June 17th, 2008
Commercial Audiobook distribution is flawed. At one time they were only available on cassette tape (remember those?), now it is CD plus some online distribution using DRM (Digital Rights Management) to prevent piracy. Each of these systems is flawed because they cross the boundaries between books and music.
Readers read books (I know, it’s obvious, but [...]
May 10th, 2008
Desert Island Geek returns with Ewan Spence
Ewan is a kilt-wearing, über-geek podcaster, and producer and host of the TPN Rock show from The Podcast Network. You can generally find Ewan at almost every important, global, geek gathering, wherever it may be in the world - kilt included!
Discover the five items Ewan could not live without [...]
April 22nd, 2008
I was a Blakes 7 fan when the show ran on the BBC between 1978 and 1981. It presented television sc-fi with more edge, more grit, and some genuinely mean characters. Wobbly sets aside, this was great characterization and dramatic writing.
Last year, Blakes 7 was reborn in audio form. B7 Media, an independent production company [...]
March 13th, 2008
On its journey to the quietly heralded version 3, BTPodShow.com and PodShow.com last night had a very strategic spruce-up with a new interface.
UPDATE: Adam Curry refers to this as less a facelift than a shot of botox!
This interim change refocused the site around primary promotion of video content, which is - despite the understandable resistance [...]
February 10th, 2008
TABLE RAPPERS - PERSISTENT SPIRIT
CHAPTER 6
Tom is taken to spend a night or two in a cell and learns that someone had set him up, while Keynes chances upon another face from his past.
Story running time: 22 minutes
Total running time: 29 minutes
Contains some swearing and scenes of violence.
Available from TableRappers.com or here:
If you have [...]
February 3rd, 2008
TABLE RAPPERS - PERSISTENT SPIRIT
CHAPTER 5
An unfortunate death, awakening to the reality of disrupted routine, and Tom Hawkins gets far more than a quiet beer.
Story running time: 21 minutes
Total running time: 34 minutes
Available from TableRappers.com or here:
If you have a podcast or a website, please play the audio promo and promote Persistent Spirit. Send [...]
January 27th, 2008
TABLE RAPPERS - PERSISTENT SPIRIT
CHAPTER4
Judith prepares the seance room for Martha Benson’s very special working and has a very intimate encounter.
Story running time: 21 minutes
Total running time: 29 minutes
Available from TableRappers.com or here:
If you have a podcast or a website, please play the audio promo and promote Persistent Spirit. Send me your promo and [...]
January 20th, 2008
TABLE RAPPERS - PERSISTENT SPIRIT
CHAPTER3
Let me introduce you to Jack and Tom, brothers in business, brothers for hire, brothers in crime - the Hawkings brothers have been up to no good, and getting themselves buried in some very dirty work.
Story running time: 22 minutes
Total running time: 34 minutes
Available from TableRappers.com or here:
If you have [...]