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  • Almost Home from Seattle

    Almost Home from Seattle After about 30 hours of driving I’m in Madison, WI getting ready to head back to Champaign. I think the conference was mostly successful, though what excited me most was seeing the mosquito fleet go into action. According to a post on Seattle IMC from one of the mosquito helpers, there…

  • A low bitrate streaming mp3

    A low bitrate streaming mp3 version of yesterday’s mediageek radio show live from Seattle IMC is now on-line. Click here to listen (24 kbps).

  • Thanks to Brad and

    Thanks to Brad and Sandy at Partytown Radio for displaying such a clear picture during today’s Rally for the Public Interest, in Freeway Park, Seattle.

  • Democratic Media Advocate Sneaks Into NAB

    Democratic Media Advocate Sneaks Into NAB You can read two versions of the story. First, we’ll shower in the mainstream, from Radio and Records: As close to a dozen individuals held up signs outside of the Washington State Convention and Trade Center Friday morning protesting Clear Channel and corporate radio, Prometheus Radio activist Hannah Sassaman…

  • Mosquitos Are Ruling Seattle’s Airwaves

    Mosquitos Are Ruling Seattle’s Airwaves The “Mosquito Fleet” of unlicensed low-power FM radio stations are in full effect durnig the second day of the Reclaim the Media conference. There are between 6 and 13 stations on the air throughout the city at any given time, broadcasting at power levels of between 4 and 150 watts.…

  • Listen in to Reclaim the Media

    Listen in to Reclaim the Media Seattle IMC’s Studio X will be broadcasting their on-line stream throughout the conference, where guest DJs will bring their own voices, music and programming. You can listen in at Seattle IMC. Many of the Mosquito Fleet low-power FM stations will be broadcasting this feed at different times throughout the…

  • Live from Seattle and Reclaim

    Live from Seattle and Reclaim the Media! I arrived in Seattle yesterday evening along with my traveling partner, John Anderson of DIYmedia.net, after a not-too-bad 2000 mile trek from Madison, WI. Constant scanning through the AM and FM dials only proved how pervasive cookie-cutter, automated radio formats have become, even in small western cities. And…

  • Pew Study Says Americans More Interested in DIY Journalism, but Still Serves Warning

    This story on Cyberjournalist reports that Americans became more interested in amateur reporting as a result of relying on such accounts, primarily found on the Internet, during the events of Sept. 11. ” Most notable, the study said, were the widespread first-person accounts, which most frequently appeared on personal Web logs, but also appeared on…

  • Reclaim the Media with mediageek

    Reclaim the Media with mediageek The Reclaim the Media conference, which is coincident with the NAB’s Radio Show in Seattle, is really shaping up and looking good. The conference happens Sept. 10 – 15. The schedule is now posted, and there’s lots of cool shit going on. The kick-off event is “Surrealist Subversions” with my…

  • It’s not quite media-related, but

    It’s not quite media-related, but Salon’s Scott Rosenberg has on his blog a very cogent and concise deconstruction of right-wing, pro-Administration pundits’ tossing about of the term “appeasement” at those who express doubts about or outright oppose going to war, with “terrorists,” with Iraq, with the “Axis of Evile”: “An ‘appeasement’ policy depends on the…