amhet ertugun interview on PBS

[Guest ariceffron]

charlie rose is an idiot and said a lot of dumb comments but amhet gave a very interesting interview in which he discussed black music from the minstrel days to rap. he is a very smart man. he also discussed his native turkey and how he is proud that our government is helping to westernize it and how turkeys a model on how a musulim society can hold western ideals. did anyone see the interview, im sure itll be replayed sometime...

[Chuck Nessa]

Sorry I missed it. Thanks for the heads up.

[Dan Gould]

Thanks also for giving the CAPS a rest and posting your summary. Now if we could just get you to understand when caps are necessary and when they aren't ....

[AllenLowe]

I'LL KEEP MY EYES OUT FOR IT -

[neveronfriday]

I'LL KEEP MY EYES OUT FOR IT -

DON'T FORGET TO PUT THEM BACK IN!

[Soul Stream]

Yeah, I saw the last 10 minutes where he went on about how great it was that we were Westernizing muslim middle-east countries like Turkey. I guess being rich makes you dig the Bush doctrine no matter what.

I like his views on music better. Still don't think he really wrote "Slop Around" like the Ray Charles movie depicts. "Yeah, play like James P. Johnson and sing about BBQ. There, I've just given you the Ray Charles style!"

[BFrank]

He basically said that a lot of the film is Ray Charles' vision of his own life (he was a "consultant"). In other words, a lot of the details should be taken with a grain of salt.

[Tjazz]

Does anybody have that big book they were talking about?

WHAT'D I SAY?

Looked interesting. (maybe my library has it?)