Review Movies 'Brick' Takes a Clever Look at Suburban Adolescence March 31, 2006 • Actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays a young outcast trying to find out what happened to his ex-girlfriend in Brick, a hard-boiled noir set in a suburban high school. 'Brick' Takes a Clever Look at Suburban Adolescence Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5316451/5316452" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Summary Judgment: Two Sequels and 'Slither' March 31, 2006 • What are critics are saying about the weekend's movie releases? Films on tap are Basic Instinct 2, Ice Age: The Meltdown and the slimy horror film Slither. Summary Judgment: Two Sequels and 'Slither' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5315342/5315343" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Stone, Cold in 'Basic Instinct 2' Fresh Air March 31, 2006 • Sharon Stone returns as a gorgeous novelist (and apparent psychopath) in a sequel to her 1992 smash hit Basic Instinct. This time, she's matching wits and sexual techniques with British actor David Morrissey instead of Michael Douglas. David Edelstein has a review. Stone, Cold in 'Basic Instinct 2' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5315112/5315113" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Clive Owen, 'Inside Man' Fresh Air March 31, 2006 • Actor Clive Owen co-stars with Oscar winners Denzel Washington and Jodie Foster in the new Spike Lee film Inside Man. His previous films include Closer, Sin City, I'll Sleep When I'm Dead and Croupier. (This interview was originally broadcast July 12, 2004.) Clive Owen, 'Inside Man' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5315109/5315110" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Coming of Age in 'ATL' March 31, 2006 • Over the last decade Atlanta has become a mecca for black Americans and it serves as the backdrop for a new movie, ATL. Director Chris Robinson tells Ed Gordon about the coming-of-age tale, and why he set his first feature film in the city known as "Hotlanta." Coming of Age in 'ATL' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5314605/5314606" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Song Of The Day A 'Passing' Moment, Magnified from Memory March 31, 2006 • Rocky Votolato, former leader of the Seattle band Waxwing, mixes hopeful love songs with biting commentary about the world around him. "White Daisy Passing" is a searingly personal look at fleeting moments and treasured memories, the song wallows in the details of love lost. 'White Daisy Passing' by Rocky Votolato Toggle more options Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5311959/5312029" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Art & Design Peru Seeks Return of Machu Picchu Artifacts March 30, 2006 • Peru has announced it will sue Yale University for the return of a collection of artifacts from the Incan site of Machu Picchu. From member station WNPR, Diane Orson reports. Peru Seeks Return of Machu Picchu Artifacts Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5298164/5312708" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Obituaries Looking Back on Caldwell's Operatic Career Fresh Air March 30, 2006 • American opera visionary Sarah Caldwell founded the Opera Company of Boston in 1958. The company's principal prima donna was Beverly Sills, and Placido Domingo was an unknown young tenor when he first sang with the company. Caldwell died on March 23 at the age of 82. Looking Back on Caldwell's Operatic Career Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5311751/5311752" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Review Song Of The Day Rock with a Warm Heart and a Blue Collar March 30, 2006 • One of the few bands to improve with every album, Centro-Matic makes room-filling country-pop that's been winning converts for more than a decade. In "Patience for the Ride," Will Johnson's gravelly, intimate voice sounds warm and inviting — a perfect complement to the fuzzy classic-rock guitars. 'Patience for the Ride' by Centro-Matic Toggle more options Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5310047/5311489" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Analysis Slate's Ad Report Card Slate's Ad Report Card: Gatorade, Powerade Feud March 29, 2006 • Gatorade and Powerade are battling for the hearts of sports soft drink fans with television ad campaigns. But one Powerade ad, which touted that drink's lower calorie count, drew a lawsuit from Pepsi, Gatorade's parent company. Coke is the company behind Powerade. Slate contributor Seth Stevenson reports on the dispute. Slate's Ad Report Card: Gatorade, Powerade Feud Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5309256/5309257" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Technology Text Message, MySpace Roots of Student Protests March 29, 2006 • Thousands of students walked out of classrooms across the nation on Tuesday to protest proposed changes to immigration law seen by many as a crackdown on illegal immigrants. In California's Central Valley, protests are coordinated among remote agricultural towns by text messaging and MySpace chat rooms. Sasha Khokha of member station KQED examines the grass-roots protest organization and what the students are protesting against. Text Message, MySpace Roots of Student Protests Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5309238/5309239" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Music Interviews Beastie Boys, Filmed in Concert: 'I... Shot That!' Fresh Air March 29, 2006 • You may know them as Mike D, MCA, and Ad-Rock. Or as Michael Diamond, Adam Yauch, and Adam Horovitz. Or simply, the Beastie Boys. For their new concert film, Awesome; I... Shot That!, they gave cameras to their fans in the crowd. Beastie Boys, Filmed in Concert: 'I... Shot That!' Listen · 39:46 39:46 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5307016/5307774" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Review The Guitar, Alive and Well Fresh Air March 29, 2006 • In the age of the sampler, three innovative guitar players are taking their instruments to new heights: Richard Leo Johnson, Dominic Frasca, and Jonas Hellborg. Johnson taught himself 12-string guitar. Frasca has translated the music of Steve Reich and Philip Glass. And Sweden's Hellborg leads his own trio. The Guitar, Alive and Well Listen · 8:21 8:21 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5309074/5309075" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Books New Translation of 'Persian Book of Kings' March 29, 2006 • Just in time for the Persian New Year, there's a new English translation of the Shahnameh — the epic "Persian Book of Kings" written over the course of 35 years in the 11th century AD by the poet Abolqasem Ferdowsi. New Translation of 'Persian Book of Kings' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5309016/5309019" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Song Of The Day King Floyd Is Gone, but 'Groove Me' Lives On March 29, 2006 • Soul singer King Floyd died on March 6 at the age of 61, but his passing barely merited mention in the media — an oversight that seems at odds with his brash style. What most know about Floyd begins and ends with his massive and enduring 1971 R&B hit "Groove Me." 'Groove Me' by King Floyd Toggle more options Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5308022/5308025" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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