Our annual collection of performances and conversations with some of the top artists who've joined us in our studios! We begin with Louden Wainwright III who says that with age, comes wisdom, and he performs the world premiere of his song about aging: Doin' the Math. Next, writer's block is something all creative people dread; Aimee Mann talks about her own experiences with it and how she wrote Calling it Quits about it. For our show on Shoplifting, comedienne and singer Lea DeLaria has appropriated the Jane's Addiction song Been Caught Stealin' and given it a jazz beat. She also confesses her own reasons for shoplifting as a child. ("Something about nuns" she says) Christopher Louviere played lead guitar for legendary cajun folk singer Clint West for seven years, now he's struck out on his own with an album titled the same as our show: Hypomania. Louviere himself is diagnosed with bipolar disorder; he talks about his experiences and plays the song Benzo Train from the album. After a short break, we come to the Black Eyed Peas, who joined us for our show on Religion to talk about how religion, spirituality...and the 9/11 attacks...affected their rap spiritual, and number one hit, Where is the Love? The Infinite Mind's Jackson Braider introduces us to the Multitasking genius of Charles Ives, a composer who wrote extraordinary symphonies of multitasking. And did it while inventing life insurance for the common man, no less. Finally, the ladies of Menopause: The Musical say their minds go void, and they get annoyed, but they're still smiling and singing through it all. |
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