Sat, 28 June 2008  Make sure to go to www.voyagesofvanguard.com read our blogs and articlesThe HIGHLIGHTS from show 47: * Me and Luper talk about the recent patch and how cool the Mekalia event is!! *I make Luper very uncomfortable by asking her to show me her PC stats. Even though I am very comfortable with my stats, raiders often have a hard time confessing their uhm, possible shortcomings. Please feel free to cut our conversation apart and make a funny segment out of it! *Some Immersion Project suggestions! Some trivia: 1) Luper recorded, once again, from the inside of a jet engine. With a fan on. While monks chanted behind her. 2) Luper said the "S" word TWICE. She is in the corner on a time-out right now. 3) We recorded early enough in the morning to make us both sound kind of goofy once in a while. More than normal. Luper sounds like she smoked a carton of smokes, but she doesn't smoke. 4) I might have been wrong about how many FPS our eye can see. See here. Here's the second part of the thingy. There, so the 4 grand you spent on that machine that gets 150 FPS was SOOOO worth it. I spent 1200 on mine and the rest of the 4k on beer. The song of the show: Interesting story behind this amazingly beautiful song. No artist writes music like it anymore: A lawsuit was filed in 2004 by the family of Solomon Linda seeking damages for the copyright of the song "The Lion Sleeps Tonight." Mr. Linda had written and recorded the song in 1939 under the name "Mbube," which is Zulu for "The Lion." In 1952 he sold the copyright of "Mbube" to Gallo Studios, the company that produced his record, for 10 shillings (about 87 cents today). He also got a job sweeping floors and serving tea in the company's packing house. Born in 1909 in the Zulu heartland of Africa, Mr. Linda never learned to read or write, but he knew music and had the ability of writing lyrics. He died in 1962 at the age of 53, with $22.00 in the bank. His wife could not afford a gravestone. Over the years, more than 150 artists have recorded the song under the name, "The Lion Sleeps Tonight." The song has survived many versions; a jazz version, nightclub version, folk version, pop version, and finally a 1994 Walt Disney hit movie under the name "The Lion King." Mr. Linda and his family should have enjoyed a very comfortable life, but instead, the family lived in Soweto with barely a stick of furniture, sleeping on a dirt floor carpeted with cow dung. His eight children survived on maize porridge, known as pap. When they passed a grade in school, their reward was an egg. Two died as babies, one of malnutrition. Solomon Linda's daughter, Ms. Nsele contends the family was hoodwinked by a South African lawyer, now deceased. They have won their law suit, and Ms.Nsele commented,, " I was angry before. They didn't ask permission. They just decided to do anything they wanted with my father's song. But now it seems we must forgive because they have come to their senses and realized they have made a mistake. The Bible says you must try to forgive." Her daughter Zandile corrected her by saying, "Not 'try'. It says 'forgive.'" In February of 2006 an undisclosed settlement was reached between Linda's heirs and Abilene Music, who held the worldwide rights. The heirs received payment for past uses of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" and an entitlement to future royalties from its worldwide use. A trust has been set up to administer the heirs' copyright of the song. Excerpts from the article written by Sharon LaFraniere Comments[0] |
Fri, 20 June 2008 Make sure to go to http://voyagesofvanguardThe highlight from show 46: * You know what kind of people are SUPA' FUN to interview? One's that are named MOONLITE, Senior Customer Service Supervisor! She throws down facts about answering petitions, and how to talk to PvP fanatics! Near the latter half of the interview we break into essentially a free-for-all conversational "jam-session!" We had so much fun, and we thank the whole team for being so nice to us!! Beau PS: Next week is a "normal" show we think, then we will possibly have Silius again or the wonderful Ellyra! YAY! This week's song is picked out by Moonlite and is Iron Maiden's "Hallowed Be Thy Name"! Man, Maiden RULES! Some trivia from the show: Moonlite says "QQ" at one point. Glip LOVES Hillary Duff. When we started the interview, we thought we needed to interview 3 people at once. I think we recovered quite nicely. Now, check a look at the picture that Moonlite sent us: HERE. If you can guess who she is one stage, you will get some free cookies! And a shout-out, of course. Save the pic, circle her and send it back to voyagesofvanguard@yahoo.com Comments[0] |
Fri, 13 June 2008 Make sure to go to http://voyagesofvanguardThe highlight from show 45: * We have a long, nice, cocoa-sipping conversation with Avair!! He's in charge of roughly half the classes, and also has a VERY manly voice! This is FILLED with interesting Q and A! Thanks to him for taking time out from a lunch of Chicken Salad to talk to us!! Beau PS: Next week is the an interview with the wonderful MOONLITE! She's in charge of CS, and has a lovely British accent! And man, she's into METAL! This week's song comes from listener Nimbell, and is Blondie's "Die Young, Stay Pretty". A great pick considering my perma-death experiment. Comments[0] |
Fri, 6 June 2008 Make sure to go to http://voyagesofvanguardThe highlights from show 44: * Beau is on a lot of cold medicine. * What did we do this week in game and around the recording studio? * The Silius and Glip interviews: how did we think they went? * GU5 BABY! We go down the short list to talk about what worked and what was uhm, you know. * Silius' poll: go read it and figure out how you want to vote! * Random Items: a) Class lead vacancies b) Bring back Jaye! c) Listener email d) Custom UI! Go try the BETA! It rocks my Raki's fur!! Beau PS: Make sure to email us with your questions for Avair!! This week's song (Beau's pick again...Luper had a good metal song picked out so Beau gets it for the show. Then his wife says "You realize you'll have to bleep half the song?" So Beau scrambled and got one of his favorites ) is "Halloween on the Barbury Coast!" by The Flaming Lips. (Before they became weak. They used to be the LOUDEST band on the Earth. I would sneak into clubs and listen to them and watch them burn their drums. My lead singer Manson is in their documentary that came out a year ago.) Comments[0] |
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On Spouse Aggro hosts Beau and Leala Turkey take you through the world of MMO's. A little humor, a bit of marital bliss, and plenty of nerd chatter. Spouse Aggro is part of the VirginWorlds MMO Podcast collective found at http://www.virginworlds.com
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