Geek Force FiveCast 003 (Video)

The third episode of a semi-regular show/podcast from GeekForceFive.com, this time complete with screaming toddler ambience! Today, we cover 1) Steve Jobs on the cover of Fortune; 2) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Parts A and B; 3) Nine Inch Nails and Radiohead dominating Last.fm; 4) A possible Widmore flashback on Lost; and 5) the wrapping of Zack and Miri Make a Porno.

You can watch the video here, and on a couple of other video sharing sites across the Interweb. And, if you’d like, you can subscribe to the show as a podcast via PodShow.com. I hope to get it listed in the iTunes Store soon, as well.

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Nine Inch Nails and Radiohead Dominate Last.fm Charts

The cutting-edge music distribution tactics employed by Nine Inch Nails and Radiohead in recent months seem to be paying off. The latest offerings from each band, NIN’s Ghosts I-IV and Radiohead’s In Rainbows, dominated the track charts at Last.fm this past week, writes leviathant of The NIN Hotline. I’ve taken a screen-shot of the glorious news and posted it above.

Me, I couldn’t be happier that this method of distribution is working out so well (and, also, that my using Last.fm to religiously track what I’m listening to helped contribute to this great news). I only hope that the financial realities Trent Reznor mentioned in an interview with Australia’s Triple J (transcribed here) don’t preclude smaller artists from getting into game eventually.

My friend Andy distributed the first album by his band The Pluto Tapes via iTunes last year. Maybe he’ll stop by and let us know what the reality is for small artists looking to get their music out there.

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