I love podcasts. Podcasts with video are even better. Language learning, photoshop techniques, travel tips, audiobooks in the public domain, my favorite bands. Oh yeah, and all for just a little bit of memory on my computer. Everyone should join the podcast generation. Especially because you can control the content you listen to. It's great---flipping the channels on your t.v. and realizing there are 78 channels and nothing you want to watch? Perhaps there's a video podcast for free that will be up your alley...
I've found podcasts for a bunch of my friends, tailored to their personal interests in just a few minutes of scroll through the iTunes list, and yes, there are many more podcasts that exist than those indexed there. Go ye and multiply your casts. ;)
BTW, I know there's been a lot of disgruntled talk over Time Magazine's Person of the Year for 2006. Well, you can probably guess where I fall on that list. As a beginning professional in the field of librarianship, I see this trend every day. Social software and tagging, blogging, user-centered design, it all revolves around the consumer of the resources folks. That consumer is all of us. I think the cover probably cost them more to print than just opting for a photo of their "famous" person year to year. I'd bet that reflective surface bumped up the printing costs a bit. So, in short, cut Time a break, I'm sure by the end of aught seven, they'll have had enough time to weigh candidates and as Steven Colbert pointed out maybe they'll pick "Us" or "We" or "the World".
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Hey there! loving your post and totally agreeing with you!
Because of your past articles on Guster and Ray Lamontagne - I thought you might be interested in hearing some new music from the LA based trio, “million/billion.” Not only is their music all embracing, but their style eclectic.
Their sound combines punk-folk intensity, classic-rock hooks, pop jangle, Western twang, jazz-tinged filigrees and soul grooves with ease. The band’s unique formula has already made them a BMI Pick of the Month, earned them opening spots for international music icon Beck and such acclaimed artists as Ray Lamontagne, Shooter Jennings, Keaton Simons and others; garnered offers to share stages with Ben Lee, Supergrass and Joan Osborne; and won them prestigious month-long residencies at L.A.’s Hotel Café and Tangiers.
Their debut album Ready.Fire.Aim, to be released this month (1/20) on Mercy Records, has already elicited a four-star review from URB Magazine saying, “Million/Billion throws in cynical folk-rock with country that lands a bull’s eye,” and calls their “rhythmical acoustic guitar and raucous performance,” "hard to pass up. "
So check out Gavin, Brian, and Yonatan at:
www.myspace.com/millionbillion for more information and music clips!
Personally I’m feeling their tracks “All the Times” and “Reciprocation.” ;)
If you need MP3s, shoot me an e-mail ~ have a great day!
-Anna Dritsas
Anna@decentx.com
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