February 8, 2003
Live from The Fitzgerald Theater, it's our Valentine's Day show with Mason Jennings, Becky Schlegel, and Peter Ostroushko and Dan Newton join the Shoe Band. Plus, comedian Isaac Witty

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00:00Logo
00:13Tishomingo Blues
02:22GK reads valentines from a listener
04:41GK talks about UN weapons inspectors, George W. Bush, Iraq, Valentine's Day
07:04Almost Worthy Blues - Peter Ostroushko and band
10:14St. Paul Story script
14:47GK talks to Debra Thomas, Laura Kneib, and Victoria Rothwell on the phone, they read their love poems
22:10Girl From the North Country - Peter Ostroushko and band
26:25Valentine's Day SFX script
28:36My Love - Becky Schlegel
33:40Powdermilk Biscuit Break
35:18Valentine's Day script
41:44GK talks to Mason Jennings
43:35Sorry Signs on Cash Machines - Mason Jennings
48:22GK intros Isaac Witty
49:37Isaac Witty
56:07Save the Last Dance For Me- GK and Lynn Peterson
1:00:12Intermission - Limehouse Blues
1:04:49Greetings
1:08:00GK reads his love sonnet
1:09:13GK reads more listener valentines
1:09:42Sue Scott reads "Topography" by Sharon Olds
1:11:29GK reads more listener valentines
1:12:06Celebrities script
1:18:44More listener valentines
1:20:54To Althea, from Prison- Dan Newton
1:23:55Jeg Fik En Sorg Saa Stor - GK
1:26:56Rich Dworsky plays A Bell is Not a Bell
1:29:02GK talks about classical composers and their music for loved ones, Chopin Waltz in D -flat
1:33:13Monologue
1:46:47Marjorie's Waltz - Peter Ostroushko and band
1:50:05English Majors script
1:52:31Can't Help Falling in Love - GK and Lynn Peterson
1:54:57Credits, Bye Bye Love

Photos from the show
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Becky Schlegel Mason Jennings
Issac Witty GK with Mason Jennings
Becky Schlegel Tim Russell and Sue Scott

Guest Recordings
  • Mason Jennings
  • Becky Schlegel
  • Peter Ostroushko
  • Dan Newton
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    Guest Information
  • Mason Jennings
  • Becky Schlegel
  • Issac Witty
  • Peter Ostroushko
  • Dan Newton
  • Scripts
  • St. Paul Story
  • SFX
  • Valentine's Day
  • Celebrities
  • English Majors

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