We made it to Christmas / Hanukah / whatever the hell it means to ya!. Time off work!! Right, Music only this week, 'cos it's that time of year and I didn't feel much like talking. Keep the emails coming.

Rotoscope - Drive.

Bullette - Don't Start Believin.

Boxcar Collision - Boxful.

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We wanted to keep it consistent, and get the music out there on a regular basis, so we’ve switched the release day to a Monday from now on. As I said in my last post, my doctors have been onto Emeril at the Food Network, and he’s decided they’ve to kick it up a notch in order to lynch the lymphoma currently hanging out in my chest. So this week we’ve got the following:-

Delphinium Blue - Boy 17.

The Torrents - Wrong as this may be.

Faster Faster Harder Harder - The Body.

Two if By Sea - Report from damage control.

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Due to a regime change in my chemo. sessions which basically means me spending some time as an in-patient in hospital, we will also be changing the day the podcasts are released. From now on I'll be putting out the telecasts on a Monday, this allows me spend Tue - Fri having a blast and then I can check out what you guys all thought of it on the Friday. Lookout for it this coming Monday!

This week:-

The Payola Reserve - Music is not Music.

These guys are currently putting the finishing touches to their new album “One Long Apology“, due out at the start of next year. Previously we’ve played “Anything but Ghosts�, which coupled with this track proves last years “Lay in Wait� EP was no fluke. Outstanding music.

Telecast - I’m no Calculator.

A few people had told me that when they Googled “telecast�, this is what came up – Although from LA, the band were up for it, so were we.

Melissa Cox - Elijah Elijah.

Thanks to the podsafe music network, we managed to find this beautiful voice.

David Daniel - Take me Down & Into You.

David Daniel has been involved in Baltimore’s music scene for a lot longer than I’ve even been here. Quality songwriting.

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This weeks artists:-

Running with Scissors - Interviews.

Lejeune - Replaced by Robots.

Fools & horses - Alright. – Thanks to Kent from F & H for getting in touch and sending a press pack / CD, hopefully more to come from F & H on the telecast soon.

Both the Mazeltov Cocktails and Calling all Cars are playing at the Taking Head this Saturday (12th Dec), get along and show your support, it should be a great show.

The Mazeltov Cocktails - My Arsonist.

Matt Rocks - Bringin’ home the Christmas.

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Alright. I’ve never really been that into this blogging thing really, to be honest I’ve never really seen the attraction in it, but since starting this I feel I really should be giving some sort of update on reaction / progress since we started.

What’s the point & why bother? Well originally the plan for Tiny Elephant, about 2 years ago, was to find bands and release records with the first project being a compilation CD featuring 10 bands from Baltimore. Not exactly the most original idea eh? Anyway, in order to do this we figured we would obviously have to attract bands, and what did we have to offer? Well – not much really - 2 guys with an idea of starting up a label, no money and no reputation. Baltimore already has many bands doing their own thing, releasing records and selling merchandise, any band worth their salt are doing this. We figured we’d wait for something to jump out at us.

Inspiration came in a weird way, I was listening to NPR and they had a section on podcasting – the guy they featured was a guy called Mark at the Tartanpodcast, he was podcasting unsigned and independent bands out of Scotland, and doing it very well. To be honest though, at that point I was just enjoying the music on the tartanpodcast, I am a bit slow though.

Tiny Elephant were concentrating on one band at this point, hoping to put out an EP for a local band. It was summer, we were being lazy. After a few months of listening to a few podcasts, and the implosion of the band we were focusing on we figured finding something new was the best option. So why podcast? – In short everybody gets something for nothing really, bands would get exposure, if people listened, we would get to find new bands, new music, quality music - and of course everybody would get to have a bit of fun.

So, to the real point, what’s been happening since we started? Well the response we’ve had from all the bands we’ve played has been fantastic, everyone seems to be glad to be getting involved and spreading word about the telecast. We’re going to be continuing pretty much as we have been, putting out quality local music, and also some from out of state – but the more we get from Baltimore the more we’ll play. Once we get technically better, we’d love to do some in-studio work with a few bands and do some session shows. Indeed we’ve already had some interest from a few bands interested in getting us down to their rehearsal space to record – we will be following this up and if you’ve any ideas, we’re always open. It’s also the plan to record some live shows and maybe some backstage stuff with artists also, again dependent on us ironing out some technical stuff. As well as that, we’ll hopefully be able to work on some band nights in Baltimore – after all, the whole idea is to enjoy the music.

Eventually we may put out some records, but at the moment I think we’ll be sticking to the podcast. Cheers, Michael.

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This is TELECAST #4.

Featured Bands:-

Radiation Puppy - Photo Album.

The Stock Market Crash - Tarantula.

The Metrosexuals - Song 1.

Vicious Kings - Hollywood.

All Time Low - Memories that fade like Photographs.

Listen to the music. Email me if you want to be involved or just to vent some anger.

Gig Reviews – WANTED!!!!!!

If you’ve seen any of the bands already featured on the show, record your review and email it to me, I’d love to get some American voices on the telecast. Even if I’ve not already featured them, let me know about new artist by emailing the show below.

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