Buffalo Rising Online

A few points I want to make, and please know that I mean them to be constructive, not obnoxious.

1. Elena: you keep the mic too far from you most of the time, and you're hard to hear. The one exception was when you leaned in and said, "yay Jay". Also, you have a tendency to interrupt and talk over Newell and Mark, which is districating.

2. Newell, you should make a concerted effort to not say, "you know" and "like" quite so often. These are verbal crutches and merely serve to trivialize your point. Also, Elena, when interjecting, avoid the phrase, "can I just say one thing about...". That phrase is courteous, but wastes precious airtime.

3. New World Records moved off of Elmwood for a _reason_, no? That reason must have been that they weren't selling enough merchandise to enable them to keep that space on Elmwood. The move to Hertel and Delaware did not, succeed, regrettably. However, there are so many other issues at play when it comes to the sustainability of an independent record store in an age where you can get everything online in an a la carte manner. This has nothing to do with the "walkability" or lack thereof in the store's immediate vicinity, or with the store's status as an "institution".

4. I can't help but to think that the market being proposed at Elmwood and North is the right thing in the wrong location.

Yeah, I had some typos in there because the "recent comments" was immediately to the left of the box in which I write my comment, and a long link blew over half of that box. My bad for misspelling words.

I know Elena has no control over her mic level, but she does have control over the distance between her mic and her mouth, no?

But if your idea of good radio is listening to grown people use Valley Girl crutches and interrupt each other, then I'm glad you've found a show for you. Funny, but I don't hear that sort of thing on even the unscripted radio shows I listen to.

Stephen:

Thanks. That makes us feel good. And I think the radio vs. podcast distinction has to be made. The 20-minute podcast is the outtake while the 5-minute segment Mark airs is edited. WBFO is a great community service, due largely to Mark Scott's professionalism. All Newell and I know is we have fun every time we go there.

For every jerk who comments about how the elmwood village sucks or how your radio show sucks or how your website sucks, there are three times as many people who enjoy living in elmwood, listening to your radio show, and appreciate the work you do advocating the great aspects of our city but at the end of the day, we just probably don't comment enough. Keep it up.

Buffalo = Elmwood Village. Thanks for clearing that up.

dp:

I just spoke to JP at Sunday. He has the new video, and says he doesn't want to sound totally egotistical, but it's the best video ever. You can take that to the bank. They're at Sunday for $15, and I'm going to get mine on the way home today. Preview at: http://www.sundayskatebmx.com/main.html# and you can also order it there if you don't have time to make it to the store.

JP said, "It's total artistry. We used a new camera that's one step below HD, and the color is beautiful. It makes Buffalo look so lush." Beyond that, there's some news about some major companies this little video got the attention of, and one dream-come-true story. More on that later.

Did I tell you I love these guys?