Radio Rec List
Playlist Stories
Playlist stories are linked so you may click through them as though they are one long story.
You may start with the overview or click directly to the first chapter of any story.
- 1. Story of Legolas and Enóreth, The
- Story Overview | Go to Ch. 1
- Included Because: 'Teen Angst', by Cracker. Key lines: 'Cuz what the world needs now is another folk singer, like I need a hole in my head.'
- Rating: General
- Status: Reviewed
- 2. Like a Woman
- Story Overview | Go to Ch. 1
- Included Because: 'Wish', Franka Potente and Thomas D. Key lines: 'I wish I was a writer who sees what's yet unseen I wish i was a prayer expressing what I mean I wish I was a forest of trees that do not hide I wish I was a clearing no secrets left inside'
- Rating: General
- Status: Reviewed
- 3. For the Common Man
- Story Overview | Go to Ch. 1
- Included Because: 'Christmas is Pain', by Roy Zimmerman. Key lines: 'There's a turkey a gobblin' out in the yard Now he's gutted and stuffed and he's basted and charred'
- Rating: General
- Status: Reviewed
- 4. Ghost Fires
- Story Overview | Go to Ch. 1
- Included Because: 'Mercy Street', by Peter Gabriel. Key lines: 'Pulling out the papers from the drawers that slide smooth Tugging at the darkness, word upon word'
- Rating: General
- Status: Reviewed
- 5. Adraefan
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- Included Because: 'Running up that hill', by Kate Bush. Key lines: 'Ooh, there is thunder in our hearts. Is there so much hate for the ones we love? '
- Rating: Adult
- Status: Reviewed
- 6. Flawed and Fair
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- Included Because: 'Gimme Shelter', by The Rolling Stones. Key lines: 'War, children, it’s just a shot away It’s just a shot away I tell you love, sister, it’s just a kiss away.'
- Rating: Adult
- Status: Reviewed
- 7. Not Without Hope
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- Included Because: 'I Do', by Lisa Loeb. Key lines: 'You’re trying to convince me that what I’ve done’s not right. I get so frustrated, I stay up every night. You ask me for an answer, and I’m so tired and I’m up in the air. Everybody feels this way sometimes, everybody feels this way And I do. You can’t hear it, but I do.'
- Rating: General
- Status: Reviewed
- 8. Of Durin and Kibil-nâla
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- Included Because: 'The Laugh and the Kiss', by Maddy Prior. Key Lines: "The laugh and the kiss they join heaven and earth The laugh is a treasure, the kiss is a birth. These points of meeting in the eternity Unite us in our humanity."
- Rating: General
- Status: Reviewed
- 9. Naming the Stones
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- Included Because: Forgive Our Fathers Suite, by Ulali. Key Lines: I have no idea what they're actually saying, but the movie ("Smoke Signals") is fantastic, the vocals are unbelievable, and the scene to which this song belongs is dead on target for the theme of Deborah's story.
- Rating: General
- Status: Reviewed
