Nov 24th, 2008 · When The White Album was released 40 years ago this month, fans were both baffled and awe struck by its sprawling world of sound. It was released as a double LP (almost unheard of at the time) and featured instant classics like "I Will," "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," and "Blackbird." But The White Album (its real name is simply The Beatles) was also filled with songs many found hard to digest, like the eight-minute, experimental sound collage "Revolution 9" or the inexplicably surreal "Honey Pie."
Keywords: world · songs · album · revolution · Beatles · surreal · baffling · LPs · unheard · collage · blackbird · Honey Pie
Oct 26th, 2008 · The artist-in-residence at New York's Middle Collegiate Church is on a mission to transform the way people think about organists and their instruments. On his new CD Revolutionary, he plays a virtual pipe organ that uses computers, amplifiers and speakers to create a big, bold range of sound.
Keywords: organization · New York · residents · artists · Mission · Computers · speaker · instrumentation · revolution · virtual · cameron · organist
Oct 14th, 2008 · In his new book, Hot, Flat, And Crowded, Thomas Friedman warns that our thirst for fossil fuels is polluting the planet, altering the climate, dragging down the economy and endangering national security. A green revolution, says Friedman, "is not about the whales"; it's a competitive necessity.
Keywords: Competition · security · national · Economy · energy · Crowds · Climate · Pollution · planet · Solution · fossil · revolution
Oct 9th, 2008 · The Boston Typewriter Orchestra is a small, Monty Python-esque group that mixes original "typewriter" music with swatches of surrealist comedy. Sometimes they play their typewriters so hard that they upset the audience.
Keywords: audience · comedy · music · original · orchestras · revolution · Monty Python · surrealist · Typewriter · esque · Typewritten · Boston Typewriter Orchestra
Oct 8th, 2008 · In the 1970s, the musical environment of Senegal was ready for a revolution and Orchestra Baobab delivered. Combining a variety of established popular styles, the legendary Afropop group shaped the region's style with an Africanized sound of indigenous instruments and language. Hear a session from WXPN.
Keywords: region · music · Africans · indigenous · language · 1970 · WXPN · orchestras · instrumentation · revolution · Senegal · environments
Sep 8th, 2008 · Thomas Friedman is a man bent on revolution. In his new book, Hot Flat and Crowded, the three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist writes about the need for a green revolution — and calls upon Americans to lead the charge.
Keywords: Americans · Crowds · Pulitzer Prize · revolution · Thomas · Friedman · Thomas Friedman · bent · emHot · Geo Greenism
Aug 7th, 2008 · Nearly 50 years after revolution brought Fidel Castro to power, Cuba's infrastructure is in shambles. In a July 26 address, his brother and successor, Raul Castro, offered no new plans to liberalize the economy and warned people of even harder times ahead.
Keywords: Economy · economic · successor · infrastructure · Cuba · Fidel Castro · liberals · Cuban · revolution · shambles · Raul Castro
Aug 5th, 2008 · Small farmers in Honduras are increasingly selling their crops to Paiz, a chain owned by Wal-Mart. It's helping to fuel the economy. But farmers face a challenge creating facilities that meet Wal-Mart's safety standards.
Keywords: Economy · Safety · Farmers · Wal Mart · revolution · Honduras · Supermarkets · Paiz
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