Our shitty podcast, Poorly Planned, is now available. It’s linked to over in the sidebar, and you can subscribe by clicking the link here, or by hopping over to iTunes and searching for Poorly Planned.
I realize that being listed on iTunes doesn’t really mean anything–the approval process consists of checking that the file exists and that the title isn’t “Child Pornography–Pro Tips from Steve and Scott”–but being available on iTunes does give me a feeling of legitimacy and validation that our 11 unique hits to date just can’t match.
The single available show (show two will be posted in the next couple of days) isn’t great, but I’m happy with it as a first attempt. It wasn’t all vocalized pauses and nervous laughter, which puts us in the upper third of amateur content. There was a strong undercurrent of homophobia, but we’ll get past that in time. The anxiety of being in front of a microphone reduced us to twelve year old versions of ourselves, just calling each other fags instead of trying to make points. Believe me, I understand that words hurt, and offending potential listeners is the last thing I’d ever want to do. In future shows we’ll try to call each other retards instead.
I can see from our logs that of our eleven visitors, only those that are me, married to me, doing a show with me, or approving the show for inclusion in a directory have actually downloaded it. The other seven of you have made a wise choice–no harm in giving us a few shows to work out the kinks. By the fifth or sixth show I’m sure that bandwidth meter will be pegged.
Show one discussions include what we’re trying to do, trashing our friend who couldn’t make it, famous dirty internet pictures, guilty pleasures, and terrible things we’ve written in our pasts.