Radio Blunderbuss

Despite the huge win of Obama trouncing McCain, not everything was good news on election night. A number of states passed anti-gay propositions, sullying the event.

Swigging our Leinenkugel's Nut Brown ale, we chat about its merits, flavor, and overall experience.

The art of knitting - underappreciated and beautiful.

Weird experiences in theatre... is there really any other kind of experience in theatre?

Recorded during the 2008 election, we hold forth in our usual fashion.

Obviously we talk about the election. A lot.

Suntory's 12 year old Yamazaki whisky is our drink of the episode.

Is the personal always political? Let's talk about it.

Of course, we close with thoughts of the week.

Apple's new notebook lineup sure is sleek, but the lack of Firewire on the MacBook is causing problems...

Then Joe stopped in to join us for the show.

Hear us on Palin on SNL.

Anyone watching the news must sometimes wonder at their dedication to finding answers in an intellectually honest way.

A pointed question: is the populace smart enough to vote?

We're drinking the Affligem Blonde Ale this week, stay tuned to hear how it fared.

Musings on matters Aesthetic.

And we wrap with thoughts of the week.

Michael recently turned Adam onto a cool show called True Blood, here we discuss it for a bit.

Plus, in all the economic tumult, it's easy to overlook the inherent weirdnesses of money itself.

Wine is on the table this week, a Trimbach Pinot Gris, donated to the cause by Adam's cousin (and sometimes guest) Scott.

In such trying times, can we discount the impact of how the external affects the internal?

Joe stops by the studio, as we chat about the VP debate, and
the economy (such as it is)...

Metaxa 5 star is our drink of the week.

Troubles with nukes and Navajos in Arizona, and
how America treats Native Americans in general.

As usual, we close with thoughts of the week.

We're glad to have Ken Haupt join us again for a course of discussion on...

Obama vs. McCain,

Economic concerns,

Hennessy V.S. - booze of the week,

and more on Sarah Palin...

With our friend, photographer Sam Busenbark, we discuss the Atlantic/McCain photo controversy.

Woodchuck Draft Cider chases the McCain/Palin blues away...
(and it's notably better than Night Train, which we also discuss)


Nature photography and period clothing also get some coverage this round.

What is the future of photography? If Adam and Sam have anything to say about it, we can expect interesting things...

Auditions are a singularly odd experience in general. Years ago, Michael had an especially unusual one, involving Gilda Radner and Chevy Chase.

We forgot to do thoughts of the week, try not to cry.

As always, to contact us, you can send e-mail to RadioBlunderbuss@gmail.com.

Joe drops by the studio for this conversation of...

Our ongoing economic crisis - oy vey...

beer, this week it's the Shock Top Belgian White...

reducing, reusing, and recycling - but not with underwear...

clingfilm in the bedroom...

and last but not least, thoughts of the week.

Enter Sarah Palin, stage right. Ugh.

Next up, we chat with Brandon about his escape from New Orleans, as Gustav approached.

Our beer this week - Newport Storm Cyclone Series Henry.

Pewter and drinking vessels - how they affect the drinking experience.

We talk pet peeves, mostly about the mangling of English.

And finally, thoughts of the week

(PS: If you listen to this one with headphones, it should sound pretty realistic, being mixed binaurally. If you listen on speakers, no worries, it'll sound fine.)

Michael's take on Michelle Obama's speech and the media reaction.
Back to school time for Adam.
Baseball & Softball (Adam shudders).

Hacker-Pschorr Weisse Wheat beer is on tap... well in bottles.

Michael tells a neat tale about an urban hawk.

And, of course, thoughts of the week.

Joe swings by for a discussion of...

Films and the sometimes odd planning process,
Knowing one's strengths,
Mr. Mike's Mondo Video,
Sierra Nevada's Unfiltered Wheat Beer,
Shaving and razor types,
and of course,
Thoughts of the week.

Dave Paul drops by Blunderbuss manor, for a freewheeling chat including, but not limited to:

Children's TV and the dumbification of culture,

getting scared, in life and from movies,

amusement parks, and the attendant weirdness,

Smuttynose Brewing Company's Portsmouth Lager,

Radio stories,

and, of course,

thoughts of the week.

What can you tell about a person by what he or she carries?
Radiation worries - Will wifi and cell phones leave the world sterile? Probably not.
What's up with fear of the new?
Let's talk about men's jewelry
What can we learn sociologically from jewelry? Native beads? Bling? Grills?

Let's drown our trouble with Sea Dog Brewing Co. Apricot Wheat Beer.

After all that, let's talk states of mind - from ADHD to depression to what makes us laugh.

Another weird week on Radio Blunderbuss.

Adam and Michael's first film project is underway. Like so many of our episodes of Blunderbuss, Joe is also on board.

Here's a fake music video made from early test footage.



Friendly Ghost / Phantom Boatman test footage from Adam on Vimeo.

A really freewheeling show this week. Usually we take a quick break between topics to regroup - this time, we just plowed on through. We had a lot of fun with it, and we think it shows.

Topics include, but are by no means limited to:

Recently, Adam went to see the new Batman film - "The Dark Knight" in IMAX, let's chat about that.

Continuing in that theme, we move on to address how movies are presented, and how that affects our experience as moviegoers.

Booze of the week: Widmer Hefeweizen

In all the focus on acting, scripts, special effects, and the like, it's easy to overlook what is arguably one of the most important factors in how we watch a film - the sound.

And last, but not least, our thoughts of the week.

A discussion about gender identity, sexual preference, and backwater attitudes.

We expound for a while on a theme from last week, with a talk on exploration on vacation.

Magic Hat's Hocus Pocus is our conversation-unraveller for the week.

Sunglasses - why do some look great and others make you look like an asshole?

And wrapping it all up with thoughts of the week.

This week, we talk about just what the 4th of July is.

We drink Dogfish Head's Red and White. We get loaded.

We debate the virtues of planning vs the wonder of discovery.

We hear tell of a bat found in a brassiere.

We share our thoughts of the week.

We are Blunderbuss, you will be assimilated. Resistance is futile.

Or whatever.

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We start off this week with a discussion of fit and finish - from cars to pipes to Apple, how much do the finishing touches influence how we perceive?

Also, a discussion of dentists and Michael's vampire fangs

We're drinking Leinenkugel Sunset Wheat, yummy.

And last but not least, let's talk hair.

This week, number 50, we have 3 guests with us - Joe (with us for a lot of shows - most recently, episode 48), Brandon (episode 40), and Tom (episode 11) are back with us once more.

George Carlin's death came as a surprise to us; here, in tribute, are his original seven words you can never say on television:
Shit
Piss
Fuck
Cunt
Cocksucker
Motherfucker
Tits

You'll be missed, George.

Following that, we discuss branding missteps and ad jingles.

Tiny Tim? Why not?

Buzzards Bay Pilsner, produced just a hop, skip, and a jump from stately Blunderbuss Manor.

We talk a little bit about having made 50 of these things - that kinda flew.

In closing - thoughts of the week.

As always, talk to us at radioblunderbuss@gmail.com

We open this week with a discussion on tattooing, branding, piercing, and scarification. What does it mean to become art? What's too much; can there be too much?

Same-sex weddings are finally beginning in California, we discuss the implications.

Wolaver's Brown Ale is the drink of choice this week. Yum.

Adam describes a visit to a great restaurant/beer library in Allston, MA - the Sunset Grill and Tap - 112 beers on tap, and hundreds more in bottles - hot damn!

Finally, we talk about newly-proposed Canadian legislation that would have border guards checking laptops and iPods for pirated music. What gives?

The heat (at least around here) has been pretty nasty lately. We talk about the effects of heat and the strange phenomenon of lightning.

This week, we drink again from Abita Springs - Abita's Purple Haze - a wheat beer with a hint of raspberry.

Of course, if you're a tech-news watcher, you'll have taken note of the release of the new iteration of the iPhone - is this a harbinger of more phones superseding computers for many tasks?

And last, but certainly not least, it's worth discussing the Democratic National Committees new refusal (at the behest of Barack Obama) to take lobbyist/PAC money.

Finally, the Democrats have a nominee - let's talk Obama.

Also, some talk of writing, and how we relate to the tools we use to get our creative work done.

Our booze this week is Orlio Common Ale - our thoughts on that fill a health-sized segment. It's organic, which is interesting, and leads naturally to a discussion on eating habits to close the show.

This week, Joe joins us for another round, and we chat about plenty.

First off, we chat about late night talk show hosts. Who's great? Who doesn't cut it? This provides an obvious and natural segue to a chat on podcasts.

We're drinking some Sherwood Forest Sheriff's IPA (the latest in a long line of recent IPAs to be guzzled by us.

Also, we'll touch on the whole steampunk thing and discuss that for a while.

Radio Blunderbuss episode 45! We open with a discussion of tobacco art, and Michael's past as a tobacconist - with a little coverage on cool cigars.

Also of note - the show now has its own Twitter feed: radioblunderbus (with only one "s") is our name over at Twitter.com

Lately, dismayingly, there's been some real mistreatment of the Roma people in Italy, so we talked a bit on that. Does it all tie into our ease with forgetting our history?

This week's booze is a 2005 Mirassou Chardonnay, cheap and cheerful.

Recently, Adam heard about a really cool project that's been working on getting out Beatles remasters with better fidelity than the never-exceptional and now antiquated official CD releases.

Joe "the third Blunderbusser" joins us again for a chat on vintage clothes, covering everything from boots to military gear to kilts. We have a tasty beer on the table this round - Longhammer (hold the phallus jokes) (dammit, I said "hold the phallus") IPA from Red Hook. Counterfeiting in the digital age. Sure, there are counterfeit bills, counterfeit watches, counterfeit clothes - but counterfeit routers? Really? All this and any number of other ratholes this week on Radio Blunderbuss!

We talk about food shopping idiosyncrasies, Harpoon Summer Beer, the stigmatization of public photography, and summer camp.

Adam's cousin Scott drops by for a discussion covering Rev. Jeremiah Wright, the oil crisis, a great Puligny-Montrachet White Burgundy, Web 2.0 and Net Audio 101, Cruzan Black Seal Rum, and Michael tells us some more about the Electric Circus.

The Pope visits America - pleasing... some, matters religious, the Olympics are heading for China, Dogfish Head's 90 Minute IPA, and what is it that makes funny things funny?

This week, during Brandon's visit to the studio - Obama hints at Bush prosecution, we drink 2003 Tomaiolo Chianti, and then Coffee 101.

First up this week, the vast (mostly) wasteland that is talk radio, a review of Polka Dot Riesling, spring has sprung, we discuss some test shooting on a film project, and then a bit on guns and culture.

This round, our topics are the failings of mainstream media, Adam's trip to Montreal, Flying Dog's In Heat Wheat, the useless fucknozzles at the Westboro Baptist Church in Kansas, and bags.

We discuss how time takes its toll on folks, a nice Vouvray from Domaine de Vaufuget, Eliot Spitzer can't keep it in his pants and how America is reading the case, and a discussion on photography.

Nine Inch Nails' digital release is a success, watch talk, Harpoon's UFO beer invades the studio, and we discuss neat neckwear.

We're joined by Joe, and discuss the rising trend of artist independence (exemplified by Jonathan Coulton -whose "Skullcrusher Mountain" we play during the show), we drink, and then thoughts on the Obama/Clinton cagematch.

A California 15 year-old is shot in school for being gay, we talk about fuel efficiency, Anchor's Liberty Ale is our drink of the week, and HD-DVD is dead - does it matter?

Justice Scalia shoots off his big mouth in the U.K. about waterboarding, telecoms are given immunity for their complicity in illegal spying operations, Indaba Chenin Blanc is on the table, and fashion - wtf?

On the table - the primaries, bad times in Haiti, Lucid Absinthe, and the Mayan calendar - all this and more.

Neat footwear is fun, we're boozing it up with some Ipswitch Winter Ale, we wonder aloud whether writing instruments influence our writing, and whether a text message is as good as a love letter.

America's economy in tough shape, a fine Scotch is on hand, the MPAA are a dirty bunch of liars, and the deplorable Westboro Baptist Church plans to descend on Heath Ledger's funeral

New offerings from Apple are rolled out at the Macworld Expo, mass UFO sightings seem on the rise, we drink Smuttynose Old Brown Dog Ale, and Greenpeace is doing good things for whales.

Enjoying the holidays - being over... we drink, as is our custom - with Magic Hat's Jinx Brew, politics disgust us, as is par for the course, and more - on this, our "return from holiday hiatus" episode of Radio Blunderbuss.

Where does Santa come from? Campaigning headaches, constitutional issues, Smithwick's beer is on the table, and nasty issues surrounding financial aid and copyright rear their heads again.

Gay rumors about Trent Lott abound, a commonsense appraisal of same-sex marriage, we down some McWilliams Riesling, and Michael talks about the bombing of the Electric Circus during one of his performances there years ago.

Joe joins us again for a discussion of Christmas as an obligation/irritant, the eternal problems of prohibition and arbitrary rules, the ins and outs of boozing, and a review of the 15 year Glenlivet.