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The voices of NPR’s 'Planet Money' wonder if we’re all doomed, financially speaking
The show opened with the kind of lesson you wish your high school econ teacher had taught you. Planet Money correspondent Robert Smith bartered a drink ticket to an audience member in exchange for a simple task, and in so doing, demonstrated some key economic concepts. "What just happened here, this is actually how all prices are determined," he said. "At the end of the day, Katie's happy—she's got a drink ticket—I'm happy (the nail is out), and Adam Smith is happy in his grave. The invisible hand of the marketplace works. But—not all the time." More
(1)Streets of Your Town: This week's concerts, with Iceage, Big Freedia, Loudon Wainwright III, and more
Streets of Your Town: This week's best concerts, from rock to jazz to rap to everything else, including Iceage, Big Freedia, Loudon Wainwright III, and more. More
(1)Streets of Your Town: this week's concerts, with Shelby Lynne, John Cale, Jessie Ware, and more
Streets of Your Town: This week's best concerts, from rock to jazz to rap to everything else, including Shelby Lynne, John Cale, Jessie Ware, and more. More
Author George Saunders packs them in at a Brooklyn launch for his latest collection
“If I get into any kind of space where I’m trying to extend a narrative, or kind of accrue pages, the energy goes out,” George Saunders said at his book launch last night in Brooklyn, in response to a question about whether he will write a novel. “So I think of my stories as kind of like those little toys and you wind ’em up and put it on the floor and it goes under the couch. That’s kind of like an aesthetic model. So, I think what we have to do is petition for the definition of novel to come down a little, you know: 17 pages, that’s a good number”. More
(1)An oral history of Zebulon, the music club that stepped 'over the doo-doo of hipster Williamsburg'
The change in Williamsburg’s demographic, replete with incessant noise complaints from neighbors, left Zebulon with little choice but to close its doors. Employee Patrick Krou explained recently over email,“A Jef [Soubiran] often expressed, ‘Sure, we could change this or that and please everyone, but then we are no longer Zebulon, so we better close.’” More
(2)Streets of Your Town: this week’s concerts, with Shuggie Otis, Sky Ferreira, Wale, and more
Streets of Your Town: This week's best concerts, from rock to jazz to rap to everything else, including Shuggie Otis, Sky Ferreira, Wale, and more. More
Streets of Your Town: this week’s concerts, with Coldplay & Jay-Z, Amanda Palmer, Mighty Sparrow, and more
Streets of Your Town: This week's best concerts, from rock to jazz to rap to everything else, including Coldplay & Jay-Z, Amanda Palmer, Mighty Sparrow, and more. More
Streets of Your Town: this week's concerts, with Nicki Minaj, Wynton Marsalis, Phish, and more
Streets of Your Town: This week's best concerts, from rock to jazz to rap to everything else, including Nicki Minaj, Wynton Marsalis, Phish, and more. More
Streets of Your Town: this week's concerts, with Leonard Cohen, Sufjan Stevens, T.I., and more
Streets of Your Town: This week's best concerts, from rock to jazz to rap to everything else, including Leonard Cohen, Sufjan Stevens, T.I., and more. More
Author Sapphire describes the joy and pain of 'Push,' and her latest, 'The Kid'
"It is a sequel in that we’re looking at the life of Precious’s child, Abdul Jones, who is now an AIDS orphan," the author Sapphire said. "And it is a sequel in a sense that it continues to look at the profound and devastating effect of AIDS on the African-American community." More
Streets of Your Town: this week's concerts, with Solange, Rick Ross, the Rolling Stones, and more
Streets of Your Town: This week's best concerts, from rock to jazz to rap to everything else, including Solange, Rick Ross, the Rolling Stones, and more More
'An experimental moment': performance as music, film, poetry, and pickle-lighting at the Whitney
The next few performances were a bit of a blur, either incredibly short or incredibly subtle, which meant coming across like background noise amid the din of the crowd. At one point, in a strikingly good imitation of Ben Stein, actor Elliot Brown read some comedic poetry composed by Zach Steinman and Ben Tear. There was a lot of talking as he did so. “Some people listened,” he said to me later. “It’s a tough crowd. Poetry is tough.” More
(2)Streets of Your Town: this week's concerts, with Yo La Tengo's Hanukkah, Cannibal Ox, Miguel, and more
Streets of Your Town: This week's best concerts, from rock to jazz to rap to everything else, including Yo La Tengo's Hanukkah, Cannibal Ox, Miguel, and more More
Streets of Your Town: this week's concerts, with X, B.B. King, Public Enemy, and more
Streets of Your Town: This week's best concerts, from rock to jazz to rap to everything else, including X, B.B. King, Public Enemy, and more. More
Streets of Your Town: This week's concerts, with R. Kelly, Aerosmith, Tegan and Sara, and more
Streets of Your Town: This week's best concerts, from rock to jazz to rap to everything else, featuring R. Kelly, Aerosmith, Tegan and Sara, and more. More
