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Audio, News Channel Internet

Interview: Harry and Jake Speak Politely – 2012-01-21 – Part 1

News Channel Internet

After spending several weeks trying to secure an interview with Harry and Jake of Harry and Jake Speak Politely, we managed to conduct a short interview.

January 21st, 2012. A superb evening of music (High School Girls, Broken Light, Mid-American) at the Knickerbocker Saloon in downtown Lafayette. High School Girls finished their set. Broken Light was adjusting the stage for theirs. I bumped into Harry and asked again for the interview. He agreed. Jake showed up a few minutes later.

We learned that despite the environment, it was not too loud to conduct an interview, why Harry and Jake Speak Politely was created, what happens when the microphone is turned towards one of our News Channel Internet journalists, First Amendment rights, how you find out about other people, how Jake influences Harry, Jake’s super smart phone, and Jake’s habits with a mobile Internet device.

This is the first installment of the series with these two independent media creators, Harry and Jake.

MP3: [audio:http://themediacollective.org/wp-content/uploads/newschannelinternet/2012-Interviews/themediacollective.org-2012-01-21-Harry%20and%20Jake-01.mp3]
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Download the interview, Harry and Jake Speak Politely – 2012-01-21 – Part 1 (4:46) in MP3 or Ogg.

312-DRY-TOFU, Audio

312-DRY-TOFU – Super Bowl of Life

312-DRY-TOFU - Free-form Question, Comment, Improvisation Voicemail Line

Here is another installment of the free-form question, comment and improvisational voicemail art project, 312-DRY-TOFU (312-379-8638). Give us a call to share your perspective on anything and everything! Tell us about your day, improvise a monologue about a local event, or sing us a song. If it can be captured on the phone, we want to hear it.

In this episode we hear a tragedy of flat tires, a valentines day about asking out a girl (well, sort of.) for an awkward time brewing flowering tea, soundscapes of the Super Bowl held in Indianapolis, wonderful days making art, birdies bonking their little heads, the 4th anniversary of the Black Sparrow, Christmas well wishes, observations of TO-FU, grandfather figures (Felix Stefanile) and their poems.

Please join us for the next episode by calling and contributing to 312-DRY-TOFU (312-379-8638)!

MP3: [audio:http://themediacollective.org/wp-content/uploads/drytofu/2012/themediacollective.org-312-DRY-TOFU-2012-02-26.mp3]
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Download the insanity, 312-DRY-TOFU 2012-02-26 (7:44) in MP3 or Ogg.

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Audio, News Channel Internet

News Channel Internet – Interview: Bridget Johnston

News Channel Internet

Bridget Johnston. Lover of scotch whiskey, dogs, photography, skirts and dresses. Lives vicariously as a New Yorker through Woody Allen to fulfill her childhood dream of living in the city. She decorates her walls with art by Pollock, Ginsberg poems, posters of Mile Davis, cards, and cut-outs from magazines (which she subscribes to none). She fears becoming crotchety, being over bodies of water, dreading her job, and terrible accidents to loved ones. She was a features editor for the Purdue Exponent. She recently moved to Washington to start an internship at the glorious media empire known as C-SPAN. We spoke with Bridget recently over Skype to get her story.

MP3: [audio:http://themediacollective.org/wp-content/uploads/newschannelinternet/2012-Interviews/themediacollective.org-Interview-Bridget-Johnston.mp3]
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Download the interview, Bridget Johnston/em> (15:53) in MP3 or Ogg.

312-DRY-TOFU, Audio

312-DRY-TOFU – Wobbly Knees and Right on West State Street

312-DRY-TOFU - Free-form Question, Comment, Improvisation Voicemail Line

Here is another installment of the free-form question, comment and improvisational voicemail art project, 312-DRY-TOFU (312-379-8638). Give us a call to share your perspective on anything and everything! Tell us about your day, improvise a monologue about a local event, or sing us a song. If it can be captured on the phone, we want to hear it.

In this episode we hear a story of spending a lot of fecking time looking for a car, government robots standing in someone’s way, a review of a local comedy show at Jurassic Park, a story about the value of society, and directions for a 4.9 mile destination.

Please join us for the next episode by calling and contributing to 312-DRY-TOFU (312-379-8638)!

MP3: [audio:http://themediacollective.org/wp-content/uploads/drytofu/2012/themediacollective.org-312-DRY-TOFU-2012-01-22.mp3]
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Download the insanity, 312-DRY-TOFU 2012-01-22 (6:58) in MP3 or Ogg.

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Audio, Write Club

Knickerbocker Write Club – November 28th, 2011

Knickerbocker Write Club Poster - 2011-11-28

Add yourself to the pool of Write Club Battle Contenders or become a member of our mailing list! Please sign-up here.

We are looking for artists, satirists, playwrights, poets, actresses, short story writers, actors, novelists, extemporaneous creators, instrumental musicians, comedians, audience members, and anyone else who loves creativity!

The November Write Club

Knickerbocker.
Monday, November 28th.
7PM.

Write Club Performances

Mr. Clean the Slide Ruler Antiseptic Man

Write Club Battle: Clean vs. Dirty MP3 | OGG

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Holiday Games MP3 | OGG

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Suessicide MP3 | OGG

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The rest of the copy from the event poster:

Join us in the creation at 7PM.
The show starts at 9PM.

Assignment: Be open, honest, and write a narrative about your family during the holidays. Bring some writings to perform! Journals. Stories. Texts from classes. Anything that you would like to perform.

Can’t make it? Call our voicemail art project, 312-DRY-TOFU (312-379-8638), to contribute via the phone. We will play your audio contribution on stage (pending audio quality). To be considered for this month’s show, you must call before October 27th. All calls will make it into our 312-DRY-TOFU show.

Think! Found Magazine meets J&C Letters to the Editor. The two of them can’t decide which family to see over the holidays so they invite everyone to their place. Politics, art, and philosophy are discussed. People redden. Feet stomp. Alcohol is consumed. Some leave. Some go to bed. Some stay up into the night learning about each other. The sun rises, another mimosa is poured, and Danny Weiss starts playing a sweet song on his saxophone.