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Problems With NPR Podcasts

Lately NPR podcasts such as Fresh Air, Wait, Wait..., and All Songs Considered have been acting wonky with multiple files of the same podcast, often incomplete, showing up in my podcatcher. I subscribe via Google Reader and dL files manually to my player, and have tried un- and then resubscribing to the feeds, but to no avail. Is it NPR's problem or an RSS issue on my end? I haven't been able to find any notices regarding service issues on the NPR sites.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Alvy Ampersand at 9:11 AM on April 3, 2008 (14 comments)

Biff! Pow! Copyrights Aren't Just For Conglomerates Anymore!

"In a possibly historic ruling, a federal judge Wednesday determined that the heirs of Superman co-creator, Jerry Siegel, are now the rightful owners of one-half of the copyright of Superman, and have been since 1999."
posted to MetaFilter by Alvy Ampersand at 11:48 PM on March 28, 2008 (50 comments)

"Here's Where The Magic Happens"

"And by magic, I mean me drinking a lot of coffee and not bathing for days while sitting in my PJ's and drawing comics until the wee hours of the morning." Gasp at comics creator Mike Allred's lovely home! Admire artist Stuart Immonen's tastfully furnished work area! And marvel at writer Mark Waid's piles and piles of comic crap! Click the [more inside] for more studio tours guided by your favorite funnybook creators! And Mark Millar, too!
posted to MetaFilter by Alvy Ampersand at 4:47 PM on March 8, 2008 (11 comments)

Voices... Of The Dead!

I'm curious about the voices of famous and influential folks who died before the creation of recorded sound. Did Sir John A. MacDonald sound like Groundskeeper Willy? Did Lincoln have a deep voice? I'm particularly interested in historical Canadians, but any contributions are welcome.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Alvy Ampersand at 9:57 AM on March 7, 2008 (17 comments)

Showcasing the talented and creative folks on...

Rock and/or Roll, To Go Showcasing the talented and creative folks on MetaFilter Music, The MetaFilter Music Podcast is a 35-45 minute mp3 released fortnightly for your listening pleasure. The blog includes podcasts, an FAQ, bonus videos, subscription links for RSS and iTunes, and more!
posted to Projects by Alvy Ampersand at 1:59 PM on December 14, 2007

rock and/or roll, to go

MetaFilter Music: The Podcast
posted to MetaTalk by Alvy Ampersand at 7:59 PM on November 11, 2007 (26 comments)

Four Colour Funnies in the Old Grey Lady

Daniel Clowes, creator of the seminal and controversial comic series Eightball, is currently producing the serial Mister Wonderful for the New York Times Magazine's The Funny Pages. The NYT also presents a slideshow exploring the medium of graphic novelscomics featuring Art Spiegelman, Joe Sacco, Chester Brown, and previous Funny Pages contributors Seth and Chris Ware.
posted to MetaFilter by Alvy Ampersand at 8:08 AM on September 27, 2007 (27 comments)

Who Is Steve Ditko?

Co-creator of Spider-Man, Steve Ditko is famous for weird, distinctive art, his 1966 departure from Marvel Comics, and granting very few interviews in the course of his decades-spanning career, preferring to let creations such as The Creeper, the Objectivism-inspired Mr. A, and Squirrel Girl speak for him.
Okay, Squirrel Girl not so much.
Jonathan Ross turns the spotlight on the artist in the BBC4 documentary, In Search of Steve Ditko. Did they find him? Well, that's The Question, isn't it?
posted to MetaFilter by Alvy Ampersand at 1:03 PM on September 23, 2007 (26 comments)

Once Upon a Time, There Were Some People Called the Rushers of Din...

Animated via a cut-out stop-motion process creator/director John Korty dubbed lumage, the lewd and luminous Twice Upon a Time ran for two weeks in a single Westwood, CA theatre in August, 1983. Airing 12 times on HBO in 1984, the film wasn't seen again until a director-approved, bowdlerized VHS version was released in 1991.
Ward Jenkins discusses the film with writer Taylor Jenson, who commemorated TUaT's 20th anniversary in 2004, and presents a series of shorts Korty produced for Sesame Street in the 1970s.
posted to MetaFilter by Alvy Ampersand at 6:44 PM on September 21, 2007 (16 comments)

Long-Hand Interviews With Comic Creators

"About five years ago I had the idea of doing hand-written interviews with cartoonists I loved. I took a shot and wrote the top guy I could think of - Robert Crumb! And he wrote back!" Also featuring Joe Matt, Jeffrey Brown, James Kochalka, and Adrian Tomine. [Via Drawn!]
posted to MetaFilter by Alvy Ampersand at 11:47 AM on September 7, 2007 (10 comments)

Spidey Sez: Masturbation won't make you insane or harm you in any other way.

The Amazing Spider-Man and Planned Parenthood team up to thwart a baby-stealing alien who encourages young people to have unprotected sex. [Via scans_daily]
posted to MetaFilter by Alvy Ampersand at 10:27 PM on July 26, 2007 (16 comments)

But offstage, a vicious love triangle and Jughead's eating disorder threatened to tear the band apart...

Hailing from wholesome Riverdale, USA, The Archies were a fresh-faced gang of teens who rocketed to the top of the pops. Listen to their first album on ArchieComics.com now! [Via Comics Should Be Good!]
posted to MetaFilter by Alvy Ampersand at 10:11 AM on July 25, 2007 (28 comments)

Sorry, No Throbbing Gristle

Although Industrial Musicals and their jaunty odes to corporate pride and brand loyalty have seen the same fate as the values they espoused (mostly), goofily earnest and undeniable catchy tunes like Exxon's Up Came Oil♫, General Electric's Make a Woman Out of Your Wife♫, and The Monroe Calculator Company's 1660 & 65♫ are still as potent as all get out! [More songs and albums to help you get your gray flannel funk on inside]
posted to MetaFilter by Alvy Ampersand at 11:08 AM on May 31, 2007 (24 comments)

Welcome to Nerd Vegas

"It's a gathering of tribes. Strange, nerdy tribes." The only guide to San Diego's Comic-Con 2007 you'll need, courtesy of The Comics Reporter (And former Suck.com contributor) Tom Spurgeon.
posted to MetaFilter by Alvy Ampersand at 12:15 PM on May 28, 2007 (15 comments)

Gene2Music

Gene2Music: "We assigned a chord to each amino acid," said Rie Takahashi, a UCLA research assistant and an award-winning, classically trained piano player. "We want to see if we can hear patterns within the music, as opposed to looking at the letters of an amino acid or protein sequence. We can listen to a protein, as opposed to just looking at it."
posted to MetaFilter by Alvy Ampersand at 9:17 PM on May 17, 2007 (30 comments)

Russian Book Jackets, 1917-1942

Russian Book Jackets, 1917-1942, courtesy of the NYPLDG. [Via Growabrain]
posted to MetaFilter by Alvy Ampersand at 11:26 AM on May 16, 2007 (6 comments)

Pretty Pulp Pictures, Eerie Illustrations, Creepy Comics and More!

Virgil Finlay, Fritz Eichenberg, Bernie Wrightson, and much, much, more, at datajunkie.
Warning: Non-Thumbnailed galleries and YouTube sidebar. May not be suitable for all CPUs.
posted to MetaFilter by Alvy Ampersand at 10:55 AM on May 11, 2007 (5 comments)

Watch Your Back, ASavage!

Props to MetaFilter's Very OwnTM gomichild for debunking the story about a Japanese actress who mistook a lamb for a dog.
posted to MetaTalk by Alvy Ampersand at 8:02 AM on April 27, 2007 (51 comments)

Commodity Markets For Dummies

I don't know much about commodity markets. Please help me rectify that.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Alvy Ampersand at 6:04 AM on April 20, 2007 (4 comments)

Lovers of Wisdom - And ACTION!

From the award-winning comic series ACTION PHILOSOPHERS! comes these biographies of the titans of thought! Thrill to the killer koans of Bam-Bam Bodhidharma! Shudder before the noble savagery of Terrible Thomas Jefferson! And enjoy (Or pick apart) tales of Crusher Carl Jung, Nasty Niccolo Machiavelli, Rowdy Rene Descartes, uh, Terribler Thomas Aquinas, The Pre-Socratics, and Gentleman John Stewart Mill!(Scroll down)
posted to MetaFilter by Alvy Ampersand at 8:31 AM on March 8, 2007 (21 comments)

... Just Us, We Caught The Bus.

"None suspect that idealistic committed little folk-singer Bob Dylan is in fact the amazing Zimmerman -- faster than a proxy ballot, more powerful than an ulterior motive, and able to buy tall buildings with a single bond!" [More inside]
posted to MetaFilter by Alvy Ampersand at 11:20 AM on October 9, 2006 (45 comments)

You Said You Wouldn't Let go 'Til I Was Ready!!!

Gots me a bike, and now I gots me some questions(Repair cost estimates and what kind of freakin' bike it is, to be precise).
posted to Ask Metafilter by Alvy Ampersand at 10:15 AM on April 20, 2006 (18 comments)

Everything I Know About Canada, I Learned During The Commercials...

A collection of NFB Vignettes that taught a generation of Canadians about archetypal norsemen, hydraulic treeshears, birling, how to speak French without having to learn it, and more!
(YouTubeorama)

(Vignettes previously discussed on MeFi in this Hinterland Who's Who FPP)
posted to MetaFilter by Alvy Ampersand at 3:20 AM on April 14, 2006 (46 comments)

"What's So Civil 'Bout War, Anyway?"

I'm researching the American Civil War and the Reconstruction.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Alvy Ampersand at 7:55 AM on March 23, 2006 (13 comments)

Although the self-link was fixed by Jessamyn, I...

Although the self-link was fixed by Jessamyn, I doubt that this was posted in the true spirit of AskMe, considering that the OP was booted from MoFi for self-linking ten days ago.
posted to MetaTalk by Alvy Ampersand at 8:49 AM on February 21, 2006 (109 comments)