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     Yeah, I know.  I’ve been reminded by several kind, well-meaning people, some with a degree of subtlety and some without that I’ve still to put a podcast out.  I whined previously that my Wincrap Shitstsa computer sucked too much, and that I needed something that would work.  So, I got a Mac, which incidentally works better then any computer I’ve ever even dreamed of using.  So what’s the holdup ?

     Well…..it’s me, basically.  I’ve been suffering a sort of ‘crisis of faith’ for a little while now, as far as the blog and podcast go - I’ve wanted to do a few different things, none of which went very well together, and I wanted to prevent The Sieve! from becoming one of those rambly mish-mashy podcasts which I hate. 

    To that end, I believe I’m going to do the following:  I’m going to re-launch The Sieve! in May, retooled and re tweaked, and I’m also going to launch another podcast in May as well, that will showcase an entire different world of stuff.  The Sieve! will also showcase the songwriting challenge, which I’ve had a lot of emails and IMs asking about.l  I think the blog here at badlybent.ca will continue to be a catch-all for everything that is Stevie Z (sorry about that ;)  but I think I’ll also launch another blog site as well for the new podcast.

    Now, I can hear you all already “but face it, asshat, you don’t even do one show on a regular basis, do you expect us to believe that you’re going to do two now?!?!”  Well, yes, because the new format for The Sieve! and the new podcast will be much simpler, more effective, and more entertaining then ever.  Hard to believe?  Believe it, mes amis!  And also, I’m really hoping to bring in some co-hosts, which make my job easier.

    So expect the next couple of weeks to be filled with the sounds of hammers, saws, drills, marmots, and cussin’ because we’re talking some major overhauls….

    One last note - one of the reasons for bringing back The Sieve! Song Challenge and really really wanting to promote it is partly because A) I want an excuse to play my own crap on the air, and B) I had the extreme honour of being a judge for the Inaugural Cambridge Songwriting Competition two weeks in a row, and I’ve met some amazing people, both onstage and at the judges table, who have really reminded me how much j’adore independent, unusual, and to some extent, local, music and musicians.  That got me itchin’ to start recording my own stuff again, and more importantly to offer yet another platform for the unheard to be, well, heard.

    Of course, I might sober up tomorrow and decide that all this is bull and just keep putting out a show every two months, filled with worthless meanderings…..

    Peace, Love, and Songwriting!

    Stevie Z