From Somewhere, Volume Two

The Playlist, Episode 2.05: Crimewatch

Posted on April 16th, 2008 by mike.
Categories: radiowerks presents...., werks.

NOTE: This episode was originally recorded and released in October of 2007. Before everything went haywire with WordPress and PodPress. Hopefully, since we’ve upgraded behind the scenes- this episode will actually go out this time.

So, in an experimental testing kind of way, we’re re-releasing 2.05. And if this goes well, we can finally get 2.06 out…..

 

 The Playlist 2.5: Crimewatch [56:09m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (34)

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Blog Management Lesson #4782: re-purposing and down sizing

Posted on January 9th, 2008 by mike.
Categories: werks.

Over the holdiays, plans were made for some exciting changes and happenings over at Need Coffee.  And to go along with that, I’m making a few more changes to my own blogs:

FROM SOMEWHERE, VOLUME TWO (which would be here) is going to continue on with the usual assortment of random thoughts, funny bits, and observations. Going forward, though, the items here may be less entertainment based.

Much of my TV coverage is in the process of going over to Need Coffee, which sort of leaves TEST PATTERNS in a bit of a limbo right now- as we try test the waters to figure out which portions of the television coverage (reviews, essays, the news bits, or all of the above) works best at NC.

Due to technical difficulties (ahem, BLOGGERSUCKS cough, cough), the WGA strike, and a complete disinterest in ‘reality’ television- TEST PATTERNS hasn’t really had much to say.

But if you’ve come looking for TV stuff, or if somehow you’ve wandered this way due to my participation in Bravo’s TV BIG SHOT game , please hop on over to Need Coffee and support.  

I will, however, continue to periodically update my experience with the game over at the PATTERNS.

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The Playlist Class of 2007

Posted on December 30th, 2007 by mike.
Categories: radiowerks presents...., werks.

The Best of the Best Super Sized Episode featuring Spoon, The Go! Team, LCD Soundsystem, Battles, Bloc Party, The Shins, Traveling Willburys, Radiohead, Mark Ronson and more…

 

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The Playlist Episode 2.04: Sampled!

Posted on November 29th, 2007 by mike.
Categories: radiowerks presents...., werks.

Featuring appropriated musical selections from: Parliment, Zapp, the Honeydrippers, James Brown, Steve Miller Band, Led Zep and more…..

 

 The Playlist Episode 2.04: Sampled! [59:02m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (37)

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Hello World (or WTF- you changed the title, you bastard!)

Posted on November 29th, 2007 by mike.
Categories: rants, werks.

This is the story of a newspaper column / blog / column/ blog that just wouldn’t die. This despite the fact that I actually killed it two years ago.

Back then, the idea was to seperate things- my personal ramblings from my creative works from my journalistic stuff.

And then, lo these two years later, I realized it didn’t work. Because you don’t partition your head that way. The original FS was always stream of conciousness. And in doing seperate blogs / columns- I’ve found that waiting to say what you want to say in it’s right place means there’s less to say when you get around to finally saying it.

I have a lot of ideas, stray thoughts that don’t yet fit anything. Expanded versions of some these thoughts tend to wind up in the columns/ articles/ podcasts that I do. 

But, as I’ve come to realize, not having some sort of central idea bank makes it much harder to compose the columns/ articles/ blogs/ podcasts that I do.

Because when you have to hold a thought, one of two things happens-you either hang onto it until its fermented enough, or you forget it (or you can misremember it, which as you get older does become a seperate thing).

So, in (a)Rw experiment #5678, we shall try not to forget.

And maybe post more.

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Need Coffee @ Dragon Con 2007

Posted on August 18th, 2007 by mike.
Categories: rants, werks.

Hey, remember WAYYY back when I said I was about unleash the details on the Dragon Con doings?  And kept saying it? Funny how issues get in the way…. (more…)

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The Playlist Episode 2.03: Wild Kingdom

Posted on August 18th, 2007 by mike.
Categories: radiowerks presents...., werks.

(PL13) It’s Mutal of Omaha’s Wild Playlist, with music from the Bees, The Time, Talking Heads, Iggy & the Stooges, Badly Drawn Boy, and more PLUS new music from Blaqk Audio and The Format.

 

 The Playlist Episode 2.03: Wild Kingdom [58:21m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (28)

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