I’ve never been able to listen to podcasts. Sure, the idea sounds great, but whenever I still listen to my iPod, I just want music. Not someone talking about music, yesterday’s politics or outdated technology news. All of that I can read when time is right. Add to this the fact that many podcasts out there are of questionable quality and it gets tough to find anything worthwhile.
Contrast Podcast is what I’ve found myself listening to in the recent weeks. It’s an interesting themed podcast created by music bloggers (most of them listed on the Hype Machine) - each participant contributes several minutes of audio, creating a flowing, focused podcast.
The most recent one focuses on instrumental tracks, but with a twist: the bloggers who submit their choice of tracks, have to sing the bit where they introduce the track. An older release gathers songs that the participants enjoyed when they were 16.
See (or listen) for yourself: http://www.timyoung.net/contrast/
Anthony Volodkin
Taylor McKnight
Zoya Feldman
Scott Kidder
John Schimmel
Thanks for enjoying and giving a shout out to the Contrast. It’s been getting more and more popular every week and everyone seems to enjoy taking part … maybe we’ll hear you on it one day!? Tim.
August 3, 2006 @ 11:39 am
Yeah, this one is definitely worth listening to. It’s great to hear the voices of the people behind music blogs. And cheers to Tim for making it all possible!
August 3, 2006 @ 6:09 pm
I know this has already been said before, but I think it is worth repeating: a wolf is ten times more badass than a coyote could ever dream of being. End of story.
On an unrelated note, Contrast Podcast is a great podcast. Like Anthony, podcasts are usually hard for me to enjoy, but this one, folks, is solid gold. It hits you like the A-1 steak sauce; right in the jugular. This sensation is also very similar to witnessing Jean Claude Van Damme do the splits across two counter tops to avoid being hit by a futuristic space bullet. It blows your mind.
August 3, 2006 @ 11:52 pm
Thanks for posting this–that’s a great podcast. A few of my personal faves are Love and Radio, the KEXP podcast, and, narcissistically, my own, the Post Modern Rock Show. I record it for KPSU in Portland every week. It’s one hour of new music.
And Richard, on the wolves vs. coyotes tip, there’s a dude that comes into the convenience store I work in, always wearing the same shirt, which says “WULFS R TUFF” in all caps, Times New Roman. NUFF SED.
August 15, 2006 @ 4:44 am
She got just thinks of pot and she could think about was celeb tattoo unsure of his.
October 1, 2007 @ 8:23 am