PHONE EM:
That Woodstock Look:
My interview on The Takeaway radio show
My written interview with Channel 4
(I told them this wasn't the end of typewriter manufacturing, but they ignored that fact)
Robert Messenger on the "end of the typewriter" story
Will Davis on the R.C. Allen
Philosophothinker's review
VisOmatic typefaces
I like your perspective on journalists. It's not the romantic career it's cracked up to be, I'd imagine.
ReplyDeleteAgreed! Journalism is now, and has been for a long time, a P.M. magazine for 10 seconds of entertainment, which is the attention span of most of my "turnip" students. Now with "new media" journalism, it's even worse. On the other hand, that is a gorgeous VisOmatic!
ReplyDelete-- Marty
The media sure did sensationalize a story that wasn't really true. Goes to show you that you should take your daily news with a grain of salt. Great job on the VisOmatic. What a super retro looking typewriter.
ReplyDeleteI should point out that I said "MOST journalists." Some have the luxury of pursuing their own stories and doing in-depth, thoughtful, responsible reporting. And God knows we need professional journalists. My main point is an expression of sympathy for the average journalist who gets yanked around by the whims of popularity; I wouldn't like it.
ReplyDeleteHere's to the poor shmucks who have to write for paychecks, may they find solace in their mammon. The rest of us get to write for fun. :D
ReplyDelete"A newspaperman is obsessed with finding the facts in order to tell a lie, and a novelist is a galley-slave to his imagination so he can look for the truth" -- Norman Mailer
ReplyDeleteOooh, so pretty! Mine is the drab brown/grey and none of that fantastic plastic matching the keys. But they're probably identical inside. :)
ReplyDeleteOur ribbon spools are identical! Specific for the R C Allens, it seems.