My name is Mary Holt and this is my first blog! Yay! This blog was made to have a record of, and to share with those interested, my experiments! Whatever they may be. My original reason for starting this was to document my "church experiment" on here, which I haven't actually got going yet...I explain below what that is. In the summer of 2012 I decided to use this blog as an outlet for talking about my radio show that I started at WCBN 88.3 fm Ann Arbor! It was my first time being a DJ for a radio station and I was very excited about it! I have a different show now, Super Awesome Music Times with Mary (Tuesdays 1-3pm), and I post my show on here as soon as I can and I talk about it a bit as well. You can see all of the previous shows I've done by clicking the links at the top of the page. "Transformations" was the show I had during winter semester 2013, "Come On, Wake Up Ann Arbor" was my first show in 2012, and I've been rotating host on several different specialty shows as well.
My church experiment (which is pretty much on the back-burner now, but I may still do someday) is I am going to visit all the churches, synagogs, Buddhist temples, etc. that I can find in the downtown Ann Arbor area. I'm going to compare each one including how they do things, how the people are different, and how they make me feel. This is not an attempt to choose a church for myself (I really don't have any desire to do so) or to pass judgement on how different churches or religions do things. It is simply an attempt to make objective observations, get to know different kinds of people, and to have fun doing a social experiment of sorts. Currently I'm thinking of posting just voice recordings of myself talking about my experiences and of me interviewing others. I might also write a bit. If you have any suggestions about how to make this a more fun and interesting experience for myself and you, please let me know!
Radio Experiments!
Here is the latest episode of my radio show Come On, Wake Up Ann Arbor! In this episode I have 2 special guests on the air with me, Ben and Bethany. It was a very interesting mix of songs we chose! Enjoy:
Part 1: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/15023301/COWUAA_6_7_2012_Pt1.mp3
Part 2: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/15023301/COWUAA_6_7_2012_Pt2.mp3
Part 3: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/15023301/COWUAA_6_7_2012_Pt3.mp3
Tracklist:
6:00 AM, The Shins, “Caring is Creepy”, Oh Inverted World,
5:55 AM, They Might Be Giants, “Why Does the Sun Shine? (The Sun is a Mass of Incandescent Gas)”, Why Does the Sun Shine? (The Sun is a Mass of Incandescent Gas),
5:45 AM, Regina Spektor, “Us”, Soviet Kitsch,
5:41 AM, Frontier Ruckus, “Nerves of the Nightmind”, Deadmalls & Nightfalls,
5:25 AM, Koji Kondo, “Super Mario 64 Main Theme”, Super Mario 64,
5:22 AM, Danger Mouse, “December 4th”, Clean Radio Edits,
5:18 AM, Jay-Z, “99 Problems”, The Black Album,
5:08 AM, Subroto Roy Chowdhury sitar/A. G. Bandopadhyay tabla, “Drut Gat in Tintal”, Sitar India Archive Music,
5:05 AM, Bombay S. Jayashri, “Gajavadana Beduve”, Paalinchu Kaamaakshi,
4:55 AM, Ida Maria, “I Like You So Much Better When You’re Naked”
4:51 AM, Feist, “Let it Die”, Let it Die,
4:47 AM, The Shins, “Saint Simon”, Chutes Too Narrow,
4:26 AM, Funkadelic, “Funky”, The Electric Spanking of War Babies,
4:18 AM, Priscilla Ahn, “Dream”, A Good Day,
4:13 AM, 3 Canal, “Let the Session Begin”, Mondo Soca,
4:07 AM, Cambodian Space Project, “Ban Juarp Pros Snae/I’ve Met My Love”, 2011 A Space Odyssey,
4:05 AM, Os Mutantes, “A Minha Menina”, Tropicalia,
3:55 AM, Eduard Khil, “I Am Glad, ‘Cause I’m Finally Returning Back Home”
3:48 AM, John Williams, “Cantina Band”, Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope,
3:40 AM, The Swords Project (request), “The New Assasin”, The Swords Project,
3:35 AM, Hofi Geza, ???, Odusszeusz: Hofi Geza,
3:26 AM, Reggie Watts, “Having Sex”, A Live At Central Park,
3:20 AM, Deep Sea Diver, “Keep It Moving”, History Speaks,
3:16 AM, The Low Anthem, “Charlie Darwin”, Oh My God, Charlie Darwin,
3:11 AM, Feist, “The Bad in Each Other”, Metals,
3:08 AM, The Shins, “The Rifle’s Spiral”, Port of Morrow,
3:03 AM, Awolnation, “Wake Up”, Megalithic Symphony
