Sellout

The return of my parents from an overseas holiday brought groans that the house is not as clean as they would have liked and gifts of a shiny new Ipod Classic. After resisting for so long and pretending I was above the grip of the Apple juggernaut, I have joined the inflated ego world of Apple users and no my shit does not stink!

So ofcourse what any good Apple slave does when they recieve an Ipod is to log onto the Itunes store and purchase some mp3s, mp4s, audiobooks, podcasts and a whole host of other things we don't need.

Before I delve into my main point, a side note for you all... Why is it in the world of sophisticated phones, playstations, xboxes and all the rest that there are people stupid enough to buy games to play on their Ipods? You have this circle clicker and a a button or two to press yet somehow people think there are games interesting enough to pay money for... it baffles the mind i think.

Back to my main point.

Now whilst being disgusted at my obedience to the corporate world, I did find browsing on the Itunes store a tad exciting. Ofcourse anyone who is more familiar with the whole process; you get an ipod, you download itunes which in turn gives you monkey simple access to the itunes store which you hopefully access via your mac computer (which i did not).

This brought me into the wonderful world of Audiobooks and podcasts. Flight of the conchords are a perfect example of the exposure you get from lending your brand to the podcasting apple machine.

Moving on.

Audiobooks grabbed my attention greatly and i became quite refreshed by the idea of downloading books and having them read to me whilst I conduct my day to day drag at work.

This all lead me to find "The Ricky Gervais Show".

Alongside his friends Karl Pilkington and Stephen Merchant, Ricky Gervais just ponders random (often pointless) facts about the world with his two partners in crime. It's all very Derek and Clive, without the drugs or heavy swearing but it is none the less side slapping at times. Whilst I must say Ricky Gervais is fast becoming the funniest man on the planet in my opinion, this little podcast does serve to demonstrate his ability to take a backward step and really allow the deadpan comedy of Karl Pilkington to take centre stage.

It all moulds together well for some good old fashioned laughs and something I'd highly recommend you check out.

NOW

Normally here at whiteboydancefloor we aim to give you something to download from our very site. However I am going to embrace my new found sell out status and merely appeal this post to those royal enough to be Itunes / Ipod frequenters. If you head to Itunes Store and search for the "Ricky Gervais Show" there is three seasons (which translates to hours and hours) of comedy gold for you to check!

Now i think of it, I suppose any of these upper class snooty Itunes people worth their salt would have already got the downlow on all three seasons already. But still, maybe you've been too busy making high powered business decisions and commenting on your thoughts regarding the entire collection of Andre Rieu.

Until next time my fellow narrow minded fudge-maccers.