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We begin with the Pied Piper, a song, then Browning’s wonderful poem, and then move on to much else, including Malcolm Guite, Kenneth Grahame, RLS, Tom Robbins, Amiri Baraka. You are invited to come along, following the piper. [First heard on Cambridge 105 Radio]
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We celebrate the centenary of James Baldwin’s birth with the powerful final scenes of his masterpiece “Sonny’s Blues”, along with pieces by Langston Hughes, James Weldon Johnson, Leadbelly, Louis Armstrong, Paul Robeson, Thelonious Monk, Jayne Cortez, and Coltrane. [An extended version of the show heard on Cambridge 105 Radio]
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We attend to the heart-felt energy of Summer Fire, with music from The Band, Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong, the Kinks, Randy Newman, the Rolling Stones, Leonard Cohen, and Bernice Johnson Reagon. You are invited to attend. [As heard on Cambridge 105 Radio]
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We attend to various kinds of friends, with, as usual, various kinds of music. You are invited to attend. [As heard on Cambridge 105 Radio]
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Most of the show taken up in a reading of Joyce Carol Oates’s horror story about a young girl being called, or seduced, into a strange, new life, all sandwiched between the Beach Boys, the Mothers of Invention and Bob Dylan. [As heard on Cambridge 105 Radio]
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As promised we bring back the episode on the story of Jonah, with exciting songs (though not fully understanding the thrust of the story) and wide-ranging ramifications. And we bear in mind Sister Rosetta Tharpe’s words: “There are whales on every side / With their big mouths open wide / Just take care, my friend, / Or one will swallow you.” [As heard on Cambridge 105 Radio]
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We attend to the ramifications of Dylan’s line “What good am I if I’m like all the rest?”, stopping off at the story of Jonah, Dante’s mindless conformists, and lots more. You are invited to attend. (As heard on Cambridge 105 Radio)
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We attend to luck, fortune, chance, fate – the uncontrollable and causeless changes in our lives, with our usual variety of music, and a wee story in the second half of the show. You are invited to attend. [As heard on Cambridge 105 Radio]
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We attend to the inevitable misfortunes (or worse) that life necessarily brings us, but since they come to everyone, then “I would not feel so all alone, / Everybody must get stoned”. You are invited to attend. [As heard on Cambridge 105 Radio]
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We attend to Tanith Lee’s “Prince Amilec”, a reading, some discussion, musical interludes. You are invited to attend. (As heard on Cambridge 105 Radio)
