Director's Cuts

Ned Wharton and Liane Hansen. Credit: npr.org

As music director of Weekend Edition Sunday, Ned Wharton supervises music continuity for the show, keeps tabs on what's new and noteworthy in the music world and produces many of the artist features heard on our program.

August 31, 2003

Take a listen to two projects from a guy named E (a.k.a. Mark Oliver Everett):

'Shootenanny!'

The Eels: 'Shootenanny!'
The fifth release from E's group is Shootenanny! on DreamWorks. It's quirky, creatively produced pop featuring sometimes dark lyrics.

Listen to an audio clip of "Saturday."

MC Honky's 'I Am the Messiah'

MC Honky
E's funky and funny alter-ego, MC Honky, mixes Shakespeare sonnets and self-help spoken word from found vinyl to create a swingin' CD called I Am the Messiah on spinART records.

Listen to an audio clip of "Baby Elephant Rock-a-Bye."

Listen to an audio clip of "A Good Day to Be You ."

Listen to an audio clip of "3 Turntables & 2 Microphones ."

Other Resources

Visit The Eels' Web site.

Visit the Dreamworks Records Web site.

Visit MC Honky's Web site.

Visit the spinArt records Web site.

Sample the animated MC Honky video "Sonnet No. 3 (Like a Duck) at MTV's Web site.

The CDs mentioned in Director's Cuts are available for purchase online.

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