Oct 28th, 2008 · There are many reasons planes can get stuck on airport runways. Add to them: a poodle on the run. That would be Choochy. She evaded authorities at Boston's Logan International Airport for 17 hours. Choochy escaped her kennel Saturday as it was being unloaded after a flight from Detroit. The dog ran in circles chased by several vans, and in turn delayed at least eight flights. Choochy was finally caught Sunday and reunited with her family.
Oct 27th, 2008 · Sweden has been producing some of the best pop music of the past decade. On our latest mix we've got new music from singer Lykke Li (pronounced Leaky-Lee), and the sprawling, 30-member group I'm From Barcelona. Also on the show: the British band Wild Beasts with their oddly titled new song "Brave Bulging Buoyant Clairvoyants;" the wildly strange and wonderful Sparks; twin sisters and the former drummer for Secret Machines form the band School of Seven Bells; and the influential Elephant 6 Orchestra reunites for a magical and historic live performance.
Oct 24th, 2008 · In This Republic Of Suffering, historian Drew Gilpin Faust reveals that the rate of death during the American Civil war was six times that of World War II — a fact which created a shared sense of suffering that helped the nation reunite after the war was over.
Oct 1st, 2008 · Grupo Folklorico y Experimental Nuevayorquino played its first gig at the Smithsonian Institution's Folk Life Festival 33 years ago. On a recent afternoon in Washington, D.C., a handful of the Afro-Caribbean band's original members reunited to play music that, after all this time, still has the power to move hearts and hips.
Sep 26th, 2008 · On her latest effort, Little Wild One, Joan Osborne reunites with the all-star writer-producer team that shaped her Grammy-winning debut, Relish. Well-versed across genres, she easily navigates between roots-rock, gospel, and country on a collection that pays tribute to her New York City home.
Sep 19th, 2008 · In The Love Guru comedian Mike Myers plays Pitka, a Hollywood guru charged with reuniting a famous hockey star with his estranged wife.
Sep 1st, 2008 · Steve Cropper shaped the Memphis soul sound as a guitarist and songwriter for Stax Records. Felix Cavaliere fronted the hit-making group The Rascals. They ran in the same music circles for decades, but only now have they made their first album together.
Aug 31st, 2008 · Sunday night, one of the biggest phenomena in pop music reunites for the eighth BMI Urban Awards. Four of the five original members of the Jackson 5 (Jackie, Tito, Marlon and Jermaine Jackson) are all scheduled to appear at the Wilshire Theatre. Michael Jackson has not yet confirmed an appearance.