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October 27, 2007
This week on A Prairie Home Companion, we mark All Saints' Day with a special Halloween sampler. The bloodthirsty un-dead are lined up for our Annual Vampire Amateur Singing Contest, Guy Noir goes trick-or-treating, and we dust off the enormous "Songbook Of Death" for a few favorites. Maria Jette sings Mozart's little-known Halloween aria, and we'll check on everyone's favorite delusional basement dweller, Larry. So check the batteries in your flashlight, be generous with the candy, and never stomp on a burning paper bag left on your doorstep. It's willowy figures in white, a squawking raven, and other creepy characters, this week on A Prairie Home Companion.
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| Segment 1 |
| 00:00:00 | Logo |
| 00:00:12 | Tishomingo Blues |
| 00:00:56 | GK Open |
| 00:04:06 | "Ain't No Sin to Take Off That Skin (and Dance Around in Your Bones)" - Andy Stein and Shoes |
| 00:07:23 | GK reads Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" |
| 00:19:26 | "Larry" script |
| 00:30:13 | GK Intro "Banks of the Ohio" |
| 00:30:39 | "Banks of the Ohio" - GK and Prudence with Shoes |
| 00:34:23 | Powdermilk Biscuit Break |
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| Segment 2 |
| 00:36:21 | "Haunted House" - Johnny Nieman and Shoes |
| 00:40:03 | "Vampire's Only Amateur Singing Contest" script, with Maria Jette singing Mozart's "Halloween Aria" |
| 00:45:51 | "Guy Noir" script |
| 00:58:45 | "The House is Haunted" - The Chenille Sisters |
| 01:03:26 | GK Intermission Credits |
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| Segment 3 |
| 01:08:38 | GK Welcome Back |
| 01:09:19 | "Too Young To Die" - Pat Donohue and Shoes |
| 01:12:12 | "Costumes" script |
| 01:13:49 | "Ketchup" script |
| 01:16:37 | "Bringing Mary Home" - Rhonda Vincent and GK with Shoes |
| 01:19:32 | "Teen Vampire" script |
| 01:23:00 | GK Intro Mono |
| 01:24:03 | "Skeleton Jangle" - Shoes |
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| Segment 4 |
| 01:27:21 | News From Lake Wobegon (Download MP3) |
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| Segment 5 |
| 01:44:00 | "Devil's Paintbrush Road" - The Wailin' Jennys |
| 01:47:18 | GK Intro "Long Black Veil" |
| 01:47:39 | "Long Black Veil" - GK and Shoes |
| 01:50:05 | "Slice of Life" script |
| 01:53:28 | "Somethin's In The Attic" - Shoes |
| 01:55:44 | GK Credits |
| 01:56:41 | "Vampire Blues" - Tim Russell and Shoes |
| 01:58:54 | Credits/Out |
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Photos from the show
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| Garrison receives a note from a dangling headless man. |
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Pat Donohue in disguise. |
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| Rhonda Vincent and the Rage with a performance of "You Don't Love God if You Don't Love Your Neighbor." |
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Garrison Keillor, with another edition of The News from Lake Wobegon. |
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On July 4th, help us celebrate the 35th Anniversary of A Prairie Home Companion and the Fourth of July with a free live nationally broadcast show from Avon, MN.
From Garrison Keillor:
“When I was 16, Helen Fleischman assigned me to memorize Shakespeare’s Sonnet No. 29, ‘When in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes, I all alone beweep my outcast state’ for English class, and fifty years later, that poem is still in my head. Algebra got washed away, and geometry and most of biology, but those lines about the redemptive power of love in the face of shame are still here behind my eyeballs, more permanent than my own teeth. The sonnet is a durable good. These 77 of mine include sonnets of praise, some erotic, some lamentations, some street sonnets and a 12-sonnet cycle of months. If anything here offends, I beg your pardon, I come in peace, I depart in gratitude.”
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Robin & Linda Williams are among the most popular guest performers of A Prairie Home Companion (they also appeared in the movie, have performed as part of the The Hopeful Gospel Quartet, and made appearances as Marvin & Mavis Smiley). This CD features some of the duo's best harmonies from the show. Among the 12 tracks are familiar fan favorites, including "For Better or Worse", "Visions of Mother and Dad", "Tied Down, Home Free" and the title track. A collection that is muy bueno!
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