In 1998 ben ik naar Israël gekomen en snel ben ik een Israeli geworden, maar tegelijk ben ik een beetje Nederlander gebleven. Ik heb de Nederlandse taal nog; ik draag mijn geschiedenis met me mee. Ik ben vanaf het begin van mijn verblijf in Israël aansluiting blijven zoeken met Nederland. Er zijn genoeg dingen die ik geprobeerd heb en waar ik mee opgehouden ben. Ik kijk wel eens op uitzendinggemist maar de TV kan me uiteindelijk gestolen worden. Waar blijf ik dan wel terugkeren?
Op een van de vele omzwervingen op het internet ontdekte ik de archieven van Simek 's Nachts en daar ben ik naar blijven luisteren. Op die manier ontdekte ik podcasting en naast vele Engelstalige podcasts, luister ik trouw naar Simek op podcast en verder de nodige VPRO programma's. Dat is het Nederland in mij. Ik heb altijd van goede radio gehouden, maar als de smaak zich ontwikkeld heeft, niet in het minst onder invloed van het Israëlische, dan komt dat vooral tot uitdrukking in mijn voorliefde voor Martin Simek. Er is iets dat ik in hem herken en dat hij in zijn interviews ook vaak uitdraagt. Dat is het hybride, de drager van de meervoudige identiteit, Nederlands, Tsjechisch en een vleugje Italiaans. Ik voel mee met dat beurtelings zich identificeren met Nederland en de Nederlandse cultuur en er meteen weer als een buitenstaander naar kijken.
Wat nu? Het programma bestaat nog steeds en is ook via het internet te beluisteren, maar sinds een aantal maanden wordt het gestreamd en niet meer als podcast gepubliceerd. De RVU legt uit dat er discussie is (over geld natturlijk!) of er nog wel doorgegaan moet worden met podcasting. Mij zijn ze als luisteraar hierdoor kwijt. Ik luister niet, gekluisterd aan de PC, de hele clou van radio en podcast is juist dat je intussen wat anders kunt doen. Autorijden, boodschappen, de tuin aanharken en de WC schoonmaken.
Vinden jullie ook dat Simek als podcast moet terugkomen? Mail simek@rvu.nl
Thursday, November 1, 2007
Irving poetry podcast
"John Irving & Chris Irving reading their poetry"; what more do you need? I am a great fan of novelist John Irving and when I was down with the Whiplash, I reread my favorite of his novels: A prayer for Owen Meany. So why not look for John Irving in a podcast?
Description of what I found says John Irving reading poems about etcetera. Chris Irving is supposed to read also. This is John's wife Christine, so it turns out and why wouldn't these be the John Irving I know and his wife? No siree!
They are more like characters from A prayer for Owen Meany. John Irving and Chris (Christine) Irving, are like the Rev. Dudley Wiggin and his wife Barb (Barbara) Wiggin, only they left the Episcopalian Church to become pagans. And they are no longer reinventing the Christmas Pageant, but instead engage in bland, free verse, they call poetry. Just as the Rev. Wiggin, Mr. Irving is a former pilot and has a warring influence in his language. Enough said. I am sure John Irving is his real name, but can you publicize your writing like this?
Description of what I found says John Irving reading poems about etcetera. Chris Irving is supposed to read also. This is John's wife Christine, so it turns out and why wouldn't these be the John Irving I know and his wife? No siree!
They are more like characters from A prayer for Owen Meany. John Irving and Chris (Christine) Irving, are like the Rev. Dudley Wiggin and his wife Barb (Barbara) Wiggin, only they left the Episcopalian Church to become pagans. And they are no longer reinventing the Christmas Pageant, but instead engage in bland, free verse, they call poetry. Just as the Rev. Wiggin, Mr. Irving is a former pilot and has a warring influence in his language. Enough said. I am sure John Irving is his real name, but can you publicize your writing like this?
Quality inside the multitude
The RSA (Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts) has lectures that apear among amny others on the UC podcast. In September they had a lecture titled The Great Digital Seduction. Speaker was Andrew Keen, author of The Cult of the Amateur: How Today`s Internet Is Killing Our Culture and Assaulting Our Economy. He argues that the internet`s so-called "democratization" of information and entertainment is resulting in the dumbing down of culture and the appearance of an increasingly powerful oligarchy of anonymous online activists.
In the ensuing discussion, all the flaws of the internet are discussed, but also is the internet defended as a new medium for culture and a harbinger of a new and possibly better culture. This is one of the most important discussions I have heard in ages. It also touches on the very heart of my blog's raison d'être. The internet has revolutionized radio and other forms of audio culture and I am actively looking for high quality expressions of audio culture in podcasts. I find them, together though, with the most horrifying platitudes.
I wonder whether in this respect the Internet as a medium is so different from anything else, especially on the free market side. Looking at all that is available outside the internet, whether writing, audio or visual - there is no small amount of pulp around there to wade through as well. So is it the internet itself to blame? Or is it what we make of it? And as such a repetition of what is in the human condition and in the condition of humankind, that the highest values are the ones most abused. Where any medium of expression, allowing for the greatest works of art, can produce utter slush. Where the discipline of science, together with great insight, gives us destructive technology and where religion, the cultural enterprise designed to elevate man, is so often used to oppress and destroy him?
In the ensuing discussion, all the flaws of the internet are discussed, but also is the internet defended as a new medium for culture and a harbinger of a new and possibly better culture. This is one of the most important discussions I have heard in ages. It also touches on the very heart of my blog's raison d'être. The internet has revolutionized radio and other forms of audio culture and I am actively looking for high quality expressions of audio culture in podcasts. I find them, together though, with the most horrifying platitudes.
I wonder whether in this respect the Internet as a medium is so different from anything else, especially on the free market side. Looking at all that is available outside the internet, whether writing, audio or visual - there is no small amount of pulp around there to wade through as well. So is it the internet itself to blame? Or is it what we make of it? And as such a repetition of what is in the human condition and in the condition of humankind, that the highest values are the ones most abused. Where any medium of expression, allowing for the greatest works of art, can produce utter slush. Where the discipline of science, together with great insight, gives us destructive technology and where religion, the cultural enterprise designed to elevate man, is so often used to oppress and destroy him?
52 podcasts reviewed
UPDATE: we now have 119 podcasts reviewed. (link)
It is the first of the month again and so I post in alphabetical order all podcasts I reviewed linked to the last post and relevant labels:
Thanks in advance,
Anne Frid de Vries (in one word)
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Yahoo DOT co DOT uk
It is the first of the month again and so I post in alphabetical order all podcasts I reviewed linked to the last post and relevant labels:
- 12 Byzantine Rulers, history podcast
- Arizona, University of: Introduction to Language, language
- Bike Radar, tour
- Bioethics podcast, science, law and society
- Biota Podcast, science
- Bommel Hoorspel, NL radio
- British History 101, history podcast
- CFR Podcast, law and society
- Dan Carlin's Hardcore History, history podcast
- David Kalivas' World History, history podcast
- From our own Correspondent, BBC
- Hannibal (Stanford U), history podcast
- Haring Podcast, NL radio
- Historical Jesus (Stanford U), history podcast יהדות
- History 167B, Berkeley history podcast
- History 4A, Berkeley history podcast
- History 5, Berkeley history podcast
- History according to Bob, history podcast
- History Network, history podcast
- In Our Time, In Our Time BBC (science) history podcast
- Interview Vrijdag, NL radio
- ITV, tour
- Jung Podcast, psychology
- KMTT, יהדות
- Marathon Interview, NL radio
- Matt's Today In History, history podcast
- Military History Podcast, history podcast
- Missing Link, history podcast science
- National Archives Podcast, history podcast
- Only in America, history podcast יהדות
- OVT, history podcast NL radio
- Oy Mendele!, יהדות
- Physics for future Presidents (Descriptive Physics), Berkeley science
- Philosophy 103
- Prosperity show
- Rav Dovid's, יהדות
- Rpgmp3
- the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, SGU science
- Šimek 's Nachts, simek NL radio
- Sonic Society, creative writing
- Speaking of Faith, יהדות
- Shrink Rap Radio, shrinkrapradio psychology
- Stanford U History, history podcast
- TdF London, tour
- The Word Nerds, TWN language
- University Channel Podcast, science
- Volkskrant Podcasts, tour
- Wise Counsel, Wise Counsel psychology
- the Writing Show, Writing Show language
- Wynyfryd's meditation room
- Your Purpose Centered Life
- zencast
Thanks in advance,
Anne Frid de Vries (in one word)
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Yahoo DOT co DOT uk
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