What It’s Like To Have Your Home In A Movie (WCCO Minneapolis - St. Paul) The road was blocked off to make room for two of Minnesota’s most famous sons. Ethan and Joel Coen last shot... R. Richard Hobbs | nyc.locationscout.us Weblog - Podcasts powered by Odiogo Less

Sarah Kanouse is an interdisciplinary artist who works in radical media, investigating the ways histories, public spaces, and forms of citizenship influence one another and shape the realm of political possibility. Her newest project, Voices of America, invites participants to take audio snippets from the US government’s Voice of America radio service and remix them and share those remixes. On this edition of mediageek Sarah tells us about this project and how it fits in with the 2008 presidential election season. Podcast/Download: mediageek 5 September 2008 broadcast quality mp3 Listen Now: Go get Adobe Flash Player! var so = new SWFObject( "http://radio.mediageek.net/wp-content/plugins/nazdrave-mp3/mp3player.swf", "nazdravemp3_player", "300", "20", "8", "#FFFFFF"); so.addVariable("file", "http://www.mediageek.net/sound/2008/mg20080905.mp3"); so.write("nazdravemp3_2"); Less

Today on The Lunch, contradictions weaken campaigns, John McCain finds a whole lot of money, and Obama steps outside for a little bit of theater. Less

Today on The Lunch, contradictions weaken campaigns, John McCain finds a whole lot of money, and Obama steps outside for a little bit of theater. Less

The state of American corporate media is in bad shape. The state of independent media is good and getting better! I attended the National Conference on Media Reform last weekend and tell you about it in this podcast. It was fantastic, and I’m so grateful I got to go. [...] Less

Sick of Sarah began in Minneapolis, MN in April 2005 as an all-female band with catchy hooks, unique lyrics, and thoughtful, well-crafted music. The band displays talent, passion, and an ever-present sense of humor that shapes many of their songs. They combine sympathetic acoustic moments with driving electric rock, often in the same song. With influences ranging from John Fogerty to Joan Jett, Sleater-Kinney to Vanessa Carlton, Sick of Sarah brings an energy and blended alternative pop-rock style that will have you singing along after the first chorus. You may have noticed there is no one named Sarah in the band. The namesake for the band is in fact a Sarah–the lead singer’s former roommate who stated one day she was just plain sick of her own name. It caught the girls’ ears and then caught on. [IODA] I ran across this group recently and am loving their style. Like Scott who ran our San Fran show, I’m a sucker for female vocals layered on top of syrupy harmonies.   If you get a chance, check out their “Los Angeles” album on Adamant as well! [cs] ARTIST: Sick of Sarah TRACK/ALBUM: Bittersweet EP SUBSCRIBE: DAILY DOSE Sick of Sarah “Bittersweet” (mp3) from “Bittersweet” (Adamant Records) Buy at eMusic Spread It Around: Hide Sites Less

Death Disco Radio presents XXNaughty Wood (Kode, Minneapolis) for an unforgettable disco nouveau jack mix. Less

Ode to a doomed shopping mall. I grew up in Minneapolis just a few blocks from one of the first enclosed shopping malls in the world. It was state-of-the-art at the time it was built (1961), a <a href="http://apacheplaza.com/apachehistory2.html">mid-century </a><a href="http://apacheplaza.com/apachehistory3.html">modern building</a> curiously named <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_Plaza">Apache Plaza</a>. When I was twelve, a tornado hit the mall and ripped part of the roof off. I vividly remember the surreal sight of department store products (teddy bears, golf clubs, skirts, etc.) strewn on people's lawns throughout the neighborhood. They rebuilt, but the mall never completely recovered. By 2003, when it was bulldozed, all but the most stubborn businesses had jumped ship, and it became an bleak, echoey <a href="http://www.citypages.com/bestof2003/boughtandsold/bestof1930.asp">post-apocalyptic</a> scene, with solemn mall-walkers taking over the corridors. I wrote this song over a decade ago, but dusted it off and recorded it after seeing the generic new urbanist crypto-mall that was put in its place. It ended up falling into a Penny Lane-ish nostalgic mood. I trying to create faux muzak in certain sections, and pictured the vocals delivered by guys dressed like a barbershop quartet standing in the main atrium next to the Galaxian machine. Less

St Paul, MN rocks. There were Etsy sellers galore at Craftstravaganza and lots of die-hard Etsy buyers too. Less

If a bridge falls in Minneapolis, does it make a sound Republicans can hear? Bridges collapsing, infrastructure crumbling, yet Republican politicians won’t raise taxes and fix things because... Read more at Civilianism.com Less

(Please start with installment 1. This is a novel.) Chapter 19. Alexander departs for California with Suzy. Max fights with Yvonne weakly. Lafcadio confesses he introduced Suzy to Meri two years ago to hurt Max. Max and Yvonne fight and break-up. (www.robotskull.podshow.com) (www.petergelman.badongo.com) Less

(Please start with installment 1. This is a novel.) Chapter 9. Meri distances herself from Max. Anxious, frantic, Max joins Lafcadio and friends for downtown drinking. He discovers that everyone knows Meri’s secret but him. Max fistfights with Tim, then discovers Meri’s secret… Afterward, Max confronts a freight train. (www.petergelman.podomatic.com) (www.petergelman.badongo.com) (www.robotskull.podshow.com) Less

(Start here, the first installment of eleven.) Contains… intro: Peter Gelman briefly explains the history of the novel, and the recovery of Hirschberg’s narration. Chapter 1: Max meets Meri on a bus, follows her. She gives her phone number. Chapter 2: Max gives voice to stirred-up winter feelings with the word YMYRYKY. (www.robotskull.podshow.com) (www.dangerquestmysteries.com) Less

We sat down and spoke with Slug from the group Atmosphere. he is the cornerstone of one of the world's most celebrated rhyme collectives-the Rhymesayers.

We kicked off the interview by talking about the name Atmosphere. Many people see Slug and think his name is Atmosphere and don't realize that he's part of a group sporting that name. So for those who don't know, lets be sure we understand-Slug is the emcee and his partner Anthony is the producer. He explained it like this. He said think of Atmopshere like Gang Starr which breaks down to Guru being the emcee and DJ Premier being the producer.

Once we got that out the way we talked about the direction he's taken on the new album 'When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold '. Slug explained that its important to change things up and push yourself as well as the audience. He admits that this new album is a departure from what fans are used to hearing. he said it was important for him and Ant to do something strictly forself. It was important to experiment

We went deeper with this conversation as we talked about the art of sampling versus using live instruments and a band. We talked about the limitations and high costs sampling has when allowing one to open up and fully express oneself.

We spoke about what it takes for an artist to deliver a social or political message to the Hip Hop audience. Slug says he doesn't want top be preachy but knows its important not to let important things go unacknowledged.

We talked about the relationship the Rhymesayers collective has with other well known rhyme groups like Living Legends, Quannum, Hiero and Def Jux. he says many of them know and like each other and that they were able to build on last years Paid Dues Tour.

Slug explained that they learned alot from Living Legends especially along the lines of fan interaction and treating people right.

We talked about the racial politics within Hip Hop and what its like to have large white fan bases. We talked about whether or not it bothers the group to not be as well embraced and known by Black folks in the hood. We got deep with that discussion.

We talked about Barack Obama and his relationship to Hip Hop. Slug gave his thoughts on whther or not Obama is a beneficiary of groups like Atmosphere touring the country for the past 10-15 years and performing before large rural and white audiences who are now voting for Obama.

We concluded by talking about mainstream Hip Hop versus the underground. Slug says he's a big fan of the Black Eyed Peas and admires the fact that they seem to have fun. He says that's the essence of Hip Hop and way too many acts forget that. He's not mad at the mainstream and feels there should be more interaction.

He also said being a Minneapolis resident that he would love to hook up and do a song with Morris Day

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