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This is Part II of a WERS-FM radio broadcast live from the Willow Jazz Club, Somerville, Mass., from around 1983, with Trombone Madness: J.D. Smith and John Licata (trombones) George Garzone (special guest, tenor sax) Corey Eisenberg (piano) Dave Gold (bass) Glenn Davis (drums)
This is Part III of a WERS-FM radio broadcast live from the Willow Jazz Club, Somerville, Mass., from around 1983, with Trombone Madness: J.D. Smith and John Licata (trombones) George Garzone (special guest, tenor sax) Corey Eisenberg (piano) Dave Gold (bass) Glenn Davis (drums)
This is a WERS-FM radio broadcast live from the Willow Jazz Club, Somerville, Mass., from around 1983, with Trombone Madness: J.D. Smith and John Licata (trombones) George Garzone (special guest, tenor sax) Corey Eisenberg (piano) Dave Gold (bass) Glenn Davis (drums)
Around these parts, even the slow news weeks sizzle with excitement – and that's just fine with us. On the rundown for this edition of Pocketnow's once-a-week mobile technology podcast: a bevy of Motorola rumor and speculation, new odd smartphones from YotaPhone and Alcatel ONETOUCH, and ominous developments in the land of carrier meddling. On top of that, Brandon Miniman returns this week as our podcast guest! Our former lion-tamer has a new Nexus 6 in his hot hands, and he's got some thoughts on jumbophones to go with it. Best of all: thanks to our well-connected producer Jules Wang, we're broadcasting from new digs at WERS-FM this week, kicking off what we hope to be an extended stay at the radio voice of Emerson College – and one of the best radio stations in Greater Boston! Sound like just the thing to sate your podcast appetite? Then, as always, Pocketnow has the podcast you've been looking for. Join us for Pocketnow Weekly 125 below –either through the live video stream at 12:00pm Eastern on December 4 (click here for your local time), or the high-quality audio version available later on– and shoot your questions to podcast [AT] pocketnow [DOT] com for a shot at getting your question read aloud on the air. See you then!Pocketnow Weekly 125 Recording Date December 4, 2014 Hosts Michael Fisher Stephen Schenck Brandon Miniman Producer Jules Wang Podcast Rundown Sponsor (00:02:16) The Pocketnow Weekly is brought to you by Squarespace, the all-in-one platform that makes it fast and easy to create your own professional website, portfolio, and online store. For a free trial and 10% off, visit Squarespace.com/pocketnow and enter offer code POCKETNOW at checkout. A better web starts with your website. Thought Thread (00:05:40) Pocketnow's erstwhile Editor-in-Chief Brandon Miniman resurrects the tradition of the top-of-show thought thread with a treatise on big phones: their merits and shortfalls, past and future! News (00:21:43) Devices Alcatel OneTouch Pop Mega: solving the "big phone problem"? Motorola six-inch Droid phablet could one-up the Nexus 6 Motorola Moto E follow-on rumored, specs detailed Additional YotaPhone 2 release details emerge 10% of iPhone owners "very likely" to buy an Apple Watch, survey says Oppo R5 unboxing: thinner than thin Developments What is DT Ignite and where are all these unwanted apps coming from? Sprint gets aggressive about poaching AT&T/VZW customers with half-price deal SwiftKey is powerful enough to help even Stephen Hawking communicate Tough Spot (01:07:20) A segment about choosing the better of two unappealing alternatives. On today's installment: an old idea from the heady days of 2010! Mainstream tablets were new, and the cool hip thinking (to save some dough on a wireless plan) was to tote a dumbphone in one hand and a tablet in the other. If you had to do that in 2014, which tablet/phone combo would you choose, and why? Listener Mail (01:19:31) E-mailed submissions from Kris, Syberpat, and Alex Music It may just sound like a ringtone to you, but our transition music track ("Radiation") is a real song, from a real album, by a real artist: Ali Spagnola. You can download that album, along with many others, at Ali's website here, visit her YouTube page here, and follow her on Twitter here! • See you next week; thanks for tuning in! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Part 1 of my conversation with special guest Ric Dube as we discuss bootlegs. I've also got the Bonehead of the Week and live music from Mission of Burma, The Minutemen and The Dirtbombs. Show notes: - Check out Ric's latest project, Trademark of Quality - Powered by BBQ - TMOQ doesn't have actual bootlegs, but features essays about them - Bootlegs comprise anything not released by a record company - Jay: Discovered bootlegs and imports in record stores in the '80s - Ric: First boot was a Springsteen live set from '81 - Jay: First boot was a Zeppelin live box set - Both sound terrible - Ric: Most bootlegs he owns are of The Replacements - A lot of originally bootlegged 'Mats B-sides have turned up on official reissues - Jay: Bought Prince's Black Album in late '80s from bootleg tape vendor at UNH - Ric made cassette sleeves in early '90s for bootlegs with manga images - Ric: Recorded bootlegs at live shows - Also sold VHS tapes - Jay: Had a list of bootlegs for sale in early '80s - Used to get bootlegs from the old Rockit Records stores in '80s and '90s - Ric: Pitching your bootleg wares to record stores - Now there's countless boots available for free online - To be continued - Bonehead of the WeekMusic:Mission of Burma - Red (live on WERS) The Minutemen - One Reporter's Opinion/Political Song for Michael Jackson to Sing (live at The Blue Note) The Dirtbombs - Ode to a Black Man (live at The Blind Pig) Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review! The Mission of Burma song is from a live set recorded at WERS-FM on 9/21/80. Download the song for free from the Live Music Archive.The Minutemen songs are from a show recorded live at The Blue Note in Columbia, MO, on 5/12/84. Download the songs for free from the Live Music Archive. The Dirtbombs song is on from a show recorded live at The Blind Pig in Ann Arbor, MI, on 7/15/05. Download the song for free from the Live Music Archive. The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Find out more about Senor Breitling at his fine music blogs Clicky Clicky and Keeping Some Dark Secrets. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian; check out his site PodGeek.