Is it just me, or was tonight awesome?
December 7th, 2005
Okay, well, we started off at the BigContact event. It seemed to suck at first (which I kind of smelled before-hand) and I didn’t find a single podcaster there. Seeing as this was an event to bring musicians and podcasters together, among other things, that’s not really a good sign.
After Adam and I snuck off for a quick bite to eat and came back, things were much different. The place was hopping, there was a band playing, and Adam overheard people talking about podcasting and we joined the party.
After that, we had a nice hour of excellent conversation with Nat from Big Contact and Patricia from Indiefeed’s Folk-Americana and Alt-Rock channels (which have been on my playlist for the past 2 weeks, killing radio). Being a novice wine drinker, I’m also really interested in her other brilliant idea, the Wine Scout, where she tours the country in search of great wines. Time was short, so we said our goodbyes and headed over ot CB’s Gallery (right next to CGBG’s) to hear Adam’s friend Bobby Blue. Adam did his website (which I can’t seem to find right now), so if nothing else, I figured we’d hear his stuff, and maybe persuade him to be podsafe.
As a side note, Veronica Varlow was also going to be performing Burlesque tonight at CB’s. I’ve been a fan of Veronica’s for years, so I figured I’d say hello.
It turns out we arrived a bit too late, and Bobby had already played, but we got to see Veronica perform, and her partner in crime Burke Heffner was there too.
If you don’t know Veronica Varlow of DangerDame.com yet, go check out her site. Aside from having awesome designs and great photography (which is by Burke - he’s got more amazing photos at ThingsToLookAt.com), they’ve also written a screenplay and have pretty much the best damn indie trailer you’ve ever seen over at revolverthemovie.com.
I managed to wrangle them into giving us an interview, so you can tune in over at the GlitchCast next week to hear more.
At that point, I started to head home, but it turns out I wasn’t quite done. The trains were god-awful slow, so on the way home, I made conversation with a member of “The two man Gentlmen band“, a good subway performer (who’s name I didn’t catch, but he got a card), and a guitarist on the train (who also got a card) .
Not bad for a tuesday night out! Unfortunately, I missed the Invite Them Up CD release party to make it to all these events. Congratulations to Bobby, Eugene, and all the other great Comedians on their new Comedy Central CD/DVD set. For $19, this is the best 3-CD/1-DVD comedy combo you can give this Christmas.
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December 8th, 2005 at 2:04 am
[...] I went out yesterday night and yes, it was fucking awesome as told by Eric Skiff here. The experience just reminded me that I need to get out more. It is kind of ironic that I live in the middle of New York City and I’m more of a homebody now than when I lived in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. It’s alright though, because when I do make up my mind to go out I tend to have a damn good time and run across some great people. [...]