3026736, Co-sign all of this. Posted by dillinjah, Fri Sep-04-20 02:48 PM
>Just another co-sign on how good this podcast is. To the >degree that, as fun as it is to listen to, it also feels a bit >like a historical document. It could be typed up, edited, and >published and be just as good as a book, and not dissimilar to >those volumes of conversations between Peter Bogdanavich and >Orson Welles or Francois Truffaut and Alfred Hitchcock (except >hip-hop, obviously). > >It makes me think about how much hip-hop history exists in the >experiences of the people who lived it and how, as those >individuals pass, there may be a lot of information lost if it >isn't successfully archived. It's not like we don't have >plenty of good books about the subject, but each book can only >cover a limited scope, depending on the context. Paul is >super-interesting as an individual and for the sake of his own >work, which is far more stellar than his self-deprecation >would have you believe, but he also offers tons of good >insights and information on others he encountered along the >way. And that's *so* valuable. > >Others have been saying how good of a host Open Mike Eagle is, >and this is true. Paul's interesting in his own right, but >Mike's interest and enthusiasm for the subject - with >well-placed, knowledgeable prompts - influences the appeal of >the show. Dry-ass overly-amateur podcasters can kill even the >most interesting of subjects.
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