508508 #74: “Critical Mass”
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we try and fail to bike with Critical Mass.
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508 #73: Pikachu
508 is a show about Worcester. This week’s panelists are Tracy Novick and Brendan Melican.
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508 is now arguably the first local program to be an equal citizen of both the internet and TV. You can watch it on Worcester cable channel 13 Tuesdays at 12:30am and 11:30am. Plenty of local programs from traditional media have some internet component, in most cases, unfortunately, on the periphery of what they do, rather than near the core.
We touch on shopping locally, then delve into this year’s school budget. Mike promotes the upcoming Blogger Beer. The restaurant Quan Yin is closing. (You should watch at least a few minutes of Supreme Master TV.)
The Worcester City Council’s CORI vote was apparently delayed by an unreported screw-up by people in the Clerk’s office.
The InCity Times has an angry, personal rant inspired by an unlikely issue.
Brendan had a great time at Worcester’s Pecha Kucha.
Our conversation about urban “open space” takes a turn when Mike brings up the article “US cities may have to be bulldozed in order to survive.”
508 #72: The Woodchuck of Main South
508 is a show about Worcester. This week’s panel includes Brendan Melican and Scott Zoback.
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Colin Novick’s ordination is tomorrow (we got this wrong last week); the Save Our Poolz movement looks back at the past year and considers new strategy; Worcester may be getting CORI reform.
This week’s Worcester Magazine covers our nation’s hard times by noting the stories of Foothills Theater, Lujon, and Papamoka.
The Telegram and Gazette is up for sale–Mike had predicted this would happen by May 1. Scott Zoback predicts the sale price will surpass $1,000,000.
T&G does a sorry job covering the latest Rep. Spellane gossip compared to the Herald.
Rushton to buy NWA album for son?
Scott Zoback enjoyed the Dive Bar’s 100th Thursday Music Night and the haberdasher trailer.
Mike suggests Worcester Magazine imagine how they could cover a large, local story 100%, then post the “assignment list” and try to engage the community in reporting it. (Inspired by Jay Rosen’s idea for Brooklyn.
Mike also notes the Uighurs are finally getting out of Guantanamo.
Worcester’s “vegetarian renaissance” has lasted a month now, continuing with Drew Wilson’s WoMag article “Top places to get mock-meats.” We note Drew’s idea for mock dodo, mock tyrannosaurus rex, etc.
HBML has been replaced by the “Fuck Yeah Center.”
City Council Candidate Joe Casello should appear on 508.
We finish with a report from the year’s first Main South Farmer’s Market, and the story of the Woodchuck of Main South.
508 #71: Dime bags
508 is a show about Worcester. This week’s panelist is Brendan Melican.
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Worcester Magazine has a great article and slideshow about our screwed-up taxi system. Cab driver Jeff Barnard has a brief comment; Brendan has proposed solutions in the past.
The “vegetarian renaissance” in Worcester continues. VegWorcester has installed 5 newsracks and distributed 1000 veg dining guides in the past couple weeks.
Our friend Colin Novick is being ordained a Catholic deacon tomorrow June 13–but the local priest shortage continues. A former street vendor is running for City Council. Craigslist is too nice for newspapers to compete with.
508 #70: Papers and Poolz
508 is a show about Worcester.
This week, Mike is joined by Brendan Melican and Cha-Cha Connor.
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There’s a good show tonight at the Firehouse. The Catholic diocese is closing 2 more parishes. A Worcester woman is missing. Street vendors are being put out of business by new city regulations. (Video)
We read the African Radiant and mention Rep. Jim McGovern’s February letter to President Obama (PDF) asking for the 17 Uighurs at Guantanamo to be released into the U.S.
We read Worcester Magazine’s stories about panhandling and the Worcester Vegetarian Dining Guide. We mention Twitter.
The Pulse profiles the designer of the Veg Dining Guide.
This week’s InCity Times includes 2 mysterious items. The Worcester TwitCab is closed.
We contemplate the new Park Avenue CVS location through the teachings of Jim Collins.
We glance at the Catholic Radical. Cha-Cha talks about the situation with the City’s pools. The Telegram & Gazette website is still partly broken. We don’t have time to discuss Jeff Barnard’s “Worcester City Council: Bad for Business.”
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