Welcome to episode 11 (video) of the Zune Insider Podcast co-hosted by Cesar Menendez and Rob Greenlee . This video episode was recorded in New York City at the CMJ Music Marathon event held from Oct 22-24, 2008, sponsored by XBox, Zune and Doritos. Topics covered this week include: Video from the CMJ music event ( CMJ.com ) at NYU, The Fader "The Fort" party space , we also visit 30 Rock , Zune meet-up party , we speak with Zune Insider podcast viewers, attend the Zune Bowery Ballroom...

Sooo. . . How have you beeee'eeeen? I'm back from LA. I was going to draft up a comprehensive review of our LA event, but I would instead direct you to these Zune site reactions. 'Rama , The Scene , and The Sphere all post their impressions of the LA press/industry event. I'm highlighting them in case you havent' seen them. Rama posts 15 questions to Zune answered. And the Scene posts a great video of the event. Check it out! I'm not crazy about the use of "Evan's essence" music (I keed, I keed)...

Hello again from NYC. Yesterday was a packed day - all about music. We booked Colin Meloy from The Decemberists to play an accoustic set at Piano's . Piano's also provided a hearty breakfast: delicious. We also had a kiosk set up for attendees to check out Zune: I'm not sure where you'll be able to find these kiosks, but I'll check with the team and post when I know. < Edit 1:02 PM EST > Charlie and the Zunecorps crew (awesome site) spotted a few kiosks at Wal-Mart . After Colin's set, Small...

Going to CMJ ? Want to get into a free show? We're throwing a party on November 1. My buddy Richard, who's working on the guest list for the show, offered me 4 tickets. I think we're still working out the confirmed talent list; I'll update this post as soon as we do. That's not the only party we're throwing in NYC though, stay tuned. . . Edit 1:08 PM PDT: if you want in, email me at AskZune (then type the at symbol) Microsoft.com. Sort of important detail I left out there ;)