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!
Happy Independence Day everyone! This show started just 3 hours after the 4th of July ended so I decided I had to have an America theme! Originally this was going to be a bunch of songs about America and that said America and/or U.S.A in them, but I had a lot of issues with finding the CDs or records for the songs I wanted. And I tried to just get the songs online, but the quality I was finding was really bad. So, instead of my original plan I switched to listening to a series of records called The All American Pop Collection, which was a several volume series of records of American pop songs from the 1960s, played by the original artists. So, even though the show didn’t end up going as I had planned, I still had a whole lot of fun listening to these records and I learned some things about many of the songs on them along the way! So I hope you will enjoy them as well! Also during the show I had my first experience of getting interrupted by the emergency alert system, which made that lovely annoying alert sound, and then promptly proceeded to play dead air for a couple minutes…so that was fun too! ;) So, I hope you will enjoy the show as much as I did! Go red, white and blue!
Part 1: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/15023301/COWUAA_7_5_12_Pt1.mp3
Part 2: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/15023301/COWUAA_7_5_12_Pt2.mp3
Part 3: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/15023301/COWUAA_7_5_12_Pt3.mp3
Tracklist:
5:55 AM, The Beach Boys, Good Vibrations, Sounds of Summer, The Very Best of The Beach Boys,
5:53 AM, The Beach Boys, Be True To Your School, Sounds of Summer, The Very Best of The Beach Boys,
5:51 AM, The Beach Boys, Fun, Fun, Fun, Sounds of Summer, The Very Best of The Beach Boys,
5:49 AM, The Beach Boys, Surfin’ Safari, Sounds of Summer, The Very Best of The Beach Boys,
5:47 AM, The Beach Boys, Do You Wanna Dance?, Sounds of Summer, The Very Best of The Beach Boys,
5:41 AM, Bobby Freeman, Do You Wanna Dance, The All American Pop Collection Vol. 5,
5:39 AM, The Safaries, Wipe Out, The All American Pop Collection Vol. 5,
5:37 AM, Jimmy Gilmer, Sugar Shack, The All American Pop Collection Vol. 5,
5:34 AM, Mary Wells, My Guy, The All American Pop Collection Vol. 5,
5:32 AM, Jimmy Rodgers, Honeycomb, The All American Pop Collection Vol. 5,
5:23 AM, The Coasters, Charlie Brown, The All American Pop Collection Vol. 5,
5:21 AM, Duane Eddy, Rebel Rouser, The All American Pop Collection Vol. 5,
5:20 AM, The Shirelles, Soldier Boy, The All American Pop Collection Vol. 5,
5:15 AM, J. Frank Wilson, Last Kiss, The All American Pop Collection Vol. 5,
5:14 AM, Leslie Gore, It’s My Party, The All American Pop Collection Vol. 5,
5:07 AM, Little Anthony and The Imperials, Goin’ Out Of My Head, The All American Pop Collection Vol. 3,
5:05 AM, Del Shannon, Keep Searchin’, The All American Pop Collection Vol. 3,
5:03 AM, Gary Lewis and The Playboys, Count Me In, The All American Pop Collection Vol. 3,
4:59 AM, Casinos, Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye, The All American Pop Collection Vol. 3,
4:55 AM, Brooklyn Bridge, Worst That Could Happen, The All American Pop Collection Vol. 3,
4:50 AM, Original Caste, One Tin Soldier, The All American Pop Collection Vol. 3,
4:48 AM, Oliver, Good Morning Sunshine, The All American Pop Collection Vol. 3,
4:42 AM, B.J. Thomas, Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head, The All American Pop Collection Vol. 3,
4:40 AM, Bobby Vee, Come Back When You Grow Up, The All American Pop Collection Vol. 3,
4:38 AM, Box Tops, The Letter, The All American Pop Collection Vol. 3,
4:26 AM, Bobby Day, Rockin Robin, The All American Pop Collection Vol. 2,
4:24 AM, Richie Valens, Donna, The All American Pop Collection Vol. 2,
4:21 AM, Cascades, Rhythm of the Rain, The All American Pop Collection Vol. 2,
4:19 AM, Bobby Fuller Four, I Fought the Law, The All American Pop Collection Vol. 2
4:17 AM, Chris Montez, Let’s Dance, The All American Pop Collection Vol. 2,
4:16 AM, , America - F*** Yeah!, Team America Soundtrack,
4:10 AM, The Chiffons, He’s So Fine, The All American Pop Collection Vol. 2,
4:08 AM, Del Shannon, Run Away, The All American Pop Collection Vol. 2,
4:05 AM, Jan & Dean, Surf City, The All American Pop Collection Vol. 2,
4:03 AM, Bobby Lewis, Tossin and Turnin, The All American Pop Collection Vol. 2,
4:00 AM, Kingsmen, Louie, Louie, The All American Pop Collection Vol. 2,
3:55 AM, Chubby Checker, Limbo Rock, The All American Pop Collection Vol. 1,
3:53 AM, Angels, My Boyfriend’s Back, The All American Pop Collection Vol. 1,
3:50 AM, Gary “U.S.” Bonds, New Orleans, The All American Pop Collection Vol. 1,
3:47 AM, Exciters, Tell Him, The All American Pop Collection Vol. 1,
3:45 AM, Marcels, Blue Moon, The All American Pop Collection Vol. 1,
3:45 AM, Miley Cyrus, Party in the U.S.A, ,
3:38 AM, Chubby Checker, Let’s Twist Again, The All American Pop Collection Vol. 1,
3:35 AM, Bobby Vee, Rubber Ball, The All American Pop Collection Vol. 1,
3:33 AM, Duane Eddy, Because They’re Young, The All American Pop Collection Vol. 1,
3:31 AM, Crystals, Da Doo Ron Ron, The All American Pop Collection Vol. 1,
3:31 AM, Jimmy Gilmer, Bottle of Wine, The All American Pop Collection Vol. 1,
3:23 AM, Don McLean, American Pie, American Pie,
3:11 AM, Simon and Garfunkel, America, Bookends,
3:07 AM, Tom Petty, American Girl, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers,
3:03 AM, Jimmy Hendrick’s, Star Spangled Banner, ,
3:01 AM, The Beach Boys, Surfin’ USA, Surfin’ USA
