Over 4,000 rally for Barack Obama in Charlottesville
On October 29, 2007, more than four thousand people braved the cool night and paid $29 to cram into Charlottesville’s Downtown Pavilion to listen to Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. The Illinois Senator spent about 50 minutes talking to the crowd on issues ranging from health insurance, the Iraq War, and education. He was introduced by Governor Tim Kaine, a fellow graduate of Harvard Law.
Disclaimer: There are a couple of nasty audio glitches in this recording, and I was not able to record all of Governor Kaine’s introduction. I had a terrible time setting up my equipment. There was a press box, but all I could seem to get was hum. So, I set up a back-up, using my shotgun microphone to capture the sound of being in the auditorium. You can hear a lot more echo at this point. Then there are some nasty buzzes, where I tried to power up my Marantz, because the battery life was on hollow, and I was worried about getting a complete recording. I kept risking the buzz (caused by badly balanced electrical systems) so I could maybe switch out the batteries. Podcasting requires a complete recording. If I was just doing this for WVTF, I could have sacrificed a lot more. All you need for a radio story is a few soundbites, and there are always plenty of spaces in a recording. A podcast of a public event should be as complete as possible.
In this case, the audio is not totally complete, and this is the notice of that piece of information. This was done for purely technical reasons.
And, really, the buzzes aren’t nice.
While I’m at it, let me state that I do not endorse any political position or any candidate for any level of political office and make this audio and other political recordings available as a service to the community. I’m Program Officer at Charlottesville Tomorrow, a non-profit organization that reports on local growth and development issues. I’m also an occasional reporter for Virginia Public Radio. I created the Charlottesville Podcasting Network in 2005, and hope to continue shepherding its evolution into a trusted community resource, built on the principles of public service journalism.
Also while I’m at it, I was too busy dealing with sound worries that I did not take any photographs. If anyone who reads this attended the event and would be happy to share a picture, I’d be grateful.
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