“Conference of the Birds” is my weekly radio program on WNUR-FM. It airs on Tuesdays from 5-7:30 am Chicago time (UTC-6). And, of course, when technology cooperates, you can just come here for the archives.
I’m still loving the new album by The Fully Celebrated; was happy to be able to share something from the [...]
Through the Wire
"Hey, I'm just happy to be here…"
June 30th, 2009
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heading to Clark Street Ale House for Open Gov Chicago meetup. Look for us out back if you’re interested. #opengov http://tr.im/ogchi3
Achewood § June 28, 2009
“He was your Elvis, and when your Elvis dies, so does the private lie that someday you will be young once again, and feel at capricious intervals the weightlessness of [...]
June 29th, 2009
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Keeping News of David Rohde’s Kidnapping Off Wikipedia – NYTimes.com
“I knew from my jihad reporting that the captors would be very quick to get online and assess who he was and what he’d done, what his value to them might be,” he said. “I’d never edited a Wikipedia page before.”
(tags: wikipedia nytimes [...]
June 28th, 2009
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US cities may have to be bulldozed in order to survive – Telegraph
‘Mr Kildee acknowledged that some fellow Americans considered his solution “defeatist” but he insisted it was “no more defeatist than pruning an overgrown tree so it can bear fruit again”. ;
(tags: cities economics future)
Hungry Magazine – Food History – Lemon
“When [...]
June 27th, 2009
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Organic Nation.tv – Blog – Fresh Organic Lettuce From Chicago’s City Farm
Yesterday afternoon, the OrganicNation crew took a trip over to City Farm to see if we could score some fresh lettuce. In previous years a farm stand on Clybourn Street sold veggies to the public on certain days of the week, although it wasn’t open [...]
June 26th, 2009
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(from @cinnachick) @JoeGermuska And now I know how to make kirsch, too! Fantastico! Thank you, sir! (in reply to this tweet)
@cinnachick according to http://tr.im/pOxo , with a pastry bag tip (in reply to this tweet)
(from @wondergus) @JoeGermuska Trib reporting crowds at #MJ’s childhood home in Gary
(from @EthanZ) Most touching detail with MJ’s death? A [...]
June 25th, 2009
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(from @laddiemint) @JoeGermuska I should check Twitter more often! Did you drink some Guiness and toss some hammers? Hopefully in that order. (in reply to this tweet)
26 Scarlet Letters « The Whelk – John Leavitt
on beyond ‘A’… ‘Cavorting’, ‘Knavery’, ‘Prophecy’…
(tags: illustration funny via:twitter=mathowie)
(sources: Twitter user @mathowie (Matt Haughey))
(from @brianboyer) @palewire The Trib [...]
June 24th, 2009
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(from @johnperrybarlow) A Pakistani cabdriver said, ” You know, you Americans mean well, but you always want to give chocolate to a horse.”
(from @Bombacharger) Help, I’ve been twitterized!
(from @dschleifer) @JoeGermuska Nice! Excited to see what you guys start doing over there. Another great example, IMHO, is richmondsunlight.com from @jaquith (in reply to this tweet)
Tortoise talks [...]
June 23rd, 2009
WNUR Conference of the Birds, 2009-06-23
“Conference of the Birds” is my weekly radio program on WNUR-FM. It airs on Tuesdays from 5-7:30 am Chicago time (UTC-6). And, of course, when technology cooperates, you can just come here for the archives.
I guess the “run” had to end somewhere; I got home today to find the audio archiver “rebuffering stream”, which [...]
June 23rd, 2009
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(from @JenniOrange) @JoeGermuska yea, it was a great rendition, right? it’s like they heard your tweet and played your request… ;) (in reply to this tweet)
(from @JenniOrange) nice to hand with @rocketlass, @joegermuska, @blastcap, @srobbin and more. good food, music, people, weather. perfect chi night!
The answer is yes. They updated “Jacking the Ball” nicely to [...]