Music News Jackson 5 To Reunite At Awards Ceremony August 31, 2008 • Sunday night, one of the biggest phenomena in pop music reunites for the eighth BMI Urban Awards. Four of the five original members of the Jackson 5 (Jackie, Tito, Marlon and Jermaine Jackson) are all scheduled to appear at the Wilshire Theatre. Michael Jackson has not yet confirmed an appearance. Jackson 5 To Reunite At Awards Ceremony Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/94109258/94161471" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Music News Body Parts In Song: From Hands To Eyes August 30, 2008 • Visual artists Fernanda Viegas and Martin Wattenberg see, and hear, the beauty in the human body. They've analyzed roughly 10,000 songs in many genres of music, and they've created a catalog titled Listen, which illustrates how the human form inspires, amuses or repulses musicians. Body Parts In Song: From Hands To Eyes Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/94109631/94140642" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Movies Don Cheadle's Spy Turn Fresh Air August 27, 2008 • In his latest movie, Traitor, Don Cheadle plays a CIA operative who goes undercover to work with a terrorist group — but then becomes a suspected terrorist himself. Don Cheadle's Spy Turn Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/94017561/94017869" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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National In Central Park, 'Hair' Line Brings A City Closer August 26, 2008 • Free summer staging of the '60s musical has New Yorkers camping out overnight — but a sense of shared adventure (and bike messengers bearing delivery breakfasts) help pass the time. In Central Park, 'Hair' Line Brings A City Closer Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/93994249/93995031" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Music Interviews Excerpts: '1,000 Records To Hear Before You Die' August 22, 2008 • Excerpts from '1,000 Records To Hear Before You Die' by Tom Moon.
Diversions Political Comedian Mort Sahl: Still Laughing Fresh Air August 19, 2008 • Mort Sahl has skewered presidents from Eisenhower through George W. Bush. The political comedian broke ground back in the late 1950s and early 1960s as a stand-up who looked to the day's headlines for his routines rather than relying on one-liners. Political Comedian Mort Sahl: Still Laughing Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/93736024/93736275" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Studio Sessions Amy MacDonald: A Self-Taught Scot August 16, 2008 • At 20, the guitarist and songwriter from Glasgow has already sold 1 million copies of her debut album overseas. On the eve of the U.S. release of This Is the Life, MacDonald played a few songs and spoke with Scott Simon. Amy MacDonald: A Self-Taught Scot Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/93641042/93661750" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Culture Waterboarding At Coney Island: The Thrill That Chills August 16, 2008 • It might not be surprising that waterboarding, the controversial interrogation technique that simulates drowning, would become the subject of satire. But it was shocking to many when artist Steve Powers created an attraction called the Waterboard Thrill Ride. Waterboarding At Coney Island: The Thrill That Chills Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/93654870/93661746" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Musical 'Little House On The Prairie' Hits Stage August 15, 2008 • Little House On The Prairie-The Musical has a lot going for it. Given its early success, there has been a lot of talk of the musical on Broadway. The stars are aligned and there are some deep Broadway pockets behind the show. Musical 'Little House On The Prairie' Hits Stage Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/93644080/93644040" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Books Ballet's 'Flying Cuban' Looks Toward Home August 11, 2008 • Ballet dancer Carlos Acosta is known for powerful leaps that make him seem to fly. Those leaps have earned him comparisons with Nureyev and Baryshnikov. He grew up in a poor neighborhood outside Havana. How that boy became a man who dances with grace and power is the subject of Acosta's memoir, No Way Home. Ballet's 'Flying Cuban' Looks Toward Home Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/91983259/93490108" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Circus Smirkus: Training Clowns On Tour August 6, 2008 • Where do circus clowns come from? Some of them are being trained by Circus Smirkus, an award-winning touring show for young aerialists, jugglers and rubber-nosed pranksters. Smirkus is an incubator of sorts, where scouts for big-time big tops find their new talent. Circus Smirkus: Training Clowns On Tour Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/93089871/93343140" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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In Character Auntie Mame's Secret: The 'Loco' In Her Parentis July 30, 2008 • An eccentric, a free spirit and an unflaggingly open-minded heroine, Mame Dennis taught more than one protege — including NPR's Bob Mondello — how to open new windows without worrying about the view. Auntie Mame's Secret: The 'Loco' In Her Parentis Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/93083551/93083531" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Diversions Cooking Up Characters From Old Grocery Lists July 29, 2008 • Performance artist Hillary Carlip collects discarded shopping lists. She imagines their authors, transforms herself into them, and goes shopping. In one case, she even created an online dating profile for her character. Cooking Up Characters From Old Grocery Lists Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/93022254/93030813" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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'Romeo & Juliet' Gets An Update — From 1935 Fresh Air July 28, 2008 • Shakespeare's tragedy — and Prokofiev's ballet — are plenty familiar, but critic Lloyd Schwartz says Mark Morris's new staging isn't: It's based on a forgotten manuscript recently discovered in Russia, and it's truer to Prokofiev's original intent. 'Romeo & Juliet' Gets An Update — From 1935 Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/92987275/92989183" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Monty Python's Eric Idle Resurrects 'Life Of Brian' July 24, 2008 • The Monty Python funnyman is back with Not The Messiah, an adaptation of the 1979 film Life of Brian. He reprises some of the original songs and characters, and laments that the sheep get more applause than he does. Monty Python's Eric Idle Resurrects 'Life Of Brian' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/92869664/92882904" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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