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Thursday, August 30, 2012

Music From The Show

Peter Dixon, “Nagog Woods”
Blockhead, “The Prettiest Sea Slug”
Bonobo, “Prelude Kiara”
Garage a Trois, “Fat Redneck Gangster”
Notorious Big, “The What”
Isaac Hayes, “Blue’s Crib”
Dr. Dre, “Housewife”
Charles Mingus, “Hora Decubitus”

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Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Touré: Why Prince Became An Icon
1989 photo of singer, musician and entertainer, "Prince." (AP)

Prince is a brilliant musician, a mesmerizing performer and — according to cultural commentator Touré — a Generation X icon. Touré says Prince played a wise older brother to the latchkey kids of Gen X.

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Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Jersey Shore Readies For Summer Post-Sandy
Construction of a new boardwalk continues on the northern end of Seaside Heights, N.J., Saturday, May 18, 2013. (Mel Evans/AP)

In New Jersey, where Hurricane Sandy killed dozens of people and caused nearly $30 billion in damage, many people are asking: will the shore be open for business?

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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
What It’s Like To Grow Up In Tornado Alley
Two men go through the damage surrounding the Moore Medical Center and damaged vehicals after a tornado moves through Moore, Okla. on Monday, May 20, 2013. (Alonzo Adams/AP)

Kelly Frey, the editor of Oklahoma’s big daily newspaper The Oklahoman, is from El Reno, Okla. and describes what it’s like to grow up in “tornado alley.”

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