The Rise and Fall of Painless Self Promotion (updated 7-24-05)

(A Filthy Lie)
On Monday, July 11th, Instapundit was, for a few brief hours, no longer the #1 blog in the Ecosystem, having been replaced by the 30-times-more-popular “Painless Self Promotion.”
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The next day, things were back to normal, with Instapundit once again on top, and Painless Self Promotion nowhere to be seen. Almost as though it had never existed.
Well, I was there and I know what happened.
It all started just after we finished taping the round-table segment for the IMAO podcast
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IMAO Blogger on Republican Radio Saturday

IMAO Blogger and Podcast Producer Scott will be hosting all two hours of the weekly live radio show “Republican Radio: The Life of the Party” from Seattle, WA this Saturday starting from 2pm Eastern/1pm Central/12pm Mountain/11am Pacific.
The theme for the show is “Your Rights as an American” and we’ll definitely talk about the Supreme Court–which gives me an opportunity to play the Marbury v. Madison bit from our last IMAO Podcast. Unlike Frank J., when I’m on the radio I will pimp the blog and the podcast (but mostly the podcast).
UPDATE: Not only did I mention IMAO Podcast.com about 437 times during the live Republican Radio broadcast, I was able to play not one but two IMAO Podcast bits on the radio. You can hear the MP3s of the show at:
http://www.republicanradio.com/sounds/0723Hour1.mp3
http://www.republicanradio.com/sounds/0723Hour2.mp3
I had hoped that fellow blogger Homocon would co-host with me on Republican Radio but he was too busy laughing at the pathetic response one of his recent posts ellicted from the mental giants on DU.
Homocon is one of my favorite blogs and should be required reading.

The Official SCOTUS Test

IMAO has scored another exclusive find.
Sandra Day O’Connor has announced her retirement from the Supreme Court of the United States. So that means there is now a new job opening!! This also means more bickering over whether a President Bush nominee is too conservative.
Have you ever wondered how Democrats decide whether a SCOTUS nominee would be a good judge? They take a test. That’s right — they administer a test.
And the amazing research crew here at IMAO.US has obtained a copy!
Here for your education and enlightenment is a copy of the SCOTUS Candidate Questionnaire.

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WSJ ignores the IMAO Podcast

Even though we have repeatedly made ourselves available to various media outlets to talk about the increasingly popular IMAO Podcast (averaging 716 downloads per day as of July 19, 2005), I read a huge article in today’s Wall Street Journal on how “popular” and profitable X-rated podcasts are becoming.
Podcasting was a curiosity to the mainstream media three months ago when drag queens, wannabe DJs, and Hollywood has-been comedians with recycled NPR shows started posting MP3s online for the iPod crowd. Now the mainstream media heaps high praise on sex talk from husky-voiced overweight women and how condom companies are sponsoring podcasts by “performance artists” who can’t string together a complete sentence without an obscenity.
Thanks for forcing the new genre of porncasting on Americans, mainstream media. The dumb people in the flyover Middle America states really appreciate it.
Here’s a suggestion: Force the IMAO Podcast on the mainstream media. The writer of the WSJ porncast article is Vauhini Vara. Let’s see if Vara would be interested in having all of the IMAO Fans e-mail vauhini.vara@wsj.com to extoll the virtues of the IMAO Podcast because it:

  • Is “work safe” comedy
  • Appeals to a broad audience
  • Lessens flu symptoms
  • Sounds totally unlike any other podcast available on iTunes
  • Has a growing number of fans (downloads have steadily grown to an average of 700+ per day in a matter of weeks)
  • Can be used to clean stubborn stains on upholstered surfaces
  • Stars a pretty blond girl that sings

Please e-mail Vauhini Vara at the WSJ <a href=”mailto:THISISSPAMTHISISSPAMenty of action.
UPDATE: If you e-mail the WSJ and Vara blows you off, e-mail us to let us know! If Vara dains you worthy of a reply, e-mail us that too.
We’ll post the best replies/non-replies from IMAO Fans on the blog and talk about it in the podcast.
E-mail us – feedback@IMAOPodcast.com

Sometimes There Is Funny Other Places Than IMAO

It’s a Friday off , so I don’t feel like posting (though I probably still will), but I recommend everyone check out Iowahawk’s latest biting satire “He or She Is The Wrong Man or Woman For The Court.” That there is funny.
(hat tip John Hawkin’s Conservative Grapevine which didn’t mess up the link to IMAO this time)
Also, Greg Gutfeld once again tries to get himself fired from the Huffington Post. Make sure to read the “comments” below the post.
In addition, check out the posts from the other IMAO bloggers; we are a group blog now. And, if you haven’t checked it out yet for some reason, go see our podcast. And, if you’re dial-up, here are some great samples of the last one. We plan to make more individual selections downloadable in the future.
The IMAO Podcast: Tagline Still Under Construction

Silly Rove Songs

How can so many people hate Karl Rove?
Consider this, when Japanese folks say ‘Rove’ it sounds almost the same as when they say ‘love’. So to Japanese folks he’s really ‘Karl Love’.
I’ll be the first to admit his full name would be ‘Kall Love’, something they market on late night T.V.. This is not as wholesome or good but still contains the word ‘love’ at least.
People love Jennifer Love Hewitt, So can Karl really be as bad as they say since his name is love, sort of? Krazy.
That got me thinking about what songs go good with this?
“All You Need Is Rove” comes to mind. If you want liberals to get so outrageously nutty, legions of squirrels start swarming, all you need is Rove. I guess you also need liberals, though, and squirrels.
“Can’t Buy Me Rove” He’s not corruptable! I guess that’s enough Beatles songs though. They are/were such a bunch of swarmy hippies.
“When Rove Comes to Town” is good. And what do you think Rove will do when he gets to town? Outsmart liberals, thats what.
“The Power of Rove” from the “Back to the Future” soundtrack. But I can just almost see Force lightening coming from Karl’s stubby fingers when I think about the title, though. Maybe that one’s not too good.
Are there any Love>Rove songs I’ve missed that you can think of? No? Hah I win!