http://www.podshows.com

hahaha.

Should've trademarked, Adam.

UPDATE: Just done a little poking around and found this:

Wes Butters and Daryl Denham are the men behind the revolutionary concept of Podshows. As you know, they're both national radio presenters and after hearing about the take-off of pod-casting in the States they devised a plan to essentially do to radio what Sky Plus and Tivo have done to TV.

Now to those in the UK who listen to Radio 1 Wes Butters should ring a bell. - he's the guy that did the Top 40 chart on Radio 1 for several years.

Adam you've got someone else playing your game...and access to some names in UK radio it seems, and links into, err, such highbrow media like the Daily Star (ok the site looks like chav-central and like some yoof-spin-off of 'I Love the 1980's', and the Daily Star for those in the States is like the National Enquirer but with more tits!).

Not sure how Kenny Everett could be podcasting from the grave? And Paul Gambaccini being involved would be interesting for those PopBitch readers out there....:-P But an interesting development - obviously radio meeja deejay types are jumping ship to create podcasting companies elsewhere too, I think we'll see more of this - don't know if it'll be good for podcasting as a whole, I doubt it.

It's nice to see competition for Adam's Podshow tho, even though these guys didn't invent anything, 'much less the revolutionary concept' (looks like from the Whois that podshow.com registered first) but then again neither did Adam so it's a taste of his own medicine.

Let the battle commence!

There's a cool site out there with samples - seemingly inspired by the various remix projects and CC Mixter, Penguin Books have a remix project using some of the audio books (I think it's in association with Audible). Nice idea - spoken word samples available on the site, not for mashups tho, more cutups with original loops and music (think "Bunny Rabbits, Satan, Milk & Cheese" I guess

I'm totally like 2 weeks late on this one, but I was catching up on my WholeWheat audio magazines and found out they are calling time on the daily rants/muffins/whatever. I can totally understand the decision (I have wondered in the past about the contradiction of a regimented radio schedule vs. JimBob's talk of why they went to Alaska in the first place) but it saddens me.

We (the podcasting/audio blogging community) NEED people like JimBob and Esther.

Why?

Well him and Esther are the conscience of podcasting/audio blogging/whatever you choose to call it - they are like the little boy that pointed out the emperor's new clothes. You might not like what they are saying, you might not agree, but I'd rather listen to someone who makes me think and is critical of podcasting rather than the happy(back)-slappy fest that's going on over at Podshow and other places.

Thing is, obvious self-congratulation and cross-commenting for peer-visibility and networking is as boring to listen to as much as the Stern-a-likes and the irate geekoid techies doing their versions of Zoo radio/talk radio, and ranting and raving just for show. Your actions have to have heart, and soul; cojones; direction; the intention and aim has to be purer than 'just being liked'. Otherwise you'll just fade away...

But I respect Jim-Bob's and Esther's decision; I disagree with what he said that any of it 'sucked'; it was all good podcasting/audio blogging where I stood - well listened; but it's the same PodFade and PodFatigue that we've all felt - trying to jump through hoops and do casts or entertain when you don't feel like it is as 'sucky' as it gets and is, actually, work.

The problem I find at the moment with DJing and music creation scenes, podcasting, designing et al is that it's all about recycling media, recycling the same old bullshit. I'm very aware of it; I work with studios and marketing to make brands and websites all 'shiny lemon fresh' and give them something nice to look at; it's what pays my wage, I'm not proud of it.

What bothers me tho is when I see it in the very things I do to relax, get away from that world - the very recycling of media, or as Carrie from Sleatter Kinney talks in the latest NME about the fact people seem to need to record or do things so they can talk about them (probably on their podcasts or blogs)...this idea that you need to experience new things and record them to prove you were there. This 'DJ Culture' or endless recycling of stuff gets to me - sometimes it works and makes me laugh, dance in my chair, gives me hope, but it does the opposite when it seems like a churn, seems like work, people apply a work or commercial ethic to a free or hobby resource, when people are obviously remixing the latest chart shit to get a profile and not because they love the music, when I go to events like Bastard and everyone is talking industry shite. Stuff like that makes me want to give it all up and move to Alaska (and definitely NOT start up a radio station!)

But when Alan from Low (one of the things that gives me hope) stops the tour because of his mental illness, a very brave act which I respect, and talks about not being able to look a picture of John Peel in the face and the need to stop to get well, it not only puts things in perspective but also I understand that. You have to make sure that your actions are done for the right reasons and followed through because you want to, rather than pleasing other people. Doing things for other people, apart from being able to eat, and I've developed a professional 'persona' and seperation to cope with that, generally doesn't work.

It dehumanises you.

It makes you a slave to the machine. It's boring...

It's like I DJ, I played at being a DJ for a while, I seem to be good at it and entertain people. But it's not who I want to be, since I've seen people who DJ professionally and the all-consuming nature of it would destroy the very thing I like about music, and doing it. Ditto photography - I'm trained in it to a good level, I can take a mean picture and run a studio and print the results. I'm doubtful about making that my bread and butter because it will likely destroy the very thing I like about it. Sad but although it flies in the face of a hundreds of years of Prostestant western work ethic and Hollywood dogma ("you can be who you want to be!!!") I think I prefer to be a technological and artistic dilletante. A sunday painter. A sunday podcaster.

And if it gets work for me, then I'll stop just like JimBob, and go outside and breathe some (alas not as fresh as Alaska) air.

But until then, to end this ramble, as I wrote elsewhere about WWR and JimBob:

so the king is dead, let's behold the podshow revolution! Umm I mean 'bubble'.

Let's pod that bubble shall we?

Sounds like a manifesto to me....search and destroy

I talked about Podshow and money in podcasting in the last 2 podcasts, but forgot to mention 2 things you'll probably be aware about (although I hinted at in my 'Revolution will not be monetized' speech) - podcasting being broadcast on old-style media platforms.

What's that you say?

That's not podcasting that's broadcasting leeching off free content from podcasters who want to be as big as Stern, or Dawn and Drew, or Christian Connell?

Have you been reading my mind again?

Well what's going on if you missed all the hype is that Sirius is running a daily 4-hour podcast show with Adam Curry and PW Fenton (how was the bunker? Can I stay there for a bit? A bit of sensory deprivation sounds cool at the moment...) and the other bit of news is that Viacom (Infinity radio) is going to broadcast free podcasts via it's KYOU AM station in the west coast.

Why is this a bad thing? Why are you against a mad media gold-nay-Podrush as people scramble onto the bandwagon like lemmings over a candy-coated cliff.

Well as Dave Slusher points out, advertising revenues will not e passed down to the podcasters involved - they are probably thinking: "haha! free content! suckers!"

But also could affect other non-broadcast podcasts (yes that's as odd writing that as it sounds...here comes the science, oxymorons) as why would advertisiers chose to take a risk advertising on some strange and unknowable person's podcast when they can deal with the same Clear Channel and Viacoms they've always dealt with and met at the right sort of parties and went to school with...yeah the right sort of *class*.

As we know with AC, media only really likes talking to media, they like the same things, don't ask nasty questions and know which bottle of Krug to take to those sort of parties. And I suspect Dave's right - this will affect other podcasters' ability to 'monetize'.

Now I think that's a bad idea anyway (listening to Yeast radio recently after I unsubbed, I still love the show, but the Paris Hilton mentions are a little annoying, but at least Madge is engaging it in some way I suppose, still feels a bit clunky tho. Although is there ever a good way to be lied to?) as this is what we are reacting against - advertisers controlling and blanding radio.

On the other hand, I'd rather Coverville or Yeast at least got the revenue rather than some media whore executive who've never had to work for anything in their lives. Still think chasing after validation through money and advertisers is a bad thing and it will all end in tears...but as a socialist I do want the workers to actually get the money for what they produce, rather than being exploited, as they are here.

The other problem with the Infinity deal is that is could get you sued according the INA (Internet Nanocasters Association - nope not heard of them either, and yipee, we need another term for WebPodFlyMediaNetShowcasting we need a whole in the head!!!!) but it raises a good point - I doubt broadcasters can use the common carrier defence and deny responsibility for content like ISPs can (and even then they still have liabilities) but do you want to be sued by the FCC for your podcast?

Is this the revolution everyone wanted - broadcasting via old media platforms with advertising, getting nothing for it and possibly getting sued? Sheesh.

No theme, no packdrill (what is a packdrill? And why does the pack want to be drilled?) really, but some great mashuplets, ukrainian furry (dice?) covers, planet bollywood and some monetization issues that need to be modelled, action planned, thoroughly processed and then downsized down a vertical industry hole into a hierarchical framework far, far away...*

DJ Zebra - Voodoo Stripes
C.H.A.O.S. Productions - My Other Car Is A Beatle
me(tm) - Hello
Mini-Pops - Bette Davis Eyes
Shreya Ghosal - Silsila yeh chaahat Ka (This Chain of Desires) from Devdas (2002) translation - Bollywood for the Skeptical - Bollywhat.com -
Ukrainians - Batyar
Revolution will not be Monetized (Red Snapper vs me via Gil Scott Heron!)
Kleptones - Love Song for Yoshimi

Listen here: (50:05 - 28Mb) http://www.mutantpop.net/go.php?url=52

* Some people know German, French or like it falsely says on my Skype account now, Esperanto. I have 4 1/2 years of advanced conversational Consultese. Lessons given, good rates....