17
Jul
2009
Film101: Award-Eligible Podcast Snubbed!
Recently, Rich Albertoni wrote a very good article about local podcasts for Isthmus. Given my penchant for hyperbole, “very good” is a scathing critique from my keyboard. Why, I gave a review of eight of ten multiple orgasms to the week-old fries I found under my couch last night. This so-called piece of journalism claims to discuss local culture in the podcast era, yet fails to mention our very own semi-professional, not-technicaly-illegal Film101.
What’s the deal, Albertoni? Or should I say, Alber-phony?! Do you think we do this podcast for fun? Why do you think I spend literally dozens of minutes every couple weeks to bring the best in local cinema to Dane County? I didn’t go to film school, fail to get a job in Hollywood, and spend my day job hours reviewing movies and crying into my beer for this.
Hurtfully, it even features Sunspot, a fantastic local rock band featured on our first podcast – or maybe it was our second; I don’t know, I’m too busy journalizing to check my facts. We know Sunspot! We kidnapped Sunspot, goddammit, and forced them to record tracks for our musical interludes. Granted, the tracks were already recorded and the “microphone” I forced them to sing into was actually Adam Schabow’s rolled up old socks. But still, we kidnapped them in a cool, Sunspotty-kind of way. We were totally interactive with them and tried to get them involved in the process, and conducted polls on how the fans wanted us to torture them. But that’s not the point.
The point is, Rich Alber-waytosnubusyoudirtysoandso, Film101 is the most informative, dangerous, polished, and not-technically-illegal podcast on all of Dane101, and maybe other places, too. In-depth movie reviews, a new local band every podcast, local cinema reviews and interviews, original comedy pieces, and listener content all combine to make for what my wife calls, “Uh, yeah, I listened to it; it was great…”
Isthmus should be ashamed for allowing such a gross oversight, but I’m sure they’re too busy bathing in Cristal and polishing their diamond-studded grills to notice a no-budget operation like this one. I’m literally stewing in rage (I add beef broth, potatoes, and carrots to the rage to give it a hearty consistency) over this. But since Isthmus requires accounts to comment – what are you trying to hide, Isthmus?! – I have to vent here in my homeland, to the literally dozens of readers that occasionally glance at my comedy pieces.
I vow to fight this battle to the bitter, drunken end, until Film101 is featured in Isthmus, or until I drunkenly take on a new foe, in which case I will fight that battle to the bitter, drunken end! Do you hear me, as-yet-to-be-determined new foe? I will not stand for this! Film101 is a culturual institution! This is America!? I -
article edited for brevity and decency
