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seanyboy sounds like a beatle.

posted by quonsar 06 July | 19:14

Wrong side of the Pennines q. You're about 60 miles off. The idea that I sound like a scouser is ... frightening.

posted by seanyboy 06 July | 19:24

Sadly, I have no microphone on my system. So, you're stuck with your imaginations. Suffice it to say I have a flat, American voice with no regional characteristics whatsoever.

posted by jonmc 06 July | 19:25

All you limeys sound like Beatles to us Yanks, seanyboy. Just like all Scots sound like Sean Connery and all Irishmen sound like the guy in the Irish Spring ads.

posted by jonmc 06 July | 19:33

seanyboy, I could listen to you talk all night long. Love that accent.

posted by LeeJay 06 July | 19:38

This is me. Also, a bit of local flavor.

posted by LeeJay 06 July | 20:06

Btw, if you have a Blogger account, you can use audioblogger.com for free from any phone.

posted by LeeJay 06 July | 20:07

How long does it take to show up?

posted by jonmc 06 July | 20:17

last week an american told me i sounded like ringo starr.
i thought he was dead. aprrently not. he is a talking train, or something.

posted by andrew cooke 06 July | 20:20

ha. you sound like me.
so you must sound like a beatle. qed.

posted by andrew cooke 06 July | 20:21

jonmc, between the time I wrote my first comment complimenting seanyboy on his accent and my second comment posting the mp3s, I set up a Blogger account just for this, set up an audioblogger account and recorded the two audioblogs. They posted almost immediately.

posted by LeeJay 06 July | 20:23

Jesus, LeeJay, I love your voice!

posted by Frisbee Girl 06 July | 20:24

Aww, thank you. That makes me feel just fine.

posted by LeeJay 06 July | 20:27

Seany, you do realize that us American girls think any "across the pond" accent is incredibly sexy, right?

posted by matildaben 06 July | 20:32

I recorded the messages and set up the acoount and everything, but they're not showing up on my old blog

posted by jonmc 06 July | 20:33

I recorded the messages and set up the acoount and everything, but they're not showing up on my old blog

posted by jonmc 06 July | 20:37

My pleasure, Lee Jay. You sound like a great mix of my sister, one of my closest friends and a favorite radio commentator and you have splendid diction.

posted by Frisbee Girl 06 July | 20:37

I recorded the messages and set up the acoount and everything, but they're not showing up on my old blog

That's strange. Maybe if you set up a new account just for the audio?

posted by LeeJay 06 July | 20:39

Tried that, too. It kept saying that I had already entered my registration info. I just tried again.

posted by jonmc 06 July | 20:41

Tried that, too. It kept saying that I had already entered my registration info. I just tried again.

posted by jonmc 06 July | 20:42

If you want you can just use my account, since it's only set up for this purpose anyhow. Email me (twistylee@gmail.com) and I'll give you the info to enter when you call. That goes for any of you who if you have problems setting up an account.

posted by LeeJay 06 July | 20:45

the voice behind the legend.

thanx, leejay.

posted by jonmc 06 July | 20:59

Your voice fits you perfectly, jonmc. You sound like old school rock n roll.

posted by LeeJay 06 July | 21:04

follow up

posted by jonmc 06 July | 21:05

jonmc sounds like Wolfman Jack!

posted by Frisbee Girl 06 July | 21:23

This is an mp3 of me talking about Henry Cow. It was recorded from a kind of low-quality webstream from a radio station and I hope to god I don't really sound like that. Hopefully someone here who's actually heard me speak (Slack-a-gogo?) can confirm that I don't sound that way in actual speech.

posted by kenko 06 July | 21:25

Jonmc sounds cool and so does LeeJay, and so does seanyboy (who says "garage" funny! ha ha he's from Britain!).

posted by kenko 06 July | 21:26

Actually, kenko, you sound very slick, very jazz DJ, and I mean that in a good way.

posted by jonmc 06 July | 21:34

seanyboy, how come you sound so clear? Do you have an external mic? I recorded myself in Garage Band and it sounds like I'm talking from the bottom of a well. In another city.

posted by dobbs 06 July | 21:39

Oooohkay, I tried to do that, and it said that the phonenumber wasn't in service. Anyone else have that problem?

posted by gaspode 06 July | 21:41

Yeah, for some reason the number on the main page that shows up after you log in does not work. You have to use the number from the FAQ: 1-415-856-0205

posted by LeeJay 06 July | 21:43

Thank you LeeJay. I just recorded it. Heh, sounds appropriately dorky.

posted by gaspode 06 July | 21:49

This is me

posted by gaspode 06 July | 21:51

gaspode, you sounds so adorable, i'll marry you for citizenship if it doesn't work out.

well seany, i think my anglophilia just kicked in
(sorry, i haven't listened to anyone else yet)

posted by ethylene 06 July | 22:08

Hopefully someone here who's actually heard me speak (Slack-a-gogo?) can confirm that I don't sound that way in actual speech.

Actually, it's pretty close to what I remember you sounding like when I met you at the Chicago "Bar Hallway" Meetup. There's a bit of warble though, so it sort of sounds like the same masking technique 60 Minutes uses when the whistle blower doesn't want to be identified. I actually got caught up to hearing you talk about Henry Cow so I might be off on my assessment.

posted by Slack-a-gogo 06 July | 22:12

Crap! I sound like I'm talking through five noses! (Though I appreciate the kind words, jonmc.)

posted by kenko 06 July | 22:17

Ah well. I'll just listen to everyone else and pretend this never happened.

posted by kenko 06 July | 22:19

seanyboy, day-um I love the Yorkshire accent.

Hee, thanks, ethylene, i don't think i've ever been called adorable before.

posted by gaspode 06 July | 22:29

talking through five noses

Isn't that a Henry Cow song? Maybe Matching Mole?

posted by Slack-a-gogo 06 July | 22:30

I liked your voice,too. A Kiwi in New York...sounds like a Sting song...

posted by jonmc 06 July | 22:31

seanyboy, day-um I love the Yorkshire accent.

Hee, thanks, ethylene, i don't think i've ever been called adorable before.

posted by gaspode 06 July | 22:36

weird double posting there... must be tired. I hope to wake up in the morning and listen to a lot more voices with my coffee. although that could be kind of odd with my usual morning haze.

well, I am a legal alien now, jonmc. Or... a resident alien? Yeah, that's it. doesn't sound as good though. YOU sound exactly like I would imagine.

posted by gaspode 06 July | 22:41

I can't get the audioblogger phone number to work (1-661-716-2564 right?). Ah, some of you already know what I sound like anyway...

posted by PinkStainlessTail 06 July | 22:48

Oh, I see Leejay already sussed it out. Take 2.

posted by PinkStainlessTail 06 July | 22:52

I still listen to that song occasionally, PinkStainlessTail. A bit of inspired brilliance, that was.

posted by LeeJay 06 July | 22:53

I took a break from power tools and home improvement to say hey. Though quite sober, I, as usual, sound vaguely stoned, but don't see the point in trying to dress it up, so here you have it.

Love hearing everyone's voices! Keep'm coming, eh?

posted by Frisbee Girl 06 July | 22:53

Here's why I don't talk so much...

posted by PinkStainlessTail 06 July | 23:00

YOU sound exactly like I would imagine.

Yes, dessicated and vaguely unsavory, but what can you do?

posted by jonmc 06 July | 23:02

It's quite an interest effect to run through the thread and click 'em all open in different tabs so everybody's talking at once.

posted by PinkStainlessTail 06 July | 23:04

You sound so cute, Frisbee Girl! This is making me giddy too. I love this sort of stuff for some reason. Suddenly you are all so real. I am checking this damn thread obsessively.

posted by LeeJay 06 July | 23:05

It's good that you like to eat food, PST.

posted by kenko 06 July | 23:09

Thanks, LeeJay, this is a buncha fun: personalities and characteristics galore!

PST, I have to agree with kenko. Eating, say, copper slag, for example, would create some significant problems.

posted by Frisbee Girl 06 July | 23:21

I'm a lot funnier in person.

I hope ColdChef sees this and does it. Oooo-EEE! Dat be some GOOD lookin' jambalya, y'all!!

posted by yhbc 06 July | 23:43

beloved, yhbc?

posted by gaspode 06 July | 23:51

wait, didn't we have phone sex once?

it's weird enough hearing people booming out of nowhere
half of the time i'm afraid i may know you guys or the subject anyway, indirectly if not worse

posted by ethylene 06 July | 23:52

You're right gaspode - it should have been BE-lov-ed.

(it's always been "your humble and beloved commissioner", although I have seen different interpretations pop up from time to time that I don't bother to correct)

posted by yhbc 06 July | 23:55

Frisbee Girl, despite who you think you are, I am here to tell you that you are my friend Stacy in Madison, WI. Damn, but you have the same voice and way of speaking.

posted by gaspode 06 July | 23:59

humble, yhbc? (Kidding!)

I am so doing this when mr. taz wakes up (he's the man who lives in my house who has possession of the microphone and sound programs; no sound is made in this house without his direct supervision).

I love, love, love this. More, more!

posted by taz 07 July | 00:42

This is really cool. But I have no mike although I will hunt around, I did used to have one but I dumped a lot of stuff when I went overseas.

Oh and if frisbeegirl or stacy in madison are free friday night, I'll meet you 1/2 way - say, Samoa?

posted by peacay 07 July | 00:57

Gaspode, I'll take that as a compliment as kind words from a Kiwi are always cool.

peacay, maybe you can get gaspode to give Stacy a ring so we can meet you in Samoa. I gotta run for cover before dg decides to take me to task.

yhbc, I got a good laugh at 'PO-licaman'.

posted by Frisbee Girl 07 July | 02:00

Moi! More later if I get over the stage fright.

posted by puddinghead 07 July | 02:59

now you all have to be in a teleplay where you get to phone it in.

posted by ethylene 07 July | 03:11

This sounds awful.

posted by dg 07 July | 03:22

*wonders why he would take Frisbee Girl to task and if he is the only one who thinks Frisbee Girl sounds like Drew Barrymore*

posted by dg 07 July | 03:24

I find it interesting that so many of you think your voices sound awful, dull, or otherwise lacking in quality. (Admittedly, I think I sound goofy, but I am a goofball and wear it proudly thankyouverymuch.)

I listen to all of your voices and hear so much genuine personality, warmth and unique character that it makes me want to call all of you up and start asking you questions just to hear you talk more. I hope you all realize how fantastic you sound, each and every one of you.

And you lurkers, don't make me name names; come on in, the water's just fine!

On preview: *blushes at dg's comment* Hey, thanks!

posted by Frisbee Girl 07 July | 03:48

lately i've been dwelling on the fascination of how drastic the remove can be
just a voice
just a picture
for instance, i was very familiar with sarah vowell but i would have had no clue that was her in the incredibles.

posted by ethylene 07 July | 03:56

You're all fantastic. Yeah - I have an external mic. Can't get a good level on it, but it's OK.

jonmc sounds like I'd hope he would sound. It's a bit dissapointing to hear that characterful voice say "camel light" though. Surely you mean something stronger. Also, puddinghead sounds hot!

I hope the thread's going to continue. I find myself itching to hear *more voices*.

I find it quite hard to differentiate the different American accents. It's weird that even though we think the major component of our voice is the regional component, that there's an underlying American/Kiwi/English accent that completely overrides everything. It's obvious really, but emotionally non-intuitive.

Finally - What Frisbee Girl said. Come on in. I want more, more, more.

posted by seanyboy 07 July | 04:03

get someone with three way calling and we can sing

posted by ethylene 07 July | 04:08

Here I am.

But, oh noes! I forgot so many things and people! ...For example, I wanted to sing ICO, ICO, ICO-ICO ANDAY... but I forgot. You need to be happy about that.

posted by taz 07 July | 04:17

wait, we get in your will?
crap, now i gotta find space

posted by ethylene 07 July | 04:20

is this a literal call out? are you reading?
*can't see her shifty eyes*
sexy

posted by ethylene 07 July | 04:22

seanyboy, this is more fun than a barrel of monkeys. Best Thread Ever Ever.

posted by puddinghead 07 July | 04:22

Oh taz, I love your voice! It's so rich.

*kisses the bunny*

posted by LeeJay 07 July | 04:23

*shifts eyes*

posted by taz 07 July | 04:24

"crazy reason"
i think i'm going to choose to resent that
just because you say jump doesn't mean i'm
not jumping very slowly

posted by ethylene 07 July | 04:26

Really, ethylene? I'm starting to think that I may have an unnatural attachment to sounds/voices.

seanyboy, there really hasn't been a wide range of American accents posted as of yet, though LeeJay's foray into her local color was awesome. But I'd so love hear a nice mid-western clip and a sweet, sweet southern drawl. I know you're out there just waiting to step up. Now's the time, bunnyluvs!

On preview: Just listened to taz who is now officially my hero for that wonderful list of callouts!

posted by Frisbee Girl 07 July | 04:26

note the links below

posted by ethylene 07 July | 04:28

Really, ethylene? I'm starting to think that I may have an unnatural attachment to sounds/voices.

i'd say very natural
but now with the hint of build up, i have to deliver
or just get it over with at some point

posted by ethylene 07 July | 04:42

but now with the hint of build up, i have to deliver

YAY!!

meep?

posted by Frisbee Girl 07 July | 04:46

omg, I missed LeeJay's "local color" earlier. I can't stop laughing, and I can't get off the couch!

posted by taz 07 July | 04:55

Hey, taz, gunna go dahn the ocean when ya get off the key-ouch?

posted by Frisbee Girl 07 July | 05:04

Ay-uh.

posted by taz 07 July | 05:07

ok, my sick need to lighten the mood as well as not waste the ridiculous amount of daytime long distance wait time involved:
warning, lower your volume, and realize i had to do this while bending over a speaker to get background noise to no avail whatsoever, and then ran out of breath--
*wheeze*

posted by ethylene 07 July | 08:42

uck, and it's undeletable
serves me right

posted by ethylene 07 July | 09:00

Don't even think of deleting that. I loved it. It definitely lightened my mood, at least until I wandered back to Metafilter to check on the London thread. So thanks. :)

posted by LeeJay 07 July | 09:14

i particularly enjoyed the last few seconds when i tried to clip on an accent as i gasped for air

posted by ethylene 07 July | 09:19

taz, you sound *amazing*

posted by gaspode 07 July | 09:21

Where's Divine_Wino? We need his voice.

posted by jonmc 07 July | 09:43

Cheered me up, ethylene, and like everyone, I needed it badly.

Gaspode, even I thought I didn't sound as ridiculously ridiculous as I usually sound to myself... But, also, my husband is a sound engineer, so even though we did this in, like, five minutes before he left the house, and he's not set up to record at home, it didn't hurt, eh?

posted by taz 07 July | 10:33

taz when MeCha sets up podcasting radio, you will have to be the announcer. Smoother than a new baby's bum.

posted by peacay 07 July | 10:52

only me

posted by dodgygeezer 07 July | 11:03

What IS it about those UK accents that makes me all swoony? You sound great, dodgygeezer. Hope your cat forgives you soon.

posted by LeeJay 07 July | 11:10

neither dodgy nor a geezer. You're nick was having us on.
I cannot for the life of me work out why my mike/headphone setup that I've finally found, won't work. I recall it gave trouble when I used it a couple of years ago. Just proves I'm still stupid I suspect.

posted by peacay 07 July | 11:13

I'm cracking up at the thought of your cat giving you dirty looks while you were recording yourself, dodgygeezer. Wish she'd piped up.

posted by gaspode 07 July | 11:17

These are great! I love the narratives people begin to spin as they wander through.

Unfortunately, Audioblogger's giving me double digits in all my attempts to dial-in my primary number during the login process. Damn phones. Damn fingers. I'll try from another phone later (much later) today.

posted by safetyfork 07 July | 12:08

Loved the Miss Otis/Love Boat medley, ethylene!
Okay, here's mine. Such is my performance anxiety that I gave myself flop sweats trying to record this...

posted by maryh 07 July | 12:48

I've rather enjoyed this thread but I do hope more people contribute. Come on guys, let's hear you.

You all sound like a sexy intelligent bunch to me.

Maybe one day we'll need a karaoke thread

Hope your cat forgives you soon.

She always gives me dirty looks, cheeky little furball.

posted by dodgygeezer 07 July | 14:41

Here's mine. Please forgive the silence at the end. I used a free wav to mp3 converter and well, it was free. What else can I say? Oh, ignore the "ums." It doesn't sound like it but I was nervous as hell.

posted by deborah 07 July | 14:50

Damn all proxy servers. To hell with workplace security! I want to play.

I can't even listen. I'm the kid without a Star Wars figure again.

posted by Hugh Janus 07 July | 15:11

hey i spent my ricola money on that piece of poo, and the economy sucks
frogmarch someone's pansyass in here
*sigh*
and i thought i was dodgy's cat

posted by ethylene 07 July | 15:16

Ha! Deborah, I have a few NY speech patterns, listen to my "how ya doin'" in the second sample. Several of my relatives sound like extras from Taxi Driver, though.

posted by jonmc 07 July | 15:50

this has been such a bitch for various technical reasons. Umm...just to demonstrate my ultrastupidity...do I have to convert wav to mp3? I downloaded EAC and it won't accept the wav, saying it's already compressed.
Umm? help

posted by peacay 07 July | 15:52

pc, pk?
all i can say is i wanna see the skin of some eyeteeth when i regain consciousness
or hear hell freeze over
mix a metaphor for me
spoon an ism

posted by ethylene 07 July | 16:03

peacay - send me the wav and I'll sort it out for you.

posted by dodgygeezer 07 July | 16:07

dodgygeezer rocks!

posted by Frisbee Girl 07 July | 16:16

peacay speaks!

posted by dodgygeezer 07 July | 16:22

*melts upon hearing seanyboy's accent*

posted by jokeefe 07 July | 16:23

peacay, I just think about rugby and cricket and manly and bondi when I hear your voice.

posted by gaspode 07 July | 16:34

"manly" - I'm often called that. *cough*

Thanks dodgygeezer!! And kudos to seanyboy for the idea.

posted by peacay 07 July | 16:36

can one of the Aussies just say "vagina," over and over again. Cause that sounds really funny in that accent.

posted by jonmc 07 July | 16:37

oh peacay, is that your.... bicep?

posted by gaspode 07 July | 16:38

I can't believe what I'm missing.

posted by Hugh Janus 07 July | 16:38

Hugh, just focus on that big Easter basket of MeCha goodies that will be awaiting your arrival home. You won't be disappointed.

posted by Frisbee Girl 07 July | 16:45

In my first take I was trying to do an American accent and cracked up.
If there's another round, we should all become foreigners.
vaginavaginavaginavagina

posted by peacay 07 July | 16:47

Well now. I was pretty sure I'd gotten rid of my accent, but it still comes out when I'm nervous. Blech.

posted by mudpuppie 07 July | 16:51

Accents are hot, mudpuppie, southern ones especially, just ask Dolly Parton.

The chickens are a mite scary though. I'm now picturing you as Gonzo.

posted by jonmc 07 July | 16:54

There have to be more rounds; peacay great idea for the next theme! I'm so loving this.

In the meantime, where in hell are the others?

Countdown to a posted callout list.... Come on guys, throw your MeCha brothers and sisters a bone or two!

Yay, mudpuppie's here, too!

posted by Frisbee Girl 07 July | 16:56

Hey mudpuppie sounds like Holly Hunter - cool.

And the cool thing about chickens is at least you can eat them when they look at you funny.

posted by dodgygeezer 07 July | 16:57

I don't have the internet at home. I fear I'll never get to hear your sweet voices.

I found a C-3PO by the swingset (I think it's a silver one, or maybe all the gold peeled off), and I don't think it's anybody else's. Maybe mom'll let me keep it and we can play Star Wars someday.

But now I have to go home. Bye.

posted by Hugh Janus 07 July | 17:02

Just making my way through clips, late to the party.

I got called out!! My first call out evah!

Thanks, taz!

*grins real big*

posted by mudpuppie 07 July | 17:04

I'm just going to stay here and play with my Millenium Falcon.

posted by dodgygeezer 07 July | 17:05

OH. Dear God, mudpuppie. You're the first to take me by surprise: you sound just like an old friend of mine, Celia. Lord, that woman was funny. Love the drawl. I think you should tell us more stories about the chickens.

dodgy, do I detect a hint of envy in that remark about the chickens?

Hugh, I can't stop laughing over your post. Oh shit.

posted by Frisbee Girl 07 July | 17:07

[You're, of course, joking about the no-internet-at-home thing right? Right?!?]

posted by Frisbee Girl 07 July | 17:09

The chickens are a mite scary though. I'm now picturing you as Gonzo.
posted by jonmc 07 July | 16:54

I resent that, too.

Hey mudpuppie sounds like Holly Hunter - cool.

That is quite possibly the nicest (and most inaccurate) thing anyone's ever said to me. But I'll take it!

And the cool thing about chickens is at least you can eat them when they look at you funny.
posted by dodgygeezer 07 July | 16:57

Okay, now that I really resent.

posted by mudpuppie 07 July | 17:18

Man y'all sound lovely. And you sound like a fun blind date, mudpuppie. You have a cute accent, lots of free time, and chickens.

posted by LeeJay 07 July | 19:26

Yep. That's pretty much what I've got going for myself.

posted by mudpuppie 07 July | 19:32

Hey, don't underestimate your appeal. I only wish I had chickens. And a goat. I always wanted one of those pygmy goats.

(I hope you don't think I'm snarking on you, here. I really do like chickens.)

posted by LeeJay 07 July | 20:27

taz, I keep compulsively playing your recording just to hear you call me your sweetheart again in that warm honey voice. Kiss, kiss, kiss back! This thread is going to fling itself off the page before I have a chance to contribute, I'm afraid -- but check your e-mail in a few days for some hot .wav action.

(Oh, and everyone sounds so funny and great, and hearing all those British accents today gave me a pang. I'm glad you've all said you're okay.)

posted by melissa may 08 July | 00:25

I'd contribute, but I sound exactly like a jerk.

posted by interrobang 08 July | 00:33

Aw c'mon interrobang. Let us hear you!

posted by LeeJay 08 July | 00:40

LeeJay, he's just not gonna do it. The man looked me right in the eye today and told me he had an obligation to preserve his mystery and allure.

I'm giggling again just typing that. Interrobang sweets, know that your allure and mystery will never dim for me, and I hear your voice every other day, you darling goofball.

posted by melissa may 08 July | 00:55

He is an intriguing feller.

posted by LeeJay 08 July | 00:59

Okay, I don't have long distance.

There, I've said it.

posted by interrobang 08 July | 01:00

I love hearing your voices (those of you i haven't met in real life that is) : >

posted by amberglow 08 July | 01:00

taz! mwahh! : >

(my voice sucks recorded--you guys all have wonderful voices--and may even stop the coming 9/11 nightmare i'm bound to have tonight bec of london)

here's beth's kid instead of me

posted by amberglow 08 July | 01:17

amberglow, apparently everyone's voices suck so badly that they are wonderful, kind of like leaning so far to the right that you're actually left. Beth's kid sure is durned cute, though. Does this mean we're all going to have to fly our sorry asses out to NYC to hear your voice?

posted by Frisbee Girl 08 July | 01:29

or i'll come to you, if you live somewhere fun/interesting/cool : >

(i don't have a mic on my mini anyway...maybe i'll record something at work tom'w)

posted by amberglow 08 July | 01:33

I personally think that everyone should come and visit, though I warn you, San Francisco is just a little hick town and will likely pass into history unnoticed and unmentioned, California being sparsely populated and all. ;)

posted by Frisbee Girl 08 July | 01:56

i'm from a little hick town myself ; >

posted by amberglow 08 July | 02:03

taz sounds like sweet sweet molasses. Mmmm!

Dangit, I really wanted to join in here, clear up how I pronounce my names, impress y'all by switching languages and accents and stuff... (yah right) But I don't have a microphone. Hmmm.

Hang on, I might have something I can edit.

posted by dabitch 08 July | 03:21

short edit of boring interview - now y'all know how I sound when I say my names. TA-DA. ;)

posted by dabitch 08 July | 03:37

Well, it's embarrassing and I promise it's not a pattern, but safetyfork drunk dialed y'all last night. I don't think I sound inebriated, but I was. True to fashion, there's the meandering, apologetic, and slightly sobered up return call the morning after that attempts to clarify the matter but is actually more embarrassing than the first. Ha!

posted by safetyfork 08 July | 06:43

Heh, safetyfork. I think you've inspired the next round: drunk dialing from a meetup.

posted by gaspode 08 July | 07:36

dabitch, lovelovelove the video! Your not-so-secret rockstar quality comes through in spades.

safetyfork, you're the second complete surprise. Great voice, though! And your drunken dial was very endearing.

posted by Frisbee Girl 08 July | 07:43

The surrender to fashion.

Direct link to original reading.

Direct link to version with piano, courtesy of an old drinking buddy.

Direct link to text from weblog post that I read for the mp3.

posted by stavrosthewonderchicken 08 July | 08:30

Stav, I'm getting 404s on the sound files...

posted by taz 08 July | 08:38

(I didn't do that for this thread, I hasten to add, (timestamps!) 'cause reading my Excellent Prose'd be a big wank... this was my IPODCASTWANKTHING response from a while back. I'm so edgy and contrarian, right?)

posted by stavrosthewonderchicken 08 July | 08:39

Shit, yer right, taz! Whoops... hang on....

*frantically uploads*

Should be OK, now.

posted by stavrosthewonderchicken 08 July | 08:45

I love your voice, taz, like I love your texting. So right, so right.

...still going through the thread.

posted by stavrosthewonderchicken 08 July | 08:46

stavrosthewonderchicken that whole raven thingy was really cool. I think it's you and taz for the MeChaRadio network.

posted by peacay 08 July | 09:11

Well, apparently I've been called out. I'll get to it (right now I'm not at a computer that even has sound, and I'm not sure I'd want to listen to all your sexy voices here at work even if I did), but it won't be until late tonight or sometime tomorrow.

But I already know what I'm going to say. *wink*

[this is cool]

posted by anastasiav 08 July | 11:34

A day late and a dollar short, your ever lovin' wino.

Despite the fact that I smoke a pack of cowboy killers a day and drink like there's a prize at the bottom, I find that I sound like a little fucking kid, even though I'm looking at the business end of thirty, I guess it's just my sweet disposition. Jonmc what's your secret?

Btw, dude you sound exactly like my homeboy Barry Crimmins, it's eerie.

Taz you have an awesome voice, mudpuppie you have chickens, which is flat out awesome. Ukers and Aussies I wish I could hire you to speak for me when I want to sound urbane and/or smart. Dodgygeezer you said "froat" which made my day.

posted by Divine_Wino 08 July | 13:26

Wow you think I could close a tag now and then.

posted by Divine_Wino 08 July | 13:27

safetyfork, I'll hafta buy you a pint for that!

posted by dabitch 08 July | 13:33

*moahahaha* Divine_Wino, you should make a business of reading the bible. ;)

posted by dabitch 08 July | 13:36

There's a Baptist church in Brooklyn???

posted by mudpuppie 08 July | 14:14

Yeah, Brooklyn is known as the city of a million churches or the land of a thousand dances or something. Regardless I live next to a Baptist church and for the most part that is fine, sometimes however...

posted by Divine_Wino 08 July | 14:22

da bitch, I'm down.

Frisbee Girl, surprised?

Divine_Wino, is it in north brooklyn, or where?

And, we'll be watchin'/waitin' anastasiav!

posted by safetyfork 08 July | 14:22

Punk Slope, yo.

posted by Divine_Wino 08 July | 14:29

You live in Park Dope?

*shakes head sadly*

Queens reprazentin'. Ditmars Village inna house.

posted by jonmc 08 July | 14:33

S. Baptists in the Slope: Interesting. Not where I expected. Not too near me, but really not too far either.

jonmc, we ate at elias's corner for fish off the astoria blvd stop the other day, then headed over to the bohemian hall, couldn't help thinkin' you might be out having a drink too. Though, I'm in brooklyn now an astoria meet up @ bohemian should happen this summer.

posted by safetyfork 08 July | 14:37

Divine_Wino, that was extremely cool. Although weirdly enough, at christmas mass this year with the in-laws (following a huge stand up fight re. my atheism, it's a great story, maybe I'll tell it someday) the priest read THAT VERY PASSAGE. WOAH!!!!

why? I have no idea

posted by gaspode 08 July | 14:38

what day were you at the beer garden, safetyfork? I was there in the weekend

posted by gaspode 08 July | 14:39

Y'all need to hit Fatty's Cafe on Ditmars & Crescent. Great calamari, great sandwiches and the best mojito in the Five Boroughs. I was at the Beer Garden on Sunday, though.

We had a Beer Garden meetup last summer, it was fun, but it's tough getting those manhattanites and brooklyn hipsters out here to Bunkersville.

posted by jonmc 08 July | 14:44

jonmc
I've been everywhere man, I did my stint in Astoria and Jackson Heights, I am engaged to a lifelong queens punk rock girl and she was all (strong ass queens accent) "I have to live somewhere else before I die" and since she has a 10 year old daughter and the slope has a great public grade school, we moved there. It's the silliest place I've ever lived, for real, but I actually kind of like it. There is a GREAT bar just down the street. I make up for living in the dorkiest of all yuppie neighborhoods by being PUNK AS FUCK to the full maximum limit, like just all a skinhead puking blood on a three legged pitbull with a shoelace for a dog collar being held by a bored girl with torn fishnets, a queers t-shirt and mad scabs on her arms. I am that punk always. I just punched myself in the crotch, ON PURPOSE.

On a less defensive note I will go to the Bohemian hall anytime.

posted by Divine_Wino 08 July | 14:57

the priest read THAT VERY PASSAGE. WOAH!!!!

I've heard that it roundly proves that evolution is false, for what it's worth, I certainly felt less like a monkeys cousin after I read it.

posted by Divine_Wino 08 July | 15:01

gaspode, a big the other day ago...last thursday! I'm pretty flexible with time. I love that neighborhood, and I like to go eat at the places I miss and then go to the hall. I'm thinking about going again soon (there's this great mexican grocery that has a little food counter in the back: the grub is choice).

Now, divine is divine. I just punched myself in the crotch, ON PURPOSE.. Now I can imagine/hear him saying it too. It sounds like there's at least a little meet-up possibly a-brewin'.

And sorry for the derail voice posters and seekers!

posted by safetyfork 08 July | 15:05

The L to the I to the muthafuckin' C inna house! Queens baby, yeah.

I live under the 7. And am always hip to to the Bohemian jive.

I punched myself in the nuts by accident. Why me?

posted by Hugh Janus 08 July | 15:06

I live under the 7.

Don't the wheels scrape your back? And don't you bump your head on the rails?

Actually I've got the N/R running 2 blocks to the east of me and the Amtrak trestle half a block south. I should buy a damned harmonica and sit on the porch all day.

And I'm so punk I don't use a toilet, just a mansized litter box. You should see the clumping action happening man.

posted by jonmc 08 July | 15:12

Oh dear, D_W, was that intentional invocation of the "cockpunch" or just some random Friday fun?

Um, safetyfork, I think I thought you were British for some reason. Not sure. In any event, I wouldn't have known that was a drunk dial had you not announced it. You just sound really, really relaaaaxed and somewhat amused.

posted by Frisbee Girl 08 July | 15:13

Jonmc I think I lived about two blocks from you, I lived on 23rd ave, about 3 blocks down from the Amtrack testle. Furthermore my male cat is so punk he just shits next to the litter box (this is a fact). Homeboy is all, "You fuckin scoop that up and scrape some litter over it asshole!"

Oh dear, D_W, was that intentional invocation of the "cockpunch" or just some random Friday fun?

I dunno, which one signals that I was punishing myself for eating steamtable chinese food from the overpriced deli for lunch? What a stupid idea, I'ma hafta get a workbeer from the workfridge just to fight the queasies.

posted by Divine_Wino 08 July | 15:20

It's that half-a-block thing that getscha. I love when they do midnight railwork on the 7. I sleep.

posted by Hugh Janus 08 July | 15:23

It's that half-a-block thing that getscha.

For the first month I lived in my current place I would moon any amtrak train that went past from the porch. Take that, bourgeois society!

What a stupid idea, I'ma hafta get a workbeer from the workfridge just to fight the queasies.

I ordered in a fried fish sandwich from Pluck U. They didn't put enough mayo on it so, for saucing purposes, I slathered on some of the blue cheese from my buddy's order of wings. Tasted OK, but an hour and a Half from now, I'll be across the street having a brew at the best bar in the dorky yuppie area I work in.

posted by jonmc 08 July | 15:30

Ok, so check it: would somebody do Mr. Hugh a favor and hook a guy up with a means to record his bad self already?

And what about quonsar? loquacious? I think safetyfork already called out matildaben.... Slack-a-gogo? interrobang, there's gotta be a way around the LD thing. Specklet? Pretty_Generic? Critical Envelope? warbaby? Has AlexReynolds chimed in yet? And what does weretable and the undead chairs sound like?

Tippity tap. I know I'm missing people, but I'll come back for the stragglers later.

Well, huh, I was just dreaming of steamtable Chinese food, but lack the fundamental equipment for a proper cockpunch. Looks like I'll just have to wing it.

posted by Frisbee Girl 08 July | 15:34

Jonmc,
Well to sorta underline the fact that we used to live in the same three block radius, I work about 3 blocks from you, so with the blessing you'll let me buy you a beer at five, before I have to go back home and go the movies with my lady.

Frisbee Girl
(DO NOT DO THIS) Punch yourself in the crotch anyway, it still hurts. (DO NOT DO THAT)

posted by Divine_Wino 08 July | 15:39

I should be near a block-free browser at some point this weekend, Frisbee Girl. I'll see what all the fuss is about. And maybe give you all a honk from my craw.

jonmc, Antarctica, like most places in the dorky yuppie area you work in, would make a perfect target for my new game: deodorant-free mingling.

Clean shirt, clean pants, nice coif, no deodorant. Several players for full-bar coverage. People get really weirded out when you look nice and smell bad. They want to talk to you, but they don't want to talk to you. What do they do? Tune in next time on Deodorant-free Mingling.

I'll level with you: I've never played it. But it sounds like fun, doesn't it?

posted by Hugh Janus 08 July | 15:45

This is so neat!
I'll record mine when I get home. (I don't sound like much. Horrid buffalo accent, often confused for a preteen over the phone) But, since I don't have a microphone, I'll have to do it as a phone post on Livejournal.

posted by kellydamnit 08 July | 15:47

"Deodorant free mingling." I think it's called 'patchouli'.

posted by Frisbee Girl 08 July | 15:51

Awesome, kellydamnit, another accent! Come on, Hugh, get in the pool already.

posted by Frisbee Girl 08 July | 15:54

Frisbee Girl, originally I thought maybe I've been giving off the XX instead of XY vibe which happens on occasion and is totally cool but sometimes surprises me. The surprised surprises the surpriser, appropriately meta.

1/4 of the safetyfork mix is apparently of the british persuasion via canada coming from my grandmother (still a canuck) on my father's side. So maybe you're actually just extra-perceptive!

posted by safetyfork 08 July | 15:57

If you're willing to listen to prattle about Chicago's important stories in June, you can hear me talk here. Sorry it's long, but I don't have editing software here at work.

posted by me3dia 08 July | 15:59

I don't have a way of listening to mp3s here, so I can't even get the instructions contained in the linked file. But this weekend all this will change, if anyone still cares then.

You will hear my voice soon. I'm not the guy on the pool deck dipping his toe in the water and recoiling, "It's too cold!"

I'm the kid sweating outside the fence, wishing I had a buck for admission. Sweating, and waiting.

Waiting until nightfall, when I can hop the fence, shuck my clothes, and have the pool all to myself. And whoever else is into skinnydipping.

posted by Hugh Janus 08 July | 16:01

kellydamnit, I always think of your username as said as an exclamation so I'm anxious to hear if that's the case.

me3dia, just caught the sweet transitions! I'm listening right now with my fingers crossed for some south side coverage. In the meantime, We're going right to the mayor's inner sanctum here!

Hugh Janus, we will care.

posted by safetyfork 08 July | 16:10

I work about 3 blocks from you, so with the blessing you'll let me buy you a beer at five, before I have to go back home and go the movies with my lady.

I will be there. Look for a skinny guy in a Replacements t-shirt.

posted by jonmc 08 July | 16:16

Ok you look for a bulky guy in a carhart sweatshirt and a mets cap.

Everyone else continue to record and post their voices, if we get in any trouble I'll shoot off a flare.

posted by Divine_Wino 08 July | 16:25

Hugh, man, we bought out the damn pool. No admission. There aren't really instructions in the technical sense on seanyboy's mp3, more of any explanation of the spirit of the thread. As best I can tell, a good amount of us have used audioblogger. Super easy, a couple minutes to register and then you call in your post, approve it, link to it and bang! Or something.

If you do use audioblogger, though, this is the dial-in number: 1-415-856-0205. Your cheering section awaits you. And I think you've got a good idea who the skinnydippers are in this here crowd.

Per D-W, no cockpunches for me. Just bad chinese and then off to work. A clambake. Seriously. Catch y'all on the flipside.

Yay, me3dia - can't wait to listen!

posted by Frisbee Girl 08 July | 16:36

What do I say?

posted by Hugh Janus 08 July | 16:37

me3dia - i'd edit the clip for you but i have no idea what i'm listening to and which one is you

jonmc & Divine_Wino - we expect you to dial in a duet

posted by dodgygeezer 08 July | 16:41

I guess I have to be a blogger first.

posted by Hugh Janus 08 July | 16:42

E-mail LeeJay, Hugh.

posted by jonmc 08 July | 16:44

Naturellement, I'm thinkin' something from the Captain and Tennille songbook, probably Muskrat Love.

posted by Divine_Wino 08 July | 16:50

Here's something, at least. It's what I sound like when I'm trying to keep my voice down at work at the end of a Friday.

I'll mutter more over the weekend, if the whim strikes.

posted by Hugh Janus 08 July | 17:06

appropriately edifying, Hugh Janus. Finally! After all that build up!

posted by gaspode 08 July | 17:19

I finally got a hit. stavrosthewonderchicken sounds exactly like I thought he would. Very cool.

Divine_Wino, I loved the reading. You have cemented your position as one of my very favorite Mefites.

Hugh Janus, I was edified. It's good to hear you.

posted by LeeJay 08 July | 17:23

Oh man, this is the coolest! I love hearing y'all. I'll try and either get the audioblog thing working, or figure out how to use my mic to record next week. :)

posted by PsychoKitty 08 July | 17:27

Well, audioblogger won't let me log in, says it's attached to a blog I haven't thought about in years and was deleted about that long ago. It's apparently tied to your phone number? I dunno.

I'll send an email to LeeJay and see if she can help a sister out. ;)

posted by PsychoKitty 08 July | 17:38

I'd be happy to help. Awaiting your email.

posted by LeeJay 08 July | 17:39

Excellent, edifying and exciting Hugh Janus! Not as east coast in the throat as I expected either. Now, I'm off to home which is just over the Pulaski from ya.

posted by safetyfork 08 July | 17:56

Hugh's got the thickest New Yawka accent yet.

And also, we now know where you live.

posted by mudpuppie 08 July | 17:59

Here's my silly thing. Thanks tons LeeJay...you are my new best friend. :)

posted by PsychoKitty 08 July | 18:10

No problem. It's good to hear your voice!

posted by LeeJay 08 July | 18:14

Greetings from Greensboro, North Carolina!

Voices of kortez, frances1972, BuddyBlack & Severn.

posted by kortez 08 July | 19:36

I finally did this, too! I'm such the happy little joiner.
Hello from tropical Buffalo, NY!

Might want to turn your speakers down, I was on my cell phone (well, my only phone), and I'm something of a loud talker since my hearing isn't all that great. (any djs out there... listen when people tell you to wear earplugs).

posted by kellydamnit 08 July | 20:23

Aw, kellydamnit! I loved the story. I laughed and cringed. Happy early birthday, by the way. :)

posted by LeeJay 08 July | 21:20

Yay, lurkers are joining in! kortez and frances1972, it's good to hear from you. And frances1972, as one of the old time music lovers here I have to thank you for the song. Now go feed your dogs. :)

posted by LeeJay 08 July | 21:24

Oh geez I'm trying so hard not to have a huge crush on seanyboy now. I can't listen to any more of these right now or I'll fall in love with every last one of you.

posted by iconomy 08 July | 21:49

i love this!

(i tried audioblogger, but the number they told me to call is out of service--what's up with that?)

posted by amberglow 08 July | 22:16

Does this comment help?

posted by iconomy 08 July | 22:21

ahhh

posted by amberglow 08 July | 23:14

ok--here

Just like with pictures--i don't think i look like me in those, and i don't think i sound like me in this. : >

posted by amberglow 08 July | 23:20

amberglow, you sound exactly like an old roommate of mine. Exactly. Spooky.

posted by LeeJay 08 July | 23:23

But i don't really sound like that, i don't think

posted by amberglow 08 July | 23:27

I don't think I sound like my recording, either. I noticed everyone is saying that, though.

posted by kellydamnit 08 July | 23:31

Yay yay yay! lots more to listen to.

posted by gaspode 08 July | 23:33

kelly, is it Rochester where they say "farrther" instead of "father", accentwise?

posted by amberglow 08 July | 23:43

Ok, this is me

posted by anastasiav 09 July | 00:43

Ahhhh. This is so great. Amberglow just seems like he could be sitting right beside me chatting, and anastasiav, you sound like an angel. It's just amazing to hear everyone.

Kortez and frances1972, it was so good to hear from you two! (And BuddyBlack!)

posted by taz 09 July | 01:18

By the way, Taz, I should have said -- its not Greek (although I know the origin is) -- its Russian. Anastasia Veronica. Its my Greek Orthodox baptismal name.

posted by anastasiav 09 July | 01:20

Best after work present EVERRRRRR!!!

Hugh, most excellent to finally hear you. I am happily edified.

Psychokitty, kellydamnit and astasiav, you all have these sweet, silky voices. Very cool. The next time I can't sleep, I want one of you to talk me to sleep.

amberglow, you just crack me up. But you know that already.

And yay for the lurkers, kortez and frances1972! You guys could sell me sand in the desert with those accents. Loved hearing BuddyBlack and Severn chime in, too!

posted by Frisbee Girl 09 July | 01:23

Between laughing my ass off at Pretty_Generic, crying my eyes out over yhbc's kitty story, and feeling this sort of strange nostalgia inspired by hearing your voices (like you are all people from my past, whom I've just been missing all these years), it's been a funny, crazy, nice emotional mecha morning for me. (And it's only 8:30 am!)

posted by taz 09 July | 01:38

anastasiav, I have been pronouncing your name all wrong all this time.

posted by LeeJay 09 July | 02:04

Forgive me for being lazy and not reading the rest of the new entries before posting this, but...

Furthermore my male cat is so punk he just shits next to the litter box (this is a fact). Homeboy is all, "You fuckin scoop that up and scrape some litter over it asshole!"

I can so totally one-up that. Not only does my big guy shit on the floor next to the box, my little one (a girl, no less!) somehow manages to project pee onto the wall behind the box. Then she spends five minutes scratching the wall to try to cover it up.

So.

posted by mudpuppie 09 July | 02:45

Crikey, a whole load of new voices to hear. You all sound great. Kortez and Frances, you have great accents and it's good to hear the dog joining in.

Kelly, you do sound like a fifteen year old! That was a great story - count yourself lucky that you're not now called KellyYoufuckwit.

anastasia - which i've been pronouncing anna-stay-sia - you sound really together like you should be doing voice overs on adverts or something

Can we encourage anyone else to get their voices on here?

posted by dodgygeezer 09 July | 07:23

I had no preconceived ideas about what people would sound like. All the girls sound beautifully sulty. All the boys sound rather gentle actually. I suspect everyone's keeping it down so people around won't be suspecting weirdness. The only one who slightly surprised me was divine_wino. It's all an act! That mild mannered voice doesn't quite suggest the cockpunching menacing punk! Heh.
me3dia, you've got quite a repertoire of voices happenin' there.

posted by peacay 09 July | 07:25

Best thread evah. (I still haven't listened to everyone yet! Keep 'em comin!)

posted by dabitch 09 July | 07:34

Oh yeah, does anyone else think dabitch looks like Ute Lemper crossed with Kate Winslet in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind? OK, just me then.

All the girls sound beautifully sulty.

Heh. Is that meant to be sultry or sluty?

posted by dodgygeezer 09 July | 07:40

dodgygeezer, I think I'll just leave that ambiguous.
And definitely Kate Winslet look there dabitch!

posted by peacay 09 July | 08:57

Ahhhh. This is so great. Amberglow just seems like he could be sitting right beside me chatting, and anastasiav, you sound like an angel. It's just amazing to hear everyone.

It really is great. Everyone else sounds so polished and professional tho--i really always just am chatting when i'm here or in MeFi or at a meetup.

posted by amberglow 09 July | 13:19

I did it! And I sound soooo dorky, it's unbelievable.

posted by mygothlaundry 09 July | 13:39

mygoth : >

(you make me feel better about mine--we'll be the casual ones)

posted by amberglow 09 July | 13:44

mygothlaundry, you sound just like my sister!

posted by taz 09 July | 13:54

All right, I guess I'm a joiner. This is is my audioblogger post (thanks LeeJay) and hopefully I don't sound like taz's sister.

posted by Slack-a-gogo 09 July | 14:09

*sob*
I don't have time to listen to all the new voices this morning!

posted by deborah 09 July | 14:20

*Runs to grab phone, stumbles over ottoman, crashing to the floor. Crawls painfully to phone, trying not to drip blood everywhere.*

"slack? slack? are you there...?? slack?

posted by taz 09 July | 14:45

: >

posted by amberglow 09 July | 15:49

Kelly, you do sound like a fifteen year old! That was a great story - count yourself lucky that you're not now called KellyYoufuckwit.

Told you!
I should count myself lucky, though. Most people look at me and assume I'm about 20 now. I used to get ID'd for R-Rated movies. Now just cigarettes and booze.

posted by kellydamnit 09 July | 17:25

Kelly has the same accent as my other friend in Buffalo! She's a net friend & the first time I heard her speak the accent amazed me - it sounds so much like my friend from Michigan, nothing like New York.

posted by mygothlaundry 09 July | 23:23

Metachat: where the girls are beautifully sulty.

Heh, Kate Winslet? Well hey why not she's got great brows, and like her charachter in eternal sunshine I've done every color in the rainbow and a few that did not exist. hehehe. . :P I only hope that Ute Lemper sings a helluvalotbetter than me!

this post is GREAT I love hearing y'all!

posted by dabitch 10 July | 06:05

*waits for iconomy to chime in, noting that she seems to be very quiet at the moment*

posted by dg 10 July | 20:03

me3dia - i'd edit the clip for you but i have no idea what i'm listening to and which one is you

Oh, sorry 'bout that. I'm the one they call Andrew, editor of Gapers Block.

posted by me3dia 11 July | 11:42

Peacay
I have a cockpunch voice and a phone voice, so la...

(actually I am a wee girl's blouse, anyway)

posted by Divine_Wino 11 July | 11:42

Just got to hear the new voices, yay! I think every audio post on here has tickled me one way or another.

posted by safetyfork 11 July | 17:06

All right, after confusing you all with that way-too-long inteview thing, I finally set up Audioblogger and recording a quick note from here in Chicago. A week late, but oh well.

posted by me3dia 14 July | 23:51

Slack-a-gogo, that was great.

posted by LeeJay 15 July | 23:30

And I've been pronouncing me3dia all wrong too. It's good to hear from y'all.

posted by LeeJay 15 July | 23:31

Somehow, I missed the Slack-a-gogo audio post and taz's response: love it!

posted by Frisbee Girl 16 July | 10:48

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