New Radio Crush: Fair Game with Faith Salie.
This past month I reunited with my sweet love the radio. There are new shows on WNYC and a new schedule!
The partial reason for my rekindled affair is that I don't have internet in my studio anymore. I lost my connection mysteriously and quite honestly I don't miss it. Instead I take my laptop to the good old neighborhood public library for my wifi. I look at real newspapers, some new books and rent DVD's while I'm there. The building is beautiful too. Unfortunately I get the feeling that most of the day the library is a sort of halfway house for nappers, nanny's, old people and kids using the free computers for video games. Sounds like public school all over again to me.
Anyhow, this new program Fair Game is great. It's funny, insightful, playful, intelligent and creative. Best of all it's not prime time radio so it's really relaxed. It does exactly what great radio should do which is make you feel like your having a personal and intimate experience listening. This doesn't just go for artsy This American Life stuff... think of the old guy glued to his transistor listening to his favorite baseball team in a contested game. That's great radio too!
Fair Game is on WNYC AM 820 weeknights at 8pm.
3 comments:
your girl Terry Gross is going to be a tad jealous!
Who says Terry has to know?
Actually it's her fault because Fair Game is on right after Fresh Air.
Oh she'd be cool with that then.
Hey if you're in or around Philly tomorrow (thursday) I'm in at a show called "The Drawing Narrative" in Northern Liberties at a gallery called "Jenny Jaskey/Tower". Opening is from 6-9.
peace
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