Key to the Highway ep 2.11
Wednesday, November 26th, 2008B.B. King
B.B. King
List of Speakers:
Samantha Henig ‘06 is a reporter for Newsweek and a freelance contributor to Slate. She was editor-in-chief of Current, a national magazine directed towards college students, from June 2007 to June 2008. During her time at Cornell, she co-founded Kitsch magazine, an all-features publication, and reported for the Daily Sun. She has been published in the Washington Post, the Boston Globe, and Harvard Magazine.
Katherine Jentleson ‘06 the other founder of Kitsch Magazine is an editor at Art+Auction, a trade publication devoted to the art world. She writes reviews of gallery and museum shows, art fairs and auctions for the magazine and its Web site and was recently appointed to be its Book Editor. She has also written art criticism for New York’s CUE Foundation, and before joining Art+Auction, she was an intern at Harper’s Magazine.
Jonah Green ‘06 is the video producer for NYMag.com, New York magazine’s online counterpart, and is also a freelance contributor to Slate. Jonah produced a documentary titled “Off the Record,” which aired on the Sundance Channel for two years. While at Cornell, he co-founded the Public Journal, a literary journal of confessions and personal essays that now appears at 6 colleges across the nation. He is currently shopping both a Public Journal collection and a first novel to editors, so if you know anyone good, send them his way.
Alexi Zentner has written for regional publications such as St. Louis Magazine, Newcity Chicago, and the Denver Rocky Mountain News. His short story “Touch” is featured in The O. Henry Prize Stories 2008 where it was chosen as a jury favorite, two of his stories were selected for “special mention” in the 2008 Pushcart Prize anthology, and he is the recipient of the 2008 Narrative Prize. His fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in The Atlantic Monthly, Narrative, Tin House, and other publications. He is a lecturer in the English Department at Cornell University and a graduate of the MFA program.
Filmed, Edited & Produced by: Jasmin Francis & Corey Belaief
We are currently in the process of editing the first episode, so stay tuned!
-CB
Show Playlist:
Crosstown Traffic - Jimi Hendrix
Big Shot - Billy Joel
Renegade - Styx
Saving Grace - Tom Petty
Just What I Needed - The Cars
I Am the Walrus - The Beatles
Frankenstein - Edgar Winter Group
Mississippi Queen - Mountain
However Much I Booze - The Who
Pretending - Eric Clapton
Hey, Hey, What Can I Do - Led Zeppelin
Jack and Diane - John Cougar Mellencamp
Just Got Paid - ZZ Top
Band on the Run - Paul McCartney
The Heat Check - November 24, 2008
i like space. i like whales.
Peter Bauer of the Walkmen speaks with Steph Tominaga from Slope Radio
Liza Maytok makes a visit to Ithaca promoting the Drop Beats not Bombs tour.
Check out her music at
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=239803874
The Ithaca stop is coming towards the end of a 3-week long workshop, live music, and speaking tour around the issues of counter military recruitment and conscientious objection. Below is the advertising flyer for the Ithaca events over the two days we’ll be in town, as well as Liza’s bio. This tour is hosted by my organization, the Fellowship of Reconciliation (one of the oldest peace and justice organizations in the country) and the Not Your Soldier project.
The 12 Steps are very sexy duo and associate with many many sexy people. This week, we picked 12 of our favorite people (sorry, there are only 12 steps - those left out, we still love you… unless you aren’t sexy) and played 12 songs that remind us of them.
1) WE ARE YOUR FRIENDS - Justice v. Simian (for Kenyon’s hardcore girls Ari & Elana)
2) Everything or Nothing - Mya (Nolstaaaaa)
3) Voglia di Dance All Night - Eiffel 65 (Tarantino you’re our boyyyyyyyyy)
4) Under Pressure - David Bowie (midget)
5) Paper Planes - M.I.A. (ChRisTiNA iS tHe HoTtNEsS)
6) Ojos Asi - Shakira (Hurricane Stothers & Andrew)
7) Learn To Fly - Foo Fighters (Nik Nik Nik)
Run Around - Blues Traveler (Yon’s Sistaaaaaaaas from the SAME mistaaaaaa)
8.5) Sweet Escape “Milos You Want My Body Edition” - Grace Epstein (our home girl for lifeeeeee)
9) Total Eclipse Of The Heart - Bonnie Tyler (Katie Conge-AWESOME)
10) Dum Diddly - The Black Eyed PEas (Laurynnnnnn Torchster - NL 4 Life)
11) Is It You? - Cassie (Jennnnnnnnnnny/Joyce/Baby)
12) Who’s Got The Crack - Pete Doherty & Carlos Barat (All OUr Chillin Villains)