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- October 23rd, 2012, 8:33 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Mister Ron's Basement - alive but problems
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- Views: 1088
Mister Ron's Basement - alive but problems
Hey all, The 2000 Episodes of Mister Ron's Basement are still available, even though I haven't done a new one in about a year, due to health matters. Hopefully, it will return with new ones by the New Year, along with a special related project I am doing. In any event, it probably never will be seve...
- March 29th, 2010, 8:43 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Mister Ron's Leacock's "Sunshine Sketches" Complet
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1096
Mister Ron's Leacock's "Sunshine Sketches" Complet
Tonight we are celebrating the FIFTH Anniversary of the "Mister Ron's Basement" Podcast that began on March 29, 2005 with Stephen Leacock's "An Irreducible Detective." In celebration, we are presenting the Last Chapter of our serialized reading of Stephen Leacock's 1912 masterpie...
- January 27th, 2010, 9:45 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Mister Ron's Basement Interview in iProng
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1082
Mister Ron's Basement Interview in iProng
There is a nifty interview with me about Mister Ron's Basement in the latest issue of iProng Magazine, which can be downloaded as a free pdf file at:
http://www.iprong.com/2779/
-=-Ron-=-
http://www.iprong.com/2779/
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- November 11th, 2009, 5:28 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: 1500 Episodes!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1249
Washington Post Article on the Basement!
The Washington Post ran a nice piece about what I am doing a few days ago.
You can find it here:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/08/AR2009110817915.html?hpid=voicesopinion
You can find it here:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/08/AR2009110817915.html?hpid=voicesopinion
- November 7th, 2009, 5:18 am
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: 1500 Episodes!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1249
1500 Episodes!
We are announcing that Mister Ron's Basement podcast has reached a world record of 1500 Episodes! To celebrate this milestone, we are reading Ellis Parker Butler's hysterically funny 1906 book of an Advertising genius, 'Perkins of Portland.' There are EIGHT stories in the book, so each story will be...
- October 12th, 2009, 6:24 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Mister Ron's Basement Episode #1500 Contest!!
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1215
Mister Ron's Basement Episode #1500 Contest!!
Here is a note that appeared yesterday on Facebook, and is now being put everywhere we can. As you may know, Mister Ron's Basement (http://misterron.libsyn.com) is less than a month away from Episode #1500! There is no other Podcast on iTunes that is even close... Mister Ron is certainly available f...
- September 5th, 2009, 4:21 pm
- Forum: Error Reports
- Topic: [FIXED] Bad Link
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1894
[FIXED] Bad Link
Hey all, Just wanted to let you know that the external links to Mister Ron's Basement podcast are all pointing to my old server ( http://slapcast.com/users/revry ), which, for the moment, is redirecting to the new location, but that won't last forever. I would appreciate it if that link could be fix...
- August 4th, 2009, 8:34 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Promos and News from projects of interest to LibriVoxians
- Replies: 26
- Views: 25888
1400 Podcast Episodes MOVED! Basement is ON again!
Well, as of a few days ago, Mister Ron's Basement's move to libsyn.com has been completed, and new episodes are being posted daily again! The new address is: http://misterron.libsyn.com/ If you have subscribed to the OLD Basement on iTunes, you need to Re-Subscribe to get New Episodes! If you haven'...
- June 19th, 2009, 8:24 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Promos and News from projects of interest to LibriVoxians
- Replies: 26
- Views: 25888
Mister Ron's Basement News
Okay folks, here's the latest scoop. Arrangements have been made to move Mister Ron's Basement over to libsyn. As of tonight, with Episode #1402, new recordings have been halted while the transfer of every single Basement Episode is made. This is probably the biggest individual Podcasting project an...
- April 18th, 2009, 5:48 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Promos and News from projects of interest to LibriVoxians
- Replies: 26
- Views: 25888
A Vital Message from Mister Ron
A Vital Message from Ron Evry Many of you have enjoyed my daily podcast, "Mister Ron's Basement" (http://slapcast.com/users/revry) for years now. It began in March of 2005 and currently has over 1350 Episodes, more than any other Podcast on iTunes. The podcast receives anywhere from 25,000...
- March 30th, 2009, 8:54 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Promos and News from projects of interest to LibriVoxians
- Replies: 26
- Views: 25888
FOUR YEARS!
It's hard to believe, but I have been researching and reading funny stories from the Public Domain for the last FOUR YEARS! Your comments and cakes are most welcome! Thanks one and all for listening... Over 1300 episodes, and a DAILY average of 35,000 downloads (something like 200+ GB of bandwidth e...
- January 16th, 2009, 6:11 am
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Edgar Allen Poe Bicentennial on the Basement
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1750
From my blog...
This is from my blog, http://misterronsbasement.blogspot.com/ ... THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 2009 An Edgar Allen Poe Oddity Listeners to the Basement might notice that we are celebrating Edgar Allen Poe's Bicentennial Birthday with readings of his funniest stories and poems. Poe is not really appreciated...
- January 13th, 2009, 10:00 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Edgar Allen Poe Bicentennial on the Basement
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1750
Edgar Allen Poe Bicentennial on the Basement
In case you didn't know it, January 19, 2009 is Edgar Allen Poe's 200th Birthday! In celebration, starting with Episode #1257, Mister Ron's Basement is reading some funny Poe stories. Also episode # 1255 features an 1880 Stanley Huntley spoof of a Poe story that is funny and hits the nail right on t...
Leacock
Some Librivoxians may find this of interest. The web site of the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humor ( http://leacock.ca/ ) has put a nifty write-up and link to Mister Ron's Basement's new Stephen Leacock stories index on their front page. If you want to directly to the index, featuring 29 read...
- April 20th, 2008, 5:58 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Mister Ron's Research Sources Posted
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1556
Mister Ron's Research Sources Posted
Well, at least a good deal of them are up. Gutenberg.org is an excellent starting point for Public Domain material, but there is so much more out there to be found. In the Mister Ron's Basement Blog ( http://misterronsbasement.blogspot.com /), you will find a list of links called Research Sources fo...