Just picked up my copy of 100% Beef in the mail today, and on pages 43 & 44 is my interview with Wayne Hoffman, author of the new novel Hard. Stream the audio for the “Bear Soup” interview with Wayne Hoffman here.
Also on page 63 is an adapted press release of sorts:
BigDog Steve contacted me earlier this year asking me to appear on his show, which he was calling “Bear Soup” at the time. When I gently pointed out that “Bear Soup” was already a well-developed talk show on BearRadio, BigDog and John McMullen scrambled to come up with another name. Eventually the Very Serious legal department, said McM, cleared their alternate show name “BearTalk.”
BigDog Steve called me up and berated me for having pointed out that he'd fucked up, without acknowledging that he'd not even bothered to Google “Bear Soup” or “Bear Radio.” Instead, he criticized my handling of his interview request, saying, “That's not my style.” He also told me that he and his partner had been on Bears' Mailing List for “like, ten years.” But
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had almost two years earlier posted several BML notices about BearRadio.net, and I had posted specifically about “Bear Soup.” BigDog is confused, or perhaps he just misspoke, or perhaps he wasn't really reading the BML. But clearly it's important for him to say he has the “first and only national radio feature,” though the facts don't really sustain that claim.
I'm just saying. Your thoughts welcome.
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“Can We Talk” by Bigdog Steve
Bigdog Steve gives us the 411 on talk radio … for bears!
Beartalk is the first and only national radio feature focusing on the diverse and rich gay subculture of the Bear community…
Bigdog Steve gives us the 411 on talk radio … for bears!
Beartalk is the first and only national radio feature focusing on the diverse and rich gay subculture of the Bear community…
This weekly one-hour segment of Sirius Satellite Radio's John McMullen Show, is broadcast exclusively on Sirius OutQ channel 106 throughout the United States and Canada.
Joining John McMullen from Hollywood, California every Wednesday night at 8pm Pacific (11 pm Eastern) is me – BigDog Steve;; I am the co-host and producer for this weekly conversation with Bears, Cubs, Wolves, Otters and all the other furry and fur-lovin' creatures in the Big Gay Wildreness.
Regular contributors to BearTalk include P.J. Gray, the author of Bear Cookin' and More Bear Cookin', artist and designer Travis Lewis of UrbanBear.net, the publishers of 100% Beef and A Bear's Life Magazines, and the musicians represented by Woobie Bear Music.
Each week, representatives of Bear clubs from across North America are invited to talk about club activites including the details of upcoming Bear Runs.
Past guests have included bears from diverse backgrounds like an openly Gay Los Angeles Unified School District high school principal, the actor who played “Mama Bear” in the John Waters film “A Dirty Shame”, and a trio of bears competing in water polo, weightlifting and softball at Gay Games 7 in Chicago.
The John McMullen Show has also broadcast live from Bear events this year in Dallas, Phoenix and Chicago, in keeping with our dedication to a voice for the Bear Community on Sirius OutQ.
The John McMullen Show airs every Monday through Friday night from 7-10pm Pacific (10pm-1pm [sic] Eastern). Learn more about the show, about BearTalk, and how to get Sirius, or even a free online listening trial offer, by visiting www.johnmcmullen.com.
