Today was Blog Action Day - by today, I mean Wednesday, as we usually post late at night for the next day. (I post late at night; Kerry posts at a sane time.)
As our observance, we’re telling you about a story about poverty. One that will make you cry, because not only is it about […]
That’s a bit grandiose. I don’t feel like this is as huge as Hendrix at Monterrey Pop - or even Hendrix opening for the Monkees.
But it’s still very, very cool. Last week, I posted about the Penetrators’ song,”The Scandalizer” and its appearance on NPR’s “All Songs Considered.”
I’d mentioned how Will Sheff of Okkervil River had […]
I’ve been hearing about NPR’s new social networking feature for a while now, thanks to its progenitor, the talented and affable Andy Carvin.
Today, I realized I couldn’t wait any longer. Given that we know that a large portion of our readership is employed by or married to someone employed by NPR, I feel like I’m […]
I was going to write about something positive. It would make me happy to write about salmon portraits again. A couple readers made some great suggestions for new posts, and we fully plan on taking those tips.
But this is simply too important to ignore. NPR had the great idea to gather black and white residents […]
Last night, I was feeling all out of sorts. Meaning I’d eaten way too many Virginia peanuts while at work, and my insides were not happy about that.I came home and immediately passed out on the futon listening to “All Things Considered.”
Somewhere in there, I missed “Marketplace” and the end of “ATC.”
I awoke to Tom […]
In the last week or so, NPR has launched “Monkey See“, a new pop culture blog written by Linda Holmes. I’ve read the first few entries, and it seems to be off to a good start.
Ms. Holmes was a former Television Without Pity writer, which gives me great hope, as I love TWOP’s scathing recaps […]
I need to apologize for the lateness of this post; I just got home from work.
It was my first day, um, unpacking books for the Rhodes College bookstore in anticipation of their fall rush. Thank God my first day wasn’t a fiasco.
It should have been. All of the employees were locked out of the bookstore […]
Good morning, everybody.
So yesterday, the Bryant Park Project got canceled. I’m sure you heard about that. If you’re just joining us and are wanting to hurl a few pebbles at the NPR Goliath, go here.
Yesterday morning, I heard that BPP was canceled via their Twitter feed and fired off a rather spiteful post after […]
It’s been a while since I’ve done this, and I’ve skipped over talking about the Poetry Magazine podcast, mostly because it’s not funded or distributed through public media channels.
But listening to “Morning Edition” this morning, Kerry and I heard this terrible limerick regarding a judge’s reaction to a lawsuit whose “short and plain” allegations stretched […]
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I love “Story Corps” as much as the next girl, but I tend to knowingly avoid it because it’s like the bad boy that you shouldn’t be into but totally are. If you stay away, it can’t make you cry.
A few days ago, I found out about “Radio Diaries” from one of Amanda’s tweets. “Radio […]