First Crack Podcast with Garrick Van Buren

• My switch to the Krups Moka Brew
• Some thoughts on venues as the new recording label - if they don’t the audience will.
• Introducing the First Crack Podcast Forum
• We’re selling our house and I can’t get Jonathan Coulton’s Shop Vac out of my head
• I play a song from The Revamps‘ new album
• First Crack Podcast theme song by Jeremy Piller

Listen to Cleaning House and Moving Forward [15 min]

I grabbed a few moments with Keri, Jodene, & Ken - the owners of PBLoco and they share the history of their company and some peanut butter sandwich recipes you probably haven’t tried.

On the business side, they went into the rationale behind launching in Minnesota, rather than either coast.

Listen to Peanut Butter Goes Nuts at PBLoco [15 min]

Last year, PodcastMN got it’s start over drinks at the Acadia Cafe. This week, I sat down with Ted Lowell - one of the owners.

We talk about:

• The history of the Acadia Cafe.
• The decision to be an all original music venue.
• What it’s like having a Starbucks across the street.
• Riding the 75-cent pony.
• Having one of the best beer selections in all of the Twin Cities.

Listen to Ted Lowell from the Acadia Cafe on Being An Original Venue [23 min]

Just me today to kicking off the new year with a new mic - Sennheiser e816S, a simplified production process, and a glass of Armagnac.

Things on my mind:

• Cooper’s crying is like interruption-based advertising is like a Vonnegat story.
• Distribution is Advertising.
• Removing distraction for the New Year; moving status indicators to my dashboard and unsubscribing from yahoo podcasts, ruby on rails, and a pile of rss feeds.
• Errol Morris’ First Person
• Special thanks to Dave Slusher for remembering the story was Kurt Vonnegut’s Harrison Bergeron, Lewis for the bottle, Sam for the delivery, and Jeremy Piller for the theme music.

Listen to Garrick Talks About Attention, Advertising, and Interruptions [10 min]