—PodShow Sponsored Concert, “Podsafe Music SF,” Features Three Leaders in PodPlay in One Venue, For One Night Only—

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. May 22, 2006 — PodShow, Inc., the premier brand in podcasting, today announced the first PodShow(tm) sponsored Podsafe Music Concert in San Francisco May 27, 2006, featuring International leaders in “PodPlay,” American Heartbreak, Griddle and The Freak Accident.
“Thousands of bands are submitting their songs to the Podsafe Music Network. They’re connecting with podcasters and listeners, and now they’re figuring out that it makes sense to promote shows together and share their audience with each other,” said Adam Curry, PodShow Co Founder and President. “This is another way bands are benefiting from the DIY / digital revolution in music. Plus, these bands rock – I should know, I play them on my show!”

Each of these bands is amongst the leaders in PodPlay, the podcasting industry’s digital equivalent of radio play. Recently featured musicians in the Podsafe Music Network enjoy promotion and feature placement across a network audience of millions in PodShow’s leading directories, communities and listener destinations – PodShow.com, Podcast Alley, indiePodder.org, Podsafe Music Network and Sirius Satellite Radio Channel 102.

The show starts at 8:00 p.m., with co-headliner The Freak Accident taking the stage at 8:30 PM, followed by Griddle and closing with American Heartbreak. As part of PodShow’s sponsorship, discounted admissions are $10 at the door, $8 advance purchase through www.ticketweb.com. No one under 21 will be permitted.

About American Heartbreak
For nearly a decade, American Heartbreak have been one of rock’s underground heroes, but with the May 2006 release of their eponymous second full-length album, they aim to leave the underground behind and follow in the footsteps of their arena rock idols. The San Francisco-based quintet was co-founded by Billy Rowe, onetime guitarist for Jetboy (a band All Music Guide calls “one of the best-kept secrets of ’80s glam metal”). If the New Wave of Classic Rock is in session, American Heartbreak is at the head of the class. For more information, go to www.churchofrockandroll.net

About Griddle
The first two albums released by San Francisco band Griddle, “Beak” (2001) and “Turning Violet” (2004), garnered the band a cult following for their distinctively melodic psychedelic rock. The quartet’s dual-vocal attack and sonic experimentation has earned rave reviews, and shows with billmates as varied as the Tubes, McLusky, Two Gallants, and 20 Minute Loop. Their third album, Klimty Favela, will be released July 11. For more information go to www.griddle.cc

About The Freak Accident
Ralph Spight has traversed the world playing a tight brew of kinetic punk with his band Victims Family and its offshoots Saturn’s Flea Collar and Hellworms. With Victims Family, he recorded numerous albums (six on the Alternative Tentacles label) and toured repeatedly through the US and Europe and garnered a rabid cult following worldwide. The Freak Accident is a band that Ralph created to express his angst through pop, not punk. The debut CD by The Freak Accident is out now on Alternative Tentacles (and Konkurrent in Europe). For more information go to: www.thefreakaccident.com

Venue – Red Devil Lounge
www.reddevillounge.com
1695 Polk St., San Francisco, CA
(415) 921-1695

About PodShow, Inc.
The PodShow Podcast Network is the premier network in podcasting, assembling the leading communities in podcasting, as well as a host of the most popular personalities and podcasts in podcasting. PodShow also offers professional production and directory services to major media companies and traditional businesses. PodShowPDN is the first high-performance content delivery network meeting the specific needs of podcasting, delivering a comprehensive creation, production, delivery and monetization solution for independent podcasters and mainstream media companies. PodShow makes podcasts more accessible to a growing legion of listeners, provides resources for podcast producers, and enables marketers to take part in the podcast explosion. The company has greatly simplified the podcasting experience for artists, producers and listeners alike. PodShow is a privately held company, backed by leading venture capital firms Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Sequoia Capital and Sherpalo Ventures. For more, visit: www.podshow.com, and for all queries visit: www.podshow.com/contactus.html.

PodShow, Podsafe Music Network, PodShowPDN and Podcast Alley are trademarks of PodShow, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

By Martin Miller, Times Staff Writer

ADAM CURRY may be known to new media types as the “Podfather,” but these days the former MTV VJ and disc jockey talks more like a spokesman for the chamber of commerce.

While striding through his hipster, post-industrial South of Market office space where some of his 40 employees are lost in a computer or ear-bud-induced haze, Curry, who’s rarely at a loss for words, explained why he and his new company set up shop here and his pro-growth philosophy.

“I love doing business in America,” said Curry, who was born in Virginia, grew up in Amsterdam, and today splits his time between London and the Bay Area. “I’ve lived in welfare states — Netherlands is a welfare state, the U.K. is moving toward it. You can’t fire anyone in a welfare state. But Americans are motivated. They want to work.”

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The two hosts of Mommycast – Gretchen Vogelzang and Paige Heninger – were on my podcast panel at Syndicate yesterday. Later, they generously gave me 45 minutes for an interview. It wasn’t hard to see why their program has been successful.

The secret of a co-hosted program is chemistry. The Mommycast formula is straight out of the comedy team mold. Gretchen is the reserved one. She’s had a 25-year career in dance instruction and has owned her own dance studio. She has that Germanic disciplined demeanor that belies a planner

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Adam Curry, a former MTV VJ and one of podcasting’s inventors, sits at a conference table at his offices, the PodShow Network, in San Francisco’s South Park neighborhood. He is dressed in dark slacks, a black-and-white striped button-down and his famous mane of blond hair. He fusses over a Marantz recorder, trying to make it work with two microphones.

“I’m telling you, this is not going to work. It’s a unit thing,” he says to engineer Sam Levin. “Will you plug it in already?”

There is some more back and forth, then Curry reaches for help.

“Oh, don’t look at the manual,” Levin says. “It’s like stopping and asking for directions.”

Curry gives him a look and laughs before thumbing through the instructions.

The moment is thick with irony — as if Curry needs to prove that he’s comfortable working without a roadmap. He is, after all, betting the farm on the future of podcasting, a medium with no directions, no instructions, no manual.

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Michael Butler, PodShow podcaster from the Rock and Roll Geek Show and the Rock and Roll Geek Indiecast, recently appeared on the CBC (Canadian Broadcast Company) Program titled ‘End of Radio’. We have a clip from the show for you to enjoy here.

Check out The End: Radio (at CBC) Website Here

Recently, Time Magazine published their Pick Of The Podcasts article which is a guide for the podcast perplexed, with pointers on some of the most popular shows. They covered popular podcast genres such as news, music, comedy, travel and more bringing to light some of the best podcasts in those genres.

In the article they highlited Adam Curry’s PodFinder as well describing it as, “The brainchild of Adam (The Podfather) Curry, who created the Web’s first podcast, this is a sampling of shows on subjects as diverse as winemaking and Catholic philosophy.”

Check outTime.com for the whole article or get the magazine from your local bookstore.

Ron Bloom, CEO of PodShow, will be speaking tomorrow (May 4, 2006) from 3:15pm – 4:00pm PST at the OnHollywood CEO round table discussion on user-generated media. The live feed will be available here: http://www.goingon.com/tekftp/client.html.

Those interested in podcasting and PodShow should find this to be quite interesting.

About the Event:
AlwaysOn’s annual digital media and entertainment market for executives is May 2nd through 4th at the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood California. OnHollywood 2006 is where cutting-edge technology CEOs from all over the planet converge on Hollywood and mix it up with the entertainment and media establishment.

Consumer Generated Media: What Is It Worth?
Moderator: Howard Kaushansky, CEO, Umbria
Ron Bloom, CEO, PodShow
Cynthia Francis, CEO, Reality Digital (Parent Company of ClipShack)
Mary Hodder, CEO & Founder, Dabble
Mika Salmi, Founder & CEO, Atom Entertainment
Steven Starr, CEO, Revver

>> Full Event Schedule Here
>> Live Feed Here

UPDATE:
The time is 3:15 PM – 4:00 PM not 4:00PM as previously stated.