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Legacy Media vs. Digital Media: News From and About Both..told thru narration, music and soundbites
From: Paul Fischer
Series: What's the Frequency, Kenneth? a newsical series
Length: 55:47
This is a stand alone episode of the "newsical"series, "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" heard weekly on a number of public radio stations around the country
Also in the What's the Frequency, Kenneth? a newsical series series
Congress, The White House and The IRS Investigation (told through narration, music and soundbites)
(57:32)
From: Paul Fischer
Two former heads of the IRS take the route of least disclosure in testifying before a Senate panel...At another Senate hearing, Treasury Secretary Lew takes exception to ...
Student Loan Debts and Other Disasters ( IRS, AP, etc)
(56:46)
From: Paul Fischer
With the White House under fire on 3 fronts...Benghazi, IRS abuses and the Dept. of Justice obtaining phone records from and to the Associated Press in a secret investigation ...
Here's Your Hat. What's Your Hurry. ( It's official: C-Span starts coverage of Campaign 2016...an...
(58:40)
From: Paul Fischer
From The Beltway... to Chris Christie's beltsize... to Biden..to still more hearings on Benghazi... to the budget...to gloating over blocking background checks.. to questions ...
Up In The Air
(56:09)
From: Paul Fischer
"Flight" is a common theme in recent major news events...from fixing the air traffic controllers' sequester...to Rand Paul's latest comments on drones...to a bunch of ...
NEWSQUIZ! ( questions and answers told through narration, music and soundbiites)
(58:16)
From: Paul Fischer
This episode tests our knowledge of prospects for immigration overhaul after Boston, what happened to gun safety legislation, whether Republicans have heeded internal calls ...
Boston Marathon Bomb Attack ( Updated Sat. April 20 Version)
(58:31)
From: Paul Fischer
A review of the terror attack.. and subsequent events including Thurs. overnight police firefight with suspects, Boston lockdown Friday, suspect in custody Friday night and ...
What's New(s)? (Told Through Narration, Music and Soundbites)
(57:04)
From: Paul Fischer
Guns. 14 filibustering Senators. Stress cracks in GOP ranks. Budgets. North Korea... Hillary's speech on women's rights.... the death of Britain's first woman Prime ...
Bank Scandals Update (Told Through Narration, Music and Soundbites)
(57:47)
From: Paul Fischer
Congress reported its findings on the "London Whale" scandal....a trader who racked up more than 6 billion dollars in losses for federally insured JP Morgan Chase bank . So ...
"Trespasses With Press Passes ( And Crossing Red Lines)"...told through narration, music and soun...
(55:51)
From: Paul Fischer
Been awhile since I've devoted a full episode to media coverage of current events...so this week....a look at media coverage of ....among other things...President Obama's ...
After CPAC/After SXSW
(57:41)
From: Paul Fischer
A review of the star speakers at the CPAC ( Conservative Action Political Conference)...told through narration,music and soundbites. Let's just say there's more "indie cred" ...
Related Pieces
Piece Description
This is a stand alone episode of the "newsical"series, "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" heard weekly on a number of public radio stations around the country
Musical Works
| Title | Artist | Album | Label | Year | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TVC 15 (digital remaster) | David Bowie | Best of Bowie. | Virgin | 2003 | 05:31 |
| Somethig More Beautiful | Beth Orton | Sugaring Season. | ANTI- | 2012 | 03:31 |
| Only In My Dreams | Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti | Mature Themes. | 4 AD | 2012 | 03:10 |
| Old Friend | Sea Wolf | Old World Romance. | DangerBird | 2012 | 03:30 |
| Magic and Loss | Lou Reed | Magic and Loss. | Sire | 1992 | 06:36 |
| 1000 BPM | Beck | The Information. | Interscope | 2006 | 02:29 |
| Magnetic | Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross | The Social Network (Soundtrack Album). | The Null Corp. | 2010 | 02:18 |
| Who Are The Brain Police? | Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention | Freak Out. | Bizarre | 1966 | 03:34 |
| Plastic People | Kraak and Smaak | Plastic People. | Ultra | 2008 | 05:33 |
| 19th Nervous Breakdown (Digital Remaster) | The Rolling Stones | Big Hits. | ABKCO | 2005 | 03:59 |
| Settle Down | No Doubt | Push and Shove. | Interscope | 2012 | 06:07 |
| I Wanna Go Away | The Very Best | MTMMK. | Cooperative Music | 2012 | 02:58 |
| That's What's Up | Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeroes | Here . | Vagrant | 2012 | 03:52 |
| Travelin' On | Norah Jones | Little Broken Hearts. | EMI | 2012 | 03:06 |
| Higgs-Boson Particle Collisions Converted To Music | Pan European Geant Network | Data from Large European Hadron Collider. | Geant | 2012 | 01:20 |
Additional Credits
This program contains actualities of Obama,Romney and Jan Crawford Q and A, Chris Hayes and Bain exec Ed Conard Q and A, Sen Maj.Leader,Harry Reid, D-Nev, Lara Spencer and Katie Couric Q and A, Bob Schieffer on being in a Romney ad during his own news program Face The Nation..without his knowledge or consent...from C-Span, media and political websites for illustrative, analysis and commentary purposes
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