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July 05, 2005
Podcasts
I’ve been listening to some Podcasts lately, thanks to the listening time provided by a stronger-than-usual commitment to taking the bus to work. (This increases my daily commute from as short as about ten minutes one-way to about 35 minutes one-way.)
I have to admit that I find the programs by the superstars of podcasting (Adam Curry, Dawn & Drew, etc.) even worse than I ever imagined. Bad recording quality, inane, less appealing than the worst “what my cat ate for lunch” blog. If anyone can reccommend a really compelling indie podcaster, I’ll give a listen, but for now I’m sticking with these:
- Momus Radio. Momus wanders the streets of Lisbon, New York, and Berlin. Like his fantastic writing on his blog, Momus has a great eye for local details and points of odd cultural clashes that can lead him off on some interesting tangents.
- On the Media. This is an NPR show I’d always meant to listen to, but it’s on at midnight or something crazy here in Austin. Much like the brilliant NPR business show “Marketplace”, “On the Media” manages to make compelling a field which I’m really only peripherally interested in. They do have a slightly annoying way of editing interview segments feel somewhat stilted; the host’s questions and comments feel too smoothly rerecorded. It looks like “Marketplace” (which has great music, by the way), has a podcast in the works.
- In Our Time another show I’d meant to listen to forever, but just haven’t had the time. Oddly, the iTunes entry doesn’t seem to be kept up to date, better to subscribe to the feed from the BBC’s site.
I’d like to find some music podcasts, but I don’t actually want ones with full-length songs. What I’d like is someone basically to DJ 30-second or minute-long excerpts of songs I could go back to later. Of course there are about a million entries in the “Music” category of the podcast directory…any suggestions?
Posted by Andrew at July 5, 2005 12:13 PM
Comments
It’s basically an MP3 blog with a podcast feed but I’d recommend ScissorKick.
Posted by: Simon King at July 5, 2005 03:44 PM
I’ve been helping some local folks consolidate their podcasts for the Austin Podcasting Network. You might check out RadioMike.
Posted by: Jeff at July 5, 2005 05:23 PM
Check out Cinema Volta: Daily Ambience for music. It’s at http://www.cinemavolta.com/daily or you can find it in the ‘Music’ category in iTunes, or on Odeo.
Posted by: John Maxwell Hobbs at July 11, 2005 08:15 AM