RADIO ETHER
PROGRAM ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND SIXTY SIX
(WASN'T BORN TO FOLLOW ETHER #18)

That Moment
Sharon Olds

It is almost too long ago to remember–
when I was a woman without children,
a person, really, like a figure standing in a field,
alone, dark against the pale crop.
The children were there, they were shadowy figures
outside the fence, indistinct as
distant blobs of faces at twilight.
I can't remember, anymore,
the moment I turned to take them, my heel
turning on the earth, grinding the heads of the
stalks of grain under my foot, my
body suddenly swinging around as the
flat figure on a weathervane will
swerve when the wind changes. I can't
remember the journey from the center of the field to the edge
or the cracking of the fence like the breaking down of the
borders of the world, or my stepping out of the
ploughed field altogether and
taking them in my arms as you'd take the
whites and yolks of eggs in your arms running
over you glutinous, streaked, slimy,
glazing you. I cannot remember that
instant when I gave my life to them
the way someone will suddenly give her life over to God
and I stood with them outside the universe
and then like a god I turned and brought them in.

1. Intro/Excerpt from remarks by Vice President Harris Commemorating the 59th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday, Edmund Pettus Bridge, Selma, AL, March 3, 2024
2. I'm Waiting For The Man (Lou Reed) - Keith Richards [The Power of the Heart: A Tribute to Lou Reed - Light in the Attic Records - 2024]
3. Even The Guiding Light - Plainsong [In Search Of Amelia Earhart - Elektra - 1972]
4. Children Of Darkness (Richard Fariña) - Richard & Mimi Fariña [Reflections In A Crystal Wind - Vanguard - 1965]
5. talk
6. Don't Help Me Out (Porter & Hayes) - Sam & Dave [Hold On, I'm Comin' - Stax - 1966]
7. Remedial Interruption (Shawn Phillips) - Shawn Phillips [Second Contribution - A&M Records - 1970]
8. Vision Of A Child (Steve Young) - Steve Young [Honky-Tonk Man - Mountain Railroad Records - 1975]
9. talk
10. When I Paint My Masterpiece (Bob Dylan) - Bob Dylan [02 Mar 2024, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Broward Center for the Performing Arts, Au-Rene Theater] [Taper: DK-WI]
11. I'm Ready (Lewis, Domino, Bradford) - The Band [Moondog Matinee - Capitol Records - 1973] (Remastered)
12. Asphalt Outlaw Hero (D. Nix, L. Mack) - The Alabama State Troupers Featuring Don Nix | Jeanie Greene | Furry Lewis And The Mt. Zion Band & Choir [The Alabama State Troupers Road Show - Elektra - 1972]
13. talk
14. Everybody's Been Burned (D. Crosby) - The Byrds [Younger Than Yesterday - Columbia - 1967]
15. Waitin' For Love To Begin (G. Guilbeau, P. Kleinow) - The Flying Burrito Bros [Airborne - Columbia - 1976]
16. Last Orders Please (R. Lane) - Faces [A Nod Is As Good As A Wink...To A Blind Horse - Warner Bros. Records - 1971]
17. talk
18. My Proud Mountains (Townes Van Zandt) - Townes Van Zandt [Our Mother the Mountain - Tomato - 1969]
19. Evil Hearted You (G. Gouldman) - The Yardbirds [Having A Rave Up With The Yardbirds - Epic - 1965]
20. Let Me Sing Your Blues Away (Godchaux, Hunter) - Grateful Dead [Wake Of The Flood - Grateful Dead Records - 1973] (2013 Remaster)
21. talk
22. Cookin' On The Front Burner (Leon Sherrill, Travis Wammack) - Travis Wammack [Not For Sale - Capricorn Records - 1975]
23. Train And The River (Kenneth Edwards, Robert Kimmel) - The Stone Poneys [The Stone Poneys - Capitol Records, Folk World - 1967]
24. I'm Thankful (Richard Gibbs) - Soul Stirrers [Jesus Be A Fence Around Me - SAR Records - 1961]
25. Outro/(Laura's) Fever Dream (Laura Karpman) [American Fiction (soundtrack) - Sony Masterworks - 2023]
26. Without You (Aubrey Johnson) - Ace Spectrum [Low Rent Rendezvous - Atlantic - 1975] [ETHER BONUS]

DJ: Charles Cicirella
Tuesday, March 5, 2024
Cleveland, Ohio

Artwork included
ENJOY!

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