Tag: Adam Erdmann
0 Episode 73 – 02/20/13 feat. Mai Preble & Jen Wenmark
As it’s Jen’s first time joining Dan and Adam in the Wheels Brewing Co. studio, they discuss recently viewed and listened stuff with Mai. Then they just bounce around on to a mess of really unrelated tangents, but have fun doing it. Then they play a reasonably long round of “Movie Bluff”.
Taped at The Wheels Brewing Co Studio, Minneapolis, MN on February 20, 2013.
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Click here to listen: Episode 73 – 02/20/13 feat. Mai Preble & Jen Wenmark
0 Episode 72 – 02/13/13 feat. Maggie “Gooey” Whelan & Tom “Wheels” Whelan
Wheels and Gooey return to the studio to join Dan and Adam for another goofy episode! They discuss Wheels’ experience with “House of Cards”, Gooey’s questions about the existence of the Internet, and more! They also try to play a round of Movie Bluff, but opt instead for the Band Name Alphabet game.
Taped at The Wheels Brewing Co Studio, Minneapolis, MN on February 13, 2013.
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Click here to listen: Episode 72 – 02/13/13 feat. Maggie “Gooey” Whelan & Tom “Wheels” Whelan
0 Episode 71 – 02/06/13 feat. Dan Skaarup & Matt Walstead
Dan and Matt join Dan and Adam in the Wheels Brewing Co Studio for lots of news and tangents for this episode of the Buffering Podcast! They discuss “House of Cards” and future original content on Netflix, Hulu and Amazon, plus, they talk about “Sound City”, what they’re watching/listening to on Nerdist. From there, they play a great round of “Movie Bluff”.
Taped at The Wheels Brewing Co Studio, Minneapolis, MN on February 6, 2013.
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Click here to listen: Episode 71 – 02/06/13 feat. Dan Skaarup & Matt Walstead
0 Episode 70 – 01/29/13 feat. Dave Wheeler & James Wheeler
Dave and James joined Dan and Adam in the Wheels Brewing Co Studio for another edition of “The Wheeler-Whelan Flour Hour with that man they call Adam”. They discussed Dave’s move to LA, and how that will affect his streaming media consumption, and James chipped in many a suggestion as to what he should watch while on the coast. It’s another tangent-heavy episode, thanks to the Wheeler boys, but the show wraps up with another great round of “Movie Bluff”.
Taped at The Wheels Brewing Co Studio, Minneapolis, MN on January 29, 2013.
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Click here to listen: Episode 70 – 01/29/13 feat. Dave Wheeler & James Wheeler
0 Episode 69 – 01/23/13 feat. Connor Boran & Emily Dyess
Connor and Emily join Dan and Adam in the studio to live by Buffering’s law and discuss streamables. And such. Dan throws down a big list of recognizable movies coming to Netflix in February, and there’s a compare and contrast between Pandora and Spotify. From there, the group jumps into a round of Movie Bluff. And there were good times had by all.
Taped at The Wheels Brewing Co Studio, Minneapolis, MN on January 23, 2013.
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Click here to listen: Episode 69 – 01/23/13 feat. Connor Boran & Emily Dyess
0 Episode 68 – 01/16/13 feat. Andrew Nelson & Erik Nelson
It’s always fun to have brothers in the studio, and Dan and Adam lucked out with a set of bros (sans the puka shell necklaces and popped collars), plus a NEW guest for Episode 68. Andrew and Erik joined Dan and Adam in the Wheels Brewing Co. Studio for a fantastic, tangent-heavy night. The way it was supposed to be. Plus, Dan and Adam introduce Erik to Movie Bluff.
Taped at The Wheels Brewing Co Studio, Minneapolis, MN on January 16, 2013.
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Click here to listen: Episode 68 – 01/16/13 feat. Andrew Nelson & Erik Nelson
0 Episode 67 – 1/2/13 feat. Jeff Priesmeyer & Julia Schmitt
Jeff and Julia join Dan and Adam in the studio for another High School reunion-type episode (Jeff, Julia & Dan graduated in ’04, and Adam in ’05), as well as for Bloody Marys after New Year’s Day. Jeff and Julia talk about what they’re streaming online these days, and Julia talks about her streaming media habits after getting rid of an Internet subscription in her apartment. From there, they play a great round of “Movie Bluff”.
Taped at The Wheels Brewing Co Studio, Minneapolis, MN on January 2, 2013.
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Click here to listen: Episode 67 – 01/02/13 feat. Jeff Priesmeyer & Julia Schmitt
0 Episode 67 – Bloody Mary Night
Happy Thursday, listeners!
And, if we haven’t said it yet, HAPPY NEW YEAR!
We’re already TWO EPISODES in to this year, and we are gearing up to uphold our Award-Winning status.
Adam and I have each published articles on the site in the past week, as we continue to generate tons of new content for you. Adam wrote a great summary about “In The Basement”, a collection of in-studio performances that are available at Crackle.com, and I have published my review of Redbox Instant, as they are running their customer BETA testing. Definitely check out both of those.
We’re also looking into transitioning the design of our site, so please be patient while we make some organizational adjustments. If there are things you’d like to see on the site, let us know!
Right-o. We taped Episode 67 on January 2nd, and treated it as our “Hangover Recovery/Bloody Mary Night” taping (despite the fact that we took all of Jan. 1 to get back to normal), and our Mic Check this week followed suit. Listen as everyone recalls their first drinking experiences.
Also, as per our update last week, we have something special on this week’s episode page for you. Go listen!
0 From The Basement: Polished, Honest, Intimate Music Performance
Not long ago, I stumbled upon a video of Gnarls Barkley singing a down-tempo, mellowed-out version of Crazy. It was so heartfelt and intimate – the version showed me a side of the song I hadn’t seen before. That was when From the Basement first got my attention. When I discovered the long, impressive list of artists who have already been on the show (Radiohead, The White Stripes, Foster the People, The Raconteurs, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Feist, The Shins, Andrew Bird, Fleet Foxes – I would love to go on), I became a believer.
For music lovers who enjoy live or acoustic versions of songs, there are several different sources producing great versions of our favorite tracks. NPR has their studio sessions, Big Ugly Yellow Couch provides performances by up-and-coming bands, and so on. From the Basement started as a podcast, but grew up quickly into a TV show streaming on Crackle and DirecTV’s 3-D channel 3net.
Nigel Godrich, the visionary music producer most famous for his work with Radiohead, takes the helm in this endeavor. Since its humble beginnings in 2006, transition into a UK Television show in 2007, and on into the present where season 3 is being broadcast in HD in 2-D and 3-D, Godrich’s intent has been to “authentically document the pulse of music being made today.” In a recent interview with Entertainment weekly, Godrich says, “I think what happened was MTV came along in the ’80s and destroyed the way that people film music on television. The performance ended up in the edit, and it wasn’t very direct. It’s a selfish thing, really—as a music fan, I really wanted to see people performing on television, so we went ahead and did it. Musicians hate doing TV because it’s such a different world and a horrible environment for them, so wouldn’t it be cool for me as a music person to do a TV show? Then I could get something out of them that TV shows wouldn’t get.” To that end, Godrich uses an intimate basement setting with no audience (except a few HD cameras), making the artists as comfortable as possible to get the best, purest performance possible.
It’s like PBS’s Austin City Limits, but better.
The thing I appreciate most about From the Basement is that it displays the great musicianship of the artists in a way that hyper-produced studio recordings and blasting live performances cannot. You get to hear and see in stunning detail just how soulful a singer Cee-Lo is, or how beautifully blended Fleet Foxes’ harmonies really are. There’s no Auto-Tune, no backup tracks, and absolutely no lip-syncing – just pure performance chops at work. From the Basement is quality proof that there are wonderfully talented artists making great music today.
0 Episode 66 – 1/1/13 feat. Kia Hammill & Zach Hammill
Kia & Zach join Dan and Adam in the studio on New Year’s Day to kick off 2013 with an episode of the Buffering Podcast! Kia & Zach talk a bit about their journey from California to Minnesota for the holidays, as well as what they are watching online. Zach also gives us the inside scoop on A&E’s upcoming show, “Bates Motel”, starring Freddie Highmore and Vera Farmiga. From there, the quartet plays an excellent round of “Movie Bluff”.
Taped at The Wheels Brewing Co Studio, Minneapolis, MN on January 1, 2013.
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Click here to listen: Episode 66
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