Yours truly is featured in today's 77 Square article about the finales of the Kissers and the Junkers.
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Monday, May 12, 2008
Tuning in
My latest fascination is "In Our Time," the BBC radio program that stars Melvyn Bragg and examines historical matters with far more depth than just about anything on American radio. In recent days I've learned about Norse mythology, the Spanish Inquisition, Henry VIII's dissolution of the monasteries -- all without having to crack any pesky books!
The closest American analog I can think of is not a public radio show, as you might think, but rather "Extension 720" from Chicago's WGN-AM. I loved that show during my years in Chicago, and I still tune in from Dairyland. Like "In Our Time," "Extension 720" delves into history, and also current events, science, literature. And unlike the BBC podcasts, the live WGN broadcasts come complete with ads for Empire Carpet.
My latest fascination is "In Our Time," the BBC radio program that stars Melvyn Bragg and examines historical matters with far more depth than just about anything on American radio. In recent days I've learned about Norse mythology, the Spanish Inquisition, Henry VIII's dissolution of the monasteries -- all without having to crack any pesky books!The closest American analog I can think of is not a public radio show, as you might think, but rather "Extension 720" from Chicago's WGN-AM. I loved that show during my years in Chicago, and I still tune in from Dairyland. Like "In Our Time," "Extension 720" delves into history, and also current events, science, literature. And unlike the BBC podcasts, the live WGN broadcasts come complete with ads for Empire Carpet.
Land of enchantment
It amuses me to read constantly of "liberal" Hyde Park, the neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago that is Barack Obama's home base. As a longtime Hyde Parker myself I can tell you that the neighborhood certainly houses its share of fugitive radicals and peacenik nuns. But Hyde Park also gave the world the likes of Milton Friedman and Paul Wolfowitz.
So perhaps on balance Hyde Park is Everytown, U.S.A. Plus Colleen Moore's Fairy Castle, my favorite Hyde Park landmark.
It amuses me to read constantly of "liberal" Hyde Park, the neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago that is Barack Obama's home base. As a longtime Hyde Parker myself I can tell you that the neighborhood certainly houses its share of fugitive radicals and peacenik nuns. But Hyde Park also gave the world the likes of Milton Friedman and Paul Wolfowitz.So perhaps on balance Hyde Park is Everytown, U.S.A. Plus Colleen Moore's Fairy Castle, my favorite Hyde Park landmark.
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Good word
"What Posey brings to this sequence is something I've often felt while watching her movies, even the incomprehensible ones like 'Fay Grim.' She stands poised between serene beauty and throwing a shampoo bottle at the mirror. She always looks great, and she always seems dubious and insecure. She can make half her mouth curl into a reluctant smile. But when she fully smiles, she's radiant."
-- Roger Ebert on Parker Posey
"What Posey brings to this sequence is something I've often felt while watching her movies, even the incomprehensible ones like 'Fay Grim.' She stands poised between serene beauty and throwing a shampoo bottle at the mirror. She always looks great, and she always seems dubious and insecure. She can make half her mouth curl into a reluctant smile. But when she fully smiles, she's radiant."-- Roger Ebert on Parker Posey
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