i think it's fair to assume that most people have an ipod or an mp3 player (note the distinction that no, an ipod is not just an mp3 player) these days.
to get the full use out of it, one cannot subsist on a diet of fallout boy, pearl jam and cobra starship alone...
for me, i filled the gap that comes when you can look at 6 gigs of music and not find anything that you haven't listened to in a while, with podcasts.
podcasts can be anything, but for me they need a few elements to be listenable.
i like recordings that don't ignore audio rules, like quality mics, mixing, levels and planned topics and i like personalities.
so here is my short list of podcasts that make me laugh and look a little crazy on the subway:
1) radio bam - yes, this is not a podcast. it's actually a ripped (see: stolen) mp3 of bam margera's radio show on sirius satellite radio, but because it's on sirius, there are no holds barred as to the content or language on it. it's always funny, always interesting (if you find skateboarding or jackass antics even remotely funny) and sometimes he gets some rad guests.
2) smodcast - another pseudo celeb podcast here. kevin smith (auteur of clerks, mallrats, dogma, chasing amy, jersey girl, jay and bob strike back, clerks ii and now filming zack and miri make a porno) and his longtime friend/producer/fellow canadian scott mosier make a properly recorded and well produced podcast with only their own banter filling almost an hour. while it's toted as being weekly, expect busy smith times (like now, since he's currently filming the previously mentioned flick starring seth 'the man' rogen) to have blackout weeks where no podcast surfaces. always racy, most often funny, a quality download.
3) arrow pointing down - a great little find and it's brand new to boot. jeff gerstmann (formerly of gamespot until a very scrutinized and very public firing*) and another former gamespot editor, ryan davis, make a very odd-topic and quick moving podcast about, ostensibly video games, but they often spend more time talking about gatorade, candy bars, and sleeping til 2 now that they're both out of work. if you like video games and funny dudes shooting the shit, this is another great one.
that's it. three. but i'm sure there are more good ones out there, possibly better than my picks, but for some reason i thought that maybe people might like to see what i was listening to.
layabout love to you all (as in, that doesn't involve moving from a prone position in front of the tv, controller in hand),
JD
*for more on gerstmann-gate read: here and the one below it. there are some links.
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