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Hans Buetow | The Pratfalls podcast

Hans Buetow | The Pratfalls podcast

“If you have an idea for a podcast, please make it.” On this episode of the podcast, Hans Buetow talks a lot about podcasting. He talks about the specifics of working in that medium and how it’s different from radio work. Hans talks about the iterative nature of relationships and creative work, the messes and mistakes that are always in the wake of creative successes and shares some of his…

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Where Did Advent Go?

So where did Advent go? Well, it didn’t go anywhere. It’s still here. Because Advent isn’t about decorating trees or not. And it’s not about baking cookies or waiting. It’s not about any of that. Advent is about Jesus. And so Advent is right where it should be: in the church, with the blue or the purple indicating it’s a special season an

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Star Course: Back in the Day

While I officially lived with Mark Michicich for a year (which does not include the many nights, prior to entering the formal lease arrangement, that I passed out on one of his many couches), I don't seem to recall his apparently lingering obsession with WPGU. As a Junior Manager at Star Course under "The Mic," our beloved leader could always be counted on to rise above the pettiness that would have felled a lesser man.  What he could not rise above, however -- in fact, none of us could -- was the idea that we could somehow convince our fellow Illinois classmates that we knew the best music and, if they would only stop and listen for a minute, maybe Husker Du would sell enough records (yes, records -- this was 1988, when CDs were not only really expensive -- $14.99 a pop! -- but also required an entirely new system called a CD player. You might remember that as those big clunky things that people used before iPods) to stay in business, or at least to continue to be able to play venues like Foellinger. (They didn't.) On the bright side, as a former manager, I received two complimentary tickets to Def Leppard's Assembly Hall show, which I scalped for $100, good for two weeks of groceries. Bad taste had its benefits. Speaking of Husker Du, their shoulders were just two of the many we rubbed against before, during and after the shows. (Yes, they were a trio, but Bob Mould and Grant Hart skipped out.) It never stopped being surreal. As a freshman ushering one of my first shows, I managed to offend Michael Stipe and Mike Mills in a single, ill-advised request for their autographs. There was the time I tried to cock-block Robyn Hitchcock from making a move on fellow staffer Kathi Brinkman, whom I'm convinced he was attracted to because they had the same haircut. There was the after-party at Mark's subterranean apartment on High Street when Husker Du bassist Greg Norton wouldn't leave. (For all we know, he's still there.) And nothing topped the day I spent escorting Bobcat Goldthwait around Champaign, taking in the sights at Market Place Mall, entertaining the masses at Follett's, and then, back in his hotel room at Jumer's, teaching him the opening riff to R.E.M.'s "Driver 8" on an acoustic guitar he had picked up in Indianapolis the day before.  Later than night, Bobcat brought the guitar on stage as part of a goof on Bono. It bombed, and shortly thereafter, so did Bobcat's career. I'll always wonder whether I should have taught him "Pour Some Sugar on Me."

Mike Buetow

Star Course '85-'88

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This week, Pr. Buetow talks about the discussions of the End Times that happen during Holy Week.http://youtu.be/Rz3nHBuy8cQ

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This week on Bible 101, Pr. Buetow reaches Holy Week in the Gospels. He goes through the events of Palm Sunday and Jesus riding into Jerusalem. http://youtu.be/RaVnR_nNH1w

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This week Pr. Buetow talks about Jesus raising people from the dead. http://youtu.be/UVoi_j5E2U8 

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This week on Bible 101, Pr. Buetow talks about Jesus casting out demons. http://youtu.be/8IjdKuEsMOM 

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Today we commemorate the Martyrdom of St. John the Baptist. Learn more about John and his martyrdom in this Bible 101 video from the archives. http://youtu.be/8cGpiZp5hAE