CASA - The Contemporary A Capella Society

Thanks, eh. *******What’s in this podcast?******** --New feature!!!! A Cappella Summer Movie Views – reviews and previews of Summer movies, done a cappella style! Ya! Featuring: Boogedy Boogedy Shoo-wop, the janitorial staff of the pirate radio station WAAR, the Hogwarts Drill Team and Pep Squad, Placental Armageddon (www.placentalarmageddon.com), and the Western Massachusetts George Clooney Fan Club.

I know I tend to repeat myself quite often in this column, but some points are just worth saying again and again!

Deke Sharon wrote a great blog called “Summer Vacation A cappella Style” in which he lovingly paired fine music and classic drink. I suggested we expand on the idea in a manner more in keeping with my lowbrow ways, namely a drinking game. Samir Joshua Paul took the ball and started running with it, posting several suggestions for an a cappella ipod drinking game. Lest I be outdone, I give you…

June marks the one-year anniversary of the A Cappella Originals podcast brought to you by CASA.org mi casa es su casa. The July podcast will feature all sorts of one-year (“the toothpaste anniversary”) features… special notes from former hosts and contributors to the podcast, highlights from the past year, and special music written just for this podcast! Not to mention amazing music from great a cappella songwriters. Also in July’s podcast: The first edition of A cappella Summer Movie Views, details about the new A Cappella Originals songwriting competition, and cool new narration and bumper spots from the talented Diana Priesler! Yay, nice sounding female voice!

Congratulations, it’s summer vacation! You’re staring at three months of free time... Wait, what’s that? You don’t have 3 months of vacation? Well, neither do I. Luckily, although you’re not free to take an extended trip, with the right tunes you can take a world-trip to the sunniest locations, thanks to recordings by some of the best a cappella groups from around the world.