TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE


PROMO FOR 11/22/2009          "Channeling Creativity"

*Lynda Barry rules the pages of the alternative press as the Queen of
Comics.  Her new books is about liberating the creative process.  Barry
believes that deep down we're all artists, if we could just get out of
our own way.  In this hour of To the Best of Our Knowledge we'll talk
about channeling creativity, whether we play the piano, plan advertising
campaigns, or keep a journal.  And we'll visit with a rock n' roll muse.

PROGRAM RUNDOWN:  "Channeling Creativity"


0:00 - 24:19        SEGMENT 1: (24:20)
            Celebrated cartoonist and novelist Lynda Barry talks with
            Steve Paulson about her latest book.  Part memoir, part
            comic and part activity book, "What It is" reflects
            Barry's belief that everyone is an artist and has stories
            to tell.  Also, James Othmer was the creative director of
            advertising behemoth Young & Rubicam.  He tells tales of
            that life in his book, "Adland." Othmer tells Jim Fleming
            about the ad he created using veterans on the fiftieth
            anniversary of the D-Day invasion, and we hear it.   
                    
            Segment One Outcue:  "...PRI - Public Radio
            International."

24:20 - 24:49  LOCAL OPTION with music bed (:29)

24:50 - 38:22       SEGMENT 2: (13:33)
            It was the best of times for Pattie Boyd. Her modeling
            career was booming and the sixties were exploding on the
            London scene. One day she got a call - she'd been cast in
            a Beatles film. The rest is history: she married George
            Harrison. Eric Clapton courted her while she was still
            married to Harrison, and both of them wrote songs for
            her. We meet the woman who inspired three of the most
            famous rock songs of all time, from George Harrison's
            "Something" to Eric Clapton's "Layla." She's just
            published her story, called "Wonderful Tonight" and tells
            Steve Paulson about it.
                    
            Segment Two Outcue:  "...PRI - Public Radio
            International."

38:23 - 38:52       LOCAL OPTION with music bed (:29)

38:53 - 53:00       SEGMENT 3: (14:07)
            Geoffrey Colvin is the author of "Talent is Overrated"
            and Fortune Magazine's Senior Editor at large.  He talks
            with Anne Strainchamps about genius and says great
            performance is within the grasp of anyone who's willing
            to put in the right kind of practice. 
                    
            Segment Three Outcue: PRI Audio Logo


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