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COVER STORY
Influence
Kurt Andersen and singer Tony Bennett talk about the
power of influence and its effect on creativity.
  Manet
/ Velazquez
Sometimes an artist's inspiration can come from miles
-- and centuries-- away. The Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibit, "Manet/Velazquez:
The French Taste for Spanish Painting" shows how some great painters
looked for ideas from artists who lived 200 years before them. Produced
by Sarah Lilley.
View images and information at the Metropolitan Museum's
official site
Go to the official site of the J.Paul Getty Museum
 Judy
Blume
There is scarcely a female in America under the age
of thirty-five who didn't have a section of her bedroom bookshelf devoted
to the work of Judy Blume. Her books, like Are You There God? It's
Me, Margaret and Then Again, Maybe I Won't dealt frankly with
things like puberty and first love. The realism and humor of her books
made an enduring impression on millions of young readers and writers.
Produced by Jonathan Mitchell.
Go to Judy Blume's official site
 Pet
Sounds
In 1966 -- at the height of the Beach Boys' popularity
-- the band released a record called Pet Sounds. But their record
label, Capitol, buried it because nobody knew what to do with its strange
arrangements and harmonies. Then, in the 1990s Pet Sounds began
building a new following that is still growing. Produced by Peter Crimmins.
Read about the sessions for Pet Sounds at Salon.com
Go to the official site of the Shimmer Kids Underpop
Association
SPECIAL GUEST
Tony Bennett
Tony Bennett is one of the most revered jazz and pop
singers of all time. He made standards out of "Blue Velvet,"
"I Left My Heart In San Francisco," and dozens more. His most
recent is A Wonderful World, with K.D. Lang. Bennett is also an
accomplished painter and a founder of Frank Sinatra School for the Arts,
a public high school in Astoria, Queens.
Go to the official site for Tony Bennett's artworks
Go to Sony Music's official site for Tony Bennett
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