Be-still our beating hearts! It's Letter to America - the Special Love Edition!
In which we hang with Joe Estevez, discuss Irish Blog Award Nominees Twenty Major, the Sigla Blog, Fustar and the El Paso Times, discover Wayne's Big Northern Irish Story of the Week, they know about Fritz Lang at the Belfast Exposed Gallery, hear about the Worst Blogs in Ireland competition, and Marcus Valentine is the man of the hour.
All this and more on your Irish - Northern Irish 'they may be fighting down in Dublin but up here we're making up in Bed' Podcast.
Re El Paso - Dundalk is a border town. Fruit & nut baskets? How did I end up the go-to gal for fruits and nuts? Or do I even want to know the answer to that. No California jokes, please.
These guys look the job:
http://www.guide-to-nireland.com/irish_gourmet_foods.htm
Posted by: Carrie | February 26, 2006 at 04:28 PM
A possibly better link within that site.
http://www.basketsgalore.co.uk/hampers/frest_fruit.php?pid=1&sid=5
I will stop now.
Posted by: Carrie | February 26, 2006 at 04:36 PM
Must take a trip to the gallery some lunchtime - sounds interesting. You certainly fulfilled your arts & culture remit in the podcast this week - only problem is that it won't count for the upcoming blog awards!
And no Miss X. We'll all have to tune into the radio to hear her instead ... though it's difficult to listen online when one of the the station's websites has been dead for the last 10 days.
Oh, and my ears might have deceived me, but did Wayne actually get a word in edgeways this week? Well done Wayne.
Posted by: Alan | February 26, 2006 at 05:21 PM
I only got a chance to check out your show today and I have to say it's great. Really enjoyed it and I think there should be more of this kind of thing in blogging.
Thanks for the nice words - very best of luck to you guys in the awards, you deserve to win something.
PS Confound Word spellchecker!
Posted by: Sinéad | February 27, 2006 at 06:11 AM
A couple of things:
The subject of "Fritz the Cat" came up, and I believe Jett said, or intimated that Friz Freleng had something to do with Fritz the Cat...this would be incorrect. Freleng directed many of the old Bugs Bunny and Pink Panther cartoons. Robert Crumb was the creator of Fritz, and I believe Harvey Pekar did some of the first illustrations of Fritz if I'm not mistaken.
Secondly, it sounds like there is some strife and tension between Jett and Wayne. It may be that Wayne just isn't working out as co-host. In the event you decide to give Wayne the boot, I am ready to step in. Just give me the word.
Posted by: Phil | February 27, 2006 at 10:43 AM
Re: Fritz - yeah I thought Wayne was talking about Fritz Freleng - but not that F.F. was the creator of Fritz the Cat - and yeah, am not too sure about Wayne at this point - may have to try something different in the next Chapter + thanks for the El Paso info Carrie - though I don't get what you mean re: you're the go-to-gal for fruits and nuts.
Posted by: Jett Loe | February 27, 2006 at 08:24 PM
Mr. Val was quite an addition to the show, where's his own podcast? I think Jett perhaps misunderstood Marcus when he talked about his rating scale for Irish women. He was really proposing the "Loe 5". He only mentioned "bottom" cause he knows you like a little junk in the trunk.
Posted by: Fixer | February 28, 2006 at 05:25 AM
Sad to say that this was my first time checking out the podcast. Delightful stuff. I'll be back for more (that Marcus Valentine guy should be the next US president...seriously).
Thanks for the kind words too and I may catch up with you at the Alexandria on Saturday.
Posted by: fústar | March 06, 2006 at 11:19 AM
Oh, and by the way, the blog is pronounced "FOO-stir". Just so ya know!
Posted by: fústar | March 06, 2006 at 11:20 AM