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COVER STORY
Gangsters
Kurt Andersen and writer David Remnick talk about pop
culture's fascination with organized crime.
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Musica Della Mafia
The songs in this collection of traditional Italian
folk music were all written by, for and about the Mafia, and provide a
tantalizing oral history of Italy's mythic criminal universe. Produced
by David Krasnow.
 Go
to the official site for Musica Della Mafia
Go
to a site devoted to the music of Nino
Go
to a review of Musica Della Mafia
 Vegas
Comics
When prohibition ended, the Mafia was well-poised to
maintain a grip on the country's burgeoning nightclubs, which featured
comedians between the big band music and jazz. Shecky Green, Kaye Ballard
and Larry Storch--some of the comics who worked those clubs in the 50s--recall
what it was like to work for the underworld bosses. Produced by Michael
May.
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to comic Larry Storch
Go
to comic Shecky Greene
Go
to comic Kaye Ballard
Gangsters
Meet Hip-Hop
"Gangster Rap" didn't just appeal to the
young men whose violent sexy universe it reflected-- the LA street gang
culture of the late 80's and early 90's-- it appealed to the gangster
voyeur in many millions of young people. Nelson George, a writer and film-maker
who has chronicled many aspects of modern African-American culture, talks
about the origin of "Gangsta Rap". Produced by Jonathan Mitchell.
Go
to Nelson's George's official site
Go
to About.com's guide on Hip-hop
 SPECIAL
GUEST
David Remnick
is the editor of The New Yorker. He won the Pulitzer
Prize for his book Lenin's Tomb and is the author of the Muhammad Ali
biography, King of the World.
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Playing
Maya. Until mid-October at Mass MOCA in North
Adams, Massachusetts you can see a giant ziggurat covered with toy action
figures. The installation is the work of Jarvis Rockwell, son of the
late illustrator and painter of American icons, Norman Rockwell. Produced
by Karen Michel.
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to the Jarvis Rockwell exhibit at Mass Moca
Car
Alarms
The artist Nina Katchadourian
explains how she decided to transform the car alarm, and install her
new version that plays tape loops of raucous bird calls in cars on city
streets. Produced by Tania Ketenjian.
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