Letter to America - The Irish Podcast - Chapter 61 - The 2007 Irish Blog Awards Podcast Special - Parts 1 and 2

Shock! Can Your Heart Stand It, it's Letter to America - The Irish Podcast - Chapter 61 - The 2007 Irish Blog Awards Podcast Special - Part One and Two!

In which we get lost like last time, congratulations are given to Fústar,  Gingerpixel has some interesting views, Conn is ever so lovely, Jett dissects Wayne's allegation that the Awards are fixed, Robin Blandford is mentioned a few times, we root for the Big Guy - Allyn Quigley, and Oldbones makes a cameo appearance.

All this and more on your "Who Is The Man That Would Risk His Neck For His Brother Man?" Podcast.

Letter to America - The Irish Podcast - Chapter 60 - The 2007 Irish Blog Awards Podcast Special

Ah Yes, Settle Down for Adventure, it's Letter to America - The Irish Podcast - Chapter 60 - The 2007 Irish Blog Awards Podcast Special!

In which we get lost like last time, Gingerpixel has some interesting views, Jett dissects Wayne's allegation that the Awards are fixed, we root for the Big Guy - Allyn Quigley, and Oldbones makes a cameo appearance.

All this and more on your "Well, the Above Items Might Not Be in the Show" Irish Podcast.

Letter to America - The Irish Podcast - Chapter 55 - The Return of the Irish Blog Awards

Ahhh, Feel the Love It's Chapter 55 - The Return of the Irish Blog Awards!

In which the Jett asks for your Vote, a shout out is given to Damien Mulley, and we visit a Podcast of old.

All this and more on your "It's an Honour to Just Be Nominated" Irish Podcast, (Photo:  Wayne Van Ry, with lottery ticket in hand, waits to win something at the 2006 IBAs).

The Return of the Irish Blog Awards

Whoo-boy, it's time once again for the Irish Blog Awards!

Now, as you may remember, last year we here at LTA were nominated for three awards:  Best Arts and Culture Blog, Best Photography Blog and Best Blog.  How many did we win?

None.

Nada.

Zip.

Zulch.

We got shafted - like our friends Fustar.

Said shafting is documented on this fine podcast:

Letter to America - Chapter 26 - The Irish Blog Awards

Now, don't get me wrong.  Wayne and I had a fine time as these photos will testify:

It was great meeting the Irish Blog Awards creator Damien Mulley and all the other wonderful Bloggers. 

But gosh darn it we'd like to win something.  Anything.

Best font.

Or best Aine Post.

Anything. 

So I'm asking for your vote.  Click on this link to go to the Awards Site:

Irish Blog Awards

Click on this link to nominate LTA for an Award:

Blog Awards Nomination

At of the time of writing this Post there's no way with one form to 'multiple nominate' - which is a shame cause I think LTA should be nominated in a variety of categories. 

Now you ARE allowed to nominate a site in different areas - I believe LTA is a strong candidate in many of these categories so I urge you to vote for us in as many areas as you think appropriate - and feel free to blog about this Post as well.

Now, if I understand the rules correctly, the Best Podcast category is for a 'specific episode' - which means there could be a lot of votes spread out for LTA as we've had 54 episodes of the show so far.  I don't have a particular favourite - feedback from fans leans towards:

a)    Chapter 40 - The World Cup Podcast Special

b)    Chapter 29 - The Lift 2.0   

c)    Chapter 26 - The Irish Blog Awards

Actually, now that I think about it, it would have a certain Borgian quality if the podcast about the Irish Blog Awards won the Irish Blog Award for Best Podcast.

Anyhew, let your conscience be your guide.

And if that's not enough I include this photo of me pleading for your vote, (by the way my message is scrawled on a piece of paper that has pictures of puppies on the other side - that's right PUPPIES - you know what you have to do).

Marc Canter Speaking in Dublin

Download the Post (1.5mb mp3)

Links Referred to in Post:

Web 2.0 in Ireland
Argolon
Broadband Mechanics
Damien Mulley's Take
Marc Canter on Tom Raferty's Thought Leaders Podcast

Congressional Hearings

From AP Newswire: "The Culturesluts denied any involvement in the disappearance of Tony 'The Bull' Graviano at Congressional Hearings in Washington today..."

Photo by Topgold taken at the Irish Blog Awards tech meet up.

Caption Competition

Here's a couple of happy (deleted - see below) at the pre-ceremony Cellar Bar meetup.  I like this photo cause they're obviously having a good time.

I think we need some sort of caption though - so once again it's 'Letter to America Caption Competition' time - whoever submits the most entertaining entry, (as judged by the folks in the photo) will win something from my visit to the Giant's Causeway gift shop.

UPDATE 2:11pm - We're all about respectin' privacy here at LTA - I contacted the folks in the now deleted photo to let them know about the competition and there was some concern by one of the subjects about the possible misinterpretation of the situation which is fair enough.

We're in a very interesting time right now Dear Listener as regards to the erosion of privacy counterpointed  with the ease of personal projection.

The Real Brokeback Mountain

Hi there Dear Listener - here's a wee snap for you from the Irish Blog Awards.  You can hear all the action on this week's podcast.

Wayne and I had a great time and formed a deep, masculine bond.

Come back for more photos in the coming days.

Letter to America - The Irish Blog Awards

Stand-by Dear Listener for Letter to America - The Irish Blog Awards!

Podcast will be available in just a couple of hours...

UPDATE 1:53am - Oh man...Letter to America is very sleeeepy dear listeners and will have to finish the edit a bit later - the Irish Blog Awards Special will now be uploaded at the latest by Sunday afternoon.

P.S.  Wayne and I had a ball - we we're on a total high during the drive back to Belfast - how great was it to meet so many cool people! :-)

UPDATE 4:09pm - Jeez, my first cut of the podcast is 3 hours long - that's right - KING KONG LONG - and drags like a mutha - I have to cut it down so it's not gonna be up till later this evening - apologies 'to you know who.'

UPDATE 11:30pm - Podcast below.

Oh, a Life Full of Love, it's Letter to America - the Irish Blogs Awards Special!
In which the Playaz try to help us out, we never get to do the Funky Chicken, Google is hiring, the Ormeau Baths Gallery is still closed, Thom Brown III piles on the heat, we forget to interview Damien Mulley, the Frappr Map begins to fill up, 20 Major sends an envoy, single guys sit together at Jenny Watts, we hamper Old Rotten Hat's attempt to pull, the Alma Gallery gets mentioned, Wayne's driving skills are awesome, the Planet of the Blogs and Irish Blogs are plugged, the Culturesluts are left on the cutting room floor but will return in another show, Sinead Gleeson shows she's a pro, Marcus Valentine sings, That Girl is looking for a man who breathes, Ginger Pixel is gracious regarding the Camera Incident and gives props to Rymus, Fiona de Londras kicks ass and we commiserate with Fustar.

All this and more on Letter to America - your Irish Northern Irish "Aine We Love You" Podcast.

Challenge Accepted

Holy Crap!  Go over to our arch-rivals Culturesluts to hear them dissing us at length.  They throw down a Challenge and according to the ancient laws of the Podcast Guild, LTA accepts.  Per Guild rules we must never communicate except via Podcast so tune in to the next Chapter to hear what LTA has in mind.