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A guy tries to avoid the draft by claiming he took LSD. | A guy tries to avoid the draft by claiming he took LSD. | ||
3:20: Joe tells of someone (unnamed) serving in Vietnam in Army | 3:20: ("Ceres Motion") Joe tells of someone (unnamed) serving in Vietnam in Army | ||
intelligence. | intelligence. | ||
15:40: A fellow remembers covering the big anti-war | 15:40: A fellow remembers covering the big anti-war [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971_May_Day_protests May Day demonstration] in DC. | ||
A woman threw them her key so they (he and his photographer) could escape a | |||
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971_May_Day_protests | |||
threw them her key so they (he and his photographer) could escape a | |||
police sweep. | police sweep. | ||
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suppress their political opinions, then move to a city, then a | suppress their political opinions, then move to a city, then a | ||
farmhouse. They become lovers. They move between small towns every | farmhouse. They become lovers. They move between small towns every | ||
few months.<ref>This is similar to the stories of | few months.<ref>This is similar to the stories of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Edith_Saxe Susan Edith Saxe] | ||
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Edith_Saxe and | and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Ann_Power Katherine Ann Power]</ref> | ||
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Ann_Power</ref> | |||
29:40: A fellow says most people's pain results from self-absorption. | 29:40: A fellow says most people's pain results from self-absorption. | ||
When politics was important to him and the war was raging; he imagined | When politics was important to him and the war was raging; he imagined | ||
confronting | confronting [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._Mendel_Rivers Mendel Rivers], chairman of the House armed services | ||
committee. He sees Rivers on a flight, talking with his daughter, felt his | |||
He sees Rivers on a flight, talking with his daughter, felt his | |||
humanity, left him alone.<ref>Rivers died in 1970, so this had to have | humanity, left him alone.<ref>Rivers died in 1970, so this had to have | ||
preceded the 1971 protests.</ref> | preceded the 1971 protests.</ref> | ||
32:30: Joe tells story of fellow meeting a girl in a deli then | 32:30: ("Part One") Joe tells story of fellow meeting a girl in a deli then | ||
visiting her. She has a room-mate who makes plaster sculptures of | visiting her. She has a room-mate who makes plaster sculptures of | ||
bagels and cream cheese. She repeatedly flirts then withdraws; he | bagels and cream cheese. She repeatedly flirts then withdraws; he | ||
doesn't believe the stories she tells.<ref>The writer of Martin | doesn't believe the stories she tells.<ref>The writer of Martin | ||
Scorsese's <i>After | Scorsese's <i>After Hours</i> [http://andrewhearst.com/blog/2008/05/the_scandalous_origins_of_martin_scorseses_after_hours plagiarized this story]</ref> | ||
http://andrewhearst.com/blog/2008/05/the_scandalous_origins_of_martin_scorseses_after_hours | |||
</ref> | |||
44:20: Joe's a night watchman. He invites the boss for dinner, | 44:20: ("Music For 18 Musicians") Joe's a night watchman. He invites the boss for dinner, | ||
poisons him, gets his job; the new night watchman poisons him at | poisons him, gets his job; the new night watchman poisons him at | ||
dinner.<ref>Joe re-uses the sounds of the business in [[Black Light]].</ref> | dinner.<ref>Joe re-uses the sounds of the business in [[Black Light]].</ref><ref>A version of this story was aired in <i>All Things | ||
<ref>A version of this story was aired in <i>All | Considered</i> when Joe hosted it </ref> | ||
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:100%; overflow:auto;"> | <div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:100%; overflow:auto;"> | ||
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== Music == | == Music == | ||
{{Ceres Motion (Mother Mallard's Portable Masterpiece Co.)}} [3:06] | {{Ceres Motion (Mother Mallard's Portable Masterpiece Co.)}} [3:06] | ||
{{T on a White Horse (Eberhard Weber)}} [23:18] | {{T on a White Horse (Eberhard Weber)}} [23:18] | ||
{{Part One (Philip Glass)}} [33:31] | {{Part One (Philip Glass)}} [33:31] | ||
{{Music For 18 Musicians (Steve Reich)}} [50:49] | {{Music For 18 Musicians (Steve Reich)}} [50:49] | ||
{{I Will Wait For You (Mantovani)}} [55:22] | {{I Will Wait For You (Mantovani)}} [55:22] | ||
== Shared material == | == Shared material == | ||
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== Commentary == | == Commentary == | ||
* The only women's voices are people working at the night watchman's business. I think the same actor speaks the first and third segment, perhaps the fifth. Mark Hammer was old enough to have had their experiences and lived in Washington at the time. I don't hear Tim Jerome or Arthur Miller in them; I don't know F. Murray Abraham's voice well enough to guess.[[User:Arthur Peabody|Arthur Peabody]] ([[User talk:Arthur Peabody|talk]]) 20:06, 2 July 2021 (EDT) | * The only women's voices are people working at the night watchman's business. I think the same actor speaks the first and third segment, perhaps the fifth. Mark Hammer was old enough to have had their experiences and lived in Washington at the time. I don't hear Tim Jerome or Arthur Miller in them; I don't know F. Murray Abraham's voice well enough to guess. [[User:Arthur Peabody|Arthur Peabody]] ([[User talk:Arthur Peabody|talk]]) 20:06, 2 July 2021 (EDT) | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||