podcasts that is. Well, Cast On specifically.
(note: entry written last week, just not posted...)
I have to admit, I’m obsessed with (listening to) Brenda Dayne. After my initial reservations about the show, I’ve passed the threshold into addiction. I wish there was a show every day to listen to during my “sit” at (my in-car office at) the beach. Last week (well, tonight, too) we drove down to the Pizza Kitchen, a favorite after-swimming-lessons routine for us (with a trip to the LEGO store following pizza and then a stop at Starbucks for the drive home). Both boys were asleep in the car, so I had M listen to an episode of Cast-On for the first time. Actually, I guess it was her first podcast, which is funny. She's always been hooked on audiobooks in the car, and I've never been able to listen to an audiobook. My mind drifts. So, it's ironic that I'm the one with an iPod (okay, she bought it for me) and the one dabbling in podcast listening. Anyway, she got to listen that night. It was #12, and that one is a bit different, but I still think she enjoyed it, and it gave her a sense of what the buzz is about. (I still have to check my magazine boxes and see if I have the Interweave Fall 2001. I have to see those fingerless gloves she was talking about having made her son. They sound incredible!)
It’s her voice. That’s all there is to it. She’s got an amazing voice. Saturday, I (halfway) listened to the recent KnitCast which has sort of a roundtable with some of the major knit/fiber podcasters, and I was struck again by how wonderful Dayne’s voice is. Juxtaposed to the other podcasters in the interview, the “difference” was dramatic (I think Irshad has a good voice, too; just different than Dayne's). I tried listening to a few other podcasts this week, too, but none of them have the same voice. It’s not just her voice, of course, not "just..." I love the show itself and the way she handles it and what she says, and I love the essays. I love it when she’s talking sort of reflectively about herself, her life, her knits. I love the tidbits of her life that come creeping through the edges of the show. I love that she’s sometimes distracted by what she sees going on outside her window as she’s podcasting. So, I’m hooked.
We’re taking a quick road trip to Mendocino this weekend. (We bought a night’s stay at last year’s school auction, and it expires March 1. Somehow we didn’t realize how hard it would be to plan and make even a short trip last year.) I’m hoping to listen to the early shows with M so she can catch up. I think she’ll really enjoy them, too.
Tonight, I'm actually out downloading a bunch of other podcasts to try, too, hoping to find a few other staples to keep me always with a fresh podcast to listen to! Anyone else hooked? What do you listen to? Anything "great" you'd suggest off knitting?
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