Herro Flom Japan

For some reason Apple will accept podcast submissions only from people who have a valid iTunes store account. What that means is if you don't own a credit card issued in a country in which the iTunes Store is available, you can't submit.

Could someone please submit Herro Flom Japan's RSS? A friend of mine in the US did it for me the day after iTunes 4.9 came out but I'm still not showing up. Maybe it got lost.

This one too. This guy from Australia is in the same boat.
http://ozpodcaster.libsyn.com/rss

(Thank you Kevin!)

Are there people out there who wouldn't mind giving international podcasters a hand? All you have to do is paste their URLs into the form in the iTunes podcast directory. I'd like to set up a mailing list where people willing to help would subscribe, and podcasters from iTunes-less countries could send a request to the ML with their URL. You paste the URL, reply to the request e-mail, CC to the requester, done. Problem solved, podcasters happy, listeners have access to more content, world peace breaks out, I get a Nobel Prize, Angelina Jolie dumps Brad, and all those who helped get to hear the podcast of Angie and I consummating our wedding vows.

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I wasn't going to put this one out because the battery died before I could finish it, but what the heck. It's not like this is Neilson ratings week or anything.

Tony provides the Japanese Phrase of the Day:

早くしてくれない？
はやくしてくれない？
Hayaku-shite kure nai?
"Would you please hurry the #$%! up?"

The "#$%!" part isn't actually expressed in a specific word. It's in the tone. He certainly didn't learn that attitude from me.

Were you hoping for a podcast instead of a video? Actually, I've been practicing, but I haven't recorded anything I feel like releasing. But if you really want to hear something and you don't care if it's not that great, you can download the file "EXMIC057.MP3″ from this directory:

http://www.herroflomjapan.com/podcasts/

I haven't listened to it. If you don't like it, trash it and listen to something else. On the plus side, it has lots of subway noises because I didn't hit the stop button while I was on the subway.

And about the contest: I'm not about to ask anyone to vote for me every day for two weeks. That's plain absurd. I'm just happy I was nomiated.

VIDEO

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I don't remember where I first heard this, but I remind myself all the time.

20% of people will love whatever you do. Another 20% will hate whatever you do. The remaining 60% can go either way.

There's no actor, musician, artist, poet, author, politician or any other well-known person who is universially loved by everyone. The only way to avoid criticism is to never attempt to do anything meaningful with your life.

I'm sure there are lots of people who want to start their own podcast but a little voice in their head says, "But what if people think I suck and they hate me?" There is no "if." Once your audience outgrows your circle of friends and family, someone out there is going to tell you just how bloody awful they think you are. And the bigger you get, the louder they get. That's the way it goes. You just have to get used to it.

Adam Duritz, the lead singer of the Counting Crows, once had a kid walk up to him on the street and tell him, "Man, you suck." Adam was so affected by it that he couldn't write or perform for over a year.

In my life, I've been that kid and I've been Adam. This here podcast is my way of learning to be someone else. It's good practice. I recommend it highly.

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The shows nominated for awards at PodCastAwards.com have been announced. The nominees for soundseeing are:

Audio Collective
http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheAudioCollective
http://www.audiocollective.net

Herro Flom Japan
http://feeds.feedburner.com/herroflomjapan
http://www.herroflomjapan.com

Notes From Spain
http://notesfromspain.libsyn.com/rss
http://www.notesfromspain.com/

Sound Seeing Tours
http://soundseeingtours.podshow.com/
http://soundseeingtours.podshow.com/?feed=rss2

The Richard Vobes Radio Show
http://feeds.feedburner.com/RichardVobesRadioShow
http://www.vobes.com/

I don't know if I'd classify soundseeingtours.podshow.com as a podcast. It's a web site that posts links to individual shows featuring soundseeing. And I didn't realize Richard Vobes did soundseeing. His show is great for kids, BTW. All shiny and happy and stuff.

So anyway, please give them all a listen and decide which one you like best. If I get your vote, I'm flattered. If not, well, that's OK too. Ya win some, ya lose some. Life goes on. From the beginning, my original plan included making my own award and giving it to myself. Maybe I'll put that into action.

Please take the time to vote for the shows you like. It means a lot to many of the podcasters out there. Since they produce their shows simply for the love of it and not for money (well, not yet… ) it's a cheap and painless way to pay them back.

I just noticed the "Vote EVERY Day." What kind of BS is that? Seems like asking a bit too much.

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There is a yet unknown podcast called The Real Happy Hour that made me laugh out loud over and over. I can't listen to it in public. At this point, only people in the know are hip to it. For the love of all that is sacred, give it a listen.

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