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Friday, September 28, 2012

Music From The Show

Radiohead, “Reckoner”
Kanye West, “Heard ‘Em Say”
Modeselektor, “Hasir”
Bonobo, “Change Down”
Joe Jackson, “Steppin’ Out”
The Vaccines, “Teenage Icon”
Ken Vandermark, “New Acrylic”
The Vaccines, “I Always Knew”
The Vaccines, “Wreckin’ Ball”
The Vaccines, “No Hope”
The Vaccines, “Weirdo”
The Vaccines, “All In Vain”
The Vaccines, “Teenage Icon”
The Vaccines, “Aftershave Ocean”

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Wednesday, May 22, 2013
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
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
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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