July 22, 2010

Me-Me-Media

I had an interesting adventure this morning when I was asked to go to our local public radio station to do a remote interview for the business and finance radio show, Marketplace. It was fascinating to be able to see some of the inner workings of a radio station.

I had huge headphones on princess leia and felt like I was speaking into a giant allium flower.Allium_Globemaster The interview was about the profusion of vicious anonymous commenters on blogs, and how to handle it. I am very fortunate to have a commenting community which is polite and respectful. Although an occasional nasty comment slips in, I generally leave it because I feel that it reflects more poorly on the commenter than on me. And I never, ever moderate comments. The piece should air next week.

On Saturday, I am accompanying a reporter from the Baltimore Sun on a tour de vente de bric-à-brac (yardsales) for a story she’s doing on treasures you can find in the most unlikely places. American Junk I’ve always loved Mary Randolph Carter, aka Carter. She was my go-to gal when I was buying and selling several years ago. I always figured if it was good enough for Carter, it was good enough for me. If you don’t know Carter, you can get to know her a little bit here.

It’s supposed to be about 150F out on Saturday, so we’re heading out to treasure hunt at 7:30, armed with hats, cool clothes and plenty of bottled water, along with handfuls of $1 bills!

9 comments:

  1. A copy of MRC's "Family Style" has pride of place. I've wanted to meet her for the longest time.

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  2. love the image of allium as mike. wish i could listen up here

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  3. Congratulations on all of the media attention. Stay cool!!! Maybe it will be a little cooler in Annapolis--my favorite city.

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  4. That must have been an interesting experience for you. Enjoy that yard sale tour. I remember one year picking up a sweet little jug approx 3" tall with an upside down yellow flower printed on it for about 10 cents. A few weeks later I found a little jug in an antique store by the same maker/same size/different flower for $42.00. Sweet!!! Seems to me that, around here anyway, people are getting more price savvy at their garage sales. I was at one a few weeks ago, again during a heat wave, and you would have thought you were at a dealers venue.
    May the garage sale gods be with you!!

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  5. I am just GREEN with envy, the heat not withstanding, over your plans for Saturday! I hope you find some jaw-dropping stuff!!!! Sorry I won't be able to catch your interview. I know I would enjoy it immensely!!! Please let us know how this all goes.....and please don't melt, my sweet!!!

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  6. Stay cool on your tour and hoping you share in a post the treasures you uncover!

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  7. Stay cool on your tour and hoping you share in a post the treasures you uncover!

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  8. Would love to hear the interview! Will it be available online?

    Have fun tomorrow and stay HYDRATED!!!

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  9. Can't wait to see your treasures. Congrats on Marketplace.

    I started reviewing comment after a wayward rant on viagra appeared on my blog...and it's a dog blog...Abbey was very confused. (I'm pretty sure it was spam and not meant for Abbey - at least that's what I told her)

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