Fresh Air on KCCU-HD2

Fresh Air Weekend: Dexter Filkins, Joe Turner, Tom Wolfe

Credit Jim Cooper / AP

Author and journalist Tom Wolfe's books include The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, The Bonfire of the Vanities and I Am Charlotte Simmons, among others. His latest novel is Back to Blood.

By editor

Originally published on Sat October 27, 2012 11:04 am

Listen

Fresh Air Weekend highlights some of the best interviews and reviews from past weeks, and new program elements specially paced for weekends. Our weekend show emphasizes interviews with writers, filmmakers, actors, and musicians, and often includes excerpts from live in-studio concerts. This week:

2:04 pm

Fri October 26, 2012

John Cage At 100: Remembering A Revolutionary Composer

Credit Erich Auerbach / Getty Images

Composer John Cage was born in 1912 and died in 1992. He's show above in May 1972.

By editor

Listen

Transcript

DAVID BIANCULLI, HOST:

This fall, arts organizations around the world are celebrating what would have been the 100th birthday of composer John Cage, who was born on September 5th, 1912.

1:33 pm

Fri October 26, 2012

'Cloud Atlas': You're Better Off Reading The Book

Next image Previous image

Credit Jay Maidment / Warner Bros.

Zachry and Meronym are only two of the combined 12 characters Tom Hanks and Halle Berry play in Cloud Atlas. It is a challenge that bests both actors, according to David Edelstein.

Credit Reiner Bajo / Warner Bros.

Jim Broadbent and Ben Wishaw, seen here as Ayrs and Frobisher, also play five roles each. Both put forth stellar performances.

By David Edelstein

Originally published on Fri October 26, 2012 1:43 pm

Listen

First I need to talk about the book, because it's not as if Cloud Atlas the movie came from nowhere — and if you think it's only the movie you want to know about, I think you need a context for what's onscreen.

Author David Mitchell writes exquisite pastiches, and Cloud Atlas is in the form of six distinct and enthralling novellas set in six different eras with six different literary styles.

1:12 pm

Fri October 26, 2012

George Cables: A Heartfelt Tribute To His 'Muse'

Credit Courtesy of the artist

Saxophonist Art Pepper called George Cables his favorite pianist.

By Kevin Whitehead

Originally published on Fri October 26, 2012 1:43 pm

Listen

In the 1970s and '80s, George Cables was the pianist of choice for saxophonists Dexter Gordon and Art Pepper; Pepper called him his favorite pianist.

12:22 pm

Fri October 26, 2012

'Moogfest' Celebrates The Synthesis Of New Sounds

Credit Courtesy of the Bob Moog Foundation

Bob Moog, namesake of the annual Moogfest music festival in Asheville, N.C.

By editor

Originally published on Thu November 8, 2012 8:53 pm

Listen

This interview was originally broadcast on Feb. 28, 2000.

Follow NPR's All Songs Considered (@allsongs) this weekend for reports and photos from the 2012 Moogfest. Check NPR Music next week for concert recordings from the festival and explore our 2011 archive here.

Pages

Weekdays at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.

Terry Gross

Opening the window on contemporary arts and issues with guests from worlds as diverse as literature and economics.

Genre:

News/Talk

Composer ID:

51828940e1c875d5524eae18|518288ffe1c8782104877dcb

Now Playing

Fresh Air on KCCU-HD2

Pages

Fresh Air Weekend

8:03 am

Sat October 27, 2012