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We're back! We took the week off last week while Amy was on vacation and Jae was working way too hard. Did you miss us? We missed you.

This week, we bring you a little international flavor with poems by A-Gonzaga, Jill Kelly Koren and JR Pearson, plus, in the after party, a song from Aaron Roche's soon-to-be-released album "Plainspeak." You can preorder the album here. Thanks to John Babshaw for being our guest reader.

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Update: I made a mistake reading A-Gonzaga's bio and said he was Norwegian-born. I should have said he is "Nigerian-born, Nordic-educated." I'm sure either country would be happy to claim him. :)
 


Comments

Alex

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 05:17:55

Great episode! I love the second reading by Jill Kelly Koren. Great sound effects/music! Also John does a great job reading! Get more of him on the show.

 

Ryan

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 05:49:56

Wow! John did a really great job. I want more! The second reading reminded me of the movie Punch Drunk Love, in a good way. Fantastic job!

 

Therese L. Broderick

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 07:59:16

"Poetry that Travels" -- I like your new description! Yes, these poems took me on entrancing trips to Nordic lands, Paris, and the realm of chimpanzee lightning...

I wonder just how young Jill's "little brother" is? He's talented in music, no matter what his age.

 

Amy

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 09:56:10

I don't know how old Jill's "little brother" is, but I love the recording he helped her make! She sent us a "plain" version too, but this one was too fun to pass up.

 

A-Gonzaga

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 10:46:53

Fantastic, Amy! And your pronunciations were simply breathtaking!

 

Amy

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 11:02:35

Thank you! I was really worried about that, especially that I would mispronounce your name. Thanks for letting us use your poem; I think it fits in with Jill's and JR's poems perfectly.

 

Erin W

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 12:09:36

Agreed, John does a fabulous job reading. Great episode, and what surprisingly complex music from Aaron. (A big change from a guy and a guitar, love it!)

 

Matthew Vetter

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 16:01:54

 

Matthew Vetter

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 16:13:10

Great poems! favorites:

Gonzaga's "He's determined to pay for her coffee without delay," the image of the geranium and the repetition of the last line "except in spring" by Koren, and
the fast-paced abstraction of
"touch every vertebrae until I ascend in an eye-wink pulse of a thought" by Pearson. A good mix, Amy et. al.!

P.S. This is the first time (episode) I've wanted the text in front of me..when the audio wasn't enough.

 

Jae

Thu, 05 Aug 2010 02:14:41

Maybe we would always request a "little brother" version of the readings?

 

Amy

Thu, 05 Aug 2010 03:22:00

We are on a roll with it--we had Jill's little brother in this episode and my little brother in the episode 8's after party. Anyone else have a "little" bro they want to volunteer?

 



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