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Listen To New Music Inspired By Karate’s Olympic Debut

Listen To New Music Inspired By Karate’s Olympic Debut

 KATA: Cimatica Remota from Gene Coleman on Vimeo. Story by Neda Ulaby, NPR Composer Gene Coleman, a Guggenheim-winning luminary in the worlds of experimental film and avant-garde music, is more the type to show up for a residency at a prestigious music festival rather than at the Olympics. “I’m not a big sports person,” he confesses. But Coleman grew up…

The First 100 Videos Played On MTV

The First 100 Videos Played On MTV

By Raina Douris, Host, World Cafe “Ladies and gentlemen, rock ‘n’ roll.” Those were the words spoken by Warner Cable executive John Lack on Aug. 1, 1981, at 12:01 am when MTV — Music Television — went on air for the very first time. It was accompanied by the image of an astronaut, modeled after…