John Homans is the executive editor of New York Magazine, and he previously worked at Esquire, Details, Harper's and The New York Observer. He says the last thing he would have thought he would've written about for his first full-length nonfiction book is dogs, but that's just what he did.
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There is a tendency to catalog events by single years. 1776 has its own place in American history, the revolution that led to independence. It's the road to independence that Kevin Phillips examines in his new book.
On today's edition of Ozarks at Large, we close 2012 by continuing the tradition of looking back at some of the better albums from the year. Here are the lists of the favorite CDs of 2012 as selected by Kevin Kinder from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers and Kyle Kellams from Ozarks at Large:
- Kyle's list:
- Dr. John -- Locked Down
- Bruce Springsteen -- Wrecking Ball
- Bobby Broom -- Upper West Side Story
***and*** Carter Sampson -- Mockingbird Sing (late 2011 release) - Mumford and Sons -- Babel
- Iris Dement -- Sing the Delta
- Cat Power -- Sun
- Jack White -- Blunderbuss
- Kendrick Lamar -- Good Kid: M.A.A.D. City
- Of Men and Monsters -- My Head is an Animal
- The Lumineers -- The Lumineers
- Kevin’s List
- Shearwater -- Animal Joy
- The Cloud Nothings -- Attack on Memory
- Avett Borthers -- The Carpenter
- Alabama Shakes -- Boys and Girls
- The Mynabirds -- Generals
- Jack White -- Blunderbuss
- The Lumineers -- The Lumineers
- Passion Pit -- Gossamer
- The Japandroids -- Celebration Rock
- Tame Impala -- Lonerism
On this edition of weekend Ozarks, we take a look at some of our favorite musical performances from the past year. Those performances include Dan Knight at the Mary Baker Rumsey Steinway piano, J. Wagner inside Studio 123, Effron White from the Anthony and Susan Hui news studio, Five Forty Express caroling in the KUAF lobby, Yaniv Taubenhaus and Rotem Sivan reunited in the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio, the David Grisman Folk Jazz Trio swinging from the Fayetteville Public Library, La Vera Costanza playing some early music, Pat Hall, Ezra Idlet and John Stires give Kyle a singing lesson and KUAF's Katy Henriksen and Sofie Kidd perform "The River" by Joni Mitchell.On today's Ozarks at Large we begin a week of programs looking back at some of our favorite stories of 2012. Included on today's show: restoring Wonderland Cave, Martin Short, music from Time For Three, a trip to a restored prairie, the value of music therapy and some forgotten Fort Smith history.Last month, the relatively new University of Arkansas Ballroom and Latin dance club took to the floors of the Ohio Star Ball, the largest ballroom dancing competition in the nation. Christina Thomas attended one of the clubs meetings. She spoke with members of the team, including one who won best newcomer international in waltz and tango.
Local musician/songwriter Tony Presley's musical project is called Real Live Tigers. For Presley, who self-releases and self-books tours, music a labor of love. He's got a show coming up at Nightbird Books on Dickson Street in Fayetteville Saturday night before embarking on a Southeast tour. He stopped by the Firmin-Garner Performance studio recently to play us a few songs and discuss why he plays music with "Ozarks at Large's" Katy Henriksen.
Web exclusive: A Couple More Tunes From Tony Presley
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, with less than a week until Christmas, we get into the holiday spirit as the a capella quartet 540 Express stops by for a performance. And, if you're still looking for a Christmas present, perhaps you would be interested in a new children's edition of Pinocchio.
Geoffrey Brock, a professor of creative writing and translation at the University of Arkansas, recently translated Pinocchio for the New York Review of Books. The translation, out since 2009 in an adult edition, has recently been issued as a lavishly illustrated large format children's edition. Ozarks at Large's Katy Henriksen talks with Brock about the new edition and his translation.Last month, the relatively new University of Arkansas Ballroom and Latin dance club took to the floors of the Ohio Star Ball, the largest ballroom dancing competition in the nation. Christina Thomas attended one of the clubs meetings. She spoke with members of the team, including one who won best newcomer international in waltz and tango.
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Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, Roby Brock talks with Speaker of the House Davy Carter about the issue of same-sex marriage. Also, we learn more about the weather phenomenon known as a land spout.
Just in time for Halloween, youth theater company Arts Live presents A Zombie High School Homecoming. It is the company's first original production to be written by one of the students and begins Halloween evening and runs through Sunday November 3.
Sanford Levinson recently spoke on the University of Arkansas campus and during his visit came to KUAF.
"Curly Headed Baby" by Doc Watson
The Arkansas Legislature came to a consensus in Little Rock about how to prevent insurance rates from rising drastically for some Arkansas public school employees. The state health department sets up mass flu clinics in every county across the state. And following the federal government's reopening, new jobless numbers for August are reported.
"Electric Feel" by MGMT
Deborah Rogers, a former Wall Street financial consultant, is founder and executive director of Energy Policy Forum. She spent several days in Fayetteville, speaking to civic and interest groups. Her trip was sponsored in part by the Washington County League of Women Voters and Sierra Club.
Roby Brock, from our content partner Talk Business Arkansas gives us the details on the national stories, trucking and banking news in the Natural State, and other business and political headlines from the past seven days.
