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SomaCow Media is proud to present SomaCow, brought to you in this hour by The Drew Show. Check ‘em out! They invented the word Twarnival, for crying out loud!

In this hour we discussed Orlando’s Tweetup, which was a pretty good initial effort, with 100+ attendees crammed into a bar, laughing, talking, and desperately seeking drinks. Thanks again to Etanowitz of the Orlando Sentinel for setting it all up.

I am not kidding… I met way too many people to list, so I will just randomly toss links at you to enjoy as you listen to this episode:

It was nice to see PeakArts again, and he and his lovely significant other (whose blog you can see here with pics) gave me some sweet keychains containing his art. I hoard them now, but you can swing by his site and check out all his stuff. Got to meet some new neato folks, like:

Ms. Fitzpatrick, of Metromix, who covers music, bars, and clubs downtown here in Orlando.

SirKyle, the shootingnest twitterer I have ever met.

Carlos, of CLOS Photography – He was in radio here in town, then went out and did some TV work, and some campaign work for President Obama.

Marc Middleton and crew of the GrowingBolder.com group were there, shooting video and covering the event. Want to see me on no sleep mid-Atkins? I warn you, it’s scary, but Marc and his Team are not. They are doing great work, and I hope to hear more from them often.

A dude that just travels the entirety of the Earth named Chuck Welch. He lives in Lakeland. Hush, RSilva.

C_Lane, local musician and bar crafter extraordinaire, who may be operating on even less sleep than I.

I spent an incredible few moments talking with a very tiny, very energetic momblogger who threatened to make Mickey and I the best latkes every crafted by a mom. She and I spent a few reminiscing on Ye Olden Orlando and rapidly tossing out food ideas, and I really wish I had more time.

Jen Cook, our News 13 ticker goddess.

The legendary Tom Sorrells, natch.

Plus people from CNN, local internet misfits, Elross, a guy that works in sound engineering who may be able to isolate J’s nasal whine so we can remove it from future episodes, etc… It was pretty awesome.

We sort of flew the flag on a possible April Tweetup involving The Ravenous Pig. Apparently, according the mmsmddsnjdnhe, if you go there on a special day once a month, they cook an entire pig roast dealio. Do not believe Mickey and his strange, awful fetal pig stories, it sounds like it is a really good time.

If you were at the tweetup, and want to post your link to your stuff, please do so in the comments for this episode.

And if you are NOT local, and frankly could give a crap about Twitter, we also talked about a buncha other stuff, and in the next hour, we talk about food for like a whole week. It’s awesome.

Tags: Arts, blog, c lane, chuck welch, clos, cnn, comedy, crazy mommy, c_lane, drew show, earth, etanowitz, growing bolder, internet, marc middleton, metromix, orlando, Orlando Florida, orlando sentinel, peakarts, Podcast, radio, ravenous pig, sentinel, sirkyle, somacow, talk, television, tom sorrells, tweetup, twitter

SomaCow Media is proud to present SomaCow, brought to you in this hour by The Underground Comedy Movie (Quite literally the worst movie I have ever laid eyes on). Just terrible. So very awful. Amazingly unsophomorically bad bad. I am being literal when I saw that the movie caused brain swelling, shame face, and a hundred fleeting glances at my fellow movie watchers as we shared the fleeting expression of “Why in the name of God did we ever start watching this, and why won’t we stop?”

In this hour, J returns from his lengthy bout with Captain Mick’s, the full-body flu all members of SomaCow Media suffered last week. J’s bout was especially daunting, as he is 95% hairless (you really should see the shine on his cankles), and needed extra time to find a big enough pot…. er… vat within which to make his chicken noodle soup.

We also paid Ross off for his Super Bowl bet, allowing him to sit in on second chair and run the Hopper. Run is a strong verb, as you will see listening back. I know the Hopper can be daunting, with it’s unnecessarily complex sub menus, treed file structures that build in no understandable way, and thousands upon thousands of Sports Buzz drops, but surely he could have loaded one break correctly? In retrospect, I do not believe he could. Super Producer Ross, every day.

Speaking of The Sports Buzz, we wish Ryan well as he goes to graze on sunnier pastures, returning to his roots in a studio at CSB. You guys can still check him out in his own Ustream starting next Sunday. I was really down about losing Ryan, until my Slap Chop and ShamWows arrived late Saturday afternoon. I have spent the last 24 hours slap chopping nuts, celery, banana chips, dog food, apples, oatmeal, garlic cloves, pineapples, small stuffed cows sent in by listeners, and the occasional radish. It’s fulfilling work, and, I really do love his nuts. Cashews, specifically.

Listeners will remember that I had what I believed to be a kidney stone, but after visiting the Doctor (a for realsies Doctor, not some homeopathic with doctorish tendencies) this week, I learned what I really have – namely, five months left to live. We discuss what my road to recovery must entail, and it turns out Mickey was right. Per usual.

J’s Newsbomb at the twenty contains a very special moment where he regales us with what has immediately been deemed by our live audience as the most offensive grouping of words ever uttered aloud on the internet. Our apologies to those mentioned’s families, as well as the Waffle House, and society in general. We can only attribute J’s offal to the fact that he is still swollen with flu and batter dipped shrimp.

Mickey and I try to talk about oil. It’s sad. Maybe next week, I can ask my question.

We round out the hour discussing Improv, one of J’s favorite forms of comedy, and try to nail down plans for an improv party. I used to go to SAK labs in Orlando to watch local up-and-coming comediettes perform, and was frequently left wanting more. I think the reality of improv is that in order to really succeed, you must make a gay joke, a gay reference, or insinuate that you or your fellow players is gay. Consider Whose Line is it, Anyway? – The only times a Ryan Stiles or a Greg Prooooobst ever really shined was when they were intimating that something going down involved buttsexery. Prove me wrong?

We also got to jam out to a second helping of Whistling in the Dark, courtesy of Ross and his spectacular pointing and clicking. My wife enjoyed it, at least.

Next week, we may have our worst movie party (having already screened TUCM, I cannot imagine that J’s pick will be worse – A homework assignment for you, loyal members of The Heard – What movie is just so awful, so bad, so rotten, that it cannot be sat through? Email, comment, twitter, facebook, whatever. You know how to get a hold of us. Thanks!

Tags: Arts, Homework, Ryan Stiles, super bowl, twitter, Underground Comedy Movie, Waffle House, Whose Line Is It Anyway?

SomaCow Media is proud to present SomaCow, brought to you by Capp’s “Your Neighborhood Barber” Shop.

In this, their earliest hour, the guys discuss Mickey’s contagions, hair growth and de-growth, and being positive (not in the ‘we tested positive thanks to Mickey’ sense).

Last week SomaCow focused on Mickey and his sickness. This week was no different. Why, you might ask, would they revisit the same topic? Well, it’s because Mickey shared his germs with us all and we, in turn, with our families. J was so sick that he knew 2 days before the live show that he would not make it in. We’d like to take this time to thank Mickey for giving us all time to spend with our families and reflect on the lovely things that can come out of our bodies, find the blankets that had been in storage, and play rock, paper, scissors on who gets to run out for more Kleenex and NyQuil. You’re the best!

In J’s place, we welcomed Kevin into the studio. Kevin came in about a year ago and did predictions for the whole SomaCow crew including the gender of our little one to be. So maybe he’s not always right, but he did bring cake! Kevin fit in well, taking over for J in these first 2 hours and we thank him for it. You can always chat it up with Kevin in the chatroom when we do the live show Friday nights.

One of Kevin’s trademarks is his long beard. Geoff was in awe. Kevin gave the guys tips on how to grow such a fabulous collection of strands. This week, however, Geoff decided instead of growing his hair longer, he’d pamper himself. He went to Capp’s Barber and got himself a professional haircut. He usually takes care of this grooming himself (he won’t let me help after the botching of the back line of his hair early in our relationship. Hey, I had never used clippers before!) but after the jeers last week about his beautiful bouffant, he decided it was time. He enjoyed the experience so much, he decided to give the rest of the show a gift for a cut and shave. Kevin turned his down and left it for J. He wants you to think that he was being selfless, but we all know he just doesn’t let anyone touch that beard! If you stop into Capp’s, tell them SomaCow sent you in to be pampered.

Kevin’s calm nature did have an affect on the guys, though. They decided that 2009 is going to be the year of positivity for SomaCow. Yes, that’s right, just like how last year they said they would be more inclusive and not say racist-sounding things on the show, this year they will make another…um…commitment to better themselves. So, dear members of The Heard, look forward to a year of positivity from SomaCow. Think they can do it? Yeah, me neither I do!

Tags: Arts, Beauty, business, fashion, hair, Hairstyle, mickey, Rock-paper-scissors