New Stuff on Buddha at the Gas Pump

[Guest guest]

This relates to Amma in that Steven Winn, who's interview I just uploaded,

is an Amma devotee: http://www.youtube.com/user/buddhaatthegaspump

 

And also, folks here have expressed interest in the series in general.

 

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Good News!

 

I have just uploaded one new video and all but one of the audio tracks of

the 16 interviews conducted so far.

 

There are several ways to listen to the audios:

 

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At http://batgap.com you'll see something similar to the above screen shot

at the bottom of the entry for each interview. You may:

.. Click on the arrow or the Audio MP3 graphic to listen in your

browser.

.. Click on " Play in Popup " to play the audio in a browser Popup

window.

.. Click on " Download " to download the MP3 file to your computer so

you may listen to it on your MP3 player.

.. Subscribe to our Podcast

<http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/buddha-at-the-gas-pump/id359034195?ign-m

pt=uo%3D4> Channel, to listen in iTunes or on your iPod. If you just

transfer an MP3 file to your player it shows up in the " Music " category in

iTunes, and if you switch to something else in the middle of an interview,

or connect your iPod to your computer to recharge it or do a fresh sync, you

lose your place in the file. Podcasts are " smarter " in that they remember

where you left off. They also download new episodes and sync them with your

iPod automatically.

 

There are several ways to watch the new video, which is #6 in the series,

and the others to be uploaded soon:

 

.. With higher resolution, but in 10-minute segments, on YouTube

<http://www.youtube.com/user/buddhaatthegaspump>

.. With lower resolution, but in their entirety, on our blog

<http://batgap.com/>

.. By buying DVDs. Contact me if that interests you.

 

After watching or listening to them, there are several ways to discuss them.

 

 

.. On the blog <http://batgap.com/> , you can address questions to

particular guests or make comments by leaving a reply on the page where that

guest's interview is posted (for instance <http://batgap.com/steve-winn/> ).

.. On our very active chat

<BuddhaAtTheGasPump/?yguid=102438402> group,

where discussion may pertain to a particular interview, but is usually of a

more general nature.

.. By leaving comments on the YouTube channel

<http://www.youtube.com/user/buddhaatthegaspump> , although that format is

not well-suited to extended, interactive discussions.

.. If you have suggestions or constructive criticism for me, or

questions you would like me to ask future guests, just email me

<rick .

 

There are several ways to be notified when new interviews are posted:

.. Subscribe to the blog by clicking on

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page. That will take you to a page where you can choose your blog reader.

Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express can serve this purpose.

.. Just stay on this mailing list. If this email was forwarded to you

and you would like to to this list, send a blank email to

list-

.. Subscribe to the YouTube channel

<http://www.youtube.com/user/buddhaatthegaspump> . You'll get an email from

YouTube when I upload new videos there.

.. Follow us on Twitter <http://twitter.com/batgap> , but if you're

like me, you miss a lot of " Tweets " from people you're following, and may

not notice when new videos are announced.

 

The newly-posted video is number 6 in the series. Numbers 7 and 8 will be

uploaded within a few days. I had intended to release them in the order they

were recorded, but as I mentioned in the last email, software and hardware

problems have delayed the post-production work of replacing the green screen

background with a more attractive one. These problems can and will be

solved. It's just a matter of having the right (expensive) software on the

right computer, and a limited budget has delayed accomplishing that. These

three were taped against a fabric backdrop. Hence, no green screen problem.

We will continue to tape new shows without the green screen, until this

problem has been solved.

 

After I sent out the last email, mentioning the green screen problem, my old

high school buddy Ralph <http://www.ralphpreston.com/> Preston volunteered

to take a crack at it. Ralph and I shared all sorts of wild adventures back

in the day, including getting arrested twice for marijuana possession. Two

years ago, Ralph had a stroke, and his determined efforts at recovery have

amazed his doctors and gladdened the hearts of his friends and loved ones.

His story is on his blog <http://strokedvd.blogspot.com/> , where he also

discusses a stroke recovery DVD he hopes to produce. Among others, Ram Dass

has agreed to be interviewed for it. The project is stalled for lack of

funding, so if you feel inclined to donate to it, please contact Ralph

<ralph.preston . (Ralph did not ask me to make this

request.)

 

I would also like to again thank Bryan Hawthorne of FPAC - the Fairfield

Public Access TV <http://fairfieldpublicaccess.net/> Station - who has been

coming in evenings each week to tape the show.

 

I'll send a much shorter email in a few days when the next two videos have

been uploaded.

 

Feel free to forward this email to friends.

 

If you run into any technical problems, let me know.

 

Thanks for your interest and patience,

 

Rick

 

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