Canadian Jazz: Big Noise From the Great White North
Mar 11th, 2010 · Last week the nominations for Canada's Juno Awards were announced. It reminded Felix Contreras: we don't pay enough attention to our jazz friends up north.
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Patty Larkin: 25 Songs, 25 Friends, 25 Years
Mar 10th, 2010 · For 25, Patty Larkin recorded voice and guitar for 25 songs, then let friends such as Rosanne Cash, Erin McKeown and Martin Sexton do the rest. Twenty-five not only represents the number of songs and collaborators, but also how many years it's been since Larkin made her first recordings.
The Jobs of Yesteryear: Obsolete Occupations
Mar 8th, 2010 · By Tanya Ballard Brown Today as we download our music, type on our computers and tweet and text to our friends it may be hard to imagine a time when you needed to rely on a switchboard operator to make a call. Or a time when telegraphs were used to ...
Blippy.com Shares Intimate Financial Details
Mar 8th, 2010 · The Internet start-up Blippy.com keeps track of someone's spending habits online, much like Twitter keeps track of random thoughts. Users register a credit card with the site, and every transaction on that card is displayed to friends on Blippy.
The Holmes Brothers: Ode To A 'Fair Weather Friend'
Mar 3rd, 2010 · "Fair Weather Friend," featured on the band's rootsy new album Feed My Soul, revolves around a grim sequence of events: "The doctor he said cancer, I stopped in my tracks / I did not have the answer, but I knew you'd have my back." Only the supposed friend deserted Holmes in his time of need.
Military's Focus Shifts To Befriending Marjah
Feb 27th, 2010 · It's been more than two weeks since U.S. Marines and NATO forces went into Marjah, a town in southern Afghanistan that's been dominated by the Taliban. Commanders there say most of the town has been secured. Now comes the hard work of reviving a farming town of around 75,000 people, and convincing the population that the Afghan government is their friend. Host Scott Simon speaks with NPR's Corey Flintoff from Marine Camp Leatherneck in Helmand Province.
White House Social Secretary Resigns
Feb 26th, 2010 · Presidential confidante Desiree Rogers said Friday she would step down as White House social secretary. The Chicago native is a friend of the first family and came to town with unusual style for a social secretary. She came under criticism early this year when an uninvited couple gained entry to the Obamas' first state dinner.
Changed By Their Journeys, But Headed Home
Feb 25th, 2010 · Filmmaker Kimberly Reed — born Paul McKerrow — documents her return to the Montana town she grew up in, and the estranged adopted brother she left behind. Prodigal Sons chronicles Reed's reunion with the friends who once knew her as Paul, but the focus is on her effort to reconnect with her brother — and on his own extraordinary transformations.
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