MySpace, LimeWire, AI & the Return of Physical Media | #1049

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Episode 1049 takes the rickety ship from books and horse racing to artificial intelligence, MySpace, LimeWire, He-Man and the return of physical media — which sounds about right for The Mason & Friends Show.

Mike talks about the books he's working through, financial education, his growing to-be-read pile and plans to visit a bookstore and meet authors. That somehow turns into the misery of driving all day without Bluetooth and being forced back into the ancient technology known as terrestrial radio.

Ju Unit has been providing some education of his own after taking the boys to the horse track, where they get their first taste of the atmosphere surrounding horse racing. The day's adventures eventually include a trip to Hooters and a discussion about whether the restaurant experience is quite what it used to be.

Then the conversation heads into technology.

The guys talk about AI and the warnings science fiction has been giving us for decades, including Avengers: Age of Ultron and 1984. From there, it's a short trip back to the early internet and the glory days of MySpace, Tom, Napster and LimeWire.

Remember downloading music and having absolutely no idea whether you were getting the song you wanted or a virus that was about to destroy your computer?

Good times.

The nostalgia continues with Masters of the Universe, He-Man, Skeletor, G.I. Joe, Transformers, Mortal Kombat, Tekken and Soulcalibur, along with the disappointing experience of revisiting something you loved as a kid and discovering that it might actually have been terrible.

Finally, the crew gets into the resurgence of physical media. Vinyl records, DVDs, books and comic books are finding an audience again, and the guys discuss one major advantage: nobody can suddenly remove your DVD from a streaming service or change the physical copy sitting on your shelf.

That leads into A Different World, the shows that influenced us growing up, and a much more complicated discussion about separating art from the artist when troubling facts about a performer or creator become part of the story.

Books, radio, horse racing, AI, the old internet, cartoons, video games and cultural nostalgia — another completely unplanned trip through the murky waters.

The Mason & Friends Show #1049 — friends finding the funny side of life through open, uncensored conversation without much interest in sticking to a plan.

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magic Eye,
Book Signing Mike,
camera Truck,
Aux Jack,
Long Island Ju,
Hooters,
AI Containment Issues,
Age of Ultron,
Internet Attacks,
T3,
GI Joe Was Real,
Masters of the Universe,
Mortal Kombat 2?
terrible movie.
Spider Noir,
Doomsday,
MF Doom Music.
Spidermans,
a Different World,
BIll Cosby Tainted?
Crazy Movies with Sydney,

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