Check out this really cool podcast!

Melanie · Post by **Melanie** » Mon May 08, 2006 6:00 am

Hi everyone...I'm a longtime lurker. I think this is only about the 3rd time I've actually had anything to say.

If anybody is familiar with iTunes and podcasts, I just found the coolest thing. The name of the podcast is "Irish and Celtic Music Podcast." I'm sort of new to the world of podcasts, so this really impressed me. Hey, free music!

Here is the website that goes along with it:

http://www.celticmusicpodcast.com/

emmline · Post by **emmline** » Mon May 08, 2006 6:17 am

I shall have to explore this when I have time. Sadly, the only iPods in the family belong to teenagers.
I must say though, that the quasi-Medieval Times fellow at the top of the page gives me pause!

djm · Post by **djm** » Mon May 08, 2006 6:42 am

Its as Celtic as Austin, Texas. Oh dear, there's that "C" word again.

djm

mukade · Post by **mukade** » Mon May 08, 2006 7:58 am

Welcome to the group.

But the guy who runs that site produces godawful stuff like this

http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/mgtdtc2/from/celtic/

And a godawful Irish accent to go with it.

Mukade

Melanie · Post by **Melanie** » Mon May 08, 2006 8:55 am

Yes, all this is true, but still.....FREE!

Cynth · Post by **Cynth** » Mon May 08, 2006 9:14 am

Hi Melanie--I don't have an iPod or what ever it is

but I'm sure that music beats a lot of other podcasts, whatever those are. I guess I should get with the times but it all seems so complicated. You should come out of lurking more often!

fearfaoin · Post by **fearfaoin** » Mon May 08, 2006 9:25 am

You don't actually need an iPod to listen to a Podcast. They're just
mp3 files, which you can download and play with any mp3 player
on your computer (like Winamp or Windows Media Player).

Marc Gunn is a member of the Brobdingnagian Bards, who play
the Texas Renaissance Faire. They seem to be equally interested in
humor and historical accuracy (if not more so), which is cool with me.

mukade · Post by **mukade** » Mon May 08, 2006 9:51 am

I am sorry to sound grouchy about it, but this stuff really grates on me.

It is to Irish, Scottish and English culture what blacked-up minstrel shows were to black culture - a pale, sometimes painful, imitation.

Historical accuracy does not come into it.

Mukade

fearfaoin · Post by **fearfaoin** » Mon May 08, 2006 10:57 am

mukade wrote:Historical accuracy does not come into it.

The "Historical accuracy" I mentioned was reffering to their
Renaissance Faire performances, and had nothing to do with
the podcast, which I have not heard.

Sorry you don't like the music in the podcast... clearly some
people do despite the non-traditionalness.