NPR People: Neda Ulaby http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=3850482&ft=1&f=3850482 Neda Ulaby reports on arts and culture for NPR. Her work includes profiling authors, musicians, and others who inform the world through creative expression, and covering the complicated relationships between art, artists, and society. Copyright 2009 NPR - For Personal Use Only NPR API RSS Generator 0.93 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:03:00 -0500 http://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/thumbnail/npr_generic_image_75.jpg Neda Ulaby http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=3850482&ft=1&f=3850482 yes Black Radio Fights Performance Royalties New legislation in Congress could drastically change music-industry economics. Musicians in the U.S. are not paid when their songs are played on the radio unless they wrote the songs, too. Only songwriters get radio royalties. Broadcasters are not happy. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:03:00 -0500 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120769839&ft=1&f=3850482 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120769839&ft=1&f=3850482 New legislation in Congress could drastically change music-industry economics. Musicians in the U.S. are not paid when their songs are played on the radio unless they wrote the songs, too. Only songwriters get radio royalties. Broadcasters are not happy. 284 no New legislation in Congress could drastically change music-industry economics. Musicians in the U.S. are not paid when their songs are played on the radio unless they wrote the songs, too. Only songwriters get radio royalties. Broadcasters are not happy.

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]]> 'DJ Hero' Lets You Rock The Club ... From Your Couch If you've ever dreamed of spinning records in front of a screaming crowd, here's your virtual chance. The new music video game <em>DJ Hero</em> lets gamers scratch and mix on a fake turntable while a funky DJ avatar struts and cuts onscreen. Mon, 26 Oct 2009 05:00:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=114052393&ft=1&f=3850482 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=114052393&ft=1&f=3850482 If you've ever dreamed of spinning records in front of a screaming crowd, here's your virtual chance. The new music video game <em>DJ Hero</em> lets gamers scratch and mix on a fake turntable while a funky DJ avatar struts and cuts onscreen. 217 no If you've ever dreamed of spinning records in front of a screaming crowd, here's your virtual chance. The new music video game DJ Hero lets gamers scratch and mix on a fake turntable while a funky DJ avatar struts and cuts onscreen.

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]]> TV Theme Songwriter Vic Mizzy Dies Mizzy, who made an incalculable contribution to 1960s popular culture, died Saturday at 93. His work, which included the theme songs for <em>Green Acres</em> and <em>The Addams Family</em>, was upbeat and jazzy; it still influences TV theme songs today. Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:48:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113974037&ft=1&f=3850482 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113974037&ft=1&f=3850482 Mizzy, who made an incalculable contribution to 1960s popular culture, died Saturday at 93. His work, which included the theme songs for <em>Green Acres</em> and <em>The Addams Family</em>, was upbeat and jazzy; it still influences TV theme songs today. 146 no Mizzy, who made an incalculable contribution to 1960s popular culture, died Saturday at 93. His work, which included the theme songs for Green Acres and The Addams Family, was upbeat and jazzy; it still influences TV theme songs today.

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]]> Rough 'N' Ready Screen Scares Prove Potent Again A microbudget "hand-made horror" flick called <em>Paranormal Activity</em> has been cleaning up at the box office over the past three weeks, boosted by an online-marketing campaign that has raised its ticket take to more than $30 million. Neda Ulaby says it's just the latest in a series of claustrophobic fright flicks that prove a stripped-down style can make a movie that much scarier for audiences. Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:00:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113945392&ft=1&f=3850482 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113945392&ft=1&f=3850482 A microbudget "hand-made horror" flick called <em>Paranormal Activity</em> has been cleaning up at the box office over the past three weeks, boosted by an online-marketing campaign that has raised its ticket take to more than $30 million. Neda Ulaby says it's just the latest in a series of claustrophobic fright flicks that prove a stripped-down style can make a movie that much scarier for audiences. 219 no A microbudget "hand-made horror" flick called Paranormal Activity has been cleaning up at the box office over the past three weeks, boosted by an online-marketing campaign that has raised its ticket take to more than $30 million. Neda Ulaby says it's just the latest in a series of claustrophobic fright flicks that prove a stripped-down style can make a movie that much scarier for audiences.

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]]> Reality TV's Thoroughly 'Modern' Mistakes Judges on shows like <em>Project Runway</em> use the word "modern" frequently &mdash; and lazily. In the world of art and design, "modern" means Kandinsky or Picasso, Schoenberg or Stravinsky &mdash; an approach and an aesthetic that signifies something that's more than merely "contemporary." Hearing "modern" tossed around on reality design shows makes modernism experts cringe. Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:25:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113795227&ft=1&f=3850482 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113795227&ft=1&f=3850482 Judges on shows like <em>Project Runway</em> use the word "modern" frequently &mdash; and lazily. In the world of art and design, "modern" means Kandinsky or Picasso, Schoenberg or Stravinsky &mdash; an approach and an aesthetic that signifies something that's more than merely "contemporary." Hearing "modern" tossed around on reality design shows makes modernism experts cringe. 198 no Judges on shows like Project Runway use the word "modern" frequently — and lazily. In the world of art and design, "modern" means Kandinsky or Picasso, Schoenberg or Stravinsky — an approach and an aesthetic that signifies something that's more than merely "contemporary." Hearing "modern" tossed around on reality design shows makes modernism experts cringe.

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]]> Nobel Literature Prize Awarded To Herta Mueller Herta Mueller, a member of Romania's ethnic German minority who was persecuted for her critical depictions of life behind the Iron Curtain, began writing as a young intellectual under the regime of dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:18:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113624786&ft=1&f=3850482 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113624786&ft=1&f=3850482 Herta Mueller, a member of Romania's ethnic German minority who was persecuted for her critical depictions of life behind the Iron Curtain, began writing as a young intellectual under the regime of dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. 0 no Herta Mueller, a member of Romania's ethnic German minority who was persecuted for her critical depictions of life behind the Iron Curtain, began writing as a young intellectual under the regime of dictator Nicolae Ceausescu.

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]]> Brother Ali: An Honest Act Of Worship If you must see one rapper this year who happens to be Muslim, albino and legally blind, it should be Brother Ali. Inspired by the music of Rakim and other old school rappers, Ali sought out the Quran and converted to Islam. Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:53:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113504052&ft=1&f=3850482 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113504052&ft=1&f=3850482 If you must see one rapper this year who happens to be Muslim, albino and legally blind, it should be Brother Ali. Inspired by the music of Rakim and other old school rappers, Ali sought out the Quran and converted to Islam. 444 no If you must see one rapper this year who happens to be Muslim, albino and legally blind, it should be Brother Ali. Inspired by the music of Rakim and other old school rappers, Ali sought out the Quran and converted to Islam.

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]]> Oprah, Tyler Perry And A Painful, 'Precious' Life The queen of all media and the king of the "urban-audience" comedy have lined up to make sure you'll want to see Lee Daniels' wrenching drama, the story of a hideously abused teenager and the people who help her find a way out of her nightmare. It's already one of fall's most talked-about films. Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113213188&ft=1&f=3850482 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113213188&ft=1&f=3850482 The queen of all media and the king of the "urban-audience" comedy have lined up to make sure you'll want to see Lee Daniels' wrenching drama, the story of a hideously abused teenager and the people who help her find a way out of her nightmare. It's already one of fall's most talked-about films. 439 no The queen of all media and the king of the "urban-audience" comedy have lined up to make sure you'll want to see Lee Daniels' wrenching drama, the story of a hideously abused teenager and the people who help her find a way out of her nightmare. It's already one of fall's most talked-about films.

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]]> FCC Chairman Backs 'Open Internet' Rules In a speech Monday to the Brookings Institution, Julius Genachowski, the head of the Federal Communications Commission, proposed that the FCC officially adopt six rules to enforce open access to the Internet with no content providers favored over others and no legal content blocked. Consumer groups welcomed the plan, but major U.S. Providers were cool to the proposal. Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:18:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113039282&ft=1&f=3850482 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113039282&ft=1&f=3850482 In a speech Monday to the Brookings Institution, Julius Genachowski, the head of the Federal Communications Commission, proposed that the FCC officially adopt six rules to enforce open access to the Internet with no content providers favored over others and no legal content blocked. Consumer groups welcomed the plan, but major U.S. Providers were cool to the proposal. 136 no In a speech Monday to the Brookings Institution, Julius Genachowski, the head of the Federal Communications Commission, proposed that the FCC officially adopt six rules to enforce open access to the Internet with no content providers favored over others and no legal content blocked. Consumer groups welcomed the plan, but major U.S. Providers were cool to the proposal.

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]]> Pearl Jam, Playing A Business Deal By Ear <em>Backspacer</em> is Pearl Jam's first studio album since the musicians became free agents, finally fulfilling a seven-album contract with Sony. That process took 15 years. The band is now on its own, striking distribution deals with major corporations, a turnaround for the once very anti-corporate band. Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:09:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112962358&ft=1&f=3850482 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112962358&ft=1&f=3850482 <em>Backspacer</em> is Pearl Jam's first studio album since the musicians became free agents, finally fulfilling a seven-album contract with Sony. That process took 15 years. The band is now on its own, striking distribution deals with major corporations, a turnaround for the once very anti-corporate band. 283 no Backspacer is Pearl Jam's first studio album since the musicians became free agents, finally fulfilling a seven-album contract with Sony. That process took 15 years. The band is now on its own, striking distribution deals with major corporations, a turnaround for the once very anti-corporate band.

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]]> Economic Woes Force Arts Groups To Scale Back The beginning of fall usually marks an exciting time for art lovers, as organizations announce their new seasons of music, dance and theater. But this year, many of those patrons have canceled their subscriptions &mdash; forcing arts organizations to trim their offerings. Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:50:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112917435&ft=1&f=3850482 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112917435&ft=1&f=3850482 The beginning of fall usually marks an exciting time for art lovers, as organizations announce their new seasons of music, dance and theater. But this year, many of those patrons have canceled their subscriptions &mdash; forcing arts organizations to trim their offerings. 223 no The beginning of fall usually marks an exciting time for art lovers, as organizations announce their new seasons of music, dance and theater. But this year, many of those patrons have canceled their subscriptions — forcing arts organizations to trim their offerings.

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]]> Rethinking 'Retarded': Should It Leave The Lexicon? People are starting to think twice about using the word "retarded" as a casual put-down. The word is no longer used in medical and social service circles, and activists are campaigning against television shows and movies that use the so-called r-word offensively. Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:00:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112479383&ft=1&f=3850482 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112479383&ft=1&f=3850482 People are starting to think twice about using the word "retarded" as a casual put-down. The word is no longer used in medical and social service circles, and activists are campaigning against television shows and movies that use the so-called r-word offensively. 320 no People are starting to think twice about using the word "retarded" as a casual put-down. The word is no longer used in medical and social service circles, and activists are campaigning against television shows and movies that use the so-called r-word offensively.

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]]> 'Street Yoga' Helps Homeless Kids Find Balance Yoga isn't just for yuppies anymore. The instructors of a Portland-based organization say yoga can benefit homeless children both physically and mentally &mdash; from staying warm, to setting goals, to controlling anger. Sun, 30 Aug 2009 05:00:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112293295&ft=1&f=3850482 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112293295&ft=1&f=3850482 Yoga isn't just for yuppies anymore. The instructors of a Portland-based organization say yoga can benefit homeless children both physically and mentally &mdash; from staying warm, to setting goals, to controlling anger. 271 no Yoga isn't just for yuppies anymore. The instructors of a Portland-based organization say yoga can benefit homeless children both physically and mentally — from staying warm, to setting goals, to controlling anger.

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]]> Legendary '60s Songwriter Ellie Greenwich Dies Together with then-husband Jeff Barry, Greenwich wrote some of the biggest hits of the 1960s. "Be My Baby," "Then He Kissed Me" and "Da Do Ron Ron" were among their chart-toppers. Greenwich, who died Wednesday, worked with record producer Phil Spector and is credited with discovering Neil Diamond. Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:16:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112264404&ft=1&f=3850482 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112264404&ft=1&f=3850482 Together with then-husband Jeff Barry, Greenwich wrote some of the biggest hits of the 1960s. "Be My Baby," "Then He Kissed Me" and "Da Do Ron Ron" were among their chart-toppers. Greenwich, who died Wednesday, worked with record producer Phil Spector and is credited with discovering Neil Diamond. 232 no Together with then-husband Jeff Barry, Greenwich wrote some of the biggest hits of the 1960s. "Be My Baby," "Then He Kissed Me" and "Da Do Ron Ron" were among their chart-toppers. Greenwich, who died Wednesday, worked with record producer Phil Spector and is credited with discovering Neil Diamond.

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