Said the Gramophone

Six Hours and Ten Minutes

Vic Thrill - "Circus of Enlightenment"

Let Vic Thrill, apparently a hippie now, squeeze you gently with his goldfish warble and his flighty ideals. Imagine peace + love were all you knew. Forget about those things losing their value, I wouldn't even know what to do with myself. I'd probably act something like this song. I'd start by grinning, looking around, tapping my foot. Then I'd start shouting "this is it! this is it! this is it!" I'd probably snowball into oblivion. I'd happy my heart to death at an early, early age. I'd live for about four minutes. [Site]

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Almost luckily, we don't live in a world with only peace + love, so it stands out when it's present. Like you, readers. Thank you so much for funding us for another year. I know a bunch "didn't get" to donate, and I'll mention two causes I believe in strongly, if you're still feeling generous:

1. taking us out to dinner.

2. WFMU, over the past year, has become the only radio station I listen to. It started with Matthew telling me (us) about The Best Show on WFMU, and ever since the Best Show podcast was introduced, I haven't missed a show. So, WFMU is having their annual fundraiser where they, an entirely listener-sponsored station, raise their funding for an entire year in 2 weeks. It's worked before, and it needs to work again. Best Show is not doing anymore shows during the fundraising marathon, but Yo La Tengo will be taking requests for pledges on Friday (8-11), so you can pledge then, or any time really. But, I wanted to share with you this sound clip I extracted from one of Best Show's (host Tom Scharpling) fundraiser shows, because it reminds me of you (I'm speaking to the donors and would-be donors for this site). It gives me chills, and makes me proud to have pledged, all of us a soldier in the army of our choosing:

Tom Scharpling - on supporting truly independent art

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