Dawn & Drew's 100th Podcast
A little celebration of the previous shows and congradulatory comments.
I haven't heard all of their podcasts, but with 100 episodes of Dawn & Drew's interaction as a public slice of a couple's relationship, it's much more poignant than any scritped dramedy on tv. They're in stark contrast to Nick & Jessica's MTV "reality" interaction - Dawn & Drew are much more real - or at least much more poopie-pants-mouthed - and I invite them into my home. Thanks, Dawn & Drew for sharing your bits (of life) with the rest of us.

Rip & Read - 05/11 #110 and 05/12 #111
I'm a fan of Mr. Rodgers's nom de guerre Charlie Quidnunc (Latin for "what's up?" or "what's news?"). Some shows are about news I've heard or I don't think are terribly exciting (such as #110), but it's always neat to hear what his net's pulled in. One person I'm not a fan of is Dave Winer for some comments he made about NeXT - for which I have a special place in my heart - years ago as well as his insistence on LCD for the masses (pushing xml-rpc, rss, and soap). It's petty, I'm aware. I don't listen to his podcast or read his blog, so take that as you will. There's apparently a difference between passion and being opinionated and also being arrogant. I don't think a town hall style panel meeting was invented by Winer. The clip of Winer being petulant at BlogNashville and the blog responses to the event made me feel not vindicated, but embarassed. With civility as a topic it's behavior, not past achievements, that make one's reputation. Thanks Charlie.

Evil Genius Chronicles, 05/11
Slusher typifies the predominant variant of podcasts that what people normally think about when describing a podcast - the audio blog. Mixing music into podcasts is a good thing, especially for this sort of low-production, no-edit, lo-fi, from the heart subgenre of podcasts. Three songs, I think. Paragraph markers. Some sort of theme, I'm not sure. Almost every podcast has at least one theme, expressed or not - the a/v geek theme. It's not really a choice. Being a podcaster means you're born this way - you've got to interact with audio and specific audio applications and it inevitably leads to talking about the frustrations and successes. With his extensive radio background, hearing small frustrations are almost disingenuous if it weren't for what people listen for when spinning up a podcast and what makes him a darling of podcast creators: a guy, a microphone, dialog talking to you and not at you, and dedication. This type of podcasting points directly back to the medium and meaning of blogs and the blogging phenomena. Slusher, to me, represents this early creator arc. I'd have to listen more and constantly to really be able to make a connection back.

Tracks Up A Tree, 05/11 Promote Brooklyn
Funtime Ben's podcast is one of my favorites and I always enjoy listening to them. First off, this podcast is sort of like Reel Reviews, in that he plays music that means something to him and makes that connection via his commentary. There's a bit of direction down this path. This is more of a music-radio-like podcast than an audio blog show. His musical taste is similar to mine and it's always a successful treasure hunt. For example, Ageless Beauty by a band from Canadia, Stars, of their 3rd album, Set Yourself On Fire. Italian hand kisses. Perfecto.