:D That was totally worth the wait. Thanks, Mr. Barron.
As most of you would know, Sean Watkins (of Nickel Creek) and our own Jon Foreman are planning a collaboration called The Real SeanJon. Be sure to visit their myspace, it's full of hilarity. They've had a sample clip up for a while, but they just uploaded a video of a song called "Look For Me Baby" (embedded on the MySpace) which makes me stoked beyond measure about this album. So check it out, add them up, and you'll be laughing your way through it. Also don't forget to check for who's in the Top 8. (Jon also posted a blog update yesterday on his myspace, about the goings-on.)
We have some good news on the email-subscription front. We've moved over to a new service, which is explained in more detail in the email below that I sent out to all our subscribers. Apologies for sending two notifications about the same post today - I'd forgotten to disable the old service. Shouldn't happen again. Anyway, here's the email, in case you didn't get it in your inbox by any chance (in which case, the part below in bold font might help). And if you're not a subscriber, this might make you wanna be one. ;)
Hello friends,
To serve you, our email subscribers (793 and counting), in a much better way, we have upgraded our email delivery service!
What this means for you, our subscriber:
1) You will receive alerts about blog postings within 15 minutes of the post being made. No more waiting for anywhere up to 24 hours to receive the email notifications (if you didn't notice, our previous delivery service used to send out the notification only at a fixed time every day.) The emails' subject will no longer be "New updates!" but will be the title of the post it notifies you of.
2) A "permalink" is included for each post (as demo-ed under the title above), i.e. a link to the permanent location of the post (on switchfeed.com). Say you're on vacation for a week, and you missed a post or two that outlived it's time on the switchfoot.com homepage (which displays the newest 5-8 posts at a time) - or you need to refer to a post in your inbox anytime in the distant future, then you can use the permalink.
3) You can now rate posts, giving them anywhere between 1-5 stars. The latest overall rating when you open the email in your inbox (collected from all the readers who rate), will be displayed below the post in the email. This could be useful when you have very little time but don't want to miss those posts that everyone else thinks is really special.
4) You now also have the option of receiving updates on AOL, Skype, etc., if email or feed readers aren't your thing. This, other features, and your delivery settings can be accessed/changed through a page linked at the bottom of every email update...
5) ...and more! which you shall see as you begin using the new service. ;)
Tell your friends! Sign-up is easy, just point them to this URL to sign up for free updates (and more) from the only official Switchfoot blog: http://www.feedblitz.com/f?Sub=232679
To ensure that your subscription is not mistaken for junk mail, please add the delivery service's email address FeedBlitz@mail.feedblitz.com to your safe list or address book.
If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, feel free to reach us at switchfeed@gmail.com, or reply to this email!
The lowercase people MySpace is back - all cleaned up. Apologies to those who've had to wait for up to a month to have their friend requests approved, and those who've had to endure spam, but those shall be problems no more. Befriend us, myspacers, if you haven't yet!
that podcast was *beautiful..*tear* wow DREW IS AMAZING!!!!! I dont' think i have ever seen Tim 'cry' that much LOL that was worth the waite!!! BY FAR! i can't believe how funny these guys are....that was the best podcast i have seen in a long time.....LITERILY!!!![didn't spell that right, did i?] ~lydz WOOOOT-WOOOOT FOR SWITCHFOOT!!!!!
this podcast is "of the huzzle, fantastic, crumbaleivable, sweet, ???, the jam *wink*, radical, ridiculous, special *giggle in back ground*, and beautiful *blow nose and tears*!! I LOVED IT. THAT WAS MAGICAL!! thank you switchfoot, THANK YOU!
Tim you win without a doubt the Oscar for best dramatic performance!!! Best part of the podcast.
You guys are all so funny and the podcast is proof of that.
By the way, I'm in it!!! Yep... My sisters and I are at the apple store event. Now that is 'AWESOME'!
Phil thank you for all that you do and the improvements. I honestly do love you kid! Finding this website is the best thing I've ever done! And you still need to post who was right about the little trick question you had for us!
Great updates, Phil. You always work so hard to tweak sfeed and make it better. I still haven't signed up for the e-mail updates because I visit sfeed multiple times in a day. Perhaps I'll consider it now.
Hey, does anybody have idea if SF will have a concert in the Philippines soon? I heard some rumors that they will have a concert on Sept 10. Can somebody confirm, please?? Thanks!!
im so glad i have the email thing..cuz when this update was first posted i was on the computer and i got the email. i read the tittle and freaked out! then, of course, i went to switchfoot.com straight away! thank you for the email updater
That podcast was crumbalievable!! So funny!! Maybe Andy wont make us wait so long for the next one!
Man, anything Jon and Sean do together will rock. I'm excited to hear finished products!!
Thanks for the update on the email thing Phil. I was curious as to why it had changed all the sudden.