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	<title>Home of Joshua Swanson -  Actor &#038; Voice Over Talent</title>
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	<description>Actor &#038; voiceover Joshua Swanson writes of his experiences in the entertainment business.</description>
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		<title>&#8220;Holiday Baggage&#8221; screening at Hollywood Film Festival</title>
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		<link>http://joshuaswanson.com/blog/2008/10/23/holiday-baggage-screens-at-hollywood-film-festival/</link>
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		<title>A Worthy Cause - Seeking Support</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sponsor Me Here: http://my.e2rm.com/personalPage.aspx?SID=1983034
                                                                                 I rarely ask for support from people and so in doing that I hope you know how important this cause is to me.  Rachael and I have had a burden for Africa for years and specifically the children of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://joshuaswanson.com/blog/2008/10/06/a-worthy-cause-seeking-support/</link>
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		<title>Voice of Rolaids</title>
		<description><![CDATA[These are two fun TV spots for Rolaids.  I was the announcer voiceover and I posted them because of the way the sauces explode on the screen.  OK, truth be told, I just love watching things blow up.  I hope you too can take pleasure in watching a hotdog explode.  A possible metaphor for your [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://joshuaswanson.com/blog/2008/10/06/voice-of-rolaids/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;The Business&#8221; Remembers LaFontaine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a really nice remembrance of the famous voiceover Don LaFontaine added to the end of a recent episode of KCRW&#8217;s &#8220;The Business&#8221; dated September 22nd, 2008.  It touches on his history as a writer and producer before he became a voice talent.  Also, Steve Tischerman, Don&#8217;s longtime agent from TGMD Talent Agency, is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://joshuaswanson.com/blog/2008/09/29/the-business-remembers-lafontaine/</link>
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		<title>Audible&#8217;s Best of 2007</title>
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It&#8217;s a little late, but I just found this and I thought all you voiceover people out there would enjoy hearing bits from some of the Editors Picks for best audio books of 2007. There is a wide range of voice over styles and sounds here.  Some of the stand-outs in my opinion are classics [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://joshuaswanson.com/blog/2008/09/05/audibles-best-of-2007/</link>
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		<title>The Voiceover King is Dead</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Voiceover artist and inspiration to all aspiring voiceover talent, Don LaFontaine, has died this past Monday. Our small community is morning the loss of it&#8217;s king. Don was a true pioneer and a master of  all things voiceover and I&#8217;m horribly disappointed that I never had the chance to tell him that in person. Not [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://joshuaswanson.com/blog/2008/09/02/the-voiceover-king-is-dead/</link>
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		<title>Meeting the Miller Lite Brewmaster - In a voice over booth&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s an enjoyable radio commercial I just did for Miller Lite introducing their new Aluminum Pint. Beer commercials usually have really funny radio &#38; TV campaigns and its an opportunity for voiceover talent to stretch your muscles and do something a little bit more over the top. I thought this spot, called &#8220;R &#38; D&#8221; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://joshuaswanson.com/blog/2008/08/10/meeting-the-miller-lite-brewmaster-in-a-voice-over-booth/</link>
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		<title>Unite For Strenght &#8212; Like, duh!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When SAG and AFTRA didn&#8217;t merge in early 2000 I knew it was the beginning of the end. The leadership that blocked the merger at SAG is the reason I&#8217;m not involved in SAG politics and really don&#8217;t have much hope for SAG in the future. In other words, pension when I turn 65, I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://joshuaswanson.com/blog/2008/08/06/unite-for-strenght-like-duh/</link>
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		<title>Life Imitates Art? - just flippin&#8217; hilarious&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[No comment really necessary other than to say read this because to say it happened you wouldn&#8217;t believe me:
 Italian crime drama unmasks alleged gangster
Monday July 7 2:24 AM ET
 &#8220;Gomorra,&#8221; the organized-crime tale that won rave reviews at Cannes in May, is helping the Italian police track down real criminals.According to the Italian daily [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://joshuaswanson.com/blog/2008/07/11/life-imitates-art-just-flippin-hilarious/</link>
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		<title>The Latest from SCAB &#8212; I Mean SAG</title>
		<description><![CDATA[SCREEN ACTORS GUILD CONTINUES TO NEGOTIATE
 Screen Actors Guild Continues to Negotiate
Members Continue to Work Past Contract Expiration

 Los Angeles, June 30, 2008 – The Screen Actors Guild national negotiating committee has bargained with the AMPTP for the last 42 days and remains committed to negotiating a fair deal for actors as soon as possible.
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		<link>http://joshuaswanson.com/blog/2008/07/02/the-latest-from-scab-i-mean-sag/</link>
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