I am really glad that we ended up choosing the theme “Dating”, because I think it is not too difficult to come up with ideas for a radio show revolving around this theme, since most people have some sort of experience with dating. I think that I am gonna record myself going around Ann Arbor ...

"How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop"CC Jeremy BrooksMusic by Leo Noronha

"Take a photo looking out your best day dreaming window. Include the frame in your shot."This was the office I worked at over the summer. It's safe to say I spent a lot of time daydreaming out of this window.

Write one line from a song that predicts how your day will go, another how it really went."Rollin' down the street smokin' indo sipping on gin and juice""Chillin out maxing relaxing all cool, shooting some bball outside of the school"

My new favorite day dreaming window: right outside our cottage in South Carolina on Kiawah Island. 

This week we jumped right into audio. I did a critical response and posted my Vox Pop that was assigned in class. I also wrote up a post on what I plan on doing for the group radio broadcast for class. Finally, I did a couple daily/audio creates. List...

Favorite daydreaming window - from our Marina Tower apartment in Chicago, a photo by theopcm on Flickr.The Daily Create 4.3.13 - take a photo looking out your best daydreaming window

Dailycreate!!!

Flickr User ZakVTASo I missed last class when we discussed what the topic would be for our radio show. From reading everyone else's posts, I figured out that the theme was "dating". How that theme stemmed from our class, I don't even know, but I'll go ...

EDIT: I had something here before I realized it was all completely wrong. I wasn't in class so I didn't know that the theme was "dating;" now I've got to slightly revise my previous idea.

Listen to my Vox Pop hereCompleted my first vox pop! My question was to ask people to describe the University of Michigan in 3 words. I asked a couple of my friends this question as well as my mother, who all had their own ways to describe U of M. One ...

I will be leaving the country bright and early tomorrow morning for Spring Break.  Headed down to the Dominican Republic to stay for a week in Punta Cana. I’m pretty excited after a long week of 3 exams and lots of work.  Had to do my weekly review a little earlier than Sunday since I ...

At first I wasn’t too thrilled with the “Dating” theme that we cam up.  Being in a relationship myself, I know my girlfriend, nor I for that matter, would not be too happy with me talking about our relationship.  But I got thinking, there is so much more to talk about.  I have been living ...

Using an everyday object as a musical instrument – My Mouth An attempt to beat box.

I don’t grok radio. I don’t usually listen to it, aside from maybe some songs a friend happens to flip on in the car. I don’t watch movies and shows much either. Mostly, I read. Listening Deception by Radiolab was a new experience. And kind of a pleasant one. Why? This show is odd in that ...

At first, I thought that this was going to be a boring show, just judging for the tone of the host Ira Glass. If he’d talked the entire time I thought I would pass out. But when the show went into the first act, I realized that there would be characters in each different act. … Continue reading →

Here are a few more sonic resources to explore. If you’re interested in doing something like what you hear in this for one of your audio projects, let me know. … Continue reading →

I really like “This American Life: Valentine’s Day 2013.” This is partially due to the fact that Valentine’s Day is my favorite holiday.

I personally like it because it reminds people to be nice to those that they like, be it romantic or friends. Valentine’s Day is for thanking those who bring happiness to your life. At least this is what I think of the holiday and why I like it. 

Now onward to the radio. Overall This American Life knows how to create a dynamic and interesting piece that you are willing to listen to from beginning to end. Sometimes broadcasts I’ve heard become flat as they go on and give the reaction to change the channel as quickly as possible. They mix audio and keep the stories moving forward at a consistent pace so that the story doesn’t start to lag. I really like the first and last stories.

The first one one stuck with me not so much with the story, but the conclusion that Ira Glass gave at the end. After hearing the story I kept thinking about what he said. That the idea that people might not know what to do next and the result of moving forward might not be the result that they want, but sometimes you have to push yourself forward and hope for the best. What we should do next is not clear it is only when something becomes the past does the situation really become “clear.” So I thought the first story was effective in that long after I heard it I was still thinking about it.

The last piece I found really interesting. I felt it was a story people could relate to or at least understand  Everyone was young once and  sometimes people like that someone likes them but don’t actually like that person. Everyone has either experienced this or knows someone who has decided themselves. What I really like about this section is that despite the whole situation being kind of awkward and sad, we don’t feel sad after listening. We are amused because the delivery is given with humor. What I also really like was that it reminded me of one of my favorite comedians, Simon Amstell. I like laughing  so that’s how this piece was effective for me.

This was quite surprising. I noticed a few unexpected things after listening to this radio episode. First of all, I really like the idea of telling a few stories. At first 58 minutes seemed like a really long time, but it was spread out nicely across the different stories. Of course, some I liked and ...

For our first audio assignment, my question was highly relevant to what we have been listening to all week. After listening to Deception, I learned that liars sometimes prosper, and that people who lie have more connections in their brains, … Continue reading →

Flickr User Neil CrosbyFirst of all, let me start off by saying that this radio episode was a little too long for me.As discussed in class, I think it's hard to listen to a radio episode, especially since (for me, at least) I couldn't do anything else ...

I was brainstorming a story for next month’s Ann Arbor Moth Storyslam, and I decided to take one of the ideas that I had and make an audio essay out … Continue reading →

When I first began listening to this broadcast, I feared that I would lose focus so I brought up the transcript in another window to read along. But at the story continued I found myself focusing more on the audio. … Continue reading →