Saturday, February 4th, 2012
Chion Wolf
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Feb 3, 2012The sudden news that the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation has apologized and essentially reversed itself on the issue of defunding Planed Parenthood is yet another example of the incredible power of the internet.
Yes, in the old days, an issue like this could simmer on the stove of the... read more
From left: J. Elvis Weinstein, Frank Conniff and Joel Hodgson with Colin McEnroe
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Feb 2, 2012Today we have what I think of as the Terry Gross Problem.
I'm always impressed by the way Terry Gross just leads with her own pop culture tastes and doesn't seem to worry too much about whether her audience is on the same page. She'll do a whole show interviewing people from the show "Justifi... read more
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Feb 1, 2012Even if you think you have absolutely no relationship to Christian metal, you might have to think again, especially if you were a faithful watcher... read more
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Feb 1, 2012How big is online dating? In one recent month, the major dating sites had more than 593 million visits in the United States according to an interne... read more
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Jan 31, 2012Welcome to Chion Wolf's song page! (You'll also find essays and other goodies here.)
Thanks for listening back or catching up with Wolfie's tun... read more
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Jan 30, 2012Here's a quote: "A clown is funny in the circus ring. But what would be the normal reaction to opening a door at midnight, and finding the same clo... read more
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Jan 27, 2012I was appalled by the now famous taco comment by East Haven mayor Joe Maturo. The mayor had two jobs to do when the story broke last Tuesday about... read more
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Jan 26, 2012OK, how many of you have at least thought or daydreamed about putting on a costume and fighting crime. Childhood doesn't count.
As a kid I had... read more
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Jan 25, 2012Sitting in a movie theater, watching previews of coming attractions, I was surprised to see scenes from a movie in which a pack of wolves is method... read more
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Jan 25, 2012My e-mail inbox is full of pitches for memoirs.
Here's one by Deirdre Marie Capone called, "Uncle Al." The press release refers to Al Capone as... read more
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Jan 24, 2012The lead story in today's New York Times is the second donation, by one married couple, to a Super PAC supporting Newt Gingrich. Miriam Adelson gav... read more
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Jan 20, 2012Newt Gingrich, Frencesco Schettino and singer Lana Del Rey. They've all had bad weeks and probably none of them wants to be lumped in with the othe... read more
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Jan 19, 2012It's hard to keep an even keel about the debate over the two Internet anti-piracy laws known as SOPA and PIPA.
Yesterday's spectacle, if it rev... read more
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Jan 18, 2012It seems oddly fitting that today we're doing a show about performers and writers who, rather than seek the approval of publishers and entertainmen... read more
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Jan 17, 2012We tell ourselves that Connecticut weathered huge storms last year, and that's both true and not true. Irene, for example, never struck Connecticut... read more
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Jan 13, 2012You might have missed it, but this week saw an interesting discussion of the very nature of journalism. It was triggered by the New York Times Publ... read more
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Jan 12, 2012Let me tell you about the last six days of my life. I've seen, in theaters, "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy," "Martha Marcy May Marlene," "The Girl with... read more
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Jan 11, 2012Last night I had a terrible dream about a show in which this thing you're reading now -- we call it the billboard -- didn't get done the right way,... read more
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Jan 11, 2012The word "meme" is a great example of a meme and of a word that was very quickly and totally absorbed into the language.
Thinker Richard Dawkin... read more
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Jan 10, 2012If you're anything like me, your knowledge of neutrinos goes something like this:
They are extremely small. Smaller than other really small... read more
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MONDAY: The Super Bowl is over. You still don't know what GoDaddy is. But you watched a lot of commercials. Seinfeld for Acura was funny. But do you want an Acura more than you did? Our ad guys, Steve Wolfberg and Chris Knopf, talk about what these companies got for $3.5 million per 30 seconds....
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