Technology and the Arts – Episode 66 (09.27.2013) features lightly edited audio from a live Google+ Hangout On Air conducted September 23, 2013. This installment of the podcast features discussion on technologies libraries need to be aware of and using in today’s world, the praise heaped upon Netflix by Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan following the show’s Emmy win for best drama, and the value of Internet radio stations focusing on local music…and more! File size: 15.3 MB. Time: 1 hr., 02 min., 09 sec. Hosts: Brian Kelley and John LeMasney.
John talked about:
- Training he is providing through LibraryLink NJ
- Classes he is teaching at Rider University
- And work-for-advertising opportunities for his consulting business
Brian talked about:
- An update on his participation in a recording of Yoko Ono’s “Silver Horse” by friend/singer-songwriter Christian Beach for an upcoming Main Man Records tribute CD
- A performance of “Silver Horse” during a New Jersey Peace Action Concert for Peace event taking place October 19
Together, they discussed:
- Top technologies libraries should know and use
- “Breaking Bad” creator Vince Gilligan’s post-Emmy praise for Netflix
- The perils of relying on any one online mapping or GPS app.
- New Jersey Internet radio:
- Altrok – keeping alive the legacy of the long-gone WHTG 106.3 FM, Modern Rock at the Jersey Shore
- BlowUp Radio – an online radio station that hosts, Banding Together, an annual “webathon” featuring local music artists designed to combat spondylitis.
- The Penguin Rocks
Here is the webcast version of the episode:
Technology and the Arts 2.0: Series 2, Ep. 7 – 09.23.2013
