Gapers Block published from April 22, 2003 to Jan. 1, 2016. The site will remain up in archive form. Please visit Third Coast Review, a new site by several GB alumni.
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Friday, April 26
In the inaugural Gapers Block podcast, we cover a variety of topics including fish, Daleys past and present, Japanese rituals, Thanksgiving, the Wii, Crispin Glover and other miscellany. We also give you some ideas for activities this weekend.
The podcast is a work in progress — this one's fairly rough. Comments and suggestions are welcome below. Please be gentle.
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» Or, if that doesn't work, take a listen here (.mp3 file, 13.2MB).
GB Dial, or just "The Dial."
Good work! Looking forward to more of them.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure the "pinky removal" tradition is a strictly yakuza thing, not a Japanese or samurai tradition. John Kass's article is kinda funny, in a "meh" sort of way. You wonder though, if it had been the prime minister of Italy, would John Kass make Godfather or Sopranos references? "Hey Daley! Leave the cannolli!" Probably not, as it's insulting and stupid.
Dammit, I meant "Take the cannolli!'" It's been awhile since I've seen it.
You might need some intro and exit music. And you guys need a cool show title. Perhaps Gaper's Block Yak!
Yeah, we'll definitely add some music. Thanks for the suggestion, Levois!
Is there an RSS feed for the podcast (so I can suck it in through iTunes)?
The regular "Airbags" feed doesn't have any mp3 enclosures (ok, I totally just nerded out. sorry!) :)
Mike, iTunes should pick it up soon. We have a listing in there now, from Dave Elfving's "Audible City" series, but we need to get it updated to this new thing. Search for Gapers Block in the podcast section of iTMS and stay tuned.
inaugural podcast?!?!
didn't you do a podcast with Liz Armstrong (chicago antisocial) a few years ago?
Nice work guys!
Holden, that wasn't a podcast, it was a semiregular audio feature in Detour called Audible City. We did call it a podcast, but it was an interview series (one of which featured Liz Armstrong), not representative of the site as a whole. The last of those was sometime in early '06.
There was some thought about turning Audible City into a proper podcast, but it never really happened (though it was presented as such at Third Coast).
As the producer of Audible City (hey, that's me!) now lives in San Francisco, there won't be another Chicago edition anytime soon. But you never know . . .
Anyway, long live the GB Podcast!
GapersCast?
Steve at the Movies
Twilight, Bolt and A Christmas Tale
Revenge of the Second City
Is Chicago In Fact Ready for Reform?
Steve at the Movies
Quantum of Solace, Slumdog Millionaire, Let the Right One In and JCVD
Revenge of the Second City
New Burge Allegations Present a Challenge for Cops
Steve at the Movies
Synecdoche, New York, Role Models, Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, Soul Men and Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
Revenge of the Second City
...has moved to our new section, Mechanics
One Good Meal
Yum, Vegetable Stock
Andrew / November 29, 2007 12:14 AM
Sorry about the tinny sound, btw. We'll hopefully have a better microphone by next week.