Poznan Radio

[imomus]

Hisae had to renew her visa, so we jumped aboard the Berlin-Warszawa Express and went to Poznan. It was my first trip to Poland. Here, in the form of a radio programme, are my first impressions. As a Polish pope dies Hisae and I watch Wong Kar Wai's 2046 in Cantonese with Polish subtitles, look at paintings, sit in cafes, admire the architecture, read design books, lie in the sun on the central square... and try to figure out why the local skinheads are wearing White Power Poland t-shirts when we can't see a single non-white person in town.

Poznan Radio (mono mp3 file, 39 mins 17 secs, 17.9MB)

Comments

[shadowblue.livejournal.com]

(now that I'm actually finished)

This is an excellent little travelogue-type way to sort of experience someplace where I probably will never be (at least, not for a long time), and gain some insight into the culture and feeling of a place, and also be amused by your observations of daily life.
I don't usually listen to 40 minute things, nor do I often listen to talk radio or the like -- I did listen to a multiple-episode NPR piece done by a British guy going up the old silk road (which is now some massive highway) from Beijing west, though. Radio and travelling seem to go together incredibly well.
If you don't do many more of these, you must at least encourage other suitable people to do so.

[imomus.livejournal.com]

a multiple-episode NPR piece done by a British guy going up the old silk road

Yeah, I love that sort of thing! I will certainly continue making these because, as you say, radio is weirdly evocative ("the pictures are better than TV", etc). If you haven't already seen it, there's a page of my past podcast wanderings here. (http://www.imomus.com/momusradio.html)

[shadowblue.livejournal.com]

I have not! This is excellent.

You should really have this in a dedicated RSS feed somewhere so people can truly put it in their podcast downloader software-things. The method is pretty well established now -- people have been podcasting for at least a month, it's a mature internet technology. The only other things I've seen podcasted have been Warren Ellis's series of mixtapes (which seem to be consistently not my style) and some occasional bloglike monologues on specific topics. I think something like this, on the other hand, really exploits the medium properly.

If it isn't as easily done as I think it is, and you'd like to do it and want any help with anything, I would be happy to set something up and/or write some little web scripts to make it smoother. Exponentially more powerful software seems to result in exponentially worse usability.

[imomus.livejournal.com]

That's a kind offer, could we discuss it further? My e mail is

momus(at)t-online.de