The Dalai Lama says Hi

This week has special guest Pema Tsering, fresh from India! Leah's away on business, so its just Adam and Dave. And Pema...

So what does Pema like? Lots of stuff! But what specifically?

Movie- Titanic
Book- Anne Frank: The Diary Of A Young Girl- Anne Frank
Band- The Beatles (According to Dave)

Pema even dove into the Most Listened To This Week with great enthusiasm!

Dave's Pick: Sour Cherry- The Kills
Leah's Pick: Missing...- City and Colour
Pema's Pick: Ajeeb Dastan Hai Yeh- Lata Mangeshkar
Adam's Pick: You Can Call Me Al (Scottie B and King Tut B-More Remix)- Paul Simon
Adam's BONUS ONLINE Pick: Loose- Spank Rock

Dave and Pema watched Coraline over the weekend. Did they like it? have a listen to find out!
Adam and Jessie (you remember Jessie, right? From last week? Good) saw Friday the 13th on that very same weekend.

Pema then regaled Dave and Adam with tales from India! Lots of amazing stories! There is a much more expanded version of her storytelling, as well as a dramatic reading of "Tinkle Digest", in Tinkle Digest Theatre, as performed by Adam in the online bonus edition. Also, check this out!

The Video Of The Week this week is an excellent portrayal of a man in trouble. Check it out.



The Song For The Lovers this week was Garota De Ipanema by the Sergio Mendes Trio.

By the way, the two minutes of audio this week was the theme song to "The Wire", performed by Jay McCarrol of Nirvana The Band.

You can download the episode here!
OR!
You can download the Online BONUS EDITION (!!!) here!

Its The Great Pumpkin, Jason Voorhees!

This week's episode is a very special episode. Its halloween themed for extra fun! This week, as everyone knows, is halloween! The episode is even INTRODUCED by Vincent PRICE!

Follow the link at the bottom to download/stream this week's episode!

Also this week, special guest Jessie Robbins was on hand with an encyclopedic knowledge of all things horror.

The things that the gang most cared about, to do with Jessie was the very important things like:

Favourite Movie - Casablanca
Favourite Book - Stephen Fair by Tom Wynne Jones
Favourite Artist/Band: The Kaiser Chiefs and The Misfits
Favourite Song - The Beginning Is the End Is the Beginning- Smashing Pumpkins

Jessie even got in on some Most Listened To action!

Leah's Pick : Sally's Song- Fiona Apple
Dave's Pick : Eye- Smashing Pumpkins
Adam's Pick: Port Of Lonely Hearts (The Midnight Juggernauts Remix)- Johnny Cash
Jessie's Pick: Tessellate- Tokyo Police Club

The gang (and Jessie) waxed lyrical about many things horror and halloween related. Some phobias are discussed, and overall, spookiness ensued. The scariest movies ever, were discussed, as well as best scary person, and all that jazz. There were some interesting facts revealed about some movies. For example, about the child in "Deliverance". Also, the child in "Cabin Fever", and Enzo (the baker? Butcher?) from The Godfather Part One.

You're gonna have to listen to this week's episode for all that Halloweeny goodness! Soak it all up!

You thought Ignorant Bliss would forget about the Video Of The Week? Not likely!
This is a clip from the new MTV show from Collegehumor.com. Check it out!


Next week, special guest Pema Tsering will be on the show with Dave. Should be exciting!

The Song For The Lovers this week is a beautiful song by Tim Weisberg. Its called "Midsummer's Dream".

By the way, check out THIS guy.

You can download/stream this week's episode here!

Funny Times At Forcebook High

This week, Dave is missing! Not to worry, Adam and Leah are still around. Also, a special guest author on the show this week. Anthony Donnelly is on the show to talk about a collection of short stories he's written called "Fishbowl Fridays".

Adam Leah and David still managed to pull off a Most Listened To This Week, even with the absence of David. What did Adam and Leah do? Why, they called him, of course! Unfortunately for Dave, he didn't answer the phone! What are co-hosts to do? Simple. Choose a song from Moulin Rouge!

Leah's Pick: King Without A Crown- Matisyahu

Adam's Pick: Westchester Faire- Tim Weisberg

David's Pick: Someday I'll Fly Away- Performed by Nicole Kidman

Anthony was asked the usual questions about himself that all Blissers need to know:

Favourite Album- Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band- The Beatles

Favourite Book- Money- Martin Amose
Favourite Band- The Rolling Stones AND The Beatles

Favourite Movie- The Big Lebowskie AND The Sweet Hereafter

Favourite Song- Sympathy For The Devil -The Rolling Stones

Anthony could not come up with a favourite death scene in a movie, but Adam and Leah certainly could:

Leah- Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring

Adam- The Bourne Identity, Wizard Of Oz, Electroma... WATCH THIS VIDEO

The gang plus one then begin to talk about Mr. Donnelly's book. The writing process, the "getting it published" process, and finally, about the book itself. Adam even reads his favourite excerpt from it! Not to mention Leah doing the same. Check out his book!

Adam was quite the... eccentric, this week, doing playful doodles for the duration of the episode, and also calling out the author of a novel for being RACIST! That's right. RACIST! Mr. Donnelly says the word "Gyp'd", which, as everyone should know, stems from the phrase "To be cheated by a gypsy". This leads to a discussion of common terms used in every day language that are quite racist. Check them out here!

Video Of The Week Time!

Whaaaaaaaaat? VIDEO OF THE WEEK X2???

Leah spoke at length about "chick flicks", which she claims is a quite sexist statement, although she was the only one to use it...

Hmm. So it looks like JK Rowling did a little storytelling about her OWN story (Number 2)...

The Song For The Lovers this week was "Cinders and Smoke" by Iron And Wine.

And finally, you can download this whole episode (or stream it) here!

... who would win in a fight? Paul McCartney, or Michael Jackson?