As you know, the Republicans, using the excuse of the federal deficit, are suggesting that we defund PBS and NPR. Like me, you’ve probably signed petitions and written to your elected officials, telling them how much you value Sesame Street and Frontline in a world run rampant with the likes of Justin Bieber and Glenn […]
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What PBS and NPR funding cuts would mean at home
Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Media, Michigan Also tagged Arwulf, Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus, NPR, PBS, public broadcasting, Sesame Street, The Sunday Best, WEMU 17 Comments
Spring in Ypsilanti
I was just sent this image by NPR’s Mike Perini. If he’s to be believed, he stumbled across this record in a Council Bluffs, Iowa record store called Kanesville Kollectibles last weekend. He describes it as, “countryish late 60s pop with a mild psychedelic influence,” and threatens to play it on his immensely entertaining WCBN […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Ypsilanti Also tagged Don Costa, Iowa, Kanesville Kollectibles, Mike Perini, Nancy Adams, Pandora's Lunchbox, spring 9 Comments