Show Notes
There’s a chill in the air… and turkeys beware! It’s November! This month Laura has a Stepford moment, but she’s feeling much better now. Mari leaves the piano behind (at least for this month) and shows us her guitar chops. We dive headfirst into a vat of holiday foods, and announce our FIRST CONTEST EVER! A listener discount treat, Depeche Mode’s Dave Gahan’s solo album Hourglass, and the return of “Battlestar Galactica” – all in one delicious Thanksgiving episode. Boom-Chicka-Bow-Wow!
SOP Holiday Contest
We want to hear the story of your favorite Christmas gift you received as a child! Stories can be e-mailed or submitted in MP3 format. Send to smithsoccasional@gmail.com.
DEADLINE IS NOVEMBER 18. The winning entry will receive a copy of the album, The Darkest Night of the Year, by the band Over the Rhine. Hurry up and enter. I mean it. Otherwise you will hurt our feelings.
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Music Guide
“Seek”
Artist: Neil Smith
Podsafe Music Network
“November”
Artist: Paul
http://www.myspace.com/paulborth
“Merrily We Roll Along”
Artist: Mari Smith
“A Distant Sadness”
“All Along the Watchtower”
Album: Battlestar Galactica, Season 3
Artist: Bear McCreary
http://bearmccreary.com/
Amazon
“November”
Artist: Azure Ray
Album: November (EP)
http://www.azureraymusic.com/
iTunes
Misc. Goodies and Links
Peppakakor
Laura with her Grammie, the noodle and gravy maven.
Other people’s podcasts that we enjoy:
It’s Not Us, It’s You
Renegade homeschooling moms Venus and Nicole dish the dirt.
Note the explicit label.
iTunes
The obligatory Depeche Mode Link
http://www.depechemode.com/
November 5, 2007 at 11:54 am |
Thanks for another excellent podcast! As always, great chit-chat and music. Congrats Mari on learning to play the guitar!
Laura, thanks for the pepparkakor recipe… I might try this myself this year. Max is feeling better… for some reason limping a bit this morning but it’s still an improvement from Saturday. Best of luck with your Christmas contest; I can’t think of any particular gift to write about, so I’ll just enjoy listening to the other entries.
November 7, 2007 at 4:33 pm |
I keep forgetting to tell you and Neil… Stacy (rdwnggrl) introduced me to a newish (?) band: io echo. Maybe you’d like to check out their music – it might be “podcast-worthy” and they might like the publicity.
Their site is under construction but you hear can hear them at their MySpace page: http://www.myspace.com/jgvellum.
November 7, 2007 at 7:46 pm |
Outside the bird, crunchy is good. But not nearly as moist. I’m sorry. You guys are way off.
I just bought Neil’s song.
November 8, 2007 at 12:00 pm |
Heather, thanks for the band recommendation. I will check them out!
Jeff – you are so very wrong! Plus if your cook isn’t the most skilled, bacteria may be lurking. Yikes! Thanks for buying the song and supporting this lavish lifestyle we love so much!