Posts By Dan Whelan
0 Episode 37 – 06/05/12 feat. Katie Best & Tom “Wheels” Whelan
Katie and Wheels join Dan and Adam to discuss the streaming news that had occurred that week. Despite the fact that E3 was going on, there wasn’t a lot of discussion to be had. They chat about XBOX Music, and XBOX SmartGlass, among other things, but they just let the conversations meander off to make for something interesting to hear. As a great return to tradition, Dan hosts a round of the Leonard Maltin Game
Taped at The Frank Oz Memorial Studio, Minneapolis, MN on June 6, 2012.
Check out photos and this week’s bonus tracks by clicking here.
0 Episode 37 – Pssssh … THAT’s not how you play Bach’s Trio sonata in D minor!
Happy Thursday, listeners!
Adam & I had a great taping this week, featuring returning guest Katie Best, and new guest Tom “Wheels” Whelan. We mixed it up a lot for this episode, including a round of the Leonard Maltin Game for your listening pleasure. We also had an interesting Mic Check this week, where we really didn’t stick to a specific topic/question/thing, but it worked well anyway. You can check out audio from this week’s taping by clicking HERE.
Otherwise, there’s not a whole lot to plug right now, but make sure to check back during Fourth of July week, where we’re going to have an episode consisting exclusively of games as we hang out at the Commons in Excelsior, MN while we wait for the fireworks to kick in.
Our producer in charge of guests also said to say we will be introducing a lot of new voices on the guest futon, but, of course, we always inter splice them in with experienced folk, so we’ll be expanding the Guest Sorted Episode List soon! If you want to find episodes featuring your favorite guests, make sure to check out that page so you can binge!
Again, you can find all of the audio from this week’s taping by clicking HERE.
0 Episode 36 – 05/30/12 feat. Alex “AJ” Johnson & Peter Jurgensen
Guests Alex “AJ” Johnson and Peter Jurgensen join Dan and Adam to discuss news stories this week, including BBC’s streaming plans for the upcoming Olympics, the death of the Zune, upgrades to the XBOX 360, and more. They also play Movie Bluff.
Taped at The Frank Oz Memorial Studio, Minneapolis, MN on May 30, 2012.
Check out photos and this week’s bonus tracks by clicking here.
0 Episode 36 – ” … and decrease the surplus population.”
Happy Friday all!
Adam and I had a great time this week, as we had Alex “AJ” Johnson back with us in the Frank Oz Memorial Studio, and with him was a familiar face we had not seen in a while: Peter Jurgensen!
Our mic check this week focused around a new concept vehicle that should be available for consumer purchase in 2014, called the C-1 (or Concept-1, according to Lit Motors). You can get the gist of how the car works by reading about it here.
From there, we discuss a collective hatred of traffic, and how so many motorcyclists come off as assholes and jerks (though not all of them).
You can check out this week’s Mic Check, as well as the episode track itself, by visiting this week’s episode page.
0 Episode 35 – 05/22/12 feat. Eric “The Red” Fagerberg & Dave Wheeler
Guests Eric “The Red” Fagerberg and Dave Wheeler join Dan and Adam to discuss news stories this week, including Hulu’s lineup of original programming starting in June, as well as IPTV services offering programming over the Internet. They also play Movie Bluff.
Taped at The Frank Oz Memorial Studio, Minneapolis, MN on May 22, 2012.
Check out photos and this week’s bonus tracks by clicking here.
0 Episode 35 – WHERE’S THAT DAMN REMOTE?!?
Happy late Thursday night, y’all!
We have found our “Buffering …” Historian! That, and we have a Producer in charge of Guest Booking! And they’ve both been guests! Introducing Alex “AJ” Johnson as the new “Buffering …” Historian, and Caity Shea Robertson as our new Producer! Go team “Buffering …”!
We also had a great time in the Frank Oz Memorial Studio this week, hanging out with returning guests Eric “The Red” Fagerberg and Dave Wheeler. You can check out the Episode Page by clicking on the word ‘Episode Page‘, or you can just click here.
This week’s mic check question was in memory of Eugene Polley, inventor of the wireless TV remote, who passed away early this week. Make sure to check it, and the new episode AND a bonus Build a Title game by visiting the Episode Page.
0 Episode 34 – 05/16/12 feat. Jenn Diethart & Dan Skaarup
Guests Jenn Diethart and Dan Skaarup join Dan and Adam to discuss news stories this week, including the presence of streaming console gaming to computers, tablets and smartphones. They also play Movie Bluff.
Taped at The Frank Oz Memorial Studio, Minneapolis, MN on May 16, 2012.
Check out photos and this week’s bonus tracks by clicking here.
0 Episode 34 – Where are my superpowers, damnit?!?
Happy Thursday everyone! Dan and Adam are back to their old hijinks by taping on a Wednesday again. Guests Dan and Jenn are also a part of a choral group that REHEARSES on Tuesdays, so it lined up well in the Frank Oz Memorial Studio.
It was a fun rambling mic check this week, letting everyone get acclimated to the new headphone setup that was not present last time Jenn or Dan was on “Buffering …”. This week’s topic? Dan talks about his Ear Candling experience, and his disappointment learning that he was not given superpowers as a result. From there, the conversation turns to what superpower everyone would want (other than flying, of course).
It also gets to the logistics of superpowers as a whole, and whether or not they’d be deemed ideal if you could not control whether or not they were active. Yeah, it gets into one of those mic checks.
Check out the mic check, as well as everything else taped this week, on the Episode page. Check it out!
0 Episode 33 – 05/08/12 feat. Jack Lob & Caity Shea Robertson
Guests Jack Lob and Caity Shea Robertson join Dan and Adam to discuss news stories this week, including how Netflix is affecting negotiations between content providers like cable and dish, and individual channels generating content, and play a new version of Movie Bluff.
Taped at The Frank Oz Memorial Studio, Minneapolis, MN on May 8, 2012.
Check out photos and this week’s bonus tracks by clicking here.
0 Episode 33 – Hulk love Shwarma
Happy Friday everyone! It seems like it makes slightly more sense to post the Mic Check the morning of new “Buffering …” episode release day so you have something to listen to that morning, following by the episode itself in the afternoon. So here we are. And you can find this week’s page here.
Lots of improvements are happening at the Frank Oz Memorial Studio these days. We finally have a competent headphone splitter in house to allow everyone to listen … now we just need competent headphones for our guests. But Dan should have learned his lesson last time he ordered something off of eBay from China. Still … less than $8 per guest wasted. Could have been worse.
Still working on updating each Episode Page of the web site. But it takes a great deal of our time to go through each episode and bonus track to determine exactly what was discussed in order to create a proper description for the archive. Looks pretty sexy though. Haven’t you seen it yet? Really?!? Dan is working pretty hard on it. You should check it out by clicking here or here.
Either way, you should definitely check out this week’s episode, including our tribute to Don Hertzfeldt’s “Rejected”. You can find this week’s page here.
The Buffering Podcast 