamp Promo for Playing for Keeps, a podcast novel written and performed by Mur Lafferty Intro Music: "Deep Cycle Discharge" by Podsafe Music Network artists Simon James and Derek K. Miller Outro Music: "Power Inside" by Podsafe Music Network and PodsafeAudio.com group EL84 Contact info: You can email me at [email protected]. You can call my voicemail at 206-984-0329. You can also contact me by Gizmo Project at Gizmo ID thatbluejeansguy. Visit my website, where you can send me an Odeo voice mail and stick a pin on my Frappr map. While you are there, check out the links to my favorite podcasts' home pages. Check out my page on MySpace Visit me on Facebook Follow me on twitter at twitter.com/bluejeansguy Don't forget that this podcast has an alternate feed: feeds.feedburner.com/thatbluejeansguy, which will also deliver my text blog entries to your RSS reader! Thanks for listening, and stay powerful!

Well, I made one more trip around the sun and now I'm the big 3-8. More on this later...

Mitt Romney tells everybody what they want to hear and wins the Michigan primary. George W. Bush tells rich people what they want to hear and calls for more deficit spending to avoid the recession we're already in. The unfortunate, unexpected, and untimely demise of the Little Fatty Cast. The show's first guest editorial. Music Today: "Here" by Podsafe Music Network artist Michael Harren, aka, Mikeypod "Hope" by Podsafe Music Network artist Marina V "A Matter of Reason" by Podsafe Music Network group Quebb (Music from their upcoming album, The People Speak) "Vampire Organ" by Podsafe Music Network artist Jeff Rosiana Intro Music: "Deep Cycle Discharge" by Podsafe Music Network artists Simon James and Derek K. Miller Outro Music: "Power Inside" by Podsafe Music Network and PodsafeAudio.com group EL84 Contact info: You can email me at [email protected]. You can call my voicemail at 206-984-0329. You can also contact me by Gizmo Project at Gizmo ID thatbluejeansguy. Visit my website, where you can send me an Odeo voice mail and stick a pin on my Frappr map. While you are there, check out the links to my favorite podcasts' home pages. Check out my page on MySpace Visit me on Facebook Follow me on twitter at twitter.com/bluejeansguy Don't forget that this podcast has an alternate feed: feeds.feedburner.com/thatbluejeansguy, which will also deliver my text blog entries to your RSS reader! Thanks for listening, and stay powerful!

Note: For reasons not immediately clear, LibSyn only uploaded 1.5M of my show file, or about 4 minutes. I've deleted the file and redone the upload, and hopefully this will solve the problem. If anybody has any trouble with this episode, please contact me.Thanks,DavidNow, on to the episode:Phil Putnam is an independent musician whose combination of sophisticated music and lyrics has drawn comparison to early Melissa Etheridge, Counting Crows, Michael Stipe, and even Tori Amos. I had the honor of spending time on Skype with this talented guy talking about his past works, the creative process, how his songs originate, and what's coming up. He's one busy guy, let me tell you! Please support Phil's current and future efforts by visiting his website. He's also on MySpace Phil's music is available through iTunes Phil's music is also available on Rhapsody Not to mention, CD Baby As Phil's sites say, "Get your Phil today!" Featured music: "91", "Courage" and "Not Much Here" from the "All the Courage Required" album "Lyin" from the "Best of Intentions" album "Theme" from the "Long Story Short" EP All pics courtesy of PhilPutnam.com Contact info: You can email me at [email protected]. You can call my voicemail at 206-984-0329. You can also contact me by Gizmo Project at Gizmo ID thatbluejeansguy. Visit my website, where you can send me an Odeo voice mail and stick a pin on my Frappr map. While you are there, check out the links to my favorite podcasts' home pages. Check out my page on MySpace Visit me on Facebook Follow me on twitter at twitter.com/bluejeansguy Don't forget that this podcast has an alternate feed: feeds.feedburner.com/thatbluejeansguy, which will also deliver my text blog entries to your RSS reader! Thanks for listening, and stay powerful!

John Kerry delivers the ultimate slap to John Edwards. Is it me, or is Barak Obama being a bit too gracious toward John Kerry? Ron Paul has some 'splainin' to do. Homeland Security and The State Department need to get together and talk. Ma Bell accomplishes what the ACLU couldn't. The muck is being raked today! Music Today: "Hope" by Podsafe Music Network artist Marina V "Behind the Mask" by Podsafe Music Network group Strangers in Wonderland "The Idiots Are Taking Over" by Podsafe Music Network group NOFX Intro Music: "Deep Cycle Discharge" by Podsafe Music Network artists Simon James and Derek K. Miller Outro Music: "Power Inside" by Podsafe Music Network and PodsafeAudio.com group EL84 Contact info: You can email me at [email protected]. You can call my voicemail at 206-984-0329. You can also contact me by Gizmo Project at Gizmo ID thatbluejeansguy. Visit my website, where you can send me an Odeo voice mail and stick a pin on my Frappr map. While you are there, check out the links to my favorite podcasts' home pages. Check out my page on MySpace Visit me on Facebook Follow me on twitter at twitter.com/bluejeansguy Don't forget that this podcast has an alternate feed: feeds.feedburner.com/thatbluejeansguy, which will also deliver my text blog entries to your RSS reader! Thanks for listening, and stay powerful!