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The 5th Dimension - Rosecrans Boulevard (1967)

The 5th Dimension are not a group I spend much time with - too much sunshine maybe. I feel the same way about Free Design.  But I first heard this song when Carl Newman covered it in his pre-New Pornographers power-pop band Zumpano.  I noticed the credits read Jimmy Webb, but I had no idea that it was a 5th Dimension tune. It’s a magnificently strange and wonderful tune. 

It's time for Beginnings, the podcast where writer and performer Andy Beckerman talks to the comedians, writers, filmmakers and musicians he admires about their earliest creative experiences and the numerous ways in which a creative life can unfold.

On today's episode, I talk to musician Carl Newman. Originally from Vancouver, British Columbia, Carl began his musical career in the early '90s as a member of Superconductor, but it was really with his next band Zumpano where he began to find his voice, a style that would come to fruition with The New Pornographers. Since their first album Mass Romantic in 2000, the band has become one of the preeminent indie rock groups of the 21st century, with nine albums to their name, all of which are great. Carl has also recorded three wonderful solo albums, and most recently The New Pornographers' latest album Continue as a Guest was released on Merge Records, and like everything else they've done, it is just delightful!

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Tuesday, January 4, 2022, 11:47am (full listen)

Scaricavano liquami industriali nel Crati, sequestri e denunce a Cosenza.

I Carabinieri Forestali di Cosenza, su delega della Procura della Repubblica bruzia, hanno eseguito accertamenti su numerose attività industriali site nel hinterland cittadino che hanno determinato l’esecuzione di 10 sequestri penali e il deferimento di nove imprenditori all’autorità giudiziaria.

Nell’operazione, in codice “Refluo Nero”, che ha interessato i comuni di Rende, Zumpano, Marano…

Song of the Day: Zumpano - It Doesn’t Take a Genius

Pre-New Pornographers Carl Newman, 1996′s Goin’ Through Changes is well worth seeking out for power-pop fans.