Welcome to Radio Super Bon, my new audio dimension of this blog. We’ll see where it goes. Here’s the intro for Season One.
Author Archives: Jonathan Sterne
News/Music Stores/Food
News Awhile back I got interviewed for a piece in the McGill Tribune on email (sort of a copycat story after that NYTimes one), and for kicks I’m posting a link here. I actually hadn’t read it until just now when someone reminded me of it in an email. For the record, at no time …
Slashdot Sexism
Annalee Newitz’s latest column tackles this topic in a very personal fashion.
Twenty-Four Update
Current score: 26-12-12, with all additions from original phrases. Carrie says that if one of us wins under the new rules, she’s “going to be pissed.” I have decided that this season has taken the music to a whole new level. It’s louder and more interesting.
Switch to Canada
Below, you will find a link to a spoof of Apple’s “Switch” campaign except it’s an American talking about switching to Canada. Sent by my friend Jody Baker, who said it is perfect for my blog. This is the link. Speaking of my switch to Canada, as noted in this space, I did my American …
Oh Beautiful Day
I am the type of person who usually wakes up thinking about something. For months, odds were that I would awaken thinking about administrativa or about something I had to do. Today, I awoke thinking about my book. Including a fresh new chapter title. I’m not out of the woods with grading and such quite …
Twenty-Four Update
Because Carrie is beating us so badly, we have added two new phrases to the game. I chose “I have a visual” and Mystery Guest chose “Oh my God, Jack.” However, they are not retroactive — only from this point forward will they count. Carrie is so confident in “we don’t have time” that she …