Serious with Soterios: My Art-Market Musings Tomorrow on WNYC

Soterios Johnson, WNYC Morning Edition Host

Oh no, not Lee again!

You can hear me (if all goes according to plan, unlike last time) trying to make sense of the art market tomorrow on WNYC's Morning Edition, 5:00-9:00 a.m. on 93.9 FM; 6:00-9:00 on 820 AM. I'll update if I am given a more precise time and, as usual, I'll post the audio on CultureGrrl tomorrow, when it's available on the WNYC arts website (where you can still hear me and see the slideshow from my recent, more frivolous, sculpture gardens peregrinations). My report tomorrow is pegged to the recent issuance of Sotheby's half-year financial report.

As usual in my Public Radio stints, you'll hear me desperately trying to conceal my uncultured Bronx accent. It's a losing battle: I can walk the walk, but I can't tawk the tawk.

No such problems for my mellifluous broadcast interlocutor, Soterios Johnson (above), who grew up in my current home state of New Jersey. Okay, I admit it: I'm deeply in love with the warm, welcoming Voice of Soterios Johnson. It just makes me want to vocalize with him on the radio. I also have to admit, though, that it was a bit of a letdown when I met him at the studio recently, only to discover that he sounds like an ordinary mortal when he's not "on."

People often wonder what announcers with gorgeous voices look like; one of the urban legends about Soterios is that he's black. So WNYC begins the profile (scroll down) of its Morning Edition host by dispelling the misconceptions about his name's derivation:

Before you ask... it's Greek. And, so is Johnson (via translation).

Next time I see him, I'll have to ask what the Greek translation for "Johnson" is!