Suprise Me
Silence.
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A brief audible history
Prompted By What We Listened To
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Back in the early days of the Internet, I wrote for a short-lived interactive startup in Santa Monica. I was a practicing jazz musician at the time, so of course I needed the money. Before the interactive outfit folded I happily researched and wrote a brief musical history of Mozart, a jazz jukebox, a classical…
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A war’s victims and survivors are the result of humanity’s betrayal
Prompted By War
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World War II murders and casualties overshadowed my childhood.
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My Little Town
Prompted By My Hometown
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What was the best thing about Belleville? That it was only 13 miles from Manhattan.
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How Shall I Kill Him?*
Prompted By Guns Then and Now
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How shall I kill him? Poison knows ancient success, the weapon of choice for women, Shakespeare, and Russians. Guns are all-American. What shall it be? Poison? A gun? Maybe I should be thinking access — and egress — first, not weaponry. The West Wing boasts a dining room, a long cold room when empty. Could…
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An American family — myth, memory, imagination, and lies
Prompted By Family Myths
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One can only imagine the glories and horrors...
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Wise Children
Prompted By Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll
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The desire and frustration built up
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How We Listened
Prompted By Remembering Radios
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Like any self-respecting teenage girl, I listened to Top 40 radio incessantly. As someone growing up in the shadow of Motown, of course, I loved that music, but listened to it all, and think the mid-60s were a remarkable moment in time; Motown and British invasion music flourished side by side. They couldn’t be more…
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My Mama Told Me …
Prompted By What My Mother Told Me
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You Better Shop Around and Ten Other Useful Bits of Advice
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