FIFTH ANNUAL WEBLOG Awards
The ceremony will take place at the SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST FESTIVAL in Austin, TX in March. On Sunday, January 23, the finalists were announced and YOU are invited to help CHOOSE THE WINNER until Jan 31, 2005. (If you are wondering what a WebLog is, it's an online journal). Just log on and help choose the winners at www.2005.bloggies.com Any local LONG BEACH Bloggers we should be reading?!
I BEG YOUR PODCAST?
ThePrimeSpot.com is in search of Podcasting Partners to make prerecorded shows in MP3 format.ADAM CURRY (remember the early days of MTV?) made this simply and inexpensive medium into a daily "phenomenon". Check out ipodder.org (you don't need an iPod to enjoy PODCASTS) podcasters.com, podcastalley.com, podcastcentral.com ..... While researching the HOW TO PODCASTS, keep an eye out for the man that talks about his day while doing the dishes. Oh, and the entertaining "PODtridge Family". Don't forget to read my TAKE FIVE interview with MICHAEL W. GEOHAGEN, of MWGblog.com's "Reel Reviews" of movies on PODFLY.com (Update from Michael: "Podcast” now returns 1,230,000 hits versus the 2000 quoted in the TAKE FIVE article!)
THE PRIME SPOT Radio Show on Local TV
You can SEE & HEAR TPSradio.org Every Friday Night 9-11pm via the LIVE WEBCAM on KBEACH.org (Thanks to PATRICK ETHRIDGE of Errands, etc., the Moving Marquee is fixed and scrolls during the LIVE SHOW again!). CSULB students can flip on TV Ch2, ... and CHARTER cable TV Subscribers turn on LBCTv Ch65/69/95 and watch LONG BEACH's Community Calendar flash on the screen while listening! January 28th will feature local singer/songwriter CHASEFRANK.com, host of Weds Supperclub @ DiPiazza's and also ARTSU SATO from Japan. (Watch "The many faces of ARTSU SATO" before the show. Log onto artsustudios.jp, click on "English" and then "movie18.2mbPV")! Now you can read TPSradio listings in the VIEW News and the VIEW Magazie!
GOOD BUSINESS with LEE GODDEN dot Com
This former Letter Carrier is an Author, Speaker, Sales Trainer, .. and Musician! His first column "The Sales Trainer is in the LB Biz Journal... yes, we're going to explore his musicial side on TPSradio.org Friday, February 4th. (The second hour of TPSradio First Friday Friday will be Poet G MURRAY THOMAS and Special Guest MATTHEW MARS (formerly Matthew Niblock), of the bands Clear and Superman Loses the Girl). To warm up for the show, turn on LEE's own local TV Show, GOOD BUSINESS on Wednesdays at 3:30pm (after TPS French Correspondent's show, "Stop and Smell the Roses"). I wonder if GODDEN will start podcasting...?
LONG BEACH COMMUNITY TELEVISION Fundraiser
Local programming is important to a community, and last year I personally helped raise some money for The Cause. TPSradio.org contributed a radio show that net $100 and obtained a $200 table reservation. If you are interested in volunteering, donating a Silent Auction item, advertising the program, or even attending as a guest call JUDY BAKER of Long Beach Comunity Television, the strongest public access station in the nation: 562-595-5228... Save the date: Saturday MARCH 12, 2005 @ Long Beach City College!
FESTIVAL OF HUMAN ABILITIES and Music
Speaking of Fundraisers, BAYADERA.com, who will be performing at the "Abilities" Fest at the AquariumOfPacific.org Jan 29th and 30th, came on ThePrimeSpot.com's TPSradio last Friday. Their guitarist DAT NGUYEN is blind. You would never know from his playing! BARRY CROMPTON (dot com) also came on to tell us about his fundraiser THIS TUES (1/25) benefitting those with AIDS at DiPiazzas.com. RonnyNorth.com called in from the NAMM convention, which was swarming with Rock Stars, quite a few from Long Beach!
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KaRi is a nonDisgruntled Postal worker from 90800.com * She Highly Recommends the LELDON gig at Riley's Thurs 1/27, diagonal from IguanaKelleys.com * TheBandHEARTLESS.com 2/4 Martini Blues * KaRi seeks successful couples who LIVE, WORK, and PLAY together to call in live to TPSradio.org on February 11th. Music featured on that night will be from local couples 562-804-5625.
KaRi