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1 The Blue Steps com/photography/hawaii/ _zv9d9d/2/ _3LgVSLr#!i= &k=3LgVSLr

2 Biography Born in Omaha in 1980 Early Career More recent involvement com/artists/brighteyes/biography

3 A local connection!

5 Hey, hey, hey mother interstate, Can you deliver me from evil Make me honest make me wedding cake? Atone--I will atone. Wait, wait, wait mighty outer-space All that flying saucer terror Made me lazy drinking lemonade. A waste--it just went to waste Like the Freon cold out the hotel door Or the white rocket fade over Cape Canaveral, You ve been a daughter to me, Your buried shoe-box grief; I felt your poltergeist love like Savannah heat While the waterfall was pouring Crazy symbols of my destiny. I watched your face die backwards Little baby in my memory You told me victory is sweet, Even deep in the cheap seats

6 And you don t judge me That s not your style But I won t see you for a little while And there s no worries Oh lord, Whose got time? All these changes are going to fill your mind Like the citrus glow off the old orange grove Or the red rocket blaze over Cape Canaveral It s been a nightmare for me Some 1980 s greed Gives me parachute dreams Like old war movies While the universe was drawn Perfect circles form infinity I watched the stars get smaller Tiny diamonds in my memory I know that victory is sweet Even deep in the cheap seats

7 Images and Allusions Parent-child relationship Cape Canaveral, Kennedy Space Center, 1960s Sister Socrates Mother interstate Shoebox grief Poltergeist love

8 Themes and ideas Relationships and places History, memories, connections

9 Back to the Blue Steps -the physical elements as metaphoric -conversations in the kitchen -food -smell of Grandpa -the narrow sidewalk

10 Best line: You taught me victory s sweet even deep in the cheap seats.

11 1. Capture: best vivid meaningful memories 1. blue steps of grandma s farm 2. Texture of steps 3. Smell of grandpa 4. Image of peace 2. Motivate: Songs = memories = places+ rich memories 3. Assert: Song called Cape Canaveral by Conor Oberst about places. 4. Preview: Background singer, current work. lyrics and meaning 5. Points 1. Background/ biography (slide) 1. B Omaha yrs. Bright Eyes 2. Current work (slide) 1. Current work: Solo and Monsters of Folk 2. Politically active 3. Play song, show lyrics 1. Images: 1. Parent child 2. Cape Canaveral 3. Sister Socrates answering questions with questions 4. Mother interstate travel 5. Shoebox grief, poltergeist love haunting, secretive, historical II. Themes: I. Relationships and places II. History and connectedness (totem pole) Action: Review of memories; picture of a parent and child at a game probably baseball reminder that money doesn t bring happiness. Memories do.

12 The First Day Of My Life This is the first day of my life. I swear I was born right in the doorway. I went out in the rain suddenly everything changed; they're spreading blankets on the beach Yours is the first face that I saw. I think I was blind before I met you. Now I don t know where I am, I don t know where I ve been, But I know where I want to go. And so I thought I d let you know That these things take forever I especially am slow. But I realize that I need you, And I wondered if I could come home.

13 Remember the time you drove all night Just to meet me in the morning And I thought it was strange you said everything changed You felt as if you'd just woke up And you said, This is the first day of my life I m glad I didn t die before I met you But now I don t care I could go anywhere with you And I d probably be happy. So if you want to be with me, With these things there s no telling We just have to wait and see. But I d rather be working for a paycheck Than waiting to win the lottery. Besides maybe this time is different I mean I really think you like me.

THE GREATEST GRANDMOTHER Hal Ames

THE GREATEST GRANDMOTHER Hal Ames Everyone has a grandmother, but some are better than others. How do we come to the conclusion as to whose grandmother is the best? It is up to the grandchild. In my case,