I’m going to attempt to briefly start up the Angryfolk Music and Infantile Comedy Show again. I’m calling this “Instance 2″ of the podcast.

Episodes 1-18 (now renumbered 1-01 through 1-18, so as to appear to the casual observer to be the first step in a grand plan) were part of a fairly steep learning curve.

There were several big mistakes I made in the first Instance that bit me in the ass:

1. I released episodes as soon as they were finished. I wanted to get them right out there and see what people thought. I won’t do this again.  I’m going to pre-record several episodes and release them on a schedule. I have to.
2. I left the length of the show open-ended. Not the length of each individual episode, but rather how many episodes there are going to be.
   With my work load and schedule, this led to very long gaps between episodes.  Come Spring and the Renaissance Pleasure Faire, and I’m busy as hell for three or four months straight.

So the new Angryfolk Music and Infantile Comedy Show, Instance 2, will consist of six episodes.  I’ll record them over the next few weeks or months and when the sixth episode is finished, I’ll release them once a week until they are all out.

We’ll see how this works out.

Special thanks to:

Ruthie, Kim, Matty, Heather, Billy, Mirabelle and Lizzie from the Happy Fun Show Time Singers.

Come see the Belles of Bedlam at Brits (Near Allen and Colorado in Pasadena) on Halloween night.

 

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Special guest: Celtic Squall (www.celticsquall.com).

- Green Grow the Rushes O

- Coal Miner’s Song (by S. Venable)

- Little Begger Man

 

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“Other Bands’ Music”

Little Thom - “The Dog Song” - www.myspace.com/littlethomsongs

The New Atonomous Folksingers - “I’m Neil Young” - www.myspace.com/nafs

Blaggards - “Rocky Road to Dublin” - www.blaggards.com

WWIII - “Take Off Your T-Shirt” - www.myspace.com/wattwhiteiii

All music was found at the Podsafe Music Network at music.mevio.com.

 

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That’s right! The Angryfolk Music Store. (there’s also a link up in the header)

In the music store, you find links to eight songs in 128kbps .mp3 format you can download for free. “Free?” I hear you cry, “Ain’t much of a store, is it?” Well you’d be right if that was all there was.

There’s also a “buy it now” button for “Angryfolk Volume 1 Premium Edition.” This is an e-CD (it’s a .zip file, actually) that includes those very same eight songs, but in 256kbps .mp3 format (for a higher quality sound). In addition I’ve included extensive liner notes with complete lyrics to all eight songs and some notes about the songs or the songwriting process. In addition I’ve thrown in a couple extra songs, for a total of eleven song (well, one of them is a short bumper for Stu’s Crackpot Minute, so it’s 10.25 songs, really).

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Drunk dial from Madge

“Not as Young as I Used to Be” by Stu Venable

Stu’s Crackpot Minute: Holograms

“The Day You Said Goodbye” by Stu Venable

 

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Special Guest: Charlie ‘Ollie’ Essers.

Angryfolk Them by Charlie ‘Push Eject’ Essers.

“Inbred Locals” written by Bill Roper, performed by the Poxy Boggards, recorded by Charlie Essers. From Bogfest VI, Renaissance Pleasure Faire, Devore, California.

Excerpt from “Five O’Clock” written and recorded by Push Eject and Sven. (the inspiration for “Drink ’til I Die.”)

“Pastime With Goode Company” by Henry VIII, performed by the Poxy Boggards, recorded by Charlie Essers. From Bogfest VI, Renaissance Pleasure Faire, Devore, California.

If you have any questions for Charlie about our recording sessions, send them to contact at angryfolk dot com. If you’d like to record your question, send the mp3 to the same address. Well answer them in a future episode.

Thank you to Charlie Essers for joining me for Episode 14.

 

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Haven’t yet finished any regular episodes of the show, but I’m working on them.

Until then, here’s a music video I made, to see if I can do video editing.

 

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Join the Poxy Boggards and the Merry Wives of Windsor at the El Rey Theatre on March 15th, for a St. Patrick’s Day Extravaganza!
Buy tickets at www.poxyboggards.com/tickets

- “Without Her” by Stu Venable
- “I Love You” by Stu Venable

 

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Special Guests: The Belles of Bedlam

- An expanded Angryfolk Theme
- Public Service Announcements aplenty.
- “The German Clock Winder”
- “The Parting Glass”
- “The Real Old Mountain Dew”
- The Belles are appearing at the Riverside Dickens Festival February 1st, 2nd and 3rd.
- The Belles will be at the Renaissance Pleasure Faire in Irwindale, CA.

A big ‘thank you’ to the Belles of Bedlam for joining me for Episode 11. I’m always looking for new guests, so if you are a Faire or folk performer (doesn’t have to be music) contact me at (contact at angryfolk dot com — God, I hate spam).

 

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