Disconnection

Lisa is not sad to see WBUR cancel the post-Lydon Connection, but is sad to see how far 'BUR has fallen since it booted Lydon in a contract dispute in 2001 - and happy to see Lydon back as a podcaster/NPR host:

... Failure is obvious, and boring. The answer Jane Christo gave, "No," is always the safe answer. But success among people — love, companies, collaborations — is fundamentally mysterious. Even the people who are in it don't understand it. You can't replicate what you can't understand. And Yes is sublime.

John doesn't mind one bit that The Connection is no more:

... Dick Gordon will soon be a vague irritating memory while Chris Lydon just keeps on keeping on, albeit on different stations with a smaller radio audience. But also with a potential worldwide pod-cast listener base.