15 Jan 2012
On Air: Colossal Media Radio Interview
Following Frank’s more recent appearance I came across this radio interview with Colossal Media which I missed in February last year.
The slideshow above accompanies the full story and audio download on the WNYC website. More posts from the Ghostsigns blog about Colossal Media here, it’s great to see them going from strength to strength.
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