Hello! this is my intro assignment.

My name is Pablo Zequeira, I am a second year student at Eugene Lang College. I am currently undecided as to what I want to concentrate on as far as my major is concerned. My interest on the newschoolradio is due to the fact that I have been exposed to the radio station environment from a young age. my grandfather had been amongst the first radio personalities in post revolution Cuba, he brought music to the Cuban people through the radio for the first time after the Cuban revolution triumphs. Even so I have no experience in working with anything that has to do with a radio station, but it is something that interest me, mainly music and satirical voice acting, as I like to entertain. I can make most people with a sense of humor laugh a good percent of the time. In prior writing classes some of my professors have complimented  my writing as well as myself by letting me know I can make people laugh, not just in class but in my personal life as well, that does not mean I am a class clown. I try not to make a joke of serious things but I also do not like taking life too seriously as I believe there is enough violence in life and for the most part it is filled with sorrow and way too serious issues. I like creating, and I enjoy what I can conjure up with my imagination. As far as music is concerned I am open to almost all music including country and classical. The one type of music I cannot tolerate is gangster rap or even the more recent rap music, the older hip hop and rap music are the only kind I can listen to without making jokes. I can work in groups although I would rather concentrate on my own work for the most part in order to avoid any confusion, plus this helps me concentrate and create my own material. I am pretty original and I am open to criticism as long as it is helpful. Above all I hope to have a good time even if this is a college course. I look forward in meeting everyone that is partaking in such a fun, and entertaining  radio course.

Pablo Zequeira

feel free to add me on myspace.com/uncubano7

or on the facebook.

I'm Joseph Baruch Warren - have you heard of me?

I have started using a capital W when I write about my Work. I'm not actually THAT pretentious - yet... but I like to pretend. I like to make movies though I have only made a few little tiny ones, mostly for school. Over the last, eh, eight years, I have created or participated in the creation of several sound projects - sometimes tiptoeing around narrative, sometimes just funny, sometimes unapologetic radio theatre.
I want to be Ira Glass, Dean Olsher, and Jean Shepard, but I also want to be David Lynch. Over the years, my favorite radio programs have included the following:
The Next Big Thing
The Shadow
This American Life
Fair Game with Faith Salie
Radio Lab
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Wait, wait don't tell me
Whaddya Know with Michael Feldman
and Rachel Maddow's show on Air America.
I don't like Le Show or Prairie Home Companion all that much, but I listen every few weeks because I have a certain respect, even awe for the stubborn genius Harry Shearer and Garrison Keilor have shown, week after week, year after year, decade after decade.
I can't imagine that anyone will be interested in following the following links, but examples of my (W)ork (alongside endless crap) can be found at:

http://webspace.newschool.edu/~warrj197/
http://notatyrant.vox.com/
http://www.youtube.com/user/notatyrant


I'll try to consolidate some of the best stuff sometime soon and post it here.

Fuck.

My attempt at brevity has failed.

Love,
Joseph


oh, did I mention Wiretap? Jonathan Goldstein is amazing. If anyone can introduce me to him, or to Faith Salie, I would get all fanboy nerdy about it.

They sing "I'm in love, what's that song?"

Mad props if you know the song that my title was swiped from without the assistance of Google.

Hello!

My name is Jim Freeman. I'm a transfer student from various institutions that I attended during my whole "I want to figure out what I want to do before shelling out ridiculous amounts of money for Lang College" phase of my life. My current major is Social Inquiry and I plan on going to grad school (which is the obvious thing to do with a degree in Social Inquiry if you want to make more than minimum wage) for either Sociology or Political Science. I am originally from Kalamazoo, Michigan, which I assure you really does exist even though it sounds like Dr. Seuss made it up. It's actually not that far from Hell.

My prior experience in broadcast media stems from my involvement with the local public access station back home. I took a TV Broadcasting and Production class my Junior year, mainly because it interested me, but also a good excuse to get off my hickish High School campus. I became involved with a Friday Night Call-in Show, and did everything: tech director, talent, camera, sound, and CG. After graduating from High School, I helped produce a sketch comedy show that featured band performances in a studio on the station.

Mainly, my interest in New School Radio comes from a couple of things. First and foremost, I've been told that my musical tastes "suck", but I take these statements with a grain of salt because two different people who have said this have a HIM tattoo. I also realized that the majority of the musical acts that I prefer rarely get radio play. It's not that I just listen to obscure artists, even Neil freakin' Young, who is Rock and Roll's Lord and Savior, gets only "Heart of Gold" and "Rockin' in the Free World" airplay on the radio when he has a body of work that spans five decades. With my prior experience in television and my inherent interest in getting my horrible abrasive music out for the general public to hear, I figured the next logical step would be to get involved with radio. While a Freshman at Northern Michigan, I went into the Radio Station almost weekly to grab an application, which they never had in stock. My hopes and dreams were only crushed for a short while, as I discovered that the New School is all up on the radio. My interests will be both in doing talent for a music show as well as the engineering aspect of the radio station.

I don't know if I missed anything, but here's a really sweet Kalamazoo band. They're so obscure that they made a demo, played one show, and decided that they all hate each other. With no further adieu, Apres Cote (warning: they drop the F bomb in this track). I personally find them to be incredibly awesome for being together only a month.

Hello all,

As you can see, I'm Mariana and this is my second term at the Media Studies MA. My previous academic background is a BA on Marketing and Advertising in London and year and a half of a communications degree in Mexico.

Before coming to NY I was living in Mexico City where i worked for three years in political communication for the Mexican President as Production Director and Federal Government advertising sub director.

What I have the most experience with is with managing and putting together projects, writing advertising and marketing the produced messages. In case it helps, I have experience recording as I recorded all women's voices for dummys and sometimes when the things got hectic I would not have time to wait for actors to record radios so I'd do it (although very few occasions!)

At WNSR I would like to contribute by tailoring a marketing plan and executing it to expand awareness within our target audience (the school!), try writing some short contributions for the news segment and would love to record so if you need a woman's voice count me in for try outs!

Although I still have many questions about the course, I hope they all clear up next class.

I think that's it for now. 

See you friday!

Collaborate on a Radio Drama!

My name is Nick Heling. I'm a graduate student in Media Studies with a BA in Literature. I relocated to NYC from Asheville, NC in the Appalachian Mountains. I have some experience in radio production (WNYC internship, college radio) but, like you, I'm here for more.

I am interested in producing a radio play for a manuscript entitled “Hors D'oeuvres In Bed: The Hagiography of John Hartford”. The story involves a priest in crisis and the music of John Hartford. Fans of radio drama, A Prairie Home Companion, southern weirdness, folk, country and bluegrass music may be interested in this project. Please contact me if you wish to collaborate as I will need the help. The project calls for 5 speaking roles, some music performance and lots of other production.

Contact me at helin872@newschool.edu and I will pass on a copy of the manuscript. I would like to meet with interested individuals soon to discuss the possible future of this project.

Some Introductory, Pragmatic Info

Hello class! I'm Cambra, the Media Studies/Radio Lab TA. I worked with last semester's class as well, and I'm looking forward to helping the station grow and evolve even more this semester! I think we have a really great group this time around.

Briefly on me: I'm in my last semester in the Media Studies MA program, working on my thesis, which is about radio art and the female body. I can elaborate if anyone is interested, but I'll spare you here.

I want to point out a few things on the site and some general information to get us off and running this semester! First, you will notice a link on the right-hand side of the blog home page labeled "Campus Contacts." This is an ongoing list of various people to contact if you are interested in covering/are assigned to cover campus events. As most of you probably know, The New School's various divisions disseminate event calendars monthly. If you or your production team want to cover events on this calendar, you can contact the appropriate party in the spreadsheet directly to facilitate the process. I will be adding to this list as the semester goes on, and I encourage anyone with links to various divisions/departments to let the class know!

Also, a few of you mentioned wanting to work in "radio drama" in some respect during the semester. Some Drama faculty were kind enough to draft a list of Drama students who expressed interest in being involved in WNSR productions. This list appears as a link called "Drama Student Pool." I encourage anyone looking for acting/voice over talent to contact these students!

Finally, I thought I would link to some interesting listening to inspire us ! Benjamen Walker is one of my favorites the last few years. He has worked in public and freeform radio used to have a regular podcast until he stopped updating it in favor of, I'm sure, more important things. I think it's a lot of fun and a nice "fact/fiction" blend, to give you an idea of what's possible on the air. There are also lots of great listening/informational radio links on the blog home page; I encourage everyone to poke around.

Enjoy. I look forward to working with all of you this semester!

Let's try this again.

Hello class.

Let me introduce myself, albeit digitally. I am Richard Boggs, a media studies graduate student in my third full semester at this university. I'm a professionally trained journalist, with three years of on-air broadcast experience. I found my voice during that time, co-hosting a weekly revolving theme show entitled, "Love Smorgasbord." Since then, I have worked for a number of different media outlets, including print, and television broadcast.

Through it all, I have discovered that radio is my true love. At least when it comes to things that refuse to hug back.

This semester, my hope is to further the progress of WNSR, and usher it into a new era of consistency. Audience interest is prevalent among the student population, but that interest much be linked to accessibility and basic student utility. We need to make this station as much a part of basic student life at the new school as the seemingly endless building construction.

Well, enough of that.

For now, I have a proposition of sorts. I've recently had an interesting idea for a weekly radio concept which infuses a traditional radio set with traditional radio theater.

I call it Pop Walks.

The premise is simple. One hour, or 30 minutes, of music. However, instead of DJ's introducing or leading into music, the show focuses on recurring characters whose stories are told through the music being played.

The goal of the show is to have a dynamic interplay between the 1) Characters, 2) The Music, 3) The Audience.

I will explain further and in more detail if prompted and if met with equal interest by anyone who would like to participate. I'm thinking anyone in class who said they wanted to work in 'radio fiction,' 'drama,' 'voice acting,' or liked "Prairie Home Companion" should contact me.

For an example, listen to these:

Savior Spin
Swamp Gas

These are longer form radio pieces I've worked on this past couple of months. Pop Walks would be somewhat like this, but infused with a heavy dose of pop music. Duh.

My email: boggr010@newschool.edu

Take care, contact me, and may good work be produced.

Richard Boggs
(573) 795 2315