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0 Episode 122 – Bennett Wadekamper & James Wheeler
This week, Dan and Adam are joined by Bennett and James to discuss iTunes Radio’s leap to the No. 3 most used music streaming service, a band that has come up with a new way to get extra royalties from Spotify, and the WWE streaming service. From there, they play “Build a Title”.
Taped at The Wheels Brewing Co. Studio, Minneapolis, MN on March 25, 2014.
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Click here to listen: Episode 122 – 3/25/14 feat. Bennett Wadekamper & James Wheeler
0 Episode 117 – Steven “Frank” Frankenfield & Jon Shrader
This week, Dan and Adam are joined by Frank and Jon to discuss tons of current streaming news. They talk about the third season of “House of Cards”, Netflix vs. HBO, and Spotify vs. Pandora. From there, they play another round of “Movie Bluff”.
Taped at The Wheels Brewing Co. Studio, Minneapolis, MN on February 11, 2014.
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Click here to listen: Episode 117 – 2/11/14 feat. Steven “Frank” Frankenfield & Jon Shrader
0 Episode 97 – Julia Schmitt & Bennett Wadekamper
They discuss Pandora’s drop of the 40-hour listener cap for mobile users, and audio streaming habits. Adam, Julia and Bennett go head-to-head-to head in “Movie Bluff”.
Taped at The Wheels Brewing Co Studio, Minneapolis, MN on August 27, 2013.
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Click here to listen: Episode 97 – 08/27/13 feat. Julia Schmitt & Bennett Wadekamper
0 Episode 90 – Jeff Becklund & Elizabeth Eckman
Jeff and Izzy join Dan and Adam for their first respective appearances in the Wheels Brewing Co. Studio to discuss the Pink Floyd/Pandora debacle, plus some new and renewed streaming content. They also take their first swings at “Movie Bluff”
Taped at The Wheels Brewing Co Studio, Minneapolis, MN on June 25, 2013.
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Click here to listen: Episode 90 – 06/25/13 feat. Jeff Becklund & Elizabeth Eckman
0 Adam’s Weekly Video Picks – Vol. 7
When you’ve spent as many days without seeing the sun as we have here in the great state of Minnesota the past few weeks, it can be challenging to maintain a good mood. Â Given my current employment in the customer service sector, I know this as well as anyone. Â It’s times like these that what you really need is a good laugh…
1. Â Dragonball Z Abridged – Season 1
Even if you’re not a Dragonball Z fan, you’ll find plenty of laughs here. Â Think of Dragonball Z as the plate on which this heaping helping of hilarity is served.
2. Â “Creating Customs” Visits Local Motors
If the laughs above didn’t tickle your fancy, maybe you need to see something awesome. Â Enter the Rally Fighter! Â It’s one of the coolest cars out there and the story behind how this car was designed and built by a community is remarkable – a unique approach to the car market.
3. Â How Iron Man 3 Should Have Ended
It’s pretty safe to assume that those of you who are going to see Iron Man 3 have seen it already, so here’s How It Should Have Ended with… how it should have ended.  Check out the rest of their videos!
4. Â Start a Mumford Band – Key of Awesome
This was one of the featured videos from YouTube’s comedy week. Â I gotta admit, after watching this and hearing a Mumford-style folk song on the radio, they hit the nail right on the head.
That should do for now! Â Stay tuned for next week!
0 Episode 79 – Katie Best & Bennett Wadekamper
Katie and Bennett stop by to chat with Dan and Adam about cruises, Pandora, “Mad Men” on Netflix, “The Artist”, and more! Dan continues to discover worth-while content on YouTube, so he mentions that too. Then, they play a round of “Movie Bluff”.
Taped at The Wheels Brewing Co Studio, Minneapolis, MN on April 9, 2013.
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Click here to listen: Episode 79 – 04/09/13 feat. Katie Best & Bennett Wadekamper
0 Episode 74 – 02/27/13 feat. Katie Best & Steve “Frank” Frankenfield
This week, Dan and Adam are joined by Steve “Frank” Frankenfield (@SGFrankie) and Katie Best (@BestBug) in the studio to occasionally give honorable mention to streaming content while running many a tangent.
Taped at The Wheels Brewing Co Studio, Minneapolis, MN on February 27, 2013.
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Click here to listen: Episode 74 – 02/27/13 feat. Katie Best & Steve “Frank” Frankenfield
0 Episode 69 – 01/23/13 feat. Connor Boran & Emily Dyess
Connor and Emily join Dan and Adam in the studio to live by Buffering’s law and discuss streamables. And such. Dan throws down a big list of recognizable movies coming to Netflix in February, and there’s a compare and contrast between Pandora and Spotify. From there, the group jumps into a round of Movie Bluff. And there were good times had by all.
Taped at The Wheels Brewing Co Studio, Minneapolis, MN on January 23, 2013.
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Click here to listen: Episode 69 – 01/23/13 feat. Connor Boran & Emily Dyess
0 Episode 63 – 12/05/12 feat. John Egan & James Wheeler
James joins Dan and Adam in the studio, while John joins via Skype from Green Bay, WI. Unfortunately, there were a few tech issues regarding the connection, but we still had a solid episode overall. John and James mention what they’ve been streaming lately, and everyone discusses Disney’s partnership with Netflix. After a break, we jump right in to Movie Bluff.
Taped at The Wheels Brewing Co Studio, Minneapolis, MN on December 5, 2012.
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Click here to listen: Episode 63
0 Soundtrack your life with Songza
Originally, the article was going to include a sub-title: “Why don’t you have Songza yet?”, because, really, why don’t you have Songza yet?
During a conversation in Episode 62, Matt Walstead mentioned that he was using Songza (www.songza.com) as one of his recent primary streaming services, and based on his description, I decided to investigate.
I had mentioned Songza on the show before, from a news story long past (most likely a launch story, or something of the like), but I had never played around with the iPhone app or the web site.
It’s AMAZING. It’s what a song discovery service SHOULD be. It’s the contextualizing of music into the rest of your life, based on “Playlists by Music Experts”, as the site claims, and, honestly, they are not giving the playlist generators enough credit.
For example, there are SEVEN different ways you access these playlists, including lists based on Genre, Activities, Moods, Decades, and Culture. After messing around with this app, I’ve determined my favorite playlist group is aptly named Record-Store Clerk, as its suggestions of playlist sub-groups include “Dance Music That’s Not Assaultive”, “Indie Music That’s Not Too Weird”, “Mustache Music (Or: Cool In The ’70s)”, and “This Will Piss Your Parents Off”. It really is that organization of music that you expect to find in the hipper realms of metropolitan areas, in the mostly deserted record shop where the staff knows exactly what you’re looking for, based on the two notes stuck in your head.
ON TOP OF THAT, there’s MORE. I know what you’re thinking: “But Dan, there are TOO many features already. This is too good to be true.” And you would be wrong, generic infomercial seeded audience member. For there’s the Concierge service. Based on time of day, with a dash of societal paradigms, the Concierge service will suggest genres FOR you. For example, I am writing this on a Friday night, and the Concierge is offering me the following options: “Bedtime”, “A Sweaty Dance Party”, “Pre-Gaming with Friends”, “Putting on Your Party Dress”, “Creating a Cool Atmosphere”, and “Unwinding”. Seeing as I already have my Party Dress on, in a manner of speaking, I went with the Cool Atmosphere one, and, as a result, it is narrowing down the tunes I should listen to into ANOTHER six categories, this time based on genre.
I spent the work day today bombing through the multitudes of dubstep available, to give it an honest chance, and I was really impressed by the volumes of music available in these playlists. But that’s the catch that I’ve mentioned a number of times: it’s a pre-set collection of playlists. You don’t experience the flexibility of Pandora’s lists, or the “control EXACTLY what you want to hear” of Spotify, but when used properly, it fits comfortably into most situations.
Like most streaming music sites these days, there is a social media aspect included, where everyone on Facebook knows you’re listening to the “Cry Yourself to Sleep” playlist, unless you disable the feature. It isn’t as invasive as Spotify’s “POST EVERY TRACK” setting, but it’s also not a feature I’d actively seek out.
There are also a few extra clock-related features, where you can set a specific playlist to start playing as an alarm at a certain time, and the ability to play music while displaying the app’s built in clock, but they aren’t anything to write home about. I imagine you could go through the Concierge service (which you can also set different days of the weeks, and times of day, kind of like looking at future traffic on Google Maps) and set certain appropriate playlists to pop up when you expect to be commuting to work, or doing housework, or what have you.
Right. So it’s great, right? Now let’s get down to brass tack. It’s available for iPhone, Android, Kindle, and computers for free (with clickable, but not audible, ads). So far, I’ve played with the iPhone app and the web site, and the user interface is nice. Not too complicated to navigate; not to noisy to sift through. “Nice” is really the most appropriate word for it. It also has the Pandora “You’ve Skipped Too Many Tracks For Now, But If You Switch Over To Another Playlist, You Can Keep Skipping” license restrictions, but with the number of playlists available, this shouldn’t hold you back.
I don’t think it’ll replace my iCloud use, or the occasional Spotify use, but I do think this may replace Pandora in my eyes, at least until I exhaust the playlists I am actually interested in hearing. I say it’s worth checking out to see how well the Concierge matches your moods, and to laugh at some of the playlists and categories. It’s not like it’ll cost you anything. I’m with the folks on the Apple App Store: 5 Stars for this one.
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