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Monthly Archives: July 2008

Merlin Mann: productivity guru, insightful little bastard.

A friend brought this to our attention:

Unlike 34,368 other Twitter users, we don’t follow @hotdogsladies; he seems far less inclined to shake the haters off than the fans, but once in a while, he’ll go on an insight spree.
This is pretty awesome, but we’re still not following.
Besides, it’s inaccurate. Robert Siegel doesn’t host All Things […]

Sidenote

Did anyone else notice and find it a little weird that Mike Pecsca (formerly of BPP fame) did two stories today, one for “Morning Edition” and one for “All Things Considered”? Also, did anyone think it was a crime that Pesca wasn’t given the Water Polo story?
I mean, I know he works at NPR and […]

I wanted a beach party, NPR gave me Stepbrothers.

One time, I was out at my mom’s house, picking her up to go to dinner. When I went in the house, my mom was still in her work clothes, engrossed in a classic beach party movie on AMC. You know the kind - no real plot, lots of dancing, Frankie, Annette and some kid […]

OTM Recap, 07/18: It’s not funny anymore.

 
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It’s plenty clear that lately, we’ve had other things on our mind, but we’re supposed to be here to prove that Bob Garfield has it bad for Brooke Gladstone.
So, even though I’d rather wear a black armband for “The Bryant Park Project,”it’s time to soldier on, and to find things to tease Bob and […]

Forget Ferris, Listen to This Tape.

Since tomorrow is the last day that the BPP will be broadcasting, I wanted to do something special for the awesome people who make the show.

All week, they’ve had a hilarious, heartbreaking series of their regular feature “Best Song in the World  Today” focused on the five stages of grief (those would be denial, anger, […]

Cerealize The Bryant Park Project: The Forget Ferris Project, day (I’ve lost count)

It’s kind of funny, sometimes, how you can see something mentioned a million times before deciding to pay it any attention, even though it’s something that calls you by name.
Bryant Park Project listener Daniel O’Toole has a can of Gargoyles Spaghetti-Os that’s been sitting on his shelf for God only knows how long a great […]

Keys in the ignition, headlights on.

I’m partially just testing our system for something Kerry’s working on for tomorrow, but I also really just wanted to continue to hype a band I thank the Bryant Park Project for introducing me to.
This is a really catchy song, and if you’ll watch the video of this band playing the song on the BPP […]

Things will be back to normal soon. We promise.

Ever since last Monday, when we found out that the Bryant Park Project had been canceled, things have been a bit single minded around here. Or, at least that’s how it’s felt.
There was a bit of an update with regards to the BPP today in the form of a blog post from NPR’s CEO. Some […]

The Forget Ferris Project, Day 7: In the Week of Magical Thinking

I find myself thinking about the Bryant Park Project staff at random times. I was rebuilding some furniture I had to dismantle so I could bring it back from Indiana, and and just sighed, wondering what Alison Stewart would tell young Issac about what was happening when he was born.
He’ll probably just wonder what […]

OTM Recap 7/11: They’re watching you. And listening to you.

It’s Thursday night, and you know what that means - it’s the night that we take a little break from our week-long BPP cancellation vigil and have a little normalcy in the form of Brooke and Bob. Yay!
The episode starts with a clip of President Bush talking about how pleased he is about his brand […]