Expatriate Blogging
Alec Dean has released the long-awaited mp3s of the recent Legal Alien show produced on Radio Café 98.6 in Budapest. Personally, I tried to tune in live via webcast when the show first aired, but some of y’all remember the troubles with Romtelecom (which continue today in the form of mass dropped packets). I caught about half of it then, but now I got to hear the whole thing. Go on ‘n download it. Giddyap.
It was an interesting program covering the Hungarian blogosphere of expatriates, what they’re doing offline, how they approach this blogging thing, and whether it compares to journalism. The guests Alec, Desző, and Paul each offered a different style and perspective that lent an air of credibility to the coverage as expats are certainly no homogenous group. The only drawback, in my opinion, was that the show hosts appeared to work extremely hard at pretending they knew absolutely nothing whatsoever about any technology at all, thus making my grandmother appear like a rocket scientist just because she knows what a mouse is and can use email. (Maybe they’re more like another grandma who spends every free moment dulling her mind with television and vodka.)
How ’bout it, Bucureşti? Any English-language programs being broadcast on capitol radio stations? Just curious what the odds are that someone might repeat this interesting experiment for the straine aici…
May 21st, 2006 at 12:59 am
It is not so easy to get the through to the audience (expats). I guess that’s that main point in not having a radio show. We had a 3 yearsome hiatus, in Budapest.
But I wish you all the best in this sense as well…
May 21st, 2006 at 11:10 pm
Heya Big D. I didn’t realize there was such a huge gap between shows… so, basically, it was a one-time deal, pretty much? I guess the producers have connections at the studio or something. Very unusual. But I’m glad you guys put it together and made it available online.
May 22nd, 2006 at 1:59 am
Speaking of expats, I’m considering becoming one myself! I’ve been lurking here since you posted a comment/self-link in my Romania-visit blog a few months ago (thanks, by the way!) (and for the record, your blog is much more entertaining than mine could ever asipre to be), and now I’m on the verge of returning to become a more permanent fixture in dear old Brasov. That probably wasn’t very grammatically correct, was it? Anyway, is there any chance I could pick your brain with a few questions I have about expat life in Brasov? Let me know - I can post my junk email address if Blogger hasn’t already let you see it. Multumesc frumos!
May 22nd, 2006 at 10:11 am
We’ll take it out of the public eye and see if I can help you in some small way.