We Are Family

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

A thread from yesterday that should have its own post:

How much has your family influenced your listening habits? Are you an older/younger/middle sibling, or an only child? Are your musical tastes anything like your parents'?

The History Of Pop Part 51 aka Are we having fun yet?

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What fun we had with Now 50, which Kylie won at a canter, though with decent shouts from Britney and Bouncy. Kylie takes her place next to S Club in the pop and poll hall of fame. Sadly I have to report that Now 51 is less obviously glittering, though obviously your mileage may wobble. Some definite highlights though as we slide gently into 2002. And big hellos to Daniel Bedroomeyes, Christina Milian and...Nickelback!

( So lazy I almost stopped )

GOTTA TICK THROUGH THIS!

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)