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 third novel, Evening's Empire, set in the venues Flanagan knows best: the private jets, hedonistic afterparties, and ginormous mansions of the rock 'n' roll glitterati.
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 360's Michele Siegel.
"The Army Goes Rolling Along"
The U.S. Army Band "Pershing's Own"
"The Thunderer"
The U.S. Army Band "Pershing's Own"
"Left, Right" The Sun Harbor's Chorus
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Running cadences of the US Armed Forces
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Documentary Recordings
"Metamorphoses (6) after Ovid, for oboe solo, Op. 49: Pan"
Performed by: Meredeth Rouse
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Composed by: Benjamin Britten
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 Lemonick.
"Wonderland" Takagi Masakatsu
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Journal for the People
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Carpark Records
"Tubes" Tarwater
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Donne-Moi La Main (soundtrack)
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Gusstaff Records
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."
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 by Studio 360's Sarah Lilley.
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.
