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THE OPENING ACT
MAY 11�18, 2022
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What we’re into
WAIT WAIT...DON’T
TELL ME!
I
usually listen to audiobooks
on my walks, but sometimes a
podcast is a nice diversion. My
favorite is NPR’s “Wait Wait ...
Don’t Tell Me!”
Described as a “weekly news
quiz,” the show is hosted by
Peter Sagal, who is joined by
comedians every Sunday to go
over happenings of the previous
week. But this isn’t any old read-
ing of the newspaper — instead,
news items become games as
callers have to answer multiple
choice questions to guess what
really happened, or complete the
“Listener Limerick Challenge.”
Although I’m in the news busi-
ness, my world is mostly local
news so it’s fun to catch up on
npr.org
headlines across the nation.
If I didn’t listen to “Wait Wait”
I never would have learned
about the school picture fi asco
in Greenwood, Indiana, where
picture day fell on St. Patrick’s
Day. The photo company used a
green screen behind the kids to
add diff erent backgrounds, but
students were dressed in green
to celebrate the holiday. The
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result is hilarious because the
green shirts became part of the
background, resulting in chil-
dren with only arms, legs and a
fl oating head. One has a white
picket fence running through
his midsection. (If you want to
see the images, do a search on
Google. It’s really funny.)
This podcast makes me smile
and sometimes laugh out loud.
I’m sure not everyone would
fi nd the content as funny as I
do, but for me it’s an entertain-
ing distraction and I get to learn
about obscure news.
Baker City was featured on
RAISING THE CURTAIN
ON THIS WEEK’S ISSUE
an episode several years ago in
a segment where panelists read
three stories and the caller has
to decide which one is the real
news item. It was easy for me to
mark the Baker City item as fake
because there were little hints
that only a local would know
(such as the slightly wrong
name of an elementary school).
But for places I don’t know,
sometimes it’s hard to judge
truth versus fi ction.
You can fi nd “Wait Wait ...
Don’t Tell Me!” anywhere you
like to get podcasts.
We can help
you get from
Here to Here
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‘BACK FROM THE DEAD,’
HALESTORM
L
zzy Hale, the lead singer
and guitarist for the heavy
metal band Halestorm, is that
rare breed of wild child whose
path you cross at your own peril,
and her aggressiveness soaks
through her music.
The band’s new album, “Back
From the Dead,” is not for the
faint of heart, or anyone with
even a trace of a headache: It’s a
full-on sonic assault of screams,
wailing guitars, pounding drums
and booming bass.
And yet Hale manages to
pull it off with a deft songwriting
touch and a surprising sense of
melody that belies the bombast.
The title track is the band’s
likely concert opener on this
summer’s tour, and begins with
a roar (as many of Hale’s songs
do). She’s got a great scream,
and she’s not afraid to use it,
multiple times, on most songs.
Yet she actually has a beauti-
ful singing voice that can tend to
get overlooked amid the shrieks.
The ballads “Terrible Things” and
“Raise Your Horns” feature her
tender, sultry vocals that are 180
degrees from many of her other
vocals, particularly those on
“Wicked Ways.”
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— LISA BRITTON, GO! EDITOR
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