Hi all,

I stumbled across today. I've seen discussion about "alternative" tour companies before, curious to see what reaction this gets.  With the growth of personal digital music players, blogging, podcasting, etc.  I curious about whether we'll see more of this kind of "unofficial" audio guides to our collections.

Introducing Slate Audio Tours
http://slate.msn.com/id/2123266/
"....Museums, historical sites, and the companies that produce their audio tours aren't completely honest with you. They can't very well say things like "critics think this work is terrifically overrated, but we keep it on the wall because we sell a thousand posters of it a day," or "we know this sketch looks profoundly boring, but here's why it's the most interesting thing you'll see all day," or "we only hang this painting here because old Mrs. Dimbledumble wouldn't have donated the new East Wing otherwise...."

-Richard Urban

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