Blogsday
An email from Brendan Greeley (lightly edited):
Last night on Open Source (Chris Lydon’s radio show), in honor of Bloomsday, we decided — quite arbitrarily — that this Tuesday, June 14, 2005 was “blogsday.” We spent two days poking through the Internet to find the sound of ordinary people writing about their own lives.
For an hour on the radio, we had Chris Lydon and two actors read out these blog entries, all from a single day. I think the results are kind of stunning, which is why I’m sharing them. The writing is gorgeous; it hits on barbecue, adopting a child in China, an infantry patrol in Iraq, marriage, the purchase of a hula hoop and about fifty other things.
My favorite entry is a post from a 365-pound man who had made it his goal to get a yellow belt in karate; his tone is earnest, driven and honest in a way I’ve never read, from any writer.
I think we captured a bit of this hum of people recording their lives and came up with a day in the life of America. We’re proud of it. Take a listen.
I haven’t listened to it yet, but I figure especially with podcasts, if I wait until I’ve actually heard it, it will be too late to recommend it. But between Brendan and Chris, its provenance can’t be beat…
