Media Highlights
The
Poetry of Donald Rumsfeld is attracting worldwide
attention. In May, the album's Associated Press story was
carried by more than 100 media outlets, including USA
Today, the Sunday Washington Post, the Chicago
Tribune, and the Miami Herald. In April, 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.
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
|
Detroit, MI |
| 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
|
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
|
International |
| Mar.
30, 2004 |
"Donald
Rumsfeld – für Piano und Sopranstimme"
(Streaming
video at site) |
ARD:
Tagesschau
(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"
(Streaming
audio at site) |
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"
(Free registration
required) |
The News Tribune |
Tacoma, WA |
| Mar.
26, 2004 |
"Rumsfeld
link to stuffed penguin confirmed"
Composer interview |
Music
Software Monthly |
AUSTRALIA |
|
