This article, which uses the word I coined–Gastrocast–some how misses the fact that A) I coined the term which everyone is so freely bandying about these days and B) I have a fairly respectible podcast which goes by that name–all about food. . . .. Hmmm????? WTF?? What really pisses me off though, I suppose apart from the fact that it is written by a local, whom I’ve met many times and contacted recently (who is also hosting a podcasting forum at the IACP Conference I will be attending next week. . . .), is the term "Cream of the Crop" By whose standards? How many people were involved in the decision and selection process. I could care less that I am not in the same category with them, but to create a classification of a genre without being all encompassing is a bit crass. I think I suggested something like forming a network of food podcasts and blogs a month or so ago on the show–but this ain’t what I had in mind. I was beginning to feel pretty shite about my efforts–like the mainstream might think I’m a bit of a joke or something. But thanks to Hoamer, this turned around my mood.
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A whole year of the gastrocast – you should be very proud. I’m proud of you my little pod-baby. Don’t let the buggers get you down – leave the grumbling about credit to the likes of Mr Winer.
We know who’s original and best!
Hey man, Thanks. And we know whom to blame. . .err, I mean Credit for the whole inception of the Podchef thingy!
Congrats, bye the way, about the whole vlog thing. That snowman was cool stuff.
Hey Neal, What a crapper. A local too!
I’ve been cooking less lately, so I haven’t had as much time as usual to listen to gastrocast (i listen to it when I cook of course).
But, it was your show that revealed to me the beautiful power of podcasting: gastrocast was so disarming, so laid back, so obviously a labour of love about a topic of love … and what appealed to *me* was that it falls so far outside of what our commercial media merchants tell us to listen to. It was something entirely different, something so much more attractive to me – but then I am not a very good measure of a lucrative market segment.
The Velvet Underground sold only a few thousand records, before they disbanded; and the Ramones never got real commercial success. We are, still, in the punk rock phase of podcasting …just. Even the old hands are getting better equipment, fancying up their shows, deepening their voices – I know I’ve done all those things with LibriVox. But I think wistfully back at the days of static, and mic pops. Most people don’t, I bet.
Anyway, not sure what I’m going on about. You are a pioneer at the front edge of food podcasting … whether some writer knows that or not.
hugh.