Dispatches from a Porch Swing

Dispatches from a Porch Swing

Yesterday

“Those lines have become so familiar that I’d forgotten how brutal they are.”

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Jen Deaderick
Jun 17, 2023
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Saturday mornings I like to lie in bed listening to WMBR, the MIT station. At 6, 88 Rewound kicks off, playing two hours of hit lists from the past. FM Road comes in after that with old and new country music.

This week, 88 Rewound was replaying a 1965 hit list from somewhere in Maryland. Motown was coming in, making appearances throughout the list. Herb…

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