This afternoon I headed out to the Commodore (with Raul in tow) to interview one of my all-time favourite bands. Chris Demakes of Less Than Jake was great to talk to and we’re really looking forward to the show tonight.

Miss604 and Chris of Less Than Jake

Tickets are still on sale but they’re going fast. As this is a quick episode, you have time to listen to the conversation, the tunes, and still make your way down to the Commodore for the show as Less Than Jake takes the stage around 11:15pm.

Special thanks go to Tris for lending me his audio recorder for this episode (although my mic levels are all over the place). Our mobile podcasting gear is still missing/nowhere to be found so we’re making due right now and getting by thanks to the generous social media community in Vancouver.

• National Digital Media Day – Save the Date
• NDMD and Project Tunisia
• National Digital Media Day on Facebook and Ning social networks.

You can follow along on the 25th on my website, with all posts tagged: NDMD08.

The super special Miss604 referral link for Zipcar will be published on every blog post I write on September 25th so stay tuned.

Music in this episode:

• Clip: MMMBop from the album Middle of Nowhere by Hanson
• Clip: Great Divide by Hanson – Available for $0.99 on iTunes, proceeds going to HIV/AIDS research

Links to note:

• Hanson’s official website
• Take The Walk
• TOMS Shoes

My official article has been posted on E!Online. You can also check out Keira’s wrap up blog post, including her photos, as along with my recap blog post. Big shout out to Dave as well for lending me his M-Audio since our mobile gear has gone missing.

Mark explains a bit about his background, his passion, and his motivation for initiating Voter Media.

Here are all of the blogs currently listed in the weekly contest:

Also mentioned is the UBC campaign, the UBC Insiders blog, and Sean Orr of Beyond Robson.

You can also keep up to date on Voter Media through Mark’s blog.

• Dandy Warhols – Mohammed, Nietzche
• Local H – How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Rock, 500,000 Scovilles, What Can I Tell You
• Less Than Jake – Motto, History of a Boring Town

And yes, I produced this episode hence the many many seconds of non-speaking at the beginning. But hey, I don’t claim to be a radio professional by any means eh. Thank goodness for podcasting.

I was able to contact Jory Groberman from 29 Productions (the folks who made New Music West possible for the last few years) and chat a bit about what’s in store. What’s also pretty cool is that they’re handing me a media pass for the event(s) so watch for more announcements and coverage in the month ahead.

Photo by: Keira-Anne on Flickr

This is actually part one and we’re uncertain when the raw, uncut “part two” will be released. So for now, enjoy the sounds of a BC Ferry, and two girls who are super excited to hit the powder up on Mt. Washington.

Tunes played with permission from the artists:

• Shiny Toy Guns – Le Disko
• Against Me! – Borne on the FW Waves

The episode about the basics of podcasting should be airing in late April or May, 2008.

Update:

The episode of The Lab with Leo in which RadioZoom is featured is available here.

There is still music in this one, as does every episode of RZ.

• Less Than Jake – rest of my life
• Aberdeen City – this is our problem tonight
• Sparta – untreatable disease
• Local H – hey, rita
• Dick Prall – bye, bye, bye

Other links of interest.

• John’s and Rebecca’s posts about the Osoyoos weekend
• Flickr photos of the trip
• Wikipedia: Osoyoos, B.C.