Bedtime Story Conservatory 83 22/06/2020
Good afternoon everybody,
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I was tapping my fingers on my keyboard thinking about how to begin this email, and my two index fingers were landing on the letters o and r. So there you go. Try and say that line really fast out loud, makes you sound like an angry robot dog.
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"Sewer alligator stories date back to the late 1920s and early 1930s; in most instances they are part of contemporary legend. They are based upon reports of alligator sightings in rather unorthodox locations, in particular New York City...As late as the middle of the 20th century, souvenir shops in Florida sold live baby alligators (in small fish tanks) as novelty souvenirs. Tourists from New York City would buy a baby alligator and try to raise it as a pet. When the alligator grew too large for comfort, the family would proceed to flush the reptile down the toilet. What happens next varies. The most common story is that the alligators survive and reside within the sewer and reproduce, feeding on rats and garbage, growing to huge sizes and striking fear into sewer workers."
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Today's reading is T.S. Eliot's Preludes 1910-1911. T. S. Eliot was an American poet, amongst other things, who moved to England at 25 where he settled. He is cited as one of the most influential writers of the 20th century and won the Nobel Prize in literature in 1948.
On Preludes: "It is in turns literal and impressionistic, exploring the sordid and solitary existences of the spiritually moiled as they play out against the backdrop of the drab modern city.
The song attached to the beginning and ending of today's reading is Sound Check (Gravity) 2001 by Gorillaz.
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Warmest wishes today, lots of love,
Sam
