http://blog.echoatlanta.com/blog place-based stories about Atlanta Wed, 06 Jan 2010 02:57:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It's FREEZING in Atlanta lately, which makes the prospect of walking around outside and stopping to listen to stories not all that appetizing. It might even snow on Thursday! But we know it won't be long now til it's only chilly enough to pink your cheeks, and by then it'll ... http://blog.echoatlanta.com/blog/?p=18 Lila & I spent a couple of fun hours wandering around the Candler Park neighborhood this afternoon interviewing random people who looked like they wouldn't mind being accosted by two women with a microphone and a recording device. Luckily, everyone we came across was super friendly and we got some ... http://blog.echoatlanta.com/blog/?p=17 Just finished up a fresh batch of Lake Claire stories for the pilot neighborhood. Take a listen: [audio:lc.01.parkway.fight.mp3,lc.02.gordon.plantation.mp3,lc.03.dinner.mp3,lc.04.consensus.mp3,lc.05.nest.mp3,lc.06.pony.mp3,lc.07.sauna.mp3,lc.08.drums.mp3,lc.09.origin.mp3,lc.10.human.foot.mp3,lc.11.parisa.mp3,lc.12.arko.house.mp3] http://blog.echoatlanta.com/blog/?p=15 We had a great conversation last week with Dominick Brady of Analogue Atlanta ("a podcast series distributed by VIMBY.com focusing on, but not limited to the Atlanta underground arts scene including exclusive interviews and insights about various musical genres, visual arts and the politics of art..."). Take a listen! Happy holidays ... http://blog.echoatlanta.com/blog/?p=14 Just dropped some fresh stories on our work-in-progress Google Map. If you thought the runaway pony was funny, listen to the one about the human foot! I for one never imagined this neighborhood would turn out to be quite so awesomely kooky. http://blog.echoatlanta.com/blog/?p=13 Check out our interview with Mark Glaser on the MediaShift blog! http://blog.echoatlanta.com/blog/?p=12 We had a fantastic brainstorming session in East Point last night. Thanks so much to our brilliant friends and colleagues who not only gave us some great ideas, but helped us think through some difficult scenarios and provided many words of wisdom. And special thanks to Brennan for cooking a ... http://blog.echoatlanta.com/blog/?p=11 We spent some time on the loveliest street in Lake Claire on Saturday night and heard so many terrific stories about the place. Here's one we really liked: [audio:pony.mp3] http://blog.echoatlanta.com/blog/?p=9 Know something interesting that's happened on Arizona Ave. in Lake Claire? Let's hear it! We just set up a phone number to call and leave a story by voicemail. It's 404.909.8895. Make sure you introduce yourself, then tell us when and where your story takes place. http://blog.echoatlanta.com/blog/?p=7 You can follow along with our official Echo blog on the NMWE site here: http://www.newmediawomen.org/echo_blog. We'll be providing weekly updates there on our progress. We're also going to keep this blog on echoatlanta.com, where we'll be a bit more informal and write about progress, projects that inspire us, site updates, etc. ... http://blog.echoatlanta.com/blog/?p=6