Popmatic Podcast September 2012: Guilty Pleasures
Rather than lament having to go back to school, we celebrate the guilty pleasures we didn’t get to read in school. But you can check out from the library! September is library card sign up month too, so what better excuse to get a library card and check this stuff out. Of course you don’t need a library card to attend Salon@615 author talks, Courtyard Concerts, or Movies at Main but it is kind of tasteless to show up without one. We end with what is tickling our fancy in pop culture including a very tasteful So You Think You Can Dance appreciation.
GUILTY PLEASURES:
Stranger in the Mirror by Sidney Sheldon
In for a Penny by Rose Lerner
Trial by Desire by Courtney Milan
2012 Romance Writers of America Lifetime Achievement Award winner Brenda Jackson
Beyond Heaving Bosoms by Sarah Wendell & Candy Tan
Yes, Chef by Marcus Samuelsson
Ten$ion by Die Antwoord
TICKLING OUR FANCY:
Cheryl Strayed was the author of the “Dear Sugar” advice column on The Rumpus. Many of these columns can be found in Tiny Beautiful Things.
- Bryan
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I loved the giggling accompaniment to the “So You Think You Can Dance” pitch starting around 28:00. Maybe one of the panelists was being tickled.
Two things:
1) I didn’t link to the two author websites Crystal mentioned:
http://www.roselerner.com/
http://www.courtneymilan.com/
My bad. Go get your romance on.
2) On this Pop Culture Happy Hour episode, they cover a lot of the same ground that we do during a discussion of whether or not criticism has gotten too nice with the advent of social media. They specifically mention Goodreads compared to something like the New York Times Sunday Book Review, and they make a lot of great points relating to how we approach things on the Popmatic Podcast. The fun starts around 19:28.
“Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.”
― Dr. Seuss
Nice – brings to mind Andy Roddick and his top 10 tennis career coming to an end at age 30. Way to go Andy! Your hard work, competitiveness and leadership of the Davis Cup will be remembered.
Bryan and dance shows – who knew?