tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-318655472011-04-21T21:07:31.512-07:00Jim O'Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12427645305710346276noreply@blogger.comBlogger121100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31865547.post-45404445468956289632007-02-26T11:03:00.000-08:002007-02-26T11:14:24.784-08:00<a href="http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ma/berkshire/postcards/hairpn.jpg">Audio Coming Soon.</a><br /><br />All the news and notes from The Transcript, The Berkshire Eagle and the Bennington Banner, plus a look at The Blackinton Manor B&B...<br /><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_c1jHpvIj7sU/ReMwstvOYUI/AAAAAAAAAWs/mMjQUp3SeSg/s1600-h/getimage.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_c1jHpvIj7sU/ReMwstvOYUI/AAAAAAAAAWs/mMjQUp3SeSg/s400/getimage.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5035922353080394050" /></a><br />....reviews of Gideon's Restaurant...<br /><br /><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_c1jHpvIj7sU/ReMw8tvOYVI/AAAAAAAAAW0/5yZrj47bvWA/s1600-h/photo_building.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_c1jHpvIj7sU/ReMw8tvOYVI/AAAAAAAAAW0/5yZrj47bvWA/s400/photo_building.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5035922627958301010" /></a><br /><br />...and a chat with Emma, a young figure skater competing at the Bay State Winter Games in Williamstown. <br /><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_c1jHpvIj7sU/ReMwdtvOYTI/AAAAAAAAAWk/u4PYmEk-7tU/s1600-h/11502331T.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_c1jHpvIj7sU/ReMwdtvOYTI/AAAAAAAAAWk/u4PYmEk-7tU/s400/11502331T.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5035922095382356274" /></a><br />... in this February edition of the North Adams Podcast.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31865547-4540444546895628963?l=northadamspodcast.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jim O'Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12427645305710346276noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31865547.post-1169830156252369832007-01-26T08:39:00.000-08:002007-02-11T08:28:44.884-08:00<a href="http://media.libsyn.com/media/wdidnpodcast/NAJANUARY.mp3">Click here to listen.</a><br /><br /><br />In this edition:<br /><br /> Keeping the streets of the city clear and the the infrastructure running. We talk with Peter Morin of the North Adams DPW.<br /> <br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/70/2777/1600/626689/north-adams.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/70/2777/400/589039/north-adams.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /> Plus... news and notes from the local papers, a quick profile of Skyboro Sound...<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/70/2777/1600/761981/skyboro.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/70/2777/400/899170/skyboro.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /> ... blog entries from the northwest corner of the state, a look at Gramercy Bistro, and a Chinese Wanna-Be Squirrel Lover.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31865547-116983015625236983?l=northadamspodcast.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jim O'Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12427645305710346276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31865547.post-1167199557279283322006-12-26T21:49:00.000-08:002007-02-11T08:30:07.858-08:00<a href="http://media.libsyn.com/media/wdidnpodcast/na4december.mp3">Click here to listen.</a><br /><br />Featuring news and notes from The Transcript, The Berkshire Eagle and the Bennington Banner, my epic lunch at Arizona Pizza...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/70/2777/1600/46788/06-30-06_1950.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/70/2777/320/887800/06-30-06_1950.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /> ...a lower property tax rate, a big birthday, a Christmas shout-out to Rich O'Brien...<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/70/2777/1600/807358/P1010025.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/70/2777/400/8498/P1010025.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />... and a chat with Paul Lovegreen from Tunnel City Coffee in Williamstown.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31865547-116719955727928332?l=northadamspodcast.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jim O'Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12427645305710346276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31865547.post-1164495115384517752006-11-25T14:51:00.000-08:002006-11-27T07:37:12.373-08:00<a href="http://media.libsyn.com/media/wdidnpodcast/northadamsnovember.mp3">Click here to listen.</a><br /><br /><br />In this edition we talk with North Adams resident Rich O'Brien, who I caught up with back at the end of the Summer as he was painting a house..<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/70/2777/1600/372959/028_26A.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/70/2777/320/621779/028_26A.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Rich talks about his unique experiences as a recent transplant to North Adams, his perspective on the region as a former resident of the Boston area, and what he values in the community. He's also a very funny guy.<br /><br />Plus: News and Notes from The Transcript and the Berkshire Eagle.<br /><br />A look at the Williams College Radio Station...<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/70/2777/1600/46876/2007105590.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/70/2777/400/514418/2007105590.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />... and a North Adams email mystery.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31865547-116449511538451775?l=northadamspodcast.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jim O'Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12427645305710346276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31865547.post-1160436256364356472006-10-09T16:13:00.000-07:002006-10-09T16:28:01.010-07:00<a href="http://media.libsyn.com/media/wdidnpodcast/naoctober.mp3">Click here to listen.</a><br /><br />In this edition, we talk with the proprietors of Papyri Books.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/70/2777/1600/P1010167.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/70/2777/400/P1010167.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Michael and Lois Daunis talk about where North Adams is at, and where it's going.<br /><br />Plus: News and Notes from The Transcript and the Berkshire Eagle.<br /><br />A look at <a href="http://www.jaesinn.com">Jae's Inn</a>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/70/2777/1600/home_photo_1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/70/2777/320/home_photo_1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />And tuning in to <a href="www.mcla.mass.edu/Student_Life/Radio_Station_WJJW/">WJJW</a>, the student radio station at MCLA.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31865547-116043625636435647?l=northadamspodcast.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jim O'Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12427645305710346276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31865547.post-1158813199294624882006-09-20T21:12:00.000-07:002006-09-20T22:21:56.073-07:00<a href="http://media.libsyn.com/media/wdidnpodcast/NA1.mp3">Click here to listen.</a><br /><br />Hello! And welcome to the September edition of the North Adams Podcast - our inaugural edition! This month we discuss the latest news from the <a href="http://wwhttp://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gifw.thetranscript.com">North Adams Transcript</a> and the <a href="http://www.berkshireeagle.com">Berkshire Eagle</a>, we discuss Jack's Hot Dog Stand, take a look at the article on <a href="http://www.porches.com">Porches Inn</a> in the latest edition of <a href="http://www.berkshirelivingmag.com">Berkshire Living Magazine</a>...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/70/2777/1600/P1010166.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/70/2777/320/P1010166.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /> ...and we talk about the past and future of the city with Veronica Boseley from <a href="http://www.mcla.edu/Gallery51/">Gallery 51</a>, which is currently hosting "Darkwater"...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/70/2777/1600/P1010169.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/70/2777/320/P1010169.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /> ...an exhibit by artist Terry Adkins. <br /><br />This is a learning curve, folks, so there are a few dicey edits and the quality of the audio for the interview isn't the greatest, but I hope to improve on these things as we go.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31865547-115881319929462488?l=northadamspodcast.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jim O'Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12427645305710346276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31865547.post-1158453573478231232006-09-16T17:37:00.000-07:002006-09-16T17:39:33.486-07:00I have recorded the first podcast, and need only to get it transferred to a flashdrive (long story) and make a few edits. Hopefully I will have it up and running by the middle of next week. The process should get easier and quicker the second and third time around... I hope.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31865547-115845357347823123?l=northadamspodcast.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jim O'Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12427645305710346276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31865547.post-1157918013403382112006-09-10T12:49:00.000-07:002006-09-10T12:53:33.433-07:00I went to Podcamp 2006 in Boston on Saturday. Not bad. Not as learning-intensive as the Podcast seminar at RTNDA in April, but still a very good event. It was more about discussion than instruction. I bought a refurbished and reprogrammed iRiver MP3 unit with a microphone attachment at Podcamp. It will make getting interviews MUCH easier.<br /><br />On my last trip to North Adams I was able to get 3 great interviews. I hope to start recording for the first 3 podcasts sometime this week and hopefully have the first one edited and posted by the end of September. Right now I'm planning on doing monthly installments.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31865547-115791801340338211?l=northadamspodcast.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jim O'Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12427645305710346276noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31865547.post-1157641013590067792006-09-07T07:56:00.000-07:002006-09-07T07:56:53.603-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m232/KazamaSmokers/P1010165.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m232/KazamaSmokers/P1010165.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />This is my 2006 version of the famous "Holden Street, North Adams" photo taken by Stephen Shore, minus the talent. <br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/70/2777/1600/P1010160.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/70/2777/400/P1010160.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/70/2777/1600/P1010161.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/70/2777/400/P1010161.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/70/2777/1600/P1010157.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/70/2777/400/P1010157.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/70/2777/1600/P1010159.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/70/2777/400/P1010159.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/70/2777/1600/P1010171.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/70/2777/400/P1010171.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/70/2777/1600/P1010156.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/70/2777/400/P1010156.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31865547-115764101359006779?l=northadamspodcast.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jim O'Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12427645305710346276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31865547.post-1155829029821696662006-08-17T08:36:00.000-07:002006-08-17T08:38:44.690-07:00<img src="http://podcamp.pbwiki.com/f/imgoing.jpg"><br />I'm going! Are you?<br /><a href="http://www.podcamp.org/donate/"><img src="http://podcamp.wordpress.com/files/2006/08/paypal_donate.gif" border="0"></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31865547-115582902982169666?l=northadamspodcast.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jim O'Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12427645305710346276noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31865547.post-1154461667145556382006-08-01T12:42:00.000-07:002006-08-01T12:54:17.393-07:00If you're headed to North Adams via Route 2, this place is hard to miss. It's in the town of Gill, right at the intersection that takes you into Turner's Falls.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/70/2777/1600/P1010040.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/70/2777/320/P1010040.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /> <br /><br />Skip's is basically just a trailer with a small walk-up platform and some tables in the back.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/70/2777/1600/P1010041.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/70/2777/320/P1010041.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />The specialty seems to be Polish food, with sausages and GREAT pierogies. And the prices are certainly right.<br /><br />Skip's is owned by Dennis and Nancy Scipione, who also own the well-known Blue Moon Diner in Gardner.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31865547-115446166714555638?l=northadamspodcast.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jim O'Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12427645305710346276noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31865547.post-1154214301177304302006-07-29T16:04:00.000-07:002006-07-29T16:05:01.190-07:00test test<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31865547-115421430117730430?l=northadamspodcast.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jim O'Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12427645305710346276noreply@blogger.com0