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Re: First OTR album
Okay folks, if we're choosing a winner, I vote for this one. It's
Christmas Eve at my parents' house and I'm reading this and experiencing
a bit of Katie's 'beautiful piece of heartace'. Is it because it causes
me to recall a bit of my own, or just because... I dunno, but it's a
darn good story. Hope things are going well for you now Dear
Katie...Bonnie Kate...Kate above all Kates...
Kelvin
On Thu, 23 Dec 1999 00:17:51 -0500 Katie Reff <katiereff at erols_com>
writes:
>I found everyone's stories of how they first fell in love with OTR so
>interesting that I had to add my own. I was given a mix tape for
>Valentine's Day (from an ex-boyfriend) with "Like a Radio" on it.
>None
>of my other friends knew the song or the band. It was the only song
>on
>the tape that I played constantly for over three years. Then I found
>GDBD in a catalog and ordered it. I'll never forget the day it came
>in
>the mail. It was late in October and I had just moved into my first
>apartment in Philadelphia. It was a super cheap studio above a bar
>in
>Center City. Kind of a dump, but I loved it because I was on my own.
>I
>had fallen in love with a man that my parents didn't "approve" of and
>being young and romantic, I moved out of their house (in the comfy
>little suburbs)to the big city to be with him.
> That morning I had lost my wallet, and gotten yelled at at
>work. My
>father had just given me the little speech about how I had
>compromised
>everything for a man who didn't love me and how could I have fallen
>so
>far from the way they raised me. I came home, picked up my mail-
>bills,
>the CD and a letter from my best friend who was studying in Germany
>(who
>I was missing terribly). I started to play GDBD while I read the
>letter, in which my best friend told me sadly that she lost her
>virginity. That first line "What a beautiful piece of heart-ache
>this
>has all turned out to be" was so painfully perfect for what my life
>was
>at that point. I remember sitting in my one room apartment on that
>cold, grey day just listening to that song over and over again. I
>still
>feel it's the theme song for my life.
> Anyway, it wasn't long after that I got my hands on the other
>albums.
>I love every one of them- although for different reasons. I would
>have
>to say GDBD is my favorite, but I can't listen to it all the time.
>There are two albums I don't have- Linford's Solo Piano and Amature
>Short Wave. I didn't even know they existed! Are they still in
>circulation?
> Also, I think it was a year ago (or maybe two) that I was on
>an OTR
>mailing list- receiving newsletters and info. I guess I just paid for
>a
>year subscription but does the list still exist? I really enjoyed
>the
>newsletters from Linford.
>
>katie
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