Landing Strip Dorks - Dorktown #124

Dorktown #124 is here and less drunk (which doesn't necessarily mean its sober). You can listen for these things and more!:

• Mikey may need to look into AA. 
• Fresno closings and future drinking possibilities in The No.
• Indie podcasts are friendly to Dorktown (or pretend to be anyway).
• Crap stories...yep.
• Dorktown Hotline calls.
• More indie podcast loving.
• Music Break: Strange Vine "Sleepwalker" 
• Or Game and ForItOrAgainit? are played (Listen for swinging penis!)
• Fonzy Eyys.
• Live call-in from a woman's "Landing Strip".

Click the file to listen: DorktownLandingStrips124.mp3

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Dorktown's Top Podcasts From September, 2012

What are the top podcasts Dorktown listened to and enjoyed during September 2012? Well the indie podcasts are becoming stronger and stronger and more interesting. Not a lot of change to this month's mainstream list. Let's have a look at them both.

In mainstream, the continuing storyline of "Emo Kev" gave Smodcast a big boost this month. But Ear Candy was able to hold it off as they are trying some new formatting and beginning to post two shows a week. WTF has fallen into a bit of a rut at the moment, it'll be interesting to see if it comes back on continues to slide.

DORKTOWN MAINSTREAM PODCAST TOP TEN - SEPTEMBER, 2012

1. Ear Candy 
2. Smodcast
3. Todd Glass
4. Professor Blastoff
5. Nerdist
6. Mohr Stories
7. WTF - With Marc Maron
8. ESPN Fantasy Underground
9. You Made It Weird
10. The Session

Others receiving votes: The Duncan Trussell Family Hour, Metal Comedy Midgets.

In indie, keeping the #1 spot is a show about taking a crap...yep. But Firnecast is still knocking at the door. And look out for Tiny Odd Conversations as they were featured in iTunes "New and Noteworthy" which launched them into the Top 30 of comedy podcasts on iTunes. Crazy stuff. We may have to put them on the Mainstream List if this keeps up.

DORKTOWN INDIE PODCAST TOP TEN - SEPTEMBER, 2012

1. When Doodie Calls
2. Firnecast
3. Growler Radio
4. NHL Hitz 2013
5. Tiny Odd Conversations
6. Podcheese.
7. Hangin' Out-cast
8. The Married Gamers
9. The Half Scoop
10. Pool Party Radio

Others receiving votes: Dead In 60 Years, Pool Party Radio, Beer Download, Mostly Harmless With Dammit Damian, Small Town Bringdown, Brothers From Different Mothers, Drunkards Call, Unkempt w' Mike and Matt, Succotash.


This feature is here to support the podcast scene, let other folks know about it, give it some more juice. It will be back at the beginning of each month (roughly) with a new Top Ten. Please feel free to leave a comment and suggest some other cool podcasts to listen to - yes, even if it's yours.

The Fresnan Is Dead - Dorktown #123

Podcasting is as hard as 1-2-3. Especially when you drink a lot of General Sherman IPA. Listen in as Bells, Mikey and Producer Becky talk about stuff. Rundown:

• A rough and drunk opening. 
• We try to call a party in Arizona with the help of a drunk La Selva Beach Connection. 
• Clovisfest. 
• Drunk Dork reveals.
• Running into a Clovisian in Sandpoint, ID.
• Best steak in town is at a pizza joint?
• MUSIC BREAK: Art By Numbers "Delusions Of Grandeur".
• Mikey retires The Fresnan. He's a quiter. 
• REMOTE: FUSE Fest 2012 w' DI60Y.
• Sexy off!
• ADVICE FROM A (too drunk) FRESNAN.
• FONZY EYYS: Go vote for Formalde-Heidi for Visalia Zombie Ball Creepshow Queen.

Listen by downloading or clicking: Dorktown123.mp3

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Dorktown Top Ten Podcasts from August, '12

It took a while but the Dorktown Top Ten Podcasts list is back. We helped with a Fresno music festival and that got us behind on one of our favorite things, listing all our current favorite podcasts. Here are the current rankings for the month of September. These are actually the podcasts that were listened to from the beginning of August until now, we've changed the wording a bit from last month (just as a boring and nerdy aside).

Let's see what podcasts are getting the most buzz according to... us.

DORKTOWN MAINSTREAM PODCAST TOP TEN - AUGUST 2012

1. Ear Candy/Hot Pants
2. Todd Glass
3. Professor Blastoff
4. Nerdist
5. Smodcast
6. WTF - With Marc Maron
7. Mohr Stories
8. You Made It Weird
9. How Was Your Week
10. The Session

Others receiving votes: You Had To Be There, The Mutant Season, Low Times, Comedy Bang Bang, Who Charted?

DORKTOWN INDIE PODCAST TOP TEN - AUGUST 2012

1. When Doodie Calls
2. Firnecast
3. Growler Radio
4. Hangin' Out-cast
5. Wost Friends
6. NHL Hitz 2013
7. The Married Gamers
8. Mostly Harmless With Dammit Damian
9. Dead In 60 Years
10. Podcheese.

Others receiving votes: Beer Download, Craft Beer Talk, Should I Drink That, Tiny Odd Conversations, Small Town Bringdown, Brothers From Different Mothers, Drunkards Call, The Half Scoop.


This feature is here to support the podcast scene and will be back at the beginning of each month (roughly) with a new Top Ten. Please feel free to leave a comment and suggest some other cool podcasts to listen to.

WereDorks - Dorktown #122 with Werebear

Musician and festival organizer, Cristobal, from animal-punk band Werebear and Spanspek Music & Arts Festival, visits Dorktown and helps the gang talk about stuff like:

• Dove season in Fresno.
• Is it okay for Dorktown to drink something other than Tioga Sequoia beer?
• The whats and whys of Spanspek.
• Growing up Orosi.
• What is wrong with Clovis?
• Mikey gets Dorktown involved with some podcast beef with Podawful and Ear Candy and it's awesome!
• MUSIC BREAK: Collecto.
• Werebear is also playing FUSE Fest 2012 dontcha know.
• Mikey almost dies for Becky.
• What the hell is a Werebear?
• MUSIC BREAK: Werebear.
• Fonzy Eyyys!

Click this to listen: WeredorksDorktown122.mp3



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Uncle Andy - Dorktown #121

Uncle Andy (aka Producer Becky's brother) sits in on a Dorktown for the first time and tells tales of things such as:

Growing up in Fresno, Portland culture and beer, the art of train hopping, the Ditch of Yosemite and the "weird" folks you see hiking Yosemite high country. Plus, Timmy T, camping stories and Producer Becky's nickname she doesn't want you to know.

Click to download or stream: DorktownEP121

SHOW NOTES
Music break provided by College Kids.
The Fresno Urban Sound Experience is September 6th-8th.
Timmy T and his Key To The City.
"One More Try" by Timmy T.

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Dorktown's Top Ten Podcasts From July!

Our Dorktown Top Ten Podcasts list is back from a new month of listening to the good stuff. This is what we listen to and enjoyed the most this past July. Hope you check them out yourself and support the kick-ass-open-to-all format of podcasting.

DORKTOWN MAINSTREAM PODCAST TOP TEN FROM JULY 2012

1. Ear Candy
2. Professor Blastoff
3. WTF - With Marc Maron
4. Mohr Stories
5. You Made It Weird
6. Nerdist
7. Todd Glass
8. The Mutant Season
9. Girl On Guy
10. The Session

Others receiving votes: Amplified, Todd Glass, Comedy Bang Bang, Bullseye,  Who Charted?

DORKTOWN INDIE PODCAST TOP TEN FROM JULY 2012

1. Growler Radio
2. Wost Friends
3. Craft Beer Talk
4. Firnecast
5. The Married Gamers
6. Mostly Harmless With Dammit Damian
7. Dead In 60 Years
8. Concert Daze 
9. Food Is The New Rock.
10. Podcheese.

Others receiving votes: Tiny Odd Conversations, Brothers From Different Mothers, Drunkards Call.

There are more that Dorktown and our contributors listen to, but those are the tops from July. If you have a suggestion of what Dorks should be listening (or not listening to), leave a comment and let everyone know. This feature is here to support the podcast scene and will be back at the beginning of each month with a new Top Ten.

Dorktown Lists: What Beer Should You Be Drinking For IPA Day?

Happy IPA Day to one and all. Indian Pale Ale's are Dorktown's favorite style of beer to drink (in a responsible manner, of course). So on this, the greatest beer holiday of the year, we'd like to share our current favorites, all Dorktown Podcast approved.

• General Sherman (Tioga-Sequoia). Yes TS gives us beer to drink on the podcast but we seriously love this one. Bells actually went and bought some on his own the other day.
• Pliny The Elder (Russian River).
• Racer 5 (Bear Republic)
• Hops Of Wrath (Dust Bowl Brewing)
• West Coast (Green Flash)
• Blind Pig (Russian River)
• Yosemite Fall (Three Monkeys)
• Lagunitas IPA (Lagunitas Brewing)
• Stone IPA (Stone Brewing)
• Knee Deep IPA (Knee Deep Brewing)
• Yellow Snow (Rogue)
• Drake's IPA (Drake's Brewing)

Those are some suggestions from us (if you can manage to find them) they will not disappoint. If you have some suggestions, please feel free to comment. (Also, remind us to get this day off from work next year... and the next day too.)

Eating OUT Fresno - Dorktown #120

This one won't make the Podcast Hall Of Fame but we're posting in anyway, because, well, we had fun. The Dorktown gang hangs out and talks all kinds of local and what nots:

• Laser Quest must be a front.
• Tioga Sequoia Brewing has hooked Bells.
• A review (sorta) of the Catacomb Party and the Fulton Mall.
• Forit Or Againit: Bringing the COCO Bobblehead to Fresno.
• Fresno Home and Garden Show: Horrid.
• Castillo's impresses.
• MUSIC BREAK: Werebear "Night Of The Werebear"
• Podcaster advice.
• BEER DORK: Beer mules and Dust Bowl Brewing.
• REMOTE: Spokeasy's.
• FONZY EYYS!

LISTEN HERE: Dorktown120.mp3


More Notes:
Dead In 60's Catacomb Party video.
Ear Candy podcast.
FUSE Fest.

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Remotely Drunk - Dorktown #119

We just had a lot of fun with this one. Too much? Yes. Annoying sometimes? Yes. But good times. Dorktown's first ever guest, Aaron "The La Selva Beach Connection" comes back and gets rude with the gang. As usual we talk (over each other) about: Fresno, Clovis, craft beer, beer beer, Gold Lays, sexy Armenians, extra holes, other podcasts and so on. We also play a mega Or Game/Forit Or Againit/Is It Metal.

Make sure to listen for the remotes with Dead In 60 Years!! Plus some live Light Thieves and we play the new Fierce Creatures. BONUS remote with the mom older sister of Whitney Freeman from Achievement House. There may even be a "Bert" Easter Egg in a remote or two.

It gets real "drunk-y" so be warned. Have a listen:

RemotelydrunkDorktown119.mp3

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MEGACAST 1 - Dorktown episode 118

This one is a roller coaster, friends. Two Fresno podcasts do a mash-up with Dorktown to create a MEGACAST! So basically three podcasts try to do their podcasts at one time. Does it work? We're not sure ourselves so please give it a shot and let us know. We do know we were dicks (didn't mean to be it just seemed to happen) and loudmouthed most of the show - sure was fun.

THE PLAYERS:

• Adam and Ed from The View Looks Good From Here, Fresno.
• Chris and Kelly Brown from The Married Gamers.
• Bells, Mikey and Producer Becky from Dorktown.

LISTEN TO THE SHOW: Dorktown118Megacast.mp3

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Dorktown's Top Podcasts From June

Sorry for the delay as the holiday week messed us up and junk. If you haven't, check out May's top podcasts. Below is a fresh list with some new pods showing up and some movement from ones that have stuck around. Lots of changes in both the sponsored and indie podcasts - both have new number ones! Check it:

DORKTOWN MAINSTREAM PODCAST TOP TEN FROM JUNE 2012

1. Professor Blastoff
2. Fat Man on Batman
3. Ear Candy
4. WTF - With Marc Maron
5. Who Charted?
6. Mohr Stories
7. Nerdist
8. The Duncan Trussell Family Hour
9. The Mutant Season
10. Comedy Bang Bang

Others receiving votes: Amplified, Todd Glass, The Fort Podcast, Sound Opinions.

DORKTOWN INDIE PODCAST TOP TEN FROM JUNE 2012

1. Growler Radio
2. The Married Gamers
3. Food Is The New Rock
4. Wost Friends
5. Mostly Harmless With Dammit Damian
6. Dead In 60 Years
7. Craft Beer Talk
8. Tiny Odd Conversations
9. Firnecast
10. Succotash Show

Others receiving votes: Brothers From Different Mothers,  Portland Adventure Hour, Concert Daze, Drunkards Call.

There are more that Dorktown and our contributors listen to, but those are the tops from June. If you have a suggestion of what Dorks should be listening (or not listening to), leave a comment or email mike@dorktown.net. This feature is here to support the podcast scene and will be back at the beginning of each month with a new Top Ten.

Quiet Americans - Dorktown #117

In the latest episode of Dorktown, the crew is joined by Eli and Luke from Fresno noise pop band The Quiet Americans. some things discussed:

• Dorktown has joined forces with Tioga Sequoia Brewing (you know, like every other podcast in town).
• Craft beer and a review of Rogue's Voodoo Doughnut Bacon Maple Ale.
• Buy stamps and the post office.
• What's going on with the Quiet Americans.
• Fresno crowds.
• MUSIC BREAK!: "Selia"
• Stories of the road.
• Bells Air Guitar stories.
• LA, SF and East Bay venues.
• Fresno pizza.
• Mike's Lounge: Does it need the 'hipster treatment'?
• Fonzy Eyyyss.

Click and listen:
Dorktown117LukeandEli.mp3

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We'll Just Edit This Out - Dorktown #116

Dorktown has returned with more beer, stories of Bubba, F-Bombs, hashtags, thank yous to Todd Glass and virgins. Listen, won't you!?

Download: justeditthisoutdorktown116.mp3

SHOW NOTES:
Length 58:29
Warren Armstrong and President Obama interview.
Fashawn's "One More Try"
Russian River Brewing.

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Dorktown Top Ten: Podcasts For May

Dorktown has decided to start a monthly list of what podcasts the Dorktown Podcast crew and select Dorktown listeners have been enjoying (or not enjoying) over the past month. We'll try and average them out the best we can and rank them - although I'm pretty bad at math so don't freak the fuck out if you think something should be ranked higher. It'll be a combo of amount of listening and enjoyment from said listening.

There will be a Overall Top Ten and a (since we are/love local and indie) Indie Top Ten. And so we're clear, if you're a regular iTunes Top 100-er and/or are part of a major podcast network and have a sponsor (basically if Stamps.com is mentioned on your podcast), then you aint indie (and you probably don't give two shiz about if you're ranked here).

So let's give this a shot.

-Mikey

DORKTOWN PODCAST TOP TEN FROM MAY 2012

1. Todd Glass
2. WTF - With Marc Maron
3. Ear Candy
4. Mohr Stories
5. Nerdist
6. The Duncan Trussell Family Hour
7. Professor Blastoff
8. The Fort Podcast
9. Weird Adults
10. The Married Gamers

DORKTOWN INDIE PODCAST TOP TEN FROM MAY 2012

1. The Married Gamers
2. Dead In 60 Years
3. Portland Adventure Hour
4. Podcrash
5. Duke's World
6. Funemployment Radio
7. Succotash
8. Wost Friends
9. Unkempt Show
10. Pool Party Radio

There's a lot more I personally listen to and Dorktown contributors listen to, but that's the top for last month. Hey, if you have a suggestion of what Dorks should be listening or not listening to, leave a comment or email mike@dorktown.net. This feature will be back at the end of June with a new Top Ten.

Bubba's Gizzard and Oregon Stripping - Dorktown #113

Straight from Fresno to your tainted soul, it's the latest episode of Dorktown Podcast. Expect some random talk about:

• Firebaugh and CB radio podcasting.
• Fresno concert talk.
• Stray Clovis bike racers and soul killing marathon.
• The Podcast Gods speak.
• Wooded Oregon strip clubs.
• DORKLINE: Reid call stirs a music debate.
• MUSIC BREAK: The Mallard.
• CALL IN: Bubba's Gizzard.
• OR GAME: Pyramid stye.
• FONZY EYYYS!
• Mikey loses his shit.

LISTEN BY DOWNLOADING (or streaming) HERE!: Bubbasgizzarddorktown115.mp3


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Dorks In 60 Years - Dorktown #114

It happened once over at DI60Y: two local fowl-mouthed and swarthy podcasters coming together on one episode. You would have thought these two would've learned from that episode never to 'cross streams' again - too much shit talking for one person's ears to take.
They did not learn. In this episode of Dorktown, a majority of the DI60Y crew joins Bells, Mikey and Producer B in the Dork studio for a meta local podcast. There's talk of:

• Bullard parties.
• Podcast history lessons.
• DI60Y's beginnings.
• The crews current local video project, Who Eats Brunch.
• How do you get free beer?
  
• REMOTE: More meta podcasting with the Married Gamers.
• Manchester Barhouse. 
• Getting in trouble from podcasting.
• Local celeb loving and bashing.
  
• Will DI60Y make a Swede this time?
• Pagers ruled.
  
• FONZY EYYS.
  

Everybody has regrets after this one. You should totally listen.

To hear this, stream or download this file:
DorksIn60Years.mp3

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Drunk Town - Dorktown #113

Dorktown is back to hang out, drink some beer with you and maybe trade a Fresno drinking story or two. Listen for stuff like:

• Another Chewbacca and the Rhythm Wookiees shout out.
• It's Dove nesting season in Fresno.
• Beer Dork segment: Mikey was a late beer drinker, Bells was an early scotch drinker, Fig Orchard parties and what not.
• Music break: The Dirty Stomp.
• Podcasts rule.
• A beer themed "Or Game"!
• Why would Bells go to the Hunger Games?
• Fonzy Eyyys.
  

Click or download this:

DorktownEp113.mp3

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Mutants and Invisible Art Hops - Dorktown #112

A fresh episode of Dorktown is here to start your new week off. It's maybe more local talk and cussing than you could want or need but it's free so suck it up. Seriously though, thanks for listening and tell your cool friends. They'll hear stuff like:

• New WWE tag team: Dork Town.
• Low budget marketing with $1 shamrocks.
• The best time to go to Art Hop is when you're invisible.
• Mutants in Millerton Lake.
• New Fresno bars.
• Pagers ruled.
• NEW!: Dorktown News.
• MUSIC BREAK: Achievement House "Summer Spirit"
• Audie's is still the best.
• REMOTE: Tokyo Garden "Is It Metal"?
• FONZY EYYS!

Listen by clicking the file below:
Dorktown112.mp3 [37:14]

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Brother Luke and the Dorks - Dorktown #111

Hey Dorktown listeners, long and interesting one with local musician Luke Freeman from Brother Luke and the Comrades. The Dorktown crew gets to drink some beer and hang out with Luke and talk about a buncha cool junk. Stuff like:

• Bubba is not gay and grants wishes.
• Does home-schooling produce assholes? Nope.
• Mikey was bullied... let's all cry about it.
• Bells went to Fresno High?
• The beginnings of Luke's music life.
• Weeknight shows can be rough.
• Grilled cheese sandwiches in Clovis.
• MUSIC BREAK: Brother Luke plays live!
• What is Baja Sauce?
• Dorktown gets sad.
• Portland.
• ValleyWho and Mike Oz.
• The lowdown on Luke's VVV's residency.
• FONZY EYYYS!
• FCC and Master.

There's a healthy amount of swearing so look out.

Click the file below to listen!:
BrotherLukeDorktown111.mp3 [1:18]

Make sure to look in on Luke playing with special guest musicians at Veni Vidi Vici's, Monday nights all through April!

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[Picture of Luke stolen from local stud, Ryan C. Jones]