Archive for March, 2008
Museums at Your Fingertips
I can’t possibly link to all museums on the web. But fairly quickly, in searching the U.S. government’s official website, I found the following list of museums.
I include for your enjoyment, the following links, along with periodic commentary:
Now what’s cool to me about this museum’s website is its blog. In pretty short order, with two clicks, I was directed to this item that ultimately led me to this exhibit, A Thousand Kisses: Love Letters from the Archives of American Art
Sound and Words
Posted by admin in Literature, Music on March 5, 2008
Two items of interest to point toward.
First, I thought I knew everything about music worth knowing. Boy was I wrong. I stumbled across a show, Sound Opinions, that apparently has been around in Chicago for almost a decade. In more recent years, the show was picked up by American Public Media/Chicago Public Radio and is getting national distribution. Fortunately for me, while Atlanta’s public radio station does not carry it, the show fortunately makes podcasts downloadable.
Liz Clarke on One Helluva Ride
Washington Post‘s Liz Clarke entered my area of knowledge in 2007 when hearing her as a cohort on Tony Kornheiser’s radio show. When Kornheiser returned to radio in January 2008, Clarke was back onboard with him as well, appearing on the show almost every Tuesday and Thursday. After hearing her briefly detail her new book, One Helluva Ride: How NASCAR Swept the Nation, I contacted Clarke to see if she’d like to discuss the book, as well as briefly talk about Mr. Tony (as regular listeners call him). Fortunately she was equally open to both topics.
Before starting the interview, here’s a bit of how the book is officially described: “… a full-throttle account of the rise and reign of NASCAR nation, is … Clarke’s chronicle of how stock car racing exploded from regional obsession to national phenomenon. “
Also, here is Clarke’s bio: “A sportswriter for The Washington Post, Liz Clarke has also covered NASCAR for USA Today, The Charlotte Observer, and The Dallas Morning News, and was twice honored with the Russ Catlin award for excellence in motorsports journalism. She spent four seasons as a Post beat writer on the Washington Redskins and has written extensively about the Olympics, tennis, and college sports. A graduate of Barnard College, she lives in Washington, D.C., with her beloved Lab, Rusty.”
Government’s Flickr: Library of Congress
Posted by admin in art, Music, Uncategorized on March 1, 2008
Every once and awhile, I hear someone understandably questioning what we get for all the taxes that U.S. citizens pay (for those of you reading outside the United States, sorry for not writing to you). Any time I run across a government service, I always assume that my taxes have paid for a big chunk of whatever it is. And I’m happy to say, most of the time as delusional as I may be, that thought makes me feel just fine.
Look at the following picture:
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