About time. And product. And being more deliberate.
Special Guest: The Winter Blanket. We talk about the last 4 miles of the Hiawatha LRT opening today – from downtown to the airport to the Mall of America, winter striking Minnesota this week, and the band’s upcoming Polar Bear tour. We close with a live premiere of their new song – Neil Young Blues. …
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Jeremy Piller and I discuss the Intellectual Property Protection Act and some other copyright issues. He shares the history of folk music and how it wouldn’t exist with copyright protection. Links mentioned: Peace Coffee Jib Jab, copyright vs political satire at Reason Magazine NYTimes: Does a Free Download Equal a Lost Sale? Public Knowledge Reacts …
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St. Paul, MN, the feel of Europe without the pain of a poor exchange rate and a review of Steffanie Mueller’s Deutsche fur Anfanger podcast. Intro: Christopher Mark Brooder from CMBDG. Listen to Europe for Beginners [11 min]
An iChat conversation with Christopher Mark Brooder from CMBDG.com covering high-end audio video equipment and the Minnesota-based Wheels Of Italy group. Intro: Bill Boulger from IndieTickets.com. Listen to the Wheels of Italy [16 min]
A rant on the inherent conflicts between advertisers, traditional media publishers, and the new participatory media. Intro: PodCat from Podcat’s Best of Podcasting. Listen to Advertising is Broken [13 min]
A conversation with Bill Boulger of IndieTickets.com about the Minneapolis music scene, and the bankruptcy of First Avenue. Listen to Upcoming Shows with Bill Boulger [19 min]
This weekend, local documentarian Chuck Olsen kicked off this year’s City Pages Get Real Documentary Film Festival at Oak Street Theatre with Blogumentary. Intro: Tod Maffin & Sean from I Love Radio. Listen to Blogumentary, Democratic Strategies for 2008, and the Joys of non-English Podcasts [21 min]
I walk you through roasting coffee at home with a WestBend Poppery air popcorn popper and bean from Sweet Marias and dig into the promise of RSS as a distribution channel. Intro: Tod Maffin & Sean from I Love Radio. Listen to Roasting at Home [13 min]
I give you some tips on making better coffee at home with the Melitta Mill & Brew 10-Cup Coffeemaker, Black, coffee shops strategies in the Twin Cities, and rant on the poor state of reality television. Featured in PodCat’s Best of Podcasting Oct 29 Listen to Better Coffee and the State of Reality TV [22 …
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Murphy’s Law struck all my gadgets today including my PowerBook, Jabra Bluetooth Headset, and iPod. As an added bonus, I rant on the shortcomings of Bluetooth. Listen to Bad Technology [26 min]