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Bad news for public-radio fans

NPR is canceling the Bryant Park Project, the program that published the audio slideshow about my Project 365 last year. This sucks; the BPP is one of the rare mainstream public radio programs that really embraces the web and all it has to offer. Memphis’ own Radio Sweethearts has a few suggestions for anyone wanting to pass along their disappointment to NPR. Best wishes to everyone involved, but especially Laura Conaway, who hails from Mississippi…

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Describing Billie

I’ve been on a real Billie Holiday kick lately. I attribute this development to something akin to typical mid-twenties labor pains and the fact that it’s already nasty hot and it’s not even summer yet. Putting a Billie Holiday record on has roughly the same effect on a room as turning on an oscillating fan and taking off a couple of layers of clothes. The only way the setting could possibly improve is if you’ve…

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