So, it looks like 2014 is about to be completed, huh? Just a short note here to say "hey thanks for checking the blog out from time to time". I know I have not updated as much as I should have, however it is something I endeavor to do more and more of in 2015. I really think it is a good companion piece to The One Guy Talking Podcast. After all, this blog was the inspiration for the podcast. The podcast has been going strong for 2+years. I'm starting to really hit my stride.
Dare I say, I have had some very creative shows (and some less than creative ones). I've made some good Facebook Friends in some people that have come on the show, and really opened up and talked about their craft/sport/art, but also shown the kind of person they are as well. So many thanks to Rosi Sexton , Jens Pulver , Nate Quarry , Karen from WORM, and Virginia Jones. Whether they were fighters, comics or musicians.. they opened up, and managed to goof around and show a different side of themselves.
I always strive to at least have an interesting conversation, one that I would have w/ a friend or even a stranger sitting next to me on a train. It was cool to hear Jens talk about his anxiety disorder that he battles, Rosi talk about how difficult it is to retire from the fight game, Karen talk about juggling HR and music, and Virginia talking about comedy and making out to Radiohead's "OK Computer" as a kid.
Thanks Guys! I'm very excited to do the show going forward. I just did an hour and 15 minutes solo, 2 nights ago. No guests! Very proud. Hope it was interesting. I dug it. Bodes well for the future.
Right now, Vicki and Tobin are up in Pennsylvania doing the visit grandma thing. I've been solo hanging w/ the dogs and cats! It's surreal and kinda lame. This whole being alone bit. It's too quiet. Don't dig it. I miss the chaos of a certain six year old dropping the F bomb and making Roussimar Palhares jokes! :) I miss my gorgeous wife keeping me in line, or frustrating me, ... often at the same time! lol
Seriously Vicki is amazing... very supportive, and I'm truly a lucky guy to be married to someone so great. I feel that we have produced a very sweet, very intelligent boy. Tobin challenges, and pushes boundaries. While those are qualities that somewhat exasperating to see in your child, I feel that it does society good in the end to push the envelope a bit.
So yeah, looks like life is heading along ok. Family is awesome and healthy. New Job is going okish (performing fine..etc etc), school is going great (rocking the 4.0!) and hey, I'm kind of happy, and smiling... :)
What about you?
Speak soon!
E
11.05.2014
One Guy Talking Podcast - Live & Recorded Episodes:
Thursday Night 8PM EST! Karen from Worm and Now I'm Nothing will join from Chi Town to talk industrial music, geek stuff, and whatever else we can get up to!!
One Guy Talking Podcast - Live & Recorded Episodes:
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9.11.2014
Little Post Birthday Blog Post (and a couple of good podcast guests!)
Hey Kiddos
It's a 44 year old Ethan Sincoff blogging to you today. That's right, Mr. Podcaster/Blogger/Husband and Dad par Excellence has reached turned another page of the calendar! The # has hit me pretty hard,.. but it is sort of one of those "what are you gonna do" type things.... It certainly beats the alternative of pushing up daisies... but to think I used to run around the East Village at 3am... and that Kirk Miller probably STILL runs around the East Village at all hours... makes ya feel old! I need a nap right now, actually.
So birthday was great..v. mellow and understated. Vicki and Tobin took me out to a great dinner at Orsay in Jacksonville. W/O doubt my favorite favorite FAVORITEST restaurant here... I had duck.. and it was yummy.... Vicki looked gorgeous.. Tobin rocked and behaved.. much red wine was imbibed. What's that deserty thingy w/ the crispy sugary top?? It was yummy, we had that.... Crème Brule I think that's it... it was yums.
Vicki also got me a great, and I mean great set of headphones so I could podcast and sound good. I'm finally waking up to the fact I should do a little, and I mean a little bit of prep work so the show can sound better. It's hard to believe I've been doing the show for over 2 years... I'm just finally starting to "network" a bit in the podcaster FB community pages... a lot of the podcasters are business type success type podcasts... I'm like "um, I talk about mma, and jokes, and being jewish and stuff".... lol fits right in.
I would be remiss if I did not reference two great podcast guests I have had on recently.
Virginia Jones is this lovely gal shown below. She is a comic, based in Los Angeles.. and she's really hip.. and I've bet she has seen The Cure in concert... and does sort of Gothic karaoke as well... she used to live in Portland.. and she was on "Portlandia"... you should check out her website and follow her on Twitter. She is awesome, and not really "comedienne like" in the sense that a lot of the comics (aside from Kass Smiley) that I've had on... don't like to "share" the show.. but Virginia was awesome.. and was able to riff.. and laugh.. and I can't say enough groovy things about her.
Please Follow Virginia on Twitter, and Facebook, check out her YouTube Page. Go see her comedy gigs. She's very funny, and I feel will be very big one day!
That was a Thursday, on Friday morning, I had a special recording of a show w/ one of my favorite MMA peeps in the world, Rosi Sexton. What a great person to talk to! She was warm, and funny.. and really "got the show" in the sense I told her "hey I'm a goofy guy who talks about random stuff, but loves MMA, and we will get to MMA,... but there may be time where I'm going to tell you an anecdote, or say something silly"... She totally rolled with it.
I dig Rosi because she is sort of an "old school" fighter.... Really seems to love the sport for the sports sake. She's kicked butt, and fought all over the world for a bunch of different organizatons.. not to mention she is interesting to talk to about non MMA stuff as she has a really interesting background (interests/education/being a parent etc.)
Please keep an eye on Rosi's website. I'm sure that as she transitions to new MMA venture type stuff, she will update us all. Support her, and all of her sponsors! She's Britain's Sweetheart!!!
I think I timed the interview perfectly in that I didn't piss her off, and I didn't say anything stupid!! lol again, in the case of both Virginia, and Rosi, it pays to do some homework before podcasting!!
BTW: As far as "new school" type fighters; I don't have a problem with "The Ultimate Fighter" or fighters/performers that have a larger than life persona.. I just have a hard time reconciling it w/ who the real person is... vs. who the performer is... "how does the hype machine get started?" "who tells the person to tweet constantly?" "How do they make sure to snarl and show their tattoos?" ... because they do snarl, and they do show tattoos!
It's a 44 year old Ethan Sincoff blogging to you today. That's right, Mr. Podcaster/Blogger/Husband and Dad par Excellence has reached turned another page of the calendar! The # has hit me pretty hard,.. but it is sort of one of those "what are you gonna do" type things.... It certainly beats the alternative of pushing up daisies... but to think I used to run around the East Village at 3am... and that Kirk Miller probably STILL runs around the East Village at all hours... makes ya feel old! I need a nap right now, actually.
So birthday was great..v. mellow and understated. Vicki and Tobin took me out to a great dinner at Orsay in Jacksonville. W/O doubt my favorite favorite FAVORITEST restaurant here... I had duck.. and it was yummy.... Vicki looked gorgeous.. Tobin rocked and behaved.. much red wine was imbibed. What's that deserty thingy w/ the crispy sugary top?? It was yummy, we had that.... Crème Brule I think that's it... it was yums.
Vicki also got me a great, and I mean great set of headphones so I could podcast and sound good. I'm finally waking up to the fact I should do a little, and I mean a little bit of prep work so the show can sound better. It's hard to believe I've been doing the show for over 2 years... I'm just finally starting to "network" a bit in the podcaster FB community pages... a lot of the podcasters are business type success type podcasts... I'm like "um, I talk about mma, and jokes, and being jewish and stuff".... lol fits right in.
I would be remiss if I did not reference two great podcast guests I have had on recently.
Virginia Jones is this lovely gal shown below. She is a comic, based in Los Angeles.. and she's really hip.. and I've bet she has seen The Cure in concert... and does sort of Gothic karaoke as well... she used to live in Portland.. and she was on "Portlandia"... you should check out her website and follow her on Twitter. She is awesome, and not really "comedienne like" in the sense that a lot of the comics (aside from Kass Smiley) that I've had on... don't like to "share" the show.. but Virginia was awesome.. and was able to riff.. and laugh.. and I can't say enough groovy things about her.
Please Follow Virginia on Twitter, and Facebook, check out her YouTube Page. Go see her comedy gigs. She's very funny, and I feel will be very big one day!
That was a Thursday, on Friday morning, I had a special recording of a show w/ one of my favorite MMA peeps in the world, Rosi Sexton. What a great person to talk to! She was warm, and funny.. and really "got the show" in the sense I told her "hey I'm a goofy guy who talks about random stuff, but loves MMA, and we will get to MMA,... but there may be time where I'm going to tell you an anecdote, or say something silly"... She totally rolled with it.
I dig Rosi because she is sort of an "old school" fighter.... Really seems to love the sport for the sports sake. She's kicked butt, and fought all over the world for a bunch of different organizatons.. not to mention she is interesting to talk to about non MMA stuff as she has a really interesting background (interests/education/being a parent etc.)
Please keep an eye on Rosi's website. I'm sure that as she transitions to new MMA venture type stuff, she will update us all. Support her, and all of her sponsors! She's Britain's Sweetheart!!!
I think I timed the interview perfectly in that I didn't piss her off, and I didn't say anything stupid!! lol again, in the case of both Virginia, and Rosi, it pays to do some homework before podcasting!!
BTW: As far as "new school" type fighters; I don't have a problem with "The Ultimate Fighter" or fighters/performers that have a larger than life persona.. I just have a hard time reconciling it w/ who the real person is... vs. who the performer is... "how does the hype machine get started?" "who tells the person to tweet constantly?" "How do they make sure to snarl and show their tattoos?" ... because they do snarl, and they do show tattoos!
8.25.2014
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