Posts tagged NPR
Take A Picture, Pass It On: The Disposable Memory Project
“It’s a simple concept: Drop a camera somewhere with basic instructions and see where the wind takes it. If things go right, a person takes a photo and passes it on. And at the end, the camera makes its way back to the address written on the exterior and everyone is happy…”
It’s quite a utopian idea. I wonder if it works.
(via npr)
If you like this movie (or this poster), check out This American Life’s recent podcast Last Man Standing featuring Elna Baker’s story My Own Private U.F.O.
Originally aired 12.03.2010.
On today’s Fresh Air, media reporter David Carr reflects on old media, new media, and the future of journalism: “The web is kind of a self-cleaning oven and what you have up there can grow more accurate as time goes by. That’s never true of print. It’s always there for the ages.”
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Some serious insulating properties. Sweet home.
Do you think it’s possible to get a riding lawnmower up that thing?
(via npr)
Bill Monroe would’ve been 100 this month
Let’s all have a moment of silence for the father of bluegrass. That old high lonesome sound gives me goosebumps every time.
Here’s a cool story about getting Bill to autograph this cassette tape.
