Review Music Reviews 'Lamentate': Two Sides to Arvo Pärt's Art November 30, 2005 • Arvo Pärt, one of the world's most honored living composers, recently recorded and released two new works on a CD called Lamentate, conducted by Andrey Boreyko. Music critic Tom Manoff says the pieces highlight two very different sides of the composer's work. 'Lamentate': Two Sides to Arvo Pärt's Art Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5033302/5033303" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Music Reviews Kate Bush Returns with 'Aerial' November 30, 2005 • Kate Bush's new CD, Aerial is her first recording in more than a decade. Bush was best known for her 1977 smash hit song, "Wuthering Heights." Christian Bordal offers a review of Aerial. Kate Bush Returns with 'Aerial' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5032773/5032774" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review A Psychedelic Return: 'John Simon's Album' Fresh Air November 30, 2005 • The solo album by John Simon, a record producer who worked with many groups from the late 1960s and early '70s, is being reissued. Among one of Simon's most popular projects was his work with The Band and Blood, Sweat and Tears. A Psychedelic Return: 'John Simon's Album' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5032659/5032660" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Lost & Found Sound Conrad's Garage November 30, 2005 • Frank Conrad essentially invented modern radio by tinkering around in his garage near Pittsburgh. Before him radio transmissions were morse code. But in 1919, he began broadcasting voices and music. Conrad's Garage Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/3059095/134125" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Movies America's Leading Man: Dennis Quaid Fresh Air November 29, 2005 • Actor Dennis Quaid's new film is a family comedy called Yours, Mine, and Ours. He first became famous for Breaking Away in 1979; he has starred in a slew of hit films since then. Quaid's resume includes The Right Stuff, The Big Easy, Innerspace, Great Balls Of Fire, Any Given Sunday, The Day After Tomorrow, and Far From Heaven. America's Leading Man: Dennis Quaid Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5030777/5030778" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Performing Arts Shakespeare Innovator Rylance on Farewell Tour November 29, 2005 • Mark Rylance will soon wrap up his 10-year tenure as artistic director of the Globe Theatre Company. He is currently on tour with the company, starring as Vincentio in Measure for Measure. Shakespeare Innovator Rylance on Farewell Tour Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5029988/5030732" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Music News Behind the Myth: A New Beatles Biography Fresh Air November 29, 2005 • Rock journalist Bob Spitz's new biography of the Beatles is decidedly not prettified: venereal disease, drugs, and bad business are all part of the story of the Fab Four. The book is The Beatles: The Biography. Behind the Myth: A New Beatles Biography Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5029971/97219436" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Books The Truth About Travel November 28, 2005 • Travel always seems exciting: the novelty of a different place, new experiences, the chance to meet new people. But it doesn't always turn out that way. Lonely Planet editor Don George has put together his own collection of "on the road" tales from famous to not-so-famous writers in a new travel anthology, By the Seat of My Pants: Humorous Tales of Travel and Misadventure. The Truth About Travel Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5029455/5029456" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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On Television A Hospital in Zambia, 'On the Frontlines of AIDS' November 28, 2005 • In his new documentary On the Frontlines of AIDS, filmmaker Sorious Samura chronicles his experience working as an orderly at a hospital in Zambia. Television critic Andrew Wallenstein reviews the film, which airs Monday on the Discovery Times Channel. A Hospital in Zambia, 'On the Frontlines of AIDS' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5029306/5029307" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Media Films Battle over Wal-Mart's Public Image November 28, 2005 • Two new films offer conflicting perspectives of corporate retailing giant Wal-Mart. The first movie is a documentary by videographer Robert Greenwald, Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price. The retailer is fighting back with a "war room" for public relations, and it's being helped by Robert Galloway's enthusiastic Why Wal-Mart Works, and Why that Makes Some People Crazy. Films Battle over Wal-Mart's Public Image Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5029179/5029180" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Music Reviews Detroit Cobras, Covering Classics Fresh Air November 28, 2005 • Baby is the new album by the group The Detroit Cobras, who specialize in playing raucous cover versions of other musicians' songs. Detroit Cobras, Covering Classics Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5029160/5029161" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Review Book Reviews 'Politics, Family and Fate' at the Zoo Fresh Air November 28, 2005 • The Woman at the Washington Zoo: Writings on Politics, Family, and Fate was written by Marjorie Williams. Williams died last year of cancer. 'Politics, Family and Fate' at the Zoo Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5029157/5029158" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Katrina & Beyond Katrina Alters the View for New Orleans Artists November 28, 2005 • Some artists from New Orleans say Hurricane Katrina will mark a turning point in their careers, and not only because it ruined some of their work. They say the altered visual and cultural landscape of the city will affect the art they have yet to make. Joel Rose of member station WHYY reports. Katrina Alters the View for New Orleans Artists Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5025246/5025253" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Media Women Confront 'Celluloid Ceiling' in Hollywood November 27, 2005 • Women now sit at the head of major studios. But a recent study shows that the number of women working in all other aspects of film remain woefully low. The numbers in TV are a bit higher. Women Confront 'Celluloid Ceiling' in Hollywood Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5028524/5028525" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Author Interviews Robert Louis Stevenson's Split Personality November 27, 2005 • Myself & The Other Fellow is a new biography of Robert Louis Stevenson. His works are well known, but the author's own story may surprise readers. Biographer Claire Harman finds a complex, brilliant and troubled man. Robert Louis Stevenson's Split Personality Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5028500/5028501" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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