PTR Radio

It is almost 1am and my flight leaves in 5 hours, am i ready?  Hell no!  So with that being said you should guess that tonight there will not be a show.  I don't feel like fighting the airports with a mixer, mics, stands, etc..  So instead we will be playing a classic PTR Radio show.  This time 1-5-2004 it's the return of nate from the first annual new years eve party.  Somewhat fitting considering this is the last monday of January 2008.

I will be probably posting a blog update, although not audio tomorrow so stay tuned for that as well.  till then enjoy this classic PTR show and we will be back live 2/4 follwed by another live show 2/11, that will put us back on track and we won't be missing a show in between.  Two live shows in two weeks, we may have to go on vacation after this.

Wish me luck guys and continue to tell us what you think about the site and the show.  We desperatly need photos for the Listener gallery as well, right now steve has sent in two, carlos and isabell have sent one, but other than that noone else has stepped up yet.  E-mail all stuffage to show@ptrradio.com and we'll get everything up for you.

Shaggy!

DC bound

I ended up cutting a ton of firewood today instead of recording a solocast.  This week we should stay warm and I think i will have some free time to get a new episode posted for the loyal podcast listeners.  Since apeman did put one out though and we did have to fill two hours on the live stream i figured i would use this archive episode from the PTR vault.  It's from 2/23/2004 and features nate, colin and myself.  I haven't heard the whole thing, but I know it starts off with colins classic bad jokes so it's got to be a keeper.

Anyway we do want feedback from you guys on the show and the website.  We've been putting a lot of work into it recently and want contributions from you to help fill up our gallery albums.  From listener pics to the zoo crew send us your stuff.  show@ptrradio is now the all in one email to get stuff to both mike and myself so be sure to use it.

Our first show back on NHB Radio was a great success and I think everyone who listened live will agree that everything went off very smoothly.  If you didn't get a chance to listen live or want to relive the moment download this podcast!  The list of topics are below, but I'm sure I missed some with everything going on it was just too difficult to keep up with it all.

• Wow Interaction we aren't used to this
• Bacon, it deserves it's own food group
• Shaggy's diet update
• Racist Dave calls in with blacksplotation
• Porn links via NHB lists
• Nate Finally shows up and how is Grandma
• Colonoscopy Do's and Dont's
• IDE v.s. SATA Drives
• Good tech buying sites
• Monkeys proving prostitution is very old indeed

The only homework assignment we have for you this show is to let us know what you think of the show, so far the feedback has been minimal.  Email Shaggy@ptrradio.com or MikeTheApeman@gmail.com and let us know what you think works or doesn't work.  Only by hearing from you do we grow as a show!

Remember the next live show is 1/28/2008 at 9pm Eastern, but tune in next week to hear a new TAC and Shaggy SoloCast or Classic PTR Radio.

This was actually done on 1/7/2008 and was the 42 minute test I did solo on NHB to see if the upload on my connection could handle sending to two streams.  It worked well so I went on a 35 minute solo-cast and overed a couple topics from previous whitesheets and discussed a little about the show and what to look forward too for the new listeners.  I don't remember all the topics so just have a listen and enjoy, especially if your new.

After months of contract negotiations we have finally struck a deal with the No Holds Barred Radio Network (www.nhbradio.com) to simulcast PTR Radio.  We start our syndication on 1/14/2008 at 9pm Eastern.  The two major sticking points were what to do with the off weeks of PTR, limo requests, and Mike's banana requirements.  Apeman had to settle for 2 instead of 4 bunches every live show.  Unfortunately the limos were a perk that couldn't be substantiated so we are all working hard to live without the limo transportation between home and gigs (somehow we'll make it through).  As for the off week during the week between live shows you will hear either a PTR classic (sans Apeman) or a compilation of Shaggy Solocast and The Apeman Cometh.

If you've already got our server bookmarked in your audio player don't worry we're not giving it up we're just also broadcasting to theirs.  We have been hard at work collecting news and inspiration for this first show of the New Year and hope to hear from a lot of our dedicated listeners as to how their New Year celebrations went.

The only other thing to mention is that if you want to continue to get the podcast please change your bookmark immediately to reflect the bookmark on the front-page of this site (feed://feeds.feedburner.com/PTRRadio).  We will NOT be included in the NHB podcast feed due to our schedule and preference.

As I mentioned we hope to hear from all of you both new and old listeners to PTR on our first show of the year.  All numbers will be working and all messengers will be ready to go!  As we get our feet wet we have other services to add in as well (chat rooms, webcams, live video, etc...)  So from the entire PTR Crew make sure you tune in tomorrow night for yet another historical event.

That is right folks, we all have plans (most of which include poker and alcohol).  However, we didn't want you to loose out on your PTR New Years Eve party.  So we pre-recorded this little diddy, start it at around 16 after 10pm and we should count down just about in time for your celebration.  Also be prepared for the next shag-cast which should be coming this week.