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Radio Show Intro

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So for this audio assignment, we had to create a Radio Live Show which I tweaked a bit to work with my group’s Radio Show.

I actually had very little trouble putting this together and I really liked how it turned out. I explained the premise of the show, who I was, who my co-hosts (group members) were, and basically just introduced the show we want to put together.

I had a good time, not going to lie. I liked being a radio host. I felt a little silly at first, but after a while, I got into it.

Here’s hoping our radio show turns out great!

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FOTA Radio Vol. 6 : Obsolete?

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It’s been a while but FOTA Radio, the infamous #ds106radio show, is back and as brutal as ever.

This particular show looks at ideas of nostalgia, loss, obsolescence and the ways an oppressive government can bring these about, through the lenses of:

The inner life of Clayton Christensen, disruptive action man.
Two superb “Twilight Zone” episodes: “The Obsolete Man” and “Walking Distance“
and the music and culture of (and the mainstream reaction to) the early 90s UK rave scene (specifically 1991-1994, as the underground culture built up to a clash with the mainstream of UK life)

The music of the UK Rave scene was characterised by the use of (often incongruous) dialogue samples, so you’ll hear a lot more stuff you recognise, both within the music and added by me.

As far as there is a story, you could imagine numerous characters attempting to return to and reassert their beliefs based on their formative years, only to find that their early years are not as innocent as they remember – precisely because of (their? others?) over reliance on a detailed examination of these beliefs.

I’ve used Cakewalk Music Creator 6, Audacity, and audio sourced from my personal collection and ripped from various video hosting sites.

For a limited time only, the show is available to download here ( & google drive mirror), it will eventually make its way to MixCloud or SoundCloud, along with earlier episodes.

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FOTA Radio Vol. 6 : Obsolete?

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It’s been a while but FOTA Radio, the infamous #ds106radio show, is back and as brutal as ever.

This particular show looks at ideas of nostalgia, loss, obsolescence and the ways an oppressive government can bring these about, through the lenses of:

The inner life of Clayton Christensen, disruptive action man.
Two superb “Twilight Zone” episodes: “The Obsolete Man” and “Walking Distance“
and the music and culture of (and the mainstream reaction to) the early 90s UK rave scene (specifically 1991-1994, as the underground culture built up to a clash with the mainstream of UK life)

The music of the UK Rave scene was characterised by the use of (often incongruous) dialogue samples, so you’ll hear a lot more stuff you recognise, both within the music and added by me.

I’ve used Cakewalk Music Creator 6, Audacity, and audio sourced from my personal collection and ripped from various video hosting sites.

For a limited time only, the show is available to download here ( & google drive mirror), it will eventually make its way to MixCloud or SoundCloud, along with earlier episodes.

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“Dynamite Group Radio Interview” By: Alasia,Kevin,Janelle,Adewole&Daniel Topic:”Relationships, The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly”

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http://soundcloud.com/alasia-laureano/group-name-dynamites

Click On the links to hear our interview on SoundCloud!!!!!

I must say that this was one of the best group projects I done in all of my life! One reason is because EVERYONE did their part and did it on time, and in the past group projects everyone i worked with was either lazy, didn;t try to make the time or effort to do the work, ir simply just didn’t care, and I think that the most important thing in a group project is commitment and team work. So I was so happy that i chose the right group who was committed in getting a god grade on this just like me:) !! As for the process and steps for doing this radio interview it was very fun, and i loved it, I liked how creative my group and i were. As for the role I played in my group I was the one who thought of the group name and the topic, and i asked everyone else for their opinion on it and they agreed. Then I gave the group sun-topics that we should talk about in the group, and then I asked the members to choose which one they would feel most comfortable talking about. As soon as everyone picked their part we all met up in school to record our parts on my Iphone4s using my voice-memo app. I talked about trust and Attachment vs. Love in a relationship, and then gave in some personal experiences of that on my own. As a group we all wanted to include or personal experiences on relationship so that our audience could be more interested and engage in the interview. I also was in charge of uploading the interview to my SoundCloud account and I also was in charge of making the greeting for the interview, as well as the ending for interview. I made up a fake hot-line number for the audience to call just how they do it real-life radio shows! I had so much fun and I think as a group we all did Amazing!

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Grant Potter’s #ds106 Radio Live Show

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DS106 Radio (Not Really) Live Show

Welcome to another episode of Pimp My Class. Click the link to listen. Tonight’s show will take you back to old school storytelling. We got a letter from Anna in Cave Creek who wanted to know if there were simple audio tools to use in the classroom for storytelling. Why yes, Anna, let’s Pimp Your Class with some easy to use audio tools.

Assignment Description: Come up with an hour-long, themed show for #ds106 Radio that you both conceptualize and produce, then deliver on-the-air live over. It can be an ongoing show, or a one-time affair.

So I’m taking a stab at radio show hosting. Someone be sure to tell me to keep my day job. I created a radio bumper, 3 mini commercials all rolled into a 5 minute episode of a show I created called Pimp My Class. I recorded in Audacity and added a few sound effects and StackTraxx music which I have a license for.

Links for tonight’s show:

Transcript:

You are listening to ds106 radio with soul4real broadcasting live from Phoenix, Arizona.

Welcome to another episode of Pimp My Class. Tonight’s show will take you back to old school storytelling. We got a letter from Anna in Cave Creek who wanted to know if there were simple audio tools to use in the classroom for storytelling. Why yes, Anna, let’s Pimp Your Class with some easy to use audio tools, but first…

Old school storytelling is all about the story and the storyteller. A good story was conveyed through words, and often by improvisation or embellishment.(Much like I’m doing now) Stories have been shared in every culture as a means of entertainment, education, cultural preservation and in order to instill moral values. The same is true today, but storytelling has certainly changed. Today’s storytellers have so many other tools other than the spoken word or movement of the body to convey the story. Today we have endless types of media, including a ton of Web 2.0 tools that can create everything from a still photo to mashups of video to help us tell a story. It can all be quite over stimulating. However, there are many purists still out there that believe storytelling should be only about the narrative. Just sit down. Unplug. Listen. Just like in the old days when we would all gather around the radio to listen to an episode of the Lone Ranger. SCRRRRRR! Okay, okay. Yeah, I wasn’t alive in the 1930’s, and I’m not buying this purists crap either. Gimme a good old fashioned Web 2.0 created story any day. In fact, let’s get right down to my top 3 super techie story telling audio tools.

First is AudioBoo. There’s nothing better than telling a story around a picture, but who has time to take a picture, go home, transfer it to your computer, pretty it up, and then upload it to the web? Then you’re only half way done. You still have to record the story. Back up there a sec. Snap a picture with your fancy smart phone, open up your AudioBoo app, record your story about the picture you just took, attach the photo and send the whole thing to AudioBoo with the push of a button. AudioBoo then posts your story for the whole world to see and hear just like magic. Truly awesome sauce, don’t you think?

Okay, number two on my list is iPadio. Again, who has time for old technology. That would be desktop computers and uploading photos and stories to the web, in case you forgot. iPadio is another tool that lets you use your mobile phone to create audio. iPadio gives you a toll free number to call, so just dial the number and start telling your story. When you’re finished, hang up and your show is live on the web. In fact, if you wanted to actually be live, you can do a live storytelling broadcast. Totally rad, right?

Finally there is AudioPal for those time when you are stuck in a boring textbased discussion forum reading endless boring diatribes about whatever the teacher has assigned. Let’s assume you are not the teacher. That would be bad. But anyway, why not bust out in story right in the middle of that boring discussion with AudioPal. AudioPal lets you record audio directly to the web browser using a microphone or your telephone. And if you’re truly lazy, you can use text to speech. Any way you choose you get your story recorded, and AudioPal will email you the embed code to your story. You can then embed your story right into the discussion, so when all the other bored students get to your post, they get a surprise story to brighten their day, and all is right in the world once again. Okay, well, maybe not, but anyway, Anna you can pimp your class by introducing any of these storytelling methods into your class. I hope that helps and good luck to you.

Okay, that’s it’s for tonight’s episode of Pimp My Class. If you would like to get some tips on how to pimp your class, send your email to dr.coop at yahoo.com. Until then, this is soul4real signing off. Have a great evening.

Nora’s Awesome Vintage Radio Show – 2/9/11

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So this week’s show was interesting on many levels, at least for me. The first level was just doing my show (which is always interesting). The second level was incorporating an assignment from this class to make the playlist for this week’s show. And the third level of interestingness was the fact that while I was broadcasting over WMWC waves I was also broadcasting over Radio DS106* waves. And there was no fourth level of interestingness.** And now for the run down.
Playlist

Glad Girls – Guided By Voices***
Sail – Awolnation
We Are Golden – Mika
Heads Will Roll – Yeah Yeah Yeahs****
Rolling in the Deep – Adele
Cecilia – Simon and Garfunkel
The Underdog – Spoon
All My Friends (London Session) – LCD Soundsystem
40 Day Dream – Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
She’s Not There – The Zombies
Twist and Shout – The Beatles
The Authority Song – Jimmy Eat World

News

Cake tops the charts and helps the record industry reach an all time low. Go Cake!
The Strokes have a new album and a new single. Go Strokes!
Goodbye Guitar Hero. You will be missed in dorm rooms throughout the country.

As mentioned there were no releases this week, but I expect there will be next week. And until then have a good weekend and don’t let the overwhelming stress of school get to you. Two more weeks and it will be spring break! And then you can catch up on the sleep you’ve been missing.

*Others may call it DS106 radio, but I will ever follow the tradition of the BBC and call it Radio DS106. Besides, it makes the whole thing sound more stately and less insane (which it actually is.)
**Interestingness is a word and failed Inception reference is awesome on some level.
***No videos this week since I’m trying to get this out before I go to bed. And save for maybe a handful, most of these songs wouldn’t have videos anyway so no real loss.
****What are Yeah Yeah Yeahs? :end veiled reference to Glee: