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Kaui Hart Hemmings is the author of the short story collection House of Thieves where the stories all take place in upper middle class families in Hawaii. The stories in House of Thieves are told from varied points of view--a father, a child, a young woman, an adolescent boy, and more. Some of the...

Fernando Meirelles blew away the entire world with his powerful breakout film, City of God which went to garner four Academy Award nominations. Meirelles is now turning his eye to, The Constant Gardener, an American style political thriller with a twist because at its core it is a love story that...

The Transplants were originally set up as a musical experiment between friends, Rob Aston, Tim Armstrong and Travis Barker. But with their trip hip-hoppy and rock sound they soon garnered a following. The latest album, Haunted Cities, was originally going to be Astons solo album but after The Transplants...

It wouldn't be accurate to say that Zolar-X were "ahead of their time", because that phrase would imply that the rest of the world caught up to them at some point. Better to say they were outside their time, sounding not quite like any band before or since, with a mix of glam, bubblegum pop,...

Citizen Cope creates very original music. His work is a mixture of funk, Tom Waits and Long Island rap. His latest album is The Clarence Greenwood Recordings.

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Daniel Robert Epstein: What inspired The Clarence Greenwood Recordings?

Citizen Cope: I just wanted to make a record that I followed my first instincts on. Im just inspired by life, people...
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Michael Gira is best known as one half of The Swans along with Jarboe. Now he is running his label, Young God Records, which is sheparding a number of upcoming acts. Giras latest album is The Angels of Light Sing Other People...

Heather King is an ex-alcoholic and her brother, Joe King, is in The Queers but shes also a converted catholic so Im just all confused about my like for her and her book Parched. Heather King is a prominent National Public Radio writer and commentator and Parched is the story of her 20 year slide...

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Filmmaker John Dahl first stabbed his way into our hearts with the film noir throwback Red Rock West. He solidified his position as one of our new auteurs with femme fatale thriller The Last Seduction. Since that film he has done horror Joy Ride, a poker flick Rounders and now the latest genre he...

The Raveonettes, Sharin Foo and Sune Rose Wagner, have slowly been building up a following with their vintage American R&B, surf and rockabilly inflected music. Their latest album is Pretty in Black and I got to speak with one half of the group, Sune Rose Wagner....

Real comedy fanatics have been cuckoo for Judd Apatow since the wonderfully hysterical The Ben Stiller Show on FOX. Throughout the 90s Apatow was involved with number of comedies like The Cable Guy and Celtic Pride. But it was really after his stint as producer of Paul...