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I had the reaction to a song that wouldn't typically fit the bill...
Coming back from a trip home, which sounds strange anyways, I'm ping ponging between my wife and our new home and my old job, 400 miles apart, living with a bunch of people I don't know in their house-their rules. The unplugged version of "End Of The World As We Know It (and I feel fine)" came on the radio.
The regular version has been a favorite since college. This is one of a very few songs I can listen to at anytime. I'd have this played at my funeral. I always sing along, doing Peter Buck's harmony. At the end, there's the line, "It's time I had some time alone." I was in the car, 2am, on an empty four lane, going 70mph, belting it out, with tears.
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I think the Apocalypse is happening all around us. We go on eating desserts and watching TV. I know I do. I wish we were more capable of sustained passion and sustained resistance. We should be screaming and what we do is gossip. -Lydia Millet
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