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We attend to various aspects of losing – losing things, losing people, losing our path, losing ourselves. “The art of losing isn’t hard to master.” Songs from Kinky Friedman, John Lennon, Otis Redding, Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, The Kinks, Leonard Cohen. (As heard on Cambridge 105 Radio)
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We celebrate our 300th show with a compilation of some clips from earlier shows, and songs and poems that we’ve attented to before and that bring out the spirit of the show over the past fourteen and a half years. You are invited to attend. [As heard on Cambridge 105 Radio]
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The second part of our time spent attending to Dylan’s Oh Mercy album, its tone and topics always resonant with confusing times, calling for our keen self-awareness and deep compassion. And, in its way, playful, too. Of course.
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We attend to the first half of Dylan’s Oh Mercy album, in tune with broken times in a political world. You are invited to attend. (First heard on Cambridge 105 Radio)
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We attend to different images, stories, festivals, rituals, and of course music, illustrating the various attributes of this Harvest season. You are invited to attend. [First heard on Cambridge 105 Radio]
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We attend to the energy of the Harvest season, bringing us both abundance and anxiety, beautiful rest and restless self-doubt. How are we going to treat all this? Well, one way might be with music, from The Band, The Kinks, Mose Allison, Kinky Friedman, Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong, Robert Bly, David Bowie, Leonard Cohen. Come along and hear how we merge these pieces with our larger theme. You are, after all, invited to attend.
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We attend to Hermes, or Mercury, the trickster god, taking on many different aspects, often alarming or offensive, but always leading to good fortune. With music from many tricksy performers. [As heard on Cambridge 105 Radio]
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We attend to the idea of Wednesday-ness, middleness, and then retell some of the story of Jurgen, the anti-hero who finds weird adventure on a Wednesday, and beyond. You are invited to attend. [First heard on Cambridge 105 Radio]
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We attend to a series of songs about looking back – at school days, long-lost friends and lovers, and potholes on the road of life. You are invited to attend. [As heard on Cambridge 105 Radio]
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We attend to the story of Snow White, another fairy tale about coming of age, or of coming to consciousness, applicable to us every day. Sort of. You are invited to attend. [As heard on Cambridge 105 Radio]
