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Wednesdays Become Eclectic
7:03 am
Wed August 29, 2012

KCRW Presents: Beachwood Sparks

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Beachwood Sparks performs live on KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic.
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Originally published on Wed August 29, 2012 7:22 am

The L.A. band Beachwood Sparks took a decade-long hiatus before releasing a fantastic new album, Tarnished Gold, earlier this year. A standout on a set of easygoing alt-country, the title track is sure to appeal to fans of The Grateful Dead and especially cosmic-country hero Gram Parsons.

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Kitchen Window
6:43 am
Wed August 29, 2012

Zucchini You Actually Can't Resist

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Originally published on Wed August 29, 2012 10:56 am

"Ugh," my sister exclaimed one evening as we were making dinner. It was supposed to be an easy poached chicken with a ginger-scallion sauce, eaten with cold cucumber wedges, and we had just discovered that what we had bought at the store was not cucumber, but zucchini. It was an easy mistake to make — they were the precise same shade of green. But where the zucchini's skin was mostly smooth, the cucumber's was lumpy. We were not happy.

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Around the Nation
6:43 am
Wed August 29, 2012

Rainfall Tops Levee In Rural Louisiana Parish

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Originally published on Thu August 30, 2012 3:04 am

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DAVID GREENE, HOST:

OK, we've heard from Greg that if this storm overwhelms the pumping system in New Orleans, there could be significant flooding in the city.

And let's go now to NPR's Christopher Joyce, who is in the heart of New Orleans along Canal Street. Chris, good morning.

CHRISTOPHER JOYCE, BYLINE: Hello, David. How are you?

GREENE: Very good. So tell me what you're seeing and what the mood is in a city that is both marking a Katrina anniversary and dealing with, you know, another big storm.

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Around the Nation
6:32 am
Wed August 29, 2012

Isaac Dumps Major Rainfall Around New Orleans

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Originally published on Thu August 30, 2012 3:04 am

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

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Book Reviews
6:03 am
Wed August 29, 2012

Martin Amis' 'State of England': Anomie In The U.K.

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Martin Amis is the author of London Fields, Time's Arrow and The Rachel Papers.
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Too much is made of literature's ennobling qualities. There are those of us who come to books for the debasement and danger, for Hannibal and Humbert. For Faulkner's Popeye and Hedda Gabler. We want to meet the monsters.

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