Brobdingnagian Bards Podcast

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Notes:

• First Show of the Second Season
• Winner of “Best Ineligible Band” in the Renaissance Festival Awards
• How we decide songs to play in the podcast
• Bard Focus Groups
• Bards with Voltaire at Elysium
• “Death to the World”
• Another Random Andrew Quote: #8 and #24
• The Vista Operating System
• Slice of Sci Fi
• Groundhog Day!
• An OCD Moment by Marc Gunn
• Question or Comment for the Bards at 512-879-NEWT (6398)

Songs This Week:

• “Beer, Beer, Beer” from The Holy Grail of Irish Drinking Songs,
• “Paddy McCullough” from Songs of Ireland,
• “Valeria” from Songs of the Muse.

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A Brobdingnagian Minute #15 – New Season: Bards of Terror!

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Notes:

• End of Season One
• Vote for us in the Austin Music Awards
• ShadowCon, the First Show of the Year
• Craving Dungeons & Dragons
• Bard Age Conversion Chart
• The Life of Mozart on autoharp
• Bardic New Years Resolutions
• Finishing Real Men Wear Kilts, non-traditional Scottish music, like the Other Bible, or The Dark Horse of Scottish Music
• The Holy Grail of Irish Drinking Songs, a CompilaNew CD
• Real World: Ren Faire. Comedy Gold at the Louisiana Renaissance Festival with Vince Conaway, Paolo Garbanzo, The Tortuga Twins, The Limeybirds, Marrus
• New Segment(?): Another Random Andrew Quote #12
• “Greedo Fired Second”
• Question or Comment for the Bards at 512-879-NEWT (6398)

Songs This Week:

• “Hero of Canton“
• “Jug of Punch” from Songs of Ireland,
• “Follow Prince Charlie“,
• “Mary Mac”,
• “Donald, Where’s Your Drunken Scotsman?”,
• “Flower of Scotland“
• “Green Grow the Rashes”,
• “If I Had A Million New Years Ducats“.

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A Brobdingnagian Minute #14 – End of Season One, Non-Traditional Scottish Music

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Notes:

• The William Shatner Bards
• The story of the Brobdingnagian Bards cont.
• Coming up with the Band Name
• The first songs we played at faire
• BrobdingnagianBards.com
• Trying out for Excalibur Fantasy Faire
• Daily Texan Comic – Bards on the South Mall
• Remembering us at the Alamo Drafthouse
• Mentors at faire: Bedlam Bards
• Halloween music
• What’s important about Halloween?
• Dressing up for Halloween
• Cool Halloween costumes
• Willow for Halloween
• Opening for the Rolling Stones in Austin vs. Tipperary Inn in Dallas
• HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
• Question or Comment for the Bards at 512-879-NEWT (6398)

Songs This Week:

• “A Rabbit for Halloween” (unreleased)
• “Monster Mash” from Brobdingnagian Fairy Tales,
• “Trick or Treat in Yonkers” (unreleased).

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A Brobdingnagian Minute #13 – Happy Halloween! with Halloween Music, Conclusion of How We Started Playing Music Together

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Notes:

• TV Shows: Bards vs. Sci Fi Channel
• Friday, October 6th at Elysium, Goth Club
• Part 2: How Did The Bards Get Started?
• Love/hate relationship with Celtic Rock
• Coming Out of the Closet
• Practicing on the South Mall of the University of Texas at Austin
• One Bard ponders the Air Force, another Dreams of the Texas Renaissance Festival
• VH1′s Where Are They Now – Renaissance Festival Version
• Vacation Tour of Ireland with the Brobdingnagian Bards
• Things Celtic
• Jedi Drinking Songs Video on YouTube
• Request for more YouTube Videos of our music
• Promo: Bear’s Grove Podcast
• “Warning” by Mac
• Question or Comment for the Bards at 512-879-NEWT (6398)

Songs This Week:

• “Soul of a Harper” from Brobdingnagian Fairy Tales,
• “Patriot Game” from Songs of Ireland,
• “Jedi Drinking Song Prequel” (unreleased).

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A Brobdingnagian Minute #12 – Goths, UT South Mall, Ireland Vacation, Jedi Prequel

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