Free Radio
Salon recently published an article on how the Digital Millennium Copyright Act might shut down college radio station Webcasts because the stations' can't afford the exorbitant streaming fees that their commercial counterparts can more easily bankroll. This is bad news, especially because college radio remains one of the bastions of independent broadcasting -- and because if you don't live on or near a campus with a station, the Web is one of the only ways you can access the broadcasts. Take some time today to tune in to a Webcast. I recommend WNUR-FM from Northwestern University, WMBR-FM from MIT, WMFO-FM from Tufts, WFMU-FM (which isn't a college station but is still independent and community-oriented), and Allston-Brighton Free Radio, a great microbroadcaster in the Boston area.
Friday, December 14, 2001
Hot Water Muse
Turns out that Scott Sinclair, the dude who does the wonderful artwork for the Hot Water Music records, lives and works in Boston! Enough Fanzine recently interviewed Scott, and you can eye some of his artwork online. Also of note, Scott runs a local label that's released material by Pilot to Gunner and my friend Brad's band the Also-Rans. So I'm three degrees of separation from Hot Water Music. Not bad for a Friday afternoon!
Turns out that Scott Sinclair, the dude who does the wonderful artwork for the Hot Water Music records, lives and works in Boston! Enough Fanzine recently interviewed Scott, and you can eye some of his artwork online. Also of note, Scott runs a local label that's released material by Pilot to Gunner and my friend Brad's band the Also-Rans. So I'm three degrees of separation from Hot Water Music. Not bad for a Friday afternoon!
Talking Heads Are Men
The White House Project recently released a study analyzing who participates in the high-power Sunday-morning talk shows such as CBS’s Face the Nation, ABC’s This Week, CNN’s Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer, and Fox’s News Sunday. It's a pretty sad showing -- 10% of guests on these shows are women. Then, the weekend after the report was released, the shows gave women even shorter shrift: "Out of the 23 guests appearing on Sunday morning Dec. 9, NBC’s Meet the Press was the only one this week that featured a woman guest. Thus, this Sunday women comprised only four percent of all guest appearances." Just goes to show how few women are given positions of political power and how unbalanced the political talk shows are in their coverage.
The White House Project recently released a study analyzing who participates in the high-power Sunday-morning talk shows such as CBS’s Face the Nation, ABC’s This Week, CNN’s Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer, and Fox’s News Sunday. It's a pretty sad showing -- 10% of guests on these shows are women. Then, the weekend after the report was released, the shows gave women even shorter shrift: "Out of the 23 guests appearing on Sunday morning Dec. 9, NBC’s Meet the Press was the only one this week that featured a woman guest. Thus, this Sunday women comprised only four percent of all guest appearances." Just goes to show how few women are given positions of political power and how unbalanced the political talk shows are in their coverage.
Storyscapes
A San Francisco-based organization called the Cultural Conservancy is working to preserve Native American songs. In so doing, they're documenting songs about the spiritual connection the Native Americans they're working with feel with the land on which they live. This connection can then be used as a tool to better preserve Native American lands. An interesting methodology... and an interesting idea: that the places we frequent can be captured and coded in cultural artifacts such as artwork and songs. The art becomes part of our culture, and our culture can transmit the value of a place.
A San Francisco-based organization called the Cultural Conservancy is working to preserve Native American songs. In so doing, they're documenting songs about the spiritual connection the Native Americans they're working with feel with the land on which they live. This connection can then be used as a tool to better preserve Native American lands. An interesting methodology... and an interesting idea: that the places we frequent can be captured and coded in cultural artifacts such as artwork and songs. The art becomes part of our culture, and our culture can transmit the value of a place.
Thursday, December 13, 2001
Book 'Em
In my copious free time, I edit books on the side, just for kicks. My "first" book, a collection of short stories by a middle-aged brittle diabetic and cancer survivor in South Dakota named Dan Buck, is now available for sale on the Web. Check out the offerings from Highwater Books if you're interested.
In my copious free time, I edit books on the side, just for kicks. My "first" book, a collection of short stories by a middle-aged brittle diabetic and cancer survivor in South Dakota named Dan Buck, is now available for sale on the Web. Check out the offerings from Highwater Books if you're interested.
Blogging About Blogging
If you're interested in reading about what people are trying to do with their blogs and how blogs affect the people who make them -- and read them -- pop on over to Keep Trying, a wonderful new meta-blog I just came across.
If you're interested in reading about what people are trying to do with their blogs and how blogs affect the people who make them -- and read them -- pop on over to Keep Trying, a wonderful new meta-blog I just came across.
Monday, December 10, 2001
Lap Dog
A friend of mine is friends with someone who operates a dog kennel. This weekend, that kennel held a fundraiser event at which people could bring in their dogs to be photographed with a person dressed up as Santa Claus. My friend helped pose the dogs with the Santa, and the results, he says, were hilarious. I'm pushing for some of the photographs to be digitized and posted online so they can be shared with the world. Until that happens, you can whet your taste buds here, here, and, yes, here. Bow wow wow. I mean, ho ho ho.
A friend of mine is friends with someone who operates a dog kennel. This weekend, that kennel held a fundraiser event at which people could bring in their dogs to be photographed with a person dressed up as Santa Claus. My friend helped pose the dogs with the Santa, and the results, he says, were hilarious. I'm pushing for some of the photographs to be digitized and posted online so they can be shared with the world. Until that happens, you can whet your taste buds here, here, and, yes, here. Bow wow wow. I mean, ho ho ho.
Caught in a State of Address
My mailing address has changed, signaling the completion of my move -- physically and mentally -- from Somerville to Cambridge, which started back in, um, September 2000. No longer holding a P.O. Box in the 02144, my new mailing address is
Heath Row
P.O. Box 390205
Cambridge, MA
02139 USA
You may send any and all items for commentary and consideration to that new address. Fill my P.O. Box with love. Please.
My mailing address has changed, signaling the completion of my move -- physically and mentally -- from Somerville to Cambridge, which started back in, um, September 2000. No longer holding a P.O. Box in the 02144, my new mailing address is
Heath Row
P.O. Box 390205
Cambridge, MA
02139 USA
You may send any and all items for commentary and consideration to that new address. Fill my P.O. Box with love. Please.
Friday, December 07, 2001
Email of the Day
From Mike Topp, author of the new book "I Used to Be Ashamed of My Striped Face" (published by Elimae Books):
WE HAVE CHOCOLATE PUDDING
When Banzan was walking through the Union Square greenmarket he overheard a conversation between a vendor and his customer. "Do you have chocolate mousse?" asked the customer. "We have chocolate pudding," replied the vendor. At these words Banzan became enlightened.
16 O'S, 16 0'S
O O 0 O 0 O O
0 O 0 0 O 00
0 O 0 0 OO 0
0 O O O O O
0 0 0 0 O
AS IT TURNS OUT
As it turns out they have relaxed the restrictions and I think your son should reapply. Make sure he wears protective clothing since he will most likely appear before one with a bird head, one with a rat head, and one with the head of a snake.
DISAPPOINTMENT
6'5"
4"
From Mike Topp, author of the new book "I Used to Be Ashamed of My Striped Face" (published by Elimae Books):
WE HAVE CHOCOLATE PUDDING
When Banzan was walking through the Union Square greenmarket he overheard a conversation between a vendor and his customer. "Do you have chocolate mousse?" asked the customer. "We have chocolate pudding," replied the vendor. At these words Banzan became enlightened.
16 O'S, 16 0'S
O O 0 O 0 O O
0 O 0 0 O 00
0 O 0 0 OO 0
0 O O O O O
0 0 0 0 O
AS IT TURNS OUT
As it turns out they have relaxed the restrictions and I think your son should reapply. Make sure he wears protective clothing since he will most likely appear before one with a bird head, one with a rat head, and one with the head of a snake.
DISAPPOINTMENT
6'5"
4"
Thursday, December 06, 2001
Make Your Own Media
If you're interested in learning how to deal with the different ways of reproducing zines and comics, Jordan Crane of Non fame offers a free, downloadable guide to zine and comics repro. It's a Crane, David Choe, Ron Rege Jr., and Brian Ralph joint.
If you're interested in learning how to deal with the different ways of reproducing zines and comics, Jordan Crane of Non fame offers a free, downloadable guide to zine and comics repro. It's a Crane, David Choe, Ron Rege Jr., and Brian Ralph joint.
Wednesday, December 05, 2001
Patent Insanity
British Telecom claims that it holds a patent for hyperlinks on the Net, and they're taking the ISP Prodigy to court because they're using links illegally. Huh? Yeah. I hold a patent on the word "the." So stop using it.
British Telecom claims that it holds a patent for hyperlinks on the Net, and they're taking the ISP Prodigy to court because they're using links illegally. Huh? Yeah. I hold a patent on the word "the." So stop using it.
Winging IT
The Bergen Linux Users Group in Norway recently experimented with how carrier pigeons can distribute information using the Internet Protocol. It took an hour and 42 minutes to transfer a 64-byte packet of information. Doesn't look like that supplant the Net any time soon.
The Bergen Linux Users Group in Norway recently experimented with how carrier pigeons can distribute information using the Internet Protocol. It took an hour and 42 minutes to transfer a 64-byte packet of information. Doesn't look like that supplant the Net any time soon.
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