Grant's Advent Calendar » Press http://www.throwingtoasters.com/advent Countdown the days 'till Christmas with Grant Baciocco Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:29:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Since 2005, The Longest Running Holiday Video Podcast! Countdown the days until Christmas with Grant Baciocco co-creator of The Radio Adventures Of Dr. Floyd Podcast - www.DoctorFloyd.com - and writer/producer of the Jim Henson Company Podcast - www.Henson.com - as he brings you a day by day account of just what is in the advent calendar his mom gave him! Work safe, Family Friendly, Christmas Holiday FUN! Grant Baciocco clean Grant Baciocco advent@throwingtoasters.com advent@throwingtoasters.com (Grant Baciocco) 2005 - 2011 Saturday Morning Media/Grant Baciocco - All Rights Reserved Since 2005, The Longest Running Holiday Video Podcast! Countdown the days till Christmas with Grant Baciocco of The Radio Adventures Of Dr. Floyd as he brings you a day by day account of just what is in his advent calendar! Family Friendly! holiday, christmas, video, iphone, xmas Grant's Advent Calendar » Press http://www.throwingtoasters.com/advent/wp-content/uploads/powerpress/advent_2009_144x144.jpg http://www.throwingtoasters.com/advent/category/press/ Mentioned over at Daddy’s Gonna Kill Ralphie http://www.throwingtoasters.com/advent/2011/12/02/mentioned-over-at-daddys-gonna-kill-ralphie/ http://www.throwingtoasters.com/advent/2011/12/02/mentioned-over-at-daddys-gonna-kill-ralphie/#comments Sat, 03 Dec 2011 02:07:58 +0000 Grant http://www.throwingtoasters.com/advent/?p=1150 The Advent Calendar got a nice plug from the Daddy’s Gonna Kill Ralphie blog over at…

http://daddysgonnakillralphie.blogspot.com

Go check it out! It’s a fantastic blog all about the holidays. And I’m not just saying that because it’s packed with A CHRISTMAS STORY references. Really!

]]> http://www.throwingtoasters.com/advent/2011/12/02/mentioned-over-at-daddys-gonna-kill-ralphie/feed/ 0 2011 Media Mentions http://www.throwingtoasters.com/advent/2011/11/28/2011-media-mentions/ http://www.throwingtoasters.com/advent/2011/11/28/2011-media-mentions/#comments Mon, 28 Nov 2011 17:00:09 +0000 Grant http://www.throwingtoasters.com/advent/?p=1129 The internet is buzzing as we near December 1, 2011 and the beginning of the Advent Calendar!

The always complementary Singularity Blog has several nice mentions of the Advent Calendar. Here’s the most recent: http://TheSingularityBlog.net/archives/4548

Then there was this great mention my good pal Mur Lafferty had this nice plug on her site THE MURVERSE.

If you spot another mention, please let us know.

Days away!

]]> http://www.throwingtoasters.com/advent/2011/11/28/2011-media-mentions/feed/ 0 Nominated For A Parsec Award! http://www.throwingtoasters.com/advent/2011/08/12/nominated-for-a-parsec-award-2/ http://www.throwingtoasters.com/advent/2011/08/12/nominated-for-a-parsec-award-2/#comments Fri, 12 Aug 2011 23:23:07 +0000 Grant http://www.throwingtoasters.com/advent/?p=1098 Pleased as punch to announce Grant’s Advent Calendar has been nominated for a Parsec Award! The Parsec Awards are handed out at Dragon*Con in Atlanta over Labor Day weekend. GAC has been nominated in the the BEST SPECULATIVE FICTION VIDEO STORY category!

Thanks to all the fans who’ve supported the show over the years!

]]> http://www.throwingtoasters.com/advent/2011/08/12/nominated-for-a-parsec-award-2/feed/ 1 Mention on Puppeteersunite.com! http://www.throwingtoasters.com/advent/2010/12/10/mention-on-puppeteersunite-com/ http://www.throwingtoasters.com/advent/2010/12/10/mention-on-puppeteersunite-com/#comments Sat, 11 Dec 2010 02:28:47 +0000 Grant http://www.throwingtoasters.com/advent/?p=962
Thanks to our Audrey Two episode back on Day #8, the Advent Calendar got a nice mention on www.PuppeteersUnite.com! You should check out their site, there’s a lot of really great puppet information, tutorials and more!

]]> http://www.throwingtoasters.com/advent/2010/12/10/mention-on-puppeteersunite-com/feed/ 1 Blog Mentions http://www.throwingtoasters.com/advent/2010/12/01/blog-mentions/ http://www.throwingtoasters.com/advent/2010/12/01/blog-mentions/#comments Wed, 01 Dec 2010 18:05:57 +0000 Grant http://www.throwingtoasters.com/advent/?p=924 On the opening day of the 2010 Advent Calendar season, Grant’s Advent Calendar got two very nice write ups on different blogs.

The first was an extremely flattering mention on Mur Lafferty’s I Should Be Writing site – http://www.IShouldBeWriting.com/

This lead to the second, a nice write up on The Singularity – http://nojh.cepheid.org/

Thank you so much for helping spread the word!

]]> http://www.throwingtoasters.com/advent/2010/12/01/blog-mentions/feed/ 1 Featured on Daddy’s Gonna Kill Ralphie Blog! http://www.throwingtoasters.com/advent/2010/11/30/featured-on-daddys-gonna-kill-ralphie-blog/ http://www.throwingtoasters.com/advent/2010/11/30/featured-on-daddys-gonna-kill-ralphie-blog/#comments Tue, 30 Nov 2010 19:58:34 +0000 Grant http://www.throwingtoasters.com/advent/?p=915 Daddy’s Gonna Kill Ralphie is a great blog that celebrates all things Christmas and, as you can guess by the title, A Christmas Story! They recently featured this humble calendar on their site and I am much appreciated! Check out thier blog and give them a big thanks for the feature!

http://daddysgonnakillralphie.blogspot.com/2010/11/he-looks-like-derranged-easter-bunny.html

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Grant’s Advent Calendar has been nominated for a Parsec Award! The Parsec Awards are handed out yearly to recognize excellence in Speculative Fiction (sci-fi, horror, fantasy, superhero, etc) Podcasting. In a first time nomination, Grant’s Advent Calendar Video Podcast has been nominated for a Best Speculative Fiction Video Story award.

Thank you to all the fans who’ve supported the show and a huge congratulations to all the nominees! The Parsec Awards will be given out on September 4, 2010 at Dragon*Con in Atlanta. For more information visit www.ParsecAwards.com

]]> http://www.throwingtoasters.com/advent/2010/07/29/nominated-for-a-parsec-award/feed/ 0 Interview in iProng Magazine http://www.throwingtoasters.com/advent/2009/12/15/interview-in-iprong-magazine/ http://www.throwingtoasters.com/advent/2009/12/15/interview-in-iprong-magazine/#comments Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:41:15 +0000 Grant http://www.throwingtoasters.com/advent/?p=766 Grant was interviewed about the Advent Calendar Podcast in iProng Magazine. It’s out tday and it’s a FREE download on the web! Check it out at:

http://www.iprong.com/iprong-magazine/iprongmagazine121509/

Thanks to the fine folks at iProng for the story!

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]]> http://www.throwingtoasters.com/advent/2008/12/09/mention-in-the-catholic-new-media-roundup/feed/ 0 Advent Calendar mentioned on the Zune Insider Podcast! http://www.throwingtoasters.com/advent/2008/12/05/advent-calendar-mentioned-on-the-zune-insider-podcast/ http://www.throwingtoasters.com/advent/2008/12/05/advent-calendar-mentioned-on-the-zune-insider-podcast/#comments Sat, 06 Dec 2008 05:01:35 +0000 Grant http://www.throwingtoasters.com/advent/?p=585 Grant’s Advent Calendar was mentioned on the Zune Insider Podcast. Listen for yourself here

http://zuneinsider.com/archive/2008/11/30/zune-insider-audio-episode-15-new-lower-zune-device-prices.aspx

THanks ro Cesar and Rob for the mention on their show! I appreciate it! And special thanks to new Advent Calendar fan Daniel for the heads up!

]]> http://www.throwingtoasters.com/advent/2008/12/05/advent-calendar-mentioned-on-the-zune-insider-podcast/feed/ 0 Advent Calendar Featured On Zune Marketplace! http://www.throwingtoasters.com/advent/2008/12/04/advent-calendar-featured-on-zune-marketplace/ http://www.throwingtoasters.com/advent/2008/12/04/advent-calendar-featured-on-zune-marketplace/#comments Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:43:22 +0000 Grant http://www.throwingtoasters.com/advent/?p=574 There’s been a lot of things said about the Zune mp3 player. Say what you will about the device, the people at the Zune Marketplace have taste as they’ve featured the Advent Calendar Podcast on their front page! See…



Special thanks to Advent Calendar Fan Tracy for pointing this out!

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