audio 508_worcester 508 is a show about Worcester. This week I talk with <a href="http://www.radioball.net">Brendan Melican</a> and <a href="http://www.wccatv.com/snowghost">Bruce Russell</a>. Pulse Magazine <a href="http://thepulsemag.com/wordpress/2007/12/0108-28-to-watch-in-2008/">loves Cha-Cha Connor</a>. (Who could not?) A guy tried to kill his wife "<a href="http://telegram.com/article/20080103/NEWS/801030659/0/FRONTPAGE">by sticking her head in a pot of spaghetti sauce</a>." <a href="http://worcesterelections.wordpress.com/2008/01/02/60/">Scott Zoback's notes</a> on this week's inauguration hint that the City may be taking steps toward <a href="http://radioball.net/index.php/2006/11/01/everyone-has-something-to-hide/">widespread video surveillance</a>; we'll watch the <a href="http://www.archive.org/details/worcester_inauguration2008">inauguration video</a> and see what exactly was said. We parse <a href="http://www.worcestermagazine.com/content/view/2296/16/">Brendan's tongue-in-cheek predictions for 2008</a>. <a href="http://telegram.com/article/20080102/NEWS/801020579/0/FRONTPAGE">A guy was stabbed</a> near Bruce's house, and his friend Jimmy was attacked in a separate incident. There's now a <a href="http://del.icio.us/rss/delnieve/508_16kb">feed for low-fi versions</a> of this podcast, suitable for iTunes; and there's a <a href="http://www.archive.org/details/508_worcester">"collection" page at the Internet Archive for 508</a>. All the download stats are totally wrong, BTW. People everywhere are recognizing the Snow Ghost. Mike is curating an art show at <a href="http://www.hbml.org">HBML</a>. The Bourassa/Dorman feud seems to have ended, as has Bourassa's connection with the neighborhood association. (<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20070328230033/http://www.elmparkneighbors.org/news/2007/032207.htm">Classic Bourassa</a>, <a href="http://www.worcestermagazine.com/content/view/1462/">WoMag article</a>, <a href="http://elmparkneighbors.net/?p=6">sample</a> of anti-Bourassa sentiment on new neighborhood association site</a>.) 508; Worcester; podcast 508 508_016 mike.benedetti@gmail.com 2008-01-04 15:17:21 2008-01-04 15:25:39