Bob Boilen, the founder of NPR’s All Songs Considered and the popular Tiny Desk Concert series, has announced his retirement from the organization after over three decades.
“After 35 years, I am leaving NPR,” Boilen tweeted. “I’ve had the thrill of creating Tiny Desk Concerts, All Songs Considered, directing All Things Considered for 18 years and so much more. I love the people I’ve worked with, but it’s time to find new challenges. thank you for listening/watching.”
According to NPR journalist Lars Gotrich, Boilen’s last day will be October 2nd. Boilen — who served as director for All Things Considered, NPR’s premier news program, from 1989 to 2007 — started All Songs Considered, its online music show, in 2000. The program was inspired by the musical “buttons” Boilen, a lifelong musician, played in between segments on the news show.
Boilen and NPR Music Editor Stephen Thompson created the Tiny Desk...
“After 35 years, I am leaving NPR,” Boilen tweeted. “I’ve had the thrill of creating Tiny Desk Concerts, All Songs Considered, directing All Things Considered for 18 years and so much more. I love the people I’ve worked with, but it’s time to find new challenges. thank you for listening/watching.”
According to NPR journalist Lars Gotrich, Boilen’s last day will be October 2nd. Boilen — who served as director for All Things Considered, NPR’s premier news program, from 1989 to 2007 — started All Songs Considered, its online music show, in 2000. The program was inspired by the musical “buttons” Boilen, a lifelong musician, played in between segments on the news show.
Boilen and NPR Music Editor Stephen Thompson created the Tiny Desk...
- 9/13/2023
- by Carys Anderson
- Consequence - Music
Us measly Bohabs could never have expected this: Gwar taking over NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert series.
Well, it happened, and it was as absurdly awesome as it sounds. The Scumdogs crammed into the crowded confines of the NPR office for a four-song set including the songs “Sex Cow,” “I’ll Be Your Monster,” “Ratcatcher,” and “Phantom Limb.”
The idea was partly conceived via a headline on a parody news website The Hard Times that read: “Gwar asks NPR’s Tiny Desk Staff if They’re Ready to Get Their Assholes Ripped Open.” As it turns out, the NPR staff had already approached Gwar about that very idea.
“My text messages suddenly blew up,” wrote NPR’s Lars Gotrich in the video description. “Is this real? No, it’s literally fake. Can this be real? Little did they know I’d already been talking to one of the group’s...
Well, it happened, and it was as absurdly awesome as it sounds. The Scumdogs crammed into the crowded confines of the NPR office for a four-song set including the songs “Sex Cow,” “I’ll Be Your Monster,” “Ratcatcher,” and “Phantom Limb.”
The idea was partly conceived via a headline on a parody news website The Hard Times that read: “Gwar asks NPR’s Tiny Desk Staff if They’re Ready to Get Their Assholes Ripped Open.” As it turns out, the NPR staff had already approached Gwar about that very idea.
“My text messages suddenly blew up,” wrote NPR’s Lars Gotrich in the video description. “Is this real? No, it’s literally fake. Can this be real? Little did they know I’d already been talking to one of the group’s...
- 7/17/2023
- by Jon Hadusek
- Consequence - Music
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