The first podcast from New York City and one of the first Indie Music Podcasts to hit the scene - Tracks Up the Tree has been reviewed "Out of all the music podcasts I've listened to, this is the fir...
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So occasionally, someone in my improv group LD & The Scientist gets an idea and we make a video. Dave, the voice behind the puppet, literally said "I have a puppet idea about a particle accelerator." Everything from the particle accelerator information to my horrible German accent was improvised on the spot — the only thing not improvised were the chairs.
So a few of you have commented that the site is now in the default WordPress theme Kubrick. You are right. I noticed the other day that the site, now 6 years old, was loading the homepage in 30 seconds. I wasn't sure what was making the site slow, so I went back to the default theme and low and behold 1 second loading time.
Is this making you hot ladies?
I am going to redesign the site eventually, but until then you can enjoy what this blog used to look like in 2002? old school.
As many of you know, I have been taking classes at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre and performing comedy in New York for the last two years. I've stayed mostly quiet about this because, well, I wasn't sure what I wanted to do with comedy. You guys all know me as the funnier half of Tracks Up The Tree (BECAUSE I AM THE FUNNIER ONE), but I haven't really talked about my comedy on this site. Until now.
I've realized that comedy is one of the few things I really enjoy doing (other than needlework) and I have been purposefully avoiding talking about it. Partly because I have seen comedy as a hobby as way to pass the time between painful relationships, but also because I didn't really know where my comedy fit into my life.
So the other evening, I realized that I want to talk a bit more about what I've been doing on this website. Talk about the projects I'm working on, write a bit more about what it's like being a performer in New York, and let you all in on what I have been doing with my life for the past 2 years. In short, up the tree is going to be my weblog again. I will be posting more about my life and less about the stuff I never wrote about before. Sure I will talk about music and the podcast will continue with it's same irregularity, but from now on Up The Tree is all about me - a performer, designer, and generally dreamy guy in New York.
So I rejoined a gym after a very long time, right across the street from my new office. I'm excited to finally get back in shape and loose some of those summer pounds. Summer pounds? You heard me right, I put on some weight during the summer. I'm not sure if it was because I really did nothing summery all summer, or because I found out how much I love Netflix on demand with Rocky Road on demand, but I've got a spare tire the size of a spare tire.
Fo' reals
The most depressing thing so far has been the calorie counting food log my temporary personal trainer is making me do. I say temporary because I really can't see having a personal trainer for an extended period of time — the gym is expensive enough without having to pay a lady with a thick neck $160 additional a month. I write what I eat and the approximate calories. This has made eating food like a game of Battleship, where each carrot stick brings me closer to sinking my own? battleship. The unfortunate part it has made eating annoying. I don't always want to do calculus every time I want put something in my mouth.
So as much as I would love to keep a lady on my beck and call, especially for those moments when I need to open a particularly stubborn jar of pickels, I think she's history after the first month. Plus she might say something about the on demand Rocky Road.
A New show packed with all the minutia you expect from your friends over at TUTT. We talk about Ice cream vans, sex dolls, Josiah as a roommate, Ben not being gay, Porn and Josiah as a critic of his own short film. When does the hilarity ever stop? Tomorrow.
Yet another problem this week. The podcast rendered missing the final 10 minutes. We're very sorry about this and have re-output the file.
Okay, so as you'll see to the right, we've got our "Listen to the Latest" showing our current show. Amazing right? You can download this till your hearts content. I want to get a mp3 player up there, but until I can find a player that doesn't look like crap I'm going to keep it as a link.
Other news — true to our word, Josiah and I are getting together this sunday to record a new show. Normally I wont tell you before we record a show, but just thought I would mention that we are staying true to our word to own the indie podcast scene once again.
So, the new show is up. It's been up for a while. Unfortunately our podcast host LibSyn, who are normally very reliable, screwed up and the show could not be downloaded.
This was both very frustrating and went unnoticed for 2 days.
Needless to say, we're very sorry that the show didn't hit people ears on St. Patty's day and we hope to get this all worked out for future shows. We are also directing you all to the new website if you'd like to leave comments or download the show manually.
Ahhh, just got it up in time. Josiah's gonna provide the notes. TUTT 53, back in MP3 form (with link to AAC to come) Sorry ran out of time.
So, I tried to get the other site up and running, but it seems as though by splitting up the website into 2, it meant twice the work. 8 hours of editing source code later I've decided, why screw with a good thing? Let's get this website pimped and we can see what happens in the future. What we like to call this is me coming running back. will you take me back?
