Comments on: Episode 67: I Can Stop When I Want To

By: Bee

Bee — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 17:14:27 +0000

Dear Brenda,
I am catching up on your podcasts – I save them for a treat for myself, and I haven’t done enough duty stuff to deserve a podcast for a while. I just wanted to thank you for including the “Old Welsh Guys” singing on this ‘cast. I’m a Welsh exile, for now at least, and I miss my homeland terribly. Sitting knitting in front of the fire in my local pub today, listening to CO, I came very close to tears hearing the Revd. Eli Jenkins’ song from Under Milk Wood. The effortless, unscripted 4-part harmony of the ‘backing singers’ (!) is something that is, sadly, slowly dying out in Wales, and it will break my heart when it finally vanishes from the pubs, clubs and gatherings. It’s such a wonderful feeling, coming across Welsh groups on tour occasionally here over in England, and have people who will just Sing, with no self-consciousness, and sing beautifully. I loved this Cast On, thank you so much.
And Diolch yn Fawr i Tonia! It is so encouraging hearing of people learning Welsh, and gives me hope for the language of heaven in the future.
Thank you for a wonderful cast. I don’t know whether you ever see these comments when the podcast has been out for months, but thank you.

By: Mmi

Mmi — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:01:14 +0000

Oh, yes. Lagenlook. Finally comfortable clothes. Because Spandex is not (and never has been) my friend.

By: Laura

Laura — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 19:42:59 +0000

While I patiently wait for Ep68 to get fixed I’ll drop a note and say Thank You from the Bottom of my Heart for having your recording equipment with you that day at Tafarn Sinc. How ethereal for anyone like me who only imagines this happening in a movie set in a time long ago. It works with the Barn Scene that lives in my memory from my favorite Episode. Not only was the Old Welsh Guy awesome, but the humming harmonies around him. I suppose you get used to it but I just couldn’t listen without a tear in my eye. Such a sappy one I am.

Thanks again Brenda for sharing your awesome talent. The JofT socks are still brewing in my mind while I finish up a yarn order for TLE. I guess they won’t probably be ready for your anniversary episode but I could be wrong (if it’s at the end of Oct). We’ll see.

By: Emily

Emily — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:45:47 +0000

Hi!!!

I would just like to say that I LOVE your podcasts. I just discovered them and am trying to catch up with all the episodes.

I love every single one I have listened to so far, but the latest one makes so much sense to me.

I’ve known how to knit since I was young (like 8 or 9) but have not gotten really into knitting until a few months ago. I knit all the time for about a month and then went through a slump that lasted about six months, just like that week you talked about when you didn’t knit.

But then, I picked up my needles to knit my friend a bag for her birthday and poof! my love for knitting (and all that yarn I have stashed) made sense. So then, when I found this podcast and listened to the latest episode, it was way wierd. Like de ja vu almost-ish.

But, I guess that’s all I wanted to say.

Thanks for the great podcast.

By: Nancy R.

Nancy R. — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 03:51:41 +0000

Everytime I would hear the trumpet of that cha cha cha song, I would just crack up. It’s so freaking funny.

Thanks for yet another great episode.

And Congrats on your Million downloads!

By: Barb

Barb — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 14:26:44 +0000

Brenda,

Congratulations on the MILLION downloads. How wonderful! Keep up the good work. I love listening to you.

Barb in south Georgia (US not Asia)

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:18:43 +0000

I have to tell you that I *luh-HUVVED* the piece you did from the Tafarn Sinc. It was AWESOME. Though, while I listened to those men talk, all I could think of was a series of Little Britain sketches. If you’ve not seen it, I think you might appreciate it. It’s about Daffyd Thomas, The Only Gay in the Village. I thought I was gonna pee myself when I saw it. Of course, if you’re familiar, you’ve probably seen it LONG before I have in Ohio.

By: Emma in France

Emma in France — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:15:14 +0000

I haven’t actually finished listening yet but I wanted to tell you how much I loved hearing The Gentle Good. Back in my late teens and early 20s, the Welsh language music scene really didn’t appeal to me – all head nodding indie kids when I listened to metal. The closest I got was The Alarm when they released Newid/Change. I really miss hearing Welsh these days and because it’s my second language (although I did start a degree in Welsh at Bangor) it’s becoming replaced by French, naturally given where I live, as the other language that pops into my head.

Oh and ‘dropio’, I thought that was really funny, back when I was in school or at the Urdd camp at Llangrannog, we used to joke that if you couldn’t remember the proper Welsh for a verb, you could just add -io to the end of the English word!

By: Kim in IA

Kim in IA — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 18:55:23 +0000

Thank you much from the code-illiterate for the bit r.e. the button! It’s been added to my blog.

I have to say, I finally caught up with ALL the episodes, listening to the last 3 over Labor Day weekend.
(insert deep sigh here)

I love, Love, LOVE Cast On and will surely miss it while I now join the ranks of those awaiting a new episode. I think I may even resort to replaying favorites! (Yes, I do have favorites!)

By: Shannon B

Shannon B — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 18:31:08 +0000

Well damn, I heard my name on Cast On!!

Thanks for addressing my comment, and I see where you’re coming from too.

It was good to hear your voice sounding happy…sometimes I worry the podcast has become kind of a drag for you.