The DVD Room The Punk Revolution Will Be on DVD Fresh Air January 27, 2006 • Several recent DVDs take up the history of punk music. Don Letts' Punk Attitude focuses on the ethos of teen rebellion, while All Dolled Up tells the story of the influential New York Dolls. The Punk Revolution Will Be on DVD Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5174735/5174754" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Movies Soderbergh Film Released Simultaneously in Theater, on DVD January 26, 2006 • The latest Steven Soderbergh movie, Bubble, opens Friday. It will be released simultaneously in theaters and on pay TV. Next week it will be released on DVD. Some say that kind of release is the way of the future, but theater owners are objecting. Soderbergh Film Released Simultaneously in Theater, on DVD Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5172726/5172727" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Law Legal Battle over Floor from 'Saturday Night Fever' January 25, 2006 • That lighted, flashing floor where John Travolta strutted his stuff in the movie Saturday Night Fever is now the subject of a lawsuit almost as hot as the Bee Gees. Two businessmen are tangling over who owns this piece of disco history. Legal Battle over Floor from 'Saturday Night Fever' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5171486/5171487" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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A Super Win for the Pittsburgh Steelers Motown Building Razed for Super Bowl Parking January 24, 2006 • A piece of Detroit music history is torn down to make way for Super Bowl parking. The Motown Center, which once housed the famous record label, had been abandoned for more than 30 years. Motown Building Razed for Super Bowl Parking Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5170641/5170770" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Restoring Kesey's Famed 'Acid Test' School Bus January 20, 2006 • Four years after Ken Kesey's death, a restaurateur in Los Angeles has stepped forward in a serious bid to restore the author's famed bus "Further" -- the vehicle that carried the Merry Pranksters on their 1964 "acid test" trip across the country. Alex Chadwick talks to Kesey's son Zane about the legacy of the 1939 International Harvester and what it will take to restore it. It sat for years in a swampy area of Kesey's Oregon farm, rusting and covered with moss. Restoring Kesey's Famed 'Acid Test' School Bus Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5165208/5165209" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Culture A Prickly TV Topic: a Priest's Life Fresh Air January 19, 2006 • The idea that priests, like all men, are not perfect might seem like a tame one. But NBC's effort to translate the premise into a TV series has brought protests that the show is anti-Christian. Jack Kenny is the creator and executive producer of The Book of Daniel. A Prickly TV Topic: a Priest's Life Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5163163/5163164" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Hidden Treasures Archives Help Businesses Learn from Mistakes January 16, 2006 • The documents, products and records a company keeps in its archive help it to create institutional memories -- good and bad. Nike turns to shoes in its archives to be reminded of past successes and failures. Archives Help Businesses Learn from Mistakes Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5077178/5159705" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Culture Hidden Treasures January 16, 2006 • Some museums are like attics -- so full of stuff that no one knows exactly what's there. For the Hidden Treasures Radio Project, Harriet Baskas explores the backrooms, storehouses and rumors of museums to see what we're missing.
Music Interviews Duranguense: Mexico Meets the Midwest January 14, 2006 • The popularity of Duranguense music has made the link between Chicago and Durango, Mexico, more visible. But the connection is deeper than most creators and fans of the music know. Duranguense: Mexico Meets the Midwest Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5156569/5156602" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Culture Judging Talent, and Winning Fans Fresh Air January 13, 2006 • Record executive Simon Cowell is a judge on the talent show American Idol, which begins a new season this month. The hour-long show is a spin-off of one Cowell helped create in Britain, Pop Idol. Judging Talent, and Winning Fans Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5156198/5156199" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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'Million Little Pieces' Author Defends Book on TV January 12, 2006 • James Frey is the author whose memoir A Million Little Pieces has come under scrutiny from the Web site TheSmokingGun.com for alleged inaccuracies. The author appeared Wednesday night on CNN's Larry King Live and spoke out about the controversy for the first time. 'Million Little Pieces' Author Defends Book on TV Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5152066/5152067" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Opinion The Campy, Absurdist Brilliance of TV's 'Batman' January 12, 2006 • Commentator David Brown offers this appreciation of the campy television show Batman, which premiered on ABC on this day 40 years ago. Brown says for people his age, who were little kids at the time, the Dynamic Duo were larger-than-life superheroes. And, 40 years later, he still appreciates the show's absurdist brilliance. The Campy, Absurdist Brilliance of TV's 'Batman' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5151437/5151438" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Discrepancies Uncovered in Best-Selling Memoir January 10, 2006 • William Bastone, editor of TheSmokingGun.com, discusses an article he wrote that details discrepancies between stories in James Frey's best-selling memoir A Million Little Pieces and public records such as police reports and court records. Through his attorney, Frey has strongly denied the accusations. Discrepancies Uncovered in Best-Selling Memoir Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5148103/5148104" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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JT Leroy and Other Literary Phantoms January 10, 2006 • Celebrated novelist JT Leroy, known for gritty novels that drew on his life as a prostitute and drug addict, doesn't really exist. Madeleine Brand talks about the hoax with literary critic Stephen Beachy, who wrote about Leroy for New York magazine last October. They also discuss new allegations that A Million Little Pieces, the best-selling memoir by James Frey, is a fraud. JT Leroy and Other Literary Phantoms Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5147611/5147612" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Opinion The Truth About JT Leroy January 9, 2006 • JT LeRoy been a publishing sensation since his first novel came out in 2000. His stories are described as being autobiographical -- which may be a problem as it becomes clearer that LeRoy is a hoax. The story sounds familiar to commentator Paul Ford, author of the novel Gary Benchley, Rock Star. The Truth About JT Leroy Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5139565/5139567" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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