(that title should be read in your best Looney Tunes voice)

 Ya know, there are two things in life I've always wanted to do.  I've always wanted to get into a cab and say, "Follow that car!" and I've always wanted to have a band breakup from creative differences.

 Well... one outta two ain't bad, so far... and it wasn't a band, it was a podcast.  But it's close enough.

I'm sorry to have to report that the podcast is no more.

 I will probably not keep BV going since I never liked doing them by myself, and I'm not sure I could find a good partner.  I may choose to start some other podcast up in the near future, I just don't know.

 If any of you are following me on twitter, please continue to do so, and I will keep you updated about any future podcasting plans.  If you're not following me, please do.  My username is richwielgosz .

 Anyway, I hope you are all well.

 Best,
 Rich...

Sorry folks, no podcast for this week.

For our 171st offering we give you a re-release of our first show ever, originally released in 2005.  We were not able to do a show for this, the week of our 4th anniversary, so we re-encoded and re-released this show as a place-holder.  We will record a proper 4th anniversary show, soon.  Originally released 6/13/2005.  Enjoy:

Yes, it's official. We've recorded, edited and (now) posted our first show (#0.1)! Highlights include...

• Streams of consciousness
• Portuguese explorers and chefs
• The evils of gluten
• Ethic food, jokes

Click the link above to listen to the show, or subscribe using your favorite pod-catching client using the link at the top of the page.

We are gathered here today for the one hundred seventieth time for:

• More pedophilia? Or not.
• Tune 1: Blessing of the Kindling by Katy Wehr
• Indian Gift Giving
• Tune 2: Good Stuff by Sunna Gunnlaugs
• g'bye

Dude, this is show 169!

• Get your pedophile beard today
• Vin: 2007 Santa Julia Organica Cabernet Sauvignon
• Tune 1: Freedom's Song by Gale Mead
• On Film: Star Trek
• Tune 2: Same Old Same Old by Big Green
• adios mustachios

In case you didn't listen to the last show where we mentioned this, we won't have a show for the week of 5/25.  Some stuff came up that conflicted, but we will be back next week.

 -Rich...

This is WVIB 168, all talk, all the time:

• Birds and the bees...and twin bathtubs on the beach
• Tune 1: The Way I Feel by the Cantonement Jazz Band
• Humour.  I was ONLY KIDDING!
• Tune 2: Beethoven's Sonata No.1 in F Minor Op. 2 No.1-4 Prestissimo performed by Daniel Veesey
• ciao!

The following show is effective at 167 parts per million:

• News recap
• Vin: 2007 Cycles Gladiator Cabernet Sauvignon
• Tune 1: Only Nine by Seeking Through Silence
  
• Films!
• Gomorra
• Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
• The Class
• Who Killed the Electric Car?
• Tune 2: September by Digger

To commemorate the 166th meeting of BV we discuss:

• News and Notes
• Feedback from Grizzly
  
• Tune 1: I Lifted Her Dress Over Her Head and Unscrewed Her Leg by Anterrabae
• Obama administration cozies up to the wrong people and repeats Bush mistakes
• Obama adds FIFTH RIAA Lawyer to Justice Department
  
• Warrantless Wiretapping
• Joe Biden strokes the MPAA
  
• Susan Boyle, SUPERSTAR!
  
• Tune 2: Lucky Dime by Gale Mead
• See ya!

This week, on a very special episode 165 of Bloodthirsty Vegetarians, Arnold learns that it is no longer safe to accept Bacon from strangers, and...

• The lovely and talented Fran Wagner
  
• Vin: 2007 Rosemount Shiraz
  
• Tune 1: Ballad of a Gink by The Moonlighters
  
• RAZZLEDAZZLE Costume Construction Company
• Tune 2: The Tiling Song by Curios

Welcome to the One Six Four:

• Tune 1: Little Sharks and Baby Dolphins by Curios (video)
  
• The continuing saga of copyright nonsense and cable provider shenanigans
• French Government votes down stoopid law
• Should Obama control the internet?
  
• TWC metered billing experiments
• Rochester, NY fights back
  
• Tune 2: Shudder by Only in the Mornings
• On Film: Revolutionary Road
  
• ah de oss

The one to the six to the three contains:

• Welcome to the show Joe Perry of Big Green
• We have Voice-Mail!  206-376-1907
• Shout out to Grizzly!
  
• Tune 1: Welcome To It by Big Green
• Vin: 2005 House Wine Blend
  
• Legalize It? Hell, we NEED it!
• The hypocrisy and inherent danger of using "sin" taxes to pay for programs
  
• Tune 2: Into the Mystic by Gale Mead
• cya!

Once...Twice...162 times a podcast:

• Copyright law update
• NZ Copyright Law dies a natural death (and there was much rejoicing) 
• Great piece on fair use by Shepard Fairey
  
• Vin: 2007 Penfolds Rawson's Retreat Cabernet Sauvignon
  
• Tune 1: Speedy Green by Amanda Monaco 4
  
• Tech Talk - tiny little computing devices
• When Laws Go Bad
• Rockefeller drug laws on the way out (yay)
• Black cars to be outlawed in CA (boo)
  
• Tune 2: Twin Demon by Twins Crew
  
• On Film: The Reader

 In addition to having the new Voice-Mail number and Tweeting live as we podcast, I thought it might be fun to have more direct interactive communication with us as we record.  For those of you not familiar with IRC, it was a kind of real-time chat program WAY BEFORE the whole (fairly recent) instant messenging craze.

 There are many stand-alone IRC clients out there, but I use a Firefox plugin called Chatzilla to access IRC.  It's very nice, but requires some configuration, and for those of you who don't want to mess with that, you can use a simple web-interface to access the IRC server, and then our IRC channel.  Here's how:

1. Visit http://www.mibbit.com/chat
2. Use the pull down server list (next to IRC) and choose "Freenode"
3. Put some sort of nickname in the Nick box
4. Put "#bloodyveg" (without the quotation marks) in the channel box
5. Click "Go"
6. And you're off to the races!

 For those of you who already know how to use your IRC clients, the server we'll be using is "freenode", and the channel name is "#bloodyveg".  With a stand-alone client you have to register a nick with the freenode server, but you probably know how to do that.

 Our next recording session is on Thursday the 9th, and we usually start podcasting at around 7pm east coast time.

 See you there!
 

 Yes folks, Bloodthirsty Vegetarians now have Voice Mail!

  206-376-1907

 It's a Seattle area code because that's where the service is, but that shouldn't be a problem considering that most people have free night-time long distance these days on their cells.

 Give us a call and tell us what's on your mind.  Good or bad... we dare ya!