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A Brobdingnagian Minute #27 - Chatting About our Vacation Tour of Ireland

We're back from another brilliant time visiting Ireland with our fans. The trip was all too brief, but in this podcast, we take some time to share some of our fond memories of our trip.

Show Notes:

• Favorite Places from our Vacation Tour of Ireland
  
• Gougane Barra
  
• Stone Circles
  
• "Black Velvet Band" from The Holy Grail of Irish Drinking Songs
  
• Magnum Ice Cream
  
• Video from Brigit's Garden "Fellowship of the Ring"
  
• "Rocky Road to Dublin" from Songs of Ireland
  
• Fond Fables
  
• Movie Reviews: Zohan, Get Smart, Hancock, WALL-E
  
• GenCon Confirmed
• "Lish Young Buy-A-Broom" from Songs of Ireland

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Labels: vacation ireland

--posted by Marc Gunn of the Brobdingnagian Bards, Celtic Folk Music
  12:08 PM

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A Brobdingnagian Minute #26 - Getting Political on Yo' Arse

This podcast was recorded at the end of March, and lookie, I'm just now getting around to posting it. W00t! Well, at least we'll be caught up to record a new show very soon. And more once we get to Ireland. Enjoy!

Show Notes:

• Bardic Bonus Features
  
• Bardic Foundation of Not Losing Your Brain Through the Windshielf
  
• Car mileage conspiracy
  
• Consuming the consumer
  
• Executive Suite (1954) with William Holden
  
• Battlestar Galactica Nerd Warning!
  
• Marketing with Integrity
  
• Politics Above the Law
  
• Summer Brooks of Slice of Sci Fi and Essays on Battlestar Galactica
  
• Buck Rogers DVD
  
• GM Motors Annecdote

Songs This Week:

• "The Heart of Fangorn" from Memories of Middle Earth
• "Patriot Game" from Songs of Ireland
• "Shepherd's Serenade" from Songs of the Muse
  

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--posted by Marc Gunn of the Brobdingnagian Bards, Celtic Folk Music
  9:03 PM

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A Brobdingnagian Minute #25 - Austin Music Award Win #3

Welcome to Season 3 of A Brodingnagian Minute. We're back with more zany bardic goodness... whatever that may be. This month, we're happy to say we WON in the Austin Music Awards, plus lots of rambling on the usual bardic randomness.

Show Notes:

• Too many podcasts: Irish & Celtic Music Podcast, Renaissance Festival Podcast and other podcasts by Marc Gunn
• Andrew's Picasso Period
  
• Lord of War
  
• Pet Peeve: Trailers you can't fast forward through
  
• Best Folk Act in the Austin Music Awards
  
• The Cowsills
  
• Music for old video games: Pitfall, Pacman, Donkey Kong
  
• Samson Zoom H2
  
• Onya, Irish rock musician
  
• Demand the Brobdingnagian Bards
  

Songs This Week:

• "Patriot Game" from Songs of Ireland
• "Harvest Home" from Songs of the Muse
  
• "The Holy Ground" from The Holy Grail of Irish Drinking Songs
• "Jug of Punch (Live)" from LIVE: Nex Monoceroti, Per Risibus
  

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Labels: austin music awards

--posted by Marc Gunn of the Brobdingnagian Bards, Celtic Folk Music
  12:35 PM

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A Brobdingnagian Minute #24 - Explicit Writer's Strike

Welcome to Season 3 of A Brodingnagian Minute. We're back with more zany bardic goodness... whatever that may be. This month, we're talking about Wil Wheaton, the Ireland tour, our presidential nomination, and a "crapload" of shows for the spring.

Show Notes:

• Writer's Strike
• Wil Wheaton on Pulp Gamer
• Join the Bards Tour of Ireland
• Bards on SoundClick
• Brobdingnagian Bards for President
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer, "Love Bites"
• Movie comments: Juno, Charlie Wilson's War and Atonement
• Gigs in Yuma, Arizona, Four Winds, Muskogee, I-Con, and more!
  

Songs This Week:

• "Spancil Hill" from Songs of Ireland
• "Rising of the Moon" from Songs of Ireland
• "Like a Hobbit in a Mushroom Field" from Memories of Middle Earth
  

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--posted by Marc Gunn of the Brobdingnagian Bards, Celtic Folk Music
  6:25 PM

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A Brobdingnagian Minute #23 - Drunken Scotsman on Bourbon Street

Show Notes:

• Dune
  
• Red Dwarf Mobile Pack
  
• New CD: LIVE: Nex Monoceroti, Per Risibus
• New Bards Video Podcast Coming Soon
  
• Six Weeks at the Louisiana Renaissance Festival
  
• Bourbon Street and The Drunken Scotsman video
  
• And We're Back!
  
• Booking for 2008
• How to Find Good Mexican Food
  

Songs This Week:

• "Finnegan's Wake" from LIVE: Nex Monoceroti, Per Risibus,
• "LOOB" from LIVE: Nex Monoceroti, Per Risibus,
• "Donald, Where's Your Drunken Scotsman?" from LIVE: Nex Monoceroti, Per Risibus.

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--posted by Marc Gunn of the Brobdingnagian Bards, Celtic Folk Music
  7:09 PM

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A Brobdingnagian Minute #22 - 3 Steps to DragonCon

This weeks Brobdingnagian Bards podcast was recorded on the drive to DragonCon 2007 in Atlanta, Georgia.

Show Notes:

• Marc's fancy sports car
  
• Lots of shows at DragonCon
• New CD: LIVE: Nex Monoceroti, Per Risibus
• The Bardy Balls: The Case of the Bardic Treasure
• The Stalkers Union of DragonCon
• A Word from our Table People
• Other bands at DragonCon: Voltaire, Bedlam Bards, Boogie Knights, Emerald Rose
  

Songs This Week:

• "Pachelbel's Canon/Old Dun Cow" from LIVE: Nex Monoceroti, Per Risibus,
• "Jedi Drinking Song Prequel" from LIVE: Nex Monoceroti, Per Risibus,
• "If I Had A Million Smurfy Ducats" from LIVE: Nex Monoceroti, Per Risibus.

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Labels: dragoncon

--posted by Marc Gunn of the Brobdingnagian Bards, Celtic Folk Music
  1:48 PM

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A Brobdingnagian Minute #21 - Live from Lisdoonvarna, Ireland

Recorded live in Lisdoonvarna, Ireland while on the Brobdingnagian Bards Tour of Ireland.

Show Notes:

• Make a donation and download the MP3s from this show here
  

Songs This Week:

• "Man of La Mancha"
• "Old Dun Cow" from Brobdingnagian Fairy Tales,
• "Frog Kissin'" from Brobdingnagian Fairy Tales,
• "A Fairy Story" from A Faire To Remember,
• "Lily the Pink" from Brobdingnagian Fairy Tales,
• "Spancil Hill" from Songs of Ireland,
• "Whiskey in the Jar" from A Faire To Remember,
• "An Irishman Who Doesn't Drink"
• "Donald, Where's Your Trousers Medley" from A Faire To Remember,
• Marc Trying to Think/"Munumanuh"
• "Star of the County Down"
• "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" from A Faire To Remember.

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A Brobdingnagian Minute #21 - Live from Lisdoonvarna, Ireland


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Labels: music in ireland, vacation ireland

--posted by Marc Gunn of the Brobdingnagian Bards, Celtic Folk Music
  6:26 PM

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