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Music Interviews
6:46 pm
Fri February 24, 2012

Robert Glasper: A Unified Field Theory For Black Music

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Robert Glasper leads his band through experiments in jazz, hip-hop, R&B and rock on his new album, Black Radio.

Originally published on Sat February 25, 2012 5:31 pm

When some of the biggest names in R&B and hip-hop are clamoring to be on a jazz record, you know you're dealing with a special kind of jazz musician.

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The Message Machine
4:57 pm
Fri February 24, 2012

2012 Political TV: Ads, Lies And Videotape

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An image from a superPAC ad attacking Newt Gingrich, whose campaign called on TV stations to pull the ad off the air.
All Tech Considered
4:19 pm
Fri February 24, 2012

Google's Goggles: Is The Future Right Before Our Eyes?

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What would the world look like seen through Google's eyes?

Like flying cars and time travel, eye glasses with computing power have long been sci-fi fantasy, relegated to Terminator movies and the like. Now it appears that Google may be a few months from selling a version of their own.

Google glasses — which may be released as a "beta" product — could put smartphone capabilities such as GPS maps, weather, time, Web streaming and more inches from your eyeball.

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NPR Story
4:13 pm
Fri February 24, 2012

One Of Last Movie Theater Organs Pipes On

Seattle has one of the country's few working movie theater organs. Jim Riggs plays the theater's Wurlitzer organ while silent movies are screened. Recently he performed during a screening of 1927's Wings, the only silent film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture.

Middle East
3:25 pm
Fri February 24, 2012

Syrian Official Says Media Coverage Is Manipulated

Melissa Block talks to Zouheir Jabbour, Chief of Mission of the Syrian Embassy in Washington, DC, about the call for a ceasefire in Homs and the allegations of atrocities by the Syrian regime.

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