Guys with Feelings, The world’s best Podcast

I’m here today to talk to you about Podcasts. If you’re reading this then I’m going to guess you know what a Podcast is (or at least how to type ‘podcast’ into Wikipedia). Anyway this post isn’t about podcasts in general its about the best Podcast ever: Guys With Feelings. You may well have the same reaction I did when I first heard the name so try to read it again, this time with a slight hint of irony.

The show benefits from the general nature of Podcasts, it is unprofessional, direct and dynamic. You never know what is going to happen but you can guarantee it will be hilarious. This is how it all came about:

“In January 2006, in response to a major freak-out over his first son being born, Jason Nash created the podcast “Guys With Feelings” with his best friend Jeff Bumgarner. Now, instead of standing around bitching about their wives and babies in private, they’re doing it with really shitty audio equipment and putting it up free on the inter-web.”

The show has a very unguarded feel to it, it is just funny people talking about their lives and whatever else comes up in conversation. As well as the two main hosts Jason and Jeff there is a host of other people involved including

• technical master/host Pete.
• Recovering Coke fiend Toph AKA ‘Dry-times’
• Superfan turned integral part of the show PinkHamster
• Comedy genius and star of ‘Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde’ Matt Price
• Raving lunatic Dugan
• Girl-with-feelings Jen Kirkman

Todd Levin Of Tremble.com puts it well:
“I listen. All the time. And I do so with a very specific personal investment I’m sure many of its listeners share, which is imagining these people are all my friends, squeezed into a restaurant booth with me, and having a loud, animated conversation while I just quietly listen and agree and eat french fries. It’s actually a bit awkward for me to admit this.”

I discovered Guys With Feelings (or GWF) about six months ago and I am now fully addicted. I cannot go a week without a show and feel like I have a kind of personal connection to the guys. I understand that that sounds weired but when you spend hours listening to someone you really feel like you know them. I listened to the entire archives (the show has been going for two years now). The archives are now part of GWF All Access which is a section of the site which you must pay to view. This is a recent development which was very well received by the fans due to the fact that the guys had been producing the show for two years with no profit at all. The main show remains free, the All Access area just provides extra content.

Check out this clip of the guys at the Comedy Central Stage

If you have iTunes, you can subscribe by clicking here.

Or download an episode from the Archives.

3 Actresses 3 (hopefully not rubbish) albums

Nobody seems content mastering just one medium these day. It has become the norm for actresses to sing, rappers to act and artist tho direct. Most of the time when actors and actresses start making music it turns out to be sub par rubbish which wouldn’t get released if they weren’t famous. Anybody remember keanu reeves’ band dogstar? These three upcoming albums by actresses (one is more of a mix-tape than an actual album) sound like they are going to be worth downloading and maybe even paying for!

Zooey Deschanel

Deschanel stared in Almost Famous, Elf and The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. She is going to release an album, called Volume One, as ‘She And Him’ alongside singer/ songwriter M. Ward in March. They met on the set of the forthcoming film The Go Getter. The album will be released on Ward’s record label Merge

Here is a clip of the pair at LA’s Disney Concert Hall:

Mp3: M. Ward and Zooey Deschanel - When I get To The Border Zshare download link

Stream: The Go Getter Myspace page.

Update: recently released track listing:

01 Sentimental Heart
02 Why Do You Let Me Stay Here?
03 This Is Not a Test
04 Change Is Hard
05 I Thought I Saw Your Face Today
06 Take It Back
07 I Was Made for You
08 You Really Got a Hold on Me (Miracles cover)
09 Black Hole
10 Got Me
11 I Should Have Known Better (Beatles cover)

Scarlett Johansson

Johansson is due to release an album of Tom Waits covers on May 20th. How on earth she is going to pull this off is anybodies guess, Tom Waits sings about two octaves lower than your average singer and sounds like he drinks whisky for breakfast (in a good way). The album will either be called Scarlett Sings Tom Waits or Anywhere I lay my head depending on who you believe and will be released by Atco (Rhino) records. I haven’t managed to find any clips of Scarlett’s Tom Waits impression and I’m still not convinced this is actually gonna happen.

The album is produced by David Sitek of TV On The Radio and features members of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. No track listing details yet. Its also worth mentioning that Scarlett sang with The Jesus And Mary Chain at Coachella so she clearly has great taste in music. Here a very shakey video of the Coachella performance:

Natalie Portman

This one is kind of a cheat as its already released and its a compilation but its an excuse to see a photo of Natalie Portman, so stop complaining. Last October Portman curated an album which was released on itunes with all the profits going to FINCA (Foundation for International Community Assistance)

Tracklisting:

1. Be Good (Tokyo Police Club)
2. My Night With the Prostitute From Marseille (Beirut) [exclusive]
3. Plaid Lined Jacket (Tom Brosseau)
4. Tudo Bem Malandro (Curumin)
5. Australia (The Shins - Bjorn Yttling Mix) [exclusive]

6. Ain’t No Reason (Brett Dennen)
7. Turnaroundturnmeon (Sean Hayes)
8. Oh Yes, Another Mother (Thee More Shallows)
9. The Beast (Angus & Julia Stone)

10. Paddy’s Gone (Antony & The Johnsons)
11. Idle Ties (Vetiver)
12. Broken (Norah Jones)
13. There’s Always Something Happening (Devendra Banhart) [exclusive]

14. What Is a Soul? (M. Ward) [exclusive]
15. Forgiveness Figg (Bethany Hotel Blues) (Wooden Wand)
16. How We Landed (Rogue Wave) [exclusive]

itunes link