Election

Posted on September 22nd, 2008 by mike.
Categories: rants.

All the candidates are bobbleheads. Discuss….

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The Emmys. akward!

Posted on September 22nd, 2008 by mike.
Categories: Uncategorized.

First congrats to the folks at Mad Men and 30 Rock for the well diserved wins.  Hope it’ll translate to more viewers, but I doubt it.

But secondly-that was a bloody horrible awards show.

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Podcasting Equipment?

Posted on September 22nd, 2008 by mike.
Categories: werks.

OK, aside from the rant about the endless stream of podcasts- I do have some thoughts about possibly doing  maybe a show or two myself or pitching shows to sites I write for.  And I’ve also recently mentioned a few upgrades to the office studio.

But I’m on a shoestring budget- but I want a quality sound. I also want to uitlize Skype or some sort of phone recording technology to have guests on.

So-here’s my current setup:

1 Windows XP desktop - which currently handles most of the production/ recording functions. I’m using Spacial Audio’s SAM 3 webcaster studio to record and mix live to file. I’m also using a mic / headphone combo from Logitec.

2 Windows XP Laptop- which I’d like to use to be the recording machine. Possibly.

3 iMac- I’ve been playing with Garage Band for mixing, but it seems to only work well with files you create / record in GB. I’ve found Importing doesn’t work so well.

So, once you’re done laughing at my gear- Gimme some advice. I think I’m just a quality mic away from where I want to be, but I could be wrong….

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Methodologies…..

Posted on September 19th, 2008 by mike.
Categories: rants, werks.

While I’ve been off having a life (which is going very well, actually-thanks for asking)- I have been attempting to re-think how I do what I do.

In short: I make public observations. That’s the sum of it in a nutshell.  Which its sometimes rather difficult to do at times when:

A) I don’t feel like sharing….at least not with you.

I’ve previously viewed all of this (both in the print and electronic eras) as having a conversation.  Having conversations with the random internet viewer is much easier when you aren’t having that same conversation with the people around you.

And admittedly, my social circle has changed rather dramatically- going from only having a few people in my circle who even knew what I was talking about half of the time to having a rather large pool of folk who not only know excatly what I’m saying, but will be intensely interested in furthering that conversation.

Therefore, the need to have the same conversation with you-random internet viewer- feels like a re-run. Because I’ve already done this, have already said it, and moved on. The urge to type it up has not- in the recent past- felt satisfying enough or worthy enough to do, because I feel like many of you have already had that same conversation, too.  And I have to feel like maintaining that conversation is worth the time not doing something else.

B) I have no opinion.

Sometimes I simply don’t have an opinion on anything.  Observations somewhat require these.

So…it’s nothing against you, really.   It’s me.  And the matrix has us all.  Go figure.

Also, I’ve noticed the content memes have gravitated from actual compositions of length and weight to an endless stream of podcasts, lists,  and posted videos from somewhere else. I mean, they do loosely fulfill the content part of the equation- but it’s really not what I do.

The Internet effect cascades into reality which then cascades back to the internet.

I observe. I compose that observation. It requires thought. It requires time. Spitting back press releases, pointing at a goofy you tube clips, or dropping a list of my favorite canceled Fox shows….really doesn’t.

Other people do that. Lots and lots of other people do that. So I’m not about to join the endless dogpile.

It’s taken me time to balance everything out personally and figure out what my place in the scheme of things are. I’m still working it out. And perhaps it has taken more time to do so than I -or any of the folk who openly commented about it-wanted or expected.

But at the end of the day, if you want better- you have to create it yourself. And I fucking hate lists….

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