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What’s Cool
Friday, November 06, 2009
8 pm Saturday, Nov. 14, on American Routes
American Routes poses the question: “What is cool?” A style, a state of mind, the perfect horn riff, just chillin’? Some guests from the past offer their answers, including Merle Haggard, Yo La Tengo, McCoy Tyner (left), T-Bone Burnett and Ray Charles. All backed up, of course, by our “cool” music mix.
Prairie Performances with Roger Cooper
Friday, November 06, 2009
8 pm Thursday
Host Roger Cooper presents Sinfonia da Camera’s “Tales of Shakespeare” concert. Inspired by the venerable bard, it’s music for the concert hall, the dance, and Broadway. Ian Hobson conducts with Yvonne Redman, soprano; Ricardo Herrera, baritone.
On the program are Tchaikovsky’s “Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture,” Bernstein’s “Westside Story: Symphonic Dances,” Mendelssohn’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” Nicolai’s “Merry Wives of Windsor ,” and selections from Porter’s “Kiss Me, Kate.”
Vote for NPR’s 50 Great Voices
Thursday, November 05, 2009
NPR is picking 50 great voices. Go to WILL-FM’s homepage to explore some of the nominated voices and vote.
How the Beatles Rocked the Kremlin
Thursday, November 05, 2009
9 pm Monday on WILL-TV
The extraordinary and untold story of how the Beatles punctured the Iron Curtain.
In August 1962, award-winning director Leslie Woodhead made a two-minute film of a raw and unrecorded group of unknown rockers — the Beatles. Twenty-five years later, while making a series of films in Russia, Woodhead learned just how powerful Beatlemania was in the Soviet Union. Even though the Beatles never performed there, their music and rebellious style had soaked into the lives of a generation of Russian kids.
On Monsters: A History of Our Fears
Thursday, November 05, 2009
Focus 580
10:06 am Wednesday, Nov. 11
Monsters. Real or imagined, literal or metaphorical, they have fascinated humans for centuries. They attract and repel us, intrigue and terrify us, and in the process reveal something about our collective psyche. Host David Inge talks to Stephen Asma about his book, “On Monsters,” a wide-ranging cultural and conceptual history of monsters.
More on On Monsters: A History of Our Fears
Does Deep Frying Food Make It Better?
Monday, November 02, 2009
Sidetrack
6 pm Saturday
This month on WILL-AM’s offbeat magazine show, host Jason Croft talks with Jessica Amason, co-author of the blog “This Is Why You’re Fat.” It’s a collection of culinary monstrosities such as the 29,559-calorie sandwich and bacon apple pie. And Jeff Bossert interviews cult documentary filmmaker Jeff Krulik, who focuses on stories off the beaten path, but is most known for interviewing rock fans in “Heavy Metal Parking Lot.”
