Poptimist Podcast Plea

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

As suggested by tehNipXoR (below). If anyone did a "here are the hot new poptimist sounds" i would totally get this. it is easier for me to listen to a podcast than radio. in fact i DO listen to more podcasts than radio.

i reckon something like 40-60 seconds of songs banged together (i think they call it "mixed"???) inexpertly would more than satisdy me - perhaps with a "DJ voice over of the info" if you must (tho computer generated speaking would be fine) and we could put the info in the RSS feed proper anyway (which i know on my iPod you can read while listening)

I think FT could afford to publish the mp3 files and RSS feed needed.

***update***
sod it, if there are other people out there who would at least listen to a poptimist podcast, i am hereby volunteering to put it together. Given a load of mp3s from various sources it would take me mere mins to join em together and update an RSS feed on FT. This could be great - given an audience who wants it :-(

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[atommickbrane.livejournal.com]

Hello Alan :) What is a podcast? Do you need a portable gramaphone for it? RSS wot? Hein? Er? Etc?

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Everything in this post seconded!

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Thirded. I have not an mp3 playa and amn't really intending to get one.

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

perhaps predictably i am now quite keen on this and assisting in the production of it. *aieeeee the megalomania*

[thenipper.livejournal.com]

Me aussi - I could probably contribute a few scoops, too. I think as Steve suggests it should probably be named to avoid the connotations of spodcasting - The Poptimash-up, praps?

[nicolars.livejournal.com]

This is a great idea, I love podcasts!

[cis.livejournal.com]

my reservations on t'other thread aside, I would totally subscribe and listen to this, and maybe even suggest contributions.

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[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

my bees can supply wax for the cylinder!

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[chezghost.livejournal.com]

i wish there was an Excelsior community sometimes...

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[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

NO!

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[nicolars.livejournal.com]

Yes, it's better this way.

[fathands.livejournal.com]

I actually don't know what a podcast really is.

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

do you have an mp3 playa? the thing wot organises the mp3 playlist on your playa (these days) has the facility not just to add simple traXoR but also add a URL (like a web address for a web site) of a "podcast".


the playlist organising thing (like iTunes or whatevah) checks these URLs for recent updates. if there are updates they include a link to an mp3 which it dutifully downloads to yr mp3 playa along with some info from the URL about the mp3

it's automated regularaly updated audio content that magically appears on your mp3

innit

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

fathands has her popish music filtered and fed to her via CDs (inc. mp3 CDs) wot i sometimes make. i have one for her in my coat pocket right now in fact.

[fathands.livejournal.com]

Ah. No I have no MP3 player. I am quite backwards. I am unable to download anything, as I can't do it at work, and can't really listen or watch anything online either. The modern world is passing me by.

[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

Question as yet unanswered: do other mp3 players on yr computer do this automagically? Cos iTunes is a bazillion shades of wack and I refuse to have it anywhere near my work computer.

[braisedbywolves.livejournal.com]

I have never understood what people have against iTunes and it's warm glowing warming glow.

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

yes i like iTunes as well. as long as you don't let it get it's way re organising your collection it's wunderbrah.

[blue-russian.livejournal.com]

I don't know the details now, but there are many programs out there that let you subscribe to podcasts (which simply means monitor and d/l new ones when published).

And what's being d/l-ed is just a long MP3, so whatever yr player of choice is (portable or on yr computer) should work.

[darkpigeon.livejournal.com]

you can download other podcast player thingies such as juice (which I have), type the feed into there, and scan for new podcasts. then shove it on yer mp3wotsit and yer done

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

it is a catapult for peas mlud

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

hey alan, tell us your trick..

of how you would put the programme together in MERE MINUTES?

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

is easy. i did it just now with 3 random mp3s. i spent more time setting it up, and in future it will take more time to get the files together, perhaps set the "extract" timings and re-encode them, before clicking the "Join Em" - which can do its work while i do summink else.

the trick is not caring about the "mixing". which i can see might not be your idea of fun :-D

IRON LAW OF POP and ting

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

absolutely random mixes are ALWAYS JUST AS GOOD AS the other kind

[juror8.livejournal.com]

It'll never be as good as the Stycast.

[blue-russian.livejournal.com]

Dom, why don't you people do a Singles Jukebox podcast? That's what I really want to hear.

[cis.livejournal.com]

there is one? it's been a while since it was last updated though.

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

surely a "podcast" is just an mp3 though innit. thuse those without mp3 player could just download and burn to cd or listen on their computer...

[blue-russian.livejournal.com]

The thing that appeals to me about a podcast would be the ability to just set it up in the background so I could d/l automatically, without reading post and deciding if I'm interested, clicking. But just another source of music alone isn't so interesting.

To jump ahead to the orgness: Maybe the feed could be published on a Friday, but the LJ thread/post started on Monday to chat about it? Because nobody scrolls down, y'know.

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

it's all about the "automatic" thing. set it up and collect it.

i think once a week would be probably perfect, i take yr point about a weekend to chew on, and it's nice to have a treat on a friday, but what about mid-week? this could improve a crap thursday or something?

[blue-russian.livejournal.com]

thursdays, usually being so close to fridays, are rarely 'crap' for me :)

my initial thought was maybe publish feed on monday, thread on friday. i guess if you're going to take charge of publishing, the question should be what is likely to be most convenient for you.