Monday, July 13, 2015

Wed. July 15 LIVING WRITERS, SPECIAL EDITION WITH ED VIELMETTI: ARBOR WIKI, COLLABORATIVE MAPPING AND COLLECTIVE MEMORIES

"Living Writers" is a public affairs program airing every Wednesday from 5-6pm on WCBN-FM ANN ARBOR. T. Hetzel from the University of Michigan Sweetland Center for Writing, is the host. Each week a writer is featured. Songs are played in between banter and ideation exploration.

I am filling-in this week for T. We'll hear from Ed Vielmetti about ArborWiki, a collaboratively edited website including everything from local civic engagement systems & relevant maps, to all the best birthday deals in Ann Arbor.

We will also talk a bit about Ed's experiences with USENET [1985-1995], and writing online in general. Tune-in, won't you? 5pm this Wednesday July 15. 88.3 MHz in Ann Arbor or click here to listen
a n y w h e r e  i n  t h e  w o r l d.

Oh, and speaking of maps, take a look at this one. What local area does it depict? Feel free to leave your answer in the comment section below. Thanks for reading, listening and participating!

Where is this?




Sunday, July 12, 2015

SEIZURE EXPERIMENT: HARDCORE/METAL/THRASH RADIO 10-12MID SUNDAY JULY 12 [TONIGHT!!!]

Music by OBLITERATIONS, Art by RUNT

I visited Toronto a couple of weeks ago for the NXNE Music and Art festival. Thanks to WCBN and The Liz for the opportunity. I stayed in an inexpensive Airbnb apartment right near Yonge and Alexander, in the heart of downtown Toronto. Guess what? I had a BLAST!

While in Toronto I used 3 different modes of mass transit to bounce around the city like a pinball. I left with Transit Envy and dare to dream that one day [long after I have departed this dimension], SE Michigan might enjoy something similar to the "loco-mobility" experience I had in Toronto.

Above is a very brief video with a live audio clip from the OBLITERATIONS set. They opened for Mission of Burma the last night I was there, June 20. Pentagram had to cancel because of "border problems" hehheh... :)

Here are some of the bands I checked-out while there: Calfornia X [From Boston, of course!], Frog Eyes, MISSION OF BURMA, Obliterations, White Cowbell Oklahoma, Suichu Blanco [From Kagoshima, Japan], Liturgy [Brooklyn], USA OUT OF VIETNAM, Om, Chagall. 

I brought back some sounds from Liturgy, OBLITERATIONS and a few others I'll play tonight on the SEIZURE EXPERIMENT, from 10p-12mid tonight Sunday July 12. 

Who knows? Bran Dok may show up for some hardcore psychedelic banter...

Thanks for listening and donating to WCBN FM Ann Arbor.

ONE WAY TO THE SHOWS

SUICHU BLANCO FROM KAGOSHIMA, JAPAN

WHITE COWBELL OKLAHOMA

TORONTO BIKE GANG

CONSTRUBOTS!!!!

THE OPERA HOUSE

AL CISNEROS FROM OM

MISSION OF BURMA!!!