This week
we're doing a show with a bit of fluff and some hopefully
interesting substance. We open talking about a movie we saw
recently, the stop-motion feature Coraline. After that, we move into
the meat of the show as we examine technologies are so woven into
the fabric of daily life that we don't even notice it...
You'll
have to excuse my voice this week, not sure why it was so rough but
it was. We start off this week witht the question of what does
'buying American' mean, and does it even apply any more in our
highly globalized society? This leads us to wonder if we arriving
at a disconnect in our culture that is leading to...
This week
we're just floating along, no particular heading but still much on
the sea to see. We start with some musings on the interesting
effects of editorial changes in movies, triggered specifically with
the changes
made to the recent film Taken. The editing discussion
gradually becomes a dialogue on censorship,...
This week
we decide to see what our version of a train wreck show will be
like. No structure, not everyone even showing up on time, along
with some sound effects that may unseat Lando's chewing as the most
annoying thing in the background yet. Enjoy!
I'm sure
many of you have read or heard about the recent flap with Michael
Phelps after a photo of him with abong surfaced. Phelps ended up
issuing a big apology for his actions, and as learned more about
this I couldn't help thinking that this seemed an awful lot of
attention over something pretty stupid. Then I read...