Twang, Feedback File, Skirky and FentonSteve gather in the pod for a natter about nothing in particular. The team chew over things in general including the events of the past week, threads they enjoyed, new fun discoveries, maths problems, podcasts and finally show their chops as budding poets.
The Afterword #77: The Randomcast
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Violet Woods – The Dancer (imagine it done much better live):
Still reeling (no pun intended) that people are buying prerecorded cassettes. Looking at my historic collection the last one that I seem to have bought was Bobby Goldsboro’s Greatest Hits – aah Summer The First Time a stone cold classic.
Brilliantly edited @Twang. In the words of Billy Connolly you (almost) managed to make us sound windswept and interesting.
I wonder if that bottle of milk is still on the windowsill in Leicester ?
Cheers FF. Always a labour of, erm, love of course.
The Caliphate recommendation was me, in the end of year ‘cast.
Leedsboy ! I expect a full retraction and apology 😊
Ah yes! Leeds you don’t get your fiver back.
Still haven’t listened to it but it is in the queue.
Answers to two questions posed in Podcast #77.
Pre-recorded Cassettes are being bought by:
a) people with really old cars with cassette stereos.
b) People who still have no other means of playing music than ancient ghetto blasters or cheap ’70s music centres.
c) People who have no other choice because the recording has only been released on cassette.
Steve’s question about how can you have interesting packaging options for download files:
I went to a gig by experimental musician Sarah Nicolls and afterwards, at the merch table there were no CDs, Vinyl or Cassettes of hers, but there was a choice between sheets of music manuscript (all different) with a download code on the back, or keys taken from her old scrapped piano, each with a little slip of paper with a download code, tucked into holes in the wood of the keys. I bought a key. Originally it was either an A, a D or a G.
Martin Newell, the musician and poet, recently had some of his oldest recordings re-released in the states. It was Burger Records I think who did it. Martin was intrigued as to who would be buying cassettes in this day and age, Martin has largely embraced the download format (CD Baby etc.) for his releases now. He was told that the demographic who were taking his music to their hearts of late were the demographic who were buying old cars with cassette players in them. Also of course in Martin’s case that was how the recordings were originally released so that imbued them with a sense of authenticity.
I thoroughly enjoyed that, thank you.
Are you going to post the haikus?
Mine is…
Ice on garden pond
Fish deep hear no sound above
See beak of heron
Basho would be proud.
There’s a lot more to it when you see it written down. That ice doesn’t sound like much protection. I bet those fish are swimming a lot deeper than unusual.
Yes it’s intended to be slightly allegorical.
I’m not artistic
My left hemisphere is
Bigger than my right
I think there is a touch of genius about this one. It applies the rules of the haiku literally producing a somewhat clunky statement of fact. Brilliant!
My genius is entirely without effort.
Genius always is.
My haiku was
Ice melts, coral dies
Cars idle in summer queues
I switch to Sky Sports
Im a cynical but happy old soul
Very bleak. Are you counting ‘idle’ as two syllables or ‘queues’?
I thought FF didn’t observe the 5 7 5 rule, but I did him wrong. Apols FF.
Thanks guys, an enjoyable hour there (which is about the right length for these, IMO…)
That’s funny – I did my advent calendar as haikus this year (meaning: I have a calendar of 24 small wooden boxes that you can fill with anything you like. Before I became a diabetic it used to be chocolates, now I do different poetry games instead. This year I put a note in each box with one word written on it, which then had to be used in a haiku, or at least serve as inspiration/title for a haiku). Despite practice 24 days in a row, mine weren’t any better than yours! 😉
In fact, they probably became worse over time…I suspect I’ll never write another haiku for the rest of my life!
I was conscious of your comments @locust and was aiming for 45 minutes. I failed!
Keeping it just under the hour is good enough! 🙂
OK boss. 😁
Enjoyable podcast. And I have that Big Country cassette somewhere! Must see if I can locate it and play it on the deck I picked up for $15 a few years ago.
On the subject of flushing milk down the drain, possibly he was coming from the angle that milk can be very harmful to rivers. Milk can rob water of oxygen and harm fish etc. Or so I have heard. I think we’re talking more a dairy full than an old pint here though. I enjoyed the podcast, even if I was late getting round to listening.
Oh yes, I forgot about that. Here we go… warning – includes corporatespeak (Going forward, etc):
Following a question from an employee about how we dispose of expired/waste milk we made contact with our preferred waste removal contractor who informed us that pouring expired milk down the sink can carry a financial or custodial sentence for businesses in the UK. Although many businesses are unaware of this, milk must be disposed of as Category 3 ABP (Animal By-Products) via an appropriate contractor.
Going forward if you have any milk that has passed its “use by” date can you please ensure that the top of the container is securely tightened and place it into the general waste bins. They will then be passed through the biological treatment plant by {contractor’s name retracted} and would therefore not be directed to landfill. If you have any questions please let me know. Thank you in advance for your co-operation