131 – "Highlands"

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In this episode...

• Context (3:00)


• Initial Thoughts (4:00)


• Versions (7:30) — TOOM and NYC in 1999


• Song Itself — Kelly playing (15:30) — Is this "Outlaw Blues"?


• Narrative? (20:00)


• Part 1: Highlands as Ideal (25:00) — Burns, Death


• Garden Update (31:00)


• Part 2: Highlands in Opposite Repose (34:00) — "good enough," conscience


• Part 3: Boston Restaurant (44:30)


• Part 4: Highlands For Thee, Not Me (1:00:00)


• Part 5: How to make it into the Highlands (1:03:00)


• Does this work? (1:07:00)


• Real Podcast and Playlist (1:13:30)


• Recommendations (1:23:30) — Sleater-Kinney, MARRIAGE, Porno, Rise Against


• Endings (1:40:00)

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