so. over the months, i have tried to listen to several different podcasts, the ones that are considered the best, like craftsanity.com, because monstercrochet herself was being interviewd. i only lasted a few minutes. i have listened to a few minutes of other ones…the stupid music that lasts 3 minutes and the hissing background noise and the tone of voice, too much like the NPR spoofs on saturday night live…what is wrong with me? everyone else likes them. or do you? it makes ME want to do a podcast that doesn’t sound like it is on NPR (not that i don’t like most of NPR, although i hate it when they read poetry or passages from books with overly theatrical pauses and the insanely slow sing-song of a new reader. and many of the podcasts are obviously tightly scripted and have that same singsong and…i cannot bear it.
i like listening to spoken word…we go and see henry rollins everytime he comes…since i was in jr. high…i like books on tape…i think it is just the way that everyone i have heard speaks…either like they are reading a book to a child, or are talking to a plant. neither is great. although i prefer the plant talkers.
i fear the backlash i may get. i appreciate all of the work that must go into a podcast (lots?) but they all seem the same, like a lot of blogs do. although, there are lots of exceptional blogs out there, so maybe there are podcasts that are exciting. right? i went with itunes’ recommendations and i wasn’t into them. and who would know better than itunes?
it makes me want to do one that does not sound anything like the shweaty balls skit, doesn’t have the sound of notecards in the background and is not recorded in a coffee shop or have a bad themesong that goes on for a long time. in fact, the dandy warhols will write the themesong for me. and maybe my friend jason h will work on production with me, because he knows about these things and has done a fake news show before that won a fake award! maybe more than one fake award! maybe i could win fake awards. i think video would be better. more exciting. even a slideshow, there could be a beep after each slide! yeah! and i could knit a sock in real time! so like a week later, it would be done. like a performance piece! joseph beuys would love it! (if you got that one, you deserve a cold, artsnobby hug!) i will have to look into it, and see if jason can make time for me. and i will have to start working out, especially if there will be video. and! botox, butt fat in my face, boob job, you name it, i need it. maybe i could wear a different costume each time to hide my decaying facade? regina could crochet them for me. maybe i could use the gorilla custume! ooh! costumes! my identity would be a secret! like gwar or the residents or slipknot! oh shite! you guys know who i am! well, clearly, i will have to name the thing something else and when i link it, i will say that i don’t know the crazy person that runs it. additionally, my voice is easy to recognize (similar to an 11 year old girl) so i will have to run my voice through a modulator. so now, a costume, dandy warhols soundtrack (i bet they will!) and a voice modulator. or i could dub it! in a really odd voice. like when tom waits sounds like an old bluesman with a lisp (my favorite one!) or i could just talk with a lisp. i always wanted one. they are so cute! ok. i think i had too much coffee. and then some mini m&m dark chocolate baking pieces. i was a bit desperate. and shaky.
so, my fiber didn’t come yet and last night i was freaking out. today i am as well. but i have been trying to use what i have to get some stuff made in the meantime and use up old stuff. i do have lots of stuff, i need to update luxe soon. i will. i swear. everytime i hear a car or truck or anything outside i run to the window, lik a nerd. additionally, i ordered a bit of fiber from another place just to have some stuff to work on and emailed them to ask if they could hurry and they emailed me back that they had a computer meltdown and if i hadn’t emailed, my order would have been lost altogether. insane, huh? i have some bad bad luck. oh me.
oooh! general hospital is getting crazy! crazies all around. i love it. love! it is better than it was when i was 8! and i know, because i have watching it for more than 20 years! whoa!
ontania’s blog, i found this website about airbrushing in magazines insane!also, on her blog, i found this awesome site to make your own newspaper clipping, talking cats and squirrels and more! supa cool! thanks tania!
how cute? too cute!
some photos? shuuuuuuuuure!
bits and pieces.
what is that, you ask? silk? and a 2 ply? yup! i am becoming so normal! and i like it! what do you think of that?
oh, also, i am planning to knit more hats for the red thread project go check out the site, it is really a great idea. we all know how i like quick projects. i like em! and it is a good way to use up all of your odds and ends…the term of the day.
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i run to the window like a nerd if i’m waiting on anything for any amount of time! i hope you get your wool soon.
i’ve been a two-ply slut lately. i love the colors you used. and i like the second yarn you just posted. a lot.
Hi Natasha,
I have the same problem with the podcasts. I tend to fall asleep. I don’t think it’s the content or the individual, but rather the quality of the sound – like you said very NPR skit-ish. I thought it was probably just me since everyone else seems to enjoy them. I have nothing against them, they’re just not for me.
I’ve been working my way through some knitting podcasts, and so far the only ones I’ve really liked are Brenda’s Cast On and Jacey’s Insubordiknit. I listen to talk radio all day so I really like sitting down and listening to talk, but a few of the podcasts I’ve heard outside of those two have been pretty awful, and boring. I think Brenda’s is great, her essays and stories are so well written and her voice is wonderful, she’s also very professional and when she messes up a button or something it makes me smile instead of cringe. Jacey’s is a riot and very quirky, plus she skips the music which I dig because well…they just don’t play anything I like in the knitting podcast world. I think you could find a few you like, you just gotta sift through the sub par ones and find something you dig.
And even if you don’t, goddamn lady, do your own. Make it totally different! No one should give you shit for not getting into podcasts, that’s just stupid. Opinions are like assholes, ya know?
That last yarn looks good enough to eat.
Re: podcasts — OMG I thought it was just me!!! I’m so glad to hear that I’m not alone in that!
I too am a “rush to the door because I heard a car door close” kind of gal! If I don’t have fiber coming, I go on ebay or somewhere else and order a ton just so I have packages coming. It’s like Christmas all the time (except that I have to pay for my own presents, and my credit card is smoking – shh, don’t tell my hubby!)
I have never listened to a podcast, but they don’t sound like much fun. The couple of books on tape I’ve heard have driven me batshit insane, because I’m a really fast reader and they just don’t speak fast enough – even though I wish I could get into them so I could multitask even more efficiently.
I WORSHIP Henry Rollins. WORSHIP. I would leave my hubby for Henry Rollins – he brings out the “I can make him happy even if no one else can” thing in me. Ugh. I’m pathetic!
Oh, and I LOVE that second yarn! GORGEOUS! I want to wear it on my head like a tiara – will it be going on Luxe?
i was a bit concerned that i would be lynched! i hate talk radio for the most part, so, i guess that would make sense. i grew up with the family listening to all things considered, etc, and i think talk radio is as much of a snore now, as i did then.
i find that the podcasts that try to be funny or silly are just annoying. and amanda, i think it is the same with me, that on a blog you can skim the boring stuff but with listening, you have to…well, listen. the second one may be up for sale, i am not sure whether it is in a wholesale order or for luxe yet…i will let you know…you are so sweet!
I hate podcasts. As you say, the crappy music, the hissing, the unprofessional speakers. There’s a reason people study communications at uni. I really, really hate the voices the most. So, no podcasts for me, except for the wonderful THey Might Be Giants ones.
To be honest, though, I’m a cranky bitch who thinks 70% of what I see on whip up, 85% of what I see on craftster and 60% of what I see on blogs is complete crap that I’d be ashamed of having made. So. Take that with a grain of salt. Everyone else seems to like the stuff, though.