June 20, 2008
He's a legendary music producer who's crafted records by with KD Lang, Counting Crows, and Emmylou Harris; his first gig was playing guitar for Bob Dylan. But Burnett's latest record, Tooth of Crime, is one of his own. He tells Kurt what went into making the album, based on a Sam Shepard play about a post-apocalyptic battle of the bands.
"Telepresence (Make the Metal Scream)" from T-Bone Burnett's Tooth of Crime (Nonesuch).
In the novel, Attachment, a wife assumes her husband’s identity and begins an email correspondence with his lover. Kurt asks Fonseca what it’s like to write about infidelity when she’s in a happy marriage -- and about her own experience as the “other woman” of novelist Martin Amis, now her husband. Actor Laurie Metcalf reads excerpts from the book.
Laurie Metcalf reads more from Isabel Fonseca's Attachment.
Hollywood likes to cast stars as pioneering scientists; it really happened in the 1940s. Hedy Lamarr was once billed as the most beautiful woman in the world, and she’s partly responsible for the telecom innovation behind cell phones, GPS, and WiFi. Produced by Eric Molinsky.
A few weeks ago, we asked if you would quit your job to become an artist. Your responses poured in, and we had the Opinion Research Corporation survey people across the country. Kurt unveils the results with ORC’s Joel Henkin, and we hear from listeners who made the leap.
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