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Extra dimensions are old hat. Now each vibe is a Pokémon, wwyd? Agitation classics, spiritual chaos, noise genre, drone excerpts, tone worship, safe & sane record warping. Music! Every media format! Incoming and outgoing phone calls! Voicemail, audio attachments, reading your horoscopes thru a tasteful amount of delay. For the people.

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Favoriting December 30, 2024: Grinder
Comfort Link, Semay Wu, 500 Goats, Nomad Tree, Dame Cook, 丘瑙底河 Khunathi, 鄭道元 Cheng Daoyuan, Diagram:A/Bill Nace duo, Axxon N., model home, Damian Languell, William Tyler, Dji, Organist at Saint Vincent Ferrar, Amkarahoi, Me, Nico Rosenberg, Tuluum Shimmering, Melkings, Dawn Richard, Patrick Bradley & Brett Bustamante, Masami Tomihisa, Bill Orcutt, MJ Lenderman, Ryley Walker, Jake Acosta, Cindy Lee, Chelsea Bridge, Ludwig Wittbrodt, Emiliano, John Prine.

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Comfort Link  Stereo Subduction   Favoriting Metaphysical Swatting  Spleen Coffin    0:00:00 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Semay Wu  Serious Engine Jelly Crank   Favoriting Unsteady Stones  scatterArchive    0:08:01 (MP3 | Pop-up)
500 Goats  CurV   Favoriting Goat World  Kalamine Records    0:13:01 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Nomad Tree  On Sorcerous Wings Take Flight   Favoriting I : Awakening The Ancestors  Cruel Nature    0:21:05 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Dame Cook  Wondering and Wandering   Favoriting Must Have Missed It  Self-released    0:30:46 (MP3 | Pop-up)
丘瑙底河 Khunathi  潮氣吹過後山破廟時 Misty Mountain Pagoda   Favoriting 潮​氣​吹​過​後​山​破​廟​時 Misty Mountain Pagoda  WV Sorcerer Productions 巫唱片  https://wvsorcerer.bandcamp.com/album/misty-mountain-pagoda  0:37:26 (MP3 | Pop-up)
鄭道元 Cheng Daoyuan  除我 Or else, besides   Favoriting Arrow from Morrow (OST)  WV Sorcerer Productions 巫唱片    0:42:52 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Diagram:A/BIll Nace duo  Side A   Favoriting NONE DUONONE DUO NONE DUO NONE  Open Mouth    0:47:37 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Axxon N.          0:54:32 (MP3 | Pop-up)
model home  LB $   Favoriting mongrel      0:58:08 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Damian Languell  Another day in mourning with a smile   Favoriting Yo La Tengo Hanukkah 2024 Mix Night 5  self-released    1:01:33 (MP3 | Pop-up)
William Tyler  Virginia is for Loners   Favoriting Future Myths      1:05:18 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Dji  Startalk   Favoriting       1:09:24 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Organist at Saint Vincent Ferrar  Improvised?   Favoriting Midnight Mass  ?  this is a song i heard at midnight mass "the other night"  1:15:30 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Amkarahoi  Cutima   Favoriting Uncle Reed In The Purple Mine  Patience / Impatience    1:21:25 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Me  voice memo of a machine in a big box at a subway stop   Favoriting it was just there making this noise...wait for it...  self-released  omg  1:25:13 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Nico Rosenberg  Canción de Ascenso   Favoriting paisajes en tundra      1:27:30 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Tuluum Shimmering  The Carolina Lady   Favoriting The Carolina Lady      1:29:49 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Melkings  Fin   Favoriting   Hologram Label    1:45:14 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Dawn Richard  the last 40 seconds of her set   Favoriting at Yo La Tengo Night 3      1:50:41 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Melkings  Fin   Favoriting       1:52:09 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Patrick Bradley & Brett Bustamante  Footprints   Favoriting Yo La Tengo Hanukkah 2024 Mix Night 5  self released    2:00:40 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Masami Tomihisa    Invitation  Purplish Records    2:06:40 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Bill Orcutt  Not Reconciled   Favoriting How to Rescue Things      2:15:52 (MP3 | Pop-up)
MJ Lenderman  Someone Get the Grill Out of the Rain   Favoriting Ghost of Your Guitar Solo  Dear Life Records    2:20:48 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Ryley Walker  Sisters   Favoriting Bird Bath  Husky Pants    2:22:05 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Jake Acosta  Hispid   Favoriting Indumentum  Lake Paradise    2:25:54 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Cindy Lee  Durham City Limit   Favoriting Diamond Jubilee      2:36:52 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Chelsea Bridge  Loveable Loser   Favoriting K  Whited Sepulchre    2:42:05 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Ludwig Wittbrodt  Flamenco   Favoriting Schleifen  Ana Ott    2:44:07 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Emiliano  Keepsakes   Favoriting Single  self-released  voice memo  2:48:35 (MP3 | Pop-up)
John Prine          2:51:37 (MP3 | Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

Avatar 12:01am
kendraplex:

welcome, lurkers
  12:02am
brian:

Good evening Kendra and everyone else!
Avatar 👻 12:03am
Arvo Zylo:

hi!
Avatar 12:04am
kendraplex:

brian the numerological value of your name is 8 and represents balance between realms, does that resonate w/ you, do you know what realms are being implied here
Avatar 12:04am
kendraplex:

HI ARVO
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kendraplex:

sup
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 12:06am
tom tom the pipers son:

hello kendra...s'lovely being here...

re:instagram "place were nothing ever happens" is "heaven"...talking heads....which i imagine is where those people in the supertalls imagine they are..... ; )
  12:06am
Dorrit:

↳ kendraplex @12:04
Sherman Hemsley collaborated with Yes’s Jon Anderson on a funk-rock opera about the “spiritual qualities of the number 7”
  12:07am
DJ MF:

Absolutely fantastic on headphones. Thanks for feeding the weird things, Kendraplex!
  12:07am
brian:

I’m not sure which realms are in play here but astrologically I’m a Libra so the balance aspect tracks
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:08am
coelacanth∅:

hello
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:08am
StringOFperils:

Realmy
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 12:09am
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @12:06
in case you were wondering....
Avatar 12:09am
kendraplex:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @12:06
ohh, ty, i was hoping to get the reference eventually
Avatar 12:09am
kendraplex:

↳ DJ MF @12:07
you are so very welcome
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 12:10am
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ kendraplex @12:09
it was a bit cryptic
  12:10am
kev:

Hi
Avatar 12:11am
kendraplex:

↳ Dorrit @12:06
Festival of Dreams, never released? it says here
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 12:12am
tom tom the pipers son:

lotsa textures so far...
Avatar 12:14am
kendraplex:

↳ brian @12:07
INTERESTING
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kendraplex:

↳ kev @12:10
hi kev welcome
  12:15am
Dorrit:

↳ kendraplex @12:11
Dunno the title. Enjoying the music Kendra--thank you!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 12:18am
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Dorrit @12:06
wonder if the baha'i faithhas a numerology aspect to it which anderson practices....my ex was childhood friends with anderson's daughter jade and had stories of going over their house after school with the members of yes milling about...i think she said steve howe was especially nice to her....we met up with jade a while ago...
  12:20am
Erik at VT:

↳ Song: "CurV" by "500 Goats"
“Music from Airports” ✈️
= we have liftoff.
  12:20am
Dorrit:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @12:18
Far out! Dunno about numbers and Baha'i. Howe seems like he would be a nice guy though I understand he insisted on traveling on his own tour bus during that hybrid Yes tour (classic era + 90125 era) a few years back
  12:20am
DJ MF:

Especially working here tonight in St. Paul, MN, where it’s extremely foggy. Unseasonably mild, like a London fog haze, which works perfectly with this transmission.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 12:22am
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Dorrit @12:20
hmmm...i guess hanging with to same blokes for some odd years could push someone to that...
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 12:24am
tom tom the pipers son:

....with the same.... to do that...

oy
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:26am
StringOFperils:

When yes becomes no.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 12:28am
tom tom the pipers son:

ha!
  12:28am
ryansterlingvirtue:

Morning Kendra and freakers
  12:28am
Dorrit:

Kendra where do you discover new music?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:32am
spodiodi:

↳ Song: "On Sorcerous Wings Take Flight" by "Nomad Tree"
that was amazing
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 12:32am
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Song: "Wondering and Wandering" by "Dame Cook"
nice break in the action there
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 12:32am
bluecharlie:

🥰 Yay! I never get to listen live on a Monday night! Vacation! 🤩
Avatar 12:33am
kendraplex:

↳ Dorrit @12:28
i listen to other radio shows, look at experimental music fest flyers, read music magazines and blogs, and follow associations from there
Avatar 12:34am
kendraplex:

of course I also creep around social media, soundcloud, and bandcamp in hopes of finding cool random stuff not connected to anyone or anything
Avatar 12:34am
kendraplex:

i also bug people to send me deep cut voice memo demos
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 12:35am
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ kendraplex @12:34
takes time...
Avatar 12:36am
kendraplex:

my favorite thing is finding a label with a bunch of stuff i like
  12:38am
bubblybb:

grateful already i got a nap in
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 12:38am
tom tom the pipers son:

i got directed to a couple of european labels via fmu listens and found i like akuphone quite a bit
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 12:41am
tom tom the pipers son:

enjoying the mix...
  12:42am
brian:

Nice! I just pre-ordered an album from Khunaithi today
Avatar 12:45am
kendraplex:

↳ bubblybb @12:38
sup!
  12:46am
David:

Here from the Yo La insta post! enjoying!
  12:47am
Bryan:

Ooh, this 鄭道元 Cheng Daoyuan is cool stuff!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 12:49am
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Song: "Side A" by "Diagram:A/BIll Nace duo"
wikkid
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Hi, Kendra and freakers!
Avatar 12:53am
wimpy:

hiya folks
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kendraplex:

↳ David @12:46
Hi David!!
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kendraplex:

hi wimpy and ken!
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kendraplex:

what's up what are you doing
  12:56am
Dorrit:

↳ kendraplex @12:36
Thanks Kendra! Was just curious to know where you come across all this great stuff.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:56am
joe mulligan:

hi Freakers!
  12:56am
bubblybb:

i heard there's hot dopamine here
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:57am
Ike:

Greetings, humans!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 12:59am
tom tom the pipers son:

@ kendra: blueberries still good ...bought some today... discussed blueberries with carol gimble who shared her blueberry coffee cake recipe...do you bake, would you want it?
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wimpy:

↳ kendraplex @12:55
im transferring music to my new phone cause i ran my old one over with my car last night lol
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Ike:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @12:59
I got some Mexican blueberries for a dollar and was surprised at how good they were. Often I don't like the out-of-season non-regional ones.
Avatar 1:02am
kendraplex:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @12:59
oh yeah, they are good, i got blueberries like 5 times this week and thought of you!
  1:02am
David:

yeah music!
  1:02am
Erik at VT:

↳ Song: "Axxon N."
“Nommos”🗿
Avatar 1:02am
kendraplex:

↳ joe mulligan @12:56
hi joe!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 1:02am
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Ike @1:01
i'm getting them from peru...best in memory
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 1:03am
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ kendraplex @1:02
👍🏻...... : )
  1:03am
bubblybb:

ooh and hot tea
Avatar 1:06am
kendraplex:

↳ David @1:02
yes omg
  1:09am
wrapped scallion:

a la izquierda
Avatar 1:10am
kendraplex:

↳ wrapped scallion @1:09
y arriba?
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 1:13am
tom tom the pipers son:

Not NYT Junk Poetry

After Days of Silence
Your Loved Ones
Will Leave Behind
Space Weaponry
as a Legacy
Ignoring Warnings
That a Band of Tourists
Who Ventured Behind
Its Own Little Town
Amid the Dismantling of
the Mental Health Industry
Invited the Improvisation
of an Ancient Balm
for the Horror
of Facing What
The Eye Has to Report
Revisiting the Most
Ridiculous Feats
and Hottest Trends
At a Costly Price
Avatar 1:14am
kendraplex:

ok this is a tune i heard at midnight mass THE OTHER NIGHT... if anyone can ID it greatly apprecaited
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 1:16am
tom tom the pipers son:

sounds improvised
Avatar 1:16am
kendraplex:

interesting
  1:16am
DJ MF:

Green sleeves
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kendraplex:

it was during communion
  1:17am
bubblybb:

¡Ándale, ándale! ¡Arriba, arriba!
Avatar 1:17am
kendraplex:

the organist did some really surprising things with this tune, i was like how can this be a song, but yes maybe it was improvised, a lot
Avatar 1:18am
kendraplex:

they used all the different sounds on the organ!!!!!!!!!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 1:18am
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ kendraplex @1:16
they don't know how long it's going to take so it may be open to i mprov
Avatar 1:19am
kendraplex:

many interesting choices imo. sadly i'm knocking my phone all around
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 1:19am
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ kendraplex @1:18
the derek bailey video about organs had something about this
Avatar 1:19am
kendraplex:

INTERESTING, and i forgot to look it up
  1:20am
DJ MF:

What Child is This is the Hymn I believe.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 1:20am
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ DJ MF @1:20
i can hear some of that faintly
Avatar 1:21am
wimpy:

organ player is definitely doing cool stuff. im in kansas and they don't have organs in any of the churches i've ever been to
  1:21am
Dorrit:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @12:59
Please share the recipe!
Avatar 1:23am
kendraplex:

↳ DJ MF @1:20
makes sense
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 1:24am
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Dorrit @1:21
oh it was kind of gifted, kendra knows carol so i was sure it was ok to pass on but i don't feel comfortable posting it on the board....
but if you're in the nyc area try the blueberries...they're great
  1:27am
bubblybb:

no organs in kansas is why dorothy went to oz
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 1:30am
tom tom the pipers son:

re: subways...was startled the other day by a big video screen in the subway with the image of a flaming yule log playing.....maybe they should take that down...do ya think...
Avatar 👻 1:35am
Arvo Zylo:

↳ Song: "The Carolina Lady" by "Tuluum Shimmering"
Long time fan of Tuluum Shimmering. Did an interview with him in around 2010? I don't know if he ever did another interview, he was very reticent about it.
Avatar 1:46am
wimpy:

↳ bubblybb @1:27
I bet the organs in oz are overly opulent
  1:50am
bubblybb:

↳ wimpy @1:46
https://static1.srcdn.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Wiard-of-Oz-Organ.jpg
Avatar 1:52am
wimpy:

↳ bubblybb @1:50
theyre cheering for you, in honor of that post
  1:53am
bubblybb:

i'll pay you tuesday wimpy
Avatar 1:55am
kendraplex:

this is pretty
  1:55am
bubblybb:

gladly
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 1:55am
tom tom the pipers son:

@ kendra: seems you were swept up in the holiday spirit...yo la tengo 2 nights, midnight mass, ....egg nog?
Avatar 1:55am
kendraplex:

chinese food, everything
Avatar 1:56am
kendraplex:

i like to have a good wholesome time
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 1:58am
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ kendraplex @1:55
i've gone to chinatown on christmas morning ...manhattan is empty...and quite magical
  1:59am
bubblybb:

kp did your fortune cookie say anything good?
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 2:00am
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ kendraplex @1:56
sounds very nice... and spiritually fulfilling
Avatar 2:06am
wimpy:

is that a miles tune? i can't place the name of it
Avatar 2:07am
Malcontent:

↳ Song: "Footprints" by "Patrick Bradley & Brett Bustamante"
This is incredible. Where can one find a copy? Google flummoxes me on this one.
Avatar 2:07am
wimpy:

↳ Song: "Footprints" by "Patrick Bradley & Brett Bustamante"
oh whoops it says it right there lol
Avatar 2:07am
Malcontent:

↳ wimpy @2:06
Yes indeed, it is! Off of Miles Smiles.
Avatar 2:09am
kendraplex:

deep cuts! you'd have to get tonight's copy of the kendraplex yo la tengo mix cd or email patrick bradley for the mp3
Avatar 2:10am
kendraplex:

footprints one of my fav tunes & for sure never heard it like that! right?
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 2:12am
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Song: "Masami Tomihisa"
digging this....
Avatar 2:16am
kendraplex:

love masami
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 2:16am
tom tom the pipers son:

very sweet segue
  2:17am
a Hi-K:

This Bill Orcutt album is SO GOOD
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 2:19am
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ kendraplex @2:16
that reminded me in part of an early 50's morton feldman piece for two pianos mostly played in the upper register
Avatar 2:19am
kendraplex:

aren't they all
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kendraplex:

i have to play this song twice
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 2:23am
tom tom the pipers son:

there's a video of angel olsen in kim's video around 2011 singing a song, "All things cosmic"...very much same emotional tenor as that orcutt
  2:25am
chelsea bridge & brando:

finally made it! happy freak final freak out 2024 to you all!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 2:25am
tom tom the pipers son:

Not NYT Junk Poetry

From the Depths
of Winter
Wall Street Is Minting
Video Surveillance of
A Fatal Assault of
Twin Brothers
Accused of
Sexual Assault
In a Vivid Thread of
Memories
That Lets You Visit France
for an Afternoon
Visualizing a Tangle of History
Of Using Easy Money
and Weighing-In
On Over a Century of
Human Detritus
Laging Far Behind
Your Concerning
Mutations and
Flood-Soaked
Household Hacks
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 2:27am
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Song: "Hispid" by "Jake Acosta"
oh i really dig what acosta does
Avatar 2:28am
kendraplex:

all of it is good vibes
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 2:28am
Bobby:

It’s a good show thank you DJ
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 2:31am
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ kendraplex @2:28
my poems aren't bad vibes, are they? though they may take a walk through them
  2:33am
chelsea bridge & brando:

kendra when can you make it back to chicago for a sick ass show at my house
Avatar 2:33am
wimpy:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @2:31
I think you're ok tom
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 2:34am
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ wimpy @2:33
that's nice of you to say wimpy...
Avatar 2:40am
wimpy:

cindy lee doesn't seem like they'd be my bag but I feel like I've really enjoyed it every time I've heard them on wfmu
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 2:40am
Bobby:

Cindy Lee Diamond Jubilee!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 2:40am
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @2:31
for me they are a kind of syntactic therapy
Avatar 2:43am
Hubig Pie:

↳ Song: "Loveable Loser" by "Chelsea Bridge"
I know not of Cindy Lee but I sure liked that.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:43am
Ike:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @2:31
I just had an idea for one more poem inspired by your poems but also totally different. Sorry. Don't murder me.

Not AllRecipes Spam Poetry

6 saltine crackers, or as needed, crushed
1 tablespoon blanched almond flour
1 (8 ounce) can jellied cranberry sauce
5 sheets sushi nori (dry seaweed)
1 (12 ounce) container fully cooked luncheon meat (e.g. Spam), cubed
1 small head napa cabbage, cut into small pieces
1 pinch ground nutmeg (Optional)
½ teaspoon Chinese five-spice powder, or more to taste
5 sprigs fresh thyme
2 (15 ounce) cans pumpkin puree
1 cup freshly chopped parsley
2 cups Tom Tom's favorite Peruvian blueberries
4 cloves elephant garlic
Avatar 👻 2:45am
Arvo Zylo:

↳ Ike @2:43
I want a recipe for Chinese five spice spam pizza
Avatar 2:46am
Hubig Pie:

Can I sub anchovy extract for the pumpkin puree?
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 2:47am
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Ike @2:43
do you know of the recipes for glen passaic tha adamdoesit makes up during storks show...? this kinda seems like a more brnign tandem with that
Avatar 👻 2:48am
Arvo Zylo:

Chinese Five Spice Spam Pizza with Blueberries and Poetry
Ingredients:

For the Pizza Dough:

1 ½ cups warm water
1 tsp active dry yeast
1 tbsp olive oil
3 ½ cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp sugar
For the Sauce:

½ cup tomato sauce
1 tbsp soy sauce
1 tsp Chinese five spice powder
1 tsp ginger powder (optional)
1 tsp honey (optional for sweetness)
For the Toppings:

1 can Spam, cut into thin slices
1 cup fresh blueberries
1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
¼ cup crumbled goat cheese or cream cheese (optional for extra richness)
1 tsp Chinese five spice powder (to sprinkle on top)
Fresh basil leaves (optional, for garnish)
For the Poetry:

A favorite poem or line of verse. (Feel free to choose a poetic piece that resonates with you while you bake! Here’s a sample line to inspire you: "The world is but a canvas to our imagination.")
Instructions:
Prepare the Dough:

In a small bowl, mix warm water with yeast and sugar. Let it sit for about 5 minutes until frothy.
In a large bowl, combine flour and salt. Add the yeast mixture and olive oil to the flour mixture. Stir until the dough begins to form.
Knead the dough on a lightly floured surface for about 5-7 minutes until smooth. Place the dough in a lightly oiled bowl, cover with a damp cloth, and let it rise in a warm spot for 1 hour, or until it has doubled in size.
Make the Sauce:

In a bowl, combine tomato sauce, soy sauce, Chinese five spice powder, ginger powder (optional), and honey (optional). Stir until well mixed. Adjust the seasonings to taste.
Prepare the Toppings:

Slice the Spam into thin strips or small cubes.
Gently wash and dry the blueberries, and set them aside.
Assemble the Pizza:

Preheat your oven to 475°F (245°C).
Punch down the dough, and roll it out on a floured surface to your desired thickness.
Place the dough onto a pizza stone or baking sheet.
Spread a thin layer of the sauce over the dough.
Arrange the Spam slices evenly on the sauce.
Sprinkle a generous amount of shredded mozzarella cheese over the Spam.
Scatter fresh blueberries on top of the cheese.
Sprinkle Chinese five spice powder lightly over the entire pizza for that signature flavor.
Optional: Crumble goat cheese or add small dollops of cream cheese for extra richness.
Bake the Pizza:

Place the pizza in the preheated oven and bake for 10-12 minutes, or until the crust is golden and the cheese is melted and bubbly.
Poetry Break:

While the pizza is baking, take a moment to reflect on your chosen poem. Whether you're reading a piece aloud or just contemplating the words, let the rhythm of poetry complement the aromas filling your kitchen.
Here's a line to get you started: "Let us go then, you and I, when the evening is spread out against the sky..." – T.S. Eliot
Garnish & Serve:

Once the pizza is baked, remove it from the oven and let it cool slightly.
Garnish with fresh basil leaves if desired.
Slice and serve, and enjoy your unique creation with a side of poetic inspiration!
The Poetry Pairing:
The poetry in this recipe is meant to enhance the sensory experience. Whether you're reading during prep time, while the pizza bakes, or while savoring each bite, poetry can create a deeper connection to the ingredients, flavors, and experience. You might even want to make up your own poem about Spam or blueberries as you go along!

This is a whimsical recipe that combines both savory and sweet, with the intriguing aroma of Chinese five spice and the freshness of blueberries, creating a surprising yet delightful fusion! Enjoy your culinary and poetic journey!
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Ike:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @2:47
I'd forgotten all about those. Good point. Was probably unintended inspiration. BTW I met Adamdoesit briefly once on Atlantic Ave. Cool guy.
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Arvo Zylo @2:48
very impressive... your culinary skills are only surpassed by your typing skills
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Ike @2:48
oh nice...was he wearing fmu tee?
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Arvo Zylo:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @2:50
THE POETRY IS THE SECRET INGREDIENT!
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Arvo Zylo @2:51
ah it was a lot to gather in first read through ....now i see...
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Hubig Pie:

A little Chinese 5 spice is the secret to a good egg roll.
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Arvo Zylo:

↳ Hubig Pie @2:53
I use it in curry too, and lentils.
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tom tom the pipers son:

@ kendra: should i stop posting poetry here? you don't like it any more
  2:59am
chelsea bridge & brando:

this track is wild i love it
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tom tom the pipers son:

especially nice show very varied...happy new year
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wimpy:

happy new year everyone!
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tom tom the pipers son:

i'm freaking out
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Arvo Zylo:

Good show! Happy New Year!
  4:31pm
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What a cool and undulating vibe ride! Luv John Prine treatment
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