Podcast Expo - The Parties
Friday night is definitely the big night for parties at the Podcast Expo. Last year Yahoo! Podcasts threw a shindig at the Marriott and then everyone headed up the Presidential Suite to find out all about PodTrac and get some free beverages.
This year I figured that Friday night would be even bigger. And it was! PodTrac was in the house occupying the same pavilion at the Marriott occupied by Yahoo! last year. The party went from 6:30 to 8:00 and featured the antics of birthday boy Brother Love rocking it out acoustic style to his hit Podsafe tune Summertime. He then lipsynched to another track from Album Of The Year while vamping for the ladies in the crowd and bouncing all over the pavilion. Finally, he previewed a track from his forthcoming album. At this point the crowd was pretty well lubricated.
The PodTrac party ended at 8PM and then it was time to head up to room 2016 for the Blubrry soiree. The event was pretty low key but there was a steady stream of people filing in to the suite to get some bluberry juice, pizza and one of those cute blue stress balls. Todd Cochrane held court and the team from PodTrac including CEO Mark McCrery stopped by. The star of the room was Emily from the Sex With Emily podcast. Emily's producer got the full skinny on Blubrry from Raw Voice CFO Jeevan Padiyar. The lady seemed very impressed with Blubrry's approach to social podcasting.
The next move was over to the Doubletree Hotel for a party that everyone was anticipating. LibSyn, Kiptronic and IODA were throwing a joint bash in a huge suite there. We showed up sometime after 10:00 and the place was packed both inside and on the large patio. Kevin Mason was body painting people in one of the bedrooms and the DJ was laying down some heavy beats. The party was good and everyone seemed to be there. Keith and the Girl were holding court on the patio before The Girl came inside to attack the unopened tray of raw veggies just before midnight. Unfortunately the party didn't last too much longer because Doubletree security came in and presented the party team with their own cease and desist order. Apple would have been proud. As the clock struck midnight we were floating free again.
The Gary Leland from Podcast Pickle came along. Gary said, "Let's go to my place at the Marriott" and we gladly obliged. So there we were again with Brother Love, Slau, Eric Rice and many others heading back to the Marriott. Gary had the Presidential Suite stocked with beverages and Podcast Pickle gear. The party started slow but I went into the bathroom for a minute and came out to find the place packed with folks who migrated from the Doubletree.
I packed it in at 1AM but the pickle party was going strond. Kudos to everyone who laid out some cash for these events. It may get even more interesting next year as I heard the rumor from several people that the Expo may be moving to.....VEGAS BABY!
This year I figured that Friday night would be even bigger. And it was! PodTrac was in the house occupying the same pavilion at the Marriott occupied by Yahoo! last year. The party went from 6:30 to 8:00 and featured the antics of birthday boy Brother Love rocking it out acoustic style to his hit Podsafe tune Summertime. He then lipsynched to another track from Album Of The Year while vamping for the ladies in the crowd and bouncing all over the pavilion. Finally, he previewed a track from his forthcoming album. At this point the crowd was pretty well lubricated.
The PodTrac party ended at 8PM and then it was time to head up to room 2016 for the Blubrry soiree. The event was pretty low key but there was a steady stream of people filing in to the suite to get some bluberry juice, pizza and one of those cute blue stress balls. Todd Cochrane held court and the team from PodTrac including CEO Mark McCrery stopped by. The star of the room was Emily from the Sex With Emily podcast. Emily's producer got the full skinny on Blubrry from Raw Voice CFO Jeevan Padiyar. The lady seemed very impressed with Blubrry's approach to social podcasting.
The next move was over to the Doubletree Hotel for a party that everyone was anticipating. LibSyn, Kiptronic and IODA were throwing a joint bash in a huge suite there. We showed up sometime after 10:00 and the place was packed both inside and on the large patio. Kevin Mason was body painting people in one of the bedrooms and the DJ was laying down some heavy beats. The party was good and everyone seemed to be there. Keith and the Girl were holding court on the patio before The Girl came inside to attack the unopened tray of raw veggies just before midnight. Unfortunately the party didn't last too much longer because Doubletree security came in and presented the party team with their own cease and desist order. Apple would have been proud. As the clock struck midnight we were floating free again.
The Gary Leland from Podcast Pickle came along. Gary said, "Let's go to my place at the Marriott" and we gladly obliged. So there we were again with Brother Love, Slau, Eric Rice and many others heading back to the Marriott. Gary had the Presidential Suite stocked with beverages and Podcast Pickle gear. The party started slow but I went into the bathroom for a minute and came out to find the place packed with folks who migrated from the Doubletree.
I packed it in at 1AM but the pickle party was going strond. Kudos to everyone who laid out some cash for these events. It may get even more interesting next year as I heard the rumor from several people that the Expo may be moving to.....VEGAS BABY!
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