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the TallyCast has moved!!!!!!!

2008-01-21T11:15:00.000-05:00

After several years of the goodness of Blogger.com, I've moved the podcast to the world-o-WordPress and am no longer maintaining this blog. To find the TallyCast at it's new home, simply go to http://www.tallycast.com. You can find the general RSS feed here. To subscribe to my podcast using iTunes, click here.

A tip of the Grumpy Old Guys faded fedora to Blogger. Thanks guys! Stay warm and pray for rain.

Dave

TLH20Corrected Feed

2008-01-07T00:41:00.000-05:00

I apologize if this ends up being a double posting. I had a little bit of a brain/fingers disconnect when posting and ended up attaching an old episode of Radio MacGuys instead of the new TallyCast.

If you're still having trouble getting the new episode of the TallyCast, please emailus.

This posting contains the show notes for podcast file TLH20. You can subscribe to the podcast through iTunes or by going to http://feeds.feedburner.com/tallycast

Photo of Bobby Hicks from the 1985 Florida Folk Festival from the Florida State Archives.

We mark the passing of Florida songwriter Bobby Hicks. Bobby was a fierce environmentalist and a friend of the fragile land, water and air of Florida. His song, "I'm Florida, Need I Say More?" would make a wonderful state song and would work a whole lot better than the tree dirges that are being promoted on http://justsingflorida.com.

Some of the people and locations in the tune include Cousin Thelma Boltin, Will Mclean, Ben Hill Griffin's Frostproof Grove and the Olustee Battlefield

There will be a benefit concert/tribute for Bobby's family on January 12th at the Beach Theater in St. Pete Beach from 6:30 to 9:30 PM.

Smokey Hollow

Thanks to our friends at Document Records for allowing us to play an excerpt from Tallahassee Woman by Spark Plug Smith and Tallahassee Tight (AKA Louis Washington). Recorded in the 1930's, the tune celebrates Smokey Hollow.

Photo of Smokey Hollow in June 1958 (near intersection of Gaines and Meridian) by unknown photographer. Photo courtesy of the Florida State Archives.

According to local lore, Smokey Hollow was so named because of the smoke from wood burning stoves (and from the nearby City Incinerator) that hung over the community.

Smokey Hollow was once a vibrant community with it's own stores, clubs, and lots of houses owned by the people who lived in them. The community was located from where Gaines Street ends at the CSX tracks by Meyers Park, across Applachee Parkway to the area where the Florida Bar now stands. It was a neighborhood of shotgun and double shotgun houses, with tin roofs and front porches. The streets were mostly dirt.

The beginning of the end for Smokey Hollow was the construction of Applachee Parkway. The parkway effectively split the neighborhood in two. In the late 1950's, the dubious concept of "urban renewal" reared it's head and in the name of "beautification", the Hollow was almost entirely bulldozed and replaced with the "beautiful" Hayden Burns Building (Department of Transportation) building.

There's a tiny bit of Smokey Hollow left along the CSX tracks Southeast of the Lafayette Street underpass but it's going fast. A few years ago, a local contractor was hired to tighten up a similar shotgun house near my neighborhood. These few houses are an important part of our history. Instead of tearing them down to build vinyl sided condo's, let's find the money to provide repair and upgrade grants to the owners, preserving this tiny piece of history in our community.

Cascade Park, if it's ever fished, will have a plaza named after Smokey Hollow.

You can learn more about Smokey Hollow by visiting the Riley House Museum of African American History & Culture or the Florida State Archives.

Remember that car, trucks, motorcycles and bicycles all have a right to be on our roads. Drivers and cyclists alike need to drive/ride safely and with courtesy. If you're out drinking, take a bus home or have a designated driver.

TLH20a - bye Bobby and remembering Smokey Hollow

2008-01-06T22:00:00.000-05:00

Smokey Hollow

Dance Like Nobody's Watching

2007-11-25T15:23:00.001-05:00

"Dance like nobody's watching; love like you've never been hurt. Sing like nobody's listening; live like it's heaven on earth."

The quote is attributed to Mark Twain.

The photograph is from the wedding of Arnold Pompos & Sarka Malkova. The image was found on a US Government web site. Isn't she a beautiful bride?

In North Florida it's daylight savings time and we've set our clocks back an hour. Now when it's time for day shift workers to go home, it's dark outside. The weather has gotten colder and much drier. For many people in the United States of America, it's the end of a 4 day vacation. When it comes to vacations, folks in the USA, compared to other nations, get a pretty bad deal.

I crammed a lot of fun into the last 4 days and am looking forward to a longer holiday next month.

I hope that wherever you are, you're listening to live music. My holiday wish to each and every one of you is that you dance as often as you possibly can. Find a club, a ballroom, a contra dance, a barn dance, a pow wow ... just get out and move your body.

My hometown of Tallahassee used to have an amazing dance hall. Big bands from all over the country would come to Tallahassee in private railroad coaches. There was a siding behind the dance hall. The building is still standing, although the railroad siding is gone. I'm offering 150 imaginary TallyCast points to the person who sends (or points me to an on-line source) the best (IMHO) photograph of this building.

The studio is in the middle of a rebuild so it will be a few weeks before you hear RadioMacGuys or the TallyCast in it's audio form. I'm asking Santa for a new field recorder (Zoom H2) and am hoping for the best.

Putting power into the hands of the people.

2007-11-16T09:55:00.001-05:00

Florida is a state with great natural beauty. Throughout the state, developers are spending huge amounts of money to influence political campaigns and as a result, have their way when growth issues come before our elected officials. Florida Hometown Democracy puts the big growth decisions back into the hands of the voters. I support it.

read more | digg story.

Upcomming Events

2007-10-28T22:27:00.000-04:00

Join me and 150 (so far) other Leon County citizens in cutting our carbon emissions and saving money by finding alternative ways of commuting to and from work. Visit Commuter Services of North Florida for more information and to register your participation.

Veterans Day weekend, there is a special treat for folks who live in North Florida. This year, the Florida Folk Festival, which usually takes place on Memorial Day in May, is instead taking place during the glorious North Florida autumn.

Tallahassee Events iCal Calendar

Will McLean

2007-08-20T23:56:00.000-04:00

It's hurricane season in Florida. This song ought to be our state song. It's "Hold Back the Waters", the story of the death and destruction caused by the worst hurricane in Florida history, the great hurricane of 1928. The composer and singer is Will McLean, who died too young and left thousands of songs and stories about this beautiful and blessed state. Will was born near Chipley and was a gentleman.

The Mountain Goats

2007-08-14T17:51:00.000-04:00

doing their song, Tallahassee.

Go buy the song on iTunes!

TLH019 - Riding to Tallahassee

2007-08-01T22:46:00.000-04:00

Click on title above to listen to podcast!
Tallahassee sees it's share of travelers. Between cars and trucks on I-10, the busy Greyhound station and the regional airport, we see a lot of folk passing through. In this edition of the TallyCast, we meet the Pink Panther, Lucinda Chandler, a traveler who passed through our city this past spring on a bicycle. What's special about Lucinda is that her trip started in San Diego California and ended in St. Augustine, Florida.

Lucinda's trip blog.

Not many people know that the Southern Tier transcontinental bicycle route passes right through our city. During the spring and fall, we have a lot of bicycle travelers coming through town. The official route (from the Adventure Cycling Association) comes into Tallahassee from Quincy on US-90, shifts to Jackson Bluff and Gaines Street and then turns south to meet the St. Marks bike trail. The route turns off the St. Marks trail south of town and continues east to Monticello.

Lucinda made her trip on a rather unusual bike. She rode a hot pink recumbent tricycle. Not many people know that right here in Tallahassee, a local company, Organic Engines, makes similar bikes. The bike that Lucinda rode was from another Florida bicycle manufacture, CatTrike.

Music on todays podcast comes from one of my past hometowns, Champaign Illinois. The band is "somethingcool" featuring Sam Fisher. The tune is "Bicycle" and comes to us through GarageBand.com.

If you enjoyed this podcast, please leave us feedback on iTunes and give us a vote on podcastalley.com.

25 points, public acclaim and a free sticker!

2007-07-12T23:06:00.000-04:00

25 points, public acclaim and a free TLH-TallyCast sticker to the first person who correctly identifies the location of the Forsyth Memorial Sanitarium & Hospital, and what happened to the building. Photo courtesy of the Florida State Library and Archives.

FRA Gage Restraint Measurement Vehicle 1

2007-07-04T21:46:00.001-04:00

This is not the engine that was in Tallahassee on the 4th, but a very similar unit.

FRA Gage Restraint Measurement Vehicle 1, originally uploaded by A.J. Smith.

This is a US Railroad Administration GRMS similar to the one I saw in Tallahassee on the 4th of July.

GRMS-2

2007-07-04T21:31:00.000-04:00

If you were around Gaines Street and Stone Valley Road today (4th of July, 2007), you probably noticed a very strange looking locomotive on the CSX siding. It's painted blue and yellow, has the CSX logo, is numbered "GRMS-2" and appears to be a rather high-tech device.

It turns out that it's a "Track Geometry Unit" and is a rolling computer center on rails. According to Wikipedia.org, it measures the gauge of the tracks, the relative level between the two tracks and does other non-destructive tricks to access the condition of the rails.

I wasn't smart enough to have a camera long when I saw it today, but there are some excellent photos of GRMS-2 on RailPictures.Net. Click here, here and here for photos of this very engine in other cities.

All the rail in Tallahassee, to the best of my knowledge, belongs to CSX. If you notice a problem with the railroad (such as a stuck signal, a vehicle stuck in a crossing, etc.) the number to call is 1-800-232-0144.

The All Saints Cafe

2007-06-28T08:16:00.001-04:00

Tallahassee Florida, originally uploaded by geishaboy500.

On Railroad Avenue, the All Saints Cafe roasts their own coffee and with coffee, fresh is best.

Old Folks at Home

2007-06-19T21:42:00.000-04:00

The state song, Old Folks at Home, by Stephen Foster, has some words in it's lyrics which in todays context, are, to most people, racist.

This is a slightly redacted version of the song with the offensive line changed. The performers are Tallahassee treasure Doug Gauss and Blountstown fiddle hero, Wayne Martin. The signer is Diane Desloge from the FSDB in St. Augustine. The clip is from the 50th annual Florida Folk Festival on the banks of the Suwannee River in White Springs.

TLH018 - Consolidation

2007-06-03T21:20:00.000-04:00

TLH018 - You're tuned into the TallyCast

City-County consolidation is rearing it's ugly head again. I have great respect for staff at both governments. The way to look at consolidation is from the standpoint of government services received, economies of scale and natural barriers.

Since I first moved to Leon County in the early 1970's, the consolidation issue has raised it's head several time. Past efforts seemed to be supported by the development interests of the community and soundly defeated by a collation of neighborhoods who knew that big government isn't necessarily good government.

Surveys over the years have generally supported consolidation as a concept but been opposed to actually taking apart the governments and especially law enforcement.

Personally, I'd like to see as much decision making as locally as possible and think that the issue is more complex than just consolidation or not. At one time, I thought that we should just un-incorporate the City of Tallhassee and let the more lean and efficient Leon County government run things. These days I'm more in favor of strong and active neighborhood associations and the Council of Neighborhood Associations. This organization needs to be strong enough to provide a balance to the "pave paradise and put up a parking lot" mentality of much of the development community.

There are certainly opportunities to improve efficiencies in our watershed but we need to look at each function that government is serving.

Let's start with transportation. We need to cul-de-sac more roads and move as much traffic as possible to a limited number of throughways. Public transit should get priority on roads over everything else short of emergency vehicles. If I were the city, I'd support moving StarMetro from city ownership to a regional transportation authority. Even having a once-a-day route to outlaying areas in the unincorporated areas of Leon County and the surrounding rural counties (Wakulla and Gadsen to start with). Click here to look at the web site for the regional transportation authority serving Nashville Tennessee.

It seems to me that having the county be in charge of all the roads in the area is a good idea.

I'd do the same thing for parks and recreation.

I'd keep law enforcement, fire and EMS as is. Our current systems work very well and it's stupid to fix what isn't broken. We do need a unified dispatch center and that should be an independent agency, separate from either the city or county.

There is a big difference in the use of media between the two governments. I really like much of the programming on WCOT, the city's cable programming. I think that the county needs the same service, as do the surrounding cities and counties. I'd consider moving it to a regional government agency. The on-line media environment is in the midst of a major paradigm shift. WCOT should be providing an RSS feed and on-demand delivery of their content. The content delivery model as it exists is not much different that a video podcast.

One existing regional government is the Northwest Florida Water Management District. Folks, pay very close attention to our water. This years drought is, unfortunately, a taste of things to come. Development downstate is not abating and more pilgrims arrive here every day. We need to have water commissioners who will fight for keeping our water clean and conserved for as long as we can. Right now, the governor appoints this commission. Water is a resource that the people should have direct control of and which should be governed by elected officials, not appointed ones.

While consolidation sounds on the surface like a good idea, remember that to some folk, the privatization of state government seemed like an equally good idea. Look at how good that turned out.

Music on todays podcast comes from the Podsafe Music Network. Artists include Tampa band P.W. Fenton and The Second Ward, and the beautiful voice of Lorena Miré, originally from Santiago Chile and now a resident of Miami, Florida. We're lucky to have her here.

The TallyCast is a production of MacGuys LLC and the Grumpy Old Guys broadcasting network. You can find show notes, and links to the stories mentioned on todays podcast by going www.tallycast.com. Our e-mail address is tallycast@gmail.com. You can leave audio comments at

Florida Folk Festival Rescheduled

2007-05-25T20:08:00.000-04:00

From the Florida Park Service:

"The new dates for the 55th Annual Florida Folk Festival will take place Veterans Day weekend, November 9 – 11, 2007.

Plans for the new dates in November include combining the festival with the park’s Rural Folklife Days events already scheduled for the week prior to Veterans Day weekend. For updated information please call 1-877-635-3655. In addition, in the coming months, we will be providing updated information on our Web site at www.floridastateparks.org."

2007 Florida Folk Festival canceled

2007-05-18T19:39:00.001-04:00

We received word today from White Springs that sadly, the 2007 Florida Folk Festival, scheduled for Memorial Day weekend, has been canceled due to the wild fires in North Florida and South Georgia. As it stands now, there are no plans to reschedule the event and the next Florida Folk Festival will be in May of 2008.

TLH017 Smoky Festival

2007-05-13T15:46:00.000-04:00

It's dry in North Florida and very smoky. There's a huge swamp fire burning on the Florida/Georgia border. There has been a haze in the air the last few days, but today it's so smoky that my eyes burn when I walk outside. Right now, both I-10 and I-have sections closed because of the smoke.

This link should take you to the FHP site for road closure information.

On today's TallyCast, we travel down to Pinellas County, over to White Springs for the Florida Folk Festival and down to Gainesville.

The podcast opens with a tune by Mary Smith McClain,
better known as Diamond Teeth Mary, a great blues performer and an amazing person. Check out this story about Mary that was written after her death in 2000. I re-tell a story about Diamond Teeth Mary and her diamond teeth.

I first heard Mary sing and play the piano at the Florida Folk Festival in White Springs about 10 or 15 years ago. If you have some time over the Memorial Day Weekend and are anywhere near the intersection of I-10 and I-75, you should stop in and enjoy a bit of the festival. It's held at the Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park, a Florida State Park. Hopefully, but Memorial Day, the fires will be out, the rain will have come and everybody will be ready to sing and dance.

The podcast ends with a tune by the late Don Grooms; a Cherokee, a professor of journalism at the University of Florida and an amazing singer-songwriter. The tune is called "I believe".

Both tunes and the photographs here come to us from the official Archives of the State of Florida. You can access some of their collection by going the Florida Memory Project on the Internet.

I'm looking for stories of Gaines Street. If you have a story about Gaines street, please get in touch with me. The email is tallycast at gmail (that period looking thing) com or you can call my new talkback line at (850) 391-4955.

Be well, protect your lungs and pray for rain.

Dave

NHMFL

2007-02-26T11:22:00.001-05:00

mag lab tlh, originally uploaded by macguys.

When I saw on my walk.

TLH016 - LOST in Tallahassee

2007-02-25T22:46:00.000-05:00

A couple of weeks ago, I received a note from a listener to my technology podcast. Lynn wrote:

"I'm a listener to Radio MacGuys and a big fan of the TV show LOST. In several episodes of LOST, Tallahassee has been mentioned. I know you live there from listening to your podcast. Do you have any ideas why the LOST writers are picking on your city?"

Two of the characters in the show (Sawyer and Kate) mention connections to Tallahassee. Sawyer is a nickname for a character named "James Ford." James Ford was a former mayor of Tallahassee but looks nothing like the character on Lost.

In a recent episode of the Official Lost Podcast with Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse (the writer/producers), they said that a future episode this season will be called "The Man From Tallahassee". This was recently confirmed in an ABC Medianet spreadsheet (requires Excel or OpenOffice). The episode will be broadcast on March 21st, 2007.

I've been watching Lost for the last few years but didn't really think much about the connection to Tallahassee until Lynn brought it to my attention. I thought about it while taking a walk in Innovation Park last week I looked up and this is what I saw:

A recurring theme through the episodes of Lost is the subject of magnetism. Meet the the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory. It's located at the Florida State University in Tallahassee and has some of the biggest baddest magnets on the entire planet. Here are a few factoids that might be of interest:

The lab consumes 56 megawatts of power; 1/10th of the entire electrical power consumption of the City of Tallahassee. The annual electric bill for the lab is $5.4 million dollars.
The lab includes several record breaking magnets including a hybrid magnet the produces the most powerful sustained magnetic field in the world. They measure these things in something called "Telsa squared". The FSU magnet produces 45 Telsa(2) This magnet weighs 35 tons and takes 6 weeks to go from room temperature to it's operating temperature (-425 degrees F).
The helium bill for the lab runs a cool $1 millon a year.
The Tallahassee horology association (clocks) meets at the lab.

Magnet photo from FSU.com

You can find more photos of the mag lab on my Flickr.com site.

Another area mystery surrounds Tate's Hell swamp. According to the legend, farmer Cebe Tate went into this huge ( 147,000 acres) cypress swamp to hunt a panther. He entered the swamp near Sumatra Florida (Liberty County) armed with a "long tom" shotgun and his dogs. The dogs found scent and ran toward it as Tate slogged along attempting to keep up. The dogs caught the panther but were killed and Tate realized he was lost. There are a lot of different versions of this story, but they all end with Tate coming out of the swamp near Carrabelle. When he went into the swamp, Tate was a young man. When he came out seven days later, his hair and beard were snow white. As he staggered out of the swamp, he said "My name is old Tate and I've just been in hell."

The story of Tate's Hell is told in song by the late Will Mclean. While we weren't able to obtain permission to play Will's tune on this podcast, we are including a tune by Sopchoppy banjo (and guitar and ...) hot daddy Frank Lindamood. The tune is "Worried Man Blues" by traditional. You can usually find Frank at the Florida Folk Festival.

TLH015 - Remembering Dr. King

2007-01-15T17:40:00.000-05:00

TLH015 - Remembering Dr. King

<Martin Luther King, Jr. Born January 15th, 1929; died too soon on April 4th, 1968. Dr. King was a peacemaker, an activist and a strong voice for freedom, equality and justice. Dr. King was the youngest person to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Jimmy Carter.

The excerpt from Dr. King's "I have a dream" speech is from the Internet Archive. The photo appearing in our blog today is from the Wikimedia commons.

From his speech "Beyond Vietnam: A Time To Break Silence", at Riverside Church on April 4th, 1967; one year to the day before his death: "We are at the moment when our lives must be placed on the line if our nation is to survive its own folly. Every man of humane convictions must decide on the protest that best suits his convictions, but we must all protest...A time comes when silence is betrayal."

(found in Brad Blog.)

This is also a good day to remember a local hero in the fight for civil rights, the Reverend C.K. Steel, the late pastor of the Bethel Baptist Church. In 1956, Rev. Steel became a focal point and leader of a boycott of the local bus system in Tallahassee that lasted until 1958. Prior to the boycott, Americans of African descent were required to ride in the back of the bus.

Tallhassee has a monunment to Dr. Steel. Washington DC needs a monument to Dr. King. You can learn more and make a donation by clicking here.

The podcast ends with MLK Day, a piece of melodic poetry by Brooklyn-born emcee SELF-SUFFICE (Rapoets) and Seattle-born emcee FURYUS (The Sky Beneath Crew). The audio comes from archive.org.

Florida's Old Capital Dome

2007-01-01T12:50:00.000-05:00

Dome, originally uploaded by macguys.

A beautiful photo of the most beautiful skylight in Tallahassee. Photo by Jane.

The UMS - Live at the Warehouse

2006-12-31T15:36:00.000-05:00

Check out this YouTube vid of local fave band, the UMS, at local fave pool hall, bar and concert venue, the Warehouse.

TLH014 - Being Healthy in Leon County

2006-10-24T00:23:00.000-04:00

TLH014

This edition of the Tallycast is dedicated to the Gulf Stream. We sure hope you stick around and keep Florida warm for awhile longer.

Thanks so much to Willis Fireball for his tune, "Going To Tallahassee".

Check out the Tallahassee Old Time Dance this Saturday at the Tallahassee Senior Center. Special guest band, the Red Mountain White Trash are playing and the dapper Seth Tepfer will be teaching and calling the dances.

It's politics time once again. Here in Florida we're going to select a new Governor, a US Senator, a CFO and a whole bunch of local candidates. In my home county of Leon, we have one issue that is getting a lot of attention. Health care is an issue that can touch any of us. I recommend that you study the health care initiative proposed by the Leon County Commission carefully. I'm going to vote in favor of it and I hope you will too.

This podcast ends with a great tune form a great North Florida songwriter. The tune is Paco's Garden from Bill Wharton and the Ingredients.

TLH013 -- Bicycles and the Blues

2006-07-23T21:52:00.000-04:00

There are some technical problems with this episode and it has been withdrawn for the time being.

TLH012 - Miccosukee Road

2005-10-03T01:27:00.000-04:00

Today's podcast opens with a tune from The Chapter.

In this podcast we drive down Micccosukee Road, stop by the Mikee Faust Club House, and explore the rest of Railroad Square.

The MIccosukee Greenway

The Capital Regional Transportation Plan

Current Welaunee web site
Former Welaunee web site Courtsey of The Internet Archive

The Mikee Faust Club

Railroad Square is the site of several special events.

The podcast ends with Alonely, a tune from The Soular System.

TLH011 - Katrina Relief

2005-09-07T00:14:00.000-04:00

There are too many sad stories coming out of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. Pat Ramsey and the Blues Travelers were scheduled to play at the Bradfordville Blues Club this weekend. Both Pat and fellow band member Dave Renson suffered losses when the strom struck Biloxi. None-the-less, the show will go on, but with a twist. It's now a benefit for the band. Friday night, head out to Bradfordville road, enjoy great music, and help some nice people get back on their feet. The podcast opens with "Build me a woman" from "Live at the Grand".

Thursday and Friday nights, the Moon will host benefit concerts for the American Red Cross Katrina Relief Fund. Acts scheduled to play include Pam Laws, the Harvest Gypsies, Tom and the Cats, La Bamba, and more.

"Louisiana Storm" is a song from the amazing Bill Staines that seems very appropriate for the current situation on the Gulf coast. Thanks to Doug Gauss (photo from the Florida State Archives) for pointing out the song to us, and to Bill Staines for letting us use it. The song is from Bill's Bridges CD and well worth getting.

Saturday evening, consider heading to Wakulla Springs State Park, for an evening river cruise and a dinner at the lodge. The package costs @28 and reservations are suggested.

Sunday at 4PM, entertainer, humorist, and childrens songwriter Peter Alsop is preforming at TCC. For for ticket information call 850-656-3629 from 9:30a-3:p, after 3:p call 850-878-6400. The podcast ends with Peter's tune, Rachel and the Moon.

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TLH010 - Hurricane Katrina

2005-08-31T21:13:00.000-04:00

While Tallahassee and North Florida were barely effected by the winds, rain and waves of Hurricane Katrina, our neighbors in Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana were not nearly as lucky. Tonight there are 114 refugees from the storm living in a shelter at the Mormon Church on Thomasville Road. Other survivors are in shelters in Bay, Duval, Escambia, Okaloosa and Washington counties.

Please find space in your heart to help the victims either with your time or your money.

Volunteer and Funding Opportunities
Volunteers are needed but please don't go without having arrangements in place to work with a disaster organization. People with construction skills, and especially certified forklift operators are needed.

Katrina Volunteer Opportunities

The Salvation Army (site may be difficult to reach right now)

Red Cross Sites

The American Red Cross (site may be difficult to reach right now)
The International Red Cross/Red Cresent Society
Tallahassee/Capital District Chapter of the American Red Cross

Organizations Requesting Cash Donations

Note: 800 and 888 phone numbers work only in the U.S. and Canada

American Red Cross
English: 800 HELP NOW (435 7669)
Spanish: 800 257 7575

Operation Blessing
800 436 6348

America's Second Harvest
800 344 8070

Organizations Requesting Donations and Volunteers

Adventist Community Services
800 381 7171

Catholic Charities USA
+1 703 549 1390

Christian Disaster Response
+1 941 956 5183 or +1 941 551 9554

Christian Reformed World Relief Committee
800 848 5818

Church World Service
800 297 1516

Convoy of Hope
+1 417 823 8998

Lutheran Disaster Response
800 638 3522

Mennonite Disaster Service
+1 717 859 2210

Nazarene Disaster Response
888 256 5886

Presbyterian Disaster Assistance
800 872 3283

Salvation Army
800 SAL ARMY (725 2769)

Southern Baptist Convention—Disaster Relief
800 462 8657, ext. 6440

United Methodist Committee on Relief
800 554 8583

The podcast ends with Bad Mouth by Rockin' Jake Band, a great New Orleans group.

TLH009 - Old King Coal

2005-08-25T22:09:00.000-04:00

Welcome to Hurricane Katrina. Already a killer, the storm is passing over South Florida as this podcast is being prepared and may be heading in our direction.

It's important to be prepared and to have a personal disaster plan.

Saturday and Sunday, at the North Florida Fairground, it's the Big Bend Bird Fair. {Tallymarket Listing}

The Tallahassee WWII Historical Society is meeting on Saturday at 10:00 AM. The meeting will be held at the Lakewood Baptist Church. {Tallymarket Listing}

It was coal night once again this past Wednesday at the Tallahassee City Commission. Commission member Debbie Lightsey is the point person for coal plant. Commissioner Alan Katz is the lone commissioner opposed to the plan.

Upcoming Gigs

8/26 Big Daddy's: Joey Allcorn and the Hillbilly Band
8/26 Bradfordville Blues Club: 14 Year Old Jamiee Eubanks
8/26 Bradfordville Blues Club: Harmonica Red & The New Heard
8/26 Cool Grindz: Laura Methvin
8/26 The Warehouse: The Soular System
8/27 American Legion Hall: LaBamba Brothers
8/27 Bradfordville Blues Club: The Breeze Kings
8/27 Club Downunder - Arizona band, Jimmy Eat World
8/27 The Warehouse: Valla Turner Williamson

Take care and stay dry

TLH008A-Unreal Reality again.

2005-08-21T17:00:00.000-04:00

This is a repost of #8. For some reason, the audio file didn't get distributed with the feed.

Sorry for the delay in posting #8. I've been crazy busy.

Congrats to local boys made good, The Soular System, who recently played as the opening act for road bands, Earth, Wind and Fire, and Chicago. Their next in-town gig is at the Warehouse on August 26th.

Check out Downhill Battle, a group that is working for fairness in music licensing.

The Tallahassee Film Society is screening Gunner Palace Saturday at the Amtrak Station on Railroad Ave. The show starts at 5PM.

The Florida Division of Juvenile Justice is holding a book drive to stock libraries in the youth detention centers around Florida. This is a very good cause and I encourage folks to bring their books to one of the drop off centers. It's a small, but very significant investment in Florida's children. You can donate a book at The Cracker Barrel, Federal Express/Kinko's, Premier Health & Fitness Center, The Tallahassee State Bank, The Florida Commerce Credit Union and Publix locations throughout Leon County. For more information on the book drive, contact the DJJ at 488-1850.

Looking for what's happening in Tallahassee? These web sites will help keep you posted.

Tallahassee Shows This site lists upcoming shows at several local venues.
The TallyMarketA great place to find what's on in town.
Everything Tallahassee Portal Site for Tallahassee
Craigslist for Tallahassee
GarageBandIndependent music, downloads, local gig announcements and more.
MySpaceThe home of many independent musicians.

Music from the Umms

Music from Tomorrow We Will Be Victorious

30:32

Thanks for listening.

Dave

TallyCast #8 - Unreal Reality

2005-08-17T22:56:00.000-04:00

Sorry for the delay in posting #8. I've been crazy busy.

Congrats to local boys made good, The Soular System, who recently played as the opening act for road bands, Earth, Wind and Fire, and Chicago. Their next in-town gig is at the Warehouse on August 26th.

Check out Downhill Battle, a group that is working for fairness in music licensing.

The Tallahassee Film Society is screening Gunner Palace Saturday at the Amtrak Station on Railroad Ave. The show starts at 5PM.

The Florida Division of Juvenile Justice is holding a book drive to stock libraries in the youth detention centers around Florida. This is a very good cause and I encourage folks to bring their books to one of the drop off centers. It's a small, but very significant investment in Florida's children. You can donate a book at The Cracker Barrel, Federal Express/Kinko's, Premier Health & Fitness Center, The Tallahassee State Bank, The Florida Commerce Credit Union and Publix locations throughout Leon County. For more information on the book drive, contact the DJJ at 488-1850.

Looking for what's happening in Tallahassee? These web sites will help keep you posted.

Tallahassee Shows This site lists upcoming shows at several local venues.
The TallyMarketA great place to find what's on in town.
Everything Tallahassee Portal Site for Tallahassee
Craigslist for Tallahassee
GarageBandIndependent music, downloads, local gig announcements and more.
MySpaceThe home of many independent musicians.

Music from the Umms

Music from Tomorrow We Will Be Victorious

30:32

Thanks for listening.

Dave

TallyCast #7 - Bicycles and the Blues

2005-08-10T22:35:00.000-04:00

The Tallahassee Democrat has RSS Feeds.

Derrty Jazz by The Chapter

Krank It Up is a cooperative community bicycle center.

The Clean Air Coalition is meeting this Thursday at the Progressive Center

Friday at the Beta Bar, it's Jimbo Mathis and the Knockdown South.

{Loose Diamonds by Jimbo Mathis}

At the Bradfordville Blues Club, this Friday, Eric Culberson, a blues player from South Florida. On Saturday at the BBC, Chicago comes to Florida when Joanna Connor plays.

A heads up... A great independent film, Gunner Palace, is being shown by the Tallahassee Film Societyon August 19th at 7:30PM and August 20th at 5:00PM. Both shows are scheduled to be at the Tallahassee AMTRAK station.

The podcast ends with Gonna Getcha by Full Black Out

TallyCast #6 - We Got Music!

2005-08-03T21:00:00.000-04:00

My Odeo Channel (odeo/765035ee897ed2c0)

This podcast is dedicated to the memory ot William Solberg.

{Orange Blossom Special - Gamble Rogers and Will McLean} You can download this and more music from the Florida State Archives.

{Tribute to FK} by Scott Campbell from his album, Here and There.

Thanks to Bob Taylor for the nice podcast ID

The TallyMarket web portal has added an RSS feed to their events listing.

This Friday is the First Friday Gallery Hop.

The Tallahassee Film Society is screening the Â“The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill", an amazing file, at the RA Gray Building Auditorium. The show starts at 5PM. Admission is $6 and seating is limited so come early.

Poseys Oyster Bar is back in business after being trashed by Hurricane Dennis. This weekend, the The MidNiters.

The Harvest Gypsies are playing at sundown on the Adams Street Commons outside of Andrews Restaurant.

{Midnight Rambler by Harvest Gypsies}

TallyCast #5 - Our markets.

2005-07-27T00:24:00.000-04:00

Todays podcast is from the think globally, shop locally department. We hear from merchants at shoppers at three local markets, the Downtown Market, The Market Square Farmers Market and Flea Market Tallahassee.

(Make ya wanna dance by JB's Zydeco Zoo)

Testing 123, etc.

Don't forget that a week from this Friday is the First Friday (August the 5th) is the First Friday Gallery Hop.

Upcomming gigs

Todays podcast ends with a tune "Saved" from mark.grundhoefer@gmail.com.

Thanks for listening and remember to stay cool and have fun.

It's spider time!

TallyCast #4 - Sweating in the South

2005-07-19T19:04:00.000-04:00

Welcome to the TallyCast - Featuring the people, places and music of Tallahassee and the Big Bend.

You gotta love zydeco and if you do, at the Beta Bar, next Thursday, the 28th, the Zydapunks are coming to Tallahassee.

(Ma Tisere by the Zydapunks)

The Mary Brogan Museum of Arts and Sciences has a new exhibit on the Science of Energy.

Coming up Monday, July 25th, your US Government is sponsoring a workshop on Affordable Homeownership Capacity Building at TCC.

This weekend at Tom Brown Park, participate in the Capital City Challenge Disk Golf Tournament.

The work of Denny Arant is on display in the basement gallary at the historic Old Capitol between now and October 6th.

(promo for Harvest Gypsies)

(promo for Gotta Party)

Tallahassee band, Whiskey Richard is playing at Bullwinkles this weekend.

Todays podcast ends with Dees Nuts from Tallahassee musician, songwriter and all around good guy, Danius Erdahl. Danius is sitting in with Mr. Pink Thursday and Friday night at Bullwinkles after 11 PM

TallyCast #3 - Hurricane Dennis

2005-07-13T00:02:00.000-04:00

Thanks for listening to the TallyCast. If you enjoy this podcast, please consider voting for us at Podcast Alley.

Today's podcast focuses on the recent Hurricane. I've never been real fond of anyone named Dennis and this last storm did not help. Great photos of the storm damage in the Tallahassee Democrat. During the storm howerver, the tdo website could have been a little more useful to the residents of this area by providing frequent updates. The same could be said for the website of the Florida Division of Emergency Management. Local radio wasn't much better.

Our first musical offering today is Don't You Know, written by Mike Rychlik and performed in 1983 by Flipside. The cut is part of a CD produced as a tribute to Burt Norton. In addition to tunes by Flipside, it also includes cuts from the Labamba Brothers and B.B. Jam. If you'd like to inquire about getting your own copy of this amazing CD, you should drop an email to harvestgypsies@nettally.com. Today, many of the same folks who were in Flipside are members of the Harvest Gypsies and can be heard at venues across the area.

There are some interesting Hurricane Dennis photos on the photo blog, Flickr.

This weekend is the annual Swamp Stomp at the Tallahassee Museum of Science and Natural History.

The MidNiters are playing at Ole' Hart in Quincy Friday evening.

RFA is playing at Big Daddy's on Saturday evening.

We close the podcast with a tune by Tallahassee band, The Soular System. Jes Bradley, the drummer in The Soular System is the son of Ed Bradley, the drummer in Flipside, the first band we played on todays podcast. You can find The Soular System at Tobacco Road in Miami on July 23. The tune is "Chicks Dig Rock and Roll"

TallyCast #2 - Manatee on the Wakulla

2005-07-06T08:10:00.000-04:00

The holiday weekend is behind us. Todays podcast takes us to the Wakulla River. Starting at Wakulla Springs the river winds 4 miles down to lower bridge where you can rent a canoe or kayak. Canoes and Kayaks can also be rented at The Wilderness Way, Bluewater Sports and the Canoe Shop.

Photo by Dave Brightbill.

Past the lower bridge, the Wakulla get's wider and much less developed. On this part of the river, there is much more boat traffic. Another 4 or so miles down the river, you get to the Town of St. Marks. There are several places where you can take out your canoe or kayak including a city park on the Wakulla river or a boat ramp on the St. Marks River.

We saw a lot of wildlife on the river including birds, alligators and had several close encounters with the amazing Manatee who live in the river. These gentle giants are endangered due to the loss of habitat and their interaction with boat propellers.

The manatee were amazing to see and interact with. While we try to focus on local music on this podcast, today we're featuring a wonderful song written by Greg Artzner and Terry Leonino who write and perform together under the name "Magpie". Greg and Terry kindly gave us permission to include their tune, Hugh the Manatee, on todays podcast.

If you have a tune you've written and want played on the TallyCast, drop us an email.

TallyCast #1 - Everyone has to start somewhere!!!

2005-06-29T22:26:00.000-04:00

This is the official first edition of the TallyCast, a podcast devoted to Tallahassee, Leon County and the surrounding area. In this episode of the TallyCast, Dave explains what a podcast is, what the TallyCast is, how to listen and or subscribe to the TallyCast and how to submit materials to the TallyCast.

The first tune of the podcast is Valentine by Blue Collar Diner.

There's a lot happening in the area over the next few days. Of course, if you like loud fireworks and patrotism, check out Tom Brown Park on Monday, July 4th for "Celebrate America"

If you're feeling patrotic, be one of the first 100 people to visit the downtown Saturday market where those folks are getting free American Flags, courtsey of Marpan Supply.

If fireworks isn't your thing, head on down to Apalachacola where the Dixie Theater is running the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.

The Mickey Adair photo show is running at the Museum of Florida History and is well worth a visit. (Ray Charles photo by Mickey Adair)

This Thursday at the Museum of Florida History, a new exhibit on the blues in Florida opens.

Today's podcast ends with a tune by Tallahassee band, tangemeenie.

TLH00test1 - Tallycast Test Post

2005-06-22T23:07:00.000-04:00

This is a test post for the Tallycast; a daily podcast featuring news, features, opinion and music from the Tallahassee, Florida. For more information contact tallycast@gmail.com.