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Trumix.com listings available of Tokyo Calling Podcasts Build your own playlists with this podcast. TC 121 - A Bit of Context (click the magic button to hear or download the 38 minute episode) Let me know if show notes are required. It seems that having 'em would run counter to what this Free Association thing I'm trying to put together is all about. But I'm willing to consider alternative views. Image provided by Ardesia under Creative Commons licensing via Flickr. Grazie tanto, Ardesia!! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | TC 120 - Hitting the Sweet Spot (click the magic button to hear or download the 30 minute episode) This one-hundred-twentieth episode came unexpectedly on a Sunday afternoon at home. Show notes don't really seem to make sense for this one as it's pretty self-explanatory. Curious listeners might be interested in tracking down the Warren Ellis blog post referenced at the close of the episode which was prompted by a recent report about some science stuff from the BBC. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | TC 119 - For the record... (click the magic button to hear or download the 9 minute episode) It seems that this is the time of year when this podcast always appears to crash and burn. Over the past three years a number of folks had declared an end to Tokyo Calling through the silent weeks of late May, June and July. Some might even have felt that the pattern was beginning to repeat itself this year. The point of this short little recording is to declare that nothing could be further from the truth. Though, the fr ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | TC 118 - Always check, it might be mate (click the magic button to hear or download the 48 minute episode) Well, it's done. It was a fun, challenging and exciting process to put this one together. This is an example of the direction I'd like to take the Tokyo Calling podcast (what am I signing myself on to do?) - there are other ideas in the works as well. I'm not quite sure how to describe this one. The phrase "audio melange" came up in the Twitter this past week. If you have any ideas about what to call this sort of thing ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | TC 117 Solid Golden Week (click the magic button to hear or download the 33 minute episode) It looks like Japan's First Podcast will be coming through TalkShoe for the foreseeable future. Free hosting that actually returns a small sum compared to paid hosting leaves no choice. This is especially the case considering some decisions I've made about future directions for this podcast. All the details are laid out in a semi-coherent form in the later half of the episode. In the first half is the Kodomonohi fukubik ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | TC 116 - By the way . . . (click the magic button to hear or download the 19 minute episode) I decided to wrap up the week with one more bit of audio. This didn't work so well over the TalkShoe because of the low quality of the recording. I was surrounded by noise and wind as I made the walk from Iidabashi to Suidobashi. Hopefully, there's enough here to warrant putting it out as an episode. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | TC 115 - Waxen Grimaces in the Morning (click the magic button to hear or download the 33 minute episode) Decided to enjoy a leisurely walk to campus this Monday morning rather than transfer to another hot and crowded subway car. On the way there, I recorded some random thoughts about frowning salarymen, girl scouts, teaching matters, and this Wednesday's Calling Tokyo Calling. Relevant Links: Graham Stanley Voice Thread Calling Tokyo Calling on TalkShoe WIkipedia entry on Steampunk Image courtesy of LouiseDK via a Crea ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | TC 114 - Back to School Special (click the magic button to hear or download the 30 minute episode) Follow Japan's First Podcaster as he returns to teaching duties for another school year. From Office 2007 to peanut butter and jelly sandwiches on the way to the Meat Grinder, from a muscle-bound Lothario and his wingman to a university administrator with a stack of student complaints - the only sane way to cope is to Do Easy (DE). Relevant Links: The Discipline of DE (Do Easy) My TalkShoe "Shows" Wikipedia entry on "W ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | TC 113 - Hat in Hand (click the magic button to hear or download the 30 minute episode) time segment links 00:00-09:03 CTC Returns Calling Tokyo Calling on TalkShoe 09:07-12:08 Stroke of Luck Jerome Stewart Gets Lucky, too 12:12-15:20 Trotsky on an elevator Trotsky on stage Patchouli on Wikipedia Umbrella Self-Defence 15:25-18:03 The Final Obento Happy Lunchbox 17:40-22:10 Donation Drive Wojtek Andy Dr. Gene Scott 22:05-29:40 Epilogue Kevin's Short Cummings Audio podcast Music: Fix ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | TC 112 - I'm So Thick (click the magic button to hear or download the 48 minute episode) time segment links 00:00-27:57 Wandering to a barbershop Chinese Yellow Sands hit Japan and Korea: Mis-speaking yet again, I called it yellow dust No One Goes to Japan: blog by an American student staying in Tokyo Blue and Brown Books: blog by a Canadian philosopher teaching English in Shizuoka Letters to Nana: podcast of audio letters with photos from the Canadian philosopher to his Nana 27:08-29:09 Musical int ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | TC 111 - Who's Scottlo Scorbal? (click the magic button to hear or download the 25 minute episode) This episode is another freewheeling affair which was recorded live before a camera for an actual internet audience on Yahoo!Live. I wouldn't know where to begin in terms of writing up some show notes - once again, this one was all over the place. Please accept the following links as a token of good will. Olympus LS-10 Linear PCM Recorder David Lynch: comments regarding viewing movies on the iPhone Meet Scottlo Sco ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | TC 110 - My Other Self (click the magic button to hear or download the 24 minute episode) I really don't know how to explain this one. I'll try to come up with something in the coming days, if I don't pull this post down first. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | tc_vlog_022 Click To Play I just realized that the last vlog post was made in May, 2007. Now that I'm doing the daily updates on Tokyo Calling TV, I wonder if there will remain a need to do vlog entries. Any thoughts or suggetions? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | I Heartily Endorse This... (ep01) (click the magic button to hear or download the podcast) A busy week has prevented me from producing either a Tokyo Calling or My Ears to Your Ears episode - though offerings for both are in the works. Fortunately the work I've been doing has allowed me to listen to music. A couple of music podcasts I've recently come across soothed my jagged nerves through this arduous process. The two podcasts are recent additions to the essential NeoJaponisme blog. After listening to both of them a ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | TC 109 - A Most Fortunate Discovery (click the magic button to hear or download the 42 minute episode) time segment links 00:00-1:59 Introduction   1:59-2:20 The House on Landsford Drive by gurdonark Creative Commons licensed via ccMixter 2:15-16:15 Elementary School Kendama Tournament Japan Kendama Association 16:10-16:40 lab_sound (part 4 - alternate) by jaspertine Creative Commons licensed via ccMixter 16:35-27:57 Vending Machine with David Lynch Coffee Petty Larceny with Schlomo David Lynch Signature ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | My Ears to Your Ears episode 01 - I Remember Seeing Orson Welles on TV After too many months of dormancy, the ZionRadio Padcast feed delivered three tasty 70 minute mp3s to iTunes this morning. I listened to a hypnotizing episode entitled "music a fe rule" throughout the various stages of my commute during the day. The idea for this audio miniature occurred while listening to twisting-sweep-in-a-swamp sort of jam at the 49 minute mark whilst thinking about Orson Welles on the way home after a long day in the classroom. Sadly, the ZionRadio website seems a b ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | TC 108 - Open Gates - (click the magic button to hear or download the 49 minute episode) time segment links 00:00-10:29 Open Gates Brezny's Free Will Astrology JapanPodcasters.com 10:29-10:50 Now or Never 10:45-31:29 Pause Talk JeanSnow Paper Bird Shantell Martin Test Tone Hitotoki 31:22-32-55 Onarimon Station Noises 32:46-40:27 TCTV Talk 40:23-40:47 Toto: Child's Anthem 40:43-49:18 Epilog Toto and Boz Skaggs together at MEETSPORT Eric Rice on Identity Hacking Momus on Mask Mak ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | TC 107 - The Road to Self-Discovery Podcast: Tokyo Calling 107 (click to listen) Getting Started Inspired by a couple of blogging and self-help gurus, this podcast features a few of my personal and podcasting goals for the coming year. Problogger goes so far as to schedule a Resolution and Goal Setting brunch at the beginning of every year with his wife. I don't know if Mrs. Tokyo Calling or the TC Singers would tolerate such indulgence. Though, I don't doubt its value. Looked at from another angle, in his Personal Devel ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tokyo Calling Episode 106 Recorded on my way to and from a Saturday make-up lesson at the science university, this 30 minute he's-at-it-again-cast features thoughts on my second daughter's recent attempt to enter a national elementary school and how that effort impacted our family. Also included is a debriefing on the lessons in which I showed and asked the engineering and business management students to write about some holiday videos I'd recently found online. The most popular video among the students seemed to ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tokyo Calling Episode 105 Hoping that the third time is a charm, this 30 minute setting-the-record-straight-cast features recap, explanation, and examination of topics that were less than fully covered in the two prior episodes. Relevant Links: Systemic Infection Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tokyo Calling Episode 104 Wish I could blame the poor sound of this 24 minute echo-chamber-cast on the pain killers from my recent injury. In fact, some dude giving a talk on podcasting at a recent Tokyo Mac Users Group (RINGO) meeting recommended using a bit of reverb when recording. He said it would add a little something. Unfortunately, I recorded with some of it instead of adding it after the fact. My fear is that this is unlistenable. In the final five minutes I explain the links below to my Mother's new onl ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tokyo Calling Episode 103 Here's a 22 minute recording made while walking in Chiyoda-ku this afternoon. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tokyo Calling Episode 102 As I'm feeling a bit under the weather and am rushing to meet a couple of deadlines, the episode I had intended for 102 could not get produced this week. Instead, I blushingly offer you this 24 minute tumeric-laced-recording. I really never intended it to last more than a few minutes - just to say that there wouldn't be an episode this week is really all I meant to do. But that wasn't to be. I seemed to shift into an unknown over-drive gear once the power-drink kicked in. Before I knew ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tokyo Calling Episode 101 If all the recent junk-emails about bigger being better are to be believed, then this 71 minute bait-and-swithc cast will be the best episode ever. What was originally intended as a response to Timo's comment on episode 99, wound up being something entirely different. I'll leave the final judgement to you: the kind listener. Element Time Prologue 0:00-5:48 Bait & Switch in Suidobashi 6:27-9:58 Segment 1 at Yasukuni 10:15-30:56 Segm ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tokyo Calling Episode 100 At long last, here is the much agonized over one hundredth episode of Japan's First Podcast. Thanks to all who been listening for a while as well as those who have recently found their way here. Here's to the next hundred. Thanks to San Nakji and Gareth Q. for sending in audio comments. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tokyo Calling Episode 099 This 48 minute recording is a long-winded retelling of how my eldest daughter and I spent a wonderful sunny Sunday afternoon in late October. We saw quite a few interesting things along the way as we went to the National Science Museum in Ueno. Relevant Links: Karamoon's podcast featuring an interview with BicycleMark Tokyo Science Museum at Uneo as reviewed by travelwithyourkids.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tokyo Calling Episode 098 This 43 minute flattop-cast features your host mindlessly blathering about a variety of mundane topics. Listening back to myself droning on about marking papers, getting a haircut, eating the new Halloween Special edition caramel Kit-Kat, feeling content, reading to my daughter, and playing chess makes me cringe. I honestly can't imagine how or why good folks such as yourselves can endure such stuff. If there's one thing I've learned in reading comments and emails from subscribers over th ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tokyo Calling Episode 097 This 30 minute recording began in Yotsuya and concluded from the Tokyo Calling command post. Topics include a productivity report, sumo death investigation update, Japanese recipe website, $3000 dollar painted tortillas, and a call for submissions for the big third anniversary show scheduled for October 26, 2007. Relevant Links: Tokitsuumi to become Tokitsukaze oyakatavia sumotalk.com Tokyo Medical Examiner's Office CookPad site for Japanese recipes Brezny's Free Will Astrology Thank ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tokyo Calling Episode 096 This 44 minute episode begins with some reminiscences on the occasion of our daughter's eighth birthday. It continues with thanks to Robert Sanzalone of pacificIT and BlogNation Japan for the interview he recorded with me on TalkShoe last Saturday. That's followed by some news from Japan. Topics include the new Prime Minister, the recently introduced early earthquake alert system, and some controversial sumo stories: Asashoryu Woman on the Dohyo Death on the Dohyo Thanks for l ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tokyo Calling Episode 095 A brief talk about our recent visit to the Ueno Zoo begins this 25 minute recording. After that, I discuss a couple of podcasts that I've been enjoying lately from MaximumFun.org: The Sound of Young America & Jordan, Jesse Go! Coming up this Saturday morning (Japan time), I'm schedule to join Robert Sanzalone from Blognation Japan for an interview on his PacificIT Talkshoe program. Stop by and say hi, if you can. As always, thanks for listening. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tokyo Calling Episode 094 It's good to be back and to be able to share this 30 minute recording. No links or show notes to post for now. I'm still trying to remember how to do this. Thanks for hanging in there. There's more to come. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Back in Tokyo Here's a quick little update and announce cast to help me get back in to the routine. I'm hoping to get back into the podcasting groove in the coming days. Tomorrow we'll have a CTC episode at the usual time on TalkShoe. Please stop by and say hello if you can. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | 080807 Update and Announce I'm going to have to suspend operations for a few weeks as I prepare for and go on vacation. This short announcement was just put together to let everyone know and also to announce that this coming Friday's CTC will have to be cancelled as well. Andy joined in for a short chat about a recent collaborative project we've begun with Mogulus. More information on San's Merry Band of Turtles (SMBot) will be released when it becomes available. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | 080507 Update and Announce I know I need to do a better job of writing up some details and information about what is to be heard on these various recorded bit of audio. I promise to do better in the future. Thanks for listening. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Calling Tokyo Calling 011 This 40 minute episode of Calling Tokyo Calling was simulcast live via Mogulus on Tokyo Calling TV. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tokyo Calling Episode 093 A wide range of topics worked their way in to this 52 minute crazy-quilt-cast. Things that I've been listening to and watching on the net comprise the bulk of the episode. Also included are responses to a couple of frequent listeners and a couple of songs from the Tokyo Calling Singers. Relevant Links: Plantronix USB Headset Microphones Terrance's Wine Podcast NPR's OnPoint with Tom Ashbrook ABC Podcast Digiki's Polypunk Podcast Snack Fan Japan Ground Report TV Mashup Town TV Thanks for ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tokyo Calling Episode 092 This 15 minute jack-hammer-cast was recorded during a short walk from Suidobashi to Korakuen through the Tokyo Dome City complex. Between loud bursts of noise from nearly every direction, I managed to report on my lack of progress with work which has been caused in part by a new project called Tokyo Calling TV. In fact, a link to tctv has been added to the thin navigation bar at the top of the page. Feel free to check it out (Flash 9 is required), though the current pickings are slim. ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tokyo Calling Episode 091 Celebrating a new month with this 15 minute two-fer-Sunday-cast. Relevant Links: William Blake Archive Mr. Hopkinson's Computer as featured on WFMU's Beware of the Blog Another William Blake worthy of consideration Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tokyo Calling Episode 090 Topics in this 17 minute Happy-Fathers-Day-cast include morning calisthenics, celsius to fahrenheit conversion, the start of rainy season, Calling Tokyo Calling, and a couple of milestones on the horizon. Another CTC has been scheduled for Friday June 22nd, at the usual time. Topics as mentioned in this episode will be your favorite spots in Japan or places you'd like to visit when you come to Japan. Hope to hear from you then. Running time: 17'00" ..:.. Filesize: 5.9 mb Bit Rate: 48 Kbps ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tokyo Calling Episode 088 The levels are a little mismatched between segments of this 31 minute bounce-hit-cast. I'd rather have spent more time editing the file but ultimately the overwhelming reality of my schedule has forced me to release it as is. It looks like I'll have to slow things down with the podcast for the next 7 weeks or so. I'll try to get two more episodes out this month. Calling Tokyo Calling will continue it's Friday morning/evening run for as long as I can maintain this balancing act. Links me ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tokyo Calling Episode 087 This 32 minute process-this-cast was recorded over the course of six days in three locations. As much as I loathe the phrase Jump The Shark, I wonder if it describes what has happened to this podcast of late... At least, I'm having fun. Relevant Links: Richard Gere on Fresh Air Keltin's Sphere of Shadows podcast CC Mixter Calling Tokyo Calling 003 live interactive podcast: scheduled for 9:15 am EDT, Friday June 1st Running time: 32'57" ..:.. Filesize: 11.4 mb Bit Rate: 48 Kbps (mono) . ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | tc_vlog_021 Click To Play This past Sunday, the Japan's First Family of Podcasting headed down to the Sunday Cycling Course at Meiji-Jingugaien. All shapes and sizes of bicycles are available for free rental. This footage was shot as I followed my daughters on green Raleigh that was past its prime. Still still we had a wonderful time peddling through the scenic surroundings of the former 1964 Olympic Village. The nearly 2 km circuit winds around the outer gardens of Meiji Shri ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tokyo Calling Episode 084 This 45 minute walking-in-the-rain-cast was recorded on the way to and back home from Teachers College - Tokyo in Suidobashi. Included is a bit of talk about what I've been up to and what's been on my mind (par for the course). The episode ends with some musings about what other sorts of directions might be explored in the future. Relevant Links: Public Radio Talent Quest Wikipedia on Freaks and Geeks Fresh Air with Terry Gross Mighty Mur Lafferty Matthew Wayne Selznick Running time: ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | tc_vlog_020 Click To Play Here is video I shot while watching cherry blossoms with daughter #1 a couple of weeks ago. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | tc_vlog_018 This 43 minute fu-ling-yu-cast was my last best chance to get a podcast up before a week of playing major-league catch up. Hopefully, I'll be able to post a vlog of hanami later this week.Running time: 43'20" ..:.. Filesize: 14.9 mbBit Rate: 48 Kbps (mono) ..:.. Sample Rate 22.050Once again, thanks for listening! ! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tokyo Calling Episode 081 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tokyo Calling Episode 080 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | tc_vlog_017 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tokyo Calling Episode 083 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | tc_vlog_016 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tokyo Calling Episode 082 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tokyo Calling Episode 079 This 49 minute urban-adventurer-cast demonstrates why I am not an art critic. In the time it took to iron three shirts I tried to describe a new-found joy in discovering new places in Tokyo. I also talk discussed the CrowdAbout podcast social-networking service I mentioned in the last blog post. Relevant Links: Tokyo Wonder Site: Hongo Dominick Chen's review of Lab Motion in TAB exonemo: first floor exhibit at TWS TOCHKA: second floor exhibit at TWS assistant: second floor exhibit at TW ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tokyo Calling Episode 078 Click To Play I encountered this globe in an amazing little park that sits atop an old water treatment facilty in Bunkyo-ku's Hongo district. Before finding the park, I had just spent an hour or so checking out the Lab Motion exhibition at Tokyo Wonder Site.The free exhibition continues until March 21st. If you have the chance, I encourage you to check it out. You might be amused. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tokyo Calling Episode 077 Click To PlayI made a bit of blunder in podcast #77 when I said that I had stopped at a gyudon restaurant on the way to Ginza the day before. I actually had been on my way to Yodobashi Camera in Akhihabara. After getting there I noticed a captivating pair of eyes staring down over the passers by on the street below. There was no choice but to take out the video camera. On Sundays, the main avenue is often closed to automobile traffic to make way for the throngs of electronics ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | tc_vlog_014 An encounter with a noisy beverage vending machine threw me for a bit of a lopp at the outset of this 37 minute food-flowers-and-fun-cast. After finding my way to a secluded bench in a wind-free and sunny part of the park I was able to regain my composure and get down to business. Here's a brief run-down on the main topics:Dining out in TokyoA recap of the Orchid FestivalFirst Impressions of the Ghost Action applicationAudio recording, voice, self-discoveryDonald Murray author of A Writer T ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | tc_vlog_012 The man with the beard is C.P. Scott. For some inexplicable reason, this former editor of the Manchester Guardian plays a key role in this 31 minute just-the-facts-maam-cast. Starting with a walk to the station on a rainy Sunday morning and concluding with the long overdue listener-letterbag segment, the one thing I hope this episode compels you to do is check out Paul's Comic Relief 30 day Joke-a-thon vlog project.There is also a podsafe music selection from Dave Zeal offered under a Crea ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tokyo Calling Episode 072 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | tc_vlog_013 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tokyo Calling Episode 074 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tokyo Calling Episode 075 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tokyo Calling Episode 076 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | tc_vlog_015 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | tc_vlog_011 A pleasant surprise upon opening iTunes this morning was finding the latest installment of Herro Flom Japan. Back after an extended hiatus because of technical issues, the sound quality from Rich's recently replaced binaural microphones is breathtaking. If you're not already familiar with this fine Tokyo-based podcast, please check it out.The only complaint I have with Herro Flom Japan is that it is so good. To me, my efforts pale in comparison. Now the pressure is on. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | tc_vlog_010 This entry begins with an introduction recorded at a coffee shop near Toranomon after teaching an early morning English lesson. I briefly mentioned a podcast I've recently begun listening to. NewMediacracy is an informative weekly discussion program hosted by three experienced vloggers who cover a wide range of topics related to New Media. I highly recommend it.From there we head over to the underground passageways of Ginza's Metro Station. Podsafe music from Mari Fukuhara accompanies a ser ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tokyo Calling Episode 073 This entry features a trip I took with two of the daughters to Akihabara - Tokyo's electronics wonderland. After a short bit of outdoor footage, we head inside to Yodobashi Camera. Looking over the shoulder of my eldest daughter, we watch as she plays Oshare Majo: Love & Berry. It is an amazing video game for young girls in which bar-coded cards are used to dress the players with different hairstyles and fashion accessories before an epic dance battle.I'll have more to say about this video ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | tc_vlog_009 What is it? Well it's a 43 minute sorta-kind-of-a-commute-cast. A podsafe song by Seiji Toda comes between the two monolog sets. In the first segment, which is actually a second-take, I discuss recent developments in the podcasting class at TUJ while walking to and sitting on a park bench. The second segment was recorded in the early morning hours the following day in the Tokyo Calling command post. In it I elaborate on a response to Tayor's comment to the tc_vlog_007 regarding Tokyo Dome ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | tc_vlog_008 This is the second segment from my Tuesday morning walk through the Atago Green Hills area. The Atago Shrine was built in 1602 on orders of Tokugawa Ieyasu (first Shogun of the Edo period). Four Shinto gods are enshrined on it premises. At 23 meters above sea-level, an additional part of its original purpose was to use its commanding view to help protect the community from fire accidents. Climbing the long-steep staircase that leads to the shrine is said to bring success in life. Unfortunat ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | tc_vlog_007 This entry will be the first of a two-part series from my visit to the Atago Shrine last Tuesday. This segment features the Seishouji Buddhist Temple, the grounds of which stand in the shadow of the giant Atago Mori Tower (the white architectural monstrosity which served as a backdrop in tc_vlog_003). The temple area was renovated in 2001 to coincide with the erection of the high-rise buildings, built by Mori, which surround it.In the following installment, I will make my way up the hill to ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | tc_vlog_006 A recent food craze in Japan and an ego-maniacal response to a recent review comprise the bulk of this 17 minute happy-birthday-to-me-cast. I mis-spoke in talking about the episode of Tokyo Calling the reviewer dubbed an example of "all that is wrong about podcasting" as #70 instead of #71.Relevant Links:Japantoday on the MegaMacJapan Probe with a link to the MegaMac commercial in JapanKinnerrc's original Live Journal piece on podcastingRunning time: 17'35" ..:.. Filesize: 6.1 mbBit Rate: ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tokyo Calling Episode 071 As promised last week, here is the trip to the Tokyo Calling Tower. This vlog entry was inspired by the discovery of a website from Tokyo Metropolitan's Board of Tourism. The Best of Self-Guided Tours in Tokyo features more than two dozen day-long or half day sightseeing walks. I followed the first half of the Tokyo's Twinkle Town tour after teaching a class in Onarimon yesterday. I will use some of these tours in future podcasts and vlog entries. I would invite any Tokyo-based or visiting ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | tc_vlog_005 Talk about new subscription feed details and the vlog dominate this 22 minute just-before-bedtime-cast. Running time: 22'06" ..:.. Filesize: 7.7 mbBit Rate: 48 Kbps (mono) ..:.. Sample Rate 22.050Once again, thanks for listening! ! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | tc_vlog_004 Walking around the Ochanomizu Station area on Saturday, I happened upon St. Nikolai's Russian Orthodox Church. Camera's are not allowed inside the chapel, but I was able to capture a few glimpses of the outside of the building. Built in the late 19th century, the Tokyo Resurrection Cathedral was restored after devastating damage from the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923.As I was leaving the grounds, I noticed a pair of men installing a cross made of sculpted ice in the courtyard. I wonder if ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | tc_vlog_003 As mentioned in the introduction, I checked out Ryanne's tutorial on using the H.264 codec for iPod at FreeVlog.org in putting this 4th episode together. I'm please with the quality. Please let me know how you're watching this and how it looks.The music is by Aleksander Nikov and is offered through a Creative Commons license courtesy of Camomille Music.Some links related to the episode:ChinzansoCamomille MusicReview of Aleksander Nikov's 005 by Alex Young Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | tc_vlog_002 Recompressed and replaced (021107)Against better judgement, your host makes an appearance on camera in this Tuesday morning vlog entry from Onarimon in Tokyo. Today I began a new business English teaching gig and was delighted to see what looked like the Tokyo Calling icon as I emerged from below ground from the subway.I'll be returning to the same place tomorrow. Weather permitting, I hope to do another vlog from high atop the "Tokyo Calling Tower". Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tokyo Calling Episode 070 It's not much, but it is a start. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tokyo Calling Episode 069 From a commentary on the Sushi Police to live coverage of a pair of elementary school kickball games and concluding with a Maker's Mark influenced monologue on why I podcast which follows another new track from Marxy's latest EP - this 58 minute procrastination-cast has a little something for everyone. Episode 70 might not come until early 2007. Still, the call goes out for your audio comments or other contributions to help make it an extra special edition. Links mentioned: Liminalit ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tokyo Calling Episode 068 Thanks to many of you who've left comments on the blog, planning this 41 minute listener-powered-cast was a breeze. Producing it on the other hand was a techno-nightmare. Everything that could go wrong, seemed to go wrong. Following up on San's suggestion, I'd like to put out a request for any of your high-points and low-points for Tokyo Calling in 2006. Also, are there any requests or predictions for the year ahead? I'll try to finish the year with episode 70 which will feature any such ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tokyo Calling Episode 067 Begun on Saturday and finished on Thursday, this 44 minute around-the-town-cast features a partial return of the commute-cast, singing daughters, an audio montage from the Toys' Kingdom, and concludes with a relaxing wrap-up from Yasukuni. I'm hoping to reach episode 70 by year's end. If you have any ideas or suggestion for a show (in part or in entirety), please leave a comment or send an email. Links mentioned: Four Eyed Monsters Yahoo Video Bloggers Group PJK Productions Spain ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tokyo Calling Episode 064 It's back to the ironing-board in this 52 minute nostalgia-cast. Though last week's two-year anniversary for Japan's first podcast went unmentioned, it did inspire some reflection. If nothing else, this meandering monologue will give a partial glimpse into how Tokyo Calling came to be and some of the fun points over the past 48 months. Links Mentioned: The Levelator iTunes-LAME Running time: 52'22" ..:.. Filesize: 18.1 mb Bit Rate: 48 Kbps (mono) ..:.. Sample Rate 44.100 As always, ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tokyo Calling Episode 065 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tokyo Calling Episode 062 Three topics comprise this 32 minute "how-do-you-say-abe-cast?": Top news story of the week "The Meaning of Yasukini" Symposium - presented by The Institute for Contemporary Japanese Studies Lost and Found across the cultures Additional Links: Tokyo urged to consider N-bombs - by Peter Alford - The Weekend Australian Trans-Pacific Radio - podcast focused on Japan news and politics Running time: 32'47" ..:.. Filesize: 11.2 mb Bit Rate: 96 Kbps (mono) ..:.. Sample Rate 22.050 Agai ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tokyo Calling Episode 059 Recorded on the grounds of the Yasukuni Shrine on my way to work last Friday, this 15 minute "crack-o-the-bat cast" captures the final moments of calm before the mad-cap workday began. My plans to record in installments at multiple locations didn't pan out. A brief explanation and look ahead to future Tokyo Calling endeavors comes at the 13 minute mark (but watch out for the truck)! Running time: 15'06" ..:.. Filesize: 10.4 mb Bit Rate: 96 Kbps (stereo) ..:.. Sample Rate 22.050 Again, ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tokyo Calling Episode 058 I stopped in a park on the way to the office to record this 18 minute thinking-aloud-cast yesterday. Topics include a couple of thank-yous I failed to express during the previous episode, a litte talk about department stores as a tourist destination, and more thoughts about the webcast show I hope to begin soon. Regarding the webcast show, Jeff from Worldbridges gave a green light to the idea yesterday so I hope to be able to announce the first episode of this as yet un-named show by th ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tokyo Calling Episode 057 Kentucky Derby Weekend and the end of the Golden Week holiday mark this fifty-seventh installment of Japan's First Podcast. Though not quite under-the-influence, my story tends to meander a little more than usual during this 15-minute Bourbon and Branch-cast. I don't know about you, but I've always loved the sound of ice-cubes tinkling in a glass. Running time: 15'55" ..:.. Filesize: 5.53 mb Bit Rate: 96 Kbps ..:.. Sample Rate 22.050 Thanks for your continued patience and support. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tokyo Calling Episode 056 Warning: Excessive psycho-babble makes its way into the cut of this 15 minute "recycled new-age karma-cast" which was recorded on the way to the final day of a three-day intensive course. Dr. Melfi once told Tony that few post-cards are sent while travelling on the road to self-discovery - I wonder if the same holds true for podcasts. Anyway, things are finally starting to settle down since the move and beginning of new courses. The episodes should starting coming more frequently. Hop ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tokyo Calling Episode 055 This 14 minute episode was recorded in the early morning hours when I should have been catching up on work for which I am hopelessly behind. Topics include: Burnable and non-burnable trash days Tux Paint Fisrt grade welcoming cermemony Running time: 14'02" ..:.. Filesize: 4.9 mb Bit Rate: 96 Kbps ..:.. Sample Rate 22.050 Thanks for listening. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tokyo Calling Episode 022 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tokyo Calling Episode 027 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tokyo Calling Episode 50 Tokyo Calling will most likely be going on a two-week hiatus as your host tries to holistically recover from a severe sore throat and as Japan's First Family of podcasting moves to a larger production studio/abode. This 12 minute "gimme a cough-drop-cast" begins with a snippet from the intro of TUJPOD's debut episode. Luckily for all concerned, the host's voice wears out after only a couple of minutes. Tokyo Calling #53 concludes with a favorite song that has nothing to do with Tokyo o ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tokyo Calling Episode 52 Seems like old times in this 28 minute commute cast. This sound-rich episode begins with a failed attempt to continue my story on teaching English in Japan. It ends with me in search of the elusive Tokyo crow. Along the way, you'll hear motorcycle gangs, subway platform announcements, convenience store muzak, can the crow's caw in the most unexpected places. Running time: 28'50" ..:.. Filesize: 19.8 mb Bit Rate: 96 Kbps ..:.. Sample Rate 22.050 As always, thanks for listening! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tokyo Calling Episode 51 9 minute hina matsuri podcast. More details will follow. Running time: 9'01" ..:.. Filesize: 3.1 mb Bit Rate: 48 Kbps ..:.. Sample Rate 22.050 Thanks for listening! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | words escape A family in Ohio recently lost a six-year-old daughter to sudden illness. The father's blog, Dear Elena, is a wrenching public expression of love and anguish in the immediate aftermath. I put out this four minute podcast that begins with an a poem from Emily Dickinson because I believe that some listeners might find something meaningful in this moving experience. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tokyo Calling Episode 50 Considering it took four days to pull this 16 minute episode together, it would be reasonable to expect something a little more substantial. Unfortunately illness, exhaustion, and the latest edition from Radio MXUT made it impossible to focus on the task at hand. Hopefully, the quality of these links will stand as a partial recompense to those who had expected so much more from the big five-oh. Fortunately, these folks have something to say that is worth paying attention to: Frilly Mil ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tokyo Calling Episode 049 Because I bungled the contest on the last episode, this 26 minute commute-cast includes three more songs from the featured game. Coughs and sniffles can be heard in abundance as the cold and flu season scores an overwhelming victory over your weary host. Listen as fever induced delirium takes hold for the briefest of moments at the final station and he incoherently mumbles something about displacing time and space. Running time: 26'26" ..:.. Filesize: 9.2 mb Bit Rate: 48 Kbps ..:.. Sa ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tokyo Calling Episode 048 And the Winner Is: This 7 minute contest-cast announces that Eric correctly figured out the NES music from the last episode was from Mike Tyson's Punch Out. Way to go Eric! Several listeners requested that the game become a regular feature of Tokyo Calling. For now I'll try to work it once a week - on Fridays. Eric also let me know through the comments that the first ongakaku video had been mentioned on Rocketboom for February 16. Wow, what a shock! Welcome to first time visitors from ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tokyo Calling Episode 047 Happy Valentine's Day: After gushing over the equipment being used for a trial-run, this 40 minute nostalgia-cast points towards The Neomarxisme website. Clicking the blog link will take you to this Tokyo based musician's brilliant pronouncements on "the pop sociology of pop" as related to current events and popular culture in Japan. It was in following a link on a recent entry on Marxy's blog that the incidental music on this episode was found. Using a nifty app called Audio Overload, ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tokyo Calling Episode 046 Another Podcasting First: In this 5 minute slurp-cast you will hear Western table etiquette mercilessly violated. But as they say, "When in Tokyo, do as the Romans do." This is a pure soundscape with none of the host's typical bathos laden commentary (until the very end, that is). Close your eyes and imagine you are standing at a counter enjoying a warm bowl of udon noodles in soup at a crowded noodle shop during the lunchtime rush. Running time: 5'23" ..:.. Filesize: 3.8 mb Bit Rate ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tokyo Calling Episode 045 Back to basics: This 32 minute commute cast falls back on a tried and true Tokyo Calling technique. BGM from George Clinton and The Muppets sets the scene and signals the seques between stations. And once again, things go awry on the platform at Iidabashi station. An unexpected magazine cover image of President Bush sends the monolog spiraling out of control. Just in the nick of time, a much needed time-warp is provided by a haunting melody strummed on a Fender Stratocaster. Name the ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tokyo Calling Episode 44 Note to San: As they say in China, be careful what you ask for. This second show in two days is a 26 minute daddy-cast. It features the vocal support of daughters two and three as we make playdough icecream with the Hello Kitty set featured in the photo. If you require focus or a topic, might as well avoid this one. It is all over the place. Running time: 26'02" ..:.. Filesize: 17.94 mb Bit Rate: 96 Kbps ..:.. Sample Rate 22.050 Thanks for listening!! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tokyo Calling Episode 043 This 12 minute podsafe-music-cast features modern Japanese flute player Tilopa. The music comes from the podcast friendly recording label Magnatune. Running time: 12'39" ..:.. Filesize: 11.94 mb Bit Rate: 128 Kbps ..:.. Sample Rate 44.100 Thanks for listening!! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tokyo Calling Episode 20 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tokyo Calling Episode 21 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tokyo Calling Episode 041 Props (whatever that means) go out to Rich Pav from The Herro Flom Japan Podcast who started the recent laughing baby meme in the podosphere. Since I was home for the day with a new digital recorder and the youngest daughter I decided to follow suit. In this 13 minute Tickle Monster Cast you will hear Popo-chan (Daughter #3) laugh hysterically as she plays the Monster Game with Japan's First podcaster. In between the fun and games is a quick first-impression review of the M-Audio Micortrac ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tokyo Calling Episode 040 An early morning walk home from Tokyo's Bayside Park is the setting for this 17 minute soundscape extravaganza. The sounds of transport and industry serve as a harsh contrast to the hushed tones of nature heard in the previous episode. Commentary, as usual, ranges from the sublime to the ridiculous. Perhaps a useful bit of information or two might have slipped into the mix as well. Temple University Japan Campus Mention is made toward the end of the walk of TUJ's Continuing Education Prog ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tokyo Calling Episode 039 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tokyo Calling Episode 038 All the members of Japan's First Family of Podcasting make an appearance on this hectic 22 minute Daddy-Cast. There is mention of a simultaneous video - this might get released later this evening if I can find time to edit it. Also, please notice that there is now a new feed featuring only the audio - the link is in the right hand column of the main Tokyo Calling page. The original feed will continue to feature both the audio and video podcasts. Let me know if you need help to figure out h ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tokyo Calling Episode 037 The year's final podcast? Maybe, maybe not. Again running past the 10 minute mark by a long shot, this show looks ahead to 2006. It also looks back on recent happenings for Japan's First Podcaster since we last spoke. Featured topics include: Tokyo Millenario Illumination Alex Bosworth on the cultural significance of Digg DTV: Internet TV Apple's Wireless Earbud rumor Apple Japan's Luck is in the Air Lucky Bag promo Fukubukuro: good fortune bag Running time: 21'56" ..:.. Filesize: 15 ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tokyo Calling Episode 036 What do you get when you mix a can of warm Royal Milk Tea, a malfunctioning timer, hazy Christmas memories, and an inexplicably voice distorting microphone? Answer: You get this 23 minute episode recorded on a cool Friday evening in a park. The song at the end is by Bobby Baby and comes via the Starfrosch podcast feed and is offered under a Creative Commons license. Running time: 22'31" ..:.. Filesize: 15.53 mb Bit Rate: 96Kbps ..:.. Sample Rate 25.500 Thank you for listening. Suppo ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tokyo Calling Episode 035 This 13 minute episode sends shouts out to some of Tokyo Calling's favorite Japan based podcasts. If you want to hear how things really should be done check out: Herro Flom Japan The Kobe Beef Show Josh In Japan Are you listening to any other podcasts from or about Japan? If so, leave a comment or send an email. Rounding out the show are a series of tangental thoughts and mindless musings. Running time: 13'23" ..:.. Filesize: 9.26 mb Bit Rate: 96Kbps ..:.. Sample Rate 25.500 Thank ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tokyo Calling Episode 034 As if we there isn't much more important stuff to be doing on a Sunday. Well, I just got a copy of iSquint and had to see if it would work with avi files made with the Canon A70 digicam. It seems to easily make an mp4 file that should be viewable in a 4G (eh, 5G - thanks Lon) iPod or in the iTunes player window. Let me know how it goes?Camera work in this short video podcast was done by daughter number 1. 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Luckily, 3Yen.com has this informative article from last March which sheds some light on the subject.The acronym (Not in Education, Employment or Training)has been around for a while. As usual, I'm only just now discovering it. I am intrigued by the use of English words to form an acronym which is itself is another English word (phonologically, at least)to describe a category of Japanese y ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | People Wanna Know A number of listeners have informed me that what I called Spam Onigiri is called Spam Musubi in Hawaii. I've also been led to believe it is quite a delicacy. I will have to research the matter a little further. I hope to have an update to go along with some of the listener audio comments in the next episode. Hopefully, it will be ready this weekend.And don't forget TC's first anniversary. Japan's First Podcast will turn one year old on October 26th. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | People Wanna Know A number of listeners have informed me that what I called Spam Onigiri is called Spam Musubi in Hawaii. I've also been led to believe it is quite a delicacy. I will have to research the matter a little further. I hope to have an update to go along with some of the listener audio comments in the next episode. Hopefully, it will be ready this weekend.And don't forget TC's first anniversary. Japan's First Podcast will turn one year old on October 26th. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download |