Charles Wright from The Bleeding Edge column (in The Age) slams us in his blog. And, personally, I agree! We must be stopped. This can’t go on. There should be a law against it.
Most of the Podcasts we've heard are self-indulgent raves that simply aren't worth listening to. No offence to Cameron Reilly and Mick Stanic, whose G'day World podcast aggregator just seems to be totally beloved of various authorities. Honestly. We can't think why. Have they ever listened to one of those sessions?
They're clever chaps, Cameron and Mick. They run good blogs, they're full of great ideas, and we've enjoyed chatting to them from time to time. But somehow, when they get in front of a microphone their tongues just seem to belt along, WAAaay in front of their brains. And nothing it seems, can get them to stop (which is one of the hidden dangers of VOIP, if you ask us.)
The idea of hearing nothing but that sort of stuff is appalling, frankly. If you thought talk-back radio was bad, this stuff will turn you into a totally manic book lover.
Bullshit! I'm with G'Day on this one, which is the most entertaining PodCast. The others in The Podcast Network can sometimes be a bit variable and boring but on the whole very good.
I gave up on Bleeding Edge in my last cull of RSS Feeds a few weeks ago.
Great content, but something had to go, and it was that patronising plural slightly aren't "we" funny (not!)"We can't think why" that did it for me.
Blogs are about voice and conversation, usually one at a time and not using "We"!
Maybe I should have complained first to Bleeding Edge and have the "We" taken out.
Or is that the Wee taken out! "Taking the Piss".
Ha Ha ,We think that's very funny don't we, Tony.
Posted by: Tony Goodson | Saturday, April 30, 2005 at 04:32 PM
Shame he couldn't give any actual examples and, instead, just looses off a broadside that doesn't seem to be based on anything except his own bias, perhaps.
Posted by: Rob Irwin | Saturday, April 30, 2005 at 07:10 PM
Oh yes, G'dayworld ... I remember those ... very fainted in my memory *g*
Posted by: Nicole Simon | Saturday, April 30, 2005 at 08:06 PM
"which is one of the hidden dangers of VOIP, if you ask us."
We didn't ask.
Posted by: Steve | Saturday, April 30, 2005 at 09:42 PM