Media matters

Fresh off a telephone call to the Carbondale City Planner about organizing photos in the Planning Division, I just sent an email message to WJPF's Tom "Cap" Miller during his show's commercial break to apprise him of my availability for a spontaneous telephone interview (glowing from my Southern exposure), since Rep. Jerry Costello had to cancel at the last minute and Cap isn't sure what he will do.

Okay, Miller's back from break with a taped interview of John Mead, of SIUC coal institute, which I heard on Monday, so . . .

Let's hear what Dale and Nancy Adkins have to say in their Daily Briefing on WINI 1420-AM in Murphysboro (a station which offers a left-wing balance to right-wing JPF (where you can still hear Ted Kennedy Chappaquidick jokes, I kid you not.)

Speaking of radio shows to the right of the dial, I caught Jim "Mr Right" Muir on his call-in show out of Benton, WQRL, 106.3 last night. He sounds like a crusty coot, but right on.

But Dale & Nancy are a hoot. They should have a nationally-syndicated show. Or at least podcast their morning briefings. I will contact Dale about that possibility, and who knows, soon you you may be able to hear them from your desktop. Stay tuned.

Another clue for you all: the blogger is Cindy

It was wrong for me to state that the young woman who wrote the article for The Southern about local bloggers didn't have a clue about blogs, since, in fact, she has read them for personal and professional reasons. It was local blogs she didn't know much about. But another local blog has been added to the rolls, inspired by the SI article: Cynsings at MySpace.

Selmier strikes again

The only direct descendant of Frank Selmier, the one-time king of clean linen in the Midwest, sent an email message through this blog the other day to request a photo of the now demolished Selmier-Peerless building, and relate an interesting fact or two about his long-dead grand-dad. Bill Selmier was once executive editor of Writers Digest, and he writes well enough to have his own blog!

Who's Arthur?

They made their debut in a ShawneeNet photo, two years ago, now Arthur Agency has added some new faces with well-known names to its team. Earlier this week, the agency was profiled by Nicole Sack in the Southern Illinoisan. Don't be surprised if Arthur plays a major role in transforming the Southern Illinoisan's flagging website from user-unfriendly oldspaper to a spiffy online new(s)paper. If it doesn't happen by May, a digital cartoon image will eat these words.