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 it was like to have media that wasn’t primarily Internet-based.
Ooh, burn!
Seriously, I keep thinking that I’m going to still be listening to them next week (and maybe I might dig back through their music features – I saw the performance video from Headlights, and bought the record and loved it), but no matter what the community does, Friday is it for the BPP as we know and love it.
I still want to get in touch with the higher eschalons of NPR and find out if they hear the BPP community’s grief and suggestions.
Maybe we can still change things.
Maybe it’s all just magical thinking.
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There’s an article on the Globe and Mail website (Canadian Newspaper based in Toronto) indicating that seems to give some credibility to the rumours that NPR is now reconsidering the decision to axe the BPP. Could it be more than wishful thinking?
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/GAM.20080721.DIARYISL21/TPStory/TPComment
I know what you mean about thinking of the BPP staff at strange times…
Last night I dreamt that on today’s show, Allison announced that in response to the overwhelming fan support for the BPP, NPR decided to keep the show in web-only format.
It was one of those dreams that is so realistic that when I woke up, I was really excited because I thought it had actually happened.
I listened to the show today expecting a big announcement, but instead, it was the CEO from NPR officially stating that he is not interested in having the BPP continue in any format…
Back to slapping my forehead…
I’d heard you guys mentioned on the BPP and started following you on Twitter when I got an account there.
Now I’ve just checked out your site a bit and had the hopefullest thought: you guys might actually help me to come back from this horrible, bitter eff-them-ness that I am feeling toward NPR right now. I’ve been listening to and loving NPR for ages, but this BPP killing is brutal and I don’t know if my enthusiasm will ever be what it used to.
So I’m going to keep reading. Perhaps you you will help me heal my heart. (Still, it may be a cold day in July before my local station sees any more of my money.)
You guys seriously break my heart. Be sure that you join the new BPP Diner community on Ning: http://bppdiner.ning.com/
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