I'll be honest, I don't know what 9/10 of the people on these podcasts look like. For example, I thought Geoff Tate was Hispanic because of his weird accent until I saw him on AM Northwest.
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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durdencommatyler wrote:Blech. No thank you. I'd rather look at all the snakes Ruddo posts on my Facebook wall than listen to that guy not be funny at me.
I think he knows how completely bland and tame his humor is, especially next to someone like Mantzoukas. Mantzoukas, in turn, can be abrasive to the point of exhaustion. That's why they go so well together. And anyway, my favorite person in the show is June because she misses the point of everything.
I haven't listened to HDTGM in ages but I'm always glad when I do.
Anders wrote:I do not have a «neoliberal assessment of geopolitics», so please stop writing that I do.
One of the more recent Radiolab episodes, called "The Dead Bodies Case," was very good. They're also doing a miniseries about the Supreme Court called "More Perfect" that I've enjoyed the first two episodes of
I'm going to England next week and will be sans podcasts for the entire time. I am just going to have to cut my losses and ignore all the episodes when I get back.
Kinda bummed they didn't go Dragonheart and instead picked a movie I could not care less about. I mean, usually there's at least something for me to latch onto but this one...nothing.