A Conversation With Janis Ian: The famed music legend discusses her new Grammy Award winning audio memoir, Society’s Child. And just how the flavor of those times back in the 60s has informed her music. And, fighting the system in different but no less defiant ways today, by taking on the corporate music industry and its stranglehold over performers. Arts Express airs audio excerpts from Society’s Child.
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Young RT Television media activist Lori Harfenist discusses her journey from coming of age in the midst of mall culture that is ‘so empty and sad,’ to surviving a career in the mainstream media that ‘sucks the soul right out of you.’ Also, what is it about the somewhat silent, consumer saturated younger generations that she’s certain ‘will surprise the world when they get their chance to shine, and take care of business in their own way.’
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