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!
I slacked off last week and didn’t get my show up, so now I have two shows for you! On the 19th I put all of the music that I have on my computer into winamp and hit random, and then I played what came up! I did make an exception of not allowing any repeat artists, so I just deleted songs if it was a repeat. On the 26th I had a theme of soundtracks. So everything I played was from a soundtrack either from a movie or play/musical. I had a lot of fun with it, and I hope you will too!
7/19/12:
Part 1: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/15023301/COWUAA_7_19_12_Pt1.mp3
Part 2: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/15023301/COWUAA_7_19_12_Pt2.mp3
Part 3: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/15023301/COWUAA_7_19_12_Pt3.mp3
Tracklist:
5:59 AM, The Kinks, You Can’t Stop the Music, A Soap Opera,
5:55 AM, Viktor Vaughn (MF Doom), G.M.C, Vaudiville Villian,
5:50 AM, Stevie Wonder, Part-Time Lover, Definitive Collection,
5:45 AM, A.R. Rahman and M.I.A, O…Saya, Slumdog Millionaire Soundtrack,
5:41 AM, Supertramp, Give Me A Chance, Some Things Never Change,
5:36 AM, Bright Eyes, Lua, I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning,
5:28 AM, Gang Of Four, Natural’s Not In It, Entertainment,
5:24 AM, Persephone’s Bees, Walk to the Moon, Notes From the Underworld,
5:21 AM, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Gimme Some Salt, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah,
5:20 AM, The Beach Boys, California Girls, Today!/Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!),
5:12 AM, Coldplay, Brothers and Sisters (Trouble Single Version), Trouble (Single),
5:07 AM, Tori Amos, Crucify, Little Earthquakes,
5:05 AM, The Beatles, No Reply, Beatles For Sale,
5:03 AM, Gnarls Barkley, The Boogie Monster, St. Elsewhere,
4:54 AM, Bob Dylan, Workingman’s Blues #2, Modern Times
4:49 AM, Tom Waits, Coney Island Baby, Blood Money,
4:44 AM, Pink Floyd, Breast Milky, Atom Heart Mother Suite,
4:40 AM, Marian Mcpartland and Norah Jones, Conversation 2, Marian Mcpartland’s Piano Jazz With Norah Jones,
4:35 AM, Genesis, Evidence of Autumn, Archive 1976-1992,
4:33 AM, Adam Green, Bunnyranch, Friend of Mine,
4:23 AM, Britney Spears, From the Bottom of My Broken Heart, …Baby One More Time,
4:19 AM, A*Teens, Let Your Heart Do All the Talking, Pop ‘Til You Drop!,
4:18 AM, Beck, Total Soul Future (Eat It), Stereopathetic Soulmanure,
4:16 AM, Simon and Garfunkel, Voices of Old People, Bookends,
4:12 AM, R.E.M, I Don’t Sleep, I Dream, Monster,
4:08 AM, Feist, Sea Lion, The Reminder,
4:04 AM, David Bowie, I Have Not Been to Oxford Town, Outside [Bonus Track],
4:00 AM, John Mayer, Gravity, Continuum,
3:56 AM, Nick Drake, Place To Be, Pink Moon,
3:53 AM, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Dogs On the Run, Southern Accents,
3:50 AM, Sufjan Stevens, Siamese Twins, A Sun Came!,
3:44 AM, Nellie McKay, Testify, Obligatory Villagers,
3:39 AM, Bob Marley + The Roots + Black Thought, Burnin’ and Lootin’, Chant Down Babylon,
3:36 AM, Peter Gabriel, We Do What We’re Told (Milgram’s 37), So,
3:32 AM, Barry White, Barry White 4, Barry and Glodean,
3:30 AM, The Moldy Peaches, I Forgot, The Moldy Peaches,
3:27 AM, The Rolling Stones, As Tears Go By, Out of Our Heads (UK) Single,
3:19 AM, XTC, I’m the Man Who Murdered Love, Gilmore Girls Soundtrack,
3:12 AM, Maroon 5, Secret/Ain’t No Sunshine, Friday the 13th,
3:06 AM, Daft Punk, Crescendolls (Laidback Remix), Daft Club,
3:02 AM, The Black Eyed Peas, Sexy, Elephunk
7/26/12
Part 1: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/15023301/COWUAA_7_26_12_Pt1.mp3
Part 2: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/15023301/COWUAA_7_26_12_Pt2.mp3
Part 3: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/15023301/COWUAA_7_26_12_Pt3.mp3
Tracklist:
5:57 AM, Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes, (I’ve Had) The Time Of My Life, Dirty Dancing,
5:53 AM, Theme From Love Story, Love Story,
5:51 AM, Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss and Gillian Welch, Didn’t Leave Nobody But the Baby, O Brother, Where Art Thou?,
5:48 AM, Danny Elfman, Prelude (Film Score), Psycho,
5:44 AM, John Williams, Main Title and First Victim, Jaws,
5:42 AM, John Williams, Main Title/Rebel Blockade Runner (Medley), Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope,
5:38 AM, John Williams, Flying, E.T.,
5:36 AM, Simon and Garfunkel, Sounds Of Silence, The Graduate,
5:32 AM, Wolfmother, Vagabond, (500) Days Of Summer,
5:29 AM, Hall and Oates, You Make My Dreams, (500) Days Of Summer,
5:21 AM, New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, The Dragon Boy, Spirited Away,
5:15 AM, A R Rahman featuring Alka Yagnik and Ila Arun, Ringa Ringa, Slumdog Millionaire,
5:10 AM, Malcolm Mclaren, About Her, Kill Bill Volume 2,
5:07 AM, The Good, The Bad and the Ugly (Main Title), The Good, The Bad and The Ugly,
5:02 AM, If I Were A Rich Man, Fiddler On the Roof Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
4:56 AM, Mandy Moore and Zachary Levi, I See The Light (request), Tangled,
4:51 AM, Aquarius, Hair Original London Cast,
4:44 AM, Fame, Fame,
4:41 AM, Suddenly, Seymour, Little Shop of Horrors,
4:37 AM, John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John and Cast, Summer Nights, Grease,
4:32 AM, Richard, Renee Zellweger, Christine Baranski and Cast, We Both Reached For the Gun, Chicago,
4:22 AM, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Susan Misner, Deidre Goodwin, Denise Faye, Ekaterina Chtchelkanova, Mya Harrison and Cast, Cell Block Tango, Chicago,
4:15 AM, Impossible, It’s Possible!, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella,
4:12 AM, Dick Van Dyke, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang,
4:09 AM, Julie Andrews, A Spoonful of Sugar, Mary Poppins,
4:04 AM, The Bare Necessities, The Jungle Book,
4:02 AM, Brad Kane, One Jump Ahead, Aladdin,
4:00 AM, Bruce Adler, Arabian Nights, Aladdin,
3:58 AM, Main Street Electrical Light Parade Theme,
3:49 AM, Frou Frou, Let Go, Garden State,
3:44 AM, Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, Falling Slowly, Once,
3:41 AM, Ewan McGregor and Alessandro Safina, Your Song, Moulin Rouge,
3:37 AM, David Bowie, Nature Boy, Moulin Rouge,
3:34 AM, Dizzee Rascal, Fix Up, Look Sharp, Rize Original Soundtrack,
3:30 AM, What’s the Buzz, Jesus Christ Superstar, the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack,
3:26 AM, Monty Python, Always Look On the Bright Side, Life of Brian,
3:21 AM, Monty Python, Every Sperm Is Sacred, The Meaning of Life,
3:16 AM, The Beatles, Hey Bulldog, Yellow Submarine,
3:11 AM, Carol Woods and Timothy T. Mitchum, Let It Be, Across the Universe,
3:06 AM, Regina Spektor, Us, (500) Days Of Summer,
3:06 AM, Mychael Danna and Rob Simonsen, A Story of Boy Meets Girl, (500) Days Of Summer,
3:05 AM, Al Hirt, Green Hornet, Kill Bill Vol. 1
