Bizarro Show #4 - How Many Thumbs Do We Have?

An action packed episode this week as we talk to J.C.Hutchins (author of the 7th Son Podcast) and we catch up with the up and coming band from California, Faux Stereo. It's funnier, craqzier and plain better than ever!

Interview Techniques

Hello Pickled Folk, so i am in need of advise, my podcast 'The Bizarro Show' is starting to fall into that sort of trendset pattern thingy that podcasts fall into after a few episodes, and one of the things it seems to do quite a bit of is interview folks, from music artists to people involved in the digital world. And i would really appreciate interview advice from the the folks that have been doing this sort of thing for awhile. I get so nervous with whoever it is and i've taken to drinking water whilst interviewing to stop my throat from croaking it's so dry. Saying that i'm not a terrible interviewer (i hope) and i enjoy talking to the people i talk to but i could use some advise to make them better quality and easier on my nerves. Should i drink a cup of tea and smoke some dope or sit up straight and be as professional and formal as possible (these are extremes obviously but still are good examples i suppose) so calling all podcasters, what say ye all? Got any good trade secrets you can declassify for me?

Ciao

Dygash

7th Son Interveiw Questions

Hey guys this is a bit of a plug but whatever, i'm interveiwing J.C.Hutchin on the next episode of the Bizarro Show next Friday and despite having many questions for him myself i figured it'd be a cool idea to get some of his fans questions. So if your a fan of 7th Son please post your questions for J.C. here and i'll pick some of the best ones for the interveiw. I look forward to asking them.

Ciao

Dygash

Podcast On Homelessness

Having recently come off the streets and having been on them several times in different places i was recently considering the idea of doing a podcast on the subject to raise awareness of the issue from the experience of those who are or were homeless. I've just come across the article about homeless Wesley McGoldrick a young guy of 24 in London, UK who stole cheese and milk from a supermarket in London and was put in prison on remand after 'admitting' to carrying a knife. The next day he committed suicide.

The fact that he didn't use the knife and instead admitted to carrying one in his questioning is an evident fact that he was mostly carrying it out of protection as any experienced homeless person does. Having someone try to stab you in the middle of the night is a scary experience and you learn from it fast, trust me. As a fellow Londoner its really hurt to read this article because there really arn't enough places to get a decent nutritional meal in London and indeed many other cities in this country and several in Canada i was misfortunate enough to be homeless in.

Its clearly a worldwide issue and i would like to bring more awareness to how physically and psychologically damaging it is. I'd like to do something like an 8 part mini-series on international homelessness and to do this i obviously need help.

So this is a callout to any podcasters who feel like getting involved in the short series and will basically involve talking to people out on the streets or people you know who've experienced it (perhaps even yourself, like me) and generally talking about the situation your city/country is currently facing and most importantly how its affecting the homeless people and what it is that can be done to solve these things. Hopefully the podcast series will bring more awareness into the lives of international podcast listeners. Feel free to reply here or by emailing me at anu8is@gmail.com

Thanks

Dygash

Bizarro Show - Boogie Ass!

It's party time, listen to Dygash's assortment of secret boogie tracks as we dance this episode away to the likes of Queen, FatBoy Slim, Jem and many more. We also have two new show features, one is a comedy sketch and the other called the MySpace Tune of the Week, in this hilarious episode we lead up to the final moment where Dygash plunges onto the sharp rocks that is the world of comedy.