Two Sweet Podcasts

I was pretty excited this week to stumble over two really sweet podcasts, featuring my music.

The first of the two podcasts was created by a blog called My Pleasure, Miss!. The concept of the podcast is so bloody creative and bizarre, I’ll just quote their own description:

This week’s mixtape is an adaptation of Teenage Diary, a gripping audio drama about an ordinary teenage girl, played by Vonda Van Dyke, Miss America 1965, searching for love and happiness. The plot blends romance, violence, sex and substance abuse wonderfully, and manages to thrown in a few moral teachings for wayward 1960s youths.

Teenage Diary is a wonderful story, with a great cast, and using the magic of audio editing software, I abridged the narrative to a succinct 20 minutes and updated the music to include Adem, Cody Chesnutt, Bird and the Bee and other hot kids.

Seriously, when I heard my song “Darkwave = MC Squared” combined with the audio drama, I was just grinning from side to side. I’ve listened and played Darkwave so many times, I would be lying if I didn’t admit growing a bit tired of it due to over-familiarity, so to be able to hear the song in this unusual context and, hence, hear it with fresh ears, was a real treat for me.

Lastly, and most significantly, you should really just check out the podcast for all the other amazing music on it. I discovered some wonderful new bands listening to that episode. My favorite find by far is a track called “The Races” by a band called The Bird And The Bee (apparently, they are quite famous?). The track is just pure and lovably charming, with a healthy dose of casual chromaticism. Very, very cool!

The second podcast I came across is the NZ-based Counting The Beat podcast. In the most recent episode, Chris introduces some of New Zealand’s recent releases, including our Cat and Bird Split 7″.

Now, I hadn’t heard of the podcast before (my internet connection was until recently too slow to get very deep into podcasting!), but, boy, has Chris ever put together a great series! I was listening into some of his other podcasts, and they are all lovingly compiled and carefully researched – a wonderful gift to New Zealand’s budding online music culture!

• Download the Teenage Diary Mixtape by My Pleasure, Miss!
• Download the Counting The Beat – October 08 New Releases podcast.

So, before I sign off… now that my connection speed has improved, I would totally love to find some good podcasts to listen to. So come on!… educate a lost soul: what podcasts have you been listening/subscribing to? Anything worth sharing?

Check out the Enright House remix of “Crazy? Yes! Dumb? No!” by The Mint Chicks, and help me win my first-ever remix competition!

Also, the new Darkwave (Live in Auckland) Single is out and available on mam!records as a free digital release. Get your copy for free!