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November 03, 2004
Podcast Review: Hardcore Insomnia Radio
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4 stars
, I subscribe
, Podcast Review
Format: music radio show
Content: wide variety of lesser know music
Rating: 
What I'm going to do: subscribe
Typical Length: typically 30 - 40 minutes
Jason Evangelho spins some more really great music; this is the second music podcast that's been 'casting music that all appeals to me. Jason and Funtime Ben are now my official work-day soundtrack (it's hard to listen to spoken word stuff and still let the lines and lines of beautiful, efficient code flow from my fingertips).
Jason's been working really hard to get his podcast up to snuff and it's really been worth it. His latest 'cast is head and shoulders above the others, which were all pretty good as well. His vocal level is typically well balanced - I don't need to adjust the volume on my player much at all for the most part. Jason's voice has a lot of presence in the podcasts, but there is a little bit too much reverb in the vocal track (don't know if that's a mix problem or an environmental problem). There's also a little too much treble for my tastes, but not enough to distract from the music. Occasionally there's the slightest bit of distortion at the top level both of the music and the vocals, but it's hard to tell if that comes from the music source or from the mix and it's rare. He's also chosen to broadcast every 'cast at 128mbps, which is fine but means for larger files.
Jason finds out a lot about the bands he plays and always gives plenty of information to the listeners, both his own views and more objective information (where he found the music, the musical style, band history and influence, etcetera). His delievery is for the most part comfortable, with only the slightest of hesitations.
One thing that I don't like, though I understand why he'd want to do this, is that Jason only feeds .torrent files of his shows. That's great for him, and for podcatchers using an iPod client, but it means that it's kind of a hassle to retreive older files, especially using the newest release of the iPodder client (which I dislike, by the way). The only other thing I'd like to hear from Jason is the approximate lengths of the tracks he's playing; he does this occasionally, but I'd like to see it on every track.
Subscribe to mp3s.
Update; 2004-11-21:
Jason at Insomnia Radio: Powered by iPodio posted a comment and sent me an email regarding his podcast.
He's changed the name to Insomnia Radio and has changed his principle feed to mp3's.
You can see his comments at Insomnia Radio: Powered by iPodio: Torrent vs. mp3; NEW Show Name!
The new subscription link is here.
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Posted by cori at November 3, 2004 06:45 AM