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Thank you all for a wonderful year,

Daphne

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I wonder though, the last men's episode we did, #3, gave me lots of troubles too... Maybe it's the topic.  Men are just difficult sometimes.

Hope you will be hearing from us soon,

Daphne

P.S. I should be releasing the latest Second Style StyleCast tonight to help with your Daphne and Tamara addiction.

Paisley commented on what I was wearing so I blogged about it over at Daphne's Random Thoughts.

Until later,

Daphne

[20:08]  Tamara Kirshner: Boo.

[20:08]  Stephen Bentham: o0

[20:09]  Stephen Bentham jumps out of his chair

[20:09]  Tamara Kirshner: Daphne and I may need some pictures of you for our Going Broke website.

[20:09]  Tamara Kirshner: no particular reason

[20:09]  Stephen Bentham: oh noes

[20:09]  Stephen Bentham: no particular reasonnnn

[20:09]  Stephen Bentham looks suspicious

[20:09]  Tamara Kirshner: sort of a "what not to wear" column we're toying with

[20:09]  Stephen Bentham: are you implyinggg somethingggg?

[20:09]  Tamara Kirshner: are you inferring something?????

[20:10]  Stephen Bentham: that I wear things that shouldn't be worn? Like Lederhosen and leopard pants and hedgehog suits and...

[20:10]  Stephen Bentham: I make a good Swirly double

[20:10]  Tamara Kirshner: oh, so you've improved!  that's the fabulous

[20:10]  Stephen Bentham: I know, right?

[20:11]  Tamara Kirshner: so, um pictures

[20:11]  Stephen Bentham: like what kind of pictures

[20:11]  Tamara Kirshner: full perms to Daph so we can publicly ridicule you

[20:11]  Stephen Bentham formulates a nudity policy

[20:11]  Stephen Bentham: oh I see

[20:11]  Tamara Kirshner: yes, we all want to see the bentham mangina

[20:11]  Stephen Bentham: you want me to take pictures wearing things that shouldn't be worn

[20:11]  Stephen Bentham: and give them to you

[20:11]  Tamara Kirshner: and we sell them on ebay

[20:12]  Stephen Bentham: hmm

[20:12]  Stephen Bentham: do I get a percentage of royalties?

[20:12]  Tamara Kirshner: you're assuming someone buys

[20:12]  Tamara Kirshner: poor delusional soul

[20:14]  Stephen Bentham: Well, I guess we could discuss that when it happened

[20:14]  Tamara Kirshner: look, we can find some other schmuck

[20:14]  Stephen Bentham strokes his chin

[20:14]  Stephen Bentham: I'll be your schmuck

[20:14]  Tamara Kirshner: aw, thankies!

[20:14]  Stephen Bentham laughs and laughs

[20:14]  Tamara Kirshner: you do know schmuck is yiddish for penis, right?

[20:14]  Stephen Bentham: yes

[20:14]  Stephen Bentham: um

[20:14]  Stephen Bentham: yes

[20:14]  Stephen Bentham: not in that way

[20:15]  Stephen Bentham: in the more casual useage, like a useful idiot

[20:15]  Tamara Kirshner: okies

[20:15]  Tamara Kirshner: well, pictures and $5000L not to publish this conversation.  howzat?

[20:16]  Stephen Bentham: Publish whatever you'd like, I will not bribe!

[20:16]  Stephen Bentham: hahhaha

[20:16]  Stephen Bentham: but I will get you some pics tomorrowww

[20:16]  Tamara Kirshner: okay, well pics in your favorite outfits by Wednesday?

[20:16]  Stephen Bentham: ok, deal

[20:16]  Tamara Kirshner: thanks!

[20:16]  Stephen Bentham: actual favorites...

[20:17]  Stephen Bentham: or things not to wear

[20:17]  Tamara Kirshner: whatever you like

[20:17]  Stephen Bentham: hmm

[20:17]  Stephen Bentham: that's confusing

[20:17]  Tamara Kirshner: try to look decent, for once

[20:17]  Stephen Bentham doesn't know whether go dress dapper or assclownish

[20:17]  Tamara Kirshner: how about dapper assclown?

[20:17]  Stephen Bentham: well, decent can mean different things

[20:17]  Stephen Bentham: dapper assclown, gotcha

[20:17]  Tamara Kirshner: fabutastic

[20:17]  Stephen Bentham: freaking sweet

[20:17]  Tamara Kirshner: just remember, /bling off

[20:18]  Stephen Bentham: [20:15]  Caliah Lyon disassociates herself from said idiot

[20:18]  Stephen Bentham: I'll try x.x

[20:18]  Stephen Bentham: sooo tempting

[20:18]  Tamara Kirshner: ooh!  we've never ruined a partnership before!

[20:18]  Stephen Bentham: lmfao

[20:19]  Stephen Bentham salutes and searchs for dapper yet asshattish outfits

[20:19]  Stephen Bentham: *searches, even

[20:20]  Tamara Kirshner: no, no, no

[20:20]  Tamara Kirshner: assclown, not asshat

[20:20]  Stephen Bentham: oh

[20:20]  Stephen Bentham: right

[20:20]  Stephen Bentham: k

Listen and hear if we mentioned your favorites.  Let us know if there were others we should have looked at.

http://stylecast.secondstyle.com

Remember, Stylecast will only be on the Going Broke feed for it's first month, after that, it will be available exclusively at the Stylecast site and on iTunes.

~D~

Remember, Stylecast will only be on the Going Broke feed for it's first month, after that, it will be available exclusively at the Stylecast site and on iTunes.

~D~

Remember, Stylecast will only be on the Going Broke feed for it's first month, after that, it will be available exclusively at the Stylecast site and on iTunes.

~D~

Remember, Stylecast will only be on the Going Broke feed for it's first month, after that, it will be available exclusively at the Stylecast site and on iTunes.

~T~

After visiting with Shai, Daphne and I headed over to Creamshop on Koenji for some much needed retail therapy.  From there, we headed over to Silver Rose Designs in Shengri La where Daph picked up an "Alice in Wonderland" inspired dress and I drooled over dresses that looked like cakes.  Finally, we headed over to Violet Voltaire on Vodou to accessorize our finds.

Before leaving you, we announce our fourth Avatar of Style, Mr. Menno Ophelia.  Unless Mr. O sends us a snap or two, or twelve for our personal collections, you'll just have to imagine the hawtness!

For more details on the shops we visited, including pictures and SLurls, see the entries below.  As always, music on our show is from the Podsafe Music Network at music.podshow.com.  Please subscribe to our show on iTunes and join our group for folders of landmarks to the stores we visit (and the occasional giftie!).

As a little teaser, go to stylecast.seconstyle.com and check out what's brewing up over there!

In this episode, Daphne and I don't tell you where to buy skin, shapes and hair, but how to buy them.  These are things that can be confusing, and often result in unused, expensive items that taunt you from your inventory.

While we can't guarantee perfect results, if you follow the steps we've laid out, you are about a bazillion times more likely to be happy with your skin, shape and hair, and yes, look great naked (except for the guys b/c we don't discuss where to buy bits -- hey, that's another show!).

Daphne and I were also lucky enough to attend SLCC in Chicago last month and we talk about some of the amazing people that we met and now miss.

By the way, we've got another project brewing!  Keep your eyes and ears open for more details in the near future.

Where from in RL: Texas currently live in California

RL line of work: SL is my RL baby!

Time in SL: um, Been on since late 2003, if that's what you are asking, also I am almost constantly on but not always on as Etainnnn....

 What do you design/make?  Boots, outfits to go with said boots, fetish gear of all sorts, occasionally furniture but not often. We have plans to expand into bold new areas soon so look for that ...

 if pressed... silks, gorean equipment, weapons and  items geared to support dark rp areas of SL

How long have you done this?  Seriously for about a year, unseriously for about another year. I hope to do it for quite some time to come.

There are people who tell you they started because they were making things for themselves and then people asked to buy them so they selflessly opened a store to give out the things the public was demanding out of of a noble sense of altruism.

I'm not one of those people. I started the store because Linden Labs cut my stipend, so i had the find a way to get more lindens. I wasn't willing to buy too many lindens so I had to start up a store. My first products were whatever was laying around in my inventory that I thought I could reasonably pawn off on some poor sucker. And the rest is history.

How has your product evolved?
Its been a trial and error process. I originally started doing furniture but I quickly figured out it just doesn't sell well. Or else my furniture was just really bad. or a combination of the two. On a whim I tried to do some boots. I had always been curiou sabout how the invisible prims worked so it was more to satisfy my curiosity. They sold better than the rest of my stuff put together so again I quickly figured out this was the way to go. I continue to experiment and try to go in new directions with each product release. Hopefully I have achieved that. I never want to get stale.

Where do you see your SL work going?
See above.

This is something I have struggled with for a long time. What is the endgame for SL businesses? I'm hesitant to keep all my eggs in one basket in just SL. I am interested in expanding to other worlds like SL, the only problem being nothing is out yet that competes with it. However if there was I would be there in a heartbeat. I'm interested in getting into more and more scripting and offering more functionality with my products, and expanding into new markets and demographics.

What skills have you mastered during your time in SL?
IM bar juggling, that's a handy skill. I think I'm pretty good at manipulating prims.

Where can people go to see and buy your work?

 Go to Indigo!

Can you give us a price range?
I try to keep it within the range of newbies. 200 to 300 for a full set and I usually offer pieces for sale separately for 25L to 150L or so depending on the piece.

I also admire the girls at Curious and Deviant Kitties, Gritty Kitty, Sinistyle. I love the sort of grunge kitty look that a few designers are mastering.. I wish I could do it myself but its just not quite my style. A couple of hot japanese designers I always keep an eye on is Kru and Tohru.  both their work is great but a little pricey for me. Old school when I was starting out I had a huge huge huge thing for Nomine and I still check her place at least once a week. Her old stuff still maintains its quality even against brand new releases and shes very affordable so new people coming in try out Nomine, its fantabulous.

Do you consider anyone to be a major influence?
Well outside of SL probably the single greatest influence would be Michael Manning, an american fetish artist and author. You can check out his astounding work at www.thespidergarden.net.  Anime is also a huge influence on me though I'm not sure its as obvious in my designs.

Who would you like us to feature?
I'd love to see more on the grungey kitty types, their work is so amazing and detailed and vibrant. Its also a look I think is fairly unique to SL, or maybe I'm just too sheltered fashionwise. Gritty Kitty, Sinistyle, anyone from the Block or Koreshan Point. Wow. they blow me away every time I go through there. Bastards.

On Tamara:  hair -- Winsome I by Naughty; skin -- Tete a Pied Redhead Mai; Boots -- Slouchy boots in red by Rosemary Galbraith; outfit -- Roslin outfit by Dakota Buck

Note:  Ms. Galbraith gave Tamara a pair of the Slouchy boots in mustard.  They retail for $300L a pair or $1500L for all colors in her store.

 On Daphne:  Glasses: Nico Creations - Jaded; Hair: Calico Creations - Amy; Jacket: Silent Sparrow - Dreary Jacket; Necklace: Goth1Co - Victorian Choker

 Pictured:  Juin outfit and Juin skins by Roslin Petion and CJ Carnot

What do you design/make? I am rather eccentric...I do it all, or rather try to. To varying degrees of success or suckage. I started out making cyberpunk armour and accessories just for fun, then turned to Neko skins, clothing, boots, and now I have like 5 or 6 brand names and more varying styles and work than I know what to do with. My latest venture is back to my personal roots in gothic wear clothing and skins. I own Boneflower Designs, Broken, Jungle Voodoo, Cyberpunk Apocalypse, The Heart of a Doll, and a few others. :3

How long have you done this? I have been doing this sort of work professionally for about 6 years, though I only started a business in Second Life after quiting my previous job working on a MMORPG about two years ago.

Why did you start? I have always been an artist, like my mother, and my grandfather. Growing up it was one of my main forms of expression, along with my writing. I am deaf, so my art was a major form of getting the inner me out to the world in pictures instead of with words. I worked corporate design and marketing for years before I took a chance and tried for a job with a game company. It was great to marry my love of art with my love of video games. later after finding SL it was a dream come true. I could work from home, be my own boss, and still what I love best in an environment less removed from my customers than traditional game design.

How has your product evolved? I am always growing and evolving I hope. In many ways, SL has challenged my skills more than any work I have done before. I have freedom here to do what I feel inspired to do, and that has let me explore myself in a way the corporate world didn't. I continue to learn new tricks and methods every day, and I hope that process never stops for me. SL has also challenged me to grow in areas not my strong place, such as scripting for my products. I think that is the area I have grown the most in.

Where do you see your SL work going? I have so many ideas and plans...I love doing new things, starting new styles and developing new brands as they come to me. I expect I will continue to go wherever the inspiration takes me. Right now I need to finish the design of three new sims I am working on so I can expand some of my stores and also start a coupl new ideas I have. From there, who knows where I may go. :3

What skills have you mastered during your time in SL? None. I am master of nothing. Just a student learning her way as best she can. I hope I will never master anything in life because that would mean i am done growing.

What skills would you like to master? I would however like to become better than I am and improve more in scripting and animations. Now that sculpted prims are here, i also plan to go back to working on my modeling skills as well.

Where can people go to see and buy your work? My main store is currently at Temenos, though it will be moving to a larger space soon on its new sister island.

Can you give us a price range? Wow...too many products to do anything accurate there. I have stuff from freebies to 1400L for skin sets and doll avatars, and every price in between. I try to be reasonable and modestly priced and do volume as my business model.

Whose work do you admire? That is a list too long to write down here. Some of my personal favorites whose work I not only admire and love but wear daily include Canimal Zephyr and Starley Thereian, Hevan Lament, Skanks'R'Us and Sweetedge, Feri Beckenbauer, Gritty Kitty by Noam, Wintermoon, Kin Kieko, Pixel Dolls, Torrid Midnight, Wraith Unsung, and so many more I feel so bad about not mentioning by name. Its such a horribly long list.

Do you consider anyone to be a major influence? Well, I feel everyone is always inspired and influenced in many ways by everything they see and everyone they meet. We are an accumulation of our exposures and experiences. But someone I personally admire greatly and who has constantly been an inspiration to me to push myself and gorw better has been Zabitan Assia of ::FORM::...he is a god among mortals to me and I think I own almost everything he makes.

Who would you like us to feature? Well, I would be biased on that I suppose. many of my closest friends here who have stood by me through some rough times are designers as well, and naturally I feel they deserve to be noticed. Sumire Mochi of Tweet has gotten some coverage, but I feel she is still undernoticed for the uniqueness and spontanious style she creates. She is a dear friend and has been my closest confidant and supporter as well. Also any of the people from the list above are more than worthy. I am just not sure how I managed to make my way onto someone's list for this interview...that remains a mystery to me.

On Tamara, left: hair -- Flirt by Naughty; Skin, ears and tail -- Ebony striped Neko, Jungle Voodoo by Zoe Llewelyn; Outfit -- Boneflower Leather Corset and Mini Set by Zoe Llewelyn; Boots: Boneflower Kitty Pirate Laced Biker Boots by Zoe Llewelyn.

On Daphne, right:  hair -- Carrie by Celestial Studios; Skin -- Whispers of Night Spectral Female Blood Dusk Slayer by Zoe Llewelyn; Ears, tail and collar -- White Mouse Girl Avatar, Jungle Voodoo by Zoe Llewelyn; Corset -- Cross Corset, Broken by Zoe Llewelyn; Skirt -- Armide, Material Squirrel.

We were also fortunate to have Zoe Llewelyn grant us a written interview!  While we would have loved to have her on the show, that unfortunately wasn't possible.  However, she submitted written answers to our questions, and we will publish them in a blog post on this site.  We visited Temenos (http://slurl.com/secondlife/Temenos/155/108/106 ), the island she built to house her amazing creations.

Next, we visited Oh!  What a Neat . . . Boutique above the Seonggye sim ( http://slurl.com/secondlife/Seonggye/83/91/601 ).  When designer Rosemary Galbraith passed me (Tamara) a pair of her adorable slouchy boots ($300L a pair), we had to go check out the shop.  We were sure happy we did, because not only did we find Ms. Galbraith's fresh and fashionable designs, we also found Dakota Buck's new Savvy? line.  Check out her hot retro designs (look for the outfit inspired by her friend Roslin Petion).

Finally, we took a trip to Nico Creations on Nico Island ( http://slurl.com/secondlife/Nico%20Island/179/186/25 ) after Dominic Nico passed us each a pair of his hot new Jaded glasses/shades ($150L a pair).  Dominic's sunglasses are very detailed and realistic, as are Joella Nico's prim chains!

After all that shopping, Daphne and I relaxed by discussing how to wear a system skirt so that your ass doesn't look fat.  We also reminisced about some things that we (um, Daphne) said in SL that would get us (yeah, her) locked up in RL.  To close out the show, we swooned over our first male Avatar of Style, DayDreamer Langway!

Thanks for listening!

Daph and Tam

www.DaphneandTamara.com
Call us at: (206) 203-1318

Music in this podcast:
"Gone" by Black Lab, www.blacklabworld.com

You can also e-mail us at Daphne.Abernathy@gmail.com or Tamara.Kirshner@gmail.com.  We want to hear from you!

Thanks for listening, links to iTune and our RSS feeds are on the right, please subscribe so you don't miss a show.

-Daphne

While Ms. Abernathy and Ms. Kirshner are recovering from their most recent interviews with Radar Masukami, Crap Mariner, and Will Pitre, we the doctors of Barney Bendel's Center for Retail Therapy have put together a list of what they call "SLurls" for places that male avatars can shop in Second Life. 

Enjoy and please wish the ladies well in their recovery, and . . .Oh!  Code Blue!  Margaritas!  Pedicures! STAT!!!!

Asian Style items: 

• Asian Inspiration:  http://slurl.com/secondlife/Anhalt%20Hill/94/174/43
• Crying Rose Studio Design:  http://slurl.com/secondlife/Samurai%20Tokyo/86/227/29
• Bare Rose:  http://slurl.com/secondlife/Bare%20Rose/150/20/30

Prim Optic Eyewear:  http://slurl.com/secondlife/Terra%20Toulouse/104/153/29
Influence Hair:  http://slurl.com/secondlife/Naughty/79/112/23
Nomine Skins:  http://slurl.com/secondlife/Nomine/66/219/70
Colt Designs:  http://slurl.com/secondlife/Ironjaw/13/59/84
 -- casual clothes, tattoos, accessories, and shoes

Frangipani Designs:  http://slurl.com/secondlife/Iladil/136/38/72
 -- casual clothes

FNKY! & Cake:  http://slurl.com/secondlife/FNKY%20Cake/153/43/24
 -- skin, hair, clothes, accessories, jewelry

SubZero Fashion Designs:  http://slurl.com/secondlife/Lakeside%20Shoppes/41/129/26
 -- casual clothes, animation overriders, accessories

Blaze:  http://slurl.com/secondlife/Glory/71/118/23
 -- formal wear, suits, some men's casual

Gurl 6 Hair:  http://slurl.com/secondlife/gurlywood/110/111/22

Redgrave:  http://slurl.com/secondlife/Sands%20Island1/170/100/24
 -- casual clothes

Adam n' Eve skins:  http://slurl.com/secondlife/Genesis/193/117/35

Silent Sparrow:  http://slurl.com/secondlife/Silent%20Sparrow/61/238/32
 -- Victorian inspired clothing

Paper Couture:  http://slurl.com/secondlife/Tableau/160/106/0
 -- fashion forward clothing

Wig Out by Bryce Tully:  http://slurl.com/secondlife/Illusion/109/118/39
 -- hair

Body Doubles:  http://slurl.com/secondlife/Midnight%20Oasis/207/68/22
 -- shapes

The Block Sim:  http://slurl.com/secondlife/The%20Block/119/117/24
 -- The Block Sim features:

• Goth1c0 by Keishii Roo -- goth clothes and accessories
• Desert Moon by Dragontat Zagato -- casual clothing
• Renegade by Kaejo Dasilva -- casual clothing
• Form by Zabitan Assia -- casual clothing and skins
• Gearshift by Donovan Brennan -- casual clothes and shoes
• Zona Cero by Keishii Roo -- casual clothes
• Kin by Kin Keiko -- hair
• Civvies by Posy Trudeau -- casual clothes
• Jeepers Creepers by Eponymous Trenchmouth -- shoes
• Artifacts by Jonny Baldwin -- furniture
• Pixel Bytes by Lanae Aubret -- furniture
• Artilleri by Antonia Marat -- retro, rockabilly clothes
• Brief Encounter by Dragontat Zagato -- men's undies
• Miau Haus by Posy Trudeau -- Neko styles
• Kru's Boutique by Kru Flan -- clothes and gadgets
• Canimal by Canimal Zephyr -- casual clothes
• MAD Designs by Kirk Claymore and Maddox Dupont -- shapes

 After some retail therapy, pampering, and recreational substance use, we expect Ms. Abernathy and Ms. Kirshner to be well enough to return to form for their next podcast. 

 Thank you

Why she'd ever decide to let her current curvaceous model-self retire, we'll never know.  But it's a great opportunity for the rest of us!  Go on down to her new main location on the Isle of Nymphetamine for details.  The deadline for entering the contest is May 31, 2007 at 6 p.m. SLT!  If you want more information, go to her store and click on the big sign just inside the door.

So, put on your hottest Nymphetamine's clothes and give it your all.   There are some hot prizes to be won.  And even if you don't win, it's a great reason to purchase some more hot Nymphetamine's fashions!

By the way, Paeoti dropped some goodies on us!  She gave us each a Godiva Deco Dress (check out the picture here) which is one of the hottest designs we've seen in a while.  We can't figure out why she sells it for just $500L in her store!  She also gave us each a beautiful Dark Swan Boat (also selling for a mere $500L in her store). 

Thanks, Pae, and good luck, Ladies!

-D&T-

• talk with hot designer Hyasynth Tiramisu of Silent Sparrow;
• visit the store bossa nova with darling clothes by designer Moire Georgette;
• shop for Sanford Foulon's mission style furniture at Gingko;
• make some aquatic friends at Maggie Morgan and Kerryn Kennedy's Something Fishy;
• learn to wear prim footwear;
• make a friend of ours angry at us; and
• announce our very first Avatar of Style!

Dress -- bossa nova confetti in pistachio / Shoes -- 1-800-Bettie's Tango sandal in brown / Earrings -- Paper Couture Chinese Lantern in pearl / Hair -- ETD Charissa in Mahogany

All clothing in the picture by Silent Sparrow

On Tamara - left:  Dress -- Caesar / Shoes -- Shiny Things Ballet flats in Antiqued / Jewelry -- Muse Claris pearl necklace, earrings, and bracelet / Hair -- Curl Up & Dye Nellie in Auburn

On Daphne - middle:  Shirt and Pants -- Waiting for the Night / Jacket and Trench -- Ambrose in Water / Boots -- Fairy Meadows Victorian Black Lace up (lucky chair item) / Glasses -- Mystical Cookie MCD Louise Eyeglasses / Hair -- ETD Couture the Half up in Black

On Hyasynth - right:  Dress -- Magnolia in Candy / Shoes -- Shiny Things / Hair -- Panache Julia Amore in Black

Anyway, the grand opening of her new sim is tomorrow night, Thursday, May 10 at 7 pm, SLT at http://slurl.com/secondlife/Isle%20of%20Nymphetamine/138/154/24/ .  Check it out!

Tamara and I are working on the next show, we hope to have it out over the weekend.  We will be featuring a few over looked gems we have found while shopping.  We always welcome your ideas and comments, the contact information is in the side bar.

Take care and thank you for listening,

Daphne

HD, a biker in real life, tells us about his new line of motorcycles that are available in his SLurgis shop (http://slurl.com/secondlife/Epsilon/63/46/34).  While you've always been able to change the color of HD's motorcycles, now you can have your HD bike custom painted before HD puts it together for you.
 

After you've placed your order for that custom bike, ride over to Nymphetamine's, one of the best boutiques in Second Life (http://slurl.com/secondlife/TheSirensGrotto/132/123/24).  Paeoti's designs range from demure (well, not really) and elegant, to full out sex-kitten, but they all share the same attention to detail and curve consciousness that highlight what makes women's bodies special!

 
The SLurl to Nymphetamine's main store in the Siren's Grotto won't be accurate for long!  Paeoti told us that she's building a new sim for her boutique and she hopes to open it shortly.  We can't wait to shop at Pae's newer and bigger store and see even more of her hot designs.

 
Finally, we asked HD and Paeoti a few unusual questions.  Find out about their favorite animation (available at http://slurl.com/secondlife/Apukohai/80/115/71) and learn why we can't provide SLurls to their favorite places in SL!

 
Start saving your Lindens for our next show.  In Episode 2 of Going Broke, we'll introduce you to our first Avatar of Style and tell you about some of the things we've heard and said in SL that would get us locked up in RL, while covering the best of the best of shopping in SL.

 
Thanks for checking us out!  Please email your comments and questions to us at daphne.abernathy@gmail.com and tamara.kirshner@gmail.com, or leave us a voicemail at 206-203-1318.

 
Thanks!

-D&T-

(206) 203-1318

Hope to hear from you soon

Why are we doing this?

Goals of Podcast: 

1. Highlight high quality design and craftsmanship in:
   • clothing, accessories, jewelry, tattoos
   • physical appearance (skin, shapes, hair)
   • furniture and home goods
   • builds
   • stuff you can/should only find in games (wings, weapons, jet packs)
   • special category goods (Neko, Furry, Gor, etc.)
   • vehicles
   • gadgets and toys.
2. Highlight creativity in the above categories.
3. Encourage new designers, builders and scripters to aim for the highest quality.
4. Help SL residents spend their money wisely.
5. Spot new inventions.
6. Spot new trends.
7. Spot new designers/builders/scripters.

We will interview when we can, critique products ourselves when we can't.

It's not our goal to "trash" bad products, just highlight the good ones.

We won't tell listeners not to shop at certain places; though there are so many shops in SL, just because we don't mention a shop doesn't mean we don't recommend it.

We will also discuss other issues such as when a friend copies your style, or when you have problems with a vendor.

We'll feature things that you can say in SL but not in RL!

We won't solicit free merchandise from anyone.  We will accept it and explain that we will use it to critique the product.  We won't accept anything that isn't available for sale to the general public (or won't be available very soon).  We will disclose that we received free merchandise in the podcast, and incorporate more information (photos, prices) in the website.

All music in this episode from the PodShow Podsafe Music Network, music.podshow.com.

Music information with links to the artist websites on the PMN:

JavaMusik - http://music.podshow.com/music/listeners/artistdetails.php?BandHash=da6f907de0a19e0468d5b820dfba6932
 - Synyrgyze!
 - Route 451

Tomorrow's Caveman - http://music.podshow.com/music/listeners/artistdetails.php?BandHash=0b38052c8b94b06bb1b76f1d9c3d8416
 - Velvet Underwear

Lovespirals - http://music.podshow.com/music/listeners/artistdetails.php?BandHash=a3aaebb5e412ef546d1bddd6c9b4b4ed
 - Beatitude feat. Monkey Bars 1998

Van Davis - http://music.podshow.com/music/listeners/artistdetails.php?BandHash=36f48d67b847b8a09cbffda2117d0335
 - One Question at a Time


Special thanks to our Technical Adviser Radar Masukami.  Radar, Thank you for your advice, your humor and your support.

Feel free to contact us at daphne.abernathy@gmail.com and tamara.kirshner@gmail.com!

Happy shopping!!

Tamara

We should have a promo recorded this week, maybe a little teaser as to our hopes and dreams and plans for the podcast.  Really we might record something so I can play with the software and make sure I can get it out to the public.

Hoping to have Episode 0 out this weekend... or early next week.

-Daphne

Tam

Tamara and I have been working hard to get everything ready to press record.  We have software (Garageband and Audio Hijack Pro), We have microphones (Woot! I have a Blue Snowball), We have a site to host the podcast, We will soon have graphics and a prettier website, We have plenty of content ideas.  What we need is TIME!  If anyone out there has some spare time they can give us, we would appreciate it.

We are hoping for a launch of late April/early May due to my previously scheduled vacation (I need my Disney fix, damn it!).  But we might have something here before then with any luck.

So back to work for me.

Hope you will 'hear' from us soon,

Daphne