"I’m getting the turtle."
Behold the
future, kids. The world’s first (possibly) vinylcast! That’s right: a podcast on
vinyl. "Er, are you really sure about this being the future? It seems kind of a
step back." Well, you say that now, but everyone will be doing this before the
end of the year. Yes, even you. "But I don’t even have a podcast?!" That won't
stop you. "It kind of will." Let’s not argue about this in public.
"So who is Tell ‘Em Steve-Dave ?"
Well, Mr Steve-Dave
himself is New Jersey basement dweller Bryan Johnson. ("Ok, this is already confusing.") And he’s supported on the show by comic shop impresario Walt
Flanagan and ‘Impractical Joker’ Brian ‘Q’ Quinn. If you’ve ever caught an
early Kevin Smith film (‘Mallrats’, ‘Chasing Amy’), you’ll have seen these guys
pop up as they’re all friends from way back.
"And what happens on the podcast?"
Imagine three
men sitting round a beaten-up poker table in the back room of a small town
comic shop and chatting about flea markets, bottle dumps, and Kim Kardashian. Sound good?
Then this is the podcast for you.
New shows can
be downloaded for free every Friday (most often Saturday in the UK) on Kevin Smith’s Smodcast network. A good
starting point is the classic ‘Makin’ Hay’ two-parter, where the gang go on a
weird and wonderful field trip to Collingwood Auction: http://smodcast.com/episodes/makin-hay/
"How did you get your hands on this Vinylcast?"
I threw my $35 in to a Kickstarter project that Q instigated at the start of this year – they were aiming for $6,500 to make it
worthwhile pressing a few hundred vinyls and received over $60,000! Welcome to
the future.
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