Wasted Words » cities http://wastedwords.net Drinking. Talking. PODCASTING. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:07:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 2006-2010 info@wastedwords.net (Wasted Words) info@wastedwords.net (Wasted Words) 1440 http://wastedwords.net/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg Wasted Words http://wastedwords.net 144 144 Just another WordPress weblog Wasted Words Wasted Words info@wastedwords.net no no Show 111 – Labradoodle http://wastedwords.net/2011/08/21/show-111-labradoodle/ http://wastedwords.net/2011/08/21/show-111-labradoodle/#comments Sun, 21 Aug 2011 20:36:49 +0000 rjwhite http://wastedwords.net/?p=621 Mike Riggs (Reason Magazine) asks the panel why  it’s so difficult to adopt a pet and how the process can be simplified. ALSO: Racism, geese, James Randi and one of Tony’s neighbors apparently has a gun.

]]> http://wastedwords.net/2011/08/21/show-111-labradoodle/feed/ 0 0:52:10 Mike Riggs (Reason Magazine) asks the panel why  it’s so difficult to adopt a pet and how the process can be simplified. ALSO: Racism, geese, James Randi and one of Tony’s neighbors apparently has a gun. Mike Riggs (Reason Magazine) asks the panel why  it’s so difficult to adopt a pet and how the process can be simplified. ALSO: Racism, geese, James Randi and one of Tony’s neighbors apparently has a gun. Episode info@wastedwords.net no no Show 86 – The Mill Avenue Scene http://wastedwords.net/2010/10/06/show-86-the-mill-avenue-scene/ http://wastedwords.net/2010/10/06/show-86-the-mill-avenue-scene/#comments Wed, 06 Oct 2010 14:27:58 +0000 rjwhite http://wastedwords.net/?p=550 Wasted Words makes its first political endorsement! Steve Murray for Mayor or Burghermeister of Toronto (murray4mayor.biz)! Then, Stephen asks Shek, Andrew, Leonard and RJ how their hometowns shaped who they are today. Also- “Say, What’s Good?”, the early 90s Phoenix music scene, mall food of the past , the Dayton Peace Accords and angels.

]]> http://wastedwords.net/2010/10/06/show-86-the-mill-avenue-scene/feed/ 3 0:55:27 Wasted Words makes its first political endorsement! Steve Murray for Mayor or Burghermeister of Toronto (murray4mayor.biz)! Then, Stephen asks Shek, Andrew, Leonard and RJ how their hometowns shaped who they are today. Also- “Say, What’s[...] Wasted Words makes its first political endorsement! Steve Murray for Mayor or Burghermeister of Toronto (murray4mayor.biz)! Then, Stephen asks Shek, Andrew, Leonard and RJ how their hometowns shaped who they are today. Also- “Say, What’s Good?”, the early 90s Phoenix music scene, mall food of the past , the Dayton Peace Accords and angels. Episode info@wastedwords.net no no Show 77 – I Am From [This City] http://wastedwords.net/2010/07/07/show-77-i-am-from-this-city/ http://wastedwords.net/2010/07/07/show-77-i-am-from-this-city/#comments Wed, 07 Jul 2010 23:45:43 +0000 rjwhite http://wastedwords.net/?p=503 Are you a transplant in your current city? If so, how long did you take to truly feel of the place, if at all? That’s this week’s topic. Plus, everyone gets mad at RJ for not being super-crazy about Mad Men.

Oh! There is a new favorite bar of the Brooklyn contingent of Wasted Words. It is called Lowlands. Here is the website- www.lowlandsbar.com. It is awfully good and reasonable and has a backyard and you should go, should you be in the vicinity.

]]> http://wastedwords.net/2010/07/07/show-77-i-am-from-this-city/feed/ 1 0:40:04 Are you a transplant in your current city? If so, how long did you take to truly feel of the place, if at all? That’s this week’s topic. Plus, everyone gets mad at RJ for not being super-crazy about Mad Men. Oh! There is a new favorite b[...] Are you a transplant in your current city? If so, how long did you take to truly feel of the place, if at all? That’s this week’s topic. Plus, everyone gets mad at RJ for not being super-crazy about Mad Men. Oh! There is a new favorite bar of the Brooklyn contingent of Wasted Words. It is called Lowlands. Here is the website- www.lowlandsbar.com. It is awfully good and reasonable and has a backyard and you should go, should you be in the vicinity. Episode info@wastedwords.net no no Show 33 – The Thriving Performing Arts Scene Of Downtown Tuscaloosa http://wastedwords.net/2009/04/14/show-33-the-thriving-performing-arts-scene-of-downtown-tuscaloosa/ http://wastedwords.net/2009/04/14/show-33-the-thriving-performing-arts-scene-of-downtown-tuscaloosa/#comments Wed, 15 Apr 2009 03:38:44 +0000 rjwhite http://wastedwords.net/?p=224 Going west of the Mississippi, as Tony Zaret and Aaron Bleyaert call in from L.A. and Leonard Pierce calls from San Antonio. Olivia keeps it East Coast real. Topics: Souvenirs from Alabama; when does one cut off one’s relatives, if at all; how did musicals get their associations with certain folks; what’s something you’d miss about the city in which you live?

Plus- the start of a new (semi) weekly feature- The Vocab-u-Blaster Word of the Week!

Oh, and Tony wants you to hang out at the bar with him. Details in the podcast.

Show. Below. You know what to do:

]]> http://wastedwords.net/2009/04/14/show-33-the-thriving-performing-arts-scene-of-downtown-tuscaloosa/feed/ 2 0:00:01 Going west of the Mississippi, as Tony Zaret and Aaron Bleyaert call in from L.A. and Leonard Pierce calls from San Antonio. Olivia keeps it East Coast real. Topics: Souvenirs from Alabama; when does one cut off one’s relatives, if at all; how[...] Going west of the Mississippi, as Tony Zaret and Aaron Bleyaert call in from L.A. and Leonard Pierce calls from San Antonio. Olivia keeps it East Coast real. Topics: Souvenirs from Alabama; when does one cut off one’s relatives, if at all; how did musicals get their associations with certain folks; what’s something you’d miss about the city in which you live? Plus- the start of a new (semi) weekly feature- The Vocab-u-Blaster Word of the Week! Oh, and Tony wants you to hang out at the bar with him. Details in the podcast. Show. Below. You know what to do: Episode info@wastedwords.net no no Episode 18 – The “Penny Farthing” http://wastedwords.net/2008/11/25/episode-18-the-penny-farthing/ http://wastedwords.net/2008/11/25/episode-18-the-penny-farthing/#comments Wed, 26 Nov 2008 04:14:16 +0000 rjwhite http://wastedwords.net/?p=106 The panel wishes everyone a happy Thanksgiving with discussions of memory erasure, 18th century technologies to which we should return, why certain samples are used in rap music, resurrection of the Neanderthal man and woolly mammoth, and why you can’t go home again.

Also, here is a fan-made video for the Eminem song to which Olivia refers, ”Like Toy Soldiers,” using stills from the 1990s Disney Cartoon Goof Troop:

Enjoy our program below-

]]> http://wastedwords.net/2008/11/25/episode-18-the-penny-farthing/feed/ 2 0:47:40 The panel wishes everyone a happy Thanksgiving with discussions of memory erasure, 18th century technologies to which we should return, why certain samples are used in rap music, resurrection of the Neanderthal man and woolly mammoth, and why you ca[...] The panel wishes everyone a happy Thanksgiving with discussions of memory erasure, 18th century technologies to which we should return, why certain samples are used in rap music, resurrection of the Neanderthal man and woolly mammoth, and why you can’t go home again. Also, here is a fan-made video for the Eminem song to which Olivia refers, ”Like Toy Soldiers,” using stills from the 1990s Disney Cartoon Goof Troop: Enjoy our program below- Episode info@wastedwords.net no no Episode 9 http://wastedwords.net/2008/05/15/episode-9/ http://wastedwords.net/2008/05/15/episode-9/#comments Thu, 15 May 2008 17:36:46 +0000 rjwhite http://wastedwords.net/?p=27 This week, the Wasted Words Gang and special guest RJ White of The City Desk discuss our miserable cities, our miserable public transit systems, our miserable election, our miserable futures, and pagers.

]]> http://wastedwords.net/2008/05/15/episode-9/feed/ 1 0:50:24 This week, the Wasted Words Gang and special guest RJ White of The City Desk discuss our miserable cities, our miserable public transit systems, our miserable election, our miserable futures, and pagers. This week, the Wasted Words Gang and special guest RJ White of The City Desk discuss our miserable cities, our miserable public transit systems, our miserable election, our miserable futures, and pagers. Episode info@wastedwords.net no no