Many things are happening right now in the realm of {blog, rss, xml, social software, etc}, which makes it a bit difficult to keep track of things. What brought me to this is the idea and technique of audiofied blogs which are popping up everywhere. They are called podcasts and take the blog idea into the dimension of sound. Instead of writing the blog entry it is spoken and published as a MP3-file. I am sure that RSS-readers will cover this feature pretty soon, so that listening to such a podcast will be as easy and straightforward as reading a blog. While I am neither interested in listening to personal yada-yada nor in creating such files, I am fond of thinking about how radio could relate to such a way of distribution. Listening to the newspaper is rather boring, since I could probably read faster/more efficient. Yet, conventional radio programs (mostly public or non-commercial) feature rich sets of journalistic and artistic formats that would be lost in txt. Just think of all the interviews, radio plays and features, that you have missed, since you weren’t listening to the radio.. I am aware that this whishful thinking applies to television, as well. Deutschlandfunk and Deutschland Radio, one of the most important public radio stations in Germany, have started experimenting with “Audio on Demand” and they seem to be quite successful, in terms of users. Even though they only put up a fraction of what is going on air, it is a really nice service.

Another thing that caught my ear while surfing the casts, is the way how music can be distributed and discussed via such channels. In Germany for example, de:bug, a magazin on music and technology, has been experimenting with podcasting in this respect. Their de:bug pod features many free tracks with some kind of description/discussion in a blog manner. Which brought me to wonderful electronic reggae-dub by a label called JAHTARI. So, if you ever wondered how digital laptop reggae would sound, get there and grab the freebies.

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