Links we dig :

This here is a video recording of the genius that was Anita O'Day, performing at
the Newport Jazz Festival in 1958. 'Swing' doesn't even cover what she does
with her voice.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1V3n1u0JI8/

One of the best magazines ever:
http://www.nybooks.com/

Overheard in New York. What I miss about NYC is overhearing spoken treasures like these...
http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/

On the subject of treasures, you can listen to the wondrous voice of Lori Cotler here. The kid's going to be big...really big...but I always knew that. She taught me to play Chopin's Nocturnes one-handed on her piano when I was young and scruffy in New York. Now she's becoming a master of South Indian, super-fast rhythm singing. Go cat go.
http://www.loricotler.com

Bookworm. An excellent radio program on NPR. I found an interview with W.G. Sebald recorded in December, 2001 in the archives.
http://www.kcrw.com/cgi-bin/db/kcrw.pl?show_code=bw&tmplt_type=Program/

City Lights Bookstore in San Francisco
http://www.citylights.com/

This American Life. A weekly radio show from Chicago.
http://www.thislife.org/

The Museum of Bad Art in Boston.
http://www.museumofbadart.org/

I've had a passion for old time radio programs since I was a kid. This here is a great archive of recordings from the 1930's and 40's. Check out Orson Welles' masterpieces under "Mercury Theater."
http://www.otr.net/