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Too cute by half
This article was too cute by half. The Segway is a novel and useful transitional mode of personal transport that need more terrain to cover in cities around the world. I was particularly disappointed when Las Vegas did not instantly adopt them for its vast stretches of sidewalk and casino floor, where my legs wear out long before my money does. ...
Posted to Transport by jousterusa on July 10, 2009
Copyright in the real world
Please... every TV and radio station in the country basically rewrites the local paper every day and reads the short version. You're acting as though all this were new. Copyright does not exist to protect economic rights. It was enacted to encourage a public culture at a time when authorship was being stolen: Someone would republish a book with ...
Posted to Press Box by splat on April 20, 2009
Re: TBS did not originate the "24 Hours of 'A Christmas Stor
It's hysterical that you were challenged by ''peers'' who didn't understand the marathon concept. How big a stretch is that concept? What would happen if you suggested the best length for a sitcom would be 45 minutes? Their heads would explode. Hey, I'm in radio, the medium that thinks playing Christmas music at Christmas time is revolutionary. ...
Posted to Culturebox by WALTER SABO on December 26, 2008
Shepherd was an artist
When you listen to the recordings of his shows from 40 years ago the most striking ingredient is the commercials. Listen to the monologue. Time and space disappears. Like all true art it has no relationship to the calendar. Then a commercial comes on and pow, it's 40 years ago and seems impossibly corny and out of date. But Shepherd always sounds ...
Posted to Culturebox by WALTER SABO on December 24, 2008
Losing Newspapers Is Like Losing Vinyl Records--Never Forget
I loved Jackson Browne albums with their exquisite vinyl records inside, their artistic outer sleeve art, the lyrics printed in large letters allowing me to sing a long immediately upon opening the prize, and mostly the then-state of the art sound of a clean spin on a solid turntable with a fresh stylus. I was once asked what made me the happiest ...
Posted to Press Box by john adkisson on December 19, 2008
Plotz 2.0
Whether the source be a plentiful fridge of 'Fresca' or the lingering effects of cold medicine, David Plotz's contribuitions were cogent, informative and engaging. Mr. Plotz was even--dare I say it?--witty and insightful. Thanks.
Posted to Gabfest by fantomas on September 14, 2008
GABFEST RE: BROOKS COLUMN
REGARDING: GABFEST ON POTUS 08 (SLATE.COM) I heard your conversation regarding David Brooks vacuous column on Senator Obama. You indicated agreement that Obama seems not to ''take and action,'' to be ''too thoughtful,'' to not have substance. Really? This young, bi-racial man who grew up without a father in the home, raised by a single mother ...
Posted to Gabfest by PHM on August 9, 2008
Not ready to see CBS news go
Honestly, I'd hate to see CBS News go as a whole. Sure, it's not great, and isn't bound to get any better, but it does provide some things that other sources are severely lacking. CBS News Radio. Sure this could stick around if they ditch news or just make it part of the entertainment division, but their radio uses their television as a crutch. ...
Posted to Television by brodiereg on April 23, 2008
Radio...Live Transmission...
Is there an R.E.M. reference in there somewhere?;)
Posted to Foreigners by arcadia79 on April 22, 2008
Thank you very much!
Anne Applebaum is right. I remember stories from my father as well as my uncle how much they appreciated the fact that they were able to listen in their Youth to RIAS and similar broadcasts behind the iron curtain. They listened out of curiosity for real news. But of course also out of love for music that was not part of the state sponsored ...
Posted to Foreigners by Mel Olontha on April 22, 2008

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