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npr music tiny desk concert: phoenix
Bookmarked 710 weeks ago the sounds of the group039s best-selling 2009 album wolfgang amadeus phoenix are so ubiquitous to viewers of tv commercials that they produce a pavlovian impulse to purchase portable music players and luxury automobiles but at this tiny desk concert instantly recognizable hits such as quot1901quot and quotlisztomaniaquot were stripped down and reassembled as sweetly shambling acoustic numbers |
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edward sharpe and the magnetic zeroes npr music tiny desk concert
Bookmarked 749 weeks ago edward sharpe ampamp the magnetic zeros can039t exactly slip into an office building unnoticed: clad in the same clothes they039d worn at a concert the night before the la band039s 10 ragtag misfits would have fit in far more seamlessly at say burning man seeming to exist in a blissed-out alternate universe during the wonderful quothomequot singer jade castrinos exclaims quotgood morning everybodyquot as the clock behind her reads 2:10 pm this is a band whose performances beg to be seen as well as heard not to mention shot through a wide-angle lensthe biggest band to play a tiny desk concert - the 10 members of the magnetic zeroes played three songs from their debut album up from belowthe set included: - janglin - home - 40 day daydream |
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reggie watts: npr music tiny desk concert
Bookmarked 543 weeks ago comedian and musician reggie watts recently visited the npr music offices with a simple setup of loop and delay pedals and a microphone but the spontaneous improvisations he created by building up layers of sound and melody provide a magical showcase for his soulful musicianship and deadpan humorset list:quotsong 4quotquotuntitled improv coffee sipsquotquotanother untitled improvquotfor more videos and to subscribe to the tiny desk concerts podcast visit nprorgtinydeskconcerts |
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npr parody with tina fey and rachel dratch 1997
Bookmarked 586 weeks ago npr is an improvised scene from the second city revue paradigm lost feautring: scott adsit kevin dorff rachel dratch tina fey jenna jolovitz jim zulevicdirector: mick napiermusic director: ruby streakstage manager: craig taylorexecutive producer: andrew alexanderproducer: kelly leonardproducer emeritus: joyce sloane |
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the decemberists: npr music tiny desk concert
Bookmarked 607 weeks ago when he turned up at the npr music offices to perform three songs from 039the king is dead039 decemberists frontman colin meloy wasn039t expecting to be staring into dozens if not hundreds of rapt faces set list:quotdown by the waterquotquotrox in the boxquotquotjune hymnquotfor more videos and to subscribe to the tiny desk concert podcast visit nprorgtinydeskconcerts |
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slavoj zizek: the monstrosity of christ
Bookmarked 787 weeks ago philosopher slavoj zizek discusses his new book the monstrosity of christ: paradox or dialectic and explains how the christian concept of the quottoxic neighborquot impacts political economic sexual and cultural thought |
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stewart on npr039s firing of juan williams: 039fox won that fight039 video
Bookmarked 802 weeks ago after a short break last week jon stewart returned to quotthe daily showquot last night to address the recent controversy surrounding juan williams039 firing from npr and the ensuing backlash from fox news |
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white house says npr funding a worthwhile and important priority current
Bookmarked 783 weeks ago white house press secretary jay carney said wednesday that the obama administration continued to believe that funding national public radio was important |
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npr muslim brotherhood investigation part ii
Bookmarked 783 weeks ago senior director of npr betsy liley says she may be able to shield from a govt audit 5mm donation from a reporter posing as a donor from muslim brotherhood front groupfeaturing:betsy liley senior director npr institutional givingreporters:simon templar as ibrahmim kasaamproduced by james o039keefetheprojectveritascompromoting modern-day muckrakerssong licensed by friendlymusiccom |
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miguel: npr music tiny desk concert
Bookmarked 560 weeks ago miguel turned up in the npr music offices early one morning after playing a show late the night before he appeared light and calm and betrayed no hint that he was nervous about stripping his highly produced hits down to their bones accompanied by just his guitarist dru decaro miguel eschewed flash and went big on small gestures ingratiating ad libs only one full spin and voice control that kept the songs close to his chest but emotive enough to translate to the back of the room he told us he wrote his grammy-nominated song quotadornquot with no idea that it would take him to our tiny stage but he was made for it his style was compact and graceful his manner self-aware and openafter releasing two albums the 27-year-old performed as if he039d spent years of his life pressing rewind and pause on the great entertainers of our time james brown prince sam cooke jackie wilson michael jackson after he ended his set i wanted to ask who039d taught him the most but the crush of admirers loomed and i got out of the way of the cellphone cameras he039s a genuine modern-day star --frannie kelleyset list0:00 quotdo youquot4:28 quotthe thrillquot9:17 quotadornquotcreditsproducer: frannie kelley editor: denise debelius audio engineer: kevin wait videographers: denise debelius christopher parks photo by denise debeliusnpr |
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kate bush 03950 words for snow039 streaming on npr
Bookmarked 747 weeks ago six years since her last full album kate bush has created a new environment for us to inhabit on 50 words for snow the album is streaming in full for a limited time on npr and on first listen we |
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justin bieber: tiny desk home concert - youtube
Bookmarked 260 weeks ago the tiny desk is working from home for the foreseeable future introducing npr music039s tiny desk home concerts bringing you performances from across the c |
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dua lipa: tiny desk home concert - youtube
Bookmarked 259 weeks ago the tiny desk is working from home for the foreseeable future introducing npr music039s tiny desk home concerts bringing you performances from across the c |
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kirk franklin: tiny desk home concert - youtube
Bookmarked 263 weeks ago npr music039s tiny desk series will celebrate black history month by featuring four weeks of tiny desk home concerts and playlists by black artists spanning |