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Silent PodcastSilence is golden, or so the saying goes. If that is true then the Silent podcast is the most valuable podcast out there. What is the Silent podcast? Well, according to their feed, 'in our crazy world we all need some silence... Download collections of digitally clear silence encoded in high quality AAC.'

I downloaded one of their podcasts, and their first vodcast, and I must say the silence is stunning.
 

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Silence is golden, or so the saying goes. If that is true then the Silent podcast is the most valuable podcast out there. What is the...
 

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Bjrn Elias Hesthamar

I hope they used VBR, the file should be really small ;)

November 07 2005 at 4:28 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
tush

Silence is NOT nothing, think a little deeper.

November 06 2005 at 1:28 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
russdogg

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November 06 2005 at 12:48 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
John Laur

Can we please kill 'vodcast' before it starts? It reminds me of 'natch'.

November 05 2005 at 12:35 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
A.

Oh and Conrad Quilty-Harper - holy cripes. You like the 'philosophy' of downloading junk to your computer that takes up space but has no purpose? Uh, yeah.

November 05 2005 at 11:26 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
A.

A silent podcast?! How zen! How hip, intellectual, and clever! MAN! These guys have some REALLY great ideas! Here's an idea - If you need to 'reflect,' turn off the computer, you moron.

November 05 2005 at 11:22 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Conrad Quilty-Harper

Oh and yeah Mauro, I'd heard of 4'33"! I was going to perform it at a school concert when I was younger, but it didn't happen. Apparently the best thing about it is the audience reaction. They go through through laughter, confusion, restlessness and even anger apparently.

November 05 2005 at 4:20 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Conrad Quilty-Harper

I like the philosophy of downloading something that is digitally nothing, but takes up space on your hard drive. The more I think about it the more I don't want to anymore...

November 05 2005 at 4:14 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Mauro Mello Jr.

Old hat! John Cage wrote 4'33" in 1952, a silent piece for grand piano lasting, well, 4'33"... Instead of being guided by the music the performer is playing, it lets you create your own internal performance. An interesting review is at http://www.classicalnotes.net/columns/silence.html (I am not associated with it, by the way).

November 04 2005 at 7:41 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
macxprt

If I remember correctly, the iTunes Music Store had several songs of "silence" that they charged .99 cents for.

November 04 2005 at 6:52 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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