Mike Hosty is one of my favorite live performers of all time. I try to see his show whenever he’s in Stillwater. He puts on a fun (and funny) show that’s perfect for a night of beer-drinking at the bar. He played Eskimo Joe’s for the first time on Wednesday night of anniversary week, and it was awesome! Here’s some photos of the show & some friends I ran into at the bar. Enjoy!
Several weeks ago, Stan announced that he would be recording a new song he wrote for Eskimo Joe’s 35th anniversary. The song is called “All Roads Lead to Joe’s” and it’s actually quite catchy. You can listen and download it for free at www.eskimojoes.com/music.
Now, everyone I’ve mentioned this to gives me a puzzled look, but let me assure you that Stan can actually sing. We actually karaoke’d together a few weeks ago, and years ago he had a rhythm & blues band that even released an album. In 1986, Stan and his band recorded a music video for newly minted MTV, right there at Eskimo Joe’s. So, this is not a new thing for Stan, although he (and by proxy, Joe’s) hasn’t done in a while.
Today, for the first time in 24 years, we’re shooting part one of a music video for Stan’s new song. As the director/producer of this operation, I’m more than a little psyched about this shoot. Today’s objective is to film the live performance aspect of the video at Eskimo Joe’s – something that is challenging enough on its own – but they’ve only given me an hour to get it done! The production schedule is brutally tight all day, actually. We’re only shooting for the “All Roads”video from 7-8 p.m., but we’re also shooting the Bart Crow Band concert this evening as well. And we’re doing all this with a crew of three.
Although I know there’s no way to control the schedule, I’m very confident that we’re going to get some great footage. Gideon Thompson and Melinda Spurlin, the other two members of the crew, are very talented and capable camera persons. We’ll have use of a jib as well, thanks to Marc Krein. With these resources, I have no doubt that we’ll put out a finished product with very high production values.
Next week, I’ll post a recap of how it all went. In the meantime, if you’re in Stillwater today and want to be in a music video, come see me at Eskimo Joe’s!
Some of my friends and family have been asking what exactly my thesis was about. To answer that question, I’m posting the abstract I wrote for my paper. An abstract is simply a 100-150 word summary of a research paper, designed to help other people get a quick understanding of what the research found and whether it is useful for their own research studies.
Burson, J. K. (2010). Measuring media literacy among collegiate journalism students. Proquest Thesis & Disstertations. p. 98.
Scope and Method of Study: The purpose of this study was to measure and compare media literacy knowledge structure scores and attitudes among collegiate journalism students with those of non-journalism students. The study utilized quantitative data analysis. Data were collected using an online survey as well as convenience sampling methods.
Findings and Conclusions: The study found that collegiate journalism students scored higher on the media literacy survey than non-journalism students, but that overall media literacy knowledge among the sample was low. Scores and attitudes of journalism students and students in journalism-related majors were also compared. The findings suggest that journalism majors may use the media for more specific purposes than students in other majors. A potential third-person effect was identified among journalism students when comparing scores on the media literacy survey with attitudes about media literacy. Potter’s (2004) cognitive theory of media literacy was utilized to provide explanation of the findings.
I heard it takes awhile for papers to officially be published, so a few months from now Proquest should have my paper available online through your local library. If you want a copy in the meantime (yeah, right!) just email me!
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