15. Covid Tests, Back to V&T’s, and our Jingle for City Lights Theater Company
Release Date: 12/07/2020
21. The NYC Summer, Schaefer Beer, and our ATX Pole Fitness jingle
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We begin this broadcast with a brief public service announcement. The world is coming back, y’all. We are running around like chickens with our pod-casting/jingle-ing heads cut off. We are going to scale back to an episode a month. It’s better for you. It’s better for us. And, most importantly, it’s better for the business. They get a whole month of a feature. We are constantly trying to streamline and find out what works best for us. You get it. We are finding less is more. (Remember to follow us and subscribe anywhere you get your podcasts.) In This Episode: We...
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20. The highs and lows of restaurant work, Folger’s coffee, and our Boopa’s Bagel Deli jingle
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John has a shit-eating grin on his face. Why? I think he has been thinking about naughty things he doesn’t want to say. That’s okay. We don’t want to know. OK, folks, so please remember to send us your small business ideas and buy the people you love a flash jingle. Flaaaaaash jingle. Refer-O-Matic: John talks for a while about those people, (you know the people), who sit in restaurants long after closing and make the servers wait for them. All I can think as he does this is: Oh, nooooooo. I fear DEEPLY that that is me. DEEPLY. Am I that person who actually thinks the servers...
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19. Diminishing beer returns, the Band-Aid jingle, and Bubbles & Brews Philly
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We are very happy to be back, y’all. Our new format will tastefully, beautifully and efficiently reach DOUBLE the amount of small businesses we reached in season one. You hear me, DOUBLE?! (Remember to follow us and subscribe anywhere you get your podcasts.) Use to earn perks for sharing with friends. In This Episode: We begin with talking about what we are thinking about this week. Spoiler alert: As usual, mine is booze and John’s is some crazy train of thought. (Opposites attract, guys.) His tangent has a point, though. It always does. This week, we talk...
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18. NYC moves, vaccines, Chili’s baby back ribs, and our new jingle for Jackie’s Place Soul Food in San Jose, CA
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We are fully back in business, y’all. We love our new format, we love our new musical sound bites, but, mostly, we love our listeners. Please love us back. Share us, follow us, tell people about us, follow us, SEND US YOUR SMALL BUSINESSES! (If you need a refresher, here it is: and Subscribe anywhere you get your podcasts). Share us with your friends! Share with five friends and get a custom flash jingle for anyone you choose. And the rewards are only up from there! Texas tattoos. Think about how 80% of people from Texas have the state tattooed somewhere on their body....
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17. The Apology Episode
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In This Episode: We are going to begin with some apologies. We have been very busy trying to improve ourselves as not only joint, small business owners and podcast makers, but also as individual small business owners now. What?! We now live, think, breathe and poo small businesses. John has founded an audio company and I now have an online cocktail class company. This in no way means that we are taking time off from creating POD HELP THE OUTCASTS. Oh, no. If anything, we are coming back stronger with a much more efficient, more streamlined show format that is less flowery and more about...
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16. Christmas Time, A Smattering of Carols, and A Jingle for Drive-Thru Christmas in the Park in San Jose
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(Referral Link! You know the drill. Tell your friends; get a flash jingle about you or someone you love! Easy. ) In This Episode: It’s that time of year, folks! This episode is a special Christmas edition. Well, it’s basically the same thing we always do, but it’s Christmas this time. Ok, so we need to get back to a certain formula moving forward. We need get back to talking about our favorite tunes and why we like them so that John can do what John does best: give you nerdy history. Please help yourself, as a special Christmas gift, to all of these things in...
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15. Covid Tests, Back to V&T’s, and our Jingle for City Lights Theater Company
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In This Episode: (Referral Link! You know the drill. Tell your friends; get a flash jingle about you or someone you love! Easy. ) Justin is back in California. You know what that means?! Quarantine and Covid test tiiiiiiiiiiiiiime. John is in New York. OK, I want you to listen to how crazy I drive John in this episode. Listen to his voice. His job consists not only of finding meaning in my rants and having to sit through them, but also, in this episode particularly, how I never want to talk into the mic and how I never remember which episode is which. I am a major liability for...
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14. Interview with 10glo, Uptown Players, and a jingle for Sister Helen Holy’s Holiday Streaming Spectacular
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In This Episode: Whoa. Warning: The excitement John is going to give you right off the bat is going to alarm you. It’s for a legitimate reason. We have a new referral program! Get 5 friends to check us out: get a free personalized flash jingle. For you, for grandma, to drop on ‘em as you enter a Zoom call. Get 10: get a flash jingle and PHTO merch. Get 20?! You will get a full out 45-60 second jingle pitch. Click the link —> Add the names. Share us. It’s that simple. Both our lives will change forever. We love you. Okay, stay with me now. In our main...
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13. We’re a Small Business. Getting to Know You. And Stop Spinning Your Wheels: Our new jingle for Harlem Cycle, Harlem NYC
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In This Episode: Democracy matters, people. We discuss democracy matters while discussing how democracy matters? DO YOU SEE WHAT I DID THERE?! Hey, so, okay, you need to vote. You. That’s all we say about that. We aren’t a politics podcast. Firstly, it’s season 2! We can’t believe we completed Season 1. Twelve great episodes! What’s the first and most exciting thing about Season 2?! Introducing Pod Help The Outcasts as a small business. We are now a small business. We make jingles. It’s what we do. What’s exciting about this is that we can make one for YOU, if you want. You...
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12. Joining the creative team, Hold Fast flash mob, and Leigh Weimers Emerging Artists Award (and jingle)
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In This Episode Update: We pushed the season 1 finale a little further down the road. But I’m leaving these notes intact so you can hear Justin’s unbounded joy and excitement. He’s always best unedited. So. This is an extremely exciting episode for us; it is Number 12 and the FINALE of our first season! Do you comprehend?! This means since May 29th, we have created and released Twelve. Original. Jingles. Promoting. Small. Businesses. During. The. Pandemic. A moment of silence, please.........It’s honestly more like an empire being born. We are so freaking proud of this idea and...
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(Referral Link! You know the drill. Tell your friends; get a flash jingle about you or someone you love! Easy. Refer-O-Matic)
Justin is back in California. You know what that means?! Quarantine and Covid test tiiiiiiiiiiiiiime. John is in New York. OK, I want you to listen to how crazy I drive John in this episode. Listen to his voice. His job consists not only of finding meaning in my rants and having to sit through them, but also, in this episode particularly, how I never want to talk into the mic and how I never remember which episode is which. I am a major liability for John and the podcast. I have a foul mouth with a VERY annoying voice this week. I am uncouth and unhinged and easily triggered.
Okay, moving along. My Covid test was not comfortable, y’all. However, that does NOT mean you shouldn’t go get one. It felt great to do it once I was done. (Have you gotten a flash jingle yet? Get one.) Okey doke. So. We were fortunate and blessed to be invited back to V&Ts Laundry Box to interview Vincent and re-listen to our first season of jingles before sending them off to be re-mastered for our season one album. Ohhhhhhh, it’s coming, guys. It’s a’comin’.
Vincent @LaundryLikeUs is such a great guy for so many reasons. You know him from our jingle for his laundry spot, but this episode we get to hang with him and hear about what is going on in his life and with his business. He continues to stay positive and dedicate his business to hospitality, positivity and creating a great and welcoming neighborhood laundry experience and atmosphere. BUT. Drumroll, please. He has ventured into podcasting! He is launching a podcast called THE RINSE. It will showcase people he has met as customers only to discover later that they are talented artists. There are instrumentalists, rappers, singers, poets, you name it. All local Harlem and NYC talent that has been walking the neighborhood in disguise. DAMN, WHY DIDN’T WE THINK OF THIS, JOHN?! It’s an amazing idea for a podcast and YouTube channel. Thank you Vincent for having us and for all you do.
The song this week is too cool. It’s TOO COOL. But, back to my earlier point: Listen to when I ask John if he likes the opening riff. His answer is: “Sure”. I’ll translate. “Sure. Now get your
goddamned face facing the mic while you’re playing. I’ll like anything as long as you talk into the mic”. HE GETS EVEN MORE PISSED LATER. I KNEW IT! I KNEW HE WANTED TO KILL
ME THIS EPISODE.
This week is City Lights Theater Company in San Jose, California. Their executive artistic director is Lisa Malette, an awesome lady who we met working on the Leigh Weimers jingle. They give us “Thought-provoking plays and musicals, along with concerts
showcasing hot local artists.” Enjoy!!
CITY LIGHTS THEATRE COMPANY
529 S. Second Street
San Jose, CA 95112
408.295.4200
Check out their website, links to their online programming and their podcast
FILAMENT!