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Program 08-01-27-B

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Music writer Carl Wilson describes Celine Dion's music as "bland monotony raised to a pitch of obnoxious bombast." So why would he write a book about Dion's 1999 hit album, "Let's Talk About Love"? In this hour of To the Best of Our Knowledge, Wilson shares his story of trying to get in touch with his inner Celine Dion fan. And what the experience taught him about musical taste. Also, we'll explore the music of the Viking of 6th Avenue...Moondog.

SEGMENT 1:

Carl Wilson is a writer and editor at Canada's national newspaper "The Globe and Mail," and the author of "Let's Talk about Love: A Journey to the End of Taste." The book examines the phenomenon of Celine Dion, the best-selling female recording artist in the world. Wilson tells Anne Strainchamps why he thinks Celine Dion is so popular, what he admires about her, and why, in the end, he is not one of her fans. "Let's Talk about Love" is the Celine Dion 1997 album containing her hit from "Titanic." Also, Doug Gordon talks with Terre Roche about The Roches - Terre and her two sisters – and their new album. And we hear lots of music!

SEGMENT 2:

Jeff Price is the founder and CEO of TuneCore, a digital music distribution service. He explains to Steve Paulson that under his scheme, artists pay a one time flat fee to use his service and then all sales revenue belongs to them and they retain all rights to their music. Price says new technologies have made record labels obsolete.

SEGMENT 3:

Robert Scotto is the author of "Moondog: The Viking of Sixth Avenue." It's a biography of Thomas Louis Hardin, an internationally known and respected composer known for decades to New Yorkers as an eccentric street performer who dressed as a Viking and called himself "Moondog." Scotto tells Jim Fleming when Hardin became Moondog, and how well he was received abroad. And we hear some of Moondog's music.

CD copies are available at 1-800-747-7444. Ask for program number 08-01-27-B.

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Books:

Robert Scotto, preface by Philip Glass, Moondog, the Viking of 6th Avenue: The Authorized Biography (Process)
Carl Wilson, Let's Talk About Love: A Journey to the End of Taste (33-1/3 Series/Continuum)

Websites:

• -- Carl Wilson/"Let's Talk About Love: A Journey to the End of Taste"
  http://tinyurl.com/2qo3ry
  http://www.continuumbooks.com/
  
• -- Carl Wilson's blog, "Zoilus"
  http://www.zoilus.com/
  
• -- Celine Dion's website
  http://www.celinedion.com/
  
• -- The Roches
  http://www.roches.com/
  http://www.myspace.com/theroches
  http://www.roches.com/terre/
  
• -- Ann Powers' blog
  http://eensyweensy.blogspot.com/
  
• -- TuneCore
  http://www.tunecore.com/
  
• -- Moondog
  http://processmediainc.com/titles/new_releases/moondog.php
  http://www.moondogscorner.de/
  
• -- Robert Scotto
  http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/wsas/departments/english/faculty/scotto.html
  

Music:

• -- Music used in Carl Wilson/Celine Dion mix:
  -- "The Reason"/Celine Dion
  from the CD, "Let's Talk About Love" (Sony Music Entertainment)
  -- "My Heart Will Go On (Love Theme from "Titanic")"/Celine Dion
  from the CD, "Let's Talk About Love" (Sony Music Entertainment)
  -- "Treat Her Like A Lady"/Celine Dion
  from the CD, "Let's Talk About Love" (Sony Music Entertainment)
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  -- "My Heart Will Go On"/Los Straitjackets
  from the CD, "The Velvet Touch of Los Straitjackets" (Yep Roc)
  http://www.straitjackets.com/
  http://www.yeproc.com/artist_info.php?artistId=44
  -- Music used in Terre Roche mix:
  -- "Us Little Kids"/The Roches
  from the CD, "Moonswept" (429 Records)
  http://www.429records.com/sites/429records/429details/d_roches_moonswept.asp
  -- "September 11th at the Shambhala Center"/The Roches
  from the CD, "Moonswept" (429 Records)
  http://www.429records.com/sites/429records/429details/d_roches_moonswept.asp
  -- "Only You Know How"/The Roches
  from the CD, "Moonswept" (429 Records)
  http://www.429records.com/sites/429records/429details/d_roches_moonswept.asp
  -- "We"/The Roches
  from the CD, "The Roches" (Warner Bros.)
  -- "One Season"/The Roches
  from the CD, "Nurds" (Warner Bros./WEA)
  -- "Hammond Song"/The Roches
  from the CD, "The Roches" (Warner Bros.)
  -- "Mr. Sellack"/The Roches
  from the CD, "The Roches" (Warner Bros.)
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  -- "Hey Little Brother"/Steve Ferguson & the Midwest Creole Ensemble
  from the CD, "Mama U-Seapa" (Schoolkids Records)
  http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,212049,00.html
  -- "The Robots"/Kraftwerk
  from the CD, "The Mix" (Elektra)
  http://www.kraftwerk.com/
  -- Music used in Robert Scotto/Moondog Mix:
  -- "Moondog's Theme"
  Performer/Composer: Moondog
  -- "Moondog Monologue"/Moondog
  Performer/Composer: Moondog
  -- "Viking 1"/Moondog
  Performer/Composer: Moondog
  -- "Bird's Lament"
  Performer/Composer: Moondog
  -- "5/4 Snakebite Rattle"/Moondog
  Performer: Stefan Lakatos
  Composer: Moondog
  -- "All Is Loneliness"
  Performers: Moondog, Steve Reich, Philip Glass, Jon Gibson
  Composer: Moondog
  -- "Trimbas and Woodblock in 5/2"
  Performer: Stefan Lakatos
  Composer: Moondog
  (All of these selections are from the companion CD to Robert Scotto's book,
  "Moondog: The Viking of 6th Avenue" (Process Media)
  http://processmediainc.com/titles/new_releases/moondog.php
  -- "Theme"/also known as "Theme and Variations"/Moondog
  from the CD, "Moondog 1 & 2" (Beat Goes On)
  http://www.moondogscorner.de/
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  -- "Canon in C Sharp Minor, Book II"
  Performer: Paul Jordan
  Composer: Moondog
  from the companion CD to Robert Scotto's book, "Moondog: The Viking of
  6th Avenue" (Process Media)
  http://processmediainc.com/titles/new_releases/moondog.php
  

Distribution dates: week of 12/21/2008 - hour 2 week of 01/27/2008 - hour 2 Click HERE for timings and cues

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