Ira Glass
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No, it's one possibly overlooked way to mend a broken heart. And it involves a soggy, plastic, disky thing. You'll just have to trust me on that one. Stay with us. This American Life, today's show is a rerun. Act 1, Dr. Phil.
No, it's one possibly overlooked way to mend a broken heart. And it involves a soggy, plastic, disky thing. You'll just have to trust me on that one. Stay with us. This American Life, today's show is a rerun. Act 1, Dr. Phil.
When one of our regular contributors, Starlee Kine, was in the middle of getting over a breakup, she tried to feel better in a way that few people ever try and that maybe even she shouldn't have. Here's Starlee.
When one of our regular contributors, Starlee Kine, was in the middle of getting over a breakup, she tried to feel better in a way that few people ever try and that maybe even she shouldn't have. Here's Starlee.
I mean, I've just been through a marriage breakup, and you talk about New Year's Eve. I mean, my divorce is final on my birthday.
I mean, I've just been through a marriage breakup, and you talk about New Year's Eve. I mean, my divorce is final on my birthday.
And I didn't want it at all. So that's something that, you know, you always remember these things, you know, like, you'll always remember New Year's Eve, and I'll always remember my birthday.
And I didn't want it at all. So that's something that, you know, you always remember these things, you know, like, you'll always remember New Year's Eve, and I'll always remember my birthday.
That song particularly was written during my... first divorce. My first wife and the kids had gone and I was just left there. So it was written totally out of experience as opposed to this is a what-if song. You know what I mean?
That song particularly was written during my... first divorce. My first wife and the kids had gone and I was just left there. So it was written totally out of experience as opposed to this is a what-if song. You know what I mean?
Probably not. I mean, frankly, if that personal stuff had not happened to me at that time, I probably would never have made an album. And if I was to have made an album, eventually it would have been more of a jazz rock thing, because that was what I was actually, that was my output. Apart from Genesis, I was in the back of Brand X. And that's, you know, I was a player.
Probably not. I mean, frankly, if that personal stuff had not happened to me at that time, I probably would never have made an album. And if I was to have made an album, eventually it would have been more of a jazz rock thing, because that was what I was actually, that was my output. Apart from Genesis, I was in the back of Brand X. And that's, you know, I was a player.
So, you know, no, without that stuff, I wouldn't have felt the things I felt that made me sit at a piano. night after night, day after day, writing stuff, yeah.
So, you know, no, without that stuff, I wouldn't have felt the things I felt that made me sit at a piano. night after night, day after day, writing stuff, yeah.