Monday, February 15, 2010

ira glass of This American Life on storytelling

Listen to an American master talk about working his magic. This is must-see youtube.

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I just watched this first part, but there are apparently three more clips of Glass talking about what he does

Pt 2
Pt 3
Pt 4

ouch

I had never heard this one before (H/T Tbogg at FireDogLake):

The one constant in all of your failed relationships is you.


I guess that's true. But the one constant in all of my successful relationships is me too.

I think it's time for a little bit of Chekhov:

"Are you a success? Am I? Was Napoleon? Is your servant Vassily? One must be a god to tell the successes from the failures without making a mistake."

kd laing does Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah

At the 2005 Juno Awards, Winnipeg:

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