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ArchivesAn Introduction to MeikoBy Virginia Prescott on Thursday, February 28, 2008.In Word of Mouth’s ongoing quest to find new music, we stumbled upon West Coast artist Meiko. But it’s not like we had to dig very deep to find her. She’s already been featured on Grey’s Anatomy and KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic -- two important stops on the path to stardom. Word of Mouth host Virginia Prescott talks with new-music fanatic Bill Slammon about Meiko’s young career.
Click here for Meiko's official website Click here to check out Meiko's MySpace page Click here to listen to Meiko on Morning Becomes Eclectic Click here to find out more about Bill Slammon's new music show on WVEW listen:
  The House Energy Bill and New HampshireBy Matt Laslo on Thursday, February 28, 2008.The US House of Representatives has passed an energy bill that shifts tax breaks from oil companies to alternative energy production. The legislation has passed that chamber before but was blocked in the Senate. NHPR Correspondent Matt Laslo reports from Washington on how New Hampshire's delegation feels about the bill. listen:
The Robots are BackBy Ellen Grimm on Thursday, February 28, 2008.The robots are back. Teams of high school students from all over New England are in Manchester this weekend competing to be the regional robotics champions. NHPR Correspondent Ellen Grimm has the story. listen:
Reinventing the Almanac: Schott's Miscellany 2008By Virginia Prescott on Thursday, February 28, 2008.
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Opera: Coming to a Theater Near YouBy Virginia Prescott on Thursday, February 28, 2008.The word opera means "work" in Italian, and the combination of singing, acting and dancing on stage is indeed a labor of love. But many Americans have never seen live opera. Attending the opera means you have to get there first, which isn't so easy for people living outside urban areas, and then paying for it, which at the Metropolitan Opera in New York means upwards of $300 a ticket - and that’s for a Saturday matinee. So when the Met began simulcasting operas to movie theaters - from cineplexes in Fargo to shopping malls in France - for about $18 a ticket, the floodgates were opened, and it was a hit.
Even with complaints about the smell of fake-buttered popcorn and the crumpling Sno-Cap wrappers while, say, Rodolfo cries out in agony over the lifeless body of his lover, Mimi, the Met simulcasts have been selling out in venues world-wide. And other cultural organizations are catching on. Marc Scorca is the president of Opera America, a group that represents the industry. Word of Mouth host Virginia Prescott speaks with Scorca about this new way of reaching audiences. See the schedule for the "Met Opera's Live in HD" series UPDATE: Met General Manager Peter Gelb is scheduled to talk at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government on March 3rd. Click here for details. listen:
The Power of ExpectationsBy Virginia Prescott on Thursday, February 28, 2008.When I go to the store and pick out a bottle of wine, I usually have to decide whether I want something cheap, or something that’s fancier but costs more. Well, new research shows that it’s a more complicated choice.
Visit Jonah Lehrer's blog, The Frontal Cortex Read Jonah's article from The Boston Globe Purchase "Proust Was a Neuroscientist" (Photo by Sonja Pieper) listen:
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Scientists at Stanford and Caltech asked research subjects to taste wines with a range of prices. Only, the wine was all the same. The subjects consistently reported that the more expensive wine tasted better, even though the wine was identical. Word of Mouth's Virginia Prescott spoke with science writer Jonah Lehrer, who wrote about this in The Boston Globe's Ideas section. Jonah?s the editor-at-large for Seed Magazine and the author of "Proust Was a Neuroscientist."