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Posted by Amanda Mae | Default | Sunday 3 January 2010 8:07 pm

volley. folly. windpipe crusher.

A children’s poem somewhere in that.

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zap.

Posted by Amanda Mae | Default | Wednesday 18 November 2009 9:53 pm

A friend recently fanned the flames of my obsession with figuring out what would happen if an actor in a movie could rent a movie and see themselves in it. Or is it that I wonder if each movie is simply set in an earth-like place, but obviously one where certain films don’t exist?

Bill Murray and Woody Harrelson were both in the 1996 film Kingpin.

In the movie Zombieland, Woody Harrelson plays a character named Tallahassee, but Bill Murray plays himself. Tallahassee tells Bill Murray that he’s seen every film he’s ever been in. It then follows that he would have seen Kingpin, in which he stars, alongside Bill Murray.

ALL I’M SAYING is that this is impossible. Kingpin must not exist in that world.

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understanding.

Posted by Amanda Mae | Default | Friday 6 November 2009 11:26 pm

Sometimes when I watch a movie the plot is excessively unclear to me. For instance, when we watched Where The Wild Things Are, I didn’t really understand it until Abigail said “Oh, that wild thing was his sister, oh that’s his mom.” And then I just felt dumb. This happens with alarming alacrity and I get worried about brain problems, but I don’t know what’s actually wrong with me. I never used to think I was stupid, but when the simplest metaphors begin to escape you…? I try to pay attention harder, and when a movie is revealed to me in all its glistening glory, it feels like actual relief.

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Your Greatest Fears

Posted by Amanda Mae | Default | Thursday 8 May 2008 8:55 pm

Here is the Almanac for 4/23/08

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Almanac: Ethical Living

Posted by Amanda Mae | Almanac, Default | Tuesday 26 February 2008 6:12 pm

The long awaited and much heralded Almanac featuring a lengthy discussion with Caitlin MacDonald on the topic of Ethical Living. Don’t let the title scare you off. We also get the giggle fits and I can’t seem to work the equipment, so a fairly standard episode.

Cat Power – (Can’t Get No) Satisfaction
Daniel Rossen – Too Little, Too Late
The Crystals – He Hit Me
Huey Lewis and the News – Hip to be Square
Smog – Left Only With Love

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Almanac

Posted by Amanda Mae | Default | Tuesday 22 January 2008 12:34 am

Talk about aggregation! Your favorite radio show, all in one place.

Almanac is produced LIVE once a week, Wednesdays at 6 p.m. Pacific Standard Time, on biolaradio.com

If you can’t join us live, check back once a week for new episodes which will be added as they occur, clicking on the link will take you to the original post, where you will see a playlist of the songs and interviews/stories, as well as the file to play the episode.

Season 3

12/03/08 Episode 9: The Women
11/19/08 Episode 8: African Skies
11/15/08 Episode 7: Smalmanac
11/05/08 Episode 6: Die Radio Die
10/29/08 Episode 5: Taking Sides

10/22/08 No Show
10/15/08 No Show
10/08/08 Rebroadcast: Die Radio Die
10/01/08 No Show

09/24/08 Episode 4: Regrets, Summery Mellow

09/17/08 Episode 3: Expectations

09/10/08 Episode 2: Almanac Presents: Your Short Story Hour

09/03/08 Episode 1: Welcome Back!

Season 2

05/09/08 Episode 10: Motown Hits

04/23/08 Episode 9: Your Greatest Fears

04/10/08 Episode 8: Your Favourite Things

04/03/08 Episode 7: Some Serious Business (Marriage)

03/13/08 Episode 6: The Importance of Place