Ep. 47 - Beej, Rubber Bands, Fortune

Episode 47 has finally crawled through time and wants to tell you a secret!

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We discuss!:

James invented a cologne!

Dash is a champion!

Fortune telling!

Lessons learned!

Songs discussed:

Disconnected by Receptors (James' pick)

Wind's Dark Poem by Mount Eerie (Dash's pick)

Music:

"Une Femme N'Est Pas un Homme [Aphex Twin Mix]" by The Beatniks

"Tenderoni" by Kele

"The Beauty of Being Numb (Section B) [Mix] by Nine Inch Nails

"Spirit of the Night" by Tesla Boy

Extras:

CheeseNBeer!

Nightmare fuel:

Rumspringa!

THIS LINK WILL FAIL!

Put This On by Jesse Thorn & Adam Lisagor!

Fortune teller!

Dash's amazing shirt!

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Science/Fiction.

Before they adopted the stage names of "James" and "Dash", Paul and Ed originally set out to do a lighthearted science fiction podcast. All that remains of that period before We're Friends! is this....

ENJOY

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At the End of the Road

November 19th, 2008. On that Wednesday the We're Friends! Podcast was shoved through the internet and into the ears of you people. Today is Monday, January 25th, 2010. For over a year we have recorded 45 episodes of the podcast and have made over 150 blog posts along with the episodes. We have had 11 guests on the podcast. We've reviewed around 62 songs. We've had 2 intro songs and 1 outro song. We've reviewed 14 different foods. We even recorded a few episodes while on opposite coasts.

Well, it has come to an end.

For a while now, Dash and I were planning on stopping this podcast, both of us feeling that there wasn't much we could do with the format we had created. It was fun definitely, but creatively we didn't think it was cutting it. So instead of continuing a podcast that neither of us had our hearts in, we decided to cut it before it became (more of) a joke.

Now, every episode is still available for download, our videos are still up, every blog post will continue to be there for you to read. Have you gone through the whole thing? There are some great gems in there. Check it out!

This podcast was a great fucking time, and all of you reading and listening made it happen.

A few special thanks:

Jeff aka VultureMoose
Cullen aka Big C-Man
Shannon and Evan
Our parents for putting up with us
Abigail, D'Arcy, Mike, Awesome, Matt, Tom, Nat, Robbie (and Ashley), Jeff, Facundo and Tabitha.

Thanks guys. Stay friends!

-James

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"Laugh it up fuzzball."

Can we determine why we love the things we do? I don't mean people and relationships! What do you think this is, some sort of tumblr made by a 13 year-old girl about her dumb crush?! I'm talking about movies and books and music. What makes us obsess over certain media? WELL I HAVE NO IDEA. What I do know is that I love Star Wars, EPISODES 4, 5 AND 6. The story is simple, the music's epic, and it's a lot of fun. Today I'm gonna show you some other fun Star Wars stuff.

First, "5 Star Wars Status Updates":

There's four more, all hilarious. Also google other movies (LOTR for instance) to find other parodies.

Next, the Star Wars Weather Forecast:

This is a great website to have as your home page. When you start your browser in the morning and get greeted with what the weather is like out there. AND it compares the weather to a planet in the Star Wars universe OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG. This is what I got today:


And finally, a 70-minute video review of "Star Wars: The Phantom Menace"

Ok, ok, I know. That's over an hour, I was skeptical too. "Do I really want to waste that much time listening to a fanboy trash a movie I already know sucks?" YES. Yes you do. One of the great things about the review for me was getting real reasons why Phantom blew, instead of the overall "ugghh" feeling I usually had. Also, the guy who made this is doing this really weird character the whole time, mispronouncing words, getting historical events wrong, doing a weird voice and talking about keeping people in his basement. Trust me, if you like Star Wars (and maybe even if you don't) you'll find this to be well worth your time. This is a picture of him asking some guy to describe Qui-Gon Jinn's personality:

Thanks for reading everyone, enjoy the bounty I have given forth! And remember, Boba Fett is the most bad-ass bounty hunter in the galaxy.



-James
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Now playing: Converge - Damages

Studio Nintendo.

This is how it all goes down at Studio Nintendo.

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Shoot for the STARS

I think that most people's goal regarding their career is pretty simple: get paid to do something you really enjoy. My dad has an engineering degree, but has worked most of his life has a cook or a chef. He loves creating delicious food, so he does it. Then you have people like my friends Evan and Shannon, who work jobs they're not crazy about, but with the money the jobs provide they teach, run a record label, play music, set up shows, etc. etc. In my opinion, you can do what you enjoy one of two ways. Either you find a way to do it that can actually pay you enough money to provide the life you want or you work somewhere else that provides the income that allows you in your free time to do what you enjoy.

For me, I guess what I would most enjoy doing is working in film or TV. Directing is the dream of course, but there are a bunch of positions I would not mind in the least doing. Anyway, when I got my first paid cameraman gig, I was elated. I met a guy named Tim when I worked with him and others on some short films for a production company these guys started called Sweet Victory. Tim also worked for a website called ZooToo, a site for pet news. Sounds silly, but it gets tons of hits. Anyway, he saw that I was competent regarding film stuff and offered me my first freelance job. It entailed me going to the oldest pet cemetery in America, meeting a reporter, and shooting interviews and b-roll. Later, I did another job for ZooToo, this one detailing the lives of three dogs in the Westminster Kennel Club competition. Unfortunately I can't embed the videos, but please CLICK CLICK

However, I can show you two shorts I did with Sweet Victory, first "THE BIRDBOY" and the second "Glen".





So uh, follow your dreams everyone?!

-James

Now playing: Arvo Pärt - Spiegel Im Spiegel

Ep. 46 - Back Injuries, Death, Fasting

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We discuss!:

James dealing with death!

Dash was laid out!

Fasting for Jesus!

No one likes this show!

Food of the episode:

Songs discussed:

Prayer to God by Shellac (Listener Jeff's suggestion)

The Peeper by Adam Sandler (Listener Cullen's suggestion)

Music:

"In the Glitter, Pt. 2 [Aphex Twin Mix]" by Buck Tick

"The Robot Rock" by Stochastic

"Zeros and Ones [Aphex Twin Reconstruction #2]" by Jesus Jones

"Years 1-4" by Starscream

Extras:

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