Sun, 31 December 2006
Happy New Year! And welcome to Episode 15 of Light On Light Through: The Stuff of the Cosmos ... Carl Sagan, who died ten years ago at the end of December, said that, because we come from the cosmos, when we look out at the cosmos with our telescopes, we are but the stuff of the cosmos looking back at itself ... in this New Year's podcast we explore the meaning and impact of Carl Sagan's thought, including his dual pursuit of knowledge and fame ... and we look at the need of our species to get beyond this planet and out into the cosmos, our truest home... Also in this episode: a medley of our music from our podcasts since October (which was the beginning of Light On Light Through), including samples from Idris Elba, Ebony Moore, Jeffrey Foucault, and B J Cunningham - look at the show notes for previous episodes, for details about where to find and hear more of their music. I'll be back again next week, in 2007. In the meantime, enjoy... Paul web: http://paullevinson.info videoclips: http://www.youtube.com/user/PLev20062006 Levinson news clips podcast: http://Levinsonnews.podshow.com Ask Lev 2-5 min pieces of advice on writing, succeeding, and tea words and music by Paul Levinson readings, performances, live on radio (Sundays, 7:15am, Pacific time): www.knx1070.com The Plot to Save Socrates - my latest novel
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Sun, 24 December 2006
Happy holidays! Episode 14 of Light On Light Through is mostly about food ... in particular the revolution in convenience and delicious eating being brought about by places like Trader Joe's ... I talk not only about the great food you can get there, but about hearing Wolfman Jack on the radio while I was shopping at Trader Joe's ... Also in this episode ... the Mo' or more is about YouTube again ... Time Magazine picked everyone as its "person of the year," in large part because YouTube has made video producers of us all ... just as I was talking about in Episode 10, Every Eye's A Camera, Every Ear's A Mike here a few weeks ago ... you can still catch that episode of you like ... and in just the past week, YouTube has demonstrated a different kind of value to the world: It made almost immediately available the uncensored rendition of Saturday Night Live's hilarious Special Treat in a Box skit by Andy Samberg and Justin Timberlake from last week. NBC, as per usual, was too afraid of the FCC to play it unbleeped on the air, but once YouTube led the way, nbc.com followed by putting both the bleeped and non-bleeped versions on its web page. Can YouTube be the antidote to the FCC's trampling of the First Amendment? Maybe ... we'll have to see ... let's hope so... And I'm very pleased to also have in this episode BJ Cunningham's acoustic Still Here With You, as well as his acoustic-guitar rendition of Over the Rainbow... You can get his Frontiers and Acoustic albums on iTunes. His details and other helpful links follow:
Wonderful holidays to everyone! Paul web: http://paullevinson.info videoclips: http://www.youtube.com/user/PLev20062006 Levinson news clips podcast: http://Levinsonnews.podshow.com Ask Lev 2-5 min pieces of advice on writing, succeeding, and tea words and music by Paul Levinson readings, performances, live on radio (Sundays, 7:15am, Pacific time): www.knx1070.com The Plot to Save Socrates - my latest novel
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Sat, 16 December 2006
I'm talking about the Golden Globe Awards, of course, and I call them "The Gold Plated Globes" in this Episode - lucky #13 - of Light On Light Through because of what they missed on television in their nominations for 2006, announced a few days ago. These would be, most outrageously, Kidnapped, Battlestar Galactica, and The Wire. They did get a few things right - that's why I call them goldplated, rather than silverplated, or no-plated - and among the accomplisments well recognized are Michael C. Hall's performance in Dexter, Michael Ealy in Sleeper Cell, Bill Paxton in Big Love - which also received a nom as best show - and of course 24 and Kiefer Sutherland as Jack Bauer. A complete list of the Golden Globe nominations for 2006 - including not only television but movies - can be seen at the Hollywood Foreign Press Association website - they're the folks who bestow these awards. Other sites I mention on the show - not about the Gold-plateds but science fiction - include:
Enjoy... Paul web: http://paullevinson.info videoclips: http://www.youtube.com/user/PLev20062006 Levinson news clips podcast: http://Levinsonnews.podshow.com The Plot to Save Socrates - my latest novel |
Sat, 9 December 2006
Just in time for the Season 4 finale of The Wire, Episode 12 of Light On Light Through has Idris Elba aka Stringer Bell speaking on Stringer, in his new rap record - Driis Speaks on Stringer - in which he tells us what he thinks of Stringer's role in The Wire, and what Idris sees as his future in acting and music. I give my analysis of this season of The Wire, and respond to Idris. We got some great response to Episode 5 of Light On Light Through - "The Wire Without Stringer" - it's been far and away our most popular show - and I'm really pleased to present and discuss Idris' penetrating analysis here in his 2-minute rap record. I'd like to hear your views on this, too - send e-mail to PaulLevinson@lightonlightthrough.com or leave voice-mail at 206-203-2615 - and I'll read or play it on the show. Also in this episode - voice-mail from Ebony Moore, and e-mail from John DeNardo of www.sfsignal.com Here are some places on the Web you might want to visit after - or during - the podcast:
Enjoy... Paul web: www.sff.net/people/paullevinson The Plot to Save Socrates - my latest novel
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Sat, 2 December 2006
Oh yeah ... almost walkin' on sunshine, in my Crocs ... and talkin' all about it in Episode 11 of Light On Light Through ... from Thom McCan to Clark's Wallabees to Rockport to Crocs ... a manifesto for shoe liberation and maybe comfort and energy over style... Also in Almost Walkin -
Enjoy... Paul web: www.sff.net/people/paullevinson The Plot to Save Socrates - my latest novel |
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