Seal does Sam Cooke’s “A Change is Gonna Come:”

UPDATE: WFMU just posted 14 versions of the song, including Aretha, Otis, Dylan, and the original Sam Cooke “A Change is Gonna Come” (3:13 mp3):

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Louis “Studs” Terkel Louis (May 16, 1912 – October 31, 2008) signs off America’s latest greatest radio show.

This I Believe “Community in Action” (4:06)

From Studs Terkel: Voices of Our Time; The Original Live Interviews, “Mahalia Jackson, 1963″ (6:20)

Studs links: Wikipedia | Transom Review | Prime Time Radio | WFMT-FM Memories| Chicago Historical Society | WNYC 2003 Interview | Third Coast Luminary | Chicago Tribune

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Post-Madonna Prima Donna, Jason Cady’s CD, is out on Peacock Recordings (see prev post: Jason Cady & The Artificials).

Post-Madonna Prima Donna (2001) is a one-act opera. The subject is language, sepcifically, in this excerpt, the Minnesota vernacular. “Post-Madonna Prima Donna: Recitative 1 | Aria” (1:01 | 3:02 mp3):

Also on the CD is an 11-part Odi et Amo (2006), a cantata inspired by the love poems of the ancient Roman poet Catullus.

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Literal Video Versions, from DustFilms, answer the musical question: What if a music video’s lyrics had something/anything to do with the inane stories you’re seeing on screen? Posted at Funny or Die is A-Ha’s “Take on Me: Literal Video Version” — an ode to squiggly lines and pipe-wrench ass-kicks:

LVV vid#2 is also out, Tears for Fears’ Head Over Heels: Literal Video Version.

via WFMU’s blog.

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Know nada about this band, ‘cept I do like this ditty. Avett Brothers, “Murder in the City” (3:12mp3):

via My Old Kentucky Blog.

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Among the many meshuganah mashup artists is the occasional mench (still Rosh Hashanah, doncha know). Like Musicina Blender, who mixes Ryan Adams acoustic vers of Oasis “Wonderwall” with Brazilian guitarist Baden Powell. “Put two beautifuls together and sometimes it creates a third beautiful.”

“Canto de Wonderwall (Musicina Blender Mashup)” (5:48 mp3):

via some velvet blog.

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rx has a new video, sampling George W Bush doin’ it “My Way:”

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Hearing Voices from NPR®:
031 The Stamberg Files— Essays, Audio-tours, and Interviews
Host— Susan Stamberg of NPR
Airdates— 10/1/2008 - 10/8/2008

The Stamberg Files (53:00 mp3):

Susan pulls some pieces she’s most proud of from the NPR audio archives:

She knits her way though history, takes us on a personal tour of DC, and tries to interest her colleagues in resurrecting her infamous relish recipe.

She talks with economist Milton Friedman, actor Judi Dench, writer Nora Ephron, and pianist Leon Fleisher.

In pursuit of patriotism, Ms. Stamberg de-France-ifies popular culture, then ends in a Parisian park, chatting with a world-class conversationalist. Photo © 2006 NPR by Antony Nagelmann.

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