I don’t watch video podcasts as a whole. I don’t really have the patience for it. I do watch 1938 media from time to time because the videos are short and I actually had the chance to meet Loren Feldman in Toronto at the Mesh Conference earlier this year. As I said before: even though he comes off as being loud and abrasive, he’s also a genuinely funny and nice guy.

Which was all the more shocking when I saw this video, where he essentially does blackface / minstrel - type comedy for about 5 minutes. I mean, wow. He put a lot of effort into that video. Transitions, video clips, the whole 9 yards.

And it was all the more sobering (no pun intended) to find out that Loren went into rehab shortly thereafter.

Which, in turn, was followed by this video that was shortly posted some time ago as he’s returned from rehab. I’m not so cynical to believe that what Loren’s posted was an act. He sure as hell doesn’t look like he’s acting, and as I’m the kind of person who is inclined to believe folks (at least for the first time), my wishes do go out to him and his family.

Addiction — no matter what its form — can be devastating.

Best of luck, man.