February 26, 2010
Quentin Tarantino's "Inglourious Basterds" is up for eight Oscars. Though far-fetched (it features Jewish-American GIs taking Nazi scalps), some would say it's his least gory picture yet. Kurt talks to Tarantino about his influences, from Leni Riefenstahl to Stan Lee's "Sergeant Fury."
Kurt talks with Tarantino about his favorite moment in "Pulp Fiction" and the influence of comedy legend Stan Freberg.
The Guggenheim Museum's walls are bare at the moment to make room for a piece by conceptual artist Tino Sehgal called "This Progress." Kurt talks with Sehgal about the work: a series of four improvised conversations the visitor experiences along the building's famous circular ramp, including one with a child no older than twelve. Produced by Studio 360's Michele Siegel.
With the rough weather this winter, writer Henry Alford has been cooped up inside more than he’d like. He’s been listening to the radiator clanging, banging, and hissing so long that it sounds like music. So he created his own composition for radiators, and he got a professional opinion from classical music critic Fred Plotkin. Produced by Studio 360's Pejk Malinovski.
British singer-songwriter V.V. Brown mixes pop, soul, rock, punk, and hip-hop to create a seasoned sound that belies her age: twenty-six. She stops by Studio 360 with her band for an acoustic performance of songs off her new record, Travelling Like the Light.
V.V. Brown performs the track from her album, Travelling Like The Light, live in Studio 360.
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National Endowment for the Humanities. Our series on creativity and science is supported in part by the
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Our series on Underground Heroes is supported in part by the New York State Music Fund, established by the New York State Attorney General at Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors. 
