Comments on: A Bit O’ Media… http://newcritics.com/blog1/2008/01/28/a-bit-o-media/ culture blogging for the good of the planet Wed, 15 Oct 2008 21:05:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: newcritics - » Once in a Lifetime http://newcritics.com/blog1/2008/01/28/a-bit-o-media/#comment-86712 newcritics - » Once in a Lifetime Wed, 30 Jan 2008 23:48:25 +0000 http://newcritics.com/blog1/2008/01/28/a-bit-o-media/#comment-86712 [...] To celebrate the first anniversary of newcritics, Tom has invited contributors to identify their most important single piece of media from the previous year, or perhaps, more specifically as Tony Alva reminds me, “one bit of media that touched your life in the last year.” As usual, I’m somewhat late to the blog party and find myself going back to the wonderful range of choices that other bloggers have mentioned and discussed with such passion and enthusiasm. At the same time, Tom’s question poses a challenge for me on a couple of levels. Perhaps more than anything given my easily distracted sensibility, I find myself fighting the desire to identify a single “bit of media,” no matter how open-ended Tom’s language. But for reasons I’m not sure that I can articulate, I keep finding myself going back to John Carney’s amazing movie musical, Once, and, of course, the soundtrack that so powerfully evokes the story of a Dublin-based busker, The Guy (Glen Hansard), and the Czech immigrant, The Girl (Marketa Irglova), as they connect over their shared passion for making music. Back in December, on my own blog, I cited the soundtrack as one of my “21 Media Moments in 2007,” but of course, with Once, soundtrack and movie are inseparable. [...] [...] To celebrate the first anniversary of newcritics, Tom has invited contributors to identify their most important single piece of media from the previous year, or perhaps, more specifically as Tony Alva reminds me, “one bit of media that touched your life in the last year.” As usual, I’m somewhat late to the blog party and find myself going back to the wonderful range of choices that other bloggers have mentioned and discussed with such passion and enthusiasm. At the same time, Tom’s question poses a challenge for me on a couple of levels. Perhaps more than anything given my easily distracted sensibility, I find myself fighting the desire to identify a single “bit of media,” no matter how open-ended Tom’s language. But for reasons I’m not sure that I can articulate, I keep finding myself going back to John Carney’s amazing movie musical, Once, and, of course, the soundtrack that so powerfully evokes the story of a Dublin-based busker, The Guy (Glen Hansard), and the Czech immigrant, The Girl (Marketa Irglova), as they connect over their shared passion for making music. Back in December, on my own blog, I cited the soundtrack as one of my “21 Media Moments in 2007,” but of course, with Once, soundtrack and movie are inseparable. [...]

]]> By: Tom Watson http://newcritics.com/blog1/2008/01/28/a-bit-o-media/#comment-86395 Tom Watson Wed, 30 Jan 2008 02:26:46 +0000 http://newcritics.com/blog1/2008/01/28/a-bit-o-media/#comment-86395 Tony, thanks for being here, man! You're an important member of newcritics - a great voice, so it's been a pleasure having you. Agree on the Petty flick. Very well done. Very enjoyable -he won't back down. Tony, thanks for being here, man! You’re an important member of newcritics - a great voice, so it’s been a pleasure having you.

Agree on the Petty flick. Very well done. Very enjoyable -he won’t back down.

]]> By: Dan Leo http://newcritics.com/blog1/2008/01/28/a-bit-o-media/#comment-85983 Dan Leo Mon, 28 Jan 2008 22:21:59 +0000 http://newcritics.com/blog1/2008/01/28/a-bit-o-media/#comment-85983 Tony, you are too kind. And guess what, I don't even hate Tom Petty! I think I'm too lazy to write a piece about it, but you know what I love (and which I only recently and belatedly discovered?) Little Steven's Underground Garage radio show. Yes, folks, I love it. (Oh, and Steve even plays Tom Petty!) Tony, you are too kind.

And guess what, I don’t even hate Tom Petty!

I think I’m too lazy to write a piece about it, but you know what I love (and which I only recently and belatedly discovered?) Little Steven’s Underground Garage radio show. Yes, folks, I love it. (Oh, and Steve even plays Tom Petty!)

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