October 20, 2006
Metheny + Mehldau
It used to be common for jazz superstars to team up on albums, like Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong or Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane. Today there are very few jazz musicians who have become household names, so the new collaboration between Gen X pianist Brad Mehldau and legendary guitarist Pat Metheny is making waves. Metheny and Mehldau talk with Kurt Andersen about why they speak each other's language - and why Mehldau hates being compared with the late Bill Evans.
American Standard
Bathroom scenes, no matter how funny, can always seem just a tad too intimate. But a new film currently in production called American Standard takes place entirely in real bathrooms, public and private. Andrew Adam Newman recently observed a day of filming, and promised to wash his hands before returning to work
Famous Writers School
Steven Carter's new novel Famous Writers School begins innocently enough: a professor places an ad in the back of a literary magazine for a correspondence course in fiction writing. After a motley collection of characters sign up for the class a bizarre mystery unfolds.
Aha Moment: Andy Goldsworthy
His work isn't made to last -- some of it will start falling apart when the tide comes in, or the sun rises - but the artist Andy Goldsworthy has passionate admirers who find incredible depth in his work. Studio 360's Ave Carrillo, and her mother Dixi, were inspired by Goldsworthy when they wanted to honor the memory of Ave's father, Mario.
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