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AG/DC May 01 2008 10:06 AM

Crane Pool hotshot and MBTN creator John Cougar Lunchbucket on audio interview at http://1560thegame.com/ at 12:30.

AG/DC May 01 2008 10:09 AM

So far these louts are making me want to spit.

AG/DC May 01 2008 10:10 AM

OK, the regular host is having a sober interview with an author. Better.

metirish May 01 2008 10:21 AM

He's talking to Tom Jones!

AG/DC May 01 2008 10:36 AM

We're running over. Will Lunchbucket get bumped?

metirish May 01 2008 10:38 AM

I hope not , I am skipping lunch and tuning out of my Dublin station for this.........

Benjamin Grimm May 01 2008 10:39 AM

He's being introduced now!

AG/DC May 01 2008 10:40 AM

Cool, 'Bucket got credit for Silverman's other work.

metirish May 01 2008 10:40 AM

And Justice fucks up from the get go.

metirish May 01 2008 10:42 AM

Bucket put on the spot about Willie....

AG/DC May 01 2008 10:44 AM

Yup. And while he didn't throw him under the bus, he gave him a good view of what that bus looks like. Bucket doesn't like going off topic.

Triple Dee May 01 2008 10:44 AM

I thought he would have been a bit more diplomatic -- "until Memorial Day". Ha ha.

AG/DC May 01 2008 10:46 AM

Come on Bucket, work in the Vonnegut quote!

Benjamin Grimm May 01 2008 10:49 AM

He did very well!

AG/DC May 01 2008 10:49 AM

Well that's it. I hope he gets a few bimbos out of this.

metirish May 01 2008 10:49 AM

Goos job Bucket , nice that you didn't forget who wore what ....

Benjamin Grimm May 01 2008 10:54 AM

I was hoping he'd mention how blue my eyes are.

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 01 2008 10:55 AM

nervewracking! You know the very 1st "interview" I did on this topic was with an Internet radio show where they had technical glitch just as I began and it ruined the whole thing. So I had a heart attack when he botched the intro, and maybe I shoulda let it be, but that woulda bothered me the whole time. Takashi Kashiwada? wow

metirish May 01 2008 10:57 AM

Did I hear Bucket Jr. at one point , or you saying something to him perhaps?

AG/DC May 01 2008 11:04 AM

Actually, you recovered his botch well. Listen, I don't know how many more of these you have scheduled, but take the two interviews and consider where they caught you off balance and type up some talking points. Add in a few points about what you want to hit no matter what they ask you. Write down the Vonnegut quote. (I don't know if you heard the Tom Jones interview, but when he mentioned that was inspired by Studs Terkel, Justice wanted to tear his clothes off right there, so enamored was he to get a sports writer who had such high literary standards.) If another guy asks about tributes, you'll be ready if you want to bring up Willie Randolph paying tribute to Boswell. Not that the Stork story wasn't cool, but you shouldn't have to grab. The art of steering the dicussion toward what you enjoy talking about isn't so hard, and the hosts often like that. You'll be golden. Great job.

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 01 2008 11:14 AM

metirish wrote: Did I hear Bucket Jr. at one point , or you saying something to him perhaps? No I was alone in a conference at work. I sorta do have points I wanna make but mostly being on the other side of this I like the spontaneity of the live interview. Regarding the Boswell/Willie thing, I was prepared to do a long rant connecting Casey to Hernandez to Piazza by uni numbers but didn't get the feel that it woulda flown. I thought I did a better job of describing the origins of the project this time than most. There's no way to be prepared for Kashiwada. I head a little bit of the Tom Jones interview. He was great!

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 01 2008 11:33 AM

um, ah, youknow. oof

AG/DC May 01 2008 11:40 AM

Yeah, that's what I mean. I don't care whether you work your Willie in or not. Only hope to save you some um-uh-you know time before grabbing for the Stork. Not a bad grab, though.

metirish May 01 2008 11:46 AM

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: um, ah, youknow. oof I thought there was very little of that and when he turned to your book your CAHNfidence soared.

AG/DC May 01 2008 11:49 AM

Yup.

Benjamin Grimm May 01 2008 11:52 AM

Yes, you definitely got more comfortable once the focus become the book and the website. I did notice the nervousness at first, but that may have been because I was subconsciously looking for it, knowing how I'd probably be in that situation. If I was just a regular listener I would have had a different perspective, you're a book author doing a spot and I probably wouldn't have picked up on anything at all. (EVERYONE does um's and ah's. Some more than others, but everyone does it.)

AG/DC May 01 2008 12:06 PM

Buzz Bissinger doesn't um and uh. You should have told Justice he was full of shit before he said anything. That's good theater.

themetfairy May 01 2008 12:13 PM

Is the interview going to be archived? I was out earlier, but I'd love to hear it.

metirish May 01 2008 12:23 PM

It's here already , http://1560thegame.com/page1_sub.php?id=153

themetfairy May 01 2008 01:14 PM

Thanks Irish!

themetfairy May 01 2008 02:12 PM

I finally had a chance to sit down and hear the interview - nicely done! Yes, there are some uhs and ers. But that's typical. My Social Software Literacy instructor is big on not worrying about perfection, so long as you're not doing something that's actively distracting to the listener. With that in mind, you did fine.

sharpie May 01 2008 02:50 PM

Just listened. Good jobs. No more ums than a normal interviewee.

KC May 01 2008 03:27 PM

I just listened to the podcast, nice work. Anyone would be a little choppy at the get go if you expect to talk about the book and site and the guys asks you what's wrong with the Mets. Every interview, signing, etc. is another good experience and more fish fried. What's wrong with the Mets ... why I oughta ... What's wrong with yo' mama?