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Tom Tom Club and ‘Genius Of Love’ : World Cafe : World Cafe Words and Music from WXPN : NPR
Tom Tom Club, circa 1985 Hulton Archive/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Hulton Archive/Getty Images Tom Tom Club, circa 1985 Hulton Archive/Getty Images Do you remember where you first heard Tom Tom Club’s “Genius Of Love”? There’s a good chance you’ve heard it, but sampled in a different song. In this episode of The Culture Corner, World Cafe correspondent John Morrison explores why Tom Tom Club’s music, and especially that song, has been so popular among producers and music samplers. And he’ll talk about the lasting impact of Tom Tom Club’s self-titled album, which turns 40 this year. “It’s DNA lives on and it influenced a lot of stuff that…
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TOM MAY: Has the communication reached you? | Opinion
Are you familiar with the background of the famous historical Battle of New Orleans? The battle, fought Jan. 8, 1815, ended a five-month British campaign in the Gulf region. It was the war’s largest and bloodiest confrontation, and the final military conflict between Great Britain and the United States. Andrew Jackson’s makeshift fighters of militia, frontiersmen, slaves, Indians, and pirates were no match for a British army superior in number and weapons. Britain had defeated Napoloeon earlier in 1814 and launched three avenues of attack against the colonies, the Battle of Baltimore, the Battle of Plattsburgh, and this Battle of New Orleans. A victory for the British Empire here would…
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