Many an aspiring chitchatter has reached for podcasting glory in the last few years. The locations they hail from are as plentiful as stars on a map; the topics they cover could fill a phone book. (We wouldn’t be surprised if there’s actually a podcast devoted strictly to phone books, in fact.)

But few podcasters win that prized cult following, and fewer still can attract the offbeat and interesting guests that inspire a prized cult following. Dale Seever – aka James Bewley- is that cult-following-inspiring podcaster. His lively shows can cover subjects like “holiday nog” and “quality ’70s menswear” and “time travel” and “fame” and “burritos,” just to cherry-pick from his site. In short? Whatever the gamut is, Dale Seever laughs at it and runs, with mirth, past its borders.

Now he’s bringing his Dale Radio Live! show to the Hammer Museum on Thursday, Jan. 19. There will be guests, including Mary Lou Metzger of “Lawrence Welk” fame. And “onstage mixology.” And tunes from the UCLA Jazz Ensemble. Gamut? Prepare to tested, and then broken.

It’s a free show, so people who like free shows, podcasts, sassy banter, and facial hair will surely be in attendance. Mr. Seever is quite the hirsute gentleman, a plus in our books.

Time is 7 p.m. Park beneath the Hammer for three bucks after 6 p.m.

Inspired, podcasters? Want, someday, to put on your own show at a big museum? Beards, onstage mixology, and burrito talk are all obviously key. But so is having a really solid show.

Original article by Alysia Gray Painter, appeared on NBCLosAngeles.com, January 18, 2012.
Link to original here.

Cult podcast “Dale Radio” chronicles Dale Seever’s idealistic adventures through life. A live taping of “Dale Radio Live!” featuring Kenny Burrell and the UCLA Jazz Ensemble will be performed at the Hammer Museum Thursday evening, with guests including artist Marc Horowitz and Mary Lou Metzger of the “Lawrence Welk Show.” Daily Bruin’s Phillip Horlings spoke to Bewley about eating pie on the radio and why a live mixologist beats a DJ any day of the week.

Daily Bruin: Tell us how you created Dale. What is he like?
James Bewley: I was a part of a sketch comedy group. This character was developed there as part of a cabaret night. I had a collaborator who would play my wife and we would sing inappropriate duets … talk about the problems of our marriage, etc. She had gone off to nursing school and we weren’t performing as a couple anymore, so I made it that the stage marriage had dissolved and Dale was somebody that was on his own now trying to make a go of it.
Dale is very comfortable talking about his issues onstage. … I try to make it that he isn’t somebody (who) goes negative. Even though things may annoy me, James, he takes those things and tries to find the positive … like subway smells or the Gowanus Canal as being a source of inspiration. … There is more comedy in trying to like something as opposed to disliking something.

DB: How did you decide to pursue the “Dale” character in podcast form?
JB: It was as simple as being able to buy a microphone. The first one I used was a headset … for a Playstation. I realized I could record into my laptop with it. So I poured myself a scotch and I just started talking as this character for a little 20-minute set, and just put it out there.

DB: What different forms of “Dale Radio” have you done over the years?
JB: I do a mix of just Dale, Dale talking to people in their studios and apartments and the live shows. I’ve been doing those since early 2011. I’ve had people that are liquor experts, people that were on SNL, people that are great pie makers in Brooklyn. We’ve had a good mix of Dale eating pie on the radio, which makes a fantastic podcast experience.

DB: Where do you generally perform your live shows?
JB: Most shows I’ve been doing at a place that was a former public bathhouse along the Gowanus Canal called the Brooklyn Lyceum. … It’s a little bit run down, it’s a place that’s emerging as a cultural center … and it seems like a place that Dale would perform. I’m very happy to be there.

DB: The Hammer Museum is a larger venue, but you have a lot of people participating.
JB: Yeah, I’m pretty sure that they don’t really have a solid idea of what’s in for them. I don’t know what their take on this is, but I’m just happy that everyone can be involved – including the UCLA Jazz Ensemble and Kenny Burrell. That is mind-blowing that they are going to be playing my theme song. … And my dear friend Daniel is going to be up there, mixing some drinks on stage. Some people have felt that I should have a live DJ, but he’s going to be making drinks. I like to pair each show with a particular scotch, or whiskey, or some sort of enjoyable drink.

DB: What can a UCLA student expect from going to your show?
JB: You are going to see people that are making entertainment possible … in a variety of different ways. Marc Horowitz is doing films and commercial projects, using the Internet to create his work. From a completely different perspective, Mary Lou has been in the game a long time but is still making things happen. And (there’s) me, who is in the mix, somewhere, just trying to be entertaining.

Original article by Phillip Horlings appeared in The Daily Bruin, January 18, 2012. Link to original here.

Hope you enjoy this short interview: FUTURE OF RADIO (AUDIO).

In other Bewley-news, the book for Shary Boyle’s amazing show, now touring through Canada, is available for purchase. In it you can read my humble essay about Shary’s performance work. (One of the two fantastic covers is pictured.)

This means that you may have to update your itunes feed to the new one – or it may automatically update, (Dale can’t make heads or tails out of html) so check here for the new stuff and we promise not to move that ever again.

This also means that this site will revert to infrequent posts about my life, while my alter egos are free to run amok elsewhere. Thanks for supporting Dale and making him…whatever he is. There’s lots of exciting/ridiculous borderline unbelievable stuff happening with Dale coming up soon – so be sure and stay tuned to Dale Radio. I’m going to try to get back into the habit of talking in the first person and go eat a bacon maple donut as the clouds roll over Portland.

Organized by Louise Dery, curator at the Galerie de l’Université du Québec à Montréal, Shary is being given an excellent survey exhibition, Shary Boyle: Flesh and Blood that’s going to tour Canada, and I’m participating in a way that I probably can’t say just yet – but come the end of the year, I’ll post some details.

Safe to say, if you’re anywhere near Toronto in mid-September, please go see this show. It’s opening at the Art Gallery of Ontario September 15th, then traveling to Montreal and Vancouver. For more on Shary, visit her website. You’ll be glad you did.

That so many people have written to us over the years, whether begging for more, or discovering the videos for the first time, never ceases to amaze and delight. So, for every Halloween costume that prompted exceedingly long explanations, for every homemade Helium cake and hand-knitted doll, and especially for that month in 2003 when your co-worked repeated something you said in a high pitched voice at every meeting, you have my deepest thanks. It is with great pleasure that I present you with our newest episode. Strindberg and Helium: At the Beach. Written by Erin Bradley Perkins and animated by the one and only, Eun-ha Paek.

See? We told you we’d make more. Hang in there for our next launch party. To be held in 2020. Enjoy.

Dale changed into his new summer weight polyester and took to the world’s smallest podium to introduce and interview each poet. Along with Pam Russell, Dale spent some time with Jennifer L. Knox, Melissa Broder, Patrick Costigan and the Aussie, Max Sharam. The latter of whom Dale paid the ultimate compliment, “I bet you defecate like a unicorn!” Still a tough line to beat.

And though not everyone listed the host for the evening, kudos to Time Out for giving Dale a little ink. Very little.

Note: Catch Murray every Monday at the Bowery Poetry Club in NYC for Bingo Night. And if you’re fortunate enough to be in New Orleans, go see him heat things up with the one and only, Dita Von Teese, Monday and Tuesday, July 19 & 20. You can also follow Murray on twitter!

Don’t forget the live Dale gig, July 20th (see below) and thanks to all for making Season 2 a success. Season 3 is right around the corner. Till then, please load up your pods and pads. Dale Radio makes a great companion during endless family vacations and rainy days at the beach. Happy Summer, folks.

Dale agreed long before it suddenly became fashionable to be affiliated with the KGB! Dale and his fans have always been ahead of the curve. Or are they spies?! (Ask them how they keep their hydrangeas looking so fresh!) The only way to tell for sure is to come down to the KGB Bar, Tuesday July 20th at 7pm and catch everyone in the act.

Pamela will read from her latest literary sensation, B is for Bad Poetry. Joining her are fellow writers Jennifer L. Knox, Melissa Broder, Max Sharam, and Patrick Costigan. 85 East 4th Street, 2nd FL, near 2nd Ave, NY, NY. Bring yer own poems if ya got em!

Note: Back next week with the season finale! New merch available now, just in time for warm weather enjoyment.

Note: No winner yet from the big contest! There’s still one more week to play for a free tee. Next week: Big guest (if schedules align). Remember – live gig coming up, July 20th.

Note: July 20, 2010. KGB Bar. Dale. Live. More details soon. Get yer “Fun at parties.” tees here. Or enter to win! The pic to the left is a carpet pattern featured in one of the many hotels that housed Dale in SF. Free t-shirt to the person who can correctly identify it!

Note: Happy to see our little polluted canal getting so much press from the New York Times. Figured I’d use an image here from them, so thanks to Angela Jimenez for her picture of friendly youngsters gathering for a BKLYN Yard event. Come on down and join us, if you’re not too busy watching this.

Note: Happy 346th Birthday, Gowanus Canal! On May 29, 1664 you got the approval to be dredged! I’d light a candle, but I’m worried you’d catch fire! Listeners: Celebrate the Gowanus by snapping a picture next to your favorite local waterway. Post them on twitter or join the Facebook Dale Radio Family of Enthusiasts Page and upload them there!

Note: Thanks to Silas and Kitty Watson (pictured) for their hospitality and for their fearless bat-nabbing skills. If you’re a gent looking for special footwear this summer, look no further!

Note: You can tell why I liked this fella just from this picture! Handsome vest, Zach! Take a listen and find out more about tour dates and vest schedules on The Buffalo Killers official website. P.S. We hope to have a special musical treat courtesy of these fellas ready for your ear burning pleasure real soon.

Note: Please support the folks at YD Industries and learn the secrets of Success! The YD Way, presented May 1, 2010 at The Change You Want to See Gallery in Williamsburg, at 4pm sharp. Drinks to follow. More details on the YD site as they become available!