The Many Requirements Of Hold Music, A Genre For No One - WPRL
WEBSep 5, 2019 · If it is a genre, hold music, it's fair to say, is a troubled one with few hits. It's not really meant to be loved or even listened to — it's meant to communicate something specific: Don't hang up. (Cornell makes this plea specifically at the end of his song.) Silence is believed to be a death knell for phone calls — people will simply ...
China owns 380,000 acres of land in the U.S. Here's where - WPRL
WEBJun 26, 2023 · In 2021, a Chinese company bought land near an Air Force base in Grand Forks, N.D., sending lawmakers into a frenzy. Lawmakers feared that China, which many policymakers view as a strategic adversary even though it's the country's top trading partner outside North America, could gain control over the U.S. food and energy supply, as well as a hold on markets and critical infrastructure.
WATCH: Former Trump staffer, Stephanie Grisham, addresses the …
WEBAug 20, 2024 · Stephanie Grisham, a former Trump White House Press Secretary, opened by describing herself as not only a Trump supporter, but a “true believer” who spent holidays with the Trump family. That belief shattered, Grisham said, because of what she saw “when the cameras were off.”. “He has no empathy, no morals, and no fidelity to the ...
More And More Democrats Embrace The 'Progressive' Label.
WEBSep 13, 2021 · The word "progressive" has become a tool to appeal to those further-left-leaning Americans without alienating the moderates and independents who reject the "liberal" label. Saying "progressive" dodges that L-word, Kamarck says: "It's an effort to shed a bad label. That's why, pure and simple."
Ron Carter at 85: tracks and stories from the life of a record
WEBMay 4, 2022 · In celebration of Ron Carter's 85th birthday, Jazz Night decided to do something special: a hang and listening party with Ron Carter and our host, Christian McBride. For the occasion, McBride and Ron handpicked tracks to check out from his mind-boggling catalog, some must-hear stories and a moment in the spotlight for the G.O.A.T. of …
FACT CHECK: Is Trump Building A $250,000 Embassy In Jerusalem?
WEBMar 5, 2018 · What was Trump talking about? We checked it out. Is the United States somehow building "it," as in a permanent embassy, for $250,000? No. Trump was probably conflating two things: a permanent new embassy to be built years from now and a temporary embassy office the U.S. is building inside an existing consular building in Jerusalem to be set up by May, NPR diplomacy correspondent Michele ...
50 Years Later, The Archies' 'Sugar, Sugar' Is Still 'Really Sweet'
WEBSep 20, 2019 · 50 Years Later, The Archies' 'Sugar, Sugar' Is Still 'Really Sweet'. This video is unavailable. By and large, 1969 was a transformative year in the U.S. The Stonewall Riots invigorated the gay-rights movement, Woodstock brought nearly 1 million people together to celebrate peace, love and music, and Neil Armstrong became the …
Giant old saguaros can be resilient. It's baby saguaros ... - WPRL
WEBAug 14, 2024 · It's baby saguaros researchers are worried about. A woodpecker living in a Saguaro at the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, Arizona on Friday, June 28, 2024. In 2020, a new fear sprouted in metro Phoenix. Amid the utter turmoil of the COVID-19 pandemic and a record-hot summer, the area's mighty saguaros were toppling at …
Former CNN executive is on a mission to revive 'The Atlanta
WEBAug 14, 2024 · The Columbia Journalism Review, for example, once gave him a "laurel" for reporting that immediately led the U.S. military to institute safety measures for journalists in Baghdad. Former top CNN executive Andrew Morse has splashy plans to revive The Atlanta Journal Constitution, a local newspaper.
For Brandi Carlile, band and family are one and the same
WEBPublished October 8, 2021 at 4:08 AM CDT. Listen • 7:16. Neil Krug. /. Courtesy of the artist. In These Silent Days is the latest collaboration between singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile and her core band, twin brothers Phil and Tim Hanseroth. If you're looking for a song to introduce you to Brandi Carlile, you could do worse than 2007's " The ...