This week’s HV cast is a father-daughter dialog for Poetry Month: Jack Kerouac’s daughter Jan, reads her an ode to her rarely seen dad; intertwined with Kerouac’s speeches and prose; produced by by . “Jan & Jack” (mp3 6:34):
Found this at PRX Youthcast blog; quoting Kiera Feldman:
“‘As Slow As Possible’ by John Cage is my new favorite song. It takes 639 years to play. This is what it currently sounds like:”
“(Feel free to listen at your convenience–the next note won’t be added to the song until July 5, 2008). ‘As Slow As Possible’ is scheduled to conclude September 5, 2640.”
Kiera asks, if she played it at a party, “would you dance?” The piece is known as ORGAN 2/ASLSP (“as slowly and softly as possible”, reads Cage’s score).
Newsflash!!! Hold the presses. This just in: we now have incontrovertible evidence that Republicans approve of our Prez, Democrats don’t, and Independents aren’t sure. It took the resources of both Slate Magazine and researchers MediaCurves to divine this world-shaking new data; ie, here’s how researchers spend their and their focus group members’ time:
Is everyone else waking up to spams titled “USA Missle Strike: Iran War just have started” (sic) and such? The eems have malware attached, like “News.exe” and “Movie.exe.” Haven’t a clue what it does (on a Mac, doncha know), but ya gotta admit its email subject is a clever bit of social-engineering to get you to click. Though, even after all these years, “Nude Anna Kournikova pics” still works around here.
BTW, while I’m being divergent, have you heard a Texas Hold ‘Em hand: Ace-King (AK), aka, Big Slick, is now also aka, Anna Kournikova, for its initials but mainly cuz “it looks good, but hardly ever wins.”
This Iran/Missile/War/USA malware spam must be new. Not even on Snopes yet.
Wanna see how a turntablist turntables? Here’s Kid Koala — who does indeed look like a kid:
Found at WFMU’s Beware of the Blog.
The fine folks at Duke’s Ctr for Doc Studies asked me to compile a short list of resources for learning radio. It was for some workshops I did at their annual Documentary Happening. This is the list…
–>MUST SEE/READ: Watch Ira’s training vid, read Jeff’s ProTools primer. These are two concise yet comprehensive production guides…
Ira Glass- Current TV: Storytelling (15min video):
http://www.current.tv/studio/survivalguide/?section=storytelling&sub1=interviews&sub2=glass
Jeff Towne- Transom Tools: A Beginners Guide to Pro Tools (primer):
http://www.transom.org/tools/editing_mixing/200610_guide_to_pro_tools/
–>SHOULD READ- TRANSOM REVIEWS: Transom.org Guests’ posts are littered with pubradio insight. Here’s some of my favorite excerpts from their discussions…
Larry Massett- In Search of Aliens (online discussion)
http://www.transom.org/guests/review/200203.review.massett.html
Robert Krulwich- Why I Love Radio (online discussion)
http://www.transom.org/guests/review/200211.review.krulwich.html
Scott Carrier- Running After Antelope (online discussion)
http://www.transom.org/guests/review/200104.review.scarrier.html
Nancy Updike- Better Writing Through Radio (online discussion)
http://www.transom.org/guests/review/200601_nancy_updike/
–>BASICS: Some stripped down primers on pubradio production (a couple written for kids)…
Sound Portraits- Record Your Own Radio Documentary (primer)
http://www.soundportraits.org/education/how_to_record/
Radio Diaries- Teen Reporter’s Handbook (primer)
http://radiodiaries.org/makeyourown.html
Stories1st- How To Produce A Doc- Part 1 & Part 2
This American Life- How To Get On (submission guidelines)
http://thislife.org/pages/faq_extras/howtogeton.html
Transom: Tools: Katie Davis- Shout Out! A Kid’s Guide to Recording Stories (primer)
http://www.transom.org/tools/basics/200501.shoutout.kdavis.html
–>TOOLS: Send (ftp) files for broadcast as uncompressed .wav or encoded .mp2 — do not broadcast or produce w/ mp3s if possible; use mp3 for audition only…
PRX- Member Tools; free mp2 encoder & FTP clents (software)
http://wiki.prx.org/display/HELP/encode+and+upload
Apple- iTunes; a great soundfile format converter & soundfile organizer (software)
http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/
AIR (Assoc. of Independents in Radio)- Pitch Page (submission guidelines)
http://www.airmedia.org/PageInfo.php?PageID=21
–>THIRD COAST SESSIONS: The annual 3rdCoast Conference is, from a producer pov, da bomb. Listen to a few of my fave hours from past confs…
Nancy Updike- Die, Mediocrity, Die! (1 hr conference session audio)
http://www.thirdcoastfestival.org/annual_conference_2006_sessions.asp#diemediocritydie
David Kestenbaum- Explaining the World in Four Minutes (1 hr conference session audio)
http://www.thirdcoastfestival.org/annual_conference_2005.asp#id16
Robert Krulwich- These are a Few of My Favorite Things (1 hr conference session audio)
http://www.thirdcoastfestival.org/annual_conference_2006_sessions.asp#favoritethings
Chris Brookes- Ways of Hearing (1 hr conference session audio)
http://www.thirdcoastfestival.org/annual_conference_2003_sessions.asp#id11
Joe Richman- The Invisible Narrator (1 hr conference session audio)
http://www.thirdcoastfestival.org/annual_conference_2006_sessions.asp#invisiblenarrator
links last checked 2007.01.20
Turns out these Peabody Awards are an august affair. Here’s a clip from last year’s ceremony:
(by David Revoy)
We just heard one of our specials got a Peabody Award. The award is named for Mr. Peabody of Rocky & Bullwinkle fame. For us to win both moose and squirrel must’ve pulled rabbits out of their hats.
Really, tho, this is a huge deal and honor for us at HV. Our winning special was “Crossing Borders.”
A new vid from rx, one of the best pol cut-up artist out there. This one’s “to honor mlk, on the anniversary of his assassination”:
I bought his album, but if youse a cheapskate, he’s got free mp3s, like GWB doin’ “Imagine”:
There’s a new entry at Wikipedia for radio innovator (NPR, ATC, Soundprint, Fresh Air) Bill Siemering. Said Bill in NPR’s first mission statement (1970): “The total service should be trustworthy, enhance intellectual development, expand knowledge, deepen aural esthetic enjoyment, increase the pleasure of living in a pluralistic society and result in a service to listeners which makes them more responsive, informed human beings and intelligent responsible citizens of their communities and the world.” (Wikipedia post by Program Doctor.)
This week’s HV cast is a Scott Carrier story about Fritz the dog. Fritz loves to play Frisbee. He still catches it most of the time, though not as much as he used to… before he went blind. “Blind Dog” (mp3 4:22):
And speaking of mashups, my fave are by Go Home Productions (Mark Vidler). I like ’em best when the mashed musics make emotionally moving new combos, like in GHP’s “Uptight Maggie” (Stevie Wonder/Rod Stewart):
GHP has been part of several of our Plans. “Strung Out King” (ElvisP rant w/ The Farm music) is a crowd pleaser:
Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld’s former interaction with the press:
Source: CBS Late Night with Craig Ferguson.
NPR is ever more desperate for funds, and now has a new, somewhat shady sponsor:
(Check the date.) Sponsor message ran at end of this story: NPR- Have Cell Phone Rings Gone Too Far . BTW, that version of “NY, NY” in that NPR story is Wendy Mae Chambers on her Car Horn Organ:
The future is here, and it’s hand-held, packing deadly force, and posting videos. The military’s Multi-National Force – Iraq has it’s own YouTube channel. Here’s American and Iraqi infantry in a Baghdad Firefight, March 2007:
The Army is there too, and at Flickr. (Read CJR Daily report.) We have met the enemy, and he is you-tubed.
A new HV story by Queena Kim airs this weekend on NPR Latino USA— Every Saturday, hundreds of Latino immigrants pilgrimage to Our Lady The Queen of the Angels, Los Angeles’ oldest mission Church, to get their baby’s baptized. The Church baptizes fifty babies an hour — more than three hundred every Saturday. Unlike other churches, Our Lady doesn’t require parents or godparents to take classes beforehand. All you do is sign-up. Abel Salas walks us through “the McDonald’s of Baptism.” (5:20 mp3):
You’ve heard a Ninja explain podcasts, why not an 88 year-old granma on mashups– “Now, before we get our freak on, we need to match up our beats.” (found at WFMU’s BOTB):
Mad props and prunes to DJ Sue Teller (viral marketer?); check out her-space.
And while we’re on an evolutionary theme, from MC Hawking’s Crib, the sci-rap hit, “F*ck the Creationists” (NSFW):
Another evolutionary video from spoken-weird artist Ernie Cline:
There’s also a flash-y version of Ernie’s piece. Lastly, an audio selection from EC’s spoken-word posted mp3s, “The Geek Wants Out” (NSFW):