Do you remember the game telephone that
we used to play in elementary school? The whole class would sit
around in a big circle. Someone would start by whispering a phrase
in their neighbor's ear. Then that person would pass it along to
the next, and the next, and around the circle it spread. Usually
by the end of the game, the phrase had been totally distorted beyond
recognition. On this edition of B-Side, we're talking about gossip
and other ways we share information, and we're also playing a virtual
game of telephone.
Liner Notes
"Have
You Heard About Jay?" Sabine Heinlein:
Sabine Heinlein tells us about
a guy who generates so many good stories, he's taken on mythic
proportions. We don't actually meet "Jay" just the people who
love to talk about him.
"Myspace My Life" Ethan Lindsey:
Lets be honest, most gossiping involves love -- or at least
love lives, right? Even Hollywood gossip revolves around which
celebrity is dating which other celebrity. But for us non-celebrities,
the gossip rags aren't where you can find the inside scoop on
which of your friends is recently single. There used to be one
friend who was "in the know" and who you'd call for the dirt.
But in this digital age, the gossip has been replaced by Myspace,
as Ethan Lindsey reports.
"The Luke Johnson Telephone Experiment" Rene
Gutel :
We're talking today about the way words travel… how conversations
begin, how they end, and what we actually have to say to each
other. Our next story comes from B-Side's Rene Gutel. She found
a guy who talks on the phone CONSTANTLY. His name is Luke Johnson
and he's launched what he calls the Luke Johnson Phone Experiment.
Here's
a link to his Youtube page.
