mtl3p

1.
I’m going to try to offer the Fringe the ability to post to some of our hotspots. Have a few writers/actors write from their character’s point-of-view a couple of weeks before the play - or something else fun. Wouldn’t it be great to have a mixed-media play, with characters conversing each via their own blog for the month before the play? They wouldn’t have to be characters that actually had “blogs” - it could be more of a device (like diaries, or soliliques).

2.
I’m also going to see about getting someone to start a spoken word poetry podcasting blog in Montreal. I started to listen to Sylvain’slatest podcast and, although I liked it, I found it so strange that he was following a typical radio format of talking interspersed with music. I’m very interested in what he has to say - but I’m not so sure I’m interested in his music. I think spoken word would be fantastic as a podcast - even though I not to into spoken word events. Google tells me that other people have already done this.

3.
And I’m also thinking seriously about trying to open up a communal space for “us”. I will be asking some of you for your feedback on this. Does “our” community need a physical space? Can we consider ourselves one community? Is there something that brings us together? I’m getting really fed up with working at hotspots, and the alternative of working at home has not grown any more appealing. I think that we have world class people in Montreal, but I also think that we’re not bumping into each other often enough. My hope/belief/question is that if the community grew stronger and tighter (with more of us having stronger relationships with each other), than more cool stuff would be going on. Mostly, I just feel the need for more association with this group of people.

UPDATE: To clarify, this would be a work/social space, not a living space.

4.
Almost forgot this one. It’s not so little, either. I’m meeting Eric Abitbol next week. He wants to talk about how he can incorporate blogging into University of the Streets. He wouldn’t have the money to pay people to do this because there are something like 120 conversations each year. I’m interested if we can pull on the diverse interest of YulBloggers to do this in a grassroots way. It would work nicely when the cafe’s are hotspots, but most of them aren’t. Suggestions are welcome.

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