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MARCO WERMAN: We’ve still got a little time to dip into our mailbag before the latest news roundup. Listener Anna Marie heard our story about Italians who are up in arms because a government official suggested that lunch breaks are bad for the economy. Anna Marie writes, “I lived in Spain, which also has a tradition of long lunches. As a journalist, I discovered that the best time to have a good talk with a source was over lingering lunches with wine, of course. In the Mediterranean culture, this is when business is best conducted, not in boardrooms or offices.
Another listener, native Mississipian Becky Selzer, was delighted to hear our story about coverage of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan in newspapers in the state. She says the story projected the newspaper editors as introspective, intelligent, hard-working people who are trying to make good decisions about what they publish in their newspapers.
Finally, John Nicholas Granet of Palm Springs, California, says he’s generally not overly impressed with our global hit segments. He can do without what he calls the “folkish kitsch and rap.” But he liked one band we featured this week, the Dolapdere, Big Gang from Turkey. Doctor Granet likes the group’s “unique combination of Roma and Middle Eastern elements and classic rock tunes.” He calls their music “a prize.” What do you think?
DOLAPDERE, BIG GANG: [Plays Bill Jean]
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