R.E.M's Accelerated Comeback
Dec 31st, 2008 · Singer Michael, guitarist Peter Buck and bassist Mike Mills came together in Athens, Ga., in 1980 to form the group R.E.M. This year, the band released Accelerate, its 14th album.
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Rock With A West African Twist *
Dec 23rd, 2008 · When pop stars Paul Simon, Peter Gabriel and Ry Cooder collaborated with African musicians in the 1980s and '90s, they were stepping out of the familiar to embrace sounds once heard as foreign and exotic. Today, a new generation of American musicians is creating homegrown rock music with a West African twist.
Political Ideas Proposed For China's Shenzhen
Dec 10th, 2008 · China's wealthiest city began as an economic experiment to attract foreign investors in the 1980s. Now some Chinese propose that Shenzhen should begin political experimentation. But democratic reforms, like government transparency and separation of powers, are unlikely in the near future.
Suzanne Vega On Mountain Stage
Dec 1st, 2008 · In a Mountain Stage set originally recorded in December 2007, Vega and her band perform selections from her latest CD, Beauty & Crime. She also performs a couple of the songs that brought her to the forefront of pop music in the late 1980s: the unlikely hits "Luka" and "Tom's Diner."
A New Boom? Mining Town Doesn't Its Hold Breath
Nov 8th, 2008 · Jeffrey, Wyo., is a modern-day ghost town. Once home to a booming uranium mining industry, the town crumbled after uranium prices plummeted in the 1980s. Its 50 remaining residents react to the possibility of a new uranium boom.
World Series: Phillies Gallop Past Rays
Oct 27th, 2008 · The Philadelphia Phillies lead the World Series three games to one. The Phillies beat the Tampa Bay Rays 10-2 Sunday to move within one win of their first title since 1980.
Helene Cooper's 'The House At Sugar Beach' ****
Oct 21st, 2008 · Journalist Helene Cooper fled her home country of Liberia as a young woman when civil war erupted in 1980. She details the journey that took her back to Liberia, in her memoir The House at Sugar Beach: In Search of a Lost African Childhood. Cooper tells Renee Montagne what it was like to return to Liberia after 23 years.
Tom Wolfe On 'Masters Of The Universe' *
Sep 30th, 2008 · Author Tom Wolfe calls them "Masters of the Universe" — the ambitious young people who took Wall Street by storm in the 1980s and helped usher in an era of greed and prosperity. But where are they now? Two words: hedge funds. Madeleine Brand talks to Wolfe about how these people are faring now.
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