MTV executive Bill Flanagan charts the rise and fall of the music industry in his rock n' roll novel Evening's Empire. As part of the hoopla around the display of Carl Jung's secret Red Book, celebrities are exploring their personal psyches on stage with an analyst in a series called "The Red Book Diaries." And Malaysian singer-songwriter Zee Avi performs - she got her record deal the 21st century way, singing and playing ukulele on YouTube.
Malaysian singer-songwriter Zee Avi
(Autumn DeWilde)
Backstage Pass
MTV executive Bill Flanagan helped usher music into the video age and transform VH1 from MTV's neglected stepchild into a hip pop culture destination. Along the way he created the series "Storytellers" and helped bring in "Behind the Music." He just published his ...
G.I. Oboe
Last year classical musician Meredeth Rouse signed up for the U.S. Army Band. Alongside soldiers nearly half her age, she had to get comfortable with rifles, hand grenades, and chemical warfare. In the Army, even an oboist has to get through boot camp. Produced by Studio ...
Propelled to Paint
Early in his career, Ed Belbruno was an astronomer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, and he had a radical idea about getting to the moon. Today he's more interested in moving the people who come to see his paintings. Produced by Mike ...
Web 2.0 Blues
These days, the internet is the best hope for a new artist to break into the music business. But what's an old-school folkie to do? Scott Blaszak performs his original song, "Talkin' Web 2.0 Blues."
Bonus Video: Scott Blaszak's Ode to Hulu Ads
Forever Jung
Carl Jung's secret Red Book was recently displayed to the public for the first time. Now in New York, celebrities like filmmaker Charlie Kaufman and comedian Sarah Silverman are using the book to explore their psyches on stage in the "Red Book Dialogues." Produced ...
Zee Avi
Malaysian singer-songwriter Zee Avi just released her debut album. Perhaps the only Borneo-born ukulele player to get a major record deal through YouTube, Zee Avi talks with Kurt about her album and performs live in the studio.
Bonus Track: "Honeybee"
Zee Avi performs the track from her debut album, Zee Avi, live in Studio 360.





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