Aug 10th, 2008 · A Web-based video documentary project highlights the stories of troops deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan — and their families. A recent segment featured an Iraq war veteran who went home hoping to be welcomed as a hero and instead wound up homeless. Following each weekly, 10-minute documentary, retired Marine Jan Bender, the Iraq war veteran who hosts ntheirboots.com, has an online discussion with some of the people featured in the segment, and invites veterans and other listeners to join the conversation via video Skype or iChat. Bender talks with Liane Hansen.
Keywords: Afghanistan · Iraq · video · Liane Hansen · retired · online · families · veterans · documentary · heroes · Bender · Skype
Jun 20th, 2007 · Parker Longbough's new album closes with "3 Drunken Days," a tranquil folk-pop song complete with a shuffling rhythm and well-placed harmonica. It traffics in colorful imagery, as singer Matt Witthoeft recounts a three-day bender in the carnival atmosphere of New Orleans.
Keywords: world · New Orleans · Traffic · Shuffle · Singer · songs · carnival · album · folk · harmonica · rhythm · atmosphere
Jun 1st, 2007 · Like many rough-voiced singer-songwriters, Forbert has done time as a potential "next Bob Dylan," but he's carved out a distinct niche in an uncompromising career that spans nearly 30 years. Hear Forbert perform a concert from WXPN and World Cafe Live in Philadelphia.
Keywords: Singer · songwriter · concert · WXPN · World Cafe Live · Philadelphia · Steve · Bob Dylan · Bender · uncompromising · Niche · distinct
Oct 4th, 2006 · Anyone looking for a quick sense of where Beck's at in 2006 can get it by cueing up "Cell Phone's Dead," one of 17 songs from the richly textured new The Information. The track gathers the alternating currents of Beck's art into one tidy and nearly timeless package.
Keywords: 2006 · package · songs · Bender · Alternative · association · Beck · Cell Phone · The Information
Aug 22nd, 2005 · 'Willful Creatures' from Writer Aimee Bender
August 22, 2005 ·
Alan Cheuse reviews Willful Creatures by Aimee Bender, who writes in the tradition of Gertrude Stein.
Keywords: Traditional · 2005 · Writer · wills · Alan Cheuse · creatures · Aimee · Bender · Willful Creatures · Writer Aimee Bender · Aimee Bender · Gertrude Stein
