Media Coverage
The
Poetry of Donald Rumsfeld attracted worldwide attention
upon its release in 2004. We could hardly keep up with it
all! Our Associated Press story was carried by more than
100 media outlets, including Yahoo! News and many major papers.
Television coverage by CNN and Reuters aired in fifty US cities
and more than a dozen countries. This page contains a selection
of our coverage. Good stuff!
Top
Picks
| Date |
Article
/ Feature |
Media |
Location |
| Print |
| May
25, 2004 |
"Donald
Rumsfeld is gruff, tough ... and a poet? Composer finds
hidden mystery in words of war."
Featured music
review |
San
Francisco Chronicle |
San Francisco, CA |
| May
12, 2004 |
"Rumsfeld's
'poetic' voice set to music" |
Associated
Press
(>100 outlets) |
National |
| Apr.
16, 2004 |
"Music
by Kong; lyrics by Rumsfeld" |
Detroit
Free Press
(14 outlets) |
Detroit, MI |
| Mar.
26, 2004 |
"Rumsfeld
link to stuffed penguin confirmed"
Composer interview |
Music
Software Monthly |
AUSTRALIA |
| Mar.
14, 2004 |
"Rumsfeld
goes on the record" |
Los Angeles Times |
Los Angeles, CA |
| Broadcast |
| Apr.
24, 2004
Apr. 20, 2004 |
News
feature with Rumsfeld comment
News feature |
CNN
Live Saturday
CNN: Paula
Zahn Now |
National |
| Mar.
12, 2004 |
"The
Poetry of Donald Rumsfeld, Set to Music"
(Streaming
audio at site) |
National
Public Radio
Morning
Edition
(13.5 million
listeners) |
National |
More
Coverage
| Date |
Article
/ Feature |
Media |
Location |
| Television |
| Aug.
3, 2004 |
Live in-studio appearance |
TechTV:
Unscrewed with Martin Sargent
|
National |
| May
13, 2004
May 12, 2004 |
"Rumsfeld's
Words Set to Classical Music"
"Secretary's
Song" |
KRON
4: News
KNTV 11: News |
San
Francisco, CA
San Francisco,
CA |
| April
2004 |
"Composer has written songs based
on Donald Rumsfeld speeches" |
Reuters
(>25 outlets) |
International |
| Mar.
30, 2004 |
"Donald
Rumsfeld – für Piano und Sopranstimme"
|
ARD
(National
television) |
GERMANY |
| Radio |
| May
13, 2004 |
"Rumsfeld
theme in classical music" |
BBC
World Service
The World
Today |
International |
| May
19, 2004
May 12, 2004
Apr. 3, 2004
Mar. 25, 2004
Mar. 23, 2004 |
Live
interviews/features |
KSFN:
Johnson/Tofte
KGO: News
KOOP: ATX
Live
KPFK: Global
Village
BBC Radio
Five: Drive |
Las
Vegas, NV
San Francisco,
CA
Austin, TX
Southern CA
UNITED KINGDOM |
| Mar.
22, 2004 |
"Die
Poesie des Donald Rumseld oder: Die Kunst des Angriffs"
|
ORT
OE1 |
AUSTRIA |
| Print |
| Mar.
28, 2004 |
"Singing
a Song of Rumsfeld"
Feature /
Concert review |
Santa
Monica Mirror |
Santa Monica, CA |
| Mar.
28, 2004 |
"Operatic
CD satirizes Rumsfeld"
|
The News Tribune |
Tacoma, WA |
| Mar.
24, 2004 |
"Weapons of Mass Distraction" |
Syracuse
New Times |
Syracuse, NY |
|
