I call it podcastus interruptus.
I’m in New York City this week. I appreciate all of the people that sent me emails and DM’s wishing me a good vacation – the problem is, I’m not on vacation (and believe me, if I was I probably wouldn’t have picked NYC to kill some leisure time). No, I’m in New York City working at Advertising Week, specifically, I’m working on the official streaming radio station of Advertising Week.
The whole thing is sponsored by Clear Channel and their nifty iheartradio thing so technically I’m working with them, even though in my own mind they’re “the enemy” – big dumb money, big dumb decisions, big dumb everything – basically a lot of nice people that are nothing more than cogs in a machine, and everyone knows if you put enough nice cogs together you get one terribly inefficient machine.
Is it fun? I guess it’s ok. It’s not like hangin’ out at Sassy’s but it pays the bills. Moreover, I’ve received enough of an education in what NOT to do with my life today alone that the experience is valuable to say the least. If I were to apply the PDX.FM model to what they’re doing at Clear Channel/iheartradio I’m willing to bet they’d be saving millions every quarter though and that’s where things get a little… conflicted. If this is big business, then it’s no wonder “old media” is screwed. Insert tirade of bitter radio disappointment here.
Anyway, that’s the story – I’m heading back on Saturday. Until then I’m going to do my best to continue with Portland Sucks whenever I can, maybe by phone if time allows, or just do odd little one-off podcasts like I did in place of the show this morning.
Thanks for stickin’ around and remember, you live in the best fucking city in the world.
PS: I forgot to answer the “why?” in the post title above. The answer is “money”, because I’m a bit of a whore like that, and you would be too.
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I’ve never been to New York City. I’ve been to Buffalo, New York, but I guess that’s like going to Mayberry, NY. So, at least you’re not stuck in some little town… doin nothin.
Cheers man. I know it’s not your vacation or even your first choice but, damn I would love to hit NYC. Take care & can’t wait for some crazy stories from the Big Apple.
Thanks man. There’ll be plenty of stories along the way. There’s already enough for half a novel I think. Weird place. This is either the 3rd or 4th time I’ve been here, can’t remember, but yeah – I’m not knocking it when I say there’s no place else quite like it and that’s probably a good thing – not knocking it at all. I think our planet could really only sustain one NYC.