The Unknown Studio

Adam and I live excessively busy lives it seems, and try as we might, we often don’t have time to juggle so many projects at once.

One of the projects that we’ve often left neglected is our poor blog. I want to be clear here – we want to have tons of content here for you to enjoy. We want to give you a reason to come here every day. We want to sit down and each write something every day.

Sadly what we want, and reality are often so far from being in the same ballpark that they’re not even playing the same game anymore.

We long ago made the decision that the podcast was our priority, and I think we made the right choice on that front. It’s a quality show that we’re very proud of, and it recently celebrated a major milestone. Essentially this means that in any given week, if we’re super busy, we’ll make time to record the show – but we don’t give the same consideration to this space.

Well, I state it here that we’re going to try and turn this ship around. I can’t promise quality content from day-to-day but you can expect more deliciously readable content on our website starting this week.

So stay tuned… or bookmarked… or whatever the hell you do on the Internet.

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I know what every single one of you is thinking right now: “When can I get me some new Unknown Studio action?” A fair question, and one that deserves an honest answer — after significant preamble, of course.

You see, our fair podcast turn two at the end of June. Quite a milestone, if you ask me, since neither Scott nor I were really sure where this who Unknown Studio thing was going to go. But even before our second birthday, we’re hitting another major milestone: our 50th episode.

Yes, it’s true. We’ve almost done 50 of these things over the last two years. Pretty remarkable, when you consider the fact that our dedication is often sidetracked by… oh, you know, the usual things: pies on windowsills, butterflies, unusual colours, and political arguments with strangers in grocery stores (seriously, ask me about it sometime). So at 50 eps, we’re feeling pretty good about ourselves.

And feeling good about ourselves also means doing something right for you, our fifties of listeners. We’re compiling a show for you that’s taking a heck of a lot of work from Scott and I. And that means a delay for episode 50.

But, we promise we’ll have a new episode live by Friday. Please let us know if you can’t hang in there until then. We’ll find something to occupy your time.

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Except that podcasting IS, in fact, a “thang.”

Scott and I have been wrangling this here podcast for almost two years now. And the results have been, to my mind, astonishing. I know we talk an awful lot about it, but we’re pretty proud of what we’ve been able to accomplish. And we’ve hit yet another milestone.

The Unknown Studio is now debt-free!

Thanks in no small part to our sponsors — The Traveling Tickle Trunk and Guru Digital Arts College — we’ve paid off hosting costs, equipment costs, music royalty costs, incorporation costs, etc. It’s a very exciting time for us. And it means we now have our very own, somewhat-portable home studio.

Since we started, we’ve been fortunate enough to have the use of a professional studio, thanks to Scott’s benevolent employers. It’s been unreal, actually. The quality of sound you hear on our show would not be possible without access to the space. But we’re quite limited as to when we can record, since they have, you know, a radio station to run.

So now we have our own recording studio that we can access at any time (and drink beer while using!) that features:

• Four EV Raven microphones
• A Shure SM58 microphone for segment recording
• Two additional microphones donated by Jeff Samsonow and Voice Print
• A beautiful Yamaha 8-channel mixer
• A Zoom H4n MP3/WAV recorder

Your favourite local podcast continues to grow. We’ve become more ambitious, more ballsy, and more awesome over the last two years. And as we approach two huge milestones — our second birthday and our 50th episode — we’ve also become more self-centred and more self-impressed, but I honestly think it’s just a phase. For Scott.

Thanks to our wonderful sponsors, as we mentioned. To the Edmonton Journal for continuing to pimp our brand. To our guests for agreeing to suffer our company for as many as two hours at a time. And especially to our listeners for always supporting us.

Please comment, email us, and let us know how we’re doing, good and bad. We want to become YOUR source for hilarious Edmonton happenings. And next on our list of conquests: Calgary!

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Please allow me a little self-indulgence. I’m feeling a little sentimental today…

I’ve been blessed with unusual success in my life. Some of it has to do with luck. Some of it is because my parents (and let’s face it, my brothers too) knew when to crack the whip, and when to let me screw up. Some of it is because I’ve had outstanding mentors to guide me.

But most of it is because I’ve worked my butt off to create things, and ensure their longevity. I don’t believe good things come to those who wait. Good things come to those who work, and that means sacrifice, long nights, and occasionally tears.

If you’re sitting on your ass waiting for success to find you, you’re being lazy. You go out and you find success.

In some ways, I’ve made this success look easy — almost like I fell ass-backwards into it. But that’s not even close to true.
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Well, it’s almost Valentine’s Day. Have you ordered flowers? Bought chocolates? Are you going to eat them alone on the couch? Sad.

This episode, our guest Felicia shares dating tips, and some key information about just how you should behave and dress for that important first date.

Here’s the show breakdown:

0:00: Intro: “Nice tits”
1:00: Part 1 of our interview with Felicia Dewar, founder of TheSingleGirl.ca
12:03: Adam Unleashed: On V-day
15:06: A contest you should enter
17:13: Part 2 of our interview with Felicia Dewar
38:44: Sex Talk with Lauren from the Traveling Tickle Trunk
40:22: A Dramatic Back to the Future Reading with Scott C. Bourgeois
43:24: Part 3 of our interview with Felicia Dewar
1:02:30: The Fast 15 with Felicia Dewar

The Unknown Studio is a proud member of the League of Extraordinary Media.

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EDMONTON JOURNAL STILL SPONSORS THE UNKNOWN STUDIO
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That’s not entirely true, of course. But Scott and I, being the ridiculously good-looking and busy men that we are, will not have a podcast out today. As we gather interviews for our post-Edmonton-election wrap-up show, we want to get it right. And we want it to be interesting.

So we’ll release our next episode tomorrow.

Sorry for the delay. We know you’ve really been looking forward to this!

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