{"id":3668,"date":"2010-06-23T10:01:35","date_gmt":"2010-06-23T14:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wayneandwax.com\/?p=3668"},"modified":"2015-01-07T13:50:38","modified_gmt":"2015-01-07T17:50:38","slug":"too-much-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wayneandwax.com\/?p=3668","title":{"rendered":"Too Much Island"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I first met Benjamen Walker in prison in Jamaica. Either there or the hotel down the street. We were both in Kingston together, with a ragtag band of a couple dozen more, in order to, as best I can understand it today, sprinkle some internet magic<\/a> on the place. (And help support some serious reform<\/a> of the prison system.) Back then Benjamen was producing radio for Christopher Lydon while doing his own show, Your Radio Nightlight<\/em><\/a>, on WZBC in Boston. <\/p>\n

When Your Radio Nightlight<\/em> morphed into Theory of Everything<\/em>, I hardly skipped a beat, though I enjoyed Benjamen’s reinvigorated play with notions of fact and fiction, myth and reality. Grokking one’s way through Ben’s shows is always a fun hermeneutical exercise in that way. Since last year he’s tweaked the title once again, now offering Too Much Information<\/a><\/em> every Monday evening on WFMU<\/a> (right before \/Rupture’s Mudd Up!<\/a><\/em>) though the format — if we can call it that — remains similar. <\/p>\n


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\nEver since meeting him and getting to know his voice, I’ve been consistently entertained and edified by Benjamen’s particular approach to telling<\/em> the truth<\/a>. But maybe the current WFMU teaser best hits the nail:<\/p>\n

Too Much Information is the sober hangover after the digital party has run out of memes, apps and schemes. Host Benjamen Walker finds out that, in a world where everyone overshares the truth 140 characters at a time, telling tales might be the most honest thing to do.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And so I was pleased once again<\/a> to make an appearance in one of Ben’s shows for last week’s TMI episode, “The Island<\/a>.” It’s a special episode for a number of reasons. You should just go and listen, but let me tell you briefly why I think so:<\/p>\n