The Vast Wasteland - What is out there?

The Vast Wasteland is a podcast show about nothing, and everything, which means it is unencumbered by any specific genre. You will hear material about just about anything.

The Vast Wasteland is also known as TVL. I know, where's the "W" for "Waste".......no reason! We just thought it looked better and it's easier to say than TVWL which sounds like a TV station call-sign. Yuck!

Listener comment line: 702-446-4192 to send comments, messages, faxes to the show.

You can reach TVL via email: thevastwasteland@podomatic.com

Thursday, Jan 31, 2008

Show #42: Anything Goes - Hilarious sound pranks!

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Some hilarious Howard Stern prank calls and voicemail hilarity! Program note and warning: This episode contains very explicit language and material and is not suitable for youngsters or those who are offended by very harsh language or content. Those individuals are strongly encouraged to skip this episode. Now, on to the fun!

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Wednesday, Jan 30, 2008

Show #41: Anything Goes - Surf's Up!

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Summer's coming, so on a cold, windy and stormy night here are some surf beach tunes to help get you in a warmer mood and looking forward to surf and sun.

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Tuesday, Jan 29, 2008

Show #40: Anything Goes - Hilarious prank calls!

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Our best-yet prank calls! Hear the guy from India who was set up by his wife who thinks he is cheating on her..and steps right into the trap! Or the girl whose drug test results were pranked by her mom....and hear what she offers the "drug test guy" in exchange for being able to re-take the test!! Prepare for the hilarity and stand by for pleasure!!

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Friday, Jan 25, 2008

Show #39: Instrumentals

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Some great instrumentals by 3rd Man (a TVL favorite), Jim Farley, Bob Hughes (another TVL favorite!), Mike Norton, and Rough Sax. Pull up a seat and enjoy!

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Thursday, Jan 24, 2008

Show #38: Celtic Night!

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This is our Celtic show featuring various Irish and Celtic folk tunes and jigs to get the heart pumping. So put on your kilt, dust off the pipes, grab the fiddle and your Irish whistle and enjoy!

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Wednesday, Jan 23, 2008

Show #37: Anything Goes - Various Rock

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Some great arena rock tunes by the likes of Soulseeker, Crush, Hellsingland Underground, and Little Fish Big Pond along with Phestur closing out the show with their seminal tune, "Epiphany." Also, by popular demand, Blondstar is included!

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Monday, Jan 21, 2008

Show #36: Phestur's Fine Pompeii - Final Mixes!

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Here they are, the FINAL mixes from Phestur's soon-to-be-released CD, "Fine Pompeii" and you heard 'em on here first! Special thanks to Phestur for the tunes. You can catch Phestur at: http://www.phestur.com.

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Thursday, Jan 17, 2008

Show #35: Goofy A$$ Award Show

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This week's Goofy A$$ Award show, including some tunes by Alamantra, Stressbitch, and David Ipolito. Semi-finalists were Britney Spears, Richard Thompson, Adnan Ghalib, Jessica Dwyer, and Mary J. Blidge. Find out who the Magic Quarter chose for this week's winner!

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Thursday, Jan 17, 2008

Show #34: Featured artist - DJ Hype

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Featuring local talent, DJ Hype! Cool tunes with his flavor injected. Check out DJ Hype's material at http://www.myspace.com/whoisdjhype

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Wednesday, Jan 16, 2008

Show #33: Wednesday Night Playroll

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Featuring the music of Kirsty Hawkshaw, Bob Hughes, and Hudson Cerone. Also presenting the list of Goofy A$$ Award semi-finalists for this week: Repeat offender Britney Spears, Richard "My judge cut me a HUGE break" Thompson, Adnan "Cassanova" Ghalib, Jessica Dwyer, and Mary J. "Pass the roids" Blige. Find out more about the "why" of our semi-finalists on the show!

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Tuesday, Jan 15, 2008

Show #32: Spotlight on the music of Bob Hughes

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Our feature on the music of Bob Hughes, with special guest Bob Hughes himself answering some questions about himself and his music. Join the show for some great tunes and a great ride. Enjoy!

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Thursday, Jan 10, 2008

Show #31: Goofy A$$ Award Show!

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Our finalists for this week's Goofy A$$ Award were: Billy Zane and fiancee Kelly Brook, Kerry Katona, the Spice Girls, Chris Langham, and Alessandro DiNunzio. The Magic Quarter has spoken and one of our lucky finalists was the chosen one.

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Thursday, Jan 10, 2008

Show #30: Anything Goes - Political jabs!

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With election year 2008 now underway, we begin taking jabs at politicians, beginning at the top with some of the "Bushisms" already in our library. More jabs to follow! Also, introducing "Congressman Bob."

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Wednesday, Jan 09, 2008

Show #29: Anything Goes - Experimental Rock

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Some great experimental rock tunes by Fisher, 3rd Man (a TVL favorite), and Admonitor. Also a review of the Goofy A$$ Award semi-finalists for this week and some of our new "fake" commercials!

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Monday, Jan 07, 2008

Show #28: Anything Goes - Blues

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Some great blues by Bluesman Deluxe. Also announcing this week's semi-finalists for the Goofy A$$ Award: Billy Zane and fiancee Kelly Brook, Kerry Katona, the Spice Girls (yep, they're baaaaack), Chris Langham, and Alessandro diNunzio. Be on the lookout on a future show for excerpts from comedian author Louie Lawent's book, "The Louie/God Interviews."

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Wednesday, Jan 02, 2008

Show #27: Anything Goes - More soundboards

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Hear some "Bushisms" straight from the mouth of our great President. Also some Howard Stern soundboard prank calls!

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Wednesday, Jan 02, 2008

Show #26: Best of TVL, 2007

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Best-of TVL for 2007. This show highlights some of the bits that listeners emailed us about most frequently, including "Blond Star" which is by far our most requested bit! Be on the look out for our newest upcoming "character," Congressman Bob.

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The Vast Wasteland is a show rammed down the public's throat via podcast and Shoutcast radio. The show is genuinely "about nothing" which means it is about anything--and yet nothing. Kinda like going to college and refusing to declare your major. We've found people tend to expect so much less of you that way!

We have several friends of the show, including a paranormal research group in Ashland, Ohio called the Greater Ashland Paranormal Society (G.A.P.S.) and we think that's cool, whether or not that's a ploy to cash in on the similarity with The Atlantic Paranormal Society (T.A.P.S.) that produces the TV show, "Ghost Hunters" (a show we happen to think is very cool and definitely the standard to emulate, especially if one can't be original enough to find one's own unique gig).

Something we've been asked a lot is what really cool stuff do we use to produce the TVL (The Vast Wasteland, without the "W") podcast and Shoutcast show. Here's the skinny:

1. Fairly high-end computer running Fedora Core Linux (nope, we don't run Microsoft Windows on the equipment used to produce the show)

2. Audacity - for recording and editing all audio

3. MixPad - timeline based multitrack mixer for laying down the various show-clips onto separate tracks, editing to draw everything together, and then mixing-down to the MP3 file that you listen to when you download or subscribe to the show.

4. Some talent or know-how in manipulating, mixing, and mixing-down audio tracks into a final product that HOPEFULLY doesn't suck too horribly!

Things we like: Chocolate, eating wings at Hooters (well, the "eating wings" part isn't as important), money (yeah, like we've actually GOT some!), and comfortable shoes.

Things we don't like: Vans with no windows.....kitten pie....having politicians tell us what we're thinking!

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