Welcome to Tourist In The City - this episode is a sampler of four shows now in the edit room.  Listeners can email me at Tourist In The City at gmail.com -- and I'll send a special gift to the writers of the 1st and 7th email.  And, if you write me months or years from now and mention this podcast episode I'll have a special gift for you, too.

Here are some links:

KEVIN SO  http://www.kevinso.com

ESSIE JAIN http://www.essiejain.com

HSIA-JUNG CHANG http://www.hsiajungchang.com

KLAVIERHAUS  http://www.klavierhaus.com/

CDBABY http://www.cdbaby.com

BA DA BING RECORDS [Essie's Label] http://badabingrecords.com/

 

 

visit some unique *Tourist In The City* recordings at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/touristinthecity1

 

http://www.mariathekoreanbride.com

Maria Yoon is a performance artist based in New York City.  She has been married 22 times, to different grooms, each in a different state.  I attended her one woman-show and was inspired to create this podcast episode of her story. 

Part One: 

I crafted this piece in January 2007 for the Third Coast Audio Festival, where it was selected for the project called 99 Ways To Tell A Story.   "Maria" remains in permanant archive there as the final piece (#101) of 99 Ways.  The Festival requirements: to start with the words "to begin with, they didn't get along"; to include, in order, a pre-recorded sound, a rhythmic noise and an exclamation; and to run 2'30" precisely.  I've included "Maria The Korean Bride"  among four short clips on the TiC MySpace page 

http://www.myspace.com/touristinthecity1 

Part Two:  

A full Tourist In The City podcast piece, now in the editing studio.

 Background Song:

American Bach Soloists from the Bay Area perform "Kyrie Eleison" [Our Lord, Have Mercy]  J.S.Bach's Mass in B Minor.

http://magnatune.com/artists/abs

 Photo [from Maria's collection]:  Maria in Brooklyn, New York 2003

 

 

The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade! I have been honored to be a parade clown for several years. This year your Tourist In The City took along our trusty stereo microphone. In this first installment, a great interview with a 30-year parade veteran, float artist John Cheney. Music: Drew Pearce and the band Darrington, from San Francisco. Song: "Clear" http://www.drewpearce.com

presenting our sister podcast SNOWBARK. The first shows feature music of Asian American artists and a lot of other bands. Musicians on show one: KEVIN SO and JANE LUI and including the band with whom she sings lead, STARLINE THEORIE www.KEVINSO.com www.JANESHANDS.com Soon on iTunes rss feed to subscribe: http://snowbark.libsyn.com/rss

In SAN FRANCISCO! My stream of mind based on LapPOP! - a night of performance & readings & photography from notable APA bloggers and artists. An intersection between geekery, personal expression, and pop culture. Guest MC & Curator of Lap-POP! is Min Jung Kim of www.minjungkim.com Featured Performers Ernie Hsiung, Writer of www.littleyellowdifferent.com Glenda Bautista, Writer of www.agendacide.com Robynn Takayama, Sound Artist of www.nongirl.com Courtney Patubo, Visual Photography of www.endofthetour.com Annie Lin, Musical Performer of www.annielin.com

10 year old chess player beats the man who owns the board -- a short day in the park

Macy's July 4 Fireworks display, and some music from Vienna Teng, "Harbor"

New York is a city of apartments and many people create gardens on their fire escapes, terraces and rooftops. Music: "Homecoming" by Vienna Teng.

The Carol Bui band is burning through town on June 17 and 18 -- hard rock energy

I found this GREAT song on my iPod, with no identification tags. Help me search for the writer and artist - who references Ypsilanti, October 17th, 113th Street and my Grandad.

April 15th is Tax Day in America, and all of America is at the Post Office.

music clip:
Maggie Kim's "Perfect"  

Paul's Park A soundtour, description and thoughts about a New York City playground, "Paul's Park" in the Bronx. You are seeing a picture of Paul in the Park. 

music clips:
opening: "Perfect" by Maggie Kim
closing: "Homecoming" by Vienna Teng