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Then this workshop at the Mattress Factory is for you. On Saturday, September 15, 2012 – the Mattress Factory hosts Tunes to the Truth: Songwriting Workshop.

Tunes to the Truth: Songwriting Workshop
September 15
1:00p-4:00p
Mattress Factory, 500 Sampsonia Way, Northside
free with museum admission
all ages

The workshop is an opportunity to creatively voice your opinion on important social or political issues through songwriting and video! Using a musical version of the exquisite corpse game, we will collectively rewrite ridiculous, meaningless contemporary songs and make them significant. Of course, writing the song is just the beginning. We’ll be making band t-shirts related to the songs we wrote and any other fantastic props to then use in our music video. The final product will be revolutionary music videos that will put us one step closer to bridging the gap between popular music and real issues. Taught by artist Julia Cahill.

Thanks to SwitchboardPGH for the heads up on this.

Looking for some song writing inspiration … check out episode 339 of This American Life – Break-Up. In Act 1- This American Life Starlee Kine gets some help writing a break up song from an expert – Phil Collins.

The New Yinzer is not a person, it is an online magazine, and it is back with new content. It has been a while since I have heard anything from the New Yinzer folks. I was very happy to hear that the New Yinzer is back with a brand new edition. I am not sure if they are still using this logo but I like the logo so I thought I would include it here.

This issue of the New Yinzer includes and article about Myron Cope’s magazine work. The Yinzer Gourmet column offers up what looks to be a tasty recipe for Kahlua Pig.

I am also really enjoyed reading the interview with Starlee Kine from This American Life. Even though I dread driving long distances, which I consider to be anything more than 15 minutes, I have tolerated by the drive by listening to This American Life. TAL and Ira Glass have helped me to appreciate and realize some of the powers of story telling – usually entertaining and often educational. Blogging is an on going story and I like to think of IheartPGH as an on going story about Pittsburgh.

“This American Life taught me what a good story was. And you can do anything once you know [that].”

This interview with Kine covers lots of other great topics – Kine attended the same high school that Andrea Barber, she played Kimmy Gibbler on Full House, attended. I also appreciate Kine’s willingness to consult Phil Collins on issues of break up songs.

This issue of The New Yinzer combines some of my favorite things into a convent, online, Pittsburgh themed format. I am happy to read about Myron Cope, I like pulled pork, I love This American Life and I am alway happy to reference the tv show Full House (I think I watched that show every day after school but before dinner for 5 years in a row) .