A year ago Saturday was the last broadcast of The Bryant Park Project. It was a day that we met with sadness, grief, and no small bit of anger – we’ve since edited out the most egregious parts. And on July 14, we saw the first anniversary of the words: Maybe you heard the news; [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
Well, not single-handedly. On his blog, Rob Paterson has at least proposed a solution. In the new world, we work with our “audience” and with our staff. In this new world, the path to economic success is not clear. If it was we would all go there. But intuitively we all know that BPP has [...]
The Forget Ferris Project (Save the BPP!) forges on in the face of listlessness, hopelessness, hangovers, and biopsies the nation over. We got name-dropped on the BPP today. Which would feel good under happier circumstances. Some clarifications of credit are due: The lovely “Save Ferris” watertower graphic is mine, and is to be shared. We [...]
update: this was “Please Distribute the Love,” but it grows as information is added. Please repost this story and picture as you please. The Bryant Park Project has been canceled. This doesn’t make us happy. Of all NPR programs, the BPP has most actively embraced online media (I hesitate to call it “New Media” anymore; [...]
From the BPP: “NYT: NPR is cancelling the BPP“. The last day will be July 25th.
- If you think your living situation is bad, be thankful you’re not one of the guys living in the gym at San Quentin. I heard a preview of this on the way to work this morning and heard the segment on the way home (somehow, it always works like that, and my commute is [...]
Tip: to increase credibility, do not look ridiculous. Take, for instance, Professor Bruce German, seen above taking a leisurely stroll with Bryant Park Project producer Dan Pashman. Though he looks positively fascinating, with the way he waves his hands around, the pants are too high, and thus the tie (which is too wide already) appears [...]
As many of you no doubt noticed over the course of April, Matthew is a big poetry-loving dork. He did a fun weekly series of posts on poetry featured on Writer’s Almanac. A few of you know that I’m kind of a little poetry dork. Though both of us adore poetry, his is usually relevant [...]
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