JIMM 16a - Promo for the Cheryl Dawson Memorial Walk-a-thon Podcast

On Sunday, September 25, 2005, members of the Cincinnati church of Christ, as well as others in the community, participated in the One Voice Cheryl Dawson Memorial Walk-a-thon to help victims of domestic abuse and raise awareness of domestic violence:
Cheryl Dawson was stabbed to death outside her workplace in March of 2002 by her estranged husband. She was a member of the Cincinnati church of Christ. (related post: "One More Angel in Heaven")

October is Domestic Violence Awareness month, so this event was aptly timed.

I recorded audio from this event, and the upcoming podcast, as well as this montage, contains excerpts from that audio.

You'll hear audio from the outdoor worship service and comments from church members and others about Cheryl and the event.

Background music comes from the Podsafe Music Network , mostly from Rob Costlow, but there is one of my favorite songs by Adrina Thorpe called "Did You Think" (lyrics page), which is perfect for this type of podcast.

Please stay tuned to the Journey Inside My Mind for more details and for the entire show. Update: The complete show has been posted!

As a note to myself, here is My Odeo Channel (odeo/c6b682aa5fd58ce6) - it looks like I may be able to participate in some alpha testing of their studio software.

JIMM 15 - Music, the Elixir for Our Souls

Mood: Refreshed
Listening to: JIMM 15 - Music, the Elixir for Our Souls

Journey Inside My Mind show 15 (24.9 MB, 27:15) showcases some more great music.

For a frame of reference, here are some thoughts about the greatness of music:

• "There are things that music can do that language could never do, that painting can never do, or sculpture. Music is capable of going directly to the source of the mystery. It doesn't have to explain it. It can simply celebrate it." -- Marsha Norman
• "After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music." -- Aldous Huxley
• "Music is a universal language of emotion, mood, and message." -- Dan Johnson, Jr. (Hey! How'd he get in here?)
• "The greatest moments of the human spirit may be deduced from the greatest moments in music." -- Aaron Copland, composer of "Fanfare for the Common Man"
• "Music is edifying, for from time to time it sets the soul in operation." -- John Cage

Songs played:

• "Westerneast" by Incoherency (3rd time on this podcast!!)
  Check out Scott's blog: incoherent mumblings
• "80s Modern" by Confused
• "Cool Jam" by Ryo Sode
  Download the album alternate route -- it's FREE! Head over to ryo sode: music
• "Shine (F9 Mix)" by Hungry Lucy
  Hungry Lucy - intoxicating trip-pop music with enchanting female vocals
• "In A Long Time" by 46bliss
  Head over to 46bliss.com and you'll find that their songs are being featured on TV in shows like Veronica Mars and CSI:NY. In fact, tonight 9/21/2005, is when they'll be featured on the season premiere of CSI:NY.

As always thanks go out to the folks who help make this possible:

• Audacity, a bit unstable at times, but it gets the job done. Just remember to save early and often!
• 
• OurMedia.org and their partnership with the Internet Archive
• Anyone else I may have left out

Please call the Listener Hotline (206-666-JIMM), leave me a comment (guidepost), or send me an e-mail to let me know what you think!

2005 Sept 28 Update: Just claiming my Odeo feed at My Odeo Channel (odeo/c6b682aa5fd58ce6)

JIMM 14 - Let's Rock

Mood: recovering
Listening to: JIMM 14 - Let's Rock!
Reading: His Needs, Her Needs by Willard F. Harley, Jr.
Eating: Tim Horton's Turkey Club sandwich, coffee, and donut

Journey Inside My Mind podcast 14 (22.3 MB, 24:22) is a show where I wanted the music to do the talking. I've been feeling a little under the weather, and you can hear it in my voice. Also, instead of the usual techno/trance/electronica intro, I opted for some instrumental rock.

I really appreciate the work that the folks over at Podshow are doing.

In this podcast I share a couple of messages my 8-year old daughter Keisha left me when she called my work.

Songs played:

1. Andrwe Kesler - "Ice 9"
2. De La Vega - Wait Too Long
3. Accident Hash Hurricane Relief PSA
4. The Reverse Engineers - Sunshine with the Shade
5. Hotrod Cadets - Not the Only One (second time played on this podcast!)
6. Dave's Lounge Promo

As always thanks go out to the folks who help make this possible:

• Audacity, a bit unstable at times, but it gets the job done. Just remember to save early and often!
• 
• OurMedia.org and their partnership with the Internet Archive
• Anyone else I may have left out

Please call the Listener Hotline (206-666-JIMM), leave me a comment (guidepost), or send me an e-mail to let me know what you think!

0919 Update:Uh oh. It appears that the song I used for the background to the opening of this show might not be podsafe after all. According to Andrwe Kesler's page at the Podsafe Music Network, it's a Joe Satriani song called "Ice 9". Darn. I might need to remove this show or redo it.

JIMM 13 - Jazzmania

Mood: mellow
Listening to: JIMM 13 - Jazzmania!

In Journey Inside My Mind show 13 (41:45, 38.2 MB) I chronicle the evolution of my love for jazz music. Before getting into the detailed show notes, let me remind you that the JIMM Listener Hotline is now open! Call (206) 666-5466 and leave me a voice message with your thoughts about the podcast.

Here's what happened on this journey inside my mind:

The Evolution of my Jazzmania

• The backup music used as I spoke was KCentric - "Woo Who"
• Replayed "Permission" segment from show 4 - Romantic Movements. Special notes about that piece:
  • ambient sound samples from F7 sound and vision
  • tenor sax sample: "contemplatin G Maj 16beat 90.wav" by simondsouza
  • 30-second sample from "On the First Day" by Marriott Jazz Quintet
  
  
• Then we heard the complete version of the Marriott Jazz Quintet - "On the First Day"

After playing this song, I felt a little bad for not playing more! That song is off their album Septology! In other words, you're only hearing a small sample of the great jazz music from the Marriott Jazz Quintet. I think I mistakenly referred to them as a "quartet" a couple of times in the podcast (sorry about that, guys!).

You can find out more about the band at their website, http://www.marriottjazz.com/, where you can also buy their music! Check out Red Raspus: Music in Seattle, Dave Marriott's personal weblog, for more information about the Seattle music scene.


• During sophomore year of high school, fellow band member turned me onto 91.7 WVXU Cincinnati
• WVXU had special programs related to a particular type of jazz music: big band, blues, bebop, swing, dixieland
• I heard about the Blue Wisp Big Band, which performs at the Blue Wisp Jazz Club in Cincinnati and listened to their albums, dreaming about sitting in with the band
• Really into saxophone, jazz music - played in the short-lived jazz band, improv solo
• Band field trip on BB Riverboats to hear the dixieland jazz band
• The Jazzmania
  • Started writing "sax appeal" on my notebooks, and even on my senior t-shirt
  • We had FBLA - Future Business Leaders of America; why not FJMA - Future Jazz Men of America?
  
  
• Evan Tate - "Round One"
• Larry Seyer - "Conscious Restraint"
• Junior English research paper on Miles Davis
• Official Miles Davis website
• Miles Davis - Wikipedia entry, biographical article chronicling the man and his music
• Wikiquote has collection of quotations by or about Miles Davis
• Amazon.com link for "We Want Miles", my all-time favorite album, in case someone wants to get it for me (hint, hint)
• At a time when I had been painfully insecure, his devil-may-care attitude was like a drink of cold water - refreshing
• All things Miles - immersion - his persona, his music, his attitude - I wanted to imitate Miles
• Research topic presentations. Initial one, I bombed - not really prepared. Final one - success!
  • Toy trumpet, back to the audience to get their attention
  • Taught them about the opening riff to "So What" from "Kind of Blue" and what it meant to jazz music at the time
  • Demonstrated it by playing my saxophone in front of the whole class
  • The boldness is what impressed everyone - quite a change - I got an A+


• Promo: No Idle Frets - podsafe jazz guitar podcast. Head over, take a listen, and subscribe!

20 September 2005 Update: I was just browsing through the archives, and I found a post about Miles Davis. Check out Paving the Milestones from January 2003.

As always thanks go out to the folks who help make this possible:

• Audacity
• 
• OurMedia.org and their partnership with the Internet Archive
• The folks over at K7.net for the new JIMM Listener Hotline number
• Anyone else I may have left out

Thanks for listening and for subscribing! Call the JIMM Listener Hotline at (206) 666-JIMM, leave me a comment (guidepost), or send me an e-mail to let me know what you think!

JIMM 12 - The Week That Was

Mood: a little mellow
Listening to: JIMM 12
Eating: Keebler Mini Stripe cookies

Ever had a bad week? This past week felt like one. But I'm still hanging in there.

In Journey Inside My Mind 12 I talk a little bit about it. I get encouraged by the music, though, and there's some great selections to boot.

Here are the details:

1. Share a little bit about the week, how I produce the show, beginning to promote it, and so forth.
2. The Reverse Engineers - "Mercury in Retrograde"
   
   The Reverse Engineers website, where you can find their podcast, in which they tell Stories Behind the Songs - like this one!
   
   CDBaby.com page for The Reverse Engineers
   
   FACTOID: The Reverse Engineers is a trio comprised of brothers William, Daniel, and Charles Cote. They've been creating music for just over seven years.
3. Promo for The Mr. Nice Guy Show. I've been subscribed to this podcast for nearly two months. It's quite entertaining!
   
   FACTOID: Marv used to work for the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County.
4. cloak - "Not Bad Just Ordinary"
5. Colie Brice - "Heavenly Peace", which reminds me of Robert Plant's "Big Log"

As always thanks go out to the folks who help make this possible:

• Audacity
• 
• OurMedia.org and their partnership with the Internet Archive
• Anyone else I may have left out

Thanks for listening and for subscribing! Please leave me a comment (guidepost) or send me an e-mail to let me know what you think!

JIMM 11 - Songs for Survivors

Mood: UNSTOPPABLE
Listening to: JIMM 11

Journey Inside My Mind podcast 11 is dedicated to all those affected by Hurricane Katrina: victims, relief workers, and anyone else touched by this disaster. By the time we're done we'll have listened to nine songs from the Podsafe Music Network.

Many of these songs are ones I've played before - they've become some of my favorites. I chose all of these songs because of the encouraging effect they've had on me, and I hope they'll do the same for you.

Sandwiched in the middle of this podcast is the Hurricane Relief PSA, pared down slightly from what you heard in show 9.

Here are the details:

1. Butterfly Catchers - Wake Up (second time played on this podcast!)
2. Mike Chappelear - What Is This Moment? (second time played on this podcast!)
   Mike e-mailed me when I played his song earlier to mention that all of the profits from the sale of the CD from which this song comes, "When Push Comes To Shove" will be donated to the American Red Cross Hurricane Relief effort. Many artists on the CDBaby website are participating in this event.
3. De La Vega - Breathe (second time played on this podcast!)
4. Journey Inside My Mind Hurricane Relief PSA (second time played on this podcast!)
5. Scott Helms - Westerneast
6. Slackstring - Stranded (second time played on this podcast!)
7. Jennifer Helane - Delivery
8. Scott Helms - Chill Waters
9. De La Vega - Someone Else (second time played on this podcast!)

"Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go." -- Joshua 1:9

As always thanks go out to the folks who help make this possible:

• Audacity
• 
• OurMedia.org and their partnership with the Internet Archive
• Anyone else I may have left out

Please leave me a comment (guidepost) or send me an e-mail to let me know what you think!

JIMM 10 - 'Getting Real' (Jennie)

Show #10 of Journey Inside My Mind is an interview with my wife Jennie about a book she's been reading, called Becoming Real - Defeating the Stories We Tell Ourselves That Hold Us Back by Gail Saltz. Along the way we hear some great podsafe jazz music, too.

Here are the details:

• James Lileks - "Que Sarod Sarod" (second time played on this podcast!)
• My wife Jennie discusses the book Becoming Real - Defeating the Stories We Tell Ourselves That Hold Us Back by Gail Saltz
• KCentric - "Woo Who"

Additionally, the following song was used as background music throughout a portion of this podcast:

• a.b.e. (anthems of a bygone era) - "latin groove"

As usual thanks go out to the folks who help make this possible:

• Audacity
• 
• OurMedia.org and their partnership with the Internet Archive
• Anyone else I may have left out

Please leave me a comment (guidepost) or send me an e-mail to let me know what you think!

JIMM 9 - Hurricane Relief PSA

I've put together a Public Service Announcement (PSA) related to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort for this podcast. Here is the text of what you hear:

Hello, this is Dan Johnson for Journey Inside My Mind.

The devastation brought on by Hurricane Katrina is being called the most catastrophic natural disaster in U.S. history. Mary Landrieu, US Senator from Louisiana, recently said:

Having toured Sri Lanka with Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist after the Indian Ocean tsunami in December, it saddens me to report that the devastation I've seen here at home is equal to that which I witnessed half a world away.

Our nation came to the aid of the tsunami victims then, and to hurricane victims in Central America before. I am deeply moved to see us come together with the same love and fellowship today, as millions of Americans have rallied to support their brothers and sisters on the Gulf Coast.

I urge everyone listening to this podcast to please support the relief effort by making a monetary donation to the American Red Cross at redcross.org. Hourly news reports from the region affected by Hurricane Katrina are revealing an enormous need for humanitarian assistance for the citizens of the coastal regions of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.

The Red Cross will accept an online donation as low as $5. You can also call 1-800-HELP-NOW to make a donation by phone.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to the victims and their families.

This is Dan Johnson, saying, "make it a great day."

The first 30 seconds of "Westerneast" by Scott Helms (Incoherency) was used as background music during this podcast.

20051012 Update: I just posted this to the Hurricane Relief site at Podshow. That means that others can download and use it in their podcasts, too.

JIMM 8 - NanaCast 2 (Happy Birthday)

Mood: hot and sweaty (humid day)
Listening to: NanaCast 2 - Happy Birthday!

Episode 8 of Journey Inside My Mind is a second NanaCast, to say "Happy Birthday" to my Mom, the Official Mom of Journey Inside My Mind! Friday, September 2, 2005, is her birthday!

It contains part of a phone conversation Keisha had with her Nana (my Mom) last Saturday. You may recall that Mom lives near San Francisco, California. Most of their conversation in this podcast is about being in the second grade - from both Keisha's and Nana's points of view.

Along the way we feature some fantastic selections from the Podsafe Music Network and encourage my Mom for her birthday.

Here's more of the details:

• Keisha's 2nd Grade Teacher
• Adrina Thorpe - "Did You Think?"
• Nana's 2nd Grade Teacher
• Geoffrey Wickham - "Has Anybody Seen My Girl?"
• Other teachers and what makes Keisha's school a great school
• Uncle Seth - "Cloud Song"
• Class rules and being responsible
• Matthew Ebel - "Drive Away"
  By the way, albums are available at http://www.matthewebel.com and at iTunes

The following song was repeatedly used for ambient background music throughout this podcast:

• a.b.e. (anthems of a bygone era) - "string groove"

As always thanks go out to the folks who help make this possible:

• Audacity
• 
• OurMedia.org and their partnership with the Internet Archive
• Anyone else I may have left out

Please leave me a comment (guidepost) or send me an e-mail to let me know what you think!