Some time ago, I figured out how to use the category-casting feature of the PodPress plugin.  It was the perfect motivator for me to create a second, category-based feed for Electric Sky.  I called that feed ES2 and used it as a way to share outtakes and behind the scenes talk about Electric Sky.  Things worked well for a while.  Then, I upgraded to PodPress v6.7 and met with significant problems in the category-casting feature.  So, I downgraded back to v6.6 and ran into different problems.

After three months, there is no immediate indication that the category casting feature is under repair.  So, I am moving ES2 to www.markblevis.com and making it part of a relaxed and similarly irregular Podcast at that site.

I am gradually rolling out transcripts of all of my Electric Sky Podcasts. I am launching this new feature today with the release of the transcript for my interview with Stewart Copeland.
I will add transcripts to the existing show notes for each episode. Once the transcript is added, you can access the transcripts by clicking on the “Read on…” link in the show notes.

As always, comments are suggestions are welcome.

***update September 20: I have added transcripts for my interviews with Miles Copeland and Lee Edward Fodi.

Thank you to everyone for your kind words, good wishes, and offers of help. My family and I have been touched by the generosity and concern.

I have begun replacing what was stolen and hope to be back in production in a week or so. I have also started to identify some of the recordings that are now gone forever. This includes some personal data and recordings, and interviews with Stomp (they performed with some Tic Tac containers), Kayaking for Cancer and four episodes of Just One More Book.

I’ll be back, soon.

Pete Moss, narrator of the Uninformed Biography segment on AndyCast, has featured the uninformed story of my life on the latest AndyCast, Episode #32.  How did he find out about the martial arts???

I have added a listener feedback line.  You can leave a voice mail message of five minutes or less at 206-350-6487.  Alternatively, you can use the contact form to send text feedback.

I am always happy to receive comments and suggestions.  I try to respond to every comment I receive.

My iTunes problems are nearly resolved.  Actually, the root of the problem was a misconfiguration on this site which confused iTunes.  Unfortunately, iTunes takes a long time to get unconfused.  Anyway, things should be back to normal in the next day or so.

Thanks for your patience!

I need help! This Podcast (Electric Sky) and another that I produce (Just One More Book) are no longer being updated in iTunes. According to Feedburner, the errors reported in my RSS file won’t affect iTunes because it ignores the tags in question. I haven’t received any fresh insight from the PodPress forum. iTunes hasn’t responded to my support request.

Can anyone help??!!!

One of the nice things about living in downtown Ottawa is being able to watch the Canada Day fireworks from our roof. It’s also amazing to see that some of the fireworks are MANY city blocks wide.

This year, I took some photos. You can see my fireworks pictures in my Flickr account.

Have a happy, healthy and safe holiday weekend!