Showing results for "SCIENCE OF MUSIC" in Politics & Government

Alan S. Blinder - esteemed Princeton professor, Wall Street Journal columnist, and former vice chairman of the Federal Reserve Board under Alan Greenspan - is one of our wisest and most clear-eyed economic thinkers. In After the Music Stopped, he delivers a masterful narrative of how the worst economic crisis in postwar American history happened, what the government did to fight it, and what we must do to recover from it.

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Legal luminary Burt Neuborne argues that the structure of the First Amendment as well as of the entire Bill of Rights was more intentional than most people realize, beginning with the internal freedom of conscience and working outward to freedom of expression and finally freedom of public association. This design, Neuborne argues, was not to protect discrete individual rights - such as the rights of corporations to spend unlimited amounts of money to influence elections.

Danny Goldberg's new book is a subjective history of 1967, the year he graduated from high school. It is, he writes, "an attempt at trying to remember the culture that mesmerized me, to visit the places and conversations I was not cool enough to have been a part of." It is also a refreshing and new analysis of the era; by looking at not only the political causes, but also the spiritual, musical, and psychedelic movements, Goldberg provides a unique perspective on how and why the legacy of 1967 lives on today.

Long before the United States had presidents from the world of movies and reality TV, we had scores of politicians with connections to country music. In I'd Fight the World, Peter La Chapelle traces the deep bonds between country music and politics. These performers and politicians both rode and resisted cultural waves: some advocated for the poor and dispossessed, and others voiced religious and racial anger, but they all walked the line between exploiting their celebrity and righteously taking on the world.

"New Ways Into the Brain’s ‘Music Room’" is from the Science section of The New York Times. It was written by Natalie Angier and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"George Michael Mattered for More Than Music" is from the December 26, 2016 Entertainment section of The New York Times. It was written by Wesley Morris and narrated by Kristi Burns.

Death may be the great equalizer, but it isn’t necessarily evenhanded. Of all the fields of endeavor that suffered mortal losses in 2016 — consider Muhammad Ali and Arnold Palmer in sports, and the back-to-back daughter-mother Hollywood deaths of Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds — the pop music world had, hands down, the bleakest year.

"Among Deaths in 2016, a Heavy Toll in Pop Music" is from the December 31, 2016 Entertainment section of The New York Times. It was written by William Mcdonald and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.

Korb argues that Iraqi politicians and American generals, rather than the Obama administration, are to blame for the bungled withdrawal from Iraq. Brennan Replies.

"Music Fiesta Shares Harmony across Metal Fence at US-Mexico Border" is from the May 29, 2016 Arts section of The New York Times. It was written by Patricia Leigh Brown and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"Er sieht nicht glücklich aus, dachte sie und verliebte sich. Dabei war das kein Ort zum Verlieben. Der Wirt hatte die Musik gerade wieder aufgedreht. Karnevalsmusik. Die Schminke war bei den meisten nicht mehr frisch. Sie schaute zur Tanzfläche." Ellen Rogosky weiß schnell, dass Peter Otten der Richtige ist. Was sie für ihre Liebe tun wird, weiß sie damals noch nicht. Anhand der Geschichte des Liebespaars erzählt Eva Müller von den geheimen Prozessen der Kirche.

"Kesha Is Again Scheduled to Perform at the Billboard Music Awards" is from the May 19, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Joe Coscarelli and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"Juan Gabriel, Music Star in Mexico, Dies at 66" is from the August 28, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Jonah Engel Bromwich and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"Twitter Invests $70 Million in SoundCloud Music Service" is from the June 14, 2016 Technology section of The New York Times. It was written by Ben Sisario and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"A Self-Proclaimed Outsider Moves Closer to Pop Music Limelight" is from the May 09, 2016 Entertainment section of The New York Times. It was written by Joe Coscarelli and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"Prince, a Master of Playing Music and Distributing It" is from the April 22, 2016 Entertainment section of The New York Times. It was written by Jon Caramanica and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.

"Following Its Country Music, Nashville May Loosen up on Marijuana" is from the September 18, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Richard Fausset and narrated by Kristi Burns.

Eine Ära geht zu Ende: Am 10. September 1986 betritt Helmut Schmidt zum letzten Mal das Rednerpult des Bonner Bundestages. In einer zweistündigen Rede läßt er Vergangenes Revue passieren, kommentiert die Gegenwart und wirft den Blick auf die Zukunft.

Im Sommer vor seinem Tod arbeitete Roger Willemsen an einem neuen Buch: "Wer wir waren" sollte es heißen. Er sah sich unsere Gegenwart an, als wäre er schon viele Jahre weiter in die Zukunft gereist: Was machen wir gerade mit dieser Welt und unserem Leben? Warum machen wir das? Und warum machen wir es nicht anders, obwohl wir wissen, dass wir so in die Katastrophe schlittern? Roger Willemsen arbeitete an diesem Buch mit großer Entschiedenheit und Leidenschaft.

"David Gest, Music Producer and Reality TV Star, Dies at 62" is from the April 12, 2016 Entertainment section of The New York Times. It was written by William Grimes and narrated by Kristi Burns.