fray day four sf: audio webcast
We had a small problem with our audio board, so we lost the beginning of the event. Missing in action is Soapbox, our very groovy opening band, and my first song. Also, the first couple performances have spotty audio here and there, so if the sound drops out for a moment, don't panic, it gets better as it progresses. Finally, my sincere apologies go out to everyone who signed up for the open mic and didn't get to perform because we ran out of time. Please come back next year!
All that said, here's a rough playlist of the performers in the webcast. Just click the "listen to the webcast" button below to begin. (Note: You'll need the RealAudio RealPlayer application to play the webcast.)
Thanks for listening!
– Derek
| Act one: the featured performers |
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| 0:00:00 |
Derek M. Powazek |
proud fray papa and your host for the evening |
| 0:00:10 |
Story |
"This was demonic vegetation." |
| 0:10:00 |
Song |
"I didn't today, but tomorrow I might." |
|
| 0:15:30 |
Magdalen Powers |
fray editor & contributor, and songwriter |
| 0:17:00 |
Song |
"I like nuns." |
| 0:22:30 |
Song |
"The rockinest song I've ever written." |
| 0:28:30 |
Song |
"My heart's in Alabama." |
|
| 0:33:00 |
John Halcyon Styn |
fray contributor and cocky bastard |
| 0:33:30 |
Story |
"She reaches over and pinches my nipple and says, 'fuck me!'" |
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| 0:53:30 |
Shauna Wright |
fray contributor |
| 0:54:00 |
Story |
"I wasn't really all that pure." |
|
| 1:00:30 |
Lance Arthur |
fray contributor |
| 1:02:00 |
Story |
"I don't remember daddy being gone." |
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| 1:16:30 |
Heather Gold |
friend of fray |
| 1:17:00 |
Story |
"I was one of the few kids in school that didn't have a name that ended with a vowel." |
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| 1:36:00 |
Tarin Towers |
fray contributor and open mic emcee |
| 1:37:00 |
Poem |
"She took him home so she could do that thing." |
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| Act two: the open mic |
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| 1:49:00 |
John Longhi |
local writer |
| 1:49:30 |
Poem |
"He kept looking over his shoulder for people who were after him." |
| 1:51:30 |
Poem |
"That summer was a dry one for potheads in Delaware." |
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| 1:56:30 |
Rosalind Jaeger |
fray volunteer three years running! |
| 1:57:00 |
Story |
"I like happy endings, so I'm telling it backwards." |
|
| 2:03:00 |
Dinah Sanders |
aka metagrrrl |
| 2:03:30 |
Story |
"Three shopping carts full of books. Heaven." |
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| 2:08:30 |
Brad Grahm |
aka The Brad, who came all the way from Missouri! |
| 2:09:00 |
Story |
"Sandy blond hair, barely twenty-one, with cheekbones so high they probably violated some sort of building code." |
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| 2:15:00 |
Kyle Gusset |
all the way from Sydney, Australia! |
| 2:15:00 |
Story |
"I shoulda seen it coming with the house we decided to rent." |
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| 2:19:00 |
Tom Cosgrave |
all the way from Dublin, Ireland! |
| 2:19:30 |
Story |
"I'm gonna bet that none of you here speak Irish." |
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| 2:23:00 |
Josh |
open mic participant |
| 2:24:30 |
Song |
"Maybe the pretty girl has a story of her own." |
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| 2:29:00 |
Carol Gunby |
creator of "the closet" interactive art project |
| 2:29:00 |
Story |
"We had an old Motorola radio ... and I used to carry it around the house." |
|
| 2:32:30 |
Heather |
open mic participant |
| 2:32:30 |
Story |
"This is the stupidest thing I've ever done." |
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| 2:37:00 |
Ed |
open mic participant |
| 2:37:30 |
Story |
"He looked at the love seat and one thing became certain." |
|
| 2:44:00 |
Rory Ewins |
all the way from Australia! |
| 2:44:30 |
Story |
"There's a scruffy old lady counting out filthy 500 Franc notes worth less than a dime each." |
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| 2:49:00 |
Mike |
open mic participant |
| 2:49:30 |
Story |
"You are staring at a very old brick wall that has been painted over in white more times than the number of years you've been alive." |
