I listened to a very funny Podcast from Rob Long a few days ago. The main thrust being - well - listen for yourself. I was talking to someone about it - and wanted to send a link - so did a search and found what I thought was the link - but it was only 4 minutes long. Rob does short, but that seemed very short.

Turns out I had found the story originally published in 🎙️2007 - the show I was looking for was the one published in 🎙️2023. This new version starts with the same story and then moves on to how to fix the problems in the entertainment business - which actually - as ever with Martini Shot - you can extrapolate to other industries.

If I do it - it will be 3 hours and 20 minutes of my life that I won’t get back - but then …. it is 🎵 The Velvet Underground - and the information the guy delivers is always interesting and not the usual average ‘fodder facts’.

Just finished listening to another @martinfeld ‘RSS’ podcast - this one with @jsnell@zeppelin.flights nicely done - and prompts a question for Martin.

I seem to recall that the idea of the podcast was originally centered on research. I have only listened to a few - but there is a flow of advice across the ones I have heard that all support each other.

Q1: Any surprises from the people you have talked to - as in thoughts that are unique, or made you sit up and utter ‘whaaaaa’?

Q2: Are you going to publish your conclusions anywhere, anytime that we can read and/or listen to?

🎙️Lockhead talking about the Monster Category Battle of Microsoft vs Google - except it isn’t.

Google’s category is ‘search’. Microsoft’s is ‘answers’. Very different.

Is he right?

🎛️ Embrace The Future

The excerpt is not the main thrust of the podcast, but neatly summarizes the problem of rejecting, rather than embracing, what is clearly something that is part of the future.

The Full Podcast: 🎙️ Why The Future Belongs To Intellectual Capitalists

🔗 Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism and the World is a new book by Malcolm Harris.

He talks about it on this podcast 🎙️The Dark History Of Silicon Valley with Sean Illing.

Oh my!

🎛️ English Progressive Redux

🔗 Andrew Hickey’s ‘500 Songs’ includes a good and interesting summary of why the UK and US musicians who ‘arrived’ in the 60s sounded so different, emerging, he argues, from significant social differences and country histories.

What do you think?

🎵 More thoughts on what I call English Progressive

The Full Podcast: 🎙️ 500 Songs - ‘See Emily Play’ by The Pink Floyd

🎛️ That ‘Content’ word again.

You might have read my 🔗 many posts about ‘content’ .. and my singular objection to that word. Turns out I am not the only one. Will Arnett waxes lyrical about that exact issue on Smartless.

The Full Podcast: 🎙️ Smartless : Dana Carvey