Life happens man, just wanted to drop a comment saying that I enjoyed your guys’ podcast, so whenever you get it back up, I’ll tune back in!
1 year ago | 2
Dutch: "Ahaha look the camera moves when I move" James: internal screaming
1 year ago | 6
Don't sweat it. You go above and beyond. You're also the best, so we'll wait patiently for whatever is in store next.
1 year ago | 1
Totally understandable. Can't wait til you're back. Love listening to Shane.
1 year ago | 2
I was really enjoying the Shane Douglas podcast and am bummed that it won’t be continuing on a regular basis but you guys do what you gotta do.
1 year ago | 5
He was quite over back in 2000. He made the hardcore championship worth something. His career and life plummeted so fast, I didn't even know what happened to him until years later.
4 months ago | 0
I’m glad you’re a man who prefers quality over quantity. Your catalogue of work proves this.
1 year ago | 1
We are happy just to see and hear Dutch and Shane. I get a good laugh from Dutch and the camera actually. These are things we've come to expect and you are doing your damn best plus being all the way "across the pond." We can deal with a little fuzz and buzz here and there.
1 year ago | 0
I'm an audio tech from Pittsburgh if you ever need a hand in configuring stuff, Id be glad to help you guys out just to get ya back on track. I know you said it's not just that, but just putting it out there.
1 year ago | 24
brother part of my job as a admin asst is to setup zooms and teams meetings. its literally always a last min issue. i feel you
1 year ago | 1
Yes please get Shane's audio back on track it's killing the show. I don't want to miss a word he says.
1 year ago | 4
Ok I want my money back for all the lost episodes....... Hell I forgot this didn't cost me anything but my time... James do what you have to do I'll be waiting and I just get my fix with Dutch... 😎
1 year ago | 1
Brother.. YOU SAID YOU HAD FAMILY ISSUES/MATTER TO TAKE CARE OF. DEAL WITH THAT 1ST! WE ALL ENJOYS YOUR DEDICATION TO THIS, & WE WILL SAL BE HERE WHEN YOU RETURNS. NOT TO DEMEAN YOU? BUT IT’S ONLY A WRESTLING PODCAST. WHICH ☝🏻.. WE ALL ENJOYS. TAKE CARE IF GOUR FAMILY MATTERS 1ST. THAT’S WHAT’S TRULY IMPORTANT. EVERYTHING ELSE? WILL FALL INTO PLACE! I HOPE YOU, DUTCH, SHANE ARE ALL DOING GOOD? TILL THE NEXT BROADCAS
1 year ago | 1
Shane Douglas Official
I can’t post this week’s Shane Douglas episode because the audio is just too atrocious. Last week’s was bad, but somehow this week’s is even worse and the microphone drops out so many words or sounds underwater that it’s nearly unintelligible. Considering we’ve recorded shows on an iPhone as a last resort before, it’s baffling why the audio during the last recording session went from “barely passable” to “utterly unacceptable”. So I’m eating the cost of booking Shane and just not posting it.
Now, this isn’t a case of “just buy a new microphone” to improve the audio quality. We did that already. This is a case of a bizarre confluence of circumstances that seem to consistently trip us up at the last minute before recording. Our original recording method with the old microphone was fine until a mandatory software update stopped the microphone working entirely. Then we tried various new means of working it through a conventional laptop, but for whatever reason, the laptop wouldn’t recognise the microphone, or camera, or both – even with a professional setting it up. It’s just more software issues that’s nobody’s fault except the people who make this stuff as incompatible as humanly possible.
Here’s the good news - We’ve finally worked out the software and audio issues (see the Scott Norton interview on WSI - it looks and sounds great) but it’s been hugely frustrating trying to put out high quality product – something I pride myself on in this sphere of wrestling podcasts with shitty audio/video recorded directly from the integrated laptop hardware. As I’m sure a lot of you know, I’m a stickler for quality video and ESPECIALLY quality audio wherever it can be helped... at least at my end. I was going to visit Dutch next month to sort out his camera equipment so it looked as good as mine, but that trip will have to wait until further down the line due to a change in my family's circumstances, and trust me, that annoys me greatly, because although the video is perfectly serviceable, it could always be better!
Now here’s the bad news - It’s a matter of WHEN we can next record. Shane can only do certain weekends, and for various reasons (my aforementioned family circumstances, pre-booked trips, other work) I have almost no weekends available for at least 2 months. Plus I work every day already so I cannot do mid-week – and who wants to work rare weekends off?
Even if Shane and I only record occasionally from now on when we can both make it (which I assure you will happen as I thought our in-depth big show reviews were excellent and important and still have tonnes of steam left in them), I’ll make sure to update you here and on the WSI Twitter; but for the short term the podcast is going to have to go on hiatus because we simply don’t have much crossover availability any more. I know this will make Chael Sonnen very unhappy, but that’s about where we are at this point.
Sorry to all who enjoyed the show - Any further news and I'll let you know.
But hey, at least we never resorted to filming a shoot interview at an indoor pool...
James
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