[display_podcast] Presented by Greg Davies (cGt2099 from The-TrukstoP.com), Jay Fowler (SilentJay74 from JuicySnake.com), Brian Hill (Bdog2g2 from MixxingBowl.com), Reem Abeidoh (Nomadelle from ReemAbeidoh.com), and Joshua Olson (Honest_Ape from HonestApe.net)the Social Blend examines the latest news and opinions hitting the world of social media. The main focus of the show is on Mixx.com, yet focuses on other sites and contenders in the social media field. While Greg intends to name this edition of Social Blend in tribute to Leslie Nielsen and The Naked Gun series; SilentJay74 goes nude for the 33 1/3 episode!  We’re joined with special guest, Kerry Parkins from Mixx, who answers YOUR questions about what’s coming up for the site. Our User Focus is DarkNemesis this week – and as usual we talk of some Comments of the Week and jump into the Mixx Lounge. Social Blend and Mixx News A cool end to another hot summer http://www.mixx.com/stories/1866531/a_cool_end_to_another_hot_summer_the_mixx_blog Comments, Kudos, and Community, oh my! http://www.mixx.com/stories/1752728/comments_kudos_and_community_oh_my Community Focus Barack Obama http://obama08.mixx.com/ John McCain http://johnmccain.mixx.com/ User Focus DarkNemesis618 http://www.mixx.com/users/darknemesis618 The Mixx Lounge http://www.mixx.com/lounge The Social Blend Mixx Community Post stories you’d love to see discussed on Social Blend.  Reem chooses a new article with each new episode http://socialblend.mixx.com/ Greg’s Mail Sack Send your hate mail to: socialblend@gmail.com Or cGt2099@sbcglobal.net Music Credits Music by Corey Hodgetts / West of October http://www.myspace.com/coreyhodgetts http://www.myspace.com/westofoctoberband

[display_podcast] Presented by Greg Davies (cGt2099 from The-TrukstoP.com), Jay Fowler (SilentJay74 from JuicySnake.com), Brian Hill (Bdog2g2 from MixxingBowl.com), Reem Abeidoh (Nomadelle from ReemAbeidoh.com), and Joshua Olson (Honest_Ape from HonestApe.net)the Social Blend examines the latest news and opinions hitting the world of social media. The main focus of the show is on Mixx.com, yet focuses on other sites and contenders in the social media field. Social Blend 31 hits the web with some big announcements of some new features from Mixx!  Kerry Parkins joins us as our special guest and runs through some of the new features being launched TODAY! We also begin our new feature of COMMUNITY FOCUS, where each week we will take a look at a cool community at Mixx, and tell you why you should check it out.  Meanwhile, Honest_Ape gives us his rendition of the new Ludacris song, while Greg takes a look at some of the photos of the week – and Kerry takes the chance to highlight a funny story over at the Mixx Engine Room. Reem tells us off for laughing while people are dying!  Later, we have a chat about the current status of The Dark Knight kicking ass at the box office. As usual we ...