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Fred FM playlist: 31 October 2010 “Halloween”

October 31st, 2010 · No Comments

Approximate playing time: 79 minutes.

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Richard to Alice: 15 February 1946

October 30th, 2010 · No Comments

Half an hour ago it was snowing as hard as it could. That lasted 15 or 20 minutes and now the sun is shining bright.

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Richard to Alice: 14 February 1946

October 27th, 2010 · No Comments

Do you remember how large the patch was on my arm where I couldn’t feel the point of a pin? Well, it isn’t quite 1/3 as big now.

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Fred FM playlist: 24 October 2010 “Here Comes the Flood”

October 24th, 2010 · No Comments

Approximate playing time: 78 minutes.

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Brian Wilson Says

October 22nd, 2010 · No Comments

I’m dreaming in over-saturated colors again.

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Emily III

October 21st, 2010 · No Comments

III. “If you give this man a ride, sweet Emily will die.” – from “Riders on the Storm” (1971) by The Doors

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Emily II

October 19th, 2010 · No Comments

II. “I swear you were born a weavers lover, born for the loom’s desire. / Move me, oh sway me. / Emily, you ornament the earth for me.” – from “Emmie” (1968) by Laura Nyro

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Fred FM playlist: 17 October 2010 “Lennon vs. McCartney”

October 17th, 2010 · No Comments

“Lennon vs. McCartney.” Approximate playing time: 78 minutes.

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Gratitude

October 15th, 2010 · 1 Comment

I remember reading this letter when I first received it in my inbox three years ago. Everything in the room went silent then, as if in the thrall of some cinematic effect, and my focus was completely on the text.

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Emily I

October 14th, 2010 · No Comments

I. “What a dream I had / Pressed in organdy / Clothed in crinoline / Of smoky burgundy / Softer than the rain.” – from “For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her” (1966) by Paul Simon

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