Jeremy Lassen is the chief editor and part owner of Night Shade Books. If you’ve attended a science fiction convention and glanced a man in a long dark pin-striped suit, a bright red shirt, a fedora, and a two-foot long feather that was Jeremy.
In this week’s show he talks about how
he came to wear his suits and what they mean to him.
Photo credit: Midamericon.org
For other suits see: Suit Gallery.
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Joahua Klein describes himself as practiced and trained, both formally and informally, in hacking - social systems, computer networks, institutions, consumer hardware, animal behavior, and, most recently, the publishing industry. The goal of his Vending Machine for Crows is to create a device that will autonomously train crows to find lost coins. Find out how and why.
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Anthony Newman, an active harpsichordist, fortepianist, conductor, composer, writer and recording artist, is one of the world’s premier baroque interpreters. He has collaborated with such distinguished artists as Kathleen Battle, Itzhak Perlman, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Leonard Bernstein and Wynton Marsalis.
The New York Times stated, “He has the virtuoso command of fingerwork to achieve brilliant distinctness at high speed. His flair for theatrical, propulsive rhythms is exciting.”
Click here to purchase music from Anthony Newman’s site.
Have you ever Googled yourself? Sure you have. In this podcast I talk to two other high ranking Jon Armstrongs. We discuss googling, whether we’re rivals, and what we have in common … which would seem like a lot.
Links:
The query that launched this show.
Jon Armstrong the Designer. And his wife’s site, Dooce.com
Can I Get An AmenNate Harrison is an artist, writer, and the creator of “Can I Get An Amen?” Nate has produced projects and exhibited for The American Museum of Natural History, The Whitney Museum of American Art, The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Kunstverein in Hamburg and The Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, among others.
“Can I Get An Amen?” is a piece about sampling, electronic music, creativity, and copyright.
Visit Nate Harrison’s site, http://nkhstudio.com/ to see the video that accompanies the audio and others of his video projects. You can also see Can I Get An Amen? on YouTube where it has been viewed almost 900,000 times.
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Last summer Jeff Johnson and Jessica Cowley produced a piece about a man who works on the Death Notices Desk for a newspaper. After the piece, I speak with the death notices man about the job and some very unfortunate typos.
Please note, this podcast episode contains adult language.
Ray Burke is a retired New York Police Detective. In 1995, he was one of the first to see the horrific scene of a crime that came to be known as the College Point Massacre. I speak with Ray about that case, writing, and all that’s wrong with those cop shows on TV.
Shaun Farrell is the host of Adventures in Scifi Publishing; Alyssa Boehm, The Big Red Podcast. I speak with both of them about their podcasts, why they do them, and what they get out of them. I also ask about their favorite podcasts. A few of their favorite podcast are below:
The Wicked Good Podcast
Dharmalars
The Future and You
I should be Writing
Speaking of Beer
This Week in Science
Brian is an actor, comedian, and writer based in New York City. His television credits include contributing writer for Chappelle’s Show and co-creating/directing/starring in I Love the 30s, a flagship show for Comedy Central’s Motherload. He is the head writer for Public Radio International’s Fair Game’s Fair Game with Faith Salie.
An Interview with head writer of Public Radio's Fair Game [14:39m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
Marina Budhos is an author of award-winning fiction and nonfiction who frequently writes about the collision of cultures. She has published two novels, The Professor of Light (Putnam, 1999) and House of Waiting (Global City Press, 1995), and a nonfiction book, Remix: Conversations with Immigrant Teenagers (Henry Holt, 1999). Ask Me No Questions (Simon & Schuster) is her first young adult novel.
I spoke with Marina Budhos about Ask Me No Questions, which is new in paperback. The novel is an American Library Association Best Books for Young Adults 2007, a Kirkus Reviews Best Children’s Book of 2006, a Booklist Editors’ Choice 2006, and a Bloomsbury Review’s Editors’ Favorite Reads, among many awards and accolades.
Visit MarinaBudhos.com for more information.
