Ravi and Sonia usher in a one-two combo of colossal DriveTime events: the debut of sleek Studio-V and a new feature called Backseat Driver, an over-the-shoulder POV of the harrowing DriveTime route. Plus DriveTime Cultural Critic Peter Bebergal stops by to deliver a "mysterious package":
- Karl Blau's Beneath the Waves
- Destroyer's Rubies by Destroyer
- Kathryn Davis' The Thin Place
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17 comments:
Hi Ravi and Sonia,
I was on the edge of my seat following your drive along the Jamaicaway!
Studio V is looking good.
When your guest showed up in the back seat and the camera was rolling from back there, I thought you might have flipped down the sun visor nad open up the mirror to give us a view of the back seat. ;-)
How fitting steve that you are first out of the gate to comment on the debut of Studio-V... since you're the Lando Calrissian of Studio V!
I like the mirror trick, we'll pull that one out if we engage "Backseat Driver" again.
Ravi & Sonia,
Drive Time was great this week. I enjoyed the backseat camera.
I think the funniest part of the show was when you got out and did your dance and then almost lost the car door. How hilarious was that!
Anyway, I did enjoy this episode and look forward to many more.
Drivetime Tabla... very nice.
White knuckle podcasting at it's best. How ever will you beat this..."The Drive Time Bumper Cam"? Vomit bag not included.
I also loved the special video effect accelorator-cam thing but I agree with Ken, Sonia needs somehting a little stronger than fruit juice in the morning.
ken -- like the hood ornament challenge! re: "pulling teeth", it was a cold windy morning and we'd been futzing around with some technical issues before we got rolling -- perhaps that played a factor? For what it's worth -- this episode has been "in the can" for a few weeks (aging like a fine wine). Also, the "real" Sonia and Peter did interact once before, in the tail end of episode 14.
anonymous -- the sad fact was that neither Sonia nor Peter saw that improv "love ya!" moment.
justin tilden -- tablalicious!
jeff -- white knuckle, indeed. The idea of a bumper cam has come up before... hmmm. Sweeps-worthy schtick, you think?
I think it is high time for the first DriveTime citizen's arrest! We need someone to bring order to Boston's anarchic roadways and you two are just what the doctor ordered. Plus you have a video record in case of litigation.
I liked the post-blackout outtake. Can we have an episode that's all outtakes? Outtakes are always the best part of a Jackie Chan film...
How come Peter Bebergal never reviews anything I like, such as "The O.C."? What about us little people?
Finally, I think Studio V might need a new muffler...
thanks, thanks vendre! ;-)
okay, for j.d. iles -- all viewers chime in with "here."
stefan -- a new muffler? But that's the "good" car! We'll try to get Bebergal to de-cerebralize it a bit...
good to hear from you barrington! Studio-V's got "denna svenska makten" (aka Varooom!)
I'm just now getting caught up with a couple of back episodes of DriveTime. Great episode! I love Studio V... but what happened to Studio A? Studio A had character.
Studio-A is fine, Melanie. Just getting a brief respite... she'll be back in the next episode!
Seeing the J-Way again reminded me about my first trip to Boston where I got lost and spent about an hour driving back and forth on that road looking for a cross street that didn't seem to exist. (I forgot to tell that story during my guest stint.) Ahh, New England driving...
dashiell -- I'm glad you didn't write, "Seeing the J-Way again reminded me of that awkward moment when you tried to put a paper bag on my head."
Next time, I will wear the bag... It's my biggest regret!
Ravi and Sonia,
I'm new to Drivetime this week. Got to it somehow via RocketBoom, I think. Spending way too much time at work catching up on the episodes.
Studio V is nice, but I miss Studio A's comforting purr. At idle, there's this sort of muffled creaking-plastic rattle sound that only well broken-in European cars seem to make. It just lends this cozy ambience to the show.
Can't wait for Friday and the next post.
-Joe C.
ps. If you ever need a pit stop on the way to NYC, we're less than five min. off I-95 in Conn.
I gotta say I also busted out with a good explosive belly laugh when you pointed in from the outside (in Japan, we call that gesture "The Gets"). Totally woke my poor wife up from a nap. Oops.
The Thin Place sounds awesome. I've actually tried writing from a dogs point of view, but it always end up like a chapter full of these one word sentences. That's how I imagine it is to be a dog.
Um... yeah, talk about dark confessionals. As always, a joy. Thank Ravi!
I saw Peter Bebergal on Cambridge Street last week. I recognized him because of this vlog. Does that make him a celebrity?
Oops -- missed some comments here...
[better late than never!]
david, es, goaliegrl29 -- glad you enjoyed backseat driver! I'd forgotten about it and mayhaps we'll resurrect it.
joe c -- was this your first comment? A belated welcome aboard (and good to see you the other day!)
jeshii -- always honored by international commenting!
and pupil -- at least I'm not late in getting back to you. If you feel Peter is a celebrity, he's a celebrity in my book! Did you approach him? He might have revealed the Official DriveTime Handshake to you!
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