Mousin It Up -the podcast of Big Brians Disney Pag

Episode 33 - Tim Devines Photo Tour of Pangani Forest trail

martsolf@mindspring.com — Fri, 9 May 2008 00:39:00 GMT

In this episode we head back to Disney's Animal Kingdom for the
third time in four episodes, this time to fulfill a listener request by Lou of the
WDW-Memories Site and Podcast, a request to hear the audio from http://www.themagicinpixels.com/ Tim DeVines Pangani forest Exploration trail photo tour from Mousefest last year.

Photos

The full selection of my photos for this tour can be found as a set on Flickr...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bigbrian-nc/sets/72157604957322745/

Episode 32 Slowing Down At Disney's Animal Kingdom

martsolf@mindspring.com — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 01:33:00 GMT

In this episode we head back to Disney's Animal Kingdom
to enjoy this park in the way in which it seems was intended all along, at least
according to what Joe Rohde said at his presentation given on the 10th
anniversary Thanks to Ricky of INSIDE the MAGIC

http://www.distantcreations.com/insidethemagic/ for sharing that Joe Rohde Audio with all of us!.

Still, I think this audio is quite a bit different from the other great DAK audio I've been hearing the past month, see what you think.

As always you can comment on this podcast in several ways you can comment in the forums at
http://www.letstalkaboutdisney.com/LTADForum/forumdisplay.php?f=64

or the email group...

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/disneypodcast/

or email me directly martsolf@mindspring.com

and full show notes as always are available through my site at:

http://www.bigbrian/nc.com/sn32.htm

Episode 31 Piano Man Mark

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 03:03:00 GMT

In this episode we take in some of the great ragtime style Piano music
provided by the Magic Kingdoms Piano Man Mark. As always full show notes are on my site.

http://www.bigbrian-nc.com/sn31.htm

as well as on the forums at LTAD:

http://www.letstalkaboutdisney.com/LTADForum/showthread.php?p=26164

Episode 30 Harambe Tag with Emily

martsolf@mindspring.com — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 02:12:00 GMT

In this episode we take in some of the "Safari people Band" also known as Mor Thaim before heading over to Kilimanjaro safaris for a ~~two week~~ expedition on the Harambe Wildlife reserve. Then we return to Harambes Village for a bit more music and a few words with Mor Thiam.

Additionally FULL show notes can be found in two places either on my site at http://www.bigbrian-nc.com/sn30.htm

and on the lets Talk About Disney Forums:

http://letstalkaboutdisney.com/LTADForum/forumdisplay.php?f=65

Episode 29 A Grand Evening

martsolf@mindspring.com — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 22:22:00 GMT

In this episode we take in some of the talented musicians who perform every night at Disney's Grand Floridian Resort and Spa, along the way we touch on Resort "free with stay" postcards, Disney Shopping opportunities in the Carolinas, and "thank yous" to a few friends. .

http://www.bigbrian-nc.com/sn28.htm

Theres a great disscussion forum for the Mousin It Up! podcast over at the Let's Talk About Disney Forums:

http://www.letstalkaboutdisney.com/LTADForum/forumdisplay.php?f=64

Episode 28 The Citizens of Main Street USA

martsolf@mindspring.com — Tue, 1 Jan 2008 19:26:00 GMT

In this episode we start with some audio recorded on the Mousefest 2007 trip with the ToonTown Tuners before hopping back in time to 2002 for a Rootin' Tootin' good time in the old west, then return to Main Street for a very fun ensemble performance of the Citizens of Main Street USA backed up by the Toontown Tuners. Full show notes for this are available om my site at:

http://www.bigbrian-nc.com/sn28.htm

Theres a great disscussion forum for the Mousin It Up! podcast over at the Let's Talk About Disney Forums:

http://www.letstalkaboutdisney.com/LTADForum/forumdisplay.php?f=64

and if you want to get occasion emails from me when the site is updated hers a link to yahoo group for the site:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/disneypodcast/

Episode 27 Merry Christmas

martsolf@mindspring.com — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 01:18:00 GMT

Over two hours of Christmas music from WDW with the Dapper Dans, piano men Jim and Mark, The Main Street Philharmonic, The Harlem Gospel Choir, The Notorious Banjo Brothers and Bob, and cameo appearances of various of Mousefest attendees.

Mousin' It Up! - Ep. 26 - Marty Sklar

martsolf@mindspring.com — Mon, 8 Oct 2007 05:27:00 GMT

In this episode audio of Marty Sklars presentation at the Circle of Life theatre in the Land pavilion.

Mousin' It Up! - Ep. 25 - mousey odds and ends

martsolf@mindspring.com — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 14:44:00 GMT

In this episode we visit the Main street Barbershop, and use that as a springboard to revist various subjects from previous episodes. Show notes may post a bit late as I won't have time to get to them before i leave for Celebration 25. Still feel free to post replies over to the mousin it up section of the forums at www.letstalkaboutdisney.com

Mousin' It Up! - Ep. 24 A tribute to Mexico - Mariachi Cobre

martsolf@mindspring.com — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 21:02:00 GMT

In honor of Mexicos Independence Day, September 16, this Episode features TWO sets by the Mariachi Cobre from Epcots Mexico pavilion, this group is one of the largest groups of musicians left at WDW with nearly a dozen perfomers on stage at any given performance. This group was formed in Tuscon Arizona in 1971 so as a group they are older than Epcot center. The sets found in this episode were the last two sets of the day on Saturday June 16, 2007 and the first set was so long there were barely fifteen minutes from the end of that set until the beggining of the next set.

As always more complete show notes can be found on my web site at:

http://www.bigbrian-nc.com/sn2007-24.htm

and discussion of the show can be found in the lets talk about disney forums at:

http://www.letstalkaboutdisney.com/LTADForum/index.php

Mousin' It Up! - Ep. 23 The Dapper Dans

martsolf@mindspring.com — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 06:32:00 GMT

TWO sets by The Dapper Dans, the Barbershop quartet that performs on Main Street U.S.A. in both Disneyland and the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World, and for this show we have material from both groups. The first set is from the Walt Disney World line up of the Dans and was recorded on Saturday, June 16, 2007, and the second set is from out in Disneyland and was recorded on my trip to Disneyland on the occasion of its' fiftieth anniversary back in 2005.

Full show notes are at http://www.bigbrian-nc.com/sn2007-23.htm and in the forums of http://www.letstalkaboutdisney.com

Mousin' It Up! - Ep. 22 Mo Rockin

martsolf@mindspring.com — Tue, 7 Aug 2007 18:37:00 GMT

This Episode features TWO sets by Mo'rockin,the fantastic band from the Morocco pavilion at Epcot that combines new musical styles with more traditional Moroccan musical sounds to make thier music. Also in this episode, a story about a background music loop song (BGM) that I learned a bit about, a couple of plugs for a few Disney related sites you may enjoy, and an announcement about a new way to send feedback to the show. The sets by Mo-Rockin and the BGM music I mentioned were all recorded Saturday June 16, 2007.

As always full show notes can be found on my site:

http://www.bigbrian-nc.com/sn2007-22.htm

We now also have Mousin it up forums thanks to LTAD.com!

http://www.letstalkaboutdisney.com/LTADForum/forumdisplay.php?f=64

Mousin' It Up! - Ep. 21 DISNEYLAND PIANO MEN

martsolf@mindspring.com — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 07:47:00 GMT

This episode features a bit of music from two of Disneylands Piano men, first up is a snippet of a set by piano man Johnny who also appeared way back in episode 2 of the podcast, this set like that one is only a partial, however I follow it up with a nice FULL set by Alan Thompson. once again another episode with no postcard segment just some nice Disneyland Piano music.

As always more complete show notes including images are on my web site at

Mousin' It Up! - Ep. 20 Have A Glorious Independence Day

Tue, 3 Jul 2007 09:52:00 GMT

Happy Independence day folks, enjoy the Voices of Liberty doing a selection of patriotic songs pulled from several sets recorded during our recent trip, also a nice set by the Spirit of America Fife and Drum Corps.

Mousin' It Up! - Ep. 19 A Musical Colage from June 16,17, 2007 at WDW

Thu, 28 Jun 2007 07:41:00 GMT

This Episode is a bit of a sneak preview of some of the sounds to be found over the next few months on this podcast having at least one song each from most of the groups I recorded with the exception of two one I noted in the show, The Spirit of America Fife and Drum Corp, the other omission I realized after closing production of the episode the Main Street Philharmonic. Theres is also a full set by one of the groups as I only had one set by Spelmans Glidje and since it has some sound quality issues I thought it would be better to include it here than to try to make it the centerpiece of a later episode.

full show notes are at :

http://www.bigbrian-nc.com/sn2007-19.htm

Mousin' It Up! - Ep. 18 Aboard the Mark Twain with the Disneyland Band

martsolf@mindspring.com — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 16:44:00 GMT

In this Episode one piece of audio runs for the whole episode (though I talk over it through the quiet parts) this recording of the Disneyland Bands Concert aboard the Mark Twain riverboat was taken on July 15, 2005. This is the last of the three sessions of the Disneyland band that I recorded that trip and also the closest to complete, though even here I didn't get audio of the band coming on stage, so I guess none of the DL Band Concerts I recorded is 100 percent complete, still, this would be the closest, as I'm sure the other sets are missing full songs that were played before I arrived on those occasions. Also the return of the postcard segment, and some meet reports from some of the Disney events I've atended the past few months.

Episode 17 Billy Hill and the Hillbillies, Golden Horseshoe July 17, 2005

martsolf@mindspring.com — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 20:34:00 GMT

In this Episode we have Billy Hill and the Hillbilies a sort of comedy bluegrass act that plays in Disneylands Golden Horseshoe saloon, this audio was recorded on July 17, 2005, the 50th anniversary of the opening of Disneyland .

Mousin' It Up! - Ep. 16 Space Mountain - Allen Thompson - Tomorrowland Speedway- Contest Winner

martsolf@mindspring.com — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 14:46:00 GMT

In this Episode we have Space Mountain recorded in WDW's Magic Kingdom, on December 7, 2006, also, audio of the Tomorrowland Speedway bit I've got on my youtube account ( http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=bigbrianDASHncDOTcom), and another ragtime piano set this one was recorded July 17th 2005 (Disneylands 50th Anniversary!), there's also a tiny portion of the audio which I used in the Special Edition I released last week in honor of the 4th anniversary of Tagrel.com (Happy Birthday Tagrel!) http://www.tagrel.com. All the information in the postcard segment was provided by Kevin Hughes whose Postcardguy Antiques Store (featuring many WDW and Disneyland cards) can be found at www.postcardguy.com .

As alway full show notes are on my site with links to the web sites, my pictures, my videos, a list of songs heard during the episode, and of course there are images of the postcards mentioned in the postcard segment, this episodes notes are at:

http://www.bigbrian-nc.com/sn2007-16.htm

and the overall link for the podcast is at:

http://www.bigbrian-nc.com/podcast.htm

Link for the special edition audio

Sun, 25 Mar 2007 16:25:00 GMT

If you want to download the special edition mentioned in the post below here's the link, for some reason libsyns not letting me edit that post:

http://media.libsyn.com/media/bbdp/bbdp2007-tagrel.mp3

and if that link dosen't work just go to the special edition show notes page and click on the link there:

http://www.bigbrian-nc.com/sn2007-tagrel.htm

Mousin' It Up! - Special Edition

martsolf@mindspring.com — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 16:02:00 GMT

In this Special Editon (not released to the Itunes feed due to it's limited intest to non-taginators) of the Mousin' it Up podcast there is audio from the Dec. 10, 2006 Karaoke meet at Kimonos in the Dolphin hotel at Walt Disney World. Only a small portion of the songs sang made it into this episode for a couple of reasons, first off my wife and I didn't stay particularly late, but also, sadly, I had technical problems (my mini disc player having a dead battery seems to be the most likely cause of the problem in this case). As is normal for my show a full version of the show notes is on my web site:

http://www.bigbrian-nc.com/sn2007-tagrel.htm

Mousin' It Up! - Ep. 15 Jungle Cruise/ Royal Saxaphonists

martsolf@mindspring.com — Wed, 7 Mar 2007 07:45:00 GMT

In this Episode we have several audio bits recorded in the Magic Kingdom, Thursday Dec. 7, 2007, A ride on the Jungle Cruise, A bit of Woody's roundup, a conversation with some Disney fans, Most of a set of Cinderella's Royal Saxaphonists, an update on the contest I'm running, and an update to the Walt Disney World a History in Postcards page on the Kids of the Kingdom. As always full show notes are on my site at:

http://www.bigbrian-nc.com/

this episodes notes page is:

http://www.bigbrian-nc.com/sn2007-15.htm

Mousin' It Up! - Ep. 14 Piano Man Jim / Give Me Liberty/ NC RADP

martsolf@mindspring.com — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 13:34:00 GMT

this Episode we have a nice set of (mostly)ragtime from Piano Man Jim, recorded Dec. 10, 2006 in the Magic Kingdom. Also in a first for this site and show a contest. Additionally I mention a bit about the retirement of one of the Voices of Liberty, the Lion Kings touring company plans to return to the Tarheel state and I suggest a time and place for some of us Carolinian Disney fans to get together to Mouse it Up!

Mousin' it Up! - Ep. 13 American Vybe, and a WDW Friend

martsolf@mindspring.com — Tue, 6 Feb 2007 13:37:00 GMT

Songs by American Vybe, the agony of Recording mishaps, and the joy of having a WDW friend at www.wdw-memories.net, Also in this episode the joy of finding a new issue of the postcard newsletter in my mail box. As always full show notes are on my site at:

http://www.bigbrian-nc.com/

this episodes notes page is:

http://www.bigbrian-nc.com/sn2007-13.htm

bbdp 2007-12 Magic Behind the Steam Trains tour Part 2 of 2

martsolf@mindspring.com — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 14:01:00 GMT

Much like episode 10 this episode has audio in it taken during our Honeymoon in 2002, we have sound recorded on the morning of October 31, 2002 on the "Magic Behind Our Steam Trains" tour at the Magic Kingdom, Also a "flood" of 2006 postcards (and a few 2007 related ones), that's actually a bit of a pun, although there are quite a few postcard images on the two pages, the pun comes from the fact that the intro music to the show is performed by a group called the 1937 Flood, not a Disney group, but they do a song about a train that was made a nice intro (anyhow I like it).

http://www.bigbrian-nc.com/trindex.htm#moon

as always full show notes are on my site at:

http://www.bigbrian-nc.com/

this episodes notes page is:

http://www.bigbrian-nc.com/sn2007-12.htm

bbdp 2006-11 Merry Christmas from Walt Disney World

martsolf@mindspring.com — Sat, 23 Dec 2006 18:47:00 GMT

This Episode features Christmas music audio from both the Magic Kingdom, and Epcot theme parks of Walt Disney World, all taken from performances by the many live musicians who perform in these parks, while I'd love to g go a round and get music from all the live performers in the park, at least the little bit I have here can give you some idea of some of the places to start listening for live holiday audio if you find yourself in the parks in the Holiday Season. There's audio of the Voices of Liberty, and the Spirit of America Fife and Drum Corp taken during Mousefest 2005. There's also a lot of audio from during the Mousefest Celebration this year (2006). There's music from both of the Main Street pianists, Mark and Jim, also from the Magic Kingdom we have audio from the Frontierland trio known as the Notorious Banjo Brothers and Bob (last heard on this pod cast as the Lone Strangers in the Halloween episode), additionally the group occasionally known as the Fantasyland Woodwind Society plays a few "Holiday" tune (two of which have the word "Holiday"in the title), though in this appearance here they are in their Fantasyland garb and appear as Cinderella's Royal Saxaphonists. We then head over to Epcot for a Holiday tune by a group you might not think of when it comes to Holiday music, the Cyber Groove, then we take a trip back in time to 1998 (Or perhaps 99?) when the American Adventure pavilion had just had a new addition to their line up, yep we have a few holiday songs by an early line -up of the group known as American Vybe, we then bookend the show with another set by the Voices of Liberty from 05, before deciding that arrangement of Holiday music on the shelf can use one more holiday/Mousefest tune tacked on at the end, I hope you enjoy it. As always full show notes are on my site at:

http://www.bigbrian-nc.com/

this episodes notes page is:

http://www.bigbrian-nc.com/sn2006-11.htm

bbdp 2006-10 Magic Kingdom Behind the Steam Trains Tour -part 1

martsolf@mindspring.com — Mon, 4 Dec 2006 05:55:00 GMT

This episode has audio in it taken during our Honeymoon in 2002, http://www.bigbrian-nc.com/trindex.htm#moon. This episode we have sound recorded on the morning of October 31, 2002 on the "Magic Behind Our Steam Trains" tour at the Magic Kingdom, Also a "flood" of 2006 postcards. As always full show notes are on my site at:

http://www.bigbrian-nc.com/

this episodes notes page is:

http://www.bigbrian-nc.com/sn2006-10.htm

bbdp 2006-09 Dixie Kings, Push, DL Band, Hotel Plaza Boulevard postcards, and Before There even WAS Podacsting...

martsolf@mindspring.com — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 04:50:00 GMT

This episode has audio in it taken during my 2005 trip to Disneyland two of the clips, Dwight Kennedy's Dixie Kings, and Push the talking Trash can were both recorded on July 15th, 2005, theres also a performance of the Disneyland Band from July 18th, additionally I read a little bit of listener feedback and a question from a previous show is answered. As always full show notes are on my site at:

http://www.bigbrian-nc.com/

this episodes notes page is:

http://www.bigbrian-nc.com/sn2006-09.htm

bbdp 2006-08 Yester"Land" (pavilion), Epcot, 2002 Food Rocks

martsolf@mindspring.com — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 07:06:00 GMT

This episode we have sound taken in the Land pavilion during our 2002 trip to Walt Disney World, Since the pavilion has changed so much with the addition of Soarin' and removal of Food Rocks, much of the audio of this episode can no longer be heard, making this a sort of Yester"Land" episode with apologies to Werner Weiss.

As always full show notes are on my site at:

http://www.bigbrian-nc.com/

this episodes notes page is:

http://www.bigbrian-nc.com/sn2006-08.htm

bbdp 2006-07 Mickeys Not So Scary Halloween party 2002

martsolf@mindspring.com — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 23:52:00 GMT

This episode has some very special audio in it, it was taken during our Honeymoon in 2002, it's posting coincides with the addition of a trip report on my web site, about twenty pages with something like 450 new pictures to the site , http://www.bigbrian-nc.com/trindex.htm#moon
all these images were from our Honeymoon trip to WDW in 2002. There are several pieces of audio from that trip that will appear in future episodes of Big Brians Disney Podcast, including two of the absolute best pieces, that are in this episode, which were recorded AT the Halloween Party. Those pieces are; the Halloween Riverboat Cruise featuring a ghost story delivered by Auntie Bellum and music by the Lone Strangers (The Notorious Banjo and Brothers and Bobs Halloween costumes), and A Diamond Horseshoe Halloween performance with much of the old cast of the Horseshoe, Jingles, Dr. Bill, Professor Terrace, and special guests the Cadaver Dans (an undead barbershop quartet). As always full show notes are on my site at:

http://www.bigbrian-nc.com/

this episodes notes page is:

http://www.bigbrian-nc.com/sn2006-07.htm

bbdp 2006-06 Tomorowland loop, TL postcards, and wandering

martsolf@mindspring.com — Wed, 4 Oct 2006 05:56:00 GMT

This episode I share my recording of the Tomorrowland Music Loop from Disneyland last summer, also a bit of meandering from that same night the last night of my trip, in the postcard segnent Tomorrowland Postcards of Walt Disney Worlds Magic Kingdom, and a bit on some of the other music loops in the Space Mountain area at the Magic Kingdom.

As always full show notes are on my site at:

http://www.bigbrian-nc.com/

this episodes notes page is:

http://www.bigbrian-nc.com/sn2006-06.htm

bbdp 2006-05 Dismeets Allentown Steve Barrett on Hidden Mickeys

martsolf@mindspring.com — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 13:00:00 GMT

This audio is , once again from the Dismeets meet in allentown in July, this episode you can hear Steve Barrett, who literally wrote the book on hidden Mickeys, talk about Hiddden Mickeys, if you enjoy this episode take a look at his web site www.hiddenmickeysguide.com, also a "hidden Mickey" on a Disneyland postcard, and an "audio hidden Mickey" enjoy!

As always full show notes are on my site at:

http://www.bigbrian-nc.com/

this episodes notes page is:

http://www.bigbrian-nc.com/sn2006-05.htm

bbdp 2006-04 Dismeets Allentown Dave Marx on the Disney cruise line

martsolf@mindspring.com — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 22:43:00 GMT

The audio in this episode is from another one of the "seminars" in one of the break out room sessions of the Allentown Disfans meet a few weeks back in Allentown, if you are considering taking a Disney Cruise, or just curious about it listen to this episode, the Disney Cruise Line theme continues on into the postcard segment http://www.bigbrian-nc.com/sn2006-04.htm, and I wrap up the show with music inspired by a recent episode of WDW Today

As always full show notes are on my site at:

http://www.bigbrian-nc.com/

this episodes notes page is:

http://www.bigbrian-nc.com/sn2006-04.htm

bbdp 2006-03 Dismeets Allentown Deb Wills on Epcot's Food & Wine festival

martsolf@mindspring.com — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 11:48:00 GMT

I'm going to......Allentown??? Oh Yeah it's time for Dismeets annual gathering in Allentown PA, a good time for fun and friends. The audio in this episode is from one of the "seminars" in one of the break out room sessions Deb Wills speaks on Epcot's International Food and Wine Festivial, if you (like I) only had a passing knowledge of this event, then here's a great place to learn a lot of the details of just what types of events are available at the festival. In the postcard segment I talk a little about storage, and if you only listen to Disney podcasts for the music, well at least theres a song at each end of the podcast for you, and as always, there are images of the things you are heaaring about in this podcast on my web site http://www.bigbrian-nc.com (then follow the links to the episode 03 show notes)....Enjoy!

As always full show notes are on my site at:

http://www.bigbrian-nc.com/

this episodes notes page is:

http://www.bigbrian-nc.com/sn2006-03.htm

bbdp 2006-02 Disneyland July 2005 part 1

martsolf@mindspring.com — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 21:35:00 GMT

Here are a few sounds from the first few days of our trip to Disneyland last July, this episode features; the river Rascals, Ragtime pianist "Johnny", the Disneyland Band, and in a special Tomorrowland appearance tied to the re-dedication of Space Mountain, Dwight Kennedy's New Orleans Dixie Kings. Also in this episode in the postcard corner we talk about the nice set of cards available from the Behind the Magic 50 years of Disneyland exhibit, and how to get them for far less than Ebay prices, also I go over the latest issue of the International Disney Postcard Collectors Club newsletter and add my 2ÃÂ worth of information to Jays Patels fine work.

As always full show notes are on my site at:

http://www.bigbrian-nc.com/

this episodes notes page is:

http://www.bigbrian-nc.com/sn2006-02.htm

bbdp 2006-01 the "premire" episode

martsolf@mindspring.com — Fri, 9 Jun 2006 15:41:00 GMT

This episode is a premiere in two ways not only is it the first episode of Big Brians Disney Podcast http://www.bigbrian-nc.com/podcast.htm

it features audio from the big movie premiere of Disney's Cars right here in Charlotte, North Carolina.

As always full show notes are on my site at:

http://www.bigbrian-nc.com/

this episodes notes page is:

http://www.bigbrian-nc.com/sn2006-01.htm