Fringe Voices

The Illinois Times article written by Dusty Rhodes is now online. She discusses the local public access scene within the context of the collapse of access programming across the country.

Here's my favorite blurb.

Quirky, urbane, and purposely unpolished, Just Two Guys features the clean-cut 30-something duo engaging in a variety of mostly mundane adventures: bowling, presenting “dramatic readings,” presiding over a celebrity donut-eating contest, and using marshmallows and toothpicks to create sculptures. In their debut episode, Roderick told viewers that the show will be “a couple of guys sitting around talking about topics they have no expertise in.” The show’s charm comes from having two witty, intelligent hosts who try hard to not try too hard.

Standing in the Cold for Pictures

Micah and I are such shameless self-promoters that we stood in the cold at Union Square today so Dusty Rhodes could snap some pictures of us for an upcoming piece she's writing on Access-4. Actually, it was Dusty who was the real trooper. She just asked us if we could meet with her sometime to do a picture. We could have chosen the IT offices, or my house, or a warm coffee shop somewhere. But, nooooooo. We thought it would be more Just Two Guysy to do it at Union Square.

New Format for the Show

With me moving, Micah and I have kicked around a few ideas for how to keep the Just Two Guys machine rolling forward. We've come up with a few options. Maybe you can help us decide.

1) Internet Radio Show (podcast)-This would likely be a biweekly or monthly show that we would conduct using either something like Gabcast or a podcast audio recorder with phone recording technology. Bonus here is that those of you who might like to catch up with us could listen while you're doing other things. Much different than watching a show. And I think we both kind of favor this solution.

2) Direct to Youtube Video Show-This would be significantly harder to pull off as it would require us to both film video 900 miles apart and splice it together for each show. May be doable, but do we have the time and energy.

3) Micah Finds a Replacement Host-In this scenario, Micah would simply replace me and move on with a new host. Given the state of affairs at Public Access these days, this may be easier said than done. The number of programs being taped at Access 4, coupled with cutbacks out there have made show tapings next to impossible to get. I'd be fully supportive if Micah decides to go this route.

4) We Suck and Never Should Have Been Allowed on Air in the First Place-Maybe you don't like us. That's cool, too. If you think we should just hang it up and leave the world alone, please let us know.

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