Mind-Bending Film Scores
Radio Lab’s Jad Abumrad special-guests this week with his favorite examples of mind-bending film scores.
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21 February 2008: Afternoon
McCain denies Times story about romancing a lobbyist, doesn't touch former strategist's story. Op: Since conservatives were responsible for civil rights, President Obama is a natural result to smile upon. Southern whites eager to get racial legacies off their backs (especially when black candidates are "
21 February 2008: Morning
If you have to join a cult, this is not a bad one. Name-calling for Obama supporters. Supreme Court rules employees can sue over poor 401(k)s, patients can't sue over faulty medical devices. Also in yesterday's docket: Curbing internet sales of tobacco to
The 2008 Tournament of Books
We interrupt our normal publishing schedule to bring you news of the following sponsored event: Now in its fourth installation, the 2008 Tournament of Books is coming soon, and we’ve got the nominee list to prove it.
20 February 2008: Afternoon
Op: Putin will try to use the Kosovo precedent to destroy NATO. Zimbabwe's inflation hits new record--66,212 percent--without taking the black market into account. Scientists create the blackest black so far. Print for the commute: Research shows that a focus on effort--not on intelligence
Deconstructing Valentines
Less than a week since Valentine’s Day, the investigation of a unique and more or less distinct shared set of cultural ideologies recognized as post-Valentinism is appropriate and well overdue. Much like the precessional relationship of Modernism to post-Modernism, especially pertaining to the fields of songcraft, semiotics,
20 February 2008: Morning
Update: Castro's failure to name a successor means someone other than his brother could be appointed president--and there are viable options Two more states go to Obama, who's winning supporters from Clinton, who now may need more than Ohio, Texas to win. Barackula is a
The Top 10 Albums of 1987
Because year-end album lists shouldn’t happen just once a year. In this installment: The lists and timeline converge.
19 February 2008: Afternoon
Obama's "Yes We Can" slogan now being heard in Russian and Italian elections. "We always try to smile at one another." A brief summary of the state of Russian-American relations. Retired American submariner claims credit for Russia's polar dive plan and
19 February 2008: Morning
"It seems like someone else should be there." White men may decide the Democratic nominee--and they're still undecided. Though the final tally won't be in for days, early indications show Musharraf's party lost big in Pakistan's election. Ailing Castro