NPR’s Bryant Park Project no longer living on the air

Got the official news from producer Jacob Ganz that the Bryant Park Project, NPR's drive-time show for Gen X-Y-Z-whatevers, has been canceled. It's sad: I loved their Onion-like sensibility, their vivacious and super-smart host Alison Stewart -- who's been fighting the good fight since her early-1990s days at MTV, when she spearheaded "Choose or Lose," the network's award-winning voter awareness campaign -- and their smart music coverage. (They even had me on once, so they must be geniuses.)

BPP can be proud of a lot, including this interview with Liz Phair, which was better than anything else in the media flurry accompanying her re-release of the classic "Exile in Guyville" -- including my piece. Just a little better than my piece, though, of course! Ha ha ha.

The show's creators have sent themselves out with some hilarious and tender blog posts, including a video montage (pictured above) that parodies their role model, the vintage TV comedy "WKRP in Cincinatti." Check out their blog here.

-- Ann Powers

Montage courtesy the BPP blog