These guys are working hard, I’m talking back-breaking work, to clear and restore the track so that racers can claim their glory.

October 16, 2010 – 8 AM – Dorais Park – Mound and Outer Drive.

High Resolution Media – Podcast 19 – Jason Huvaere – Part 3

In this first podcast we interviewed the founder and main force behind Paxahau, Jason Huvaere. Like so many in Detroit, he is behind the scenes and gets shit done, makes it happen. Detroit’s electronic music is legendary and mythic and Paxahau has been there all long, stealthily and below the surface, disseminating the music to the dance floors and airwaves via their itunes podcast. Part 1 finds out the origins of the Paxahau name and how it fits within the cultural context of Detroit.

High Resolution Media – Podcast 17 – Jason Huvaere – Part 1

It is quite common for those of us here (and the world that seems to come here and study us) to say Detroit is the model for deindustrialization, that we are in essence a blueprint for the new economy. The economic pain in the past few years felt by the country and world is something the city of Detroit has been feeling for over twenty years. There is an ounce of truth in this but Grace Lee Boggs takes it further. She breaks it down as she always does but she offers real alternatives and sees things in how it relates to history.

We can’t thank you enough Grace.

High Resolution Media – Grace Lee Boggs – Part 4

There was coolness, poserness and a little bit of rage in there. Now it’s richer and deeper with time being my reason for the almost decades long strike of consistency and sharing the inspiration of existence. Disseminating now.

Many thanks to Recloose, who was known as Bubblicious back in those days who had the Aural Transfusions show on WCBN in A Squared and a cat names LIL’ T for archiving these and passing on.

In this third part Grace Lee Boggs talks about the misconceptions of Detroit, the future of the automobile industry, and projects she has been working on, namely Detroit City of Hope.

High Resolution Media – Grace Lee Boggs – Part 3

In this past politically charged year we heard so much labeling of a candidate as “socialist” or policies billed as capitalist or communist. Like the latest music fad, these terms are thrown around without knowledge of what they mean or where they come from. When folks start saying, “He’s a socialist”, what does that really mean?

I asked in my interview with Grace Lee Boggs to try and explain these words from her rich political and academic background. As Bob Marley called them, the ism schism, I asked what are all these “isms”. One popped up I wasn’t necessarily expecting- humanism.

A few items of interest from the interview.

a poem from William Wordsworth:

THE WORLD IS TOO MUCH WITH US; LATE AND SOON

THE world is too much with us; late and soon,
Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers:
Little we see in Nature that is ours;
We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon!
The Sea that bares her bosom to the moon;
The winds that will be howling at all hours,
And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers;
For this, for everything, we are out of tune;
It moves us not.–Great God! I’d rather be
A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn;
So might I, standing on this pleasant lea,
Have glimpses that would make me less forlorn;
Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea;
Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn.

Also mentioned in the interview a reference to Immanuel Wallerstein, author of The Modern World System.

High Resolution Media – Grace Lee Boggs – Part 2

I have always been inspired by Mrs. Boggs’ fearless and tireless spirit, not to mention her intellect. She has also lived in the city of Detroit since 1953. It was an honor to sit down with her. This is the first part of a few podcasts.

I began by asking her about what the city was like 50-60 years ago. There is so much heart and soul in the city, and driving around, one senses the ghosts of Detroit’s economic heyday. I was curious to her thoughts. It is very interesting how she reflects on Detroit’s economic and social history and relates it to the event’s of today, specifically the Obama election.

Some links applicable to the interview.
Boggs Center
Boggs Center Blog
Grace Lee Boggs’ columns at the Michigan Citizen
Also mentioned in the podcast- Shrine of the Black Madonna

High Resolution Media – Grace Lee Boggs – Part 1

Podcast 11

i finally got this video enclosure podcasting thing worked out. that was tedious. back in business.