[hxrts]

It's worth taking a look at the instructor, Kenneth Goldsmith's, bio[0]. He's one of the founders of UBUweb and MoMA's first poet laureate. He also had a recent interview with Stephen Colbert where they talk about his new book which consists of live television and radio transcripts of the moment announcers found out about major events in US history (JFK's assassination, 9/11, etc.) as a study on the language of improvisation.[1]

[0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Goldsmith

[1] http://thecolbertreport.cc.com/videos/5tqazj/kenneth-goldsmi...

[nutate]

Also his show on WFMU was / is amazing and fully archived. Lot's of weird stuff... weird weird stuff.

[GuiA]

Ubuweb is the coolest thing ever. If you're into art and weird things, check out their website and follow them on Twitter.

[sfall]

that sounds like a really interesting idea for a book

[smhinsey]

This appears to be the book in question. http://www.amazon.com/American-Deaths-Disasters-Kenneth-Gold...