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Piece Description
Earthworm, a recent college graduate and full-time dumpster-diver, lives off of what so many of us unknowingly waste. We follow her through a supermarket dumpster, and also to the trash of a local college in order to celebrate "Hippie Christmas," where she and her friends recover thrown-away goods from students leaving school for the summer. We also join her at Food Not Bombs, a collective of individuals who feed the homeless with the dumpstered food. Earthworm and her boyfriend, Marlon, impart a few messages about American consumer culture along the way.
Broadcast History
WSLR Evening News (Aug 3, 2007).
Musical Works
| Title | Artist | Album | Label | Year | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plasticities | Andrew Bird | Armchair Apocropha. | Fat Possum Records | 2007 | 01:39 |
| Of Chivalry and Romance in a Dumpster | This Bike is a Pipebomb | Dance Party With.... | Plan-It-X Records | 2001 | 00:23 |
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