tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11062308813651190752024-02-07T22:38:30.967+00:00The BM Show - funny podcastsToo edgy for radio. Online comedy, music, news, podcasts.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger92125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1106230881365119075.post-38305787900556861452013-03-18T16:49:00.001+00:002013-03-18T16:52:54.769+00:00David Brent is back<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It's been a decade since we heard from him but David Brent decided to give us an insight into his life under the auspices of <a href="http://www.comicrelief.com/" target="_blank">Comic Relief</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This time, he's trying to pass himself a popstar and is trying to upstage his young protegé <a href="http://www.docbrown.co.uk/" target="_blank">Dom Johnson</a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmTV62mE1PA&list=PLiFJwQIt8I9JzDdigtv-nKLcWLXMRDxGe&feature=player_embedded" target="_blank">records a tune with him</a>. The best line in the episode has to be "So can you lot all rap, like, can Trevor McDonald rap if he had to?" </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">According to his creator <a href="http://www.rickygervais.com/thissideofthetruth.php" target="_blank">Ricky Gervais</a>, there's more to come on his <a href="http://www.youtube.com/rickygervais" target="_blank">Youtube channel</a>. Here's the Comic Relief mini episode.</span></div>
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This is one of the greatest day to be a South African. Today would have been <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miriam_Makeba" target="_blank">Miriam Makeba's</a> 81st birthday and Google is honouring her with a doodle on their homepage, the first South African to receive such a feat.<br />
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<li>One of many advantages of being of pensionable age is the ability to do pretty much anything you like without fear of reprisal. I guess this is what this old man was counting on when he<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUjpf2cOhyo&list=PLiFJwQIt8I9Khgb1wYavMrbRTyx8KxnLj" target="_blank"> punched a TV reporter</a> who dared step into his business property uninvited. Nobody wants to see violence directed at anyone not least journalists but a lot of what passes for journalism these days is utter rubbish and, I'm sorry to say, I laughed when this old man punched this reporter. The old man sounds like he's legally savvy and will probably come out of this alright but since I can't punch people who upset me I can only root for this guy and wish I could do the same.</li>
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You have to give it to Oprah. She overcame what sounds like a less than ideal childhood to become one of the wealthiest women in the world - presiding over a multi-billion dollar operation for a quarter of a century - with no discernible talent or skill. <br />
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Housewives of American (and later the world) could not get enough of her. Hollywood stars loved her, or the audience she used to command. Those were the good old days when only three channels were still competing for eyeballs. But when cable and the internet ate into her gigantic audience she knew it was time to go. She could have retired gracefully five years ago when her contract came to and end but I guess the <br />
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But her <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-05-03/discoverys-oprah-problem" target="_blank">own cable channel is hemorrhaging </a><a href="http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-05-03/discoverys-oprah-problem" target="_blank">money</a> like there's no tomorrow and the only time anyone under the age of 50 watches it is when a <a href="http://www.oprah.com/own_tv/onc/lance-armstrong-one.html" target="_blank">misbehaving celebrity comes in to grovel to auntie Oprah</a> so that she can forgive them on our behalf. It's also useful to those who have attained fame and fortune and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nfuRFAIXv4" target="_blank">just can't wait to tell the rest of the world how happy and content they are</a>. In short, The Oprah Winfrey Show is nothing more than a joke that we watch now. A joke that's being played by the host on her audience. I can't help but imagine her having a little chuckle when she goes home.<br />
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This weekend Beyonce braced the Oprah show to be receive her Oprah seal of approval and the "Oprahisims" abound. In the fifteen minutes I could stomach, she pronounced Beyonce "the preeminent Mistress of the world", described her <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKVorba5GLs" target="_blank">performance at the Super Bowl</a> as the manifestation of "art meeting God".<br />
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I had to bail when she declared where mistress Beyonce's allure really lies, the crux of the tension between hot and cool, according to Queen Oprah. It's beyond creepy and had she been slightly conservatively dressed, it could quite easily have passed for a "nun hitting on a choir girl" sketch on SNL. Oprah is perpetrating a giant Kaufman-esque prank on us and she's only getting away with it because we all think she lacks self awareness. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07430576491587301652noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1106230881365119075.post-64667664057339041602013-01-27T23:44:00.000+00:002013-01-28T17:48:21.266+00:00How not to deliver a podcast<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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One of the perils of a living in a democratic country, whatever that means, is that you elected representatives report to you on the progress in executing their duties and any major decisions they might have made. So when Barack Obama <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/beltway/2013/01/03/the-bottom-line-what-the-fiscal-cliff-deal-really-means-for-taxes-and-spending/" target="_blank">secured his fiscal cliff deal</a> a few weeks ago he used his <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/podcast" target="_blank">weekly address</a> to explain its <br />
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It's okay for youtube users but the audio of the video also gets served as podcast. I happen to know a lot about <a href="http://www.thebmshow.com/p/podcasts.html">podcasts</a> having produced a lot of them coming on five years now. They are not as widespread as people who make them would like you to believe, and its their fault. The computer didn't take off until its makers made it simple and intuitive. Even radio people would just bark "download our podcast" without actually telling their listeners how to get it and where.<br />
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The Guardian is one of very few outlets who understand that a podcast is not a mainstream product: they give you an opportunity to play the audio, subscribe to iTunes, download the mp3 into your hard drive and, if you know what it is, grab the feed for your reader. Non-geeks will be able to consume this product as well.<br />
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So if you want to produce a podcast that even people with a rudimentary grasp of computers can consume, don't do what <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/" target="_blank">The White House</a> does, do what the hippies at <a href="http://theguardian.co.uk/" target="_blank">The Guardian</a> do.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07430576491587301652noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1106230881365119075.post-85763419970840271032013-01-12T14:38:00.000+00:002013-02-17T20:43:15.885+00:00Advice for wannabe musos by a man who doesn't care<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.78333282470703px;">Advice can be loosely described as an opinion on what can or should be done. You'd be surprised to learn that I wasn't around during cavemen days but I'd imagine advice was something you gave to your offspring when you deemed it necessary, solicited or not. </span><br />
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But there are people who do it for the love of it and one such person is <a href="http://lefsetz.com/wordpress/" target="_blank">Bob Lefsetz</a>, a music insider who pulls no punches when he writes his free letter. He doesn't answer to an editor or publicist and his advice is direct and uncensored. Although I have no desire to go into the music business, I read it because a lost of what he writes can be applied to other endeavours too.<br />
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I've been using VOIP phone numbers in three different continents for well over five years and the first time thought I'd get a South African number; just an incoming virtual number with voicemail capabilities. So headed over to <a href="http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/" target="_blank">mybroadband forums</a> for pointers.<br />
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There's <a href="http://mybroadband.co.za/news/internet/9074-skypein-numbers-arrive-in-south-africa.html" target="_blank">skypein</a> and countless others that do it for a fee, which would set me back $60 a year, but I couldn't <br />
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I had to e-mail them a certified copy of my ID document. I didn't have time to get that done and the number could wait. Two months later, I find myself with some time on my hands so I get it done and send it off. No I can't have the number; this time the reason: I failed the fraud check and I'm also out of the country. When I enquired as to what the "fraud check" entails and why my being out of the country would affect the usability of the number, I got this reply.<br />
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Fraud check? Have they somehow ascertained that I'm going to use the number to run a 419 type scam? Or do I actually not exist and am just a figment of my own imagination. I'll never know because they won't tell me what they mean. In the meantime, I've spoken to another provider and they promise to have me up and running within the next 24 hours. But I do wonder if this company I dealt with actually understands what they're selling.</div>
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And I think we can go ahead and add "you've failed the fraud check" to the same list that "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOdjCb4LwQY" target="_blank">computer says no</a>" belongs to as shorthand for inept customer services people's inability to execute their duties.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07430576491587301652noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1106230881365119075.post-85028005360029658402013-01-01T12:10:00.002+00:002013-01-01T14:58:12.660+00:00Worst Band Ever Butchers Pink Floyd's Comfortably Numb<div style="text-align: center;">
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I know <a href="http://www.roger-waters.com/" target="_blank">Roger Waters</a> doesn't need the money - what with <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/roger-waters-the-wall-live-named-third-most-successful-tour-of-2012-8422844.html">The Wall Tour grossing a whooping $186 million last year</a> - but he'd do well to sue this band just to send the message that he won't have people desecrating <br />
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<a href="http://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/pet-dogs-not-for-blacks-zuma-1.1445123#.UNwM8uRg-YE" target="_blank">President Jacob Zuma spoke at some jamboree over the Christmas break</a> and the twittersphere is in hysterics. <br />
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This is true.<br />
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This very good point has been buried under the avalanche of ridicule of what appears to have been a very incoherent speech. A guy who has just secured a mandate from his party to run the country for a further presidential term should have good speechwriter who read the audience while guarding against the possibility of being misquoted by the "white press".<br />
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Oh well, we'll just laugh until another gaffe. When we'll laugh again.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07430576491587301652noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1106230881365119075.post-33409835660123223442012-12-25T23:06:00.000+00:002012-12-25T23:06:21.755+00:00Darlene Love singing Christmas on the Letterman Show<div style="text-align: center;">
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1106230881365119075.post-30345412188558179792012-12-23T22:18:00.000+00:002012-12-25T23:12:50.148+00:00Suzi Perry for BBCF1, oh yeah!<div style="text-align: center;">
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Perverts the world over were delighted when it was announced earlier this week that <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/20812990" target="_blank">Suzi Perry is to replace Jake Humphrey as the BBC's Formula 1 host</a>. There's no doubt that Suzi will hold her own in her new role <br />
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Nor do I think she'll forget Lee Mckenzie's name or struggle to carry the show to an extent that David Coulthard will have to take over the interviews. But that was just another opportunity to have a giggle on <a href="http://twitter.com/ortisdeley" target="_blank">Ortis Deley</a>'s expense.<br />
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One more thing: it would be a good idea to watch the BBC F1 coverage with one's pants off.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1106230881365119075.post-20573991876688652692012-12-21T01:17:00.000+00:002012-12-21T01:19:04.138+00:00The Great Thursday Tune: I'm from Barcelona - We're from Barcelona<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Pj9sMxrFHZs" width="480"></iframe><br />
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We're from Barcelona is a band from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B6nk%C3%B6ping" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;" title="Jönköping">Jönköping</a> Sweden. I came across them about 5 years ago when I was cruising the net for "happy" music. <br />
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We're from Barcelona is from their debut album Let me introduce you to my friends and is dedicated to a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fawlty_towers" target="_blank">Fawlty Towers</a> character, Manuel. It still lifts me up when I'm down and it's this week's The Great Thursday Tune.<br />
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What's not to like about Kerry Leatham. She's beautiful, talented and loves her music. I first became aware of her when I was looking around for covers to feature on the then radio <a href="http://www.thebmshow.com/search/label/The%20BM%20Show%20Covers" target="_blank">covers feature</a>.<br />
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She and her "label mate", <a href="http://www.tapeclubrecords.com/index.php?/artists/peter-lyons/" target="_blank">Peter Lyons</a>, were covering <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_nafAQ1Tj0" target="_blank">Womack and Womack's Teardrops</a> and that's no <br />
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I had coffee with a former colleague of mine the other day. I hadn't seen him since our last day at the now defunct radio station that used to air his show for which I was a producer. Music dominated our conversation, particularly <a href="http://www.fleetwoodmac.com/" target="_blank">Fleetwood Mac</a>.<br />
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<a href="http://www.lindseybuckingham.com/" target="_blank">Lindsey Buckingham</a> cancelled an interview with us at the eleventh hour when they were in London in 2009, <br />
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But that where the chorus of agreement ends. He thinks the best track in the album is <i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrZRURcb1cM" target="_blank">Dreams</a></i> and I think it's <i><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001F18D6Q/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=B001F18D6Q&linkCode=as2&tag=topradiocoza-21" target="_blank">Go Your Own Way</a></i>. Having listened to it a couple of times since said conversation and this being my website, Go Your Own Way wins. And the way Stevie and Lindsey look at each other everytime they perform it live is priceless.<br />
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It's on days like these that I wish I had honoured my true calling: being an English teacher. I say it's my true calling because for as long as I can remember I've been annoying people around me by correcting their grammar and spelling.<br />
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When my New York Times RSS feed delivered it's latest offer to my desktop a few days ago, I couldn't help but notice the irony in the first paragraph of a feature where they interview globe-trotting business people about their travels. The gentleman they were talking to boasts that he's flown to the United Kingdom a staggering 27 times in 18 months to talk to clients who use his ......... virtual meeting technologies.<br />
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So if I was explaining irony to schoolkids, I'd just show them this paragraph and the accurate use of the word would improve significantly around the world. <br />
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If you want to read the rest of this irony <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/04/business/tight-with-a-dollar-but-expansive-in-spirit.html?ref=todayspaper" target="_blank">click here</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1106230881365119075.post-7329360520630887072012-12-04T22:30:00.000+00:002012-12-05T01:23:37.870+00:00Remember not to get rich in the USA<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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If wanted fugitive, <a href="http://www.whoismcafee.com/" target="_blank">John McAfee's blog</a> is anything to go by, living in a lawless, gun-toting South American banana republic is far more preferable than living in his native USA. <br />
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It's not because the USA is a bigger a lawless, gun-toting country itself, no matter what Fox News says; Mr <br />
<a name='more'></a>McAfee turned his back on a relatively stable, free and safe country and moved to the middle of nowhere so he could save a few millions in tax. Now he's on the run from the law for a <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-12-04/mcafee-founder-says-in-a-tight-spot-on-the-run.html" target="_blank">murder of his neighbour</a>, which he denies. He doesn't want to go to the police nor his embassy because he believes he'll be detained without trial.<br />
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And here's the clincher: he's still hopeful that the situation will be resolved and he'll be able to stay in the country. USA, you've got to take a good look at yourself. A billionaire who made his money in your country would rather risk being thrown in a South American prison than stay in your country, which is not a warzone by any stretch.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07430576491587301652noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1106230881365119075.post-19643457195168768652012-11-29T17:06:00.000+00:002012-12-06T18:36:38.248+00:00The Great Thursday Tune: Michael Jackson - Human Nature<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/kql0ld02SS4" width="480"></iframe><br />
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You don't need a reason to listen to something that was recorded by Michael Jackson. But if insist on the reason, how about the 30th anniversary of one of the most iconic albums in the history of music, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thriller_(album)" target="_blank">Thriller</a>? <br />
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One of the greatest inventions to come with <a href="http://www.spotify.com/" target="_blank">Spotify</a> and such services is the "music discovery" function that analyses your taste and suggests artists that it's algorithm thinks you'll gravitate towards. Some of the music it <br />
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This week it gave me <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001QG9A44/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=B001QG9A44&linkCode=as2&tag=topradiocoza-21" target="_blank">Tracy Chapman's Fast Car</a> and I found myself listening to her self entitled debut album <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001F1D762/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=B001F1D762&linkCode=as2&tag=topradiocoza-21" target="_blank">Tracy Chapman</a> for hours immediately subsequently. This is one of the most powerful album of the 80s and somehow I think she never matched the dizzy heights it achieved with her later work. I think there's a good reason for that: when people get to write and record their first album they're usually in their 20s and have as many years worth of experiences and feelings to draw from. They are then expected to deliver a better album a 2 - 3 years later and more often than not, their efforts fall short.<br />
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But that heavens we live in the age of recorded and freely available music and we can listen to our hears' content. <br />
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According to <a href="http://www.tracychapman.com/" target="_blank">Ms Chapman's website</a>, she last toured in 2008 and I hope she does again soon.<br />
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Album: <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001F1D762/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=B001F1D762&linkCode=as2&tag=topradiocoza-21" target="_blank">Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1106230881365119075.post-30686751081712563682012-11-12T12:07:00.002+00:002012-12-06T18:38:10.140+00:00MTN would rather your smartphone wasn't smart<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Techcentral<a href="http://www.techcentral.co.za/crackdown-irks-mtn-blackberry-clients/36167/" target="_blank"> reports this morning that MTN is to throttle Blackberry Internet Service</a> users. The company claims that they're doing it to "make sure that users have an improved and always-on internet experience". Yeah right! Nothing to do with wanting to make more money then?<br />
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So if you're wed to MTN and have a Blackberry, say goodbye to everything that makes smartphones smart. <br />
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So, in short, MTN would rather you used your blackberry to check if your high school girlfriend got fat on Facebook, stalk celebrities on Twitter and send and receive text messages.<br />
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Are you listening <a href="http://www.cellc.co.za/" target="_blank">Cell C</a> and <a href="http://www.8tada.co.za/" target="_blank">8tada</a>?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07430576491587301652noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1106230881365119075.post-14751515409214227572012-11-11T21:18:00.000+00:002012-11-13T22:14:28.177+00:00Apple continues to suck<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Apple are throwing their weight around again. If you have itunes or any of their software but don't use their hardware, they don't care about you. Their <a href="http://www.macrumors.com/2012/08/16/itunes-store-glitch-limits-podcast-search-results-to-apples-own-app/" target="_blank">travails</a> since they unveiled latest iOS are well documented. The most notable for one for me is the podcast glitch.<br />
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The podcasts I produce have not updated on iTunes since Thursday and it being the weekend, I don't have to deal with it until tomorrow. But some of the podcasts I listen to did not download and synch to my ipod. <br />
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Not much of a problem for me as I'm not wed to Apple so I just took the feeds and used <a href="http://doubletwist.com/" target="_blank">Doubletwist</a>. I was somewhat heartened to learn that users of the much loved <a href="http://itunes.com/podcasting" target="_blank">Apple Podcasts App</a> were also <a href="https://discussions.apple.com/message/20258226?ac_cid=tw123456#20258226" target="_blank">having problems</a>. More so when the "genius" told them that they problems can be solved just by purchasing more data. </div>
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So they'll charge you an arm and a leg for a piece of hardware that gets assembled very inexpensively in Asia, invest in an expensive marketing campaign convincing you that you need it but when their products malfunctions because of their incompetence, it's your fault and you should pay more to address it. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07430576491587301652noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1106230881365119075.post-23206837679512579482012-11-09T21:10:00.000+00:002012-12-09T13:28:33.531+00:00The Great Thursday Tune: Macy Gray - Creep<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="270" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/rPdKpDZwGCQ" width="480"></iframe><br />
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When it comes to covers I'm of the opinion that some songs should never be covered. Sometimes the original recording artist does such a good job and you give that song an identity you want to hang on to forever.<br />
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<a href="http://radiohead.com/" target="_blank">Radiohead</a> belongs to that group whose work I've always believed needs no improvement or re-interpretation. <a href="http://www.macygray.com/" target="_blank">Macy Gray</a> released an entire album of just covers of songs she likes. Sublime, My Chemical Romance, Metallica and Eurythmics are among the artists she's dared to cover.<br />
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But I reserve the right to change my mind sometimes. And this is one of those times. I've listened to the album a couple of times over the past six months, I find myself hitting repeat repeatedly at the end of track two - Radiohead's Creep. She just owns it and reminds us of what <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsTk2xp0nvY&feature=related" target="_blank">she's capable of</a>.<br />
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She's on a <a href="http://www.macygray.com/?page_id=1221" target="_blank">European tour</a> until the new year.<br />
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You can pick up Macy Gray's album <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B006ML50JM/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=B006ML50JM&linkCode=as2&tag=topradiocoza-21" target="_blank">Covered here</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07430576491587301652noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1106230881365119075.post-23394136884718998702012-11-07T00:05:00.000+00:002012-11-07T00:05:48.031+00:00You can now trade gas for ass in New York<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Hurricane Sandy has been very testing for New Yorkers. Thousands of homes are still without power and gas stations are running low and naturally, market forces have kicked in: the demand for gas far exceeds supply.<br />
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According to CBS New York, <a href="http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/11/06/sandy-gas-woes-continue-people-trading-gas-for-sex-on-craigslist/" target="_blank">some crafty guys are taking advantage of the situation</a> and have placed adverts for casual sex in exchange for gas on <a href="http://www.craigslist.com/" target="_blank">Craigslist</a>. I think this is the entrepreneurial spirit Mitt Romney has been trumpeting for the past for year and would be very proud of this idea.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07430576491587301652noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1106230881365119075.post-29818885264134119432012-11-01T00:06:00.000+00:002012-11-05T00:08:25.170+00:00The Great Thursday Tune: Dexys - Incapable of Love<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="270" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/TaSo2v_0hY4" width="480"></iframe><br />
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The <a href="http://dexys.info/" target="_blank">Dexys</a> are back with a new album, <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0078ZYXSA/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=B0078ZYXSA&linkCode=as2&tag=topradiocoza-21" target="_blank">One Day I'm Going To Soar</a> after a 27 year hiatus. It's a complete departure from anything they did before they did before. They've recruited a feisty young lady by the name of Madeleine Hyland and she features in two tracks - one of which is Incapable Of Love - but I think we should hear from her again in the very near future.<br />
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Although he makes unremarkable and cheesy songs James Blunt appears to be a quality fellow. Not only did he <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11753050" target="_blank">single handedly prevent World War III</a> but he's very good at handling the media circus that comes with being a pop star. <br />
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It was no different when the Mail on Sunday took a comment he made on the red carpet somewhere and <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2220814/To-Blunt-time-retire-says-James.html?ito=feeds-newsxml" target="_blank">blew it up as a huge announcement</a> that he was quitting the music business. The world and his wife joined in with bad jokes about what a "beautiful" decision it was. Even geeks summoned the courage to vacate their mums' basement to <a href="http://mashable.com/2012/10/22/james-blunt-quits-music-industry-tweets/" target="_blank">let the world know that they too were cool</a>, safe in the knowledge that a bigger pariah was currently being lampooned. <br />
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But instead of running to the publicist and drafting a statement to deny the news, Mr Blunt replied with a <a href="http://www.facebook.com/jamesblunt/posts/10152226948125424" target="_blank">two sentence quip via his facebook page</a>.<br />
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Well played captain.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07430576491587301652noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1106230881365119075.post-63007224890643207722012-10-25T19:13:00.000+01:002012-12-09T13:29:45.825+00:00The great Thursday tune: Gabrielle - Rise<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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I had not heard this tune in the last 5 years until it came through came through in my <a href="http://www.spotify.com/" target="_blank">Spotify</a> shuffle yesterday and I've been humming it ever since. I now believe I'm in love with this woman. No, I don't like her, I'm talking elope love, stay in bed all day listening to music kind of love. Rise is the title track of Gabrielle's third album with the same name released in 1999 and it peaked at number 1 in the UK and Irish singles chart.</div>
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