July on the Ephemera Blog

[martyweil]

When I used to live in Chicago, they'd say there were two seasons: Winter and July 12. Well, welcome to summer Chicagoans. And welcome all to another great month on the ephemera blog.

I have many special summer blog posts scheduled. One in particular that I'm very excited about is my upcoming interview post with the Collections Manager at the Smithsonian National Postal Museum. We're going to be talking about the new FDR exhibit. But, wait, that's not all. There are other interesting interviews in the queue. And, I'm going to be posting about a number of fascinating topics and featuring some pretty cool, old paper.

This month I've also lined up several interviews with artists who use ephemera in their work. I've spoken with several artists--from collage artists to illustrators to crafters--and I'm going to try to feature as many of those interviews as possible throughout the month.

In between those special interview posts, I plan to feature the usual fair--lots of neat old ephemera and a whole bunch of wacky stories, news items, and such from around the world of old paper. There are also a few surprises in store.

Last month, I snuck my first video podcast into a post about Chet's World War Monkeys. If someone else sends me any cool ephemera-related products like Chet did, I might take out the Logitech and do another YouTube epic. Who knows? I might become the next Gary Vanyerchuk. I mean, I'm all about the hustle, right? Seriously, though, Gary is my idol when it comes to online video. If I can find something worthy of broadcast, I'll make one.

[Cliff Aliperti]

Now I've got to go find your video, Marty! Looking forward to reading the interview with the Smithsonian Collections Manager, that one sounds fascinating.

I've been slipping on the videos myself lately, but am hoping to post a couple by the end of this holiday weekend. Going to take a deep breath and post them to YouTube this time instead of Viddler and see what happens.