508_028 audio 508_worcester audio_podcast audio_misc 508 is a show about Worcester. This week's panel includes <a href="http://www.radioball.net">Brendan "Buck Paxton" Melican</a> and <a href="http://www.wccatv.com/snowghost">Bruce "Snow Ghost" Russell</a>. Ralph "Ralph's" Moberly <a href="http://volcanoboy.com/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?viewmode=flat&type=&topic_id=3523&forum=5">has died</a>. People <a href="http://radioball.net/index.php/2008/03/21/lights-cameras-are-you-kidding-me/">worldwide</a> have fond memories of that bar, but it doesn't get a lot of respect in Worcester. The building <a href="http://www.hbml.org">HBML</a> rents in is getting foreclosed. Read their blog for the latest updates on finding a new location (or making do with the current one). The hip literary enterprise <a href="http://mcsweeneys.net/hbml.html">McSweeney's</a> is encouraging people worldwide to help them. Despite this kind of attention, HBML doesn't get a lot of respect in Worcester. Bruce used to think this was a picture of Mike Leslie: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mike_benedetti/162562623/" title="Happy Birthday Mike Leslie! by mike.benedetti, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/75/162562623_3ddf2a90fe_m.jpg" width="180" height="240" alt="Happy Birthday Mike Leslie!" /></a> Here is the real deal: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mike_benedetti/2247713920/" title="7 by mike.benedetti, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2405/2247713920_ef3ea3f43c_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="7" /></a> The Dive Bar isn't moving to its <a href="http://www.thearmsbyabbey.com/">new location/name</a> till at least June. Our friend Dave <a href="http://www.PieAndCoffee.org/2008/03/27/goslow-profiles-worcester-catholic-worker-community/">is on the cover of Worcester Magazine</a>; he doesn't like the photo. <img id="image1060" src="http://www.PieAndCoffee.org/wp-content/uploads/pic1.thumbnail.jpg" alt="Dave Maciewski" /> Artigo/Ajemian Films continues to <a href="http://www.aafilms.com/investors.html">raise money</a> for their project "We Got the Beat." Nothing much happened at <a href="http://worcester.indymedia.org/node/23592">this week's hearing</a> about the American Antiquarian Society vs. the Montvale Historical District. (You might <a href="http://www.archive.org/details/worcester_ecdev_2008-03-24">listen to the opening</a> for a detailed explanation of the issues.) The AAS is asking supportive Worcester residents to sign a petition against the expansion of the historical district. Mike has been unable to entice people to public hearings with offers of free beer; asking people to trade printouts of Jacob Berendes e-mails for beer has worked great, though. 2008-03-28 2008 508; Worcester; podcast 2008-03-28 13:10:30 2008-03-28 13:07:32 mike.benedetti@gmail.com 2008-03-28 13:29:50 Mike Benedetti