Murmur - Episode #8 - Beatles Rock Band, The New Beatles CDs, Reality TV, and What We're Reading

Murmur.com Podcast

September 29, 2009 - Murmur staffers Conor Kilpatrick, Josh Flanagan, Paul Montgomery and Jim Mroczkowski get together to talk about a whole mess of topics from across the Murmur spectrum. Along the way there are fond memories of Kozmo.com, Josh tells sordid tales from the set of Junkyard Wars, and Jim slags off Josh's favorite author! Tech: 00:01:13 - Everybody gets to be a Beatle in Beatles Rock Band, where there is no booing no matter how badly you play. Music: 00:14:06 - The remastered Beatles CDs are super groovy! 00:20:05 - Jim's article, "Talk Amongst Ourselves: Does Music Matter" is discussed. The answer is no. No, wait -- yes. Maybe? Television: 00:30:17 - Josh gives a passionate defense of the genre in his article "Calling Reality TV Stupid is Stupid". Literature: 00:42:59 - Kelly Stephenson's article, "Top of the Stack: Fall 2009" inspires everyone to take a hard look at their stacks. 00:43:42 - What's Paul reading? 00:46:35 - What's Josh reading? 00:48:07 - What's Jim reading? 00:50:09 - What's Conor reading? 00:51:21 - Conor read the entire Harry Potter saga over the summer and everyone chimes in. 00:53:25 - Jim and Josh might have to resort to pistols at dawn over Neal Stephenson. Follow everyone on goodreads! Become friends with Conor, Josh, Paul and Jim!