The internet has changed the world in the last 10 years. I first paid for a dial-up connection in 1996. It could take 5 minutes to download one picture. I recall typing the name of a famous pop group into a rudimentary search engine of the day and getting NOTHING. Now you are faced with a million choices. Even a basic blog like this would be unthinkable without a broadband connection. Already the fastest broadband is too slow for many of us. We want the content IMMEDIATELY if not sooner. We all need optical fibre cables rather than the twisted pair copper phone cable most of us are stuck with for the forseeable future.
As we move from Broadcasting to Narrowcasting, TV and radio continue to lose out as we home-in on our particular interests via blogs, YouTube etc. Until the powers that be stick every single web page through their censor machine (if they don’t already) we are still free to post any old rubbish that comes into our heads. I suppose blogs and podcasts are just modern day versions of Fanzines. I like reading about old comic books, and listening to old music. I also get a kick out of seeing what old music/comics other people get a kick out of. You can’t sit in front of a screen forever but you can stick an mp3 player to your ear. Here are a few Podcasts that I download regularly.
MUSIC
Angel Baby plays an eclectic mix of obscure 1950s/1960s singles.
Jims Child of the Sixties plays more sixties music not surprisingly.
COMIC BOOKS
The Comic Book Attic Mike buys umpteen old comics from “The happy magic comic shop”. Is there really such a place?
Just Bill’s Comic Drawerbox Podcast Listen as Bill puts comics into his longbox. No, wait, its far more interesting than that sounds!
