I was just interviewed by Yuan Ye of Voices of America about not having a television at my house. He was also very interested to ask about my tv smashing habits and how it came about.
Yuan Ye is the broadcaster of "America Today" which "explores American society, social customs, trends and thinking." The show includes a youth and campus call-in and last reported was played Monday to Friday 02:00 to 03:00 and again from 11:00 to 12:00 UTC. Once it has aired it will be loaded to this website: http://www.voanews.com/chinese/ . Of course it will all be in Chinese, but you'll be able to hear my voice faded under the dubbed Mandarin.
I was told from a friend of Yuan Ye's who I am friends with about this opportunity.
I'm not really a kill your tv type of person. I'm not leading an anti-tv protest and I'm not against either the medium or the hardware. I watch some of my favorite shows either online (Lost on ABC.com, Daily Show on ComedyCentral.com) or DVD (Lost, 24). I'm just against how much of my time used to get eaten by the television. I could be volunteering, running for office, reading books, writing, creating art, traveling or going to meetings instead of watching tv. I also don't watch commercials, unless they are really good: http://www.ad-awards.com/
Here's the smash info from the past:
MakarFest 9 TV Smash page: http://544online.com/dmakar/Events/2002/November/MakarFest/
Think of it as part college re-union, part entertainment, part comedy, part showmanship, and part suburban rage. Nov. 24th, 2002 MPEG video of the smash (mostly audio as there was very little light): http://544online.com/dmakar/Events/2002/November/MakarFest/TV-Smash.mpg
Television smash pictures from November 2005's MakarFest: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dmakar/tags/televisionsmash/
Four years later I still don't have a tv.
