Comments on: Anti-American (Life, that is) http://www.personism.com/2007/04/13/anti-american-life-that-is/ You just go on your nerve. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:22:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: alec soth - blog » Blog Archive » This American Backlash http://www.personism.com/2007/04/13/anti-american-life-that-is/#comment-22620 alec soth - blog » Blog Archive » This American Backlash Mon, 10 Sep 2007 15:09:47 +0000 http://www.personism.com/2007/04/13/anti-american-life-that-is/#comment-22620 [...] you noticed the brewing This American Life backlash? Along with Jen Bekman’s recent tirade and an Onion spoof, Nancy Franklin has a negative review in the New Yorker. Like Bekman, she begins [...] [...] you noticed the brewing This American Life backlash? Along with Jen Bekman’s recent tirade and an Onion spoof, Nancy Franklin has a negative review in the New Yorker. Like Bekman, she begins [...]

]]> By: jugel http://www.personism.com/2007/04/13/anti-american-life-that-is/#comment-18701 jugel Mon, 06 Aug 2007 19:58:48 +0000 http://www.personism.com/2007/04/13/anti-american-life-that-is/#comment-18701 I can't stand Ira Glass. I hate his voice.. but more importantly I hate the demeanor of the show. His vocal almost always seems to influence the speaker .. so everyone has that same self-deprecating tone. It's basically the opposite of why I like First Person w/Errol Morris. One of the best shows ever IMO. Errol knows how to stay out of the way and really let the things speak for itself. I can relate my hate of the show to my gradual dislike of the old show Six Feet Under. Six Feet Under tried to make the extraordinary seem very ordinary ... where as lets say .... Twin Peaks. Makes the ordinary seem extraordinary. btw - I love David Sedaris. His voice doesn't bother me. It's got spunk. I can’t stand Ira Glass. I hate his voice.. but more importantly I hate the demeanor of the show. His vocal almost always seems to influence the speaker .. so everyone has that same self-deprecating tone.

It’s basically the opposite of why I like First Person w/Errol Morris. One of the best shows ever IMO. Errol knows how to stay out of the way and really let the things speak for itself.

I can relate my hate of the show to my gradual dislike of the old show Six Feet Under. Six Feet Under tried to make the extraordinary seem very ordinary … where as lets say …. Twin Peaks. Makes the ordinary seem extraordinary.

btw - I love David Sedaris. His voice doesn’t bother me. It’s got spunk.

]]> By: Personism » Blog Archive » Listen To Me http://www.personism.com/2007/04/13/anti-american-life-that-is/#comment-16106 Personism » Blog Archive » Listen To Me Mon, 25 Jun 2007 21:16:37 +0000 http://www.personism.com/2007/04/13/anti-american-life-that-is/#comment-16106 [...] Irony of all ironies, I’ll be on a radio show later this week. Eva Lake has invited me to be a guest on her radio program, The Art World Radio Broadcast. (Eva wrote a post about the upcoming interview [...] [...] Irony of all ironies, I’ll be on a radio show later this week. Eva Lake has invited me to be a guest on her radio program, The Art World Radio Broadcast. (Eva wrote a post about the upcoming interview [...]

]]> By: stevarino http://www.personism.com/2007/04/13/anti-american-life-that-is/#comment-12240 stevarino Wed, 09 May 2007 23:47:21 +0000 http://www.personism.com/2007/04/13/anti-american-life-that-is/#comment-12240 I have hated "This American Life" for a long time, but never understood why. I even felt guilty for hating it, even though nobody in my social network has even ever heard of it. Now I can more clearly identify my feelings of impotent rage. Thank you, Jen Bekman. I have hated “This American Life” for a long time, but never understood why. I even felt guilty for hating it, even though nobody in my social network has even ever heard of it. Now I can more clearly identify my feelings of impotent rage. Thank you, Jen Bekman.

]]> By: generalbonkers http://www.personism.com/2007/04/13/anti-american-life-that-is/#comment-11750 generalbonkers Thu, 03 May 2007 00:38:47 +0000 http://www.personism.com/2007/04/13/anti-american-life-that-is/#comment-11750 I agree that the reports about Glass' behaviour with Lynda Barry are more than a little troubling, but dang it...This American Life is a revelation and Ira's voice is something you learn to like if not love, after a breaking-in period. He's very self-deprecating about it, himself. Too bad the Showtime version uses the same artsy film conventions as a Chase Bank ad. Not Glass' fault. I agree that the reports about Glass’ behaviour with Lynda Barry are more than a little troubling, but dang it…This American Life is a revelation and Ira’s voice is something you learn to like if not love, after a breaking-in period. He’s very self-deprecating about it, himself. Too bad the Showtime version uses the same artsy film conventions as a Chase Bank ad. Not Glass’ fault.

]]> By: yp http://www.personism.com/2007/04/13/anti-american-life-that-is/#comment-11603 yp Mon, 30 Apr 2007 13:24:04 +0000 http://www.personism.com/2007/04/13/anti-american-life-that-is/#comment-11603 I love Ira´s voice and talk radio is actually one of the thing I miss most about being in New York, but I´m also the kind of person who can´t study in the quiet and can only concentrate with some degree of peripheral noise. My problem is more with television, rather than radio. I find the images glaring, the commercials annoying, the rapid change of narrative sequence usually schizophrenic. I love Ira´s voice and talk radio is actually one of the thing I miss most about being in New York, but I´m also the kind of person who can´t study in the quiet and can only concentrate with some degree of peripheral noise. My problem is more with television, rather than radio. I find the images glaring, the commercials annoying, the rapid change of narrative sequence usually schizophrenic.

]]> By: Personism » Blog Archive » The Future of Radio http://www.personism.com/2007/04/13/anti-american-life-that-is/#comment-11524 Personism » Blog Archive » The Future of Radio Sat, 28 Apr 2007 23:41:07 +0000 http://www.personism.com/2007/04/13/anti-american-life-that-is/#comment-11524 [...] see: Anti-American (Life, that is). Digg This    Save to [...] [...] see: Anti-American (Life, that is). Digg This    Save to [...]

]]> By: mdm http://www.personism.com/2007/04/13/anti-american-life-that-is/#comment-11211 mdm Wed, 25 Apr 2007 16:34:13 +0000 http://www.personism.com/2007/04/13/anti-american-life-that-is/#comment-11211 You might enjoy these, JB. Episode 2 of 2. TAL-spoof, replete with acoosta-music-cues. http://media.libsyn.com/media/kasperhauser/kh13_moretal.mp3 You might enjoy these, JB. Episode 2 of 2. TAL-spoof, replete with acoosta-music-cues.

http://media.libsyn.com/media/kasperhauser/kh13_moretal.mp3

]]> By: carey http://www.personism.com/2007/04/13/anti-american-life-that-is/#comment-11158 carey Tue, 24 Apr 2007 14:22:53 +0000 http://www.personism.com/2007/04/13/anti-american-life-that-is/#comment-11158 while i do find myself capable of listening to NPR, i hear you on the noise sensitivity thing. no one is allowed to eat potato chips within ten feet of me. while i do find myself capable of listening to NPR, i hear you on the noise sensitivity thing. no one is allowed to eat potato chips within ten feet of me.

]]> By: jimmy http://www.personism.com/2007/04/13/anti-american-life-that-is/#comment-11148 jimmy Tue, 24 Apr 2007 12:11:34 +0000 http://www.personism.com/2007/04/13/anti-american-life-that-is/#comment-11148 I'd say he made an impression, which as an artist I can only hope to do. I’d say he made an impression, which as an artist I can only hope to do.

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