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Story by Bradley Teal Ellis, from the files of Yarn AudioWorks.
Bradley Teal Ellis is a Brooklyn, NY-based dance artist and improviser.
Ryan Rumery is a Brooklyn-based musician and composer. Read more about Ryan here.
Note: this story assumes some familiarity with two public figures: Thom Yorke, lead singer of Radiohead, and Michael Stipe, lead singer of R.E.M.
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Story by Bradley Teal Ellis, from the files of Yarn AudioWorks.
Bradley Teal Ellis is a Brooklyn, NY-based dance artist and improviser.
Ryan Rumery is a Brooklyn-based musician and composer. Read more about Ryan here.
Note: this story assumes some familiarity with two public figures: Thom Yorke, lead singer of Radiohead, and Michael Stipe, lead singer of R.E.M.
Transcript
Bradley Ellis: I would say the story begins in Greensboro, NC. And 20 year old Brad caught word of a Radiohead tour along with the rest of the world. I don’t need to tell you, but they’re my favorite band, they’re everybody’s favorite band, um, and so I viewed this as a potential vision quest. Later that summer I was turning 21, and it just so happens to be that the day of the concert was my 21st birthday. So I think that’s kind of the setting. These are the given circumstances.
The person that, uh, I probably was wanting to be around the most at the time was my friend Margaret actually, and Margaret also had a July birthday. We were former roommates, we had met in college. And I don’t know, there was something kindred about the two of us. And I said Margaret, I have an extra ticket for the Radiohead concert, would you like to make a road trip with me? To go see this? And of...
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| Title | Artist | Album | Label | Year | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| To Be Mev | Ryan Rumery | 01:30 | |||
| Rose Theme | Ryan Rumery | 01:50 | |||
| The National Anthem | Radiohead | 5/11/08 Washington, DC. | 2008 | 00:50 | |
| To Dream | Ryan Rumery | 01:45 | |||
| Easy | The Commodores | The Commodores. | Motown | 1977 | 01:00 |
| Imitation of Life | R.E.M. | Reveal. | Warner Brothers | 2001 | 00:40 |
| Kitty | Ryan Rumery | 02:45 |
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Original music by Ryan Rumery
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