WMNF: The Blog
Carolyn Wonderland
Arlene Engelhardt about over 4 years ago
From listener, Carly Summers
<>Let it be known that Carolyn Wonderland of Austin, Texas is no mere performer. Last night she blanketed us with her soul. Each spectator found out fast she was not there to put on a concert. She released her very essenc... read this postWMNF at the Lennon Memorial
Matt Cowley about over 4 years ago
Ernie was visiting the John Lennon Memorial in Central Park, and found this:
read this postI was a little shocked to be a thousand miles from home and see a bumper sticker for a Tampa radio station on a guitar laid near the Imagine memorial.
Sarah Palin's Gender Card
Randy Wynne about over 4 years ago
Why is the best political commentary on The Comedy Channel? Are the Daily Show researchers so much better than the networks that only they can expose commentators' and politicians' hypocrisy
read this postA perspective on the '08 race 8 weeks out
Mitch Perry about over 4 years ago
With approximately 8 weeks to go in this presidential election, the addition of Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin has given a sudden (if perhaps only ephemeral) boost to John McCain’s chances of winning the White House in November.
<>Because the GOP Vice ... read this postMore Free Moore!
Tags: politics michael_moore video
Matt Cowley about over 4 years ago
Michael Moore's new movie will premiere on the world-wide-interwebs, for free.
<><>one entirely as a gift to my fans,” he said. “The only return any of us are hoping for is the largest turnout of young voters ever at the polls in November. I think Slac... read this postWordle View of the RNC/DNC Speeches
Tags: politics visualization
Matt Cowley about over 4 years ago
Wired.com has an interesting visualization of the big speeches at the recent Republican and Democratic National Conventions.
<><>Wordle is an online application created by IBM's senior software engineer Jonathan Feinberg. Using text entered by its user... read this postRebekah Pulley at the Americana Fest
Tags: music rebekah_pulley
Matt Cowley about over 4 years ago
Here's Rebekah Pulley at the 3rd Annual WMNF Americana Fest. Be sure to catch her CD release party September 5 at Skippers.
read this postCrowdsourcing Music Funding
Tags: music business
Matt Cowley about over 4 years ago
<>The money that fuels the music industry has been getting scarcer for quite a while now. Bands outside the theme-park realm of Madonna and U2 have had a harder time getting funding for recording, touring, and especially promotion. The Guardian <>re... read this post
Video of the Day: Toubab Krewe
Randy Wynne about almost 5 years ago
From Bonaroo, of Toubab Krewe, who are playing WMNF's Birthday Bash/Earthdance September 13 at the Cuban Club.
read this postNew Video From Guardian Films Questions What the Surge Has Accomplished
Rob Lorei about almost 5 years ago
Take a look at these three videos- shot by a crew of Iraqi journalists. They show us what no American journalist has been able to tell us about the success or failure of the surge.
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/8/5/12346/33766/512/562900
read this postWhat Is Your Cell Phone Doing To Your Brain?
Tags: 'cell phone radiation"
Rob Lorei about almost 5 years ago
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Latest Animated JibJab Political humor
Rob Lorei about almost 5 years ago
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What Keeps WMNF on the Air
Tags: support
Matt Cowley about almost 5 years ago
...Is listeners like Susan O:
<>WMNF is funded almost entirely by contributions like that, big or sma... read this postWe turned most of our tax incentive check over to WMNF, and in return got a pass that will get both of us into every concert, film, event for a year.
Video of the Day 7/8/08: Wild Sweet Orange
Randy Wynne about almost 5 years ago
This band will be coming to WMNF's Birthday Bash on September 13, where we hope to turn you on to a bunch of terrific new artists. Here you an see their national debut on TV on the David Letterman show in June.
read this postPeter Gabriel knows what you want.
Tags: music, technology
Matt Cowley about almost 5 years ago
Peter Gabriel is backing a new automatic media-filtering service.
<><>Three years ago the former Genesis frontman gave his backing to an iTunes plug-in called "The Filter", which was designed to automatically generate playlists from your music collecti... read this post