Thursday, December 07, 2006

Le Show

For a while I’ve been a fan of Le Show, a public radio program by Harry Shearer (he of The Simpsons and Spinal Tap fame), but it frustrates me because I always forget to listen on Sunday evenings. Plus, he’s on the “other,” red-headed step-child public radio station here in SLC, KCPW and I’m a KUER fellow. Twain shall never meet. SLC is a bit of an odd duck. Nestled here in the reddest state in the union are not one, but TWO high quality public radio stations. And even though their begging during pledge drives borders on Sally Struthers’ levels of pathetic, they both seem to be thriving.

Anyway, Le Show is great. Tune in if you get a chance. I was just thinking this morning on my way to work, “Hey I bet Le Show is offered in a convenient podcast format! I think I’ll subscribe the second after I sit down at my desk, even before I take my coat off and tear into my toasted asiago bagel!”

But NO! Not only is Le Show not offered in a free and convenient podacst format, the dang thing is an “audio book” and each show costs real coin per episode, but you can’t even buy it at the US iTunes Music Store!

See:

So all of us US fans are forced to either pay for the show in a foreign currency (though, please note from that screen grab that prices are still listed in dollars), or we have to suffer with Real Player . . . buffering . . . or we have to suffer with RealPlayer and the horror that are “smil” and “rm” files. icky.

If I didn’t think it’d be whiny and weird, I’d start a petition.

Favorite Entries

If you are new around here, the following entries have been reasonably well received. You might want to peruse these.

• Help Wanted
• From the Office of Mis-directed Email
• A Word from the Small Person in the House
• RNT Product Review: Chocolate Mix Skittles Left Me Sterile!
• Jon’s Report Card circa… A Long Time Ago
• Dear Gratuitously Naked Conversationalist at the Gym:
• A Peek Inside the Writer’s Guild and Producers’ Negotiations
• We Regret the Error
• Letters from a Homeowner to His General Contractor
• What I Did There
• Hermaphrodite Administrative Assistants and Receptionists Need Not Apply
• Giving Me an IM Account Was Obviously a Huge Mistake
• Official Ransom Note Typography Vista vs. Mac OS X Shootout
• I Need a Real Hobby
• Beat Down
• Big Fat Lies
• True Love
• Now MY Ovaries Hurt
• Don’t Get Her Started
• Disturbing Trend
• Had to do it
• Mooshy stuff
• Ransom Note Typography End User License Agreement “EULA”
• Diva-licious!
• Just so we’re clear
• PETA may have a point

Holy Crap! Look at all this STUFF down here. It's awesome!

Really, I'm glad you made it down here. Almost no one ever comes down here. I'm like in a freaking dungeon down here. I get lonely. But not you. YOU made it all the way to the end of the page. For this I think I've a little crush on you. I don't know, is "love" to strong a word to use in this situation? Well, if it's not "love," then it's very strong "like." I'm totally in like with you for coming down here. You are awesome. Please love me back! I know, I know, I shouldn't be all needy, it's not attractive at all, but you don't know how it is to be stuck down here. Who scrolls all the way to the end of a page anymore these days? Anyway, thanks for shedding some light down here in the depths. I appreciate it. Shoot me an email and I'll send you a dollar, OK?

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