With another strong episode under its belt, WWWS continues to make a compelling case for its place among the great institutions of modern broadcasting. Whether this latest instalment quite reaches the heights of 306 remains open to debate, but the show is clearly operating at a level that would have seemed wildly optimistic a few episodes ago. The Last Great Podcast Of The Modern Era is gathering momentum. Independent verification remains unavailable.
First up, What’s Dumb This Week returns with another news story demonstrating that the world continues to provide material that would be difficult to invent and even harder to explain. The facts are presented. The absurdity speaks for itself. Journalism, in its own peculiar way, continues to do the heavy lifting.
Then it’s time to open Harold Winthrop’s Musical Junk Drawer, where forgotten musical history and assorted sonic curiosities are retrieved from the archives and placed before an audience that may or may not have asked for them. Harold’s collection continues to grow. The case for throwing any of it away remains unresolved.
Tubesox follows with another Top 10 list, bringing order, structure, and a completely unnecessary degree of consideration to a subject that probably didn’t require any of those things. The rankings are presented with the appropriate authority. Whether they deserve it is another matter.
Big Uke then assigns Tubesox a movie to watch, continuing the time-honoured tradition of one host deciding what the other should spend an evening watching. Tubesox will watch, review, and offer his assessment. Big Uke will have opinions about that assessment. The cinematic experience is only the beginning.
Finally, 3 Things That Can Kick Rocks gives the show an opportunity to air some grievances, because even an episode running at this level of alleged excellence cannot be expected to proceed without a few complaints.
Dumb news. Musical oddities. Rankings. Assigned cinema. Three fresh grievances.
The momentum continues. The standards remain self-administered. The evidence is accumulating, though nobody has yet agreed on what it proves.
Keep your expectations low. The Last Great Podcast Of The Modern Era is showing no signs of becoming more modest.
Show lessWith another strong episode under its belt, WWWS continues to make a compelling case for its place among the great institutions of modern broadcasting. Whether this latest instalment quite reaches the heights of 306 remains open to debate, but the show is clearly operating at a level that would have seemed wildly optimistic a few episodes ago. The Last Great Podcast Of The Modern Era is gathering momentum. Independent verification remains unavailable.
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