Archive for the 'On the Tube' Category (Chronologically Listed)

Helvetica: The Movie on PBS January 5th, 2009

    Set your VCR’s and DVR’s! Depending on where you live, you will get a chance to catch Helvetica, on your local PBS station, either Tuesday or Wednesday of this week. The full-theater release was about 80 minutes long, but they have condensed it to 50 minutes and are airing it as part of their Independent [...]

Pushing the people out June 20th, 2007

    Apparantly, I am one of the three people that watched The Quill Book Awards last year. Now, organizers say public interest has been so bad, that they are taking voting privleges away from the public and giving them to 6,000 booksellers and experts.
    Us commoners used to get to vote in all the categories. Now, the [...]

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Don’t forget… March 2nd, 2007

    This weekend’s schedule for BookTV is up.

Two places at once February 14th, 2007

    The Birmingham Public Library has posted its first show on YouTube. You can view the video here, from their blog. It’s the epsiode promoting Alabama Bound and discussing a book on Miles College and drama titled Mayor Todd.
    The YouTube video has a couple of weird edits and lasts around six minutes. Unless I’m mistaken, this [...]

Don’t forget… February 2nd, 2007

    to check out this weekend’s Book TV schedule.

Don’t forget… January 19th, 2007

    to check out this weekend’s BookTV schedule.
    The most interesting segment I see would have to be Kantor’s Guide on Politically Incorrect English and American Literature. She seems to make some pretty bold statements. It’s fun to talk to your tv! Maybe even argue! DVR’s are go!

Don’t forget… January 12th, 2007

    to check out this weekend’s BookTV schedule.
    I see that they are re-airing the hand-illuminated St. John’s Bible segment again. It’s pretty good. Plenty of discussion about the publishing process of a project this size and the artist’s design process.
    But then I’ve always been a sucker for The Book Guys radio show.

Don’t forget… January 5th, 2007

    To check out the listings for BookTV this weekend.

Don’t forget… December 29th, 2006

    There is LOTS of Book TV to watch this weekend. It starts Saturday and runs all the way through Tueday morning!
    Here’s the schedule.
    Happy New Year!

The more the merrier… December 21st, 2006

    An extra day of BookTV goodness!
    I have the dvr set for…
    Eric Burns talking about his book Infamous Scribblers,
    Artist Donald Jackson talking about a brand-new hand-illuminated Bible,
    and David Kamp talking about his book The United States of Arugula.
    Merry Christmas!