The Original

We have decided to bring you a "Special Behind the Scenes" edition of Bustopia to celebrate the fact that 5 is half of a round number. If releases were years, it would be a fifth anniversary (That's right, Qalar, I said "anniversary"). Anyway, it was originally going to be a normal show but with all the behind-the-scenes action, like me saying "Hey TERRANCE, say something funny." preceding the funny. But then it degenerated into just people talking and me not being allowed to edit it. So basically, it's going to suck. In fact, it reminded me of the original episode of Bustopia I made. I had recorded about 3 hours of Bus audio, and through 8 hours of editing (it literally consumed my entire Saturday), trimmed it down to 2 hours. So for those of you with strong livers and little to do:

Bustopia Episode 0: Rolling Down a Hill

Anyway, Episode 5 will not be as bad because we are actually trying. But it will still be bad, you can count on that. And it will be released on Friday, because I won't have to deal with finding time to edit it like I do for the so-called "not completely stupid" episodes. Prepare yourself.

Bustopia Podcast Episode 4

Yeah, it's episode 4! Sorry it took me so long. I had a campout last weekend and this week I've been swamped with homework.

On the show:
-TERRANCE's Girlfriend Asks Bustopia
-News
-Haiku (That's the plural, right?)
-Japanezu
-Debate on the virtues of Bob Dylan

Send suggestions and questions and stuff to bustopia@gmail.com

Bustopia Episode 4

Episode 4 soon

I finished editing Episode 4 on the bus this morning. I hope that this episode of Bustopia is even more authentic since it was edited on a bus as well as being recorded on a bus. I wasn't able to upload it at school, because FTP is blocked from the wifi. My theory is that Mr. Cutler hates freedom. Anyway, I'm on UT campus now, mooching off somebody's wifi to upload the episode, so you can expect it in a few minutes. Like anybody is going to visit this blog in the next few minutes, most of our listenership is in school.

Scott Adams Dilbert

Scott Adams just wrote on The Dilbert Blog about Google Alerts, which sends him an email anytime somebody mentions his keywords in a blog. So that's what I'm doing. His keywords are "Scott Adams Dilbert." Most likely before you read this, one of the coolest people in the world has read this, and there is a nonzero chance that he will listen to the Bustopia podcast. Too frickin' cool.

By the way, I love the comic.

Episode 4 should be out soon, we have all the audio but the editing's not done. I had a campout last weekend so I need to find time during the week.

No podcast this (last) weekend

I went on a campout, so I never came home on Friday. Had I been not stupid, I would have made this post on Thursday.

We do not have enough audio to release a show, so expect one next weekend.

Technology Failure

The official recording device of Bustopia, the Noobulous' MP3 Player, has died today due to shoddy manufacturing. This prevented recording from taking place today, although not much would have happened anyway, because few members were present. I'm bringing two alternative recording devices tomorrow: a cassette recorder and another digital recorder. Hopefully this won't be a major setback, and we can probably still release an episode this weekend. We hope we Don't Stop.

Updated Poetry

Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the center cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world.
The system is down. The system is down.
Down down down down down down down down...
Robots... Running... Forever.
The center cannot hold. 3:57.
Robots... Running... Robots.
Anarchy is loosed upon the world.
The system ... is down.
Robots ... ... Fabris.
Dying Mr. Fabris. The system is down.
Robots Running ForFabris.

—W. B. Yeats, “The Second Coming”: Bustopia Remix