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Today you'll hear John McCain become truly incoherent when he tries to address the issue of income and wealth inequality in America. You'll learn why no right-winger can honestly speak to this issue. And, you'll see that developments in the Bushian grab for Iraq's oil are coming fast and furious. More cronyism, shady deals and outright lies. The No Blood for Oil anti-war slogan rings more true every day. (PS: Right-wingers, if you want to write in to me, fine, but at least do me the courtesy of listening to the podcast first. Please don't respond just on the basis of the brief preview above. Thanks!!) #128 Transcript #128 Transcript as a Word document #128 Sources

In the pilot episode of Tuned In, Nic Harcourt, the host of KCRW s Morning Becomes Eclectic and the nationally syndicated Sounds Eclectic, discusses the latest from Beck ( Orphans off of the new album MODERN GUILT) and Death Cab for Cutie ( Talking Bird off of the new album NARROW STAIRS). He also introduces us to several rising stars, including Merz, Fleet Foxes, Little Jackie fronted by Imani Coppola, Tilly and the Wall, and others. Download this video as well as daily free music tracks at http://www.KCRW.com.

Usually I find myself in the camp of those who see the glass half full and not half empty. But here is some information that challenges my philosophy: there are about one hundred cities in China with a population of more than one million people. With the Chinese economy booming, most of these cities are building or planning to build a new art museum. So what's not to like? It's definitely a bonanza for architects...

[This episode first aired April 12, 2008.] There's a frisson you get when you meet a word for the first time--feeling pleasantly stumped in between wondering, 'What the heck does that mean?' and hurrying off to find out. Martha and Grant talk about some terms that had just that effect on them: 'ucalegon' and 'cacoethes scribendi.' A recent college graduate from Portland, Oregon, calls to ask about a term popular on her campus. She and her classmates use 'sketchy' to mean 'creepy, shady, possibly dangerous,' as in 'a sketchy part of town' or 'that sketchy guy over there.' Grant and Martha discuss this term and how it lends itself to such variations as 'Sketchyville' and 'Sketchy McSketcherson.' In San Diego, a man says increasingly he hears the phrase 'down the pike' at work but suspects it was originally 'down the pipe.' Martha discusses another word she happily tripped over in the dictionary: 'spanghew.' Quiz Guy John Chaneski tries to stump the hosts with a puzzle called 'Cryptic Crosswords.' How about this one: 'Do-re-mi-fa follower + sneaker feature = comfort.'? Why are cave explorers called 'spelunkers'? How do you pronounce the word? A naturalist at Mystery Cave in Minnesota wants to know and in return she tells us how to 'tell a stalactite from a stalagmite.' A listener from Texas heard an NPR report from Asia in which an interpreter translated a speaker's words into English as 'a whole new ball game.' He wants to know if that's a literal translation from an Asian language, and if so, is it a reference to baseball or some other sport? Grant shares a strange word from the fringes of English: 'mofussil.' This week's 'Slang This!' contestant is asked to guess the meanings of the slang terms 'gauge' and 'head-up.' A California caller is curious about the words 'Shia' and 'Shiite.' Is there difference between them or are they interchangeable? A Michigan woman working a study-abroad program at a large university is bemused by the many applicants who write that they want to study overseas so they can be 'submerged in the culture.' She thinks there's a difference between 'immersed' and 'submerged' but wants to be sure. Are more and more people talking about 'standing behind a podium?' A San Diegan says the traditional rule has been that one stands behind a lectern and stands on a podium. Has this traditional rule changed? --- Get your language question answered on the air! Call or write 24 hours a day: (877) WAY-WORD/(877) 929-9673, words@waywordradio.org, or visit our web site and discussion forums at http://waywordradio.org. Copyright 2008, Wayword LLC.

You would imagine that after seeing an especially successful exhibition, an art critic would take a break from the never-ending steeplechase and rest for a while, savoring the moment. Not a chance. You would imagine that after seeing an especially disappointing exhibition, yours truly would stop for a moment to lick his aesthetic wounds. Wrong again. Like a shark whose very nature demands constant movement bringing oxygen through his gills, an art critic's very being depends on an endless flow of art through his eyes...

Author: maniaTV Added: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:39:25 -0800 Duration: 159Sam chillaxes with the band CIAM at Steve McQueen's house in the Hollywood Hills. Plus, CIAM performs their song 'The Call' on KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic. For more All Access, visit www.maniatv.com

Today, you'll hear a torrent of new evidence that's just come out which further details the Bush administration's torture regime. You'll learn about the self-styled "War Council," Bush's use of Communist Chinese torture techniques, vehement protests by the military's own lawyers, hiding the abuse from the Red Cross, and, recent medical findings of marks of torture on detainee's bodies. In a concluding QuickBlast, you'll hear Dick Morris serially lie about Democratic tax plans, and learn how to respond to any right-winger spouting similar nonsense. (PS: Right-wingers, if you want to write in to me, fine, but at least do me the courtesy of listening to the podcast first. Please don't respond just on the basis of the brief preview above. Thanks!!) #127 Transcript #127 Transcript as a Word document #127 Sources

Author: rockremedy Added: Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:12:19 -0800 Duration: 222Check Out This Interview With Jeremy Wineberg & Jason Eldredge Right Here On RockRemedy.com Part 1 of 4.

Author: rockremedy Added: Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:12:19 -0800 Duration: 236Check Out This Interview With Jeremy Wineberg & Jason Eldredge Right Here On RockRemedy.com Part 2 of 4.

If I tell you that I caught a glimpse of Jackie Kennedy once, in her post-Camelot period, would it pique your interest? "Come on, Edward," I can hear you saying, "people were running into her on the streets of Manhattan for years; what's the big deal?" Here's my story...

Check Out This Interview With Jeremy Wineberg & Jason Eldredge Right Here On RockRemedy.com Part 2 of 4.

Check Out This Interview With Jeremy Wineberg & Jason Eldredge Right Here On RockRemedy.com Part 1 of 4.

Most American museums follow the guidelines that advise against exhibitions showcasing private collections unless some of the artworks are promised gifts to the museum. Private collectors crave a museum's stamp of approval; it's good for their ego, and more importantly, it's good for their pocket. If they decide to sell the collection, the fact that it was shown in an important museum can significantly increase its value...

Today, you'll hear how the multinational oil companies have taken another step towards stealing Iraq's oil. The very companies Iraq took the oil back from 36 years ago, are now being invited back in, by the US-propped-up Iraqi government. In the second segment, you'll get some great public opinion stats on the hottest issues, guaranteed to demoralize your right-wing friends and acquaintances. The June Rasmussen poll of the top ten issues on the electorate's mind, found that the Democrats are trusted more than the Republicans on every single one. Every single one. Listen to the podcast for details on both stories. (PS: Right-wingers, if you want to write in to me, fine, but at least do me the courtesy of listening to the podcast first. Please don't respond just on the basis of the brief preview above. Thanks!!) #126 Transcript #126 Transcript as a Word document #126 Sources

Do you think you could enjoy seeing paintings that poke you in the eye, make you sick to your stomach and – as if that's not enough – violate your sense of decency and propriety? But wait a minute...I forgot to mention that these paintings also have an explosive raw energy, frightening authenticity, and the violent brushwork of a drunken samurai wielding his sword right and left...

Gasoline prices be damned, I spent last week crisscrossing the cultural landscape of southern California, driving to Santa Barbara, to Ojai, to Long Beach, to Altadena. But on Saturday, I gave myself a break and spent the whole afternoon roaming for art close to home -– in downtown LA, to be precise...

[This episode first aired February 23, 2008.] Sharpen those pencils! Martha and Grant are doing crossword puzzles on the air again, preparing for their appearance with NPR Puzzlemaster Will Shortz at the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament in New York City. http://www.crosswordtournament.com/ An Atlanta native wants to know why she and her fellow Southerners grew up using the word 'plum,' as in 'plum tuckered out.' Martha explains the connection between that kind of 'plum' and 'plumbers.' Which is the correct form: 'driver license,' 'drivers' license,' or 'driver's license'? An Austin teenager wants to know why we refer to a girl who behaves boyishly as a 'tomboy.' This week's 'Slang This!' contestant tries to guess the meaning of the terms 'beano' (no, not the anti-gas treatment) and 'macing' (no, not the stinging defensive spray). A teacher discusses whether the correct form is 'feel bad' or 'feel badly.' By the way, the Latin proverb Martha mentions here is, 'Qui docet, discet.' Why do we use a capital letter 'I' for the first person singular pronoun, but don't capitalize any other pronouns? A caller from Maine says she was taught to say 'bunny, bunny' at the first of each month for good luck. Then she met someone who says 'rabbit, rabbit' for the same reason. What's the superstition behind these lagomorphic locutions? In honor of the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament, Quiz Guy John Chaneski presents a puzzle about--what else?--crossed words. A caller wants to know why those deep-fried balls of cornmeal and spices are called 'hush puppies.' An ESL teacher puzzles over how to explain to his students the proper pronunciation of the word 'route.' He asks whether the pronunciation 'root' has been 'routed' by 'rowt.' A caller is curious about an expression her father liked to use 'off in the giggleweeds.' What's a giggleweed? And no, he didn't mean marijuana. More next week. Notice how we didn't say, 'Well, weed better be going'? ---- Get your language question answered on the air! Call or write 24 hours a day: (877) WAY-WORD/(877) 929-9673, words@waywordradio.org, or visit our web site and discussion forums at http://waywordradio.org. Copyright 2008, Wayword LLC.

Today you'll hear how right-wing opposition to universal health care kills cancer patients. Actually, right-wing health care policies kill thousands of Americans every year, according to study after study. Also: I'll give you some great news about economic justice for farm workers. The question to right-wingers here is: shouldn't the people whose back-breaking labor puts the food on your plate, earn enough to live at least a minimally decent life, out of poverty? (PS: Right-wingers, if you want to write in to me, fine, but at least do me the courtesy of listening to the podcast first. Please don't respond just on the basis of the brief preview above. Thanks!!) #125 Transcript #125 Transcript as a Word document #125 Sources

Last year when I went to Beijing to get a taste of its exploding contemporary art scene, I was especially taken by the monumental and rather dramatic art installation by Qiu Anxiong in the cavernous space of the Universal Studios Gallery. In my Art Talk about the Chinese art scene, I described the dimly lit room dominated by a railroad car – not a full-scale replica, but the real thing, which I recognized immediately. I rode similar trains as a child in Soviet Russia in the 50's and 60's. At the gallery, one was invited to climb into this no-frills railroad car where every window was used as a screen for projecting black and white documentary footage of 20th century Chinese history, with special emphasis on the brutality experienced by Chinese people during WWII and the Cultural Revolution...

Unless you are a man or woman of steel, I doubt that you had the willpower to shut out the media blitz surrounding the release of the last and hopefully final installment of Sex and the City. Am I the only one who looks at the impossibly teased 'do of Sarah Jessica Parker and gets spooked because it reminds me of Medusa, the mythological creature with snakes instead of hair?...

Today you're going to hear an unbelievable, yet-every-fact-is-true scenario. It's about how it came to pass that dozens of meetings were held in the White House to decide the most effective ways to torture War On Terror prisoners. Also, be sure to stay around for my closing comments. You'll learn about Blast The Right transcripts, as well as about some listeners going the activist route. And there's also a new tune to close the show with. Every week it seems, there's a new revelation, even more hard to believe than the last one, about the Bush administration's lust for war and torture. I don't know about you, but after a point, do you start to just file them away mentally, saying to yourself, I'll think about that later? It's almost too much to accept as reality, as something that you have to deal with. I've picked some highlights here. Every fact you're about to hear is true. If it was presented as a movie script, no one would believe it. In fact, let's imagine I'm pitching such a script to a producer. How might the script open? How about this scene: You see a meeting room, and from what's visible through the window, it could be within the White House. You can't make out who's talking, but it sounds like they're discussing... What?! Whether they can combine water-boarding with stress positions for a prisoner named Muhammad? Who are these people? Low level operatives sneaking in a meeting at, could it really be, the White House? About an illegal subject? But before you can find out more, you leave that scene and enter a long series of flashbacks, which show how this maybe-in-the-White-House cabal came to meet... You first see a bunch of right-wingers of the neocon variety openly plotting for US world domination. In 1997, neocons like Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Paul Wolfowitz, Jeb Bush and others sign the founding charter for an organization called the Project for a New American Century, PNAC for short... For the rest of the script, please listen to the podcast! (PS: Right-wingers, if you want to write in to me, fine, but at least do me the courtesy of listening to the podcast first. Please don't respond just on the basis of the brief preview above. Thanks!!) #124 Transcript #124 Transcript as a Word document #124 Sources

Yusuf Islam (formerly Cat Stevens) - Oh Very Young (Live on KCRW, 21-12-2006 in New York City) Allen Room, Lincoln Center NYC Author: samironline1 Keywords: yusuf islam cat stevens oh very young live on kcrw 2006 Added: May 29, 2008

After two years in exile, 'Blue Boy' and 'Pinkie' are back home at the Huntington Art Gallery. The much-loved Beaux-Arts mansion, built in 1911 for Henry and Arabella Huntington, has just reopened after two years of renovation and restoration. It looks every bit as resplendent as we remembered it, but now it has even more paintings and decorative art objects on display than before...

It's midnight, and I just said goodbye to the newlyweds with whom I shared a water taxi from the airport to the Piazza San Marco.  The square is still crowded with hundreds of people sitting in outdoor cafés, enjoying a balmy night, listening to live bands playing hilariously sugary renditions of the most sentimental tunes from the 50's and 60's.  The apartment I'm renting is only two blocks away, which is great, but it sits above a noisy trattoria that keeps the neighborhood awake well past 1am.  Well, I didn't come to Venice to sleep, did I?  It's Biennale time...

Among the artists whose art I like and admire, there are a few whom I feel as if I've known personally. Rembrandt would be one of them. With dozens upon dozens of self-portraits, we are able to follow him from youth to old age. Also we know his mother and father, son, wife and mistress – all painted in a deeply personal way that reveals his feelings about them...

In today's podcast, you'll hear how right-wingers are lying about Democratic tax plans. You'll be treated to clips of Monica Crowley, Sean Hannity, John McCain. The results of a recent poll about taxing the wealthy may astound you. And what does Martin Luther King, Jr. have to do with all this? Just listen to today's show, and find out! (PS: Right-wingers, if you want to write in to me, fine, but at least do me the courtesy of listening to the podcast first. Please don't respond just on the basis of the brief preview above. Thanks!!)

It's always the same; with so many museum and gallery exhibitions to see and talk about, I'm constantly racing against the clock. Definitely want to be sure that you will see MOCA's captivating exhibition, Collecting Collections, before it closes this Monday, May 19. This sprawling exhibition is a celebration of the generosity and vision of private collectors – most of them Angelenos – who have enabled this relatively young institution to become a major player on the international art scene...

If I were the cultural commissioner of this city, I would have declared the past few weeks a 'mini festival' of German culture in Los Angeles. Judge for yourself: a week ago I went to a screening of the new documentary, Shadows in Paradise, a fascinating story of German émigré musicians, writers, and filmmakers who fled the Nazis and settled here in LA. Some of them flourished; others merely managed; a few committed suicide. Never before have so many of the best and brightest creative minds of one country either left on their own or been forced to emigrate, and what's especially unusual is that most of these people ended up here in LA. The impact of this German-exile community on the cultural life of our city was profound...

Two podcasts ago you heard about how: --in the financial markets, ill intentions by some, and incompetence by others, has led to big problems --to solve these problems, a strong government regulatory effort is needed. Right-wing ideology does nothing in the way of prevention, and offers nothing in the way of a cure. Now today, please shift your focus to medicines: same picture. Right wing ideology has led to big problems, and offers no solutions. So far, 81 deaths in the United States have been linked to fatal allergic reactions to contaminated batches of the blood thinner heparin. Several hundred more patients have had severe adverse reactions to the drug. Right-wing ideology, which wholesale opposes government regulation of business, stands in the way of a solution. Indeed, the Bush administration has been systematically taking apart the Food and Drug Administration, not strengthening it. Also: --You'll hear about some unbelievable ideology-driven behavior from another head of a Bush agency. The Senate wanted to give the Consumer Product Safety Commission more money and authority. But guess what? The head of the agency objected! --I blow apart the right-wing myth about the establishment of federal regulatory agencies. Look behind the story of the creation of virtually any government regulatory body, and you'll find the same thing: a crucial, urgent need that only government action could meet. Ever heard of Upton Sinclair's book The Jungle? --I undertake maybe a mission impossible: trying to get inside the right-winger head about all this. Remember Jim Jones, who told his followers to drink the poisonous Kool-Aid, and they did? They had a religious belief in Jones, and would blindly obey his every dictate. I guess that's what it is with these right-wingers. Their right wing ideology must be followed no matter what, like a fundamentalist religion. No matter the consequences to self and others. Go ahead, kill my pet, kill my kid, even kill me - but don't let the evil government be involved, because that would be -- against my religious belief in small, ineffective, do-nothing government! I think right-wingers can aptly be called, Jim Jones conservatives. In the podcast, you'll also hear clips of Rush Limbaugh and Ronald Reagan spouting their usual inanity (PS: Right-wingers, if you want to write in to me, fine, but at least do me the courtesy of listening to the podcast first. Please don't respond just on the basis of the brief preview above. Thanks!!)

I love LA for being an inexhaustible field of discovery for art, architecture, and music – not only in museums, galleries, and concert halls – but also in less expected venues...