Three podcasts (and a few other things besides).

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Long absences. You may be interested in my last few podcasts. 12.17.08, 01.14.09, and 01.28.09. All told, that's about three and a half hours of music. Or if you've ever been tempted to hear what my voice sounds like. I'm not as good as Tom Scharpling, but I do my best. I don't do an edited show. Anyone with any college radio experience knows that live broadcasting isn't the smoothest or most on-point of broadcasting styles. It goes how it goes, which is one of the better things about it, but it certainly has its high and low points of interest and entertainment. It allows a certain rawness to be harnessed that I don't think is possible with a professionally produced broadcast, or in just pressing start on an iTunes playlist and running down a tracklist of MP3s, something I've always tried to avoid. Still haven't gone in to record one with any kind of list of conversation topics, for better or worse, and at this point the show is mixed live, making some pretty ugly and occasionally amusing mistakes. One thing I learned from the Best Show on WFMU is that bed music at least eliminates dead air, and gives you a chance to breath and possibly catch yourself before you say something really stupid. Although not always.



I've given up on trying to explain what makes Dwarf Fortress special to those who haven't seen or heard of it. This magazine article is not a bad place to start, though.

Also, note to self: the next time I find myself walking down a street in Serbia and the Kronos Quartet starts playing from some invisible sound system... run.