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, Dec 28, 2012
The uncompromising realism of musicals
Objecting to something Tom Hooper said on NPR
by Tony Adler
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, Dec 3, 2012
Best shows to see: MusicNow, Public Enemy, and Stacian
The best shows to see Monday through Wednesday include MusicNow, Public Enemy, and Stacian
by Kevin Warwick
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, May 2, 2012
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If you go to the trouble of killing Osama bin Laden, you may as well get it written up in the New Yorker.
by Steve Bogira
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, Apr 2, 2012
Red alert: Rahm's Infrastructure Trust and the Chicago Cultural Center
Is the Chicago Cultural Center first on the shopping list for Mayor Rahm Emanuel's Chicago Infrastructure Trust?
by Deanna Isaacs
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, Jan 23, 2012
Ethnic 78s come to life on the Internet
A terrific new NPR online feature offers 78 international songs culled from 78 RPM discs.
by Peter Margasak
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, Nov 18, 2011
Deafheaven at Ultra Lounge on Sunday
San Francisco black-metal five-piece Deafheaven swing through Chicago on Sunday.
by Leor Galil
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, Oct 4, 2011
Humorless griping
Readers' and listeners' complaints about the New York Times and NPR.
by Sam Worley
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, Aug 23, 2011
New Girls song about girls
NPR gives another preview of the band's second album
by Miles Raymer
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, Jun 16, 2011
In Rotation: Schubas booker Matt Rucins introduces his son to vinyl
Plus: Miles Raymer rediscovers the Amps, photographer Clayton Hauck declares Walter Meego's latest the perfect summer drinking record
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, May 26, 2011
At long last, the
All Things Considered
footwork remix
DJ Earl makes public radio bump.
by Miles Raymer
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, Jan 10, 2011
Hear the New Smith Westerns Album a Week Early
NPR streams "Dye It Blonde."
by Miles Raymer
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, Dec 17, 2010
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"Wait Wait ... Don't Tell Me" Host Peter Sagal on "The Interview Show"
by Mark Bazer
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, Oct 18, 2010
Public Radio Stations to Seize the Day with the Impact of Government Project
NPR's Impact of Government project looks to expand member stations' political reporting.
by Whet Moser
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, Aug 9, 2010
Last Weekend's Other Big Music Festival
Lollapalooza wasn't the only big music fest this past weekend. NPR is posting full downloadable sets from the Newport Jazz Festival.
by Peter Margasak
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, Apr 20, 2010
Vonski Speaks With His Tenor Saxophone
I review Von Freeman's latest album Vonski Speaks for NPR's All Things Considered.
by Peter Margasak
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, Feb 19, 2010
How Sex-Segregated Oscars Have Been Good For Film
A film critic suggests that the Academy Awards make the acting categories gender-neutral, because male and female actors are evenly matched in Hollywood films. Could the gender-specific categories have been responsible for that?
by Amanda Hess
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, Dec 18, 2009
Peter Margasak on public radio, tonight and online
I'm on your radio today, not once, but twice.
by Peter Margasak
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, Nov 19, 2009
WBEZ Staffers Want to Talk Turkey
And they think their boss, Torey Malatia, is focusing on the trimmings.
by Michael Miner
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, Jun 11, 2009
6/11--
Wait, Wait . . . Don't Tell Me!
Taping
Taping of "Wait, Wait . . . Don't Tell Me!" this evening in Millennium Park's Pritzker Pavilion
by Nicholas Teddy
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, Aug 15, 2007
The more you listen, the less you know
Karl Rove's failure analyzed in the Atlantic, not on NPR.
by Harold Henderson
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