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May 2005

Something to Remember Them By

Friday, May 27, 2005

Memorial Day, Next Big Thing-style. We remember the lyrics from "Oklahoma!," forgotten men buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx, and cross-generational infatuations with Frank Sinatra. Also this week, we offer a profile of a woman with the disease ALS who struggles to regain her voice, and a cup of tea with strangers on a street corner in Baghdad.

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One Man’s Meat

Friday, May 20, 2005

Host Dean Olsher puts the Chowhound to the test with a long-distance food adventure. Reporter Sean Collins takes us to a national mascot conference. We visit Manhattan’s noisy Meatpacking District, and the peaceful Cloisters overlooking the Hudson River. And we sit in on a session with jazz greats Don Byron and Jason Moran.

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Eleemosynary

Friday, May 13, 2005

Music in strange places, from a laundromat to a McDonald’s and places in between. Musicians include bassist Ron McClure and experimental violinist Mark Feldman. Also, three characters from a one-woman show about Iraqi women by Heather Raffo. And a close look at the joys and agonies of an adult spelling bee.

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Laze, Laze, Ignore the Pressure Not to Shirk

Friday, May 06, 2005

We reclaim poetry as a yearlong affair, in opposition to those who would have us cram it all into the month of April. Today’s show includes conversations with London dub poet Linton Kwesi Johnson, 84-year-old New York poet Marie Ponsot, and Tatiana Marquardt, a woman who memorizes poems (and other things). We’ve also got fiction about poetry from John Haskell, sounds based on poetry from sound artist Sherre DeLys, and new lyrics from Stephin Merritt.