Friday, April 3, 2009

NPR+API = Music post

This week I began editing and submitting stories for NPR's Application Programming Interface system, or API. The API allows you classify NPR and other NPR affiliate programs into a unique web application. I found the programs below, converted them to Java script, via API, and then copy/pasted the code into Blogger's HTML page. And here it is... check it out, it seems pretty cool. I'm gonna start listening to these right now.


January 29, 2008 | NPR· When The Mars Volta purchased a ouija board in a Jerusalem curio shop and began to use it, the band had no idea how much it would affect its recording. Listening to The Bedlam in Goliath, the paranormal talk might not seem like such a publicity stunt.
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April 14, 2008 | NPR· Nine Inch Nails leader Trent Reznor spent most of the 1990s belting out misanthropic anthems for young people decked out in dark eyeliner and combat boots. On Ghosts I-IV, Reznor drops the singing and puts his thick soundscapes in the center ring. It\'s a whole new world.
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March 13, 2009 | NPR· Drummer Ahmir Thompson, also known as "Questlove," talked with Fresh Air in 2003 about his career in the hip-hop group The Roots.
 

February 14, 2008 | NPR· Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke shares some of his favorite music with All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen. The two talk about Radiohead\'s latest work, In Rainbows and listen to some of the artists Yorke admires, including German electronica group Modeselektor, rap duo Madvillain, techno group Autechre and more.
 

February 7, 2008 | NPR· The British electro-pop band Hot Chip samples and tweaks old sounds to create new songs. The group performs work from its latest album, Made in the Dark.
 

January 24, 2008 | NPR· This week features music from the late Central American artist Andy Palacio, a preview of new music from Patty Larkin, folk-driven rock from Lightspeed Champion, a return from the Kinks\' Ray Davies and the British electronic pop group Hot Chip. With host Bob Boilen.
 
 
September 15, 2008 | NPR· For its latest album, the New Orleans funk band laced a new element on top of its groove-based jams: hip-hop MCs. On tour, Galactic visited Mountain Stage with one of its guest stars, Boston rapper Mr. Lif.


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