June 27th, 2009 | 
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AUDIO PODCAST / Appreciation
I would like to discuss the importance of rating your favorite podcast. By rating your favorite podcast, it helps the podcastER, know how well he or she is doing. In addition, it helps to change the search positions or rank. It can also change the order in which the search results are presented. Thus, The more you rate a podcast, the more popular it becomes, the easier it is for others to find your favorite podcast.
I say all this because, we as podcaster’s need your feedback, sure it’s nice receiving wonderful e-mails from you, but it’s even more important for us to recieve your ratings. It’s not hard, Just go on itunes, blueburry, podcast ally, where ever the source is, just rate it! You have no idea how much this helps!!
While I am on the subject, another good reason why you should rate your podcast and or webcast is, it takes a lot of work to produce a podcast feed. You may not realize it, but to produce a podcast, sometimes a lot of research, editing, retouching, converting, uploading, paying for hosting, so YOU can download files for free….
Believe me, its not about just getting on a mic, and think about a hot topic to talk about. It can take hours just to produce one podcast. It’s nice if podcasters’ can not only know how well they are doing, but let other podcast listeners, what you recommend. So please take the time to rate your podcasts. it only takes less than a minute….
A quick word about public domain/creadtive commons & podcasting……………….
Free and legal media are extremely valuable; in all aspects of the internet, including itunes. When I purchased my first video ipod, there was barely any free movies to download. There are many talented, unknown Producers, artists, performers, that are waiting to be discovered. Public domain allows us to stay in touch with our history. We need more podcasters to come out, and take their technical abilities and use them for good use. There are literally over 350+ million people who own ipod videos alone; there is no reason why so little of us are making podcasting available.
PODCAST / DISNEY DREAM (1956)
In July 1956, the five-member Barstow family of Wethersfield, Connecticut, won a free trip to newly-opened Disneyland in Anaheim, California, in a nationwide contest. This 30-minute amateur documentary film tells the fabulous story of their fun-filled, dream-come-true, family travel adventure, filmed on the scene at Walt Disney’s “Magic Kingdom” by Robbins Barstow.
In December 2008, “Disneyland Dream” was named to the National Film Registry by the Librarian of Congress. You can watch this podcast by clicking download just below.
PODCAST / City of The Dead ~ Horror Hotel
College student Nan Barlow visits the village of Whitewood as research for her paper on witchcraft in New England, particularly the case of Elizabeth Selwyn. Her tutor, Professor Alan Driscoll(Lee), recommends the Raven’s Inn, run by a Mrs. Newless. Rather unwisely, given the amount of low-hanging fog outside(and against the advice of Mrs. Newless), Nan takes an immediate interest in the basement. Subscribe to my itunes podcast, or just select download just below this article.
PODCAST / Scared To Death (1947)
I’m so very sorry that the quality of this movie is so poor, however it is enjoyable and woth the watch. A woman tells the story of the events leading up to her death. Bela Lugosi’s only color film. Just click download, or play now!
PODCAST / TEDDY (1964)
Presents the experiences of a teenage African American, who relates his views of the System, war, revolution, the Watts community of Los Angeles, the Black Panther Party and the police. The importance of the discussion is the necessity of being one’s own self. Director: Richard Wells. Editor: Andrew Stein. Photographer: Robert Grant. Sound: Wendell Handy. Assistant Camera: Clifford Stewart. Production Manager: Edward Kutner. Assistant Production Manager: Gene Kopp. Executive Producer: George Schlosser. Producer: Peter Schnitzler.
AUDIO PODCAST / Donna Summer
Donna Summer (born LaDonna Adrian Gaines December 31, 1948) is an American singer and songwriter who gained prominence during the disco era of music. Summer was trained as a gospel singer prior to her introduction to the music industry and has always been known for her “Powerhouse” Vocal delivery. Though she is most notable for her disco hits, Summer’s repertoire has expanded to include contemporary R&B, Rock, Mainstream pop, and Gospel. Summer is one of the most successful recording artists of the 1970s and 1980s and was the first artist to have three consecutive double albums hit #1 on the Billboard charts. She also became the first female artist to have four number-one singles in a thirteen-month period. Billboard magazine has noted that Summer’s extensive career has landed her as the “Eighth” most succesful career by a female. Summer’s website reports an estimate that she has sold more than 130 million records worldwide.
Born in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, she was one of seven children raised by devout Christian parents. She sang in church, and in her teens joined a funk group called The Crow, so named because Donna was the only black member of the group. At eighteen, Gaines left home and school to audition for a role in the cast of the Broadway musical, Hair. Unsuccessful in getting the part in the Broadway show (Melba Moore got the role), she was offered the European Tour when the show moved to Germany, where Summer also performed in the German versions of several musicals including Godspell and Show Boat. She settled in Munich and also performed with the Viennese Folk Opera and the pop band Munich Machine.
In 1971, Gaines released a single in Europe entitled “Sally Go ‘Round The Roses”, her first solo recording. The single was unsuccessful, however, and she had to wait until 1974 to launch a solo career. Gaines married Austrian actor Helmuth Sommer (”Summer” is an Anglicization of his last name) in 1972 and gave birth to daughter Mimi the following year. Summer did various musical jobs in studios and theaters for several years, including the pop group FamilyTree from 1974-75.
After her divorce from Sommer, she married her second husband, American musician Bruce Sudano, in 1980. They have two daughters named Brooklyn and Amanda. Sudano was a member of the ’70s groups Alive N Kickin’ and The Brooklyn Dreams. You can read the rest on Wikipedia. Click Download to listen to short podcast.
