Podcast: The Return of A Fifth of Spurs

by J.R. Wilco on Feb 16, 2012 11:46 AM CST in Conversations & Podcasts

It's been quite a while since I've done one of these. Mourning the loss of my co-caster, SiMA, and dealing with the compressed schedule has kept me off the mike since last season. But the endless pressure to re-boot AFoS by Matthew Tynan and SpursfanSteve, who agreed to be my cohorts this year, was just too much and so we're reimplementing your favorite bloggy pasttime: assembling an assortment of topics and holding forth on them while attempting to preserve the illusion of some kind of expertise -- otherwise known as pod-casting.

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Thanks to Josh Guyer for his work in the booth and creating the variety of delivery methods below. Topics covered: the season so far, are the Spurs conference favorites, how long will Duncan play, and near endless improvisations on related themes. Enjoy responsibly. It's 38 minutes long. And please vote in the poll.

This was recorded on Tuesday evening after the game against the Pistons.

Here are your options for podcast consumption:

Youtube

Vimeo

SBNation

And finally: here it is on the hosting site we'll be using if the iTunes option does well enough in the poll. In other words, it's not free and we won't be popping for this unless enough people are interested.

(Editor's Note: coming up later today will be Edg5's piece on flopping. It's a great read, so look for it in just a few hours.)

Poll

What's your preferred method to listen to the PtR podcasts?

YouTube works.

18 votes

I'm with Josh Guyer, Viemo all the way!

4 votes

My browser never leaves SBNation's servers, so downloading it straight from the site is fine.

6 votes

iTunes for me, baby. I don't care how much it costs you guys.

6 votes

34 votes | Poll has closed

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Great job, guys!

As in some of the past seasons, the only thing that will derail the Spurs this season is a key injury.

by 4Him on Feb 16, 2012 12:50 PM CST reply actions

These are always great. Good to see it’s back.
Well done.
I agree that we have to see the Spurs as (one of the) favorites to come out of the West if we keep playing like this.

"That’s cool." - Duncan on his near quadruple-double in game 6 of the 2003 NBA Finals.

by Bakkie009 on Feb 16, 2012 1:16 PM CST reply actions

Have you guys tried free podcasts like podomatic?

A casual diehard Spurs fan.

by Sh!fty on Feb 16, 2012 1:17 PM CST reply actions

Josh, wanna look into that?

The 2012 season: the Spurs have a chance, but only if Manu can be Manu in the playoffs. - CapHill
Pounding the Rock

by J.R. Wilco on Feb 16, 2012 1:20 PM CST up reply actions

Podomatic link

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by Josh Guyer (completely deck) on Feb 16, 2012 2:25 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs

A casual diehard Spurs fan.

by Sh!fty on Feb 16, 2012 2:50 PM CST up reply actions

YAY!!!! AFoS is back :D My favorite part of last season on PtR. Really miss SiMA though. Btw I voted for the Youtube option because that’s the only one that will work on Department of Defense computers :P

"You may all go to hell, and I will go to Texas." -Davy Crockett
"Give me an army of West Point graduates, and I'll win a battle. Give me a handful of Texas Aggies, and I'll win a war." -Gen. George S. Patton

by Trey Felder on Feb 16, 2012 1:21 PM CST reply actions

Good to know!

The 2012 season: the Spurs have a chance, but only if Manu can be Manu in the playoffs. - CapHill
Pounding the Rock

by J.R. Wilco on Feb 16, 2012 2:04 PM CST up reply actions

Josh….

Great music selection. Love the outro.

"Losing doesn't build character, losing just sucks. You know, sometimes though, you've got to lose in order to be able to enjoy winning" - Ben Wallace

by SpursfanSteve on Feb 16, 2012 1:22 PM CST reply actions

The outro = YES.

I would like to get a little more inside, myself -- Pau Gasol

by silverandblack_davis on Feb 17, 2012 12:15 AM CST up reply actions

Great job. Did SiMA die?
And… that’s a lot of heavy metal music.

"Sometimes I think I lost something really important to me, and it turns out I already ate it."

by DrumsInTheDeep on Feb 16, 2012 1:26 PM CST reply actions

SiMA had a baby, and the bloggy part of him suffered an immediate and premature death.

The 2012 season: the Spurs have a chance, but only if Manu can be Manu in the playoffs. - CapHill
Pounding the Rock

by J.R. Wilco on Feb 16, 2012 2:05 PM CST up reply actions

by Trey Felder on Feb 16, 2012 2:07 PM CST up reply actions

Nice conversation. Man, somebody has terrible taste in music!!!

(Full disclaimer: I hate everyone.) -- Fred Silva and JRW

by quincyscott on Feb 16, 2012 5:39 PM CST reply actions

Don’t like Stevie Wonder, eh?

The 2012 season: the Spurs have a chance, but only if Manu can be Manu in the playoffs. - CapHill
Pounding the Rock

by J.R. Wilco on Feb 16, 2012 9:47 PM CST up reply actions

He was looking for some Beatles, I’m sure :)

I would like to get a little more inside, myself -- Pau Gasol

by silverandblack_davis on Feb 17, 2012 12:17 AM CST up reply actions

He was referring to the intro, I’m sure :)

The 2012 season: the Spurs have a chance, but only if Manu can be Manu in the playoffs. - CapHill
Pounding the Rock

by J.R. Wilco on Feb 17, 2012 8:21 AM CST up reply actions

Great use of TWSS.

I have the weirdest Bonner right now.

by Tim C. on Feb 16, 2012 7:23 PM CST reply actions

Awesome work, guys. Also, props to Josh for the high production values. Loved that Sean Connery intro of “welcome to the rock!” (or so I think it is)

I would like to get a little more inside, myself -- Pau Gasol

by silverandblack_davis on Feb 17, 2012 12:16 AM CST reply actions

Nice catch. It’s Connery indeed.

The 2012 season: the Spurs have a chance, but only if Manu can be Manu in the playoffs. - CapHill
Pounding the Rock

by J.R. Wilco on Feb 17, 2012 8:22 AM CST up reply actions

sheed? oberto? why don’t we just dig up the corpse of wilt chamberlain while we’re at it?

good to see this back. my personal preference is for a direct mp3 download link.

also, was some delay added in post-production? maybe next time run it through a ring mod, or maybe vocode the whole thing…

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by sleep research facility on Feb 17, 2012 12:43 AM CST reply actions

I was thinking 100% interpretive kazoo performance, but the guys voted me down.

The 2012 season: the Spurs have a chance, but only if Manu can be Manu in the playoffs. - CapHill
Pounding the Rock

by J.R. Wilco on Feb 17, 2012 8:23 AM CST up reply actions

I would be in favor of this.

However, I do have to point out to our etymology loving bossman that we are more than a fifth through the season. Granted, “A Jug of Spurs” doesn’t have the same ring to it nor would it contain your favorite number, but still…

...as we find to our astonishment that we can still function, and even thrive within the chase. - Alex Dewey

by CapHill on Feb 17, 2012 3:19 PM CST up reply actions

When we named the podcast last year, the name made sense. Kind of like how the name Jazz made sense when the team played in New Orleans. But now the name’s stuck, regardless of WHEN we’re doing it, but as long as we do one about every 13 games, it’ll still a much more relevant name for a podcast than Jazz is for a basketball team playing in Utah.

The 2012 season: the Spurs have a chance, but only if Manu can be Manu in the playoffs. - CapHill
Pounding the Rock

by J.R. Wilco on Feb 20, 2012 2:08 PM CST up reply actions