Beware of the Babylon Self Promotion

We're put up a page on myspace in an attempt to be cool. Come visit, comment and promote your own podcast on our page!

http://www.myspace.com/bewareofthebabylon

Join The NYC Podcast Community

I'm working on something new over at http://community.podcastnyc.net and I'd like to invite folks to join, contribute and provide feedback. This new platform will allow for enhanced discussion and learning as well as providing a more robust interface for people to connect with podcasters. Musicians and podcast consumers are welcome and we'll be adding functionality to address the needs of the different segments of the podcast community.

I look foward to seeing you there.

Rob
Podcast NYC

What's Up

Something new is coming here within the next couple of months. Stay tuned...

NY Minute Show Transit Strike Podcast

Some information and relevant links for folks wanting information on how to deal with the New York City transit strike.

MP3 File

Courtesy of The New York Minute Show

Transit Strike Podcast

I've set up a temporary podcast over at http://www.glitchnyc.com/TransitStrikePodcast to cover the news surrounding the strike and to collect interviews with union picketers, commuters, scabs, cabs, and more.

"Making sense of a complicated situation, one conversation at a time"

Feel free to send stories, rants, and audio feedback to
TransitStrikePodcast@glitchnyc.com

We'll still be doing the GlitchCast, but I wanted to set up this podcast to handle the stream of "talk" content outside of our normal indie music format.

GlitchCast and GothamCast

A few more shows named like these and we'll be called the G'Cast network. Let's welcome Eric from the GlitchCast and Jason from GothamCast to the team of committed NYC area podcasters.

Eric is spinning the podsafe indie tracks over at http://www.glitchnyc.com/GlitchCast/.



















Jason is providing insight on the life of a couple new to NYC, and spinning some podsafe tracks over at http://www.gothamcast.com/.

Portable Media and Podcast Expo

It's coming up in less than two weeks. The Portable Media and Podcast Expo that is. And there will be a healthy contingent of NYC Pod Squadders on hand. Rob from Podcast NYC will be there. So will Jerry Cahill of The Cystic Fibrosis Podcast. Frank from The Overnightscape and Jim from MadPod will be on the same Jet Blue flight along with Gregory Galant from Venture Voice. Podsafe Music star Brother Love is heading out on Jet Blue as well. Mike Dunn of Nomadic Audio is speaking on a panel during the conference. Finally, Jason from GothamCast recently announced that he's making it out as well. Suffice it to say that NYC will be well represented in Ontario. Now we've got to figure out when and where we all link up while out there for the next NYC Pod Squad podcast.

Come Down To The White Horse -- UPDATE

And hang out with a group of folks interested in blogging/podcasting/social media. The BlogOn 2005 social media event starts on October 17th. So on October 16th, David Parmet, Mike Dunn and Rob Safuto are organizing an open gathering or "Geek Dinner" in honor of the event. We expect a good mix of bloggers, podcasters and other social media types. Cameron Reilly of The Podcast Network will be on hand from Australia enjoying our NYC hospitality.

Here are the details:

When - Sunday, October 16th @ 5:00 PM
Where - The White Horse Tavern, at the corner of Hudson and 11th Sts in Greenwich Village
RSVP - If you plan on attending it's appreciated. You can RSVP in the comments of this post, via email or over at David's post here.

We look forward to seeing you there.

***UPDATE***

We're moving the party to a place a block north of The White Horse for logistical reasons. The new (and final I promise) spot is a place called Dublin 6. It has a great back room that can seat 40 people pretty easily. Time and date have not changed.

A few of the positive RSVPs from out of town are: Cameron Reilly, Jeremy Pepper, Michael Geoghegan, Jason Korman, Shel Israel and more...

We look forward to seeing you there.

Welcome To ReMARKable Palate!

We'd like to welcome the ReMARKable Palate podcast to the NYC Pod Squad. The show's host, Mark Tafoya is a personal chef in New York City. He is also a world traveler and self-taught gourmand. He is a graduate of Yale University, worked as an actor for 10 years, both On and Off Broadway, and in independent films. His love of travel and food has taken him around the world. He hopes to share his love of world cuisine with you!

We look forward to plenty of yummy food tips from Mark through his show. Perhaps he can prepare a meal for one of our Pod Squad get togethers.

Hurricane Katrina Podcasts

Several NYC Pod Squad Podcasts have dedicated time and space to either delivering the message of the devastation of Hurricane Katrina or providing support to victims as follows:

Dave Rimington of The Dave Rimington Show has a mash up of the emotional song Here By Me and public messages relating to the disaster. His post also has links to a variety of relief organizations. The podcast is located at http://drimington.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=19414.

Jim Donnelly of MadPod has a link to the audio of a desperate New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin pleading for help on the radio. Jim includes links to several relief organizations. The podcast can be found at http://www.madpod.com/2005/09/mayor-new-orleans-speaks-truth-without.html.

Rob Safuto of Podcast NYC's The New York Minute Show has created a Hurricane Katrina Podathon, inspired by a pair of very generous musical artists. Robert's show talks in detail about the situation in the Gulf Coast States and includes comparions to attacks of Sept 11th, 2001. Links are provided to The United Way, The Red Cross and The Salvation Army. The podcast can be found here.

Frank Edward Nora of The Overnightscape talks about Hurricane Katrina and the situation in New Orleans as a result of the storm. The podcast can be found on Episode #275 at http://www.overnightscape.com/episodes.htm.

The crew over at Dailysonic are featuring music this week from artists who are donating proceeds to Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. Listen in on that over at http://www.dailysonic.com.