July 27, 2009
I checked my Monitor Mix email this morning, only to find more than 10 entries thus far for the theme song contest. Thank you! This might be the only good thing to happen on a day in which the temperature is going to reach well over 100 degrees.
One of the entries:
And don't forget, the deadline is Aug. 3. Send your submissions to: monitormix@npr.org.
Spektor is an oddball sentimentalist whose words summon universal feelings of love, hope and desire.
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