Books, Publishing and Birmingham - headsubhead.com » On the Tube http://headsubhead.com "all things book" Birmingham, Alabama Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:51:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Helvetica: The Movie on PBS http://headsubhead.com/2009/01/05/helvetica-the-movie-on-pbs/ http://headsubhead.com/2009/01/05/helvetica-the-movie-on-pbs/#comments Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:21:18 +0000 trav http://headsubhead.com/2009/01/05/helvetica-the-movie-on-pbs/ 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 Lens series.

You can go here to see when it’s showing in your area. If I’m reading the schedule correctly, it first will air, in my little corner of Birmingham at midnight, Wednesday, January 7th.

BTW, I took the quiz and it turns out that the internet thinks I am Times New Roman. Not sure how I feel about that. It could have been worse I guess (can anyone say Comic S***?).

]]> http://headsubhead.com/2009/01/05/helvetica-the-movie-on-pbs/feed/ 0 Pushing the people out http://headsubhead.com/2007/06/20/pushing-the-people-out/ http://headsubhead.com/2007/06/20/pushing-the-people-out/#comments Wed, 20 Jun 2007 14:38:07 +0000 trav http://headsubhead.com/2007/06/20/pushing-the-people-out/ snipshot_e4tuvfx44l2.jpgApparantly, 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 experts pick the winners in 19 areas, while the public gets to pick the winner for a single 20th category “Book of the Year”. Organizers say that this will “streamline consumer participation and add to the credibility of those who are named winners”.

We’ll just have to wait and see how all this pans out on October 27, 2007.

]]> http://headsubhead.com/2007/06/20/pushing-the-people-out/feed/ 0 Don’t forget… http://headsubhead.com/2007/03/02/dont-forget-22/ http://headsubhead.com/2007/03/02/dont-forget-22/#comments Fri, 02 Mar 2007 04:44:23 +0000 trav http://headsubhead.com/2007/03/02/dont-forget-22/ This weekend’s schedule for BookTV is up.

]]> http://headsubhead.com/2007/03/02/dont-forget-22/feed/ 0 Two places at once http://headsubhead.com/2007/02/14/two-places-at-once-2/ http://headsubhead.com/2007/02/14/two-places-at-once-2/#comments Thu, 15 Feb 2007 02:54:08 +0000 trav http://headsubhead.com/2007/02/14/two-places-at-once-2/ 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 is the same show that airs on public access here in the ‘ham. Which is pretty cool if you miss it on TV.

Props to the BPL crew for doing this. I hope they keep it up!

]]> http://headsubhead.com/2007/02/14/two-places-at-once-2/feed/ 1 Don’t forget… http://headsubhead.com/2007/02/02/dont-forget-21/ http://headsubhead.com/2007/02/02/dont-forget-21/#comments Fri, 02 Feb 2007 20:20:46 +0000 trav http://headsubhead.com/2007/02/02/dont-forget-21/ to check out this weekend’s Book TV schedule.

]]> http://headsubhead.com/2007/02/02/dont-forget-21/feed/ 0 Don’t forget… http://headsubhead.com/2007/01/19/dont-forget-20/ http://headsubhead.com/2007/01/19/dont-forget-20/#comments Fri, 19 Jan 2007 04:08:11 +0000 trav http://headsubhead.com/2007/01/19/dont-forget-20/ 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!

]]> http://headsubhead.com/2007/01/19/dont-forget-20/feed/ 0 Don’t forget… http://headsubhead.com/2007/01/12/dont-forget-19/ http://headsubhead.com/2007/01/12/dont-forget-19/#comments Fri, 12 Jan 2007 14:56:18 +0000 trav http://headsubhead.com/2007/01/12/dont-forget-19/ 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.

]]> http://headsubhead.com/2007/01/12/dont-forget-19/feed/ 0 Don’t forget… http://headsubhead.com/2007/01/05/dont-forget-18/ http://headsubhead.com/2007/01/05/dont-forget-18/#comments Fri, 05 Jan 2007 04:44:07 +0000 trav http://headsubhead.com/2007/01/05/dont-forget-18/ To check out the listings for BookTV this weekend.

]]> http://headsubhead.com/2007/01/05/dont-forget-18/feed/ 0 Don’t forget… http://headsubhead.com/2006/12/29/dont-forget-17/ http://headsubhead.com/2006/12/29/dont-forget-17/#comments Sat, 30 Dec 2006 03:56:40 +0000 trav http://headsubhead.com/2006/12/29/dont-forget-17/ 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!

]]> http://headsubhead.com/2006/12/29/dont-forget-17/feed/ 0 The more the merrier… http://headsubhead.com/2006/12/21/the-more-the-merrier/ http://headsubhead.com/2006/12/21/the-more-the-merrier/#comments Fri, 22 Dec 2006 01:06:38 +0000 trav http://headsubhead.com/2006/12/21/the-more-the-merrier/ 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!

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