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36x with Commander Q - Show number 142:

Creature Common Show with DJ Squeak, December 2013 . . . Deep inside Clarendon Island TV set,
coming to an empty room through portal, & tis Imps that help chomp a declivity to get along, hand to paw . . .
Marie & friends, now in desert, spy a shack to visit . . . Joe & friends, in boat, row away from Clarendon Island . . .
Derek & friends topples the fourth wall . . . & Daniel & friends study wall of graffiti for answers . . .
& July 2024, including an epic walk through Cambridge from bike shop. . .
& "Kari Woodengown" from Andrew Lang's Red Fairy Book . . .
& more of bp Nichol's reading of The Martyrology, Book 3, at Simon Fraser University, July 8, 1983 . . .
& some musical gems from Billboard's 2011 Hot 100!
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 141:

Creature Common Show with DJ Squeak, November into December 2013 . . .
Masses of Darkling Imps crash the Clarendon Island TV screen! And then go missing!
So the Four Travelers & friends enter into the set of the TV set, & enter the portal of the pictures there to search . . .
& June into July 2024, finding some more time writing than usual, among various projects . . .
& "The Six Sillies" from Andrew Lang's Red Fairy Book . . .
& some of bp Nichol's reading of The Martyrology, Book 3, at Simon Fraser University, July 8, 1983 . . .
& some remaining sweet tunes from Seahawks' Time Enough for Love (2024)
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 140:

Creature Common Show with DJ Squeak, November 2013 . . . Clarendon Island TV show features
Maisie & friends traveling by Air Sub, searching for her Lake, & Jack in rowboat looking for his friends,
Bellla the pink-&-bloo Creature, living high on her tree, tuning into her favorite radio show, Clarendon Island,
Rapa Nui & old fellow finding a grafitti will pocked with Imps to pick!
& June 2024, maybe a Summer 2024 Cenacle, & how to join in Burning Man 2024 from Bungalow Cee?
& "The Voice of Death" from Andrew Lang's Red Fairy Book . . .
& the rest of bp Nichol's reading of The Martyrology, Book 2, at Simon Fraser University, July 8, 1983 . . .
& more sweet tunes from Seahawks' Time Enough for Love (2024)
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 139:

Creature Common Show with DJ Squeak, October into November 2013 . . . the Old Cooter's singing map leads
the Travelers & friends to the Island of the TV show, Clarendon Island, overrun by Imps!
& June 2024, mulling attending Burning Man 2025 at home . . . news of massive layoffs at old employer,
naturally not the people at the top . . . Cenacle 124 done! Sampler 24 done! Time for a break!
& concluding "The Three Princesses of Whiteland" from Andrew Lang's Red Fairy Book . . .
& still more of bp Nichol's reading of The Martyrology, Book 2, at Simon Fraser University, July 8, 1983 . . .
& sweet tunes from Seahawks' Time Enough for Love (2024)
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 138:

Creature Common Show with DJ Squeak, October 2013, while traveling to Land of Imps,
the Travelers & friends found a little brown Bear Creature watching TV . . .
shows about Yawnbees, one called "Dilapidation 14 (or 10)," another called "Bubble Road," who travel & sing . . .
& May into June 2024, mulling the bad old days, injured knee, new armchair, & the great films of Ben Wheatley . . .
& "The Three Princesses of Whiteland" from Andrew Lang's Red Fairy Book . . .
& more of bp Nichol's reading of The Martyrology, Book 2, at Simon Fraser University, July 8, 1983 . . .
& the second half of The Smiths' brilliant 1987 LP, Strangeways Here We Come. . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 137:

Creature Common Show with DJ Squeak, September into October 2013,
& the Travelers & friends go back in time to the Carnival,
& discover rutabagas, & a farmer who knows all about them . . .
& May 2024, some wonderful health news after much worry. . .
& the conclusion of "Graciosa and Percinet" from Andrew Lang's Red Fairy Book . . .
& still even more of bp Nichol's reading of The Martyrology, Book 2, at Simon Fraser University, July 8, 1983 . . .
& the first half of The Smiths' brilliant 1987 LP, Strangeways Here We Come. . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 136:

Creature Common Show with DJ Squeak, September 2013, & in the Festival!
& April into May 2024, all about making Cenacle 124, especially Dream Raps, Volume Thirteen, & my birthday . . .
& still more of "Graciosa and Percinet" from Andrew Lang's Red Fairy Book . . .
& still more of bp Nichol's reading of The Martyrology, Book 1, at Simon Fraser University, July 8, 1983 . . .
& more lost live tunes from the late great Leonard Cohen . . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 135:

Creature Common Show with DJ Squeak, August into September 2013,
Too-Tall-For-Awhile-Aisle & the Explainers & Marie, bound for the Festival, in Aisle's grasp, meet Outlaw Imps . . .
while Joe is laboring at setting up Festival, only to take a break, return to Lodge, & now a fake set!
while Daniel is learning which came first: the Imp or the Cackle?
& April 2024, reading old notebooks & working on the new Cenacle 124, thus happy in all that . . .
& more of "Graciosa and Percinet" from Andrew Lang's Red Fairy Book . . .
& more of bp Nichol's reading of The Martyrology, Book 1, at Simon Fraser University, July 8, 1983 . . .
& lost live tunes from the late great Leonard Cohen . . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 134:

Creature Common Show with DJ Squeak, August 2013,
from Sweet Dreams Cream to a visit to the lovely Explainers Dormitory . . .
& what stickers to pick? Lionel picks a Cool Cat Imp instead . . . & the Lodge gets stickered all around!
Derek finishes the Great Big Book of Explainers, & is invited to visit the Explainers Dormitory for his tininess . . .
& Daniel travels with the Jungle Imps & La Grande Exclaimer . . .
& April 2024, riding & riding & riding happy . . .
& "Graciosa and Percinet" from Andrew Lang's Red Fairy Book . . .
& bp Nichol's reading of The Martyrology - Book 1 at Simon Fraser University, July 8, 1983 . . .
& some raw loud brilliance from Neil Young & Crazy Horse!
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 133:

Creature Common Show with DJ Squeak, July into August 2013, & Thought Flea Soup leads
to the building of the Thought Fleas Domocile, stickers are pursued at the Lodge,
the Great Big Book of Explainers is finished, & Jungle Imps help return the trees to the Island! . . .
& March into April 2024, trying to expel thorns within, always trying . . .
& the conclusion of "The Little Good Mouse" from Andrew Lang's Red Fairy Book . . .
& some last musical gems from Billboard's 2010 Hot 100!
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 132:

Creature Common Show with DJ Squeak, July 2013, & more tales of Thought Flea Soup,
& more of the Hummingbird Grand Production, & travels with the Boat-Wagon, & more! .
& March 2024, wondering what Art would be next . . .
& "The Little Good Mouse" from Andrew Lang's Red Fairy Book . . .
& yet-yet still more musical gems from Billboard's 2010 Hot 100!
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 131:

Creature Common Show with DJ Squeak, July 2013, & tales of Thought Flea Soup,
& a Hummingbird Grand Production, & travels with the Boat-Wagon, & more! .
& March 2024, sorting work & Art, as always,
& "Jack and the Beanstalk" from Andrew Lang's Red Fairy Book . . .
& Season of Lights treats, to comfort all who are in need . . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 130:

Creature Common Show with DJ Squeak, July 2013, & a Dream Hummingbird singing with the Imp,
& a bike ride deep into the earth, come to a featureless hallway. sudden stop,
& a Grand Production observed by Explainers, & Kittees arrived to their Friend Fish . . .
& March 2024, happy, finally, to be biking again!
& "The Wonderful Birch" from Andrew Lang's Red Fairy Book . . .
& yet still more musical gems from Billboard's 2010 Hot 100!
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 129:

Creature Common Show with DJ Squeak, June 2013, & a dream of a Hummingbird,
while Joe tries to complete his day off, & the Explainers start their test run,
& how to get the Boat-Wagon up to those heavy clouds over the Lighthouse . . .
& February 2024, looking for an end-to-end good day . . .
& "The Norka" from Andrew Lang's Red Fairy Book . . .
& yet more musical gems from Billboard's 2010 Hot 100!
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 128:

Creature Common Show with DJ Squeak, June 2013, & a visit to Miss Flossie Flea's Domocile,
Joe's Fishin' Hole cluster dream, the story of the Summonatrix, & future travels in the Lighthouse . . .
& February 2024, figuring how to sort payjob & time, considering Labyrinthine. . .
& the conclusion of "The Enchanged Pig" from Andrew Lang's Red Fairy Book . . .
& more musical gems from Billboard's 2010 Hot 100!
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 127:

Creature Common Show with DJ Squeak, June 2013, & a visit to Miss Flossie Flea's domocile,
a day off in Dreamland, origins of the Explainers, & arrival to a Lighthouse. . .
& January 2024's finding the solid ground in new employment . . .
& "The Enchanged Pig" from Andrew Lang's Red Fairy Book . . .
& musical gems from Billboard's 2010 Hot 100!
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 126:

Creature Common Show with DJ Squeak, June 2013, & Marie the Traveler discovers teaching by song . . .
& January 2024 return to the Attic Study. . .
& the rest of "Princess Rosette" from Andrew Lang's Red Fairy Book . . .
& the rest of the other-dimensional songs of the Beatles' Everyday Chemistry . . . Read its strange story here . . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 125:

Creature Common Show with DJ Squeak, May 2013, & the Famous Travelers each travel far & wide . . .
& more of December 2023 visit up to Bungalow A by the Wide Wide Sea in Maine . . .
& more of "Princess Rosette" from Andrew Lang's Red Fairy Book . . .
& more of the other-dimensional songs of the Beatles' Everyday Chemistry . . . Read its strange story here . . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 124:

Creature Common Show with DJ Squeak, May 2013, & the Famous Travelers scatter to the four winds!
& December 2023 visit up to Bungalow A by the Wide Wide Sea in Maine . . .
& "Princess Rosette" from Andrew Lang's Red Fairy Book . . .
& the other-dimensional songs of the Beatles' Everyday Chemistry . . . Read its strange story here . . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 123:

Creature Common Show with DJ Squeak, May 2013, & a story re-set for fun!
& December 2023, & figuring what press & pen can be done . . .
& the conclusion of "Brother and Sister" from Andrew Lang's Red Fairy Book . . .
& the conclusion of the wild weirdness of bp Nichol's Ear Rational: Sound Poems: 1966-1980 . . .
& the eternally beautiful Jimi Hendrix concludes August 1969's Woodstock Festival . . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 122:

Creature Common Show with DJ Squeak, May 2013, & even deeper into the Bungalow Cee!
& December 2023, & new job. . .
& "Brother and Sister" from Andrew Lang's Red Fairy Book . . .
& the wild weirdness of bp Nichol's Ear Rational: Sound Poems: 1966-1980 . . .
& CSNY's musical glories at August 1969's Woodstock Festival, day 3 . . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 121:

Creature Common Show with DJ Squeak, April 2013, & deeper into the Bungalow Cee!
& November 2023, from New Britain to new job. . .
& concluding "The Master Thief" from Andrew Lang's Red Fairy Book . . .
& still more joys of bp Nichol's Ear Rational: Sound Poems: 1966-1980. . .
& into August 1969's Woodstock Festival, day 3 . . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 120:

Creature Common Show with DJ Squeak, April 2013, & arrival to the Bungalow Cee!
& November 2023 live from an old hotel in New Britain . . .
& continuing "The Master Thief" from Andrew Lang's Red Fairy Book . . .
& more joys of bp Nichol's Ear Rational: Sound Poems: 1966-1980. . .
& still more joys of August 1969's Woodstock Festival, day 2 . . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 119:

Creature Common Show with DJ Squeak, April 2013, & nearing entrance to the Bungalow Cee!
& November 2023 wandering the old streets of New Britain . . .
& "The Master Thief" from Andrew Lang's Red Fairy Book . . .
& the joys of bp Nichol's Ear Rational: Sound Poems: 1966-1980. . .
& the joys of August 1969's Woodstock Festival, day 2 . . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 118:

Creature Common Show with DJ Squeak, March 2013, & the Great Stomper stomps into the Tangled Gate!
& November 2023 traveling down to New Britain, first time in more than a year . . . some demons come along . . .
& the conclusion of "The Black Thief & Knight of the Glen" from Andrew Lang's Red Fairy Book . . .
& bp Nichol's 1978's Appendix . . .
& deeper into August 1969's Woodstock Festival, day 1 . . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 117:

Creature Common Show with DJ Squeak, March 2013, & the Great Stomper stomps the Sea waves to part!
& November 2023 job hunting slogs to success . . . vows to do better, be better, live better, grateful beyond . . .
& "The Black Thief & Knight of the Glen" from Andrew Lang's Red Fairy Book . . .
& bp Nichol & his Four Horsemen live in 1980 . . .
& reaching back this time to August 1969, to a rain chanting glory stretch at the Woodstock Festival . . .
& Kamala Harris & Tim Walz in 2024! We're not going back!
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 116:

Creature Common Show with DJ Squeak, March 2013, gotta Stomp like the Great Stomper!
& October into November 2023 job hunting slogs & slogs & SLOGS toward "yer hired" . . .
& the conclusion of "The Death of Koshchei the Deathless" from Andrew Lang's Red Fairy Book . . .
& bp Nichol & his Four Horsemen live in 1978 . . .
& deep sweet reachings back to come up with The Beatles' 1967 Magical Mystery Tour. . . Roll out!
& Kamala Harris for President 2024! We're not going back!
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 115:

Creature Common Show with DJ Squeak, March 2013, gotta Stomp like the Great Stomper!
& October 2023 job hunting reaches toward its painful, obvious, somewhat victory . . .
& "The Death of Koshchei the Deathless" from Andrew Lang's Red Fairy Book . . .
& some more of bp Nichol's crazy poems from bpNichol, 1971 . . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 114:

Came upon a Voice Journal from March 2002, catching darkest depths of those bad romance days . . .
& Creature Common Show with DJ Squeak, February into March 2013, comes the Great Stomper!
& October 2023 job hunting, emails, interviews, phone calls, annoying mystery of it all . . .
& "Soria Moria Castle" from Andrew Lang's Red Fairy Book . . .
& bp Nichol's "Friends as Footnotes" from bpNichol, 1971 . . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 113:

Creature Common Show with DJ Squeak, February 2013, riding Calgary the Sea Dragon's tooth above the Wide Wide Sea!
& October 2023 job hunting, seems to never ever end . . .
& conclusion of "The Princess Mayblossom" from Andrew Lang's Red Fairy Book . . .
& excerpts from bp Nichol 's Martyrology Book 2 from bpNichol, 1971 . . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 112:

Creature Common Show with DJ Squeak, February 2013, finding Calgary the Sea Dragon's way back to the Wide Wide Sea!
& September into October 2023, riding up in Sydnee Grand Prix SE up in Maine, & then the Great Heroes of Yore Adventure!
& "The Princess Mayblossom" from Andrew Lang's Red Fairy Book . . .
& more of bp Nichol 's strange poetries from bpNichol, 1971 . . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 111:

Creature Common Show with DJ Squeak, February 2013, & moving along from Tangled Gate shenanigans. . .
& September 2023, job hunting still, maybe hoping a bit . . . then rode up in Sydnee Grand Prix SE to enjoy some days in Maine for awhile . . .
& "Preface" & "The Twelve Dancing Princesses" from Andrew Lang's Red Fairy Book . . .
& more bp Nichol & his strange poetries from Motherlove, 1968 . . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 110:

Creature Common Show with DJ Squeak, Jan-Feb 2013, & even more Tangled Gate shenanigans. . .
& September 2023, job hunting mornings & nights after mornings & nights . . .
& "The Red Etin" from Andrew Lang's Blue Fairy Book . . .
& here comes bp Nichol & his strange early poetries from borders, Feb. 1967 . . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 109:

Creature Common Show with DJ Squeak, January 2013, & more Tangled Gate shenanigans. . .
& September 2023, job hunting suckkkkkkks . . .
& "The Black Bull of Norroway" from Andrew Lang's Blue Fairy Book . . .
& finishing Synthesis #4 - WFCS-FM - 27.February.1989 . . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 108:

Creature Common Show with DJ Squeak, January 2013 traveling by Calgary the Sea Dragon above the Tangled Gate . . .
& August 2023, job hunting continues . . . also writing & writing . . .
& "The History of Jack the Giant-Killer" from Andrew Lang's Blue Fairy Book . . .
& deeper furtherer into Synthesis #4 - WFCS-FM - 27.February.1989 . . .
Third anniversary of this radio show, howboutthat?
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 107:

Creature Common Show with DJ Squeak, January 2013 arrival of Calgary the Sea Dragon!
& August 2023, job hunting begins, possible to panic with relief? Seems so . . .
& finishing "The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou" from Andrew Lang's Blue Fairy Book . . .
& deeper further into Synthesis #4 - WFCS-FM - 27.February.1989 . . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 106:

Creature Common Show with DJ Squeak, December 2012, now into the Tangled Gate, its endless enigmas . . .
& July 2023 job ends by cruelest cruelty, & a descent into sonic chaos (& their stock barely worth a buck a pop now). . .
& deeper further into "The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou" from Andrew Lang's Blue Fairy Book . . .
& further deeper into Synthesis #4 - WFCS-FM - 27.February.1989 . . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 105:

Creature Common Show with DJ Squeak, December 2012, Imp Drive-In shenanigans through the screen!
& July 2023 job woes drag on & on . . . the end so, unknowing, close. . .
& even still more of "The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou" from Andrew Lang's Blue Fairy Book . . .
& even even even further into Synthesis #4 - WFCS-FM - 27.February.1989 . . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 104:

Creature Common Show with DJ Squeak, December 2012, lots of Imp Drive-In shenanigans!
& July 2023 job woes mixed with a brilliant day at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston . . .
& even more of "The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou" from Andrew Lang's Blue Fairy Book . . .
& even even further into Synthesis #4 - WFCS-FM - 27.February.1989 . . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 103:

Creature Common Show with DJ Squeak, December 2012, into the Drive-In!
& more readings from the Many Musics' Tangled Gate poems, their time of original composition . . .
& May deep into June 2023, my Art reaching for higher, better, as payjob boss lunatic drug me down & down. . .
& more of "The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou" from Andrew Lang's Blue Fairy Book . . .
& further into Synthesis #4 - WFCS-FM - 27.February.1989 . . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 102:

Creature Common Show with DJ Squeak, November 2012, time for Grand Prizes!
& more readings from the Many Musics' Tangled Gate poems, their time of original composition . . .
& May 2023, traveling to Colorado for family vacation in the mountains, then home working Art with a desperate fever. . .
& "The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou" from Andrew Lang's Blue Fairy Book . . .
& a few bonus trippy delights from The Psychedelic Scene . . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 101:

Creature Common Show with DJ Squeak, November 2012, iterates upon iterates!
& more readings from the Many Musics' Tangled Gate poems, their time of original composition . . .
& April into May 2023, Art no matter the dark days. . .
& the rest of "The Princess on the Glass Hill" from Andrew Lang's Blue Fairy Book . . .
& into Synthesis #4 - WFCS-FM - 27.February.1989 . . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 100:

Creature Common Show with DJ Squeak, November 2012, Imps away!
& more readings from the Many Musics' Tangled Gate poems, their time of original composition . . .
& April 2023, ever darker. . .
& "The Princess on the Glass Hill" from Andrew Lang's Blue Fairy Book . . .
& a few last trippy delights from The Psychedelic Scene . . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 99:

Creature Common Show with DJ Squeak, November 2012, Imps down the shaft!
& readings from the Many Musics' Tangled Gate poems, from their very time of original composition . . .
& March-April 2023, never ending . . .
& "A Voyage to Lilliput" from Andrew Lang's Blue Fairy Book concludes . . .
& some more trippy delights from The Psychedelic Scene . . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 98:

Creature Common Show with DJ Squeak, October-November 2012, Imps ever the mystery . . .
& March 2023 the sad long path. . .
& "A Voyage to Lilliput" from Andrew Lang's Blue Fairy Book continues . . .
& some more trippy confections from The Psychedelic Scene . . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 97:

Creature Common Show with DJ Squeak, October 2012, which Imp will win the Grand Prize?
& February 2022 Voice Journal catching up finishes. . .
& February 2023 Voice Journal resumes, slow long way down . . .
& "A Voyage to Lilliput" from Andrew Lang's Blue Fairy Book continues . . .
& some trippy confections from The Psychedelic Scene . . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 96:

Creature Common Show with DJ Squeak, October 2012, huts floating on clouds upheld by bubbles blown from a pipe!
& January 2022 when started second Voice Journal work . . . missed it first go-round . . .
& "A Voyage to Lilliput" from Andrew Lang's Blue Fairy Book . . . what a delight!
& some fun & funky tunes from 2002 film-musical Chicago . . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 95:

Creature Common Show with DJ Squeak, October 2012, White Imps on the move . . .
& February 2023 the struggle of the slow defeat . . .
"The Brave Little Tailor" from Andrew Lang's Blue Fairy Book . . .
& some nice songs for the Season of Lights weekend on SPR . . . peace & love to all . . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 94:

Creature Common Show with DJ Squeak, October 2012, many the White Imp . . .
& January 2023 nothing good going on at payjob, but my pen somehow moving & moving . . .
"Trusty John" from Andrew Lang's Blue Fairy Book . . .
& for my dear brother JBIII, some classics from the WHO. . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 93:

Creature Common Show with DJ Squeak, another short week in September 2012. . .
& January 2023 shell shock as my payjob & all that mattered about it begins to get taken apart, day by day. . .
"Blue Beard" from Andrew Lang's Blue Fairy Book . . .
& several versions of a classic trippy song . . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 92:

Creature Common Show with DJ Squeak, short week in September 2012. . .
& December 2022 into January 2023's visit up to Maine, salving mercy of the Sea . . .
"Prince Darling" from Andrew Lang's Blue Fairy Book . . .
finishing Billy Joel's 1976 masterpiece, Turnstiles . . . with some holiday cheer from Peanuts . . .
Happy 20th Anniversary to SpiritPlants Radio!
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 91:

Creature Common Show with DJ Squeak, full lovely week of tellings in September 2012. . .
& December 2022's days when hope for good promotion news devolves into nearly-wordless despair . . .
& "Toads and Diamonds" from Andrew Lang's Blue Fairy Book . . .
& now into Billy Joel's 1976 masterpiece, Turnstiles. . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 90:

Creature Common Show with DJ Squeak, into September 2012 . . . . . .
& December 2022's fears of what payjob changes will bring. . .
"The Goose-girl" from Andrew Lang's Blue Fairy Book . . .
& the rest of the great tunes from Harry Chapin's 1972 masterpiece, Heads & Tales. . . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 88:

Creature Common Show with DJ Squeak, deep into August 2012 . . .
& further into November 2022 . . . Cenacle 121 work . . .
there were clouds starting to mass at payjob, me trying not to look up & see them . . .
"Hansel and Grettel" from Andrew Lang's Blue Fairy Book . . .
& it being autumn coming, time for digging into Harry Chapin's 1972 masterpiece, Heads & Tales. . .
Thinking of the Masters of War again bringing the Middle East to fire & blood . . . never truly stop, do they?
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 87:

Creature Common Show with DJ Squeak, further into August 2012 . . .
Creature Tale runs amock with Imps!
& October into November 2022, working steadily on Cenacle 121 . . .
"The Forty Thieves" from Andrew Lang's Blue Fairy Book . . .
& continuing Synthesis #3 - WFCS-FM - 20.February.1989, concluded . . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 86:

Creature Common Show with DJ Squeak, into August 2012 . . .
Creature Tale crosses with Algernon Beagle & Bags End News . . .
& Oct 2022, deep into Many Musics, then, now, ever . . .
"Little Thumb" from Andrew Lang's Blue Fairy Book . . .
& continuing Synthesis #3 - WFCS-FM - 20.February.1989 . . . near conclusion . . .
my first radio show beyond what I did in my mind back in my paper route days . . .
had to play half songs of what were top college albums, & half my own choice . . . I was out of step then, now, ever . . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 85:

Creature Common Show with DJ Squeak, July 2012 . . . Creature Tale told in a small bedroom then, quietly . . .
& Oct 2022, Cenacle owning me, happily . . .
"The Wonderful Sheep" from Andrew Lang's Blue Fairy Book . . . not a happy ending . . .
& continuing Synthesis #3 - WFCS-FM - 20.February.1989 . . . jazz even then. . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 84:

Creature Common Show with DJ Squeak, July 2012 . . . up Marie's mountain . . .
& Oct 2022, blurry descent begun . . .
"The History of Whittington" from Andrew Lang's Blue Fairy Book . . .
& continuing Synthesis #3 - WFCS-FM - 20.February.1989 . . .college rock so cool then . . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 83:

Creature Common Show with DJ Squeak, June 2012 . . . how the story-lines then ring true & long to now . . .
& Oct 2022, just a wee snippit. . .
"The Story of Pretty Goldilocks" from Andrew Lang's Blue Fairy Book . . . no Bears in sight . . .
& continuing Synthesis #3 - WFCS-FM - 20.February.1989 . . . did not imagine then what radio could be . . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 82:

Creature Common Show with DJ Squeak, June 2012 . . .
& Sep-Oct 2022, pushing Cenacle 121 along . . .
"The Terrible Head" from Andrew Lang's Blue Fairy Book . . .
& continuing Synthesis #3 - WFCS-FM - 20.February.1989 . . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 81:

Creature Common Show with DJ Squeak, May-June 2012 . . .
& September 2022 worrying a pay job that cut me loose in a recent moment. . .
"The Water Lily. The Gold Spinners" from Andrew Lang's Blue Fairy Book . . .
& continuing Synthesis #3 - WFCS-FM - 20.February.1989 . . . & I'm still standing!
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 80:

Creature Common Show with DJ Squeak, May 2012 . . .
& in September 2022, sharing some of Aldous Huxley's Island . . . & worrying payjob . . .
"The White Cat" from Andrew Lang's Blue Fairy Book . . .
& continuing Synthesis #3 - WFCS-FM - 20.February.1989 - The Who! The Kingston Trio! Bruce Springsteen!
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 79:

Creature Common Show with DJ Squeak, May 2012 . . . Creature Tale then now talking to Creature Tale now . . .
& in September 2022, thinking how to do payjob better . . . & how to do Great Grand Braided Narrative better. . .
"Felicia and the Pot of Pinks" from Andrew Lang's Blue Fairy Book . . .
& continuing Synthesis #3 - WFCS-FM - 20.February.1989 - Lou Reed! The Beatles! Camper Van Beethoven!
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 78:

Creature Common Show with DJ Squeak, April 2012 . . . Creature Tale rolls on & on . . .
into September 2022 as well . . . mulling, mulling Great Grand Braided Narrative . . .
"The Master Cat; or, Puss in Boots" from Andrew Lang's Blue Fairy Book . . .
& continuing Synthesis #3 - WFCS-FM - 20.February.1989!
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 77:

Creature Common Show with DJ Squeak, April 2012 . . . wonderful joys of telling the Creature Tale. . .
Working thoughts of payjob & writing in Aug / Sep 2022 . . .
"Why the Sea is Salt" from Andrew Lang's Blue Fairy Book . . .
& continuing Synthesis #3 - WFCS-FM - 20.February.1989!
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 76:

Creature Common Show with DJ Squeak, April 2012 . . . four pictures helping to create the Tangled Gate Mythopoeia. . .
Roaming the radio stations on the Attic Voice Journal in August 2022 . . . & a day off working up in the Attic Study too . . .
"The Master Maid" from Andrew Lang's Blue Fairy Book . . .
& starting/re-making Synthesis #3 - WFCS-FM - 20.February.1989!
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 75:

Creature Common Show with DJ Squeak . . . a long, long stretch . . .
More mullings in 2022 on Great Grand Braided Narrative [Gr. Gr. Br. N., for friendly]
"Beauty and the Beast" from Andrew Lang's Blue Fairy Book . . .
& to the top of the Billboard Top 100 of 1969!
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 74:

Traveling 2012 Cambridge, beloved Harvard Square, so missing that,
& Creature Common Show with DJ Squeak . . . Creature Tale ever fascinating from within & without . . .
2022 deep into the Great Grand Braided Narrative [Gr. Gr. Br. N., for friendly]
"Rumpelstiltskins" from Andrew Lang's Blue Fairy Book . . .
& nearing the top of the Billboard Top 100 of 1969 . . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 73:

Reading conclusion of Stephen King's 11.22.63 from 2012,
& the fine, fine Creature Common Show with DJ Squeak . . .
Reading also just-finished Many Musics from 2022. . .
"The Tale of a Youth Who Set Out to Learn What Fear Was" from Andrew Lang's Blue Fairy Book . . .
& more wicked, wonderful music from the Billboard Top 100 of 1969 . . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 72:

2012 work worries, & the finer Creature Common Show with DJ Squeak . . .
more deep recent noise from 2022 with tape player issues. . .
"Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp" from Andrew Lang's Blue Fairy Book . . .
& the wicked wonderful music from the Billboard Top 100 of 1969 . . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 71:

Still mixing personal entries in 2012 with Creature Common Show with DJ Squeak . . .
catching up with the Creature Tale from those calendars ago . . .
also "Cinderella, or The Little Glass Slipper" from Andrew Lang's Blue Fairy Book . . .
& summer 2022 thinkings about managing my team at payjob . . .
& still more delightful music from the Billboard Top 100 of 1969 . . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 70:

Shift to 2011-2012, to finding a Voice Journal that will work well . . .
to something new on this show, a show-within-a-show, & a longer show for all to fit . . .
Creature Common Show with DJ Squeak . . . charming not quite like anything else . . .
also "The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood" from Andrew Lang's Blue Fairy Book . . .
& more from recent days too . . . & still more music from the Billboard Top 100 of 1969 . . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 69:

2003 Burning Man . . . struggling for new days . . . & one more visit to Seattle to friends . . .
"Little Red Riding Hood" from Andrew Lang's Blue Fairy Book . . .
& still more songs from the Billboard Top 100 of 1969 . . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 68:

Back in Connecticut, 2003, broken by travels out West . . . happy visits with old friends & new . . .
"The Yellow Dwarf" from Andrew Lang's Blue Fairy Book . . .
& still more songs from the Billboard Top 100 of 1969 . . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 67:

Burning Man 2002, crying, wishing, hoping . . .
A lot from Attic Study in 2022 . . .
& more songs from the Billboard Top 100 of 1969 . . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 66:

Sounds of Burning Man 2001, night of the Burn, seems . . .
"East of the Sun and West of the Moon" from Andrew Lang's Blue Fairy Book . . .
& songs from the Billboard Top 100 of 1969 . . . great year . . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 65:

Setting up at Burning Man 2001 . . .
"Prince Hyacinth & the Dear Little Princess" from Andrew Lang's Blue Fairy Book . . .
& a few last acid pop gems from The Psychedelic Experience collection . . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 64:

Time passages . . . now arriving in August to Burning Man 2001 . . .
long ago beloved voice of friend Sean L . . . & some of Andrew Lang's Blue Fairy Book fun . . .
begin with "The Bronze Ring" . . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 63:

One late night in June 2001, 60s Rock, Carnal Street, ZombieTown, Mass . . .
read to the night some of my earliest Nocturnes . . .
high, free . . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 62:

A night of poetry & music live with dear old brothers Joe Ciccone & Ric Amante . .
And a few treats from the wise & wonderful Bill Hicks . . . & others . . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 61:

LSD Underground 12 from 1966 . . . . let it roll . . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 60:

Arnold Arboretum . . . long ago afternoon journey . . . beautiful memory . . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 59:

Season of Lights music for all . . . & a little drama of November 2000 heart-woe . . .
best wishes to all as the next page of the calendar turns . . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 58:

October 2000 & I was pursuing a damaged blonde dream at a far distance . . . happily, sadly, hopefully, futilely . . .
a couple of classics by the Grateful Dead, for comfort & context . . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 57:

Beatles cover band in Harvard Square, 2000 . . . more Attic Study, 2022 . . . more acid pop gems . . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 56:

Lovelorn, along Canal Street, 2000 . . . wondering other matters, 2022 . . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 55:

Thanksgiving, the most wonderful holiday of my youth . . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 54:

Fragments from Terence McKenna's True Hallucinations . . .
long commutes back in October 2000 . . . fine times in the Attic Study in April 2022 . . . & more acid pop gems . . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 53:

October 2000 sad thoughts of romance . . . planning, wondering . . . what is coming?
April 2022, & still asking . . . & brlliant new songs by The Smithereens!
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 52:

Uncle Sammy & then Sound Tribe Sector Nine at the Middle East Cafe, September 2000 . . .
& a piece of Robert Anton Wilson's great big strange beautiful mind . . . a few more acid pop gems too . . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 51:

Loop Dreams at the Middle East Cafe, September 2000 . . . Biobuilder class, March 2022 . . .
& a good interview with Aldous Huxley from 1958 . . . some acid pop gems too . . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 50:

Some travel . . . some live Within's Within . . . some Attic Study time . . . 50th show, some new mixes for it . . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 49:

Some nice action in Harvard Square back in September 2000 . . . Attic Study 2022 . . . & lots of acid pop gems . . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 48:

Burning Man 2000 Center Camp ecstasies . . . Attic Study 2022 talking, & walking down Derby Rd. . . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 47:

Biking the playa at Burning Man 2000 . . . back to the Attic Study in 2022. . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 46:

Getting my bike fixed at Burning Man 2000 . . . reading poetry, naked, for all . . .
quiet in a New Britain hotel room, thinking, thinking . . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 45:

Still walking the playa desert of Burning Man 2000 . . .
some of these hours with my old friend Sean L. . . . loved those long gone hours with him. . .
some nice acid rock nuggets . . . & more of Woodstock '69 on the hotel TV. . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 44:

Still walking the playa desert of Burning Man 2000 . . .
& in New Britain 2022 at the library & in the Peoples Donutshop . . .
& back to Woodstock '69 on the hotel TV. .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 43:

Walking the playa desert of Burning Man 2000, even before it begins . . . .
& hotel scheming in New Britain 2022 . . . a few acid rock nuggets too . . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 42:

Arriving at Burning Man 2000, finally . . . .
& traveling down to New Britain in 2022. .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 41:

Prepping high anxiety for Burning Man 2000. . . .
& a 2022 group audio tribute to the brilliant poet Martina Newberry. . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 40:

Back to the daily grind away of figuring shit out, then & now . . . .
& some lygeric ear candy to salve for sure . . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 39:

Widespread Panic showin Boston, 7/29/2000, continued . . .
plus the crazy mixing rest of Mission: Mind Control . . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 38:

Widespread Panic in Boston, 7/29/2000, great show! . . . & other long trippy pieces . . .
plus some crazy more mixing of Mission: Mind Control . . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 37:

Lots of Springsteen live . . . & some Canal Street musings . . . & a little George Carlin for context . . .
plus more of 1979's wild acid conspiracy epic Mission: Mind Control . . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 36:

Worrying all manner of things in July 2000 . . . More recently figuring writing ideas out . . .
plus 1979's wild acid conspiracy epic Mission: Mind Control . . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 35:

Riding the Greyhound through the Pennsylvania mountains, returning from July 2000 Phish shows . . .
brand new from my pen was 36 Nocturnes . . . so recorded them . . . plus recent mullings . . .
"Deep Purple" the song that haunts me right now, in many forms . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 34:

Rest of 7/11/2000 Phish show, Noblesville, Indiana . . . then packing it up & getting on the road toward back East . . .
& jump forward to this past winter, to Attic Study . . . what the same, what changes, what remains but varied . . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 33:

Mostly 7/11/2000 Phish show, Noblesville, Indiana . . . fun when dancing & high at the show, sometimes a kind soul met along the way . . . but solo touring can be lonely . . . lotta time to think, more than can be useful . . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 32:

July 2000 & on the road West to go on Phish tour . . .
traveling by Greyhound bus, with all its weird hours & adventures & folken. .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 31:

Strangefolk live at the Avalon, 6/17/2000, second set & encore . . .
& much recent talk of the Great Grand Braided Narrative [Gr. Gr. Br. N. for friendly] . . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 30:

Strangefolk live at the Avalon, 6/17/2000, wow what a show! . . . & much along Canal St. too . . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 29:

Tarot card reading with a long-lost friend in a long-lost coffeehouse in Hartford. . . & some fine bluegrass tunes . . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 28:

Long late night walk in Chicago, concluded . . . & a revival, new words to go with old . . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 27:

Umphrey's McGee live at Martyr's, Chicago, continued . . . then the long walk back to a rented bed . . .
& a lovely treat from Mr. Stevie Wonder!. . Listen to SpiritPlants Radio

36x with Commander Q - Show number 26:

Umphrey's McGee live at Martyr's, Chicago . . . what a show! . . . Listen to SpiritPlants Radio

36x with Commander Q - Show number 25:

Chicago bars till the weaker hours . . . What was AmeriKKKa listening to on the radio that Woodstock '69 weekend?. . .
& Who Killed Malcolm X? . . . Listen to SpiritPlants Radio

36x with Commander Q - Show number 24:

Chasing pretty spectres to Chicago & back . . . & 2022 has arrived too, all sorts of catch-up to do. . . Listen to SpiritPlants Radio

36x with Commander Q - Show number 23:

Seeing movies, journeying high . . . disliking work & wandering lovelorn as usual . . .
some more great old hillbilly music too . . . Listen to SpiritPlants Radio

36x with Commander Q - Show number 22:

Lovelorn, oh so . . . comfort in Dune books, & writing . . . scrounging for meaning wherever I could
. . . & some great hillbilly songs by the great Jimmie Rogers . . . Listen to SpiritPlants Radio

36x with Commander Q - Show number 21:

New tape recorder, so resume talking . . . lonely, wandering, going to work, writing like a fiend, trying to figure shit out . . .
& some of the great songs of Mr. Sam Cooke . . . Listen to SpiritPlants Radio

36x with Commander Q - Show number 20:

Days in ZombieTown . . . & nights . . . poet Ric shows up . . . Dave Chappelle . . . Pink Floyd . . . Cairo Jazz Ensemble . . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 19:

Back from the City of Art . . . rough emotions for awhile . . what to do now? . . . tunes from a Great Entertainer too . . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 18:

Still & ever on long road back from the City of Art . . . & also on the road to the Emerald City, off to see a Wizard . . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 17:

Still on long road back from the City of Art . . . more of Heinlein's Time Enough for Love to pass the time . . . a guest DJ makes an appearance, & other fun . . . Listen to SpiritPlants Radio

36x with Commander Q - Show number 16:

Long road back from the City of Art . . . reading Heinlein's Time Enough for Love to pass the time . . . a few other treats too . . Listen to SpiritPlants Radio

36x with Commander Q - Show number 15:

A try with DRMtri, to little luck . . . but back better with Lucy . . . long walk across the playa . . . to the Man . . . ahhhhhh . . . Listen to SpiritPlants Radio

36x with Commander Q - Show number 14:

Long night further into the City of Art with Molly, high highs & low lows . . . Lord Huron to spice . . .
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36x with Commander Q - Show number 13:

Much deeper into the City of Art . . . more Smithereens! . . . Listen to SpiritPlants Radio

36x with Commander Q - Show number 12:

More walking the late night . . . then, later, the City of Art bursts wide open! Biking bliss . . . goodness . . . . Smithereens! . . Listen to SpiritPlants Radio

36x with Commander Q - Show number 11:

Arriving to the City of Art in the desert . . . BIG BLOW . . . walking the late night . . Listen to SpiritPlants Radio

36x with Commander Q - Show number 10:

Closer & closer to the City of Art in the desert . . . & some fun interludes . . . Listen to SpiritPlants Radio

36x with Commander Q - Show number 9:

Into Nevada . . . City of Art in the desert nears . . . Listen to SpiritPlants Radio

36x with Commander Q - Show number 8:

Long driving through Iowa, Nebraska, Utah, & Nevada . . . plus some swings . . . Listen to SpiritPlants Radio

36x with Commander Q - Show number 7:

Driving, Harlow Wilcox & the Oakies, & an old fine poetry festival . . Listen to SpiritPlants Radio

36x with Commander Q - Show number 6:

Radio show within radio show within radio show, whatever that means . . Listen to SpiritPlants Radio

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