Podcast Fun

by Dave on Jun 11, 2008 4:42 PM PDT

The weekly Blazer podcast featuring 95.5 The Game's Gavin Dawson, Blazers.com's Casey Holdahl, and myself is ready for your listening pleasure. You can find it here. Topics include Oden, Sergio, Terry Porter, Zach Randolph, Tim Donaghy, and who's the REAL Blazer fan. Enjoy!

If you have questions or topics you'd like to see on the next podcast, send them to podcast@trailblazers.com

--Dave

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Sheesh!

Casey and Gavin?!
I tell ya!

One of Two Official Blazer's Edge Poets Laureate for the 2008-2009 Season

Chaplain of the Jarrett Jack Fan Club

"Scholars have long known that fishing eventually turns men into philosophers. Unfortunately, it is almost impossible to buy decent tackle on a philosopher's salary." - Patrick McManus

by T Darkstar on Jun 11, 2008 5:48 PM PDT reply actions

Note the staunch resistance

of overwhelming peer pressure going on there.

—Dave

by Dave on Jun 11, 2008 6:10 PM PDT up reply actions

I applaud you good sir.

The Celtics may have bought their team, and have Garnett as a centerpiece, but they didn’t rip my heart out, place it on a shish-kebob in between a slice of onion and a bell pepper, baste it with teriyaki sauce, broil it under glowing red coals until medium rare and serve it as an appetizer at a fancy restaurant which I cannot afford to be a patron of.

One of Two Official Blazer's Edge Poets Laureate for the 2008-2009 Season

Chaplain of the Jarrett Jack Fan Club

"Scholars have long known that fishing eventually turns men into philosophers. Unfortunately, it is almost impossible to buy decent tackle on a philosopher's salary." - Patrick McManus

by T Darkstar on Jun 11, 2008 6:18 PM PDT up reply actions

casey flipping out about KG was

priceless!

"Honor Terry Porter." Email me with your TP stories and memories.

by Ben Golliver on Jun 11, 2008 6:18 PM PDT reply actions

I was all set to call Casey the smart one

After last week I felt bad because I joked that Casey came in 3rd. But after the Laker love all I can say is …...I WAS RIGHT!!!

(I am just kidding ….he is tied for 2nd with Gavin)

"My favorite relative was Uncle Caveman. Us kids would visit him in his cave. He would eat one of us from time to time. It wasn't till years later that we realized Uncle Caveman was a bear"

Jack Handy

by 92wastheyear on Jun 11, 2008 8:33 PM PDT reply actions

A comment

In your critique of Sergio you used the example of his early movement on pick and roles causing moving screens to be called on the picker as an example of his lack of fundamentals, but as a European player he may be used to moving screens as part of the game as they are not called in Europe and are an integral part of the game.

Life is exhausting when you are this stupid.

by jonestr on Jun 11, 2008 10:11 PM PDT reply actions

Perhaps I should have said

lack of NBA fundamentals. Nevertheless, this didn’t seem to be a huge problem for, say, Tony Parker or Jose Calderon.

—Dave

by Dave on Jun 12, 2008 12:34 AM PDT up reply actions

Also

I understand this point when some people bring it up, but moving too early on screens because that is what you are allowed to do in Europe always seemed to be a “first few weeks” type problem, not a two full seasons problem. You KNOW he is being told not to do that, and it is clearly a mistake.

I mean, he does it nearly everytime. I get that those subtle changes can be hard to get used to, but that excuse really shouldn’t extend past his rookie year.

Jack does the same thing sometimes too. LET THOSE SCREENS SET, BUDDY!

Mortimer

by Mortimer on Jun 12, 2008 12:38 AM PDT up reply actions

Technical Question

Who do I ask to get the volume turned up? There is a lot of ambient noise on the bus and I had to have my mp3 player on max volume. Dave was nice and loud but those other two fellers were a little hard to hear over the bus sounds.

Great podcast. Good job fellas, take the night off.

"lowest common denominator - every time I think you hit rock bottom you sink it deeper into the shale" -- bow4meow

by tominhawaii on Jun 12, 2008 5:27 AM PDT reply actions

I agree. There was no ambient noise where I was but I still had a hard time hearing it. Dave was the only one I could hear well.

I love plugging in my inconspicuous lil earbud and listening to the podcasts as I begin my night of drudgery, toiling relentlessly to pay the bills.

"Besides, AnntheFan will be here any minute to #25 you." T Darkstar

by annthefan on Jun 12, 2008 5:42 AM PDT up reply actions

Try mp3gain?

http://mp3gain.sourceforge.net/

Or noise-canceling headphones – usually you can expect hearing damage if you have to turn up your mp3 player that loud to hear it over ambient noise.

by royroty on Jun 12, 2008 9:12 AM PDT up reply actions

D'oh

I didn’t see annthefan’s post. Yeah, headphones probably not the problem.

You’d think that the Trailblazers organization could afford to spend the small amount necessary to get some radio-type gear (e.g. compressor/limit, normalization).

by royroty on Jun 12, 2008 9:13 AM PDT up reply actions

We do the show

In the same studio they do Courtside, so it’s not the equipment. Like I mentioned, we just didn’t have the levels set properly.

by Lance Uppercut on Jun 12, 2008 12:50 PM PDT up reply actions

Have you guys tried microphones?

They “boost” your “sound” levels so people at home can “hear” or “listen” to it better.

Also, be sure to hit record on your little mini-cassette recorder you guys use, so that we can all enjoy the show as well.

Honestly though, I am disappointed I have to share my patented Radio Success Secrets with you guys and the Blazers organization, as I’m just one man… just one man.

Great show again, and what’s the deal with them being so short? I want a 3 hour, no commercials, all Blazers and NBA talk show from you guys, STAT TODAY NOW PRONTO.

You guys can even just repeat what you said the first hour, but with different inflections or funny accents. I don’t care. Just… neeeeed… Blazer… stuff…

Mo….rtim….er….

by Mortimer on Jun 12, 2008 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

Sorry, I posted before I read the entire thread

by royroty on Jun 12, 2008 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions

PS

Gavin should read this.

The NBA kind of brought this on themselves. Also, it was pretty stupid of them to send the letter during the playoffs.

As a “victim” of Donaghy’s crimes, the NBA claimed in a June 5 letter that it was entitled to $1 million in restitution from Donaghy. Restitution, or the reimbursement of the victim’s losses, typically pays back a bank or a charity for money lost in an embezzlement or a theft. Donaghy obviously damaged the NBA and its reputation, but there is no indication he stole any money from the league. The NBA claimed that it was forced to spend the nice round sum of $1 million investigating Donaghy and the damage he caused, and the league wants its money back. Clearly enraged by the unexpected demand from the NBA for $1 million, Donaghy and Lauro retaliated with detailed accusations of manipulation by other referees. It is the worst nightmare for the NBA, which might be considering a withdrawal of its demand for restitution.

"lowest common denominator - every time I think you hit rock bottom you sink it deeper into the shale" -- bow4meow

by tominhawaii on Jun 12, 2008 6:45 AM PDT reply actions

I'll get that fixed

I too noticed that Dave’s audio was louder. We had a different guy running the board this week, so it’s probably just an issue of not setting the levels properly before we started. I’ll make sure it’s fixed before next week.

by Lance Uppercut on Jun 12, 2008 7:11 AM PDT reply actions