MurMur Experience Downtown

Usually I do not venture downtown because I like to avoid the crowds of people walking amongst the sidewalks. Today, after class, however, I took the bus downtown to check out a MurMur checkpoint. I wasn't sure which one to go to, so I chose the location I am most familiar with. I thought it would be interesting to go to a neighbour I am used to, and learn something I didn't know about it. I headed down to Spadina and Queen Street, one of my favourite areas to shop because of China town and the small boutiques. I knew there were a few MurMur checkpoints in the area, so I ventured around to find one in front of a building I thought was neat. I came across the Horshoe Tavern (on Queen Street W). I picked this one to listen to because the place looked very small on the outside, and sounded like a neat western style bar/grill place-or so that is what I picked up from the outside. I called in the number (194592), and listened to two people speak. It was neat to listen to the audio of the building because it gave me a new perpective that I would not have had from just seeing the place. Apparently, this small western like tavern is big on rock music. They have many music nights and very interesting bands that come in to play. They said that they have even had Billy Talent, The Rolling Stones, and The Police play there in the past 50 years. I never would have known this by looking at the outside of the building. I just thought that it was some small  off-the-beaten-path restaurant that would not get much business. A very interesting experience in all.

Audio Walk- Ideas and Research

For our audio walk, we want to showcase York University for future students looking to apply or discover York. To do this we want to showcase a day at York in a present Student's eyes. The walk will contain true facts, but also have a fictional based storyline.  We want to make sure to incorporate humour and knowledge in this walk to appeal to the audience of future students.

We will start at the TTC bus stops, where the student will be listening to music on the bus before getting off the bus and starting the day. Then the student will continue on, while the audience listens and follows his movements and guidance through the campus. The walk will capture some of the sights at york through a lecture, lunch time at the student center, and finding research material at the Scott Library. The student's thoughts and voice will narrate the walk, while sounds of the surroundings, and music from the student's Mp3 player serenade at times.

Our goal is to attract future students to York by giving a day-in-the-life experience, while providing tips to surviving school at York Campus, and adding useful factual information that the future student may need to know or want to know.

We will incorporate:
Music
Noises/Sounds
Narration
Interview (or rather conversation with a librarian)

To research for our walk, we will be asking present students what they think about parts of campus, while also searching the York Website for handy information for students:

ex.: http://www.yorku.ca/web/about_yorku/

I'll keep you updated as we work further on this assignment.