If everyone else can do it, why can't I?
9-10pm: music from China- or, how to distill the music of 1.3 billion people into one hour
10-11pm: all great things come from Baltimore- music in celebration of Michael Phelps
Some preparatory reading material:
Has China taken its Olympics crackdown too far? How it's affecting music: http://notablenoise.wordpress.com/2008/08/17/hanggai-sa-dingding-new-chinese-pop-feature-review-orlando-weekly/
The quest of an American post-punk drummer to open up the door to Chinese music:
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=136293305
How pop music works:
http://www.mouse-loves-rice.com/
A bit of the traditional: What was that instrument featured during the Opening Ceremonies?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guqin
97.5FM, RadioCPR from Washington DC
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