In a world where time stood still, only one radio show could simultaneously earn my undying respect and make jokes like my dad.
The story that jumped out at me most this week was Brooke’s sweet tribute to Don LaFontaine, the movie trailer voice guy. Brooke sounds so completely reverenty and sweet - I wonder if […]
I have to start this week’s recap with a bit of a spoiler, because I don’t want your OTM listening experience to be tainted by the surprise revealed at the end of the episode. According to Brooke, for the length of the T-shirt design contest, Bob is making good on his promise to host the […]
This morning, an epic battle of wits took place. The battlefield: Morning Edition. You can surmise from this story’s headline both the participants and the victors.
The vanquished now lay limp and bleeding on the field while Montagne hoists the lance above her head in victory.
The transcript tells the epic tale. From the bard’s mouth, wherein […]
Over the last month or two, I’ve heard a few public radio stories on the Hold Steady and their new record. Critics seem to think it’s better than “Boys and Girls in America”, but I’m not sure I agree. WPXN called them “increasingly iconic“, and I think I can get behind that.
Matthew, Zach […]
I just got off the phone with Kerry; she’d left in a huff after writing the previous post, full of vitriol and good points.
She took the just-announced cancellation of NPR’s “The Bryant Park Project” personally. I suppose that’s good; it means I didn’t do something horrible right before waking up.
You see, Kerry works in New […]
This week, I really noticed OTM’s theme music for the first time. It’s catchy, but no-nonsense. If Brooke had a big, swanky cocktail party, this is what would probably be playing.
I wonder what kind of music Brooke and Bob are into. I have a feeling that Brooke is into really good jazz, though, maybe sometimes, […]
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NPR’s “Love Guru” review funnier than “Love Guru”
Not that it would be, you know, difficult to make something that seems even slightly funnier than the Mike Myers vehicle.
Let me just pull this:
Those suckered into seeing this relentless exercise in juvenilia, meanwhile, may well recoil from sports comedies, Bollywood musicals, self-help spiritualists, puns and even characters with beards for the foreseeable future.
Or from […]