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Sean Kingston, "Beautiful Girls" (seankingston.com)Fast Food Nation, Under a Groove
McDonald’s and Taco Bell are serving up more than just combo meals this summer. Today on Soundcheck, find out why fast-food restaurants are recruiting pop stars like Sean Kingston for concerts in their parking lots and scouring local music scenes for up-and-coming bands. Plus, singer-pianist Diamanda Galás has been compared to a vampire, a Valkyrie and a lizard queen. She joins us to talk about two programs: one transforming jazz standards about love into haunting elegies to Eros and another combining surrealist French poets with improvised lamentations from Asia. And, a look at the role CD stores play in the lives of Baghdad residents.
Drive Thru Downloads
McDonald’s is sponsoring a summer concert tour. Burger King is teaming up with EMI to offer song downloads. Taco Bell is serving tacos and burritos to unsigned rock bands. We look at how the fast-food industry is on a mission to make its food sound hipper.
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Diamanda Galás
Singer-pianist Diamanda Galás talks about two upcoming programs of songs at the Highline Ballroom: "Imitation of Life" (on August 12) and "Chansons Malheureuses and Amanedhes" (on August 19).
Selling Songs in Iraq
Concerts may be out of the question in war-torn Baghdad, but residents can still satisfy their music needs at local CD stores. We talk with BBC News' Baghdad correspondent, Andrew North, about the music -- and propaganda -- offered at these stores.
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