Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Happy Thanksgiving, everybody. Today, we’re giving thanks for a lot of things, like our families, our health, our jobs and our awesome friends. But we’re also thankful for the radio. For living in a safe place. For books. For our citizenship in a country that, though frustrating, is a wonderful place. For tasty food. For [...]
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
 I know I promised I’d write about On the Media’s story about the Jonestown Massacre, but honestly, I think I’d rather ignore the coverage. See, I work for Apple, and though I’m very reluctant to just talk about my job, I do hear a lot of people talking about ‘drinking the Kool-Aid.’ And though [...]
Monday, November 24, 2008
When I was in high school, I was in the marching band. I was also the only contrabass clarinet player in the brief history of my high school’s wind ensemble. Almost every single day, I was at some kind of band practice. This morning, I was at work (with a bunch of other [...]
Monday, November 24, 2008
So I think that Kerry’s OTM podcast is broken. She says hers downloads story-by-story. On mine, I see (what I think is) the cover story – the interview with Michael Lewis – followed by the full episode. Also, Brooke wants you to call; we haven’t yet, if the spirit moves you, as Brooke says, then [...]
Thursday, November 20, 2008
This weekend, “Twilight”, a teenage vampire love thriller movie comes out, much to the delight of tween girls with really bizarre ideas of what love should be like. And for some reason, NPR is all over it. There’s a review, in which Kenneth Turan (like a lot of other movie reviewers) announces that he is [...]
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
I’m coming down fast, but don’t let me break you. So NPR is previewing the new record by The Fireman. Which makes me want to ask one question: Why does Paul McCartney only consistently suck when he’s working by himself? From what I’ve heard so far, “Electric Arguments,” though it will by no means make [...]
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Last night, after a desperate search for a network station broadcasting the Midnight Madness game between the Memphis Tigers and U-Mass, I turned on AM radio to listen to the game. Why? NPR doesn’t air college basketball games and there was no way I was going to put my pants on and walk up [...]
Monday, November 17, 2008
Kerry tried to recommend that I write tonight about a specific story. I couldn’t find that story, so I decided instead to talk about “The Takeaway’s” flippant treatment of kids’ reading suggestions for President-Elect Barack Obama. Host John Hockenberry has the hardest time trying to avoid making fun of the kids’ obvious, non-sensical, or even [...]
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Hi everybody. Brooke is out sick this week, but apparently, she managed to record all of her interviews before going home to some chicken soup and crappy movies. Bob is trying to make up for it by asking us all to imagine him as a stunning brunette. Uh, sure, Bob. Whatever you say. In the [...]
Friday, November 14, 2008
Don’t ask me why I’m doing this – Halloween has long since passed – but I woke up compelled to collect some stories about vampires. So here we go:
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