August 26, 2006- The Pledge Drive Show

How about taking a minute to support Re:sound, the Third Coast Festival, and the radio station who makes it all possible, Chicago Public Radio? Here's how.

August 19, 2006 (#55)- The Books Show

Mind, Body, Soul
Gregory Whitehead - Performance Artist, Playwright, and Independent Producer

Gregory Whitehead interviews a performance artist whose “art” consists of consuming entire copies of the Oxford English Dictionary, Gray's Anatomy, and the King James Bible, page by page.

Remedial Theory
Benjamen Walker – Independent Producer

When Slobodan Milosevic was tried at the Hague for crimes against humanity, the world collectively turned against him, except for Benjamen Walker who hand-delivered a pile of edifying literature to him, including Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment. (PRI's The Next Big Thing, 2004)

Arthur C. Clarke
Jeff Greenwald- Writer

After falling under the spell of 2001: A Space Odyssey, a 14 year old tries to contact his hero and it forever alters his destiny. (Invisible Ink, 2004)

The Serial Comma
Jeff Johnson- Writer

The Senior Editor of Kitchen Sink, "the magazine for people who think too much," does just that, and will have to look over his shoulder for Strunk and/or White for the rest of his days. (Invisible Ink, 2004)

How to Destroy a Book
Peter Crimmins- Independent Producer

The story of a homophobic man in San Francisco who set out to destroy over 600 books and ended up exalting them.

Featured Music
Melodium, “Untitled 3 ,” Hum Hum & Bla Bla EP (Autres Directions in Music, 2005)
Casino Vs. Japan, “Em Essey ,” Whole Numbers Play the Basics (Carpark, 2002)
Nick Butcher, “Minutes Overlap,” Complicated Bicycle (Placetapes, 2005)
Melodium, " Parthny," La tete qui flotte (Autres Directions in Music, 2005)
Ratatat, "Swisha," Classics ( Xl Recordings, 2006)
The Books, "Read, Eat, Sleep," Thought for Food (Tomlab, 2002)

August 12, 2006- The Wire part 5

This week we revisit one of our favorite episodes from the brilliant Canadian series The Wire. From the earliest microphones to the current digital age, electricity has utterly changed the sound of music around the world. Incorporating some of these very changes into the story it tells, The Wire creates a unique radio experience that’s somewhere between a documentary, a remix and a music show.

The Wire also happens to be one of our 2005 Third Coast Festival/Richard H. Driehaus Award winners and was a past feature on the website. Due to Canadian Broadcasting Corporation rules we cannot archive these programs online, but we do have excerpts and a Behind the Scenes interview with host/producer Jowi Taylor available.

Featured here are excerpts from two episodes of The Wire:

In the opening episode, Hallo, Hallo, the story of the impact of electricity on music begins, circa 1900. (14:30)

The fifth episode of the series, The Sound Around, focuses on the ubiquity of recorded sound in the world, including archival tape of John and an interview with the VP of the Muzak Corporation. (14:47)

Producer Jowi Taylor writes about the merging of form and function in producing The Wire, and confesses to nerdish tendencies, Behind the Scenes.

August 5, 2006 (#54)- The Show 14 Redux Show

Big Stone Heads
Jack Chance – Independent Producer, Jack Chance Productions

Jack Chance visits Easter Island where he records local music and collects traditional stories about how the Island's famous stone heads, known as moai, were arranged around its perimeter many centuries ago. (NPR’s Day to Day)

Bonnie Jo Hunt
Gregg McVicar – Producer, Earthsongs

This portrait of internationally-acclaimed soprano Bonnie Jo Hunt, whose operatic work incorporates non-traditional sound elements, reflects her upbringing on a remote reservation in North Dakota. (NPR’s Day to Day)

Last Train to Braintree
Chelsea Merz - Independent Producer, transom.org

Matthew has been living on the streets of Boston for seven years. Every week, he has lunch with Chelsea Merz, who records their conversations about his life and some of the issues surrounding homelessness.(WCAI’s Arts and Ideas, from the series The Matthew Chronicles)

Interview with Chelsea Merz

Talking with Gwen Macsai, Merz reflects on her relationship with Matthew after a year of documenting his life.

Mars over Zagreb
Pavlica Bajsic - Independent Producer
Vedran Peternel – Producer, Radio France International

Follow Pavlica Bajsic through layers and layers of memory as she tours her Croatian hometown of Zagreb, reflecting on the political and social changes that have taken place over the past 20 years. (Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Listening Room, 2004)

Featured Music
Eglantine Gouzy, "Boa" 4 Women No Cry Vol. 1 (Monika, 2004)
Bexar Bexar, "KT" Haralambos (Western Vinyl, 2003)
Diagram of Suburban Chaos, "So Gone (Ventrimix)", Intricate Maximals (Audiobulb, 2005)
Build, "You Can Get Here From There...", Intricate Maximals (Audiobulb, 2005)
Eglantine Gouzy, "Y'a Pas De Mal " 4 Women No Cry Vol. 1 (Monika, 2004)