Classic VW parked downtown #AVL
Month: June 2011
More urban graffiti at Urban Outfitters.
Why did I agree to have lunch at the mall?
Community garden with neighbors.
The corn is knee-high to higher. Already enjoying fresh beans & squash. (Taken with instagram)
(Source: http://instagr.am/p/Gq_Fz/)
Iron Man getting ready to try some dance moves at a Friday night party.
So Iron Man rode into town in a giant flamingo…
Kerouac at work
Writers at Work: Jack Kerouac
On sending private messages
it’s like whispering to your companion during a dinner party: you might not get heard loud and clear, but only a fool wouldn’t take note of the possibility of leakage.
Susan Orlean on sending private messages via social media (via newyorker)
Iron Man will rock you your Planet…
Old school radio for my #Greenville friends.
Pretend it’s the 90s
The End of a Golden Age?
In the late eighteenth century, advances in steam-powered presses and machine-made paper and ink made books affordable for the masses. Before that, a family might have a Bible, but only the clergy and aristocrats owned books. According to technology historian Cathy Davidson, the sudden flood of cheap, popular books alarmed preachers, teachers, parents, and our Founding Fathers. They feared that wild tales of anarchy and romance would corrupt girls and workmen; that “novels” would ruin democracy, cause youth to lose their ability to concentrate on serious subjects, and would forever corrupt American morals. Presidents Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both wrote impassioned denunciations of the horrors of reading fiction.
Urban graffiti on the Urban Outfitters building.
Media diet
Though I was groomed in traditional, old-school journalism with a capital J, I realize that the world—and that includes journalism—is evolving and I have to adapt and evolve with it. In this digital age and with social media I think the fact that viewers can reach out and tell us things instantly is amazing for us, but we can’t allow those tools to make us paranoid about what we say or do. We walk a fine line between objectivity and being too vulnerable to the whims of the audience. We have to balance that by making sure we go back to old-school fact checking regardless of what’s trending. We have to give viewers the truth and tell them the news.
CNN’s Don Lemon lays out his media diet. Read the rest of the interview at The Atlantic Wire. (via theatlantic)
This thing of beauty I see in the morning fog.
Nightstand reading
I’ve been told my taste in books is eclectic.
Showtime with Over the Rhine!
Lucy Wainwright Roche opening for Over the Rhine at The Peel.
Coffee with Iron Man.
All that remains in the garden are the marigolds.
Asheville’s Runaway Circus
Asheville’s Runaway Circus just flat out know how to put on a fun show. We’re so fortunate to have them perform in our little Ice Cream shop 🙂
(Source: http://www.youtube.com/)
Looks like a ground hog ate my garden for breakfast.
Don’t burn books
Last night at the Kava Bar
Open mic tribal jam session with the American Gonzos at the Kava Bar.
Coffeehouse Junkie 