How's It Gonna End - Real Gone [321]

Waits returns to vignettes this week, as well as incomplete stories and the longing for closure, as Molly rejoins Sam and Martin to talk about how these stories relate to fiction, journalism, and apocalyptic love songs.

Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:
How's It Gonna End, Real Gone (remastered), Tom Waits (2004/2017)

How's It Gonna End, Real Gone (original), Tom Waits (2004)

The End Of The World, The End Of The World, Skeeter Davis (1963)

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Don't Go Into That Barn - Real Gone [320]

The dark history of a barn in Kentucky is Waits’s topic this week, as Molly, Sam and Martin examine how the story behind the barn relates to the Underground Railroad of the 1800. (Please note story is only metaphorically “behind the barn” - see local maps for geographical details)

Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:
Don't Go Into That Barn, Real Gone (remastered), Tom Waits (2004/2017)

Don't Go Into That Barn, Real Gone (original), Tom Waits (2004)

Follow the Drinking Gourd, Songs of the Civil War, Richie Havens (1991)

Follow The Drinking Gourd, There's A Meetin' Here Tonite, Joe Gilbert / Eddie Brown (1963)

Follow The Drinking Gourd, The Weavers at Carnegie Hall (Live), The Weavers (1955)

Follow The Drinking Gourd website - history of the song, Joel Bresler (2008-2012)
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Shake It - Real Gone [319]

We welcome writer, poet and theatre maker Molly Naylor, digging into the fractured narrative of Shake it with Martin and Sam. We unpick some of the hidden stories, discuss the tribute to Bill Hicks, and then hit the dance floor for a big party anthem!

Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:
Shake It, Real Gone (remastered), Tom Waits (2004/2017)

Shake It, Real Gone (original), Tom Waits (2004)

Hey Ya!, Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, Outkast (2003)

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