Flashes of Panic

A few years ago I was dumbstruck to hear a fragment of music I knew on NPR—specifically, a song by The Church called “Eastern.” The thing that amused me was that it was being used as the outro to a piece about Iraq.

Then, a few weeks ago, I laughed out loud as the same show used the intro to Elliott Smith’s “Junk Bond Trader” after a piece on the bond market. No lyrics, just the intro; unless you knew the song, you wouldn’t get the joke.

Today I discovered that the person who is responsible for those little touches has a blog. It’s very interesting, very personal, and somehow fantastically uplifting to find someone who does spend time on the little details of media production.

I’ve got a short cord of other firewood to throw on, but other chores as well, and I wanted to share this.

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