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Monthly Archives: April 2008

Naming the Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name

Friday, April 18, 2008

I’m supposed to be finishing this week’s recap of last week’s “On the Media” right now; I’m in no mood for that right now.
It’s a beautiful day outside. Also, we had an earthquake earlier today (dig the New York Times‘ story and accompanying graph, and note that I’m moving from blue to red earthquake risk […]

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Things We Wish We Would Have Said in Our Interview with the Bryant Park Project

Thursday, April 17, 2008

So, we trust NPR’s editors to make us sound a little smarter than usual, cutting just enough “ums” and “ahs”  to boost our perceived intelligences just barely, but there are still some things we wish we had said when being interviewed by the remarkably friendly Laura Conaway, of the Bryant Park Project.
After the jump, a […]

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NPR Is Not Helping My Current State of Anxiety

Thursday, April 17, 2008

Over the last week, the reality of end of the semester has begun to truly sink in for me. With the end of this semester for me comes the end of college. Even when I took a year off about four years ago, I never felt that college was over. I made the decision to take […]

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What’s Up With the Ring Anyway?

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Just in case you couldn’t get enough of the pope, check out the Bryant Park Project’s Pope Quiz.
I took it today, and I totally bombed. Maybe you’ll do better than I did. Good luck!
(And unless some unforseen papal craziness happens, R/S is going off pope-watch.)

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Helpful Advice from NPR: If You Come Across the Pope

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

The pope is visiting the US this week, much to the delight of US catholics. However, if His Holiness is in the US, that means that you, Joe American, might meet him.Since Americans can be ill-behaved at important events, NPR has some helpful advice in the form of their story “Papal Etiquette: What to Do […]

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Raise A Glass to the Spring Music Preview

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

The “All Songs Considered” Spring music preview is up. I listened to it - sort of. Since when is that show an hour long? I thought it was half an hour.

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Of Sometimes Questionable Character

Monday, April 14, 2008

NPR’s “In Character” series catches me completely off guard every time I hear it.
Yesterday, driving home from Indiana, I switched over to radio somewhere around Nashville to hear several minutes of discussion on the allure of Hannibal Lecter. This morning, I thought NPR had discovered the magic of “Yo Gabba Gabba” . Alas, it […]

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Do You Feel Like I Do?

Sunday, April 13, 2008

In this week’s episode of “Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me,” one of the questions in a panel round brought to mind what may be the most shocking psychological study to ever leave the ivy-covered walls of Indiana Unversity.

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OTM Recap: The One Where Bob Redeems Himself

Friday, April 11, 2008

This week, I really noticed OTM’s theme music for the first time. It’s catchy, but no-nonsense. If Brooke had a big, swanky cocktail party, this is what would probably be playing.
I wonder what kind of music Brooke and Bob are into. I have a feeling that Brooke is into really good jazz, though, maybe sometimes, […]

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Public Radio Poetry, vol. 2: Sylvia Plath, “Fever 103″

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

I’m not a Sylvia Plath fan, exactly - I find many of her poems tedious in subject matter, and I don’t feel that she earns many of her metaphors, the “Daddy as Nazi” metaphor in “Daddy” being a prime example. But the woman is a master of sound. As tedious as I find “Daddy” to […]

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