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Title: Radio on: A Listener's Diary by Sarah Vowell ISBN: 0312183011 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: March, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.75
Rating: 4
Summary: you try this at home and see what you find.
Comment: this book is a diary of an entire year's worth of listening to the radio. most people only listen in their cars, but sarah didn't have a tv or something, so she kept a journal of what she heard on the radio. in some cities, this would be the most boring task and picking your belly button lint would be more fun. but she was lucky enough to live in a place where they take their radio seriously. this isn't anything like take the cannoli, but don't let that stop you. it's an incredible sociological experiment. plus it also helps that she's employed by npr. sort of.
Rating: 1
Summary: Nice concept; incompetent writer
Comment: How does garbage like this get published??? Sarah Vowell's bleak radio diary reads like a spoiled 15 teen year old's summer journal. I love radio, but I could care less about the pretenious Ms. Vowell and her predictable "Gen X" opinions about music, politics, and life. The concept of having someone drive around and comment on the radio stations that they pick up is interesting, but for God's sake, have an interesting person write it. Vowell has nothing to say worth printing. Please God, don't let her publish again! Sink her down into that career in a college town used record store that she so richly derserves.
Rating: 5
Summary: YOU PROBABLY WON'T LIKE THIS BOOK IF...
Comment: ...you don't listen to NPR, and radio isn't a central part of your life. I probably got more out of this book than some people, because I listened to some of the stations referenced in it (KITS in SF, for example). Sarah Vowell's critiques of modern American culture and of radio are DEAD ON. Like I said, some of the jokes in there are pretty specific to NPR listeners (like her comment about Talk of the Nation), but a lot of it is just growing up Generation X in America. If you're a Gen X NPR listener, this is worth every penny.
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Title: Take the Cannoli : Stories From the New World by Sarah Vowell ISBN: 0743205405 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 03 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: The Partly Cloudy Patriot by Sarah Vowell ISBN: 0743223527 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 05 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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Title: Radio: An Illustrated Guide by Jessica Abel, Ira Glass ISBN: 0967967104 Publisher: This American Life / WBEZ Alliance Inc. Pub. Date: 01 September, 1999 List Price(USD): $3.95 |
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Title:This American Life: Lies Sissies & Fiascoes ASIN: B00000I725 Publisher: Rhino Records Pub. Date: 04 May, 1999 List Price(USD): $17.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $11.99 |
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Title: Fraud: Essays by David Rakoff ISBN: 0767906314 Publisher: Broadway Books Pub. Date: 23 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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