Musician and writer Christa Couture joins Martin and Sam for the final few Orphans, including a Book of Knots collaboration, the tale of an unpaid grocery bill, and a bit of ol’ Blue Eyes. Our penultimate episode for the season includes a celebration of youth, silly storytelling, and a surprise vocal cameo by the one and only Kathleen.
Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:
Pray, Orphans: Brawlers Bawlers & Bastards, Tom Waits (2006)
Pray, Traineater, Book of Knots (2007)
Helium Reprise, Helium, Tin Hat Trio (2000)
Helium (Reprise), “360” Film Soundtrack, Mike Patton et al (2011)
Young At Heart, Orphans: Brawlers Bawlers & Bastards, Tom Waits (2006)
Young At Heart, single, Frank Sinatra (1953)
Dick and Arlene Van Dyke record Young At Heart, via YouTube (2018)
Missing My Son, Orphans: Brawlers Bawlers & Bastards, Tom Waits (2006)
2 Versions of ‘The Grocery Scam’, Deseret News, Jan Harold Brunvand (1989)
‘Auggie’ from Smoke, dir. Wayne Wang (1995)
Credits (second part of ‘Auggie’) from Smoke, dir. Wayne Wang (1995)
Good Bayou, The Living Record, Christa Couture (2012)
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