Sunday, February 28, 2016

American Masters: Fats Domino and the Birth of Rock 'n Roll


The one-hour documentary traces how Fats Domino’s brand of New Orleans rhythm and blues morphed into rock and roll, appealing to black and white audiences alike. Fats Domino was one of the most popular rockers of the 1950s and early 60s. His achievements and record sales during that time were rivaled only by Elvis Presley. With his boogie-woogie piano playing rooted in blues, rhythm & blues, and jazz, he became one of the inventors, along with Presley, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard of a revolutionary genre of music, rock ‘n’ roll.

Wednesday, February 24, 2016

NOVA: Rise of the Robots


NOVA: Rise of the Robots
Premiers, February 24, 2016





Monday, February 22, 2016

It's Your Universe - Jeffrey Kluger



"About It’s Your Universe

Space is humanity’s great fever dream. It’s a place that’s unfathomably beautiful, yet lethally dangerous, a place that’s been beckoning us to visit for millions of years but that we have only recently begun to touch..."