Sidepodcast

Daily: 15th August 2009

It's the weekend, and also Carl Edwards birthday today. He's a NASCAR driver, I know, but we seem to be branching out all the time, so that shouldn't worry you. Here are some of the other things we're talking about:

• We've put up an impromptu podcast, taking the moderately time-sensitive interview we did with Gavin for Sidepodradio. As he mentions some 'recent' blog posts, we thought it wouldn't be fair to leave it until the revised date in September. Therefore, enjoy Gavin's thoughts on blogging, and let us know if you'd like to take part.
• RG has set up a wiki page with information about your Last.fm profiles. If you're a user of the music-sharing site, then update the page and let us know where to find you. We are still having the Last.fm vs. Spotify discussion as well, so if you have thoughts on that, please chime in.
• We've been having lots of fun over the last couple of days with various methods of live streaming. If you're near a computer, it's worth having the playground page open, as you never know when someone is going to go live. Equally, let us know if you've got a live stream that could be included on there.

That'll do it for now. Lovely Saturday is here, so let us know what you're up to as ever. I will see you in the comments.

People Who Listen to Sidepodcast, Also Listen To...

Not so long ago we discovered the online music recommendation site last.fm had introduced the ability to create "groups", or areas on the site for like minded individuals to share musical tastes and ideas.

Given that we're prone to signing up to anything with a login button, we created a Sidepodcast Music Group, admittedly with no real clue as to what use it might serve.

Quickly however, this proved to be something of a special idea. In essence, anyone with a last.fm account can join the group which allows you to take part in audio related discussions and to see what other Sidepodcast listeners are enjoying at any particular moment in time.

That's all well and good, but the really cool feature the group offers is that any songs you listen to get added to the weekly Sidepodchart - calculated every Sunday, as all good music charts should be. Having a chart gives us a good idea of what tracks people who listen and contribute to the show also consume, as well as highlighting those who actually have some taste when it comes to music.

There are currently 18 members in the group, including ourselves, and after about three weeks The Beatles top the chart which also features, Beck, Kings of Leon and The Ting Tings. Wonderful stuff but clearly none of those are our doing.

If you're interested in seeing what the F1 community listens to, check out last.fm/group/sidepodcast, and why not sign up while you're there?