Wednesday, December 9, 2009
I am from Philadelphia.
I know I have made this a widely known fact, but trust me, it ties into this.
I was asked to review podcasts for class, to go through and sample them, getting a feel for the podcast itself and later produce my own. So, I did. I listened to things like NPR, and The Onion. I listened to funny ones, news ones, art ones, science ones, money ones--I listened to one from every genre on iTunes.
If it was news, money, or science--I was bored. And, maybe that's just me. Science, money, and often news is boring to me. Don't get me wrong, I like news. I read Newsweek every week, and my roommate's a news freak. But, I don't like it read to me. I like to explore it for myself. And science and money? Oh no. I don't even have an interest in any of that. So, I moved on to the funny ones.
The Onion was funny. But maybe my expectations were a little high. I was looking forward to listening to a John Stewart kind of thing. And, it wasn't quite like that. I felt like the Onion, while funny, was very odd. I would have much preferred a Daily Show style podcast. I also listened to a random one called, "Yoda and Me". It was a guy who could mimic the Yoda voice, and had a conversation...basically with himself. He made Yoda, the Star Wars character, sample breath mints, and had him answer questions on Star Wars.
It was stupid, and I could not listen to more than two of the five minute podcast. Eeks.
But, ultimately, I think when it comes to podcasting--I am biased.
Being a radio person, and growing up in Philadelphia, I have listened to a show called "Preston and Steve" since I was about 10 years old. When I was a senior in high school, the show came out with podcasting. I didn't really look too much into it, because I was up listening in the morning on my way to school. But when I came to Shippensburg, I had no choice.
The Preston and Steve podcast is one of God's gifts to Philadelphia natives. It is the entire show, sans the music and the commercials. So, therefore, it's all of my favorite parts of the show. I get to listen to the hilarious jokes, the witty commentary on the world around them, and the huge guests they have on the air. They've had guests like the Hogans, Dave Attell, The Boondock Saints (Norman Reedus and Sean Patrick Flannery), and a huge list of other guests. It has everything you could ever want in a podcast. Sure it's a little long as podcasts go, but you can scan through and listen to whatever chunk of hilarious conversation you want.
I love Preston and Steve, and I love listening to them in the far away land of Shippensburg.
~AvK~
*Puttin on the Ritz--Shiny Toy Guns
I know I have made this a widely known fact, but trust me, it ties into this.
I was asked to review podcasts for class, to go through and sample them, getting a feel for the podcast itself and later produce my own. So, I did. I listened to things like NPR, and The Onion. I listened to funny ones, news ones, art ones, science ones, money ones--I listened to one from every genre on iTunes.
If it was news, money, or science--I was bored. And, maybe that's just me. Science, money, and often news is boring to me. Don't get me wrong, I like news. I read Newsweek every week, and my roommate's a news freak. But, I don't like it read to me. I like to explore it for myself. And science and money? Oh no. I don't even have an interest in any of that. So, I moved on to the funny ones.
The Onion was funny. But maybe my expectations were a little high. I was looking forward to listening to a John Stewart kind of thing. And, it wasn't quite like that. I felt like the Onion, while funny, was very odd. I would have much preferred a Daily Show style podcast. I also listened to a random one called, "Yoda and Me". It was a guy who could mimic the Yoda voice, and had a conversation...basically with himself. He made Yoda, the Star Wars character, sample breath mints, and had him answer questions on Star Wars.
It was stupid, and I could not listen to more than two of the five minute podcast. Eeks.
But, ultimately, I think when it comes to podcasting--I am biased.
Being a radio person, and growing up in Philadelphia, I have listened to a show called "Preston and Steve" since I was about 10 years old. When I was a senior in high school, the show came out with podcasting. I didn't really look too much into it, because I was up listening in the morning on my way to school. But when I came to Shippensburg, I had no choice.
The Preston and Steve podcast is one of God's gifts to Philadelphia natives. It is the entire show, sans the music and the commercials. So, therefore, it's all of my favorite parts of the show. I get to listen to the hilarious jokes, the witty commentary on the world around them, and the huge guests they have on the air. They've had guests like the Hogans, Dave Attell, The Boondock Saints (Norman Reedus and Sean Patrick Flannery), and a huge list of other guests. It has everything you could ever want in a podcast. Sure it's a little long as podcasts go, but you can scan through and listen to whatever chunk of hilarious conversation you want.
I love Preston and Steve, and I love listening to them in the far away land of Shippensburg.
~AvK~
*Puttin on the Ritz--Shiny Toy Guns
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