A summery episode filled with musing on regret and mellow tunes to sip your mint julep to.

Easier – Grizzly Bear
I’m Getting Back Into Getting Into You – Silver Jews
I Was Never Young – Of Montreal
Spit on a Stranger – Pavement
Tiger Mountain Peasant Song – Fleet Foxes
Taken – Bill Callahan
Great Horned Owl – Headdress
Mexican Summer – Marissa Nadler
Atlantic City – Bruce Springsteen
Not Dark Yet – Bob Dylan
Lose You – Pete Yorn
A Jar of Sand – Smog

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An episode entirely devoted to the exploration and extrapolation of expectations!

Wild Horse – Deb Talan
The Opposite of Hallelujah – Jens Lekman
You’re All I Need To Get By – Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell
Some Unholy War – Amy Winehouse

an Aimee Bender story “The Meeting”

Heart of Glass – Blondie
Lull – Andrew Bird
Every Now and Then – Art Garfunkel
I’ll Sit Alone and Think About You (Jandek Cover) – Six Organs of Admittance
Just Like a Movie Star – the 6ths
Asleep on a Sunbeam – Belle and Sebastian

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As a kind of precursor: This is one of the shows I’m happiest about in a long time.
Almanac is an hour long weekly radio show that is now in it’s third season. This week I wrote a short fictional story to accompany each song.
Almanac Presents: Your Short Story Hour
Elephant Gun  -  Beirut
Headsoak  -   Andrew Bird
You To Thank  -  Ben Folds
Hey Beautiful  -   The Solids
I Want You  -  Bob Dylan
Finding Your Feet Again  -   Denison Witmer
Island Girl  -   Elton John
Footloose  – Doveman
Southern Anthem  -   Iron & Wine

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Season Three is hee-eeere. Forgive the usual small mistakes.  My tongue was tied and my hands were lead.  It gets better every day, don’t you worry.  This episode features no special guests, just my rambling.

Hong Kong Garden – Siouxsie and the Banshees
All Luck Ran Out – Sondre Lerche
Wouldn’t Mama Be Proud – Elliott Smith
Nikita  -   Elton John
Dying Breed -   Marissa Nadler
An Angry Blade  -   Iron & Wine
Old Fashioned Morphine  -  Jolie Holland
Lunar Sea  -  Camera Obscura

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