Podcasting is a phenomenon which is still, technically, in its infancy. The release of iTunes 4.9 in July gave podcasting a huge boost, putting the tools to subscribe to ‘casts straight into the hands of anyone and everyone.
The quality of podcasts out there varies tremendously. More and more people are learning how to create them, and how simple they can be - simply an mp3 file enclosure to an RSS feed. Podcasting is also working the other way by educating the masses about RSS and blogging.
These are heady days in the world of internet publishing, and in the United Kingdon, we like to do our bit. The first podcasting conference in the UK, PodcastConUK, to be held on Saturday 17 September in London, is going to be an exciting opportunity for podcasters and podcast listeners alike.
I shall probably be the only archaeologist attending (and yes, we have some archaeology podcasts up our sleeves..)!
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Whilst down in Cornwall Tehm and I visited Falmouth where we saw a shop called The Cornish Store, selling all things Cornish - including a fine selection of Cornish music. Being Cornish myself, my experience of Cornish music was one that is very ‘traditional’ - that is accordian-based folk and dance tunes at country dances. Whilst this is not at all a bad thing, the shop was playing some Cornish music quite unlike anything either of us had heard before - a band called “Bagas Degol“. Their album “Party Like it’s 1399″ really grabbed me. It is a jaw-droppingly stunning interpretation of Cornish music, with a twist…
My first thought was “my gods - Cornish folk-dub!”. And it is, to a degree. Why not toddle off to Top of the Hill Recordings to have a listen to some samples from the album - an mp3 of “Bodmin Dubbing” is available for download.
Bagas Degol appear from their website to be a traditional dance band, with pipes, tabor etc. They are, but they’re also talented dub musicians too. The more you listen to the album, the more you pick up - old dancing tunes echoing in the background, samples of the Cornish language, what sounds like interviews with people about the sea and the ‘little people’ (Zeak Dub), traditional tunes played incredibly well on a melodion… The haunting “Mar Euhall Yw An Dub” has beautiful singing entirely in Cornish, and one of the best basslines I’ve ever heard.
The energy, imagination, passion, and musicianship make “Party Like it’s 1399″ one of my all-time favourite albums. Go an buy it!!
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I have known about Flickr for some years now, and have finally decided to take the plunge and sign up for an account. It’s a marvellous system - really well thought out; intuitive and easy to use.
I am very impressed by the RSS feeds, and the ability to post pictures from a cameraphone by email. There’s even an iPhoto plugin for uploading to Flickr, as well as a standalone OSX uploader.
Incidentally, I’m posting this entry from within my Flickr account…
This is going to be fun - Tehm and I have over 6,000 photos..! The pic attached here (hopefully) was taken with my Nokia 6600 at the Summer Solstice party at Stonehenge in 2004.
You can see my (currently diminutive) photoblog on Flickr at http://www.flickr.com/photos/chough/
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