Because it’s Memorial Day weekend, Brooke Gladstone and Bob Garfield decided to both knock off for the weekend (Brooke probably got Bob all addicted to “Grand Theft Auto IV”). Instead of the usual commentary on the current state of the media, they offered up a rebroadcast of “The Book Episode” from last October. The basic [...]
meinsuit, originally uploaded by WBUR. I found this photo on 90.9 WBUR’s Flickr Stream. They’re a public radio station out of Boston, so it’s relevant to our blog… I think. Nothing in this entire set explains what’s happening or what story is being covered. I want someone to explain to me what is going on. [...]
The first car I remember riding in was a huge Oldsmobile Cutlass, probably from 1978, and its radio had this classic-looking dial, all zinc and backlit with two dull yellow lights – the kind of radio you would more naturally associate with a ’52 Chevy and its huge red and white tailfins than with a [...]
It’s the end of May, and once again, the Eurovision song contest has come and gone. And just like last year, those of us unlucky enough to live in the U.S. were unable to watch it (save for on grainy YouTube videos like this one by Latvia’s Pirates of the Sea who seem to have [...]
Normally, I try not to read podcasts’ show descriptions before I start writing the recaps. Maybe it would be helpful to have a bit of an outline of what the week’s topics are, but I prefer surprise. At least, most of the time I do. According to the iTunes show description this week, this is [...]
This afternoon, I caught some of American Public Media’s “Marketplace” while I was driving. It’s classic public radio, really – host with a somewhat pretentious name that no one can spell (also, I picture Kai Ryssdal -yes, that’s how you spell it – wearing wrap around sunglasses and making finger guns when he makes a [...]
Boxes in the living room, originally uploaded by james.thompson. Seems divorce is bad for the environment. Cohabitation is good. I also brought reusable grocery bags. But that’s less of an eco-thing (a couple of my bags are still plastic) than frustration with the knowledge that Kerry’s plastic bags are completely out of control. Still, we [...]
mess of wires Originally uploaded by The Spacebase And didn’t you just miss us oh so bad? I know it’s later on Tuesday than we said we’d be posting, but I’ve spent two days making the above pile of wires into something I can use to listen to the radio, write about it, and post [...]
Carl Kasell just wrote on my Facebook wall Originally uploaded by The Spacebase Suck on that, haters. NPR’s Hugh Heffner, Carl Kasell, loves me, and you can’t mess with that. The text originally said “<3 Brooke.” Sorry about the lack of posts this week. Kerry’s dealing with some big changes at the Commercial Appeal Web [...]
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