Category: 508: A Show about Worcester

508 is a show about Worcester. This week’s panel includes Bruce Russell, Cha-Cha Connor, and Brendan Melican.

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Cha-Cha mourns the closing of the Java Hut; Worcester gets traffic cameras; Mike speculates that the Main South Alliance for Public Safety is a diabolical Freemasonic conspiracy; the benches in Federal Square are gone. Mike: “David Hitch is the worst editorial cartoonist in the country.” (Typical witless example.) Also: Worcester City Councilors promise a citizen revolution.

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Not on the podcast: My hero Edmund Hillary has died. I love that there’s no photo of him being the first man atop Everest, just Tenzing Norgay, either because he forgot to ask TN to take one, or because he didn’t think it was important enough to show TN how to use the camera. I also love that his first words upon returning to base camp were: “Well, George, we finally knocked the bastard off.” A true adventurer.

508 is a show about Worcester. This week I talk with Brendan Melican and Bruce Russell.

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Brendan: “I would like to thank in general the people of Iowa, and in particular Mike Huckabee, for proving to me once again that the United States is nothing more than a running comedy sketch for the Dutch.”

Pulse Magazine loves Cha-Cha Connor. (Who could not?)

A guy tried to kill his wife “by sticking her head in a pot of spaghetti sauce.”

Scott Zoback’s notes on this week’s inauguration hint that the City may be taking steps toward widespread video surveillance; we’ll watch the inauguration video and see what exactly was said.

We parse Brendan’s tongue-in-cheek predictions for 2008.

A guy was stabbed near Bruce’s house, and his friend Jimmy was attacked in a separate incident.

There’s now a feed for low-fi versions of this podcast, suitable for iTunes; and there’s a “collection” page at the Internet Archive for 508. All the download stats are totally wrong, BTW.

People everywhere are recognizing the Snow Ghost. Mike is curating an art show at HBML.

The Bob Bourassa/Claude Dorman feud seems to have ended, as has Bourassa’s connection with the neighborhood association. (Classic Bourassa, WoMag article, sample of anti-Bourassa sentiment on new neighborhood association site.)

Despite mentioning so many negative things, Mike is really happy about life in Worcester.

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Cha-Cha Connor is at far right

508 is a show about Worcester. This week’s panel includes Brendan Melican and Bruce Russell.

HBML is raffeling off a plush squid; the Longest Night event remembered those who’ve died homeless in Worcester, including Joe Sweet; Anthony Hmura’s disturbing blog mentions 508, and also fluoridation.

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Continue reading “508 #15: The Longest Night”

508 is a show about Worcester. This week’s panel includes Brendan Melican and Bruce Russell. We follow up on our “disco entertainment” story; Worcester has a needle disposal plan; Java Hut and HBML are closing; snow removal.

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508 is a show about Worcester. This week’s panel includes Brendan Melican, Cha-Cha Connor, and Bruce Russell.

Note: About halfway through this episode, my voice becomes de-synched from the rest of the conversation. I cut out the most unlistenable parts, including a funny rant from Bruce about how Worcester development projects are all misguided. Hope what remains isn’t too confusing.

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Continue reading “508 #13: Needles”

508 is a show about Worcester. This week’s panelists are Bruce “Snow Ghost” Russell and Jeff “Wormtown Taxi” Barnard.

We talk about the upcoming ballot recount and the price of gas vs. inflation. Also, even though this week Pie and Coffee posted an interview with a Cirignano juror, and the 2008 National Catholic Worker Gathering webpage, the additional traffic was drowned out from the traffic generated by a mention in Teresa Neilsen Hayden’s linkblog. What does this portend for the future of Worcester journalism?

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508 is a show about Worcester. This week, Mike and Brendan Melican discuss: a local STD researcher arrested for soliciting a prostitute in Main South has gotten a huge amount of press (latest); Mike makes like LaGuardia and reads from the InCity Times; Rushton asks for a recount in the City Council election; Brendan thinks next year will be a bad time to be mayor; Miro 1.0 is out; the Snow Ghost Community Show, hosted by frequent 508 panelist Bruce Russell, won some awards this week.

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508 is a show about Worcester.

This week, Mike is joined by Bruce Russell, Brendan Melican, and Matt Feinstein.

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Continue reading “508 #8: the election and the internet”