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Posted at 5:19 AM on December 17, 2008
by Dale Connelly
(54 Comments)
I'll play some songs today for a woman whose dream is to go to New York City before she turns 40. New York may be the world's most celebrated city, song-wise. I don't think any three minute ditty can plumb the depths of a true NYC experience, but I'll rely heavily on one attempt from the musical "Annie".
Being on Radio Heartland makes it possible for me to play something from "Annie" without worrying too much about the fallout. When Jim Ed and I were on The Current (and even on Classical MPR) people would wince if word got around that we were consorting with the Loud Orphan. The cover of the disc is an unmistakable bright red. A ripple goes through the crowd when I take it out of the library, like the triggering device has been unlocked on a nuclear warhead. Doors close. People take cover under their desks. For hipsters and sophisticates alike, Annie represents everything that is impossibly brash and insufferably precious about Broadway.
That's why I'm so fond of her.
Fashion shifts from time to time, and you never know when something "out" will become "in". Though it's hard to imagine what could possibly change the way our cultural trendsetters feel about Annie, the musical.
Perhaps a revival. Starring Britney Spears. At Folsom Prison.
Peter Ostroushko will also make an appearance on the show today. It's his victory turn after reducing us all to tears last Thursday with that quiet version of "You Are My Sunshine".
He's got a show coming up at the Fitzgerald this Saturday, so there's a lot to talk about, but Peter is not an easy guest for the lazy disc jockey. He's got a brilliant mind and is an eloquent speaker, it's just that he won't spew a torrent of words to fill the dead spaces in anyone's radio program, thank you. Interviewing Peter Ostroushko is what I imagine deer hunting is like. You prepare yourself, you take up your position and you wait.
Something good will come along.
Comments (54)
Before they played “police and robbers” yesterday morning my boys warmed up by dancing to Radio Heartland’s music. We’ve tried to learn I'm Gonna Mail Myself To You so they were thrilled to hear it on the radio. My 7-year-old son Kit has been especially musically inspired since he and I went to The Morning Show finale together. I wasn’t sure if I would be able to wake him for it in the morning but as it turned out I didn’t have to. He appeared smiling and dressed while I was still in bed. And I wasn’t sure how long he could sit in the Fitz. But he made it all the way to just before Peter Ostroushko sang You Are My Sunshine when he needed to run for the restroom. I’m still savoring Mr. Ostroushko’s first song Bonapart Crossing the Alps. As a gardener I’ve been sorely missing my garden, but when he played that it was as if I was suddenly in my garden again. The place was filled with hope and sweetness. Everything was green and alive with plants and birds. The fountain water flowed instead of being frozen. The show was a fantastic experience for both of us. I imagine it will be one of the remembrances of my son’s childhood that he’ll always carry, one of those experiences we have that forms us and remains vivid in our minds all our lives. Radio Heartland is a comfort to the loss of the grown-up voices I could hear on The Morning Show and on Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood, which also encouraged me and has recently ceased to be aired daily on local public television. The two events painfully coincide, which makes me even more grateful for the uplifting music on Radio Heartland. We as a family, by the way, first saw Peter Ostroushko on Mr. Rogers.
Good Morning Dale and Mike:
Having a small background in theatre, I've always had a fondness for musicals, corny as some are. Ethel Merman alerts were my favorite! So I relish the songs when you play them.
This whole blog things is so surreal but wonderful. I spent some time last night reading through entries for the last couple days, cherishing each person's unique insight, but knowing we all have this strange connection with LGMS and are reaching out to hold some part of it still with this forum.
It's sort of like a cult, but without the creepiness (I hope). I'm looking forward to hearing Peter O on this morning. I listened at home to final show and thoroughly enjoyed the whole emotional gamut. Thanks for everything!
Joanne
I just wanted to reiterate a fact that Dale mentioned in case folks didn't catch it. He was informed by Valerie Argenbright in Membership that Radio Heartland has already received $11,000 in pledges since last Thursday -- without a pledge drive! Awesome! That speaks volumes ...
Joanne in Big Lake
I'm delighted with Radio Heartland, Dale. I was streaming The Morning Show at 2:00 p.m. in our flat in Prague when you announced that the show was ending. If there had been any way for me to be at the Fitzgerald on December 11, I'd have been there in a heartbeat, but the distance was a bit too much. If I have a break in my teaching schedule here in the middle of the day and get home, I can listen to the show mid-day with the seven hour time distance. While I miss Jim Ed, I'm enjoying the new show. Thanks! --Michele
I have never been a blogger, but I am sure enjoying reading the comments every morning. Yes, my morning routine has changed. I used to savor the warmth of my down comforter for a while after the LGMS would ease me into the day. Now I almost leap out of bed to get Radio Heartland up and running. A big 'whew' when Dale greets me. Then I go directly to the Trial Balloon. Wow, this morning I read that I get to look forward to Peter O. I will never forget his rendition of You are My Sunshine. Those pregnant pauses that challenge the DJ in the deer stand, were just what made his delivery last Thursday..... so.....absolutely.......well.... maybe someone out there can help me with the word.....
Thanks for Cafe Accordion!
You mean it is not cool to like Annie?!?!
Oh oh - the Broadway show is coming to Mpls in Feb and I bought several people in my family tickets to the show for Christmas. Should I prepare for some pushback?
Visited NY a few years ago and had a great time. It was the holiday season so we went to the Nutcracker at Lincoln Center, the Met, MOMA and The Cloisters. Didn't make it to a Broadway show, though. Maybe to balance out your choice of Annie as being representative of the NY experience, you could include a few songs from the Nutcracker? That would also fill a Christmas music spot, wouldn't it?
Looking forward to hearing some orphans sing - Thanks!
I am very much enjoying the blogging experience. It seems even more like a community when I can read the thoughts of other listeners. What an articulate bunch so early in the morning!
I woke up this morning with Stan & Doug's Christmas Goose song in my head. I think this is a good thing, and was wondering if there was any Stan & Doug music in the Radio Heartland library. I think they would fit in nicely!
Thanks to Dale and the people behind the scenes for all the hard work to make this work.
Mornin', Dale! I must say, it was great to hear "Albert the Genius". Now I know that all continues to be right with the world.
Congrats on the contribution total! If Santa brings me a job for Christmas, I will be adding to it for sure. Love your "new home!"
Hey, Chisago Lakes HS did "Annie" as the big production!
So Oliver Warbucks is big here! Now if he could only throw some bucks around to get the economy going, then he would be really cool...
Thanks Dale and Radio Heartland World for another morning of music and the works!
David Lindley!!!! Thank you so much! I LOVE David Lindley and NOBODY plays him on the radio. Thank you thank you thank you Peter Ostroushko!!!
I'm never surprised by anything that plays on the Morning Show -- oops, the Dale Connelly Show on Radio Heartland -- but I have to say that even though I like the song NYC, it really doesn't fit very well in the show it comes from. The production my youngest daughter was in (Alden-Conger H.S) debated not even including it.
Hi Dale
Nice to hear you on the air, even if it’s sans Jim Ed (but this morning, with a Very Important Visitor!). We are upping our pledge to MPR to reflect added support for Radio Heartland.
I listen, not without some difficulty, while I work out in the basement. A laptop and a kluge of cables, hubs, and speakers near the old, now quiet radio are now in evidence.
I have found that Media Player Classic (Google on “Real Alternative”) can play the 128 KB stream all by itself, without Windows Media Player or Real Player. Download it and install it, then download “radio heartland.pls” from your site, and tell Windows that it should use Media Player Classic to open files that end in “.pls”. From there it’s a breeze, unless you trip over all those wires.
Cheers for the holidays!
Larry Clemens
Hi Dale
Nice to hear you on the air, even if it’s sans Jim Ed (but this morning, with a Very Important Visitor!). We are upping our pledge to MPR to reflect added support for Radio Heartland.
I listen, not without some difficulty, while I work out in the basement. A laptop and a kluge of cables, hubs, and speakers near the old, now quiet radio are now in evidence.
I have found that Media Player Classic (Google on “Real Alternative”) can play the 128 KB stream all by itself, without Windows Media Player or Real Player. Download it and install it, then download “radio heartland.pls” from your site, and tell Windows that it should use Media Player Classic to open files that end in “.pls”. From there it’s a breeze, unless you trip over all those wires.
Cheers for the holidays!
Larry Clemens
If liking "Annie" and Ethel Merman is uncool, so be it. I'd rather have fun, smile and be uncool, then! Annie brings fond memories of junior high, thoughts of hope in a bleak world, and the knowledge that sometimes "Arf" is the only appropriate and required comment!
Thanks for taking Peter to task, but let him off the hook now. The tears were part of the experience, and it reflected what we are were feeling that day. However, the sun has come out again with the new Radio Heartland (oh, that was almost an Annie reference, wasn't it???). We all came together in a moment of quiet, cathartic grief as we sang along in the church, a sort of communion of song.
Don't be afraid to play the songs that make some people hide under the desk. That is what the Current was developed to do - bring people together through music, whether in agreement or protest. And DON'T forsake Ethel. I love her, and as long as there is a warning, we can all enjoy her voice (or mute the radio for a minute or two).
A revival of Annie would be interesting, but rather a rehab center instead of Folsom, with Britney, Paris, and the other forlorn Hollywood waifs as the orphans. Sara Palin as Mrs. Havesham (probably got that wrong), and Warren Buffet as Daddy Warbucks. And all proceeds go into paying down the national debt!!!
Oh, and any songs that reflect warmth are appreciated - although we are now almost in a comparative heatwave. And quit forecasting snow - my husband is going to go ballistic if this snow every other day continues - it is the one thing that drives him nuts about Minnesota winters - as soon as you clean up the snow, here comes another round. However, the exercise is doing him some good, so I'm appreciating it!!!
Hi Dale,
Just a request...could you announce the time periodically since we no longer have the sports/news to judge when to get up? I realize that the show is rebroadcast, so maybe a "15/30 minutes past the hour" or something like that?
Thanks for continuing the show & this cool blog (I miss Jim Ed)
Hi Dale, Thanks for the lovely song selection this frosty morning. I was simply bereft at the loss of TMS but am certainly glad to hear you and the music on RadioHeartland.
As for Annie, it's certainly fine for some people not to like it but to heap shame on those that do must be labeled intolerance. How sadly disfunctional! It must feel wonderful to have your own space and freedom Dale, Play on!
Where's Perry? I need some news! And believe it or not, I miss sports too!
Any chance your show will go longer than 2 hours? I like listening to an actual person in, um, "real time," I guess.
Not only are morning show listeners an articulate bunch, they are also excellent spellers and careful typists, unlike many online!
For Christmas music in the upcoming days, I'd like to put in a vote for the Joan Baez album "Noel". I especially like her version of "O Holy Night", sung in French.
TOM WAITS I have not heard this song by him....THANKS THANKS FOR TOM WAITS (I am loving this)
I still miss Jim Ed but being able to obtain this type of music on line is such a plus for me. I work in a hospital near X-ray so the lead walls cut me off from most radio. When I tried to listen to MPR it was thru a wall of static. I can now listen to clear music my entire shift. Thank you, thank you.
Thank you everyone for your posts.
I will try to do some "before the hour" and "after the hour" time references, Kathy. One potential wrinkle there is the possibility that HAL will misfire when he goes to re-play one of the hours of my show. That actually happened last Friday. By the time we got things up and running properly, 20 minutes had passed. If such a thing were to happen again, all my before-and-after-the-hour time cues would be wrong and anyone relying on me to verify their position in the time/space continuum would be out of synch with the rest of the world! Yow!
Thanks, Larry, for the details of your listening set-up. It appears to be a vigorous workout just to pull in Radio Heartland. I appreciate the effort.
And Kelley, I plan to raise the question of a live third hour in a meeting later this morning. I agree with you that the current method isn't working very well.
I'm not in my car commuting to Rochester today, so I pulled the computer out of the office and into the kitchen, then just kept clicking on all the Radio Heartland choices until I heard Dale talking. Now it's Hawaiian music in the kitchen -- what could be better? Hmmm, I wonder who'd be brave enough to offer a workshop on how to install that fancy new radio thingy in your car? An MPR fundraiser??
If you're thinking of playing any Christmas music, don't forget Ann Reed's "Not Your Average Holiday CD". She's always a day-brightner for me--although I'm sure my colleauges are getting tired of me laughing out loud at something they can't hear. Too bad for them!
And one more favorite Christmas CD--Emmylou Harris did one a few years ago that's marvelous, as did Priscilla Herman, Anne Hills & Cindy Mangsen Voices of Winter .
Thanks for Radio Heartland Dale! I did not even attempt to attend last Thursday's Live Morning Show, as I planned to weep copiously at home while listening. I am so grateful to you that I pledged twice this year in support of Radio Heartland.
I was thrilled to hear David Lindley this AM. I am a huge fan, but lazy about getting out the LP's and record player. Thanks to Peter O for doing the work. If you ever do a big 3 automaker show Lindley's Mecury II song is great.
Have you heard of "Shanachie; A World out of time, Henry Kaiser and David Lindley in Madagascar? A CD worth a listen.
I would also like to request Solas's "Merry Go Round" Song from their "Life Love and Laughter" CD in honor of you Dale.
All the best!
Uncool IS cool. Or, in the words of the great MN author, Bill Holm, "nurture your eccentricities. They're the only thing that make you interesting when you get old."
YES! I fervently hope the 3rd hour gets approval!
Like the seasonal music being added! Don't suppose you all have Bruce Cockburn's Christmas CD? It's not so easy to get in the States.
Also-- has the world music been ditched in the Radio Heartland format? (Canada doesn't count as world music) I have a special fondness for Brasilian music (Gal Costa, Caetano Veloso, etc.!), but I have always enjoyed most of the world music played on the MS, even if I don't understand it.
Maybe you could have a character voice do the time readings. If it is Dale's voice people would trust the time, but if it is a character voice (that seems confused) it could be funny.
My first thought was have HAL the computer sound confused, like there is a short in the Publivac computer he runs on. Then I thought Bart the Bear while retired, would be the perfect character for reading the time. No one would trust a sleepy bear to get the time right!
Maybe you could outsource the support for HAL to Bart the bear! That could cover any failings HAL might have.
I assume HAL is pretty simple, you give him a play list and he plays it. Unlike a human he doesn't fill a few seconds to round out the hour, and he doesn't sync with any clock. HAL is probably the Jimmy Buffet of computers.
Oh, and I forgot to mention, Dale, this mix of music is so sweet. I loved listening to you guys in the car on the commute to work but now I can tune in all day at work to my favorite mix of music. I used to listen to WUMB in Boston a lot but you have a selection of tunes that's a better match to my taste and I love the surprises that show up every blessed day. Support this? You better believe it. I'd put up with a whole lot worse than the occasional Mermon alert or Annie outburst to keep you happy and bringing me such a great mix of music. The work day's quality of life factor just jumped up several notches. Thanks!
Oh, and I also forgot to mention that a good third of my folk music collection at home is due to hearing new artists on your show. What a gift your taste in music has been for me.
Now that you've got all these hours to fill with music you love, I'm thinking you're happy as a hog in a mud pit. Well, me, too. This is Phoenix radio! May the new bird rising from the Morning Show's ashes sing on for a long time to come!
Umm, back to work now.
"Perhaps a revival. Starring Britney Spears. At Folsom Prison."
Folsom is old news. If you want a REVIVAL, stage it at Gitmo.
"Priscilla Herdman, Anne Hills & Cindy Mangsen 'Voices of Winter' . " I am voting for this CD, too : )
Yippee for those who have contributed so far! $11,000.00 of support is proof positive that there is a strong desire to hear this wonderful type of music programming.
And a live third hour would be a mighty fine plan, IMO. It probably wouldn't be the easy way,Dale, but it would be "The Cowboy Way." Thanks.
World music would be a be great addition to the play list. I always liked the morning show for discovering new music. Heck I would even enjoy a modicum of classical and rock and roll as well, as long it was quirky and obscure.
I'm in a bit of a funk. The only place I can hear the show in the morning is in my kitchen, where the new HD radio is. My computer is on another floor, where I get cleaned and dressed, but something is wrong with the audio player setup, and I can't get the show! I hate leaving my kitchen, but it's leave the kitchen or leave my job!
So I miss a big chunk of the show. I go out to the garage, start the car, back out, and turn on the radio. (Now this is before I've had even one cup of coffee). I'm fiddling with the knob, when I say to myself - "I'll turn on Radio Heartland and listen as I drive." So I hit the button for 89.3 and start listening to some guy singing about a girl who's taking her clothes off. What??!! How could Dale play such stuff?! It took another half block before the reality sunk in. I was sad and glad at the same time - sad to remember I can't get RH in my car (yet), and glad to realize that it wasn't a Dale Connelly choice of music.
Life is very different for me in the morning now.
Hey Dale,
I just got home from college and listened to the Morning Show with my father this morning. It's great that you're still keeping up with the show but I was disappointed that you aren't playing much alternative music anymore. I liked the occasional song by Iron & Wine, Sufjan Stevens, Rufus Wainwright and many other artists on the Morning Show. My dad now likes many alternative bands thanks to your show and I don't want the Morning Show to lose it's alternative edge.
Here's a playlist I originally was going to send in to your son's radio show "What the Hill?" on KSTO 93.1 FM but I think it would be great for the Morning Show, and my dad agrees. For the Birds:
Lullaby Of Birdland - Ella Fitzgerald
Flightless Bird, American Mouth - Iron & Wine
Electric Bird - Sia
Little Bird - The Weepies
Blackbird - The Beatles
Summer Bird Diamond - Seabear
Thanks
I just got Mary Chapin Carpenter's new Christmas CD and give it two thumbs up for the Radio Heartland playlist. It fits into her recent pattern of quiet, intelligent songs that repay careful listening and includes that rarity of rarities on holiday albums: substantial amounts of new and original music. It's not on a major label and deserves an audience.
A couple of other favorites out of Canada: The Rankin Family Christmas CD and the two by the Cape Breton-based Barra MacNeils. These can be hard to find in the states, though. (I, for one, would be eternally grateful if the Wailin Jennys tackled the holiday repetoire.)
Ditto on world music. "Americana" didn't develop on its own. It reflects the contributions of a very wide range of world traditions, and the influence of each on the other continues to this day. Listen to Eileen Ivers' "Immigrant Soul" for great examples of the process at work.
But if the LGMS proved anything, it's that there is an audience for good (or at least interesting) music regardless of format. We really don't care what label is put on it, or the degree to which it drives radio executives crazy. Just don't commit the cardinal sin and bore us.
Not too tall an order, is it?
Thanks for all the off-beat Christmas music Dale! Any chance of Pearl Bailey's "Five Pound Box of Money"?
Did Ethel Merman ever do a Christmas album? My 10-year-old says she is great, as long as you're in a different room.
Thanks so much for being here!
I have to agree with Linda from St. Paul that "...Not only are morning show listeners an articulate bunch, they are also excellent spellers and careful typists, unlike many online!"
Amen! It's a higher class of people that must listen to MPR. ? (Hope that didn't come across as snobbish...)
Just today got the computer hooked up to the shop stereo so I can hear it through out the day.
If I was still milking cows it wouldn't be the same.
Thanks Dale!
-Ex Dairy Farmer Ben
Here is a sad part of my life-- as a 19 year old college student who's good-music-disdaining-sleeping-in roommate has just moved out, I realized a few weeks ago that I CAN FINALLY LISTEN TO THE MORNING SHOW AGAIN! I grew up hearing Prairie Sun over my malt-o-meal, and had to quit listening when I got too cool. Now that I've ceased to be cool again, I thought that the time has come to make my public radio comeback just in time... to hear the final broadcast. Poorly-timed, I say.
But the music doesn't die, does it? Because here I am, NOT editing my final paper like I should be, and instead grooving in the computer lab with headphones that just BARELY reach from the jack to my head.
And yesterday I got a Christmas package from my parents with GASP! THE BEST OF THE KEEPERS CD! I listened to it WAY louder than my friends studying for finals appreciated. I danced. I sat in silent reverence. I screamed in delight. This music is soul-food for me.
I can't stand it! I love this station! I'm listening to the Roches Hallelujiah Chorus right now as I work -- magnificent! Thanks for keeping this going, and really creating a place for ecclectic, engaged weirdos like me (asking forgiveness from all of the other listeners; this may not be how you define yourselves...)
Hi Dale,
I'm really enjoying radio heartland!!! It's great to still hear you on the air.
I would like to suggest you play something from Sufjan Stevens "Songs for Christmas". My favorite is "That was the worst christmas ever", but Away in a manger is also nice.
Thanks for playing great music!!
Becky L
LOL at your comments about Annie, Dale! I too have the RED album (yes, LP) that was a Christmas present in high school. Insufferable, yes, but good to play music that makes our friends and colleagues wince.
Anything that can be added in "real time," (news, the time, whatever) would be an excellent addition to the non-show hours. Then it won't feel so lonely (someone said "texture" yesterday, which was perfect) when your show is over for the day.
Really like the re-broadcast over lunch hour. I'm at the gym in the a.m. so miss the first time around.
Thanks!
(MPR management, are you reading these? If not, you should be.)
I adored the Morning Show and I'm loving Radio Heartland. Thank You for keeping the eclecticism alive!!!!!
The ingenious thing about TMC was the incredible variety. Radio Heartland is close, but Im not hearing much alternative rock or hip-hop. It's AWESOME to hear a bit of Spearhead after a Gilbert & Sullivan ditty. I would support a sprinkle of edginess in the playlist.
I'm loving today's show. Peter just said, "so sue me" in response to having made so many people (myself included) weep last week. Heck, I still weep when I re-listen to that performance.
The Roche's "Hallalujah Chorus", the Andrews Sisters' "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy", "Einstein the Genius" and many other songs have made it worth my while to listen today. However, I laughed just now.
Still...add me to the list of people who'd like to continue heading music from across one pond or another. I used to love the Finnish music you'd come up with - and Tuvan (sp?) throat music, and Russian men's choral music...I hope those are on the playlists to come.
What have I missed? How did The Morning Show become LGMS? Somebody help me here, please.
I figured it meant Late Great Morning Show, but I could be wrong...
Congrats Dale on Radio Heartland. We love it, and it makes us feel Hip, too. We have it plugged into our stereo (thanks to an Airport Express and our Mac) and it's way better than the FM reception we get up north. So now we get to listen to you all day long, the sound quality is better than ever, and we're finally enjoying what the Current should have become when MPR started it. (What were they thinking?!) Don't get us wrong, we're still mad at MPR for being so stupid that they dropped the Show. But it's nice to know that, with $99 worth of computer accessories, we can sidestep their ignorance and even benefit from it. (Like somebody else said, is management reading these comments...and counting our contributions?)
You are right, LGMS is my lazy person shorthand for The Late Great Morning Show. Sorry to confuse anyone. I thought it would be a nice way to honor the Morning Show by calling it 'Late Great', but then I got lazy about writing it out. So much for successful memorials! Maybe the best memorial is to ensure that Morning Show style programming continues into the future, and we can help to do that by supporting Radio Heartland
If you want to listen to Radio Heartland on your iPhone or iPod touch, I just downloaded this software and it works great:
http://www.rogueamoeba.com/radioshifttouch/
I want to second the Bruce Cockburn "Christmas" CD mentioned earlier. It's a musicological journey through medeival, Reformation, honkey-tonk, Native American, r+b, negro spirituals, even one original composition. It's calm and it's raucous; it's joyous and somber and even spooky; and there's not the slightest hint of Frosty, Rudolph or Jingle Bells. Fascinating liner notes as well. The listeners of Radio Heartland deserve to hear from this one!
Hi Dale, Mike, and Fellow RH Listeners,
My husband, Dan, an English major, says a radio program and blog are perfect for your creative talents, Dale. We are both heartily enjoying the music and messages. Thank you.
Years ago you played a request from me and the dogs for Dan’s BD. When I alerted Dan to listen to the radio, he burst out of the bathroom with a towel around his waist, fearing we were under a nuclear attack! I guess my voice was pretty excited. 8-) If you can work in some Beethoven or the blues tomorrow, Dec. 18, I think Dan would appreciate it. It’s his BD again. Thank you.
Late Great Morning Show: ahh, how appropriate!
Well, ya know, it took some people a while to work out LOL and ROTFLOL...thanks for the explanation on LGMS. Now that I've had it spelled out, it makes perfect sense!
Thanks for the explanation about the Late Great Morning Show. It makes perfect sense! It's just that some of us are slower than others...
...and if that redundant post doesn't demonstrate that I'm slow on the uptake, nothing will.
Regarding the shifts in fashion, I will never forget my astonishment when, I, a graduate student struggling to act hip enough to be hanging around with people wearing black clothing and talking about Heidegger in coffee shops in Chicago, was confronted with the specter of one of these utterly-hip people telling me that they listened to NEIL DIAMOND. Neil DIAMOND????? Seriously??? At that point, I realized that what I needed to cultivate was not Taste, but Chutzpah.
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