Today, a friend suggested that I listen to The Daily podcast from the New York Times. He wanted me to hear an episode featuring science reporter Donald G. McNeil Jr. titled “The Next Year (or Two) of the Pandemic,” which, he told me, was largely about the stark societal divisions that will likely emerge in […]
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Posted in Health, Uncategorized Also tagged antibodies, Carousel, caste system, China, class, COVID-19, Donald G. McNeil Jr., dystopia, Eloi. Morlocks, eugenics, Gattaca, Germany, immunity, Logan's Run, lottery, mumps, pandemic, podcasts, purgatory, pus, scabs, shelter in place, smallpox, The Daily, The Time Machine, vaccines 36 Comments
Jazz Planet promises to bring War of the Worlds to Ypsilanti on Halloween night
As I’ve never met the folks behind this project, and have no clue as to how good it will be, I probably shouldn’t be promoting it, but, as a huge fan of both H.G. Wells and Orson Welles, and a life-long lover of radio drama, I didn’t feel as though I had a choice. When […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged 1938, community theater, David Fienup, Denene Pollock, extraterrestrials, foley, George Pal, Halloween, Jeff Priskorn, Judson Fountain, Mark Bernstein, old time radio, Orson Welles, PTD Productions, radio drama, Sara Shouhayib, Season of the Witch, sound effects, Soundopolis, subliminal messaging, Ted Woods, War of the Worlds, Ypsi immigration interview, Ypsilanti water tower 5 Comments