May 30, 2008
Over the last 50 years, he's written hundreds of short stories ("A Boy and His Dog"), several novels and movies and worked on TV shows like "The Man From UNCLE," the original Star Trek, and "The Outer Limits." But don't call him a science-fiction author: Ellison says he's the heir to Edgar Allan Poe and Jorge-Luis Borges. Kurt asks Ellison about his brash reputation and about the new documentary about him called "Dreams With Sharp Teeth."
Kurt's full interview with Harlan Ellison.
(Originally aired: April 13, 2007)
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She's been a singer songwriter since the New Wave era, and she got major recognition for her soundtrack to the 2000 movie "Magnolia." Her new album @#%&*! Smilers comes out next week. Studio 360’s Eric Molinsky has been following Aimee Mann's career since he was a kid.
(Originally aired: September 17, 2005)
Aimee Mann performs the song live in Studio 360.
Aimee Mann performs the song live in Studio 360.
Lately writer Philip Nobel has been obsessing over skateboards, specifically long boards: a sleek update to the wide "trick"-oriented boards popular in the 80s and 90s.
If you had the skills or talent to switch jobs and your career -- right now -- to become a musician, painter, filmmaker, actor, singer, playwright or novelist, and you would earn at least as much money as you do now, would you do it?
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