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Archive for December, 2006

Stare Deeply Into Ticketmaster’s Crystal Ball

Thursday, December 21st, 2006

Here are the groups that Ticketmaster wants me to see, according to their latest email. What the hell?
Van Wilder Tour featuring Everclear (Editor’s Note: You can hear me and my Flak Radio co-hosts sing “Santa Monica” here, The Marshall Tucker Band and Molly Hatchet, Anberlin (”Who?” asks Grandpa Joel), Chris Tomlin (Christian pop artist/worship leader. [...]

Flak Radio 6

Thursday, December 21st, 2006

Flak Radio returns with a taste for homebrew! Jim discusses his attempt at “Apple Pie Red Eye,” Chef Noah Barton unveils his smashing new caipirinha, and the Flak crew joins Amelia Scott in hogpiling on Christopher Hitchens for his recent Vanity Fair circulation-booster, Why Women Aren’t Funny.
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Franken brings show to Brave New Workshop

Wednesday, December 6th, 2006

From Star Tribune, Dec. 5, 2006:
Al Franken will return Friday to the place where it all began. The comedian-commentator will broadcast his radio show live from the stage of the Brave New Workshop, 2605 Hennepin Av. S., in Minneapolis, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Franken first hopped up on Dudley Riggs’ platform of comedy [...]

Joel Meyer – Work Sample

Sunday, December 3rd, 2006

RADIO REPORTING
“A Net Loss for Brooklyn?” (documentary on Atlantic Yards development project)
“The Permacard Poet” (profile of street vendor selling greeting cards in Harlem)
“NYC Taxi Medallions” (A freelance cab driver bids for the right to operate his own taxi.)
“Live to Ride, Ride to Live” (NYC bike messengers demand benefits)
THE AL FRANKEN SHOW
- Production elements
The Pre-bunk [...]

Friday, December 1st, 2006

Flak Radio episode four is now available! Jim, Taylor and I wax philosophical on Christopher Guest’s new film For Your Consideration, Jay-Z’s Kingdom Come, and pitch a couple of ideas for film projects.
And … we got a sponsor. For one week!

William Howard Taft

Friday, December 1st, 2006

Tonight, in honor of my wife’s birthday, I will attempt to dress up like President William Howard Taft.
We’re throwing a party tonight with a vague “1910″ theme. (Our apartment building was built that year, you see, and almost nothing has been improved renovated in the building since then. So, essentially on dare, I will host [...]

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