DS106Radio, Friday Night Tunes, and the Ephemeral Web

For four years, I’ve brought “Friday Night Tunes” to the DS106Radio stream. It’s built up a small community of folks who tune in to ease out of the week and into the weekend with some music and stories. Making and sharing a set has gone from being a lark to a hobby to my regular artistic practice, and it’s started (or reinvigorated) discussions about music with friends and relatives. But what is the relationship between an ephemeral event and the enduring presence of that event in playlists, recordings, and writings across multiple social media platforms? What’s really a memento, and what’s just digital hoarding? Do I want another website to feed with these records, and does anyone else? Join me for a discussion of the Friday Night Tunes show, a non-technical discussion of how an idea becomes a show, and some thoughts about where it’s going.