the media collective

The Media Collective has lived its life. The archives will remain active for those researching the Village and Downtown art and political scenes between 2007-2014. Thank you for everyone who part...

https://themediacollective.org/2017/01/15/dead/

For 2015, we are trying something new with 312-DRY-TOFU. In the same spirit of They Might Be Giant’s Dial-A-Song (which is being reborn in 2015) we will be doing the same thing with songs and t...

https://themediacollective.org/2015/01/01/312-dry-tofu-is-a-music-hotline/

We conducted some interviews around the State Street area.  We found a cyclist, someone setting up for a performance near the Union, and another individual hanging out in the Village. We learn a...

https://themediacollective.org/2014/07/19/state-street-interviews-2014-july-cycling-parking-garages-and-outside-music/

In an effort to put forth some interesting media from #greaterlala’s past, we are working on digitizing the Community Files at the West Lafayette Public Library.  There is a treasure of histor...

https://themediacollective.org/2014/05/29/west-lafayette-council-viewpoint-vol-1-2-councilwoman-judy-rhodes-september-1993/

The Friday of Grand Prix weekend, 2014, we witnessed an interesting phenomena with a semi-truck on Northwestern Ave.  Is was around 10:30pm and even though we only have 3-story buildings, #plywo...

https://themediacollective.org/2014/04/26/developmental-movement-2014-04-25-northwestern-ave/

In an effort to capture the development in and around the Greater Lafayette community, we are starting to archive animated GIFs of the area. Are these the types of structures we want impacting ou...

https://themediacollective.org/2014/04/20/developmental-movement-2014-04-20-veterans-memorial-parkway/

Wow. It’s been too long. Life has gotten in the way of pursuits. However, we did recently post some audio on Soundcloud to explore that social network. You can hear a sample track from an upcom...

https://themediacollective.org/2014/01/08/were-not-dead-2/

We managed to capture a rare performance by the (Heart) Rokita Band, a three piece band from the Greater Lafayette area, at last night’s (October 4th, 2013) Vienna Open Mic.  This bootleg is a...

https://themediacollective.org/2013/10/05/music-you-gotta-be-more-like-todd-rokita/

A tradition we have is to interview the campus patrons on the Friday before the Monday classes start. It is a magical and enchanting evening filled with stories of the summer, serendipitous encou...

https://themediacollective.org/2013/09/29/interview-friday-before-the-monday-2013-08-16-why-did-you-choose-the-greater-lafayette-area/

It was a humid July evening. Downtown Lafayette. The stairs by the Buttery Shelf. Mosey Down Main Street. Throughout the course of the evening, over 70 people have cheered for The Next Columbine ...

https://themediacollective.org/2013/08/20/music-mosey-down-main-street-concrete-guerrilla-stage-the-next-columbine/