 Saturday, June 28 – Episode #37  Click image to go to No Agenda. |
This Episode’s Show Notes By KD Martin:
From the Curry Manor in the UK and smoky San Franciso, it’s No Agenda! Let’s start with a Skype delay and Nelson Mandela’s 90th birthday party in London. What’s up in Zimbabwe? John wants a brick of Zimbabwe money. Adam needs to post his Super8 movie footage from his 3 years in Uganda. John questions Adam’s claim of 60,000,000 sales of new cell phones / mo. in India and Africa.
Now were off to… Jamaica? Adam’s sold. How about a rent house for $40,000 a month? John wonders if you can load it up with frat boys and get your money’s worth, but there’s one problem. As an argument ensues, we discover what advantages John has with contributing editors to his blog. Flickr sucks? This turns into a wonderful word war. Here’s the link to Adam’s “Lady Patricia.”
New cameras with GPS chipsets are cool – the camera will even tell you altitude, azimuth and compass heading. Adam enjoys the new online charts and 3D pictures of airports for navigation. How does this move to our rights, Britney Spears, Amy Whitehouse and our privacy? We quickly switch to Adam’s interest in a new airplane, a Cirrus jet. [Ed. This is one sweet aircraft].
From aviation we spin into the “Enron Loophole” and out-and-out corruption in the “awl bidness.” Should there be laws against oil speculation and futures contracts? Adam’s latest Source Code netcast and interview with Viviane Reding is quite interesting. This leads into threats of legislation and regulation of telephone charges, text messaging, etc. Adam learns a new word?
More from John on the pricing of mobile telecom services. Adam rants on marketing for mobile networks vs. pricing on phones. John agrees and brings up the ridiculous plans and indecipherable billing. “Buy a burner.” Do kids use phones for anything besides text messaging?
Adam claims radio in the UK is still very good and takes the place of netcasts. John discusses radio in the US and why netcasting is so popular. Does John listen to sports talk radio and right wing talk shows? Adam lists his favorite BBC radio programs and netcasts, which do sound interesting. John wonders why some people get hooked on these shows.
The key to interesting radio or netcasting is energy, it’s difficult to get energized every day, according to Adam. Where is No Agenda the next 2 weeks? On Sunday. When you lose a listener, do the old rules apply? John brings up Phil Spector and his lectures on the hit singles business. “Two dogs and you’re out!”
Off we go to Phoenix AZ and the Mexican Army. The drug war has come to the US and involves a US Congressman. John’s trip to Brazil makes us want to buy bulletproof cars. Adam’s Uncle gives some sage advice about Korea and the bad press on American beef. John makes us hungry for some Korean food. How do we get salmonella from tomatoes? You may not want to know.
Just where is this tomato from? Best quote: “We’re not eating iPods.” Let’s rant about Monsanto and others. Why aren’t these drugged cows labeled? Countries in South America are banning genetically modified “stuff,” but farmers are getting it anyway from neighbor’s pollen, and guess what? It’s all patented! Prediction: Here come the lawsuits.
Cue the closing credits — We hope you enjoy the show!
No Agenda
Running time: approx. 123 mins.
It’s okay that a blog is not completely personal. And it’s okay Adam Curry has perfect hair or was that pictures of it. In other news nap time.
#1 – Ojo del Tigre
Hey, I like the NA podcast. Very informative and entertaining.
Although I would recommend to Mr. C. Dvorak that he invest in an ISDN connection. That Skype thing has too many dropouts, and when it’s not dropping out, it either sounds like you’ve had a stroke (slow, slurred speech) or you’ve been inhaling helium (talkingwaytoofast).
And Mr. Curry rocks. Plus, he doesn’t seem to get the same voice distortion thing going on.
I thought Mr. Curry’s comment about the “thirty ass-licking lackeys”, who post things for Mr. Dvorak on his blog, was not particularly kind.
Which one is “clinically insane?”
Sleep is not a bad thing.
John C. Dvorak and Adam Curry’s No Agenda podcast puts me to sleep in minutes. A third of my life may be spent sleeping. Sometimes getting to sleep quickly has tremendous benefits, such as an early rise for a new day.
At the ending of episode #37, June 28, 2008, the talkative pair questioned, “ . . . how anyone could listen to this shit for two hours.” I wake at night, and if I bother to check, the media player has gone on to another episode, or further, and I only listened to a few minutes of one episode. The secret seems to be no attention grabbing introduction music ever playing. I have tried using other podcasts to ease me to sleep in the past. The podcast music wakes me before I might normally awaken.
I would subscribe at twenty-nine cents per episode. I get insomnia when I wake to John and Adam talking about how they could make money from listeners. There must be someone out there who knows Warren Buffet or some other super rich person that could sponsor the sleepy time talk.
Sleep is not a bad thing.