Contentions, the group blog of Commentary, the magazine for which I write a monthly essay about music and the arts, has just gotten into the videoblogging business. I am, somewhat to my surprise, the point man. I’ll be appearing each month in a monthly on-camera interview during which I talk about…well, whatever I’m asked. This is an experiment–I’ve done a lot of radio, but comparatively little TV–so we’ll see how it goes from here.
The first interview, taped in the living room of my Manhattan apartment last week, was posted on the site earlier today. In it I discuss everything from my latest Commentary essay (which you can read by visiting the “TT in Commentary” module of the right-hand column) to one of the pieces in the Teachout Museum, John Marin’s “Downtown. The El,” about which I blogged on the day “About Last Night” went live in 2003.
To see the interview, go here.
UPDATE: My interview has also been crossposted on YouTube.
Terry Teachout on the arts in New York City
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