JBTV

[chrisw@fciad2.bsd.uchicago.edu (chris williams)]

Chris here,

   The JBTV interview was suprisingly good, given Kate's recent
insistance on answering every question with a predetermined, cliche'd
response. 

   They played the American _Rubberband Girl_, _Eat The Music_ and
a snippet of _The Line, The Cross, The Curve_ with Lindsey Kemp
struggling to remain upright in fiercely blowing snow. 

   Jerry Bryant promised that this is the first part of a multi-part
interview, and the second part will air in January. JBTV started as
a Public Access (US cable TV systems are required to set aside one or
more channels for anyone who wants to produce a show. Yes, it *is*
as generaly awful as it sounds) show. Most of these shows have no
production values to speak of, but Jerry has made a lot of money 
producing radio spots and he has built his own state-of-the-art
TV facility and moved the show into the commercial realm. He has
indicated that he plans to get one of those promised "500 channels"
and produce something to challenge eMpTyVee.

   The only new info: Kate has never been to the top of the Empire
State building, she has never been to Chicago. All in all, pretty
content-free.

   I did videotape it, on VHS and Beta, and Uli, I made an extra 1st
gen. I also captured a couple images and will be uploading to 
alt.binaries.pictures.misc and ftp.uwp.edu in GIF and JPEG formats.

                          Chris Williams of
                             Chris'n'Vickie of Chicago
                               chrisw@fciad2.bsd.uchicago.edu (his)
                                 vickie@njin.rutgers.edu      (hers)
                                   katefans@chinet.chinet.com (ours)