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New Skin for the Old Angel (opens the original)
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The Perpetual Motion Roadshow was an indie touring circuit, organized by Jim Munroe of No Media Kings. Five months out of the year, three performers—usually two writers/spoken word artists and one musician—hit the road, with stops in Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, New York City, Cleveland, Cincinnati, and Chicago. In September 2003, I was one of the touring writers, and at our gig in Montreal, I met a fella. For the purposes of this story, I’ll call him Sullivan.From the moment we locked eyes across
Misfits (opens the original)
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Neal & Jack & Me (opens the original)
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August, Lost Ache (opens the original)
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I’ll Try to Find You (opens the original)
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I’ll Try to Find You (Left of the Dial)(The Replacements - “Left of the Dial,” Tim,Sire Records, 1985 // here, now)Listen.I am trying to capture the static. The between-soundburst of white noise, as the coil turns and tunes, before the needle hitsits numbered mark and another noise busts through, righteous.There I was, in my quiet nightroom. The moon’s hammered silver slicing throughdusty blinds; the lake battering itself, endless and dark, against the rocks. Just blocksaway. Batte
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