508_031 audio 508_worcester audio_podcast audio_misc 508 is a show about Worcester. This week's show includes <a href="http://www.radioball.net">Brendan Melican</a>. The Transgender Emergency Fund, previously announced on 508, has a fundraiser Saturday night at the Hotel Vernon. The Antiquarian Society has <a href="http://www.telegram.com/article/20080416/NEWS/804160655/-1/news">settled its feud</a> with neighbors; Brendan and Mike don't like the precedent that has been set. Brendan says people like his idea of a <a href="http://radioball.net/2008/04/09/the-market-is-driving/">green grid</a> for North Main Street, but that doesn't mean it's going to happen. Worcester Magazine's <a href="http://worcestermagazine.com/content/view/2662/">best-of</a> issue hands awards to both Alec Lopez of the Dive Bar and a runner-up to Happy Birthday Mike Leslie. (I think I misspoke on the show and said they won.) Brendan and Mike talk for a really long time about Gary Rosen and Kate Toomey's hair. The powers-that-be are <a href="http://www.worcestermagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=7&Itemid=16">proposing new regulations on scrap dealers</a> that Mike doesn't think will solve the problem of metal theft. Brendan likes Rosalie Tirella's article on sidewalks in the <em>InCity Times</em>. This <a href="http://telegram.com/article/20080418/NEWS/804180652/1008/NEWS02">article about skateboarding in Sterling</a> provides almost no information. Brendan will start appearing on <a href="http://www.wtag.com/pages/messina.html">Mike Messina's radio show</a> Monday nights. 2008-04-18 2008 Worcester; podcast; 508 2008-04-18 14:32:47 2008-04-18 14:32:08 mike.benedetti@gmail.com 2008-04-18 14:33:46 Mike Benedetti