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Download Show 18
flcreatives_18_eric.mp3
Length: 1:34:26
Eric Marden, AKA Xentek or Dr. XNLB, shares with us some stories from his past about starting record labels, trying to form creative collectives, and the creative climate in Orlando.
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Show 2.01
popmeanscuddle_201.mp3
Time: 26:21
marc. with a c. and Ryan Price kick off Season 2 of Pop Means Cuddle with a decided focus on Nerd Music. We discuss Nerdapalooza, Dr. Demento, Pandora, our Wikipedia project, and our show.
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Apparently the initial list offered has stirred the masses into requests for more coverage. Here is the NEW list of SoTG teams. My apologies to the Giant fans of the world, I thought I had that on my old list — but rest assure they are there now.
Tampa Bay Bucs
Jacksonville Jags
Miami Dolphins
Pittsburgh Steelers
Minnesota Vikings
Indianapolis Colts
New York Giants
Cleveland Browns
Seattle Seahawks
If there are any other teams that you want to see — it’s not too late. Just E-mail us at sotg@thestudentofthegame.com
Back in April, a bunch of local theatre folks got together to have dinner and meet up. Tonight was the second installment in what seems to be a 3-or-4-times-a-year event, held in local theatre spaces. The April 6th pot-luck was hosted by Mad Cow Theatre downtown, and today’s was held in the lobby of the Orlando REP.
From the Wikipedia page on Potluck:
Folk etymology has derived the term “potluck” from the Native American custom of potlatch; the word “potluck”, however, is actually of English origin. It is a portmanteau word formed from (cooking) pot and lucke. The earliest written citation is from 1592: “That that pure sanguine complexion of yours may never be famisht with pot lucke,” Thomas Nashe. As this shows, the original meaning was “food given away to guests”, probably derived from “whatever food one is lucky enough to find in the pot”, i.e. whatever food happens to be available, especially when offered to a guest. By extension, a more general meaning is “whatever is available in a particular circumstance or at a particular time.”
Potlatch is actually a good custom from which to derive this kind of dinner - the potlatch is often celebrated at special events, like births, celebrations of the harvest, and weddings. It is a show of wealth and prosperity, where the person holding the potlatch holds a feast, and trades some prized commodity for things they might need.
The tech community’s BarCamp and the PR and Media community’s BlogOrlando could be seen as a kind of potlatch - we’re trading ideas and experience.
The idea for the Theatre Pot-Luck was originally spawned by local actor John Baker via Elizabeth Maupin’s Orlando Sentinel theatre blog, which is also the best place see announcements for other upcoming events. The Orlando Arts Blog is another good place to check. Apparently, the Orlando Shakes has volunteered to hold the next one in a few months. Right now there is no organizer, it just sort of happens as someone steps up to offer space - which is, in my opinion, as it should be.
Take a diverse group of some of Jacksonville’s most creative entrepreneurs, artists, architects, bloggers, designers and academics. Give them 20 slides and 20 seconds per slide to show off their work, tell you a story, or entertain. Rinse and Repeat.
Take a diverse group of some of Jacksonville’s most creative entrepreneurs, artists, architects, bloggers, designers and academics. Give them 20 slides and 20 seconds per slide to show off their work, tell you a story, or entertain. Rinse and Repeat.
Take a diverse group of some of Jacksonville’s most creative entrepreneurs, artists, architects, bloggers, designers and academics. Give them 20 slides and 20 seconds per slide to show off their work, tell you a story, or entertain. Rinse and Repeat.
Take a diverse group of some of Jacksonville’s most creative entrepreneurs, artists, architects, bloggers, designers and academics. Give them 20 slides and 20 seconds per slide to show off their work, tell you a story, or entertain. Rinse and Repeat.
Take a diverse group of some of Jacksonville’s most creative entrepreneurs, artists, architects, bloggers, designers and academics. Give them 20 slides and 20 seconds per slide to show off their work, tell you a story, or entertain. Rinse and Repeat.
Take a diverse group of some of Jacksonville’s most creative entrepreneurs, artists, architects, bloggers, designers and academics. Give them 20 slides and 20 seconds per slide to show off their work, tell you a story, or entertain. Rinse and Repeat.
Take a diverse group of some of Jacksonville’s most creative entrepreneurs, artists, architects, bloggers, designers and academics. Give them 20 slides and 20 seconds per slide to show off their work, tell you a story, or entertain. Rinse and Repeat.
Take a diverse group of some of Jacksonville’s most creative entrepreneurs, artists, architects, bloggers, designers and academics. Give them 20 slides and 20 seconds per slide to show off their work, tell you a story, or entertain. Rinse and Repeat.
Take a diverse group of some of Jacksonville’s most creative entrepreneurs, artists, architects, bloggers, designers and academics. Give them 20 slides and 20 seconds per slide to show off their work, tell you a story, or entertain. Rinse and Repeat.
They thought it would never happen. “Blasphemy!” they said. Also, “My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard.” (Although, to be fair, this doesn’t make any sense.)
But it seems they are wrong, for I am writing a post. Stranger things have happened.
For example.
Since living in the UK, I have noticed several seemingly tiny but culturally huge gaps in the things British and American societies deem important. Soccer and peanut butter respectively top this list.
However, it seems the gap is closing and we are embracing one another’s traditions. In return for the Americans embracing Victoria Beckham as a valid human being (in some cases), British teens have run away with the concept of senior prom.
Prom, where memories are made, is typically tacky and gross and therefore unsurprisingly something of an industry. I was too cool (read: misanthropic) for the prom committee, but I have been in physical contact with catalogues containing everything you need for your perfect magical evening.
Sometimes this gets out of control. My best friend, who was on the prom committee, claims that her senior prom’s color scheme was established to match a committee member’s dress. Further to this, she claims that she visited her high school during prom season years later and found that they had developed a new and unique prom theme all by themselves: Candyland After Dark.
If I remember anything whatsoever about Candyland, I recall it being relatively frightening in broad daylight. Not only did it feature Gloppy the Molasses Monster, the Lord Licorice of the ’80s looks like Satan and the Candyland Kids themselves look like they belong to Aryan Nations or Prussian Blue. I can’t imagine anything in Candyland being improved by darkness.
For that matter, the idea of any character-based board game after dark has potential to be utterly frightening. Clue After Dark. Guess Who After Dark. Don’t Wake Daddy After Dark. Hungry, Hungry Hippos…After Dark.
Is prom’s UK invasion a good thing? Will the obnoxiousness be lost in translation? Let’s consult our Magic 8 Ball After Dark.
Hmm. Outlook not good.
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