WQXR radio announcer Gregg Whiteside, whose voice was “synonymous with classical music in New York for 25 years” was fired by the station without notice or severance this week. “The station said the firing was ‘because of inappropriate comments which he admitted making’. Neither Whiteside nor the station would say exactly what those comments were.”
Tag: 08.14.03
Releasing Books Into The Wild
“Bookcrossing has hit Manchester. On Saturday, hundreds of books will be released on to the streets of the city. Books by Martin Amis and Alex Garland will be distributed along with cookbooks and others on the history of steam locomotives in an event organised by Urbis, Manchester’s museum of the city. It is an American phenomenon that began in April 2001 and has taken off throughout the world. Almost half a million books have been “released” and there are more than 146,000 members worldwide. Books are left behind (or released into the wild). They contain a unique identity number which is registered on the website (bookcrossing.com). When someone finds one, they can register on the site and track the journey it has taken before it reached them.”
The Serious Side Of Comic Books…Er… “Graphic Novels”
“A generation of ambitious, serious artists and writers have been applying vast amounts of their creative energy into a milieu which is essentially the visual equivalent of the rock opera: the “graphic novel”—that is, a full-length book in comics format (cartoon drawings with word balloons for dialogue) printed between hard covers or glossy soft-cover. The idea is not new.”