The Poptimism Podcast is go

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

podcast feed (on iTunes) *

I see Rob Da Bank has just happend to jump on this bandwagon this week too - I blame me!

Week 1 of the podcast was posted last night. I'm aiming to do this once a week, updating on Thursday.* I hope this provides a service to the LAZY POPTIMISTS out there. Obviously only the ones who live in the future where you can listen to regularly updated "mp3 files" on "mp3 players". But still, week 0 showed enough initial interest to keep me going.

Each week I want to have a 5-10 minute download of songs, only 40-80 seconds of each track (should keep us pretty legal, right?), with a variety of things I think we might play at the (soon to be revived?) Poptimism club night. There's proper pop of the now, plus I'll drop in old favourites, and the odd "our friends made this!" bit.

I am entirely relying on the listeners, and poptimists everywhere, to point me (at poptimism.podcast@googlemail.com) at whatever sounds are exciting them RIGHT NOW. YSIs, mp3s, links. This week I put in some effort to find me some Ellen Allien and Furtado on my ownsome - which worked out fine!

What about the contributors? This week thanks to ver Grocott and GraciousViv and me, and probs someone else, sorry. i don't know if i should namecheck them on the episode info?

FEEDBACK WOULD BE NICE. Here, or at the same gmail addy. Obviously I can't satisfy everyone, but, snippets too short? not enough songs? what's with the f'ing old stuff? ect

Cheers, Alan

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*technical note to the early adopters last week, you might notice that the feed address I've given up there is slightly different to the one you subscribed too. I will keep that address active, but a minor disagreement with Apple meant I had to change the address slightly, so you have nothing to worry about, but if you want to change to the "official" feed, feel free]

**I'm only early this week because this evening I am out seeing, er, an indie band. (THE indie band to be honest)

Comments

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

JANGJANGJANG!!!!

(i want a JANG icon like katstevens' BOSH one...)

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

o rly?

[bengraham.livejournal.com]

Technically, isn't it the second podcast? I already listened to 'Lesson Zero' on my iTunes last week!

[dansette.livejournal.com]

What indie band are you going to see? We should be told!

[graciousviv.livejournal.com]

Thanks for sticking it on itunes.

[catsgomiaow.livejournal.com]

Neither one of those works for me - am I just being a dolt? (The iTunes does but it asks me to log in which errrr, I can't as I'm not registered with them!)

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Yeah is there a link where you can just download the MP3?

(Of course I can just get the MP3 off the FT server myself)

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

The one that goes JANG JANG JANG.

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

i was going to talk to you about having a page on FT with the info and link for the "hard of podcasting". having it on FT would also help with the cross-site linking issue. (i.e. rather than meddle with that setup)

perhaps for now i could just post on, er PBS?

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

It would be good to have a remote-linkable folder for posting these and other MP3s, for now I've been sticking them in pictures/flyers.

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

try this
week 1 (http://freakytrigger.co.uk/podcasts/poptimism001.mp3) tho that don't get you the track listing do it

This shouldn't work:

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

hurrah.

for those not using software that just works, most rss/newsreaders should be able to use the rss feed i gave at the top and that should show the track info and some sort of control to download the associated mp3.

[catsgomiaow.livejournal.com]

Hurrah! :) Thank you!

[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

I've added an lj-feed here: http://syndicated.livejournal.com/poptimismcast/profile

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

great idea thanks.

(Tho that works with regular newsfeeds, i might have to try to make it both a podcast and newsfeed, adding in title and summary elements for it to show the contents in LJ?? adding them won't invalidate the podcast elements)

[mostlyconnect.livejournal.com]

Wait wait what is the BOSH girls aloud? How have I missed this?

[mostlyconnect.livejournal.com]

Ah, right, I hadn't realised I could click "i". This is good so far!

[mostlyconnect.livejournal.com]

anyway, this sounds like a really Good Thing!

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

yay!

The info also pops up on your "iPod"

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Brill! This means I can listen too!

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

MY GOD

That's Xtina innit?

It's AMAZING.

[mostlyconnect.livejournal.com]

I accidentally cut my "iPod" headphones in two with scissors yesterday :(

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

And is that the JLC remix of Juliet's Avalon?

also stylus singles jukebox

[blue-russian.livejournal.com]

Not to distract from poptimism, but for those of you wanting to follow the new, there actually IS a podcast of Stylus' Singles Jukebox - you just have to subscribe to all their podcasts to get it. (Feeling obliged to menion it because I complained somewhere that there wasn't one, but it was actually just me not updating the feed address. Apologies for any slander engaged in).

Re: also stylus singles jukebox

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

also good to know

Totally off topic

[blue-russian.livejournal.com]

As I listen to Xtina's pipes (and am thus far impressed by the song) on the podcast, it occurs to me to ask:

Does Britney actually have a good voice? I remember when Britney vs. Xtina was new, someone saying that the bits in "One More More" than sounded like a sixteen-year-old couldn't have sung, weren't, whereas Xtina's bits were actually hers.

Re: Totally off topic

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

She has a suitable voice a lot of the time. Xtina actually has an impressive set of lungs which is occasionally used for ill (cf her DREADFUL Xmas album if you've ever heard it)

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

aye

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Great stuff!

[nicolars.livejournal.com]

As Sean Connery would say, "You da man now, dog!"

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

THAT'S WORKING NOW! yay, well done you. i can just point LJers at that feed

[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

I noticed when I checked my flist this am. Marvellous!

I had no idea the Fall-ish track on 001 was a Silver Springs song. Well done them!

[byebyepride.livejournal.com]

Hey Alan. GREAT JOB. Nothing but BIG THINGS BABY, BIG THINGS [fx explosion x3] Oh Yeah Baby. YOU KNOW HOW WE DO IT.