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[first lines]
Duncan Thomson: Hello! Welcome to 'Can You Hear Me?', your source for all things Tucker Crowe. If you're here, you're probably already a fan of Tucker's music. But if you're merely 'Crowe-curious', or you clicked on the link by accident, allow me to introduce you to one of the most seminal, and yet unsung, figures of alternative rock.
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Annie Platt: It's weird to be writing this to a complete stranger I'll never meet. If we did meet, would you see what everybody else sees? I may look like a nice, well-adjusted English lady in a sensible cardigan, but these days it's a thin veneer, and it's started to crack.
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Duncan Thomson: Every aspect of civilisation is going to the dogs, with the notable exception of TV.
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Tucker Crowe: Parenting! Sometimes I think I could use a manual.
Lizzie: Or tips such as, "Always tell your kids they have siblings."
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Duncan Thomson: Do you think there's any way back for me? Because right now I think that's how I'm leaning.
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Annie Platt: I met someone on the internet.
Ros Platt: I love it, the internet! God, you're finally entering the modern age. Which site was it? One for clever people, no doubt. Hornyhistorians.com?
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Duncan Thomson: I'm Stevie fuckin' Wonder. Who do you want to be? Eartha fuckin' Kitt?
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Duncan Thomson: Art isn't *for* the artist, no more than water is for the bloody plumber.
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Mayor Terry Barton: Have I heard of you? Tucker what?
Ros Platt: It's Tucker Crowe.
Mayor Terry Barton: Tucker Crowe!
Annie Platt: Oh, you have heard of him?
Mayor Terry Barton: No, never.
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Edna: It was George, mmm, he was a fast worker. He wanted a bit of fun. I wish I did too, but I fought him off. I thought, "Edna, you can never go wrong not doing something. It's the things that you do that get you into trouble." Here I am 84 years old and I've never been in trouble in my whole bloody life. Goddammit!
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[last lines]
Duncan Thomson: You may ask, as I did, what caused Tucker to produce this cloying, bloodless, catastrophe? Well, reportedly, Tucker has found love. And I am here to tell you, my friends: It doesn't suit him.
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Jackson: [deadpan] I know what a catheter is
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Lizzie: [to her father Tucker] Are they're any other siblings you bothered to tell me?
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Duncan Thomson: The good are not rewarded on the streets. Moral clarity exists not.
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Tucker Crowe: Well, do you think he's gonna help support the baby?
Lizzie: You mean because he's a musician?
Tucker Crowe: Yeah.
Lizzie: This one's a good person.
Tucker Crowe: Uhh... well, that's a relief.
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Lizzie: Well, maybe you should write a letter to the editor correcting the record. That way, your children might get some accurate information about you.
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Tucker Crowe: [to Jackson] Hey, be careful, they're driving the wrong side, all trying to run you over.
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Annie Platt: Sorry, I'm blanking. This is much easier in writing.
Tucker Crowe: Well I would say that we could take out our phones, you know, and-and write each other but the internet here is terrible.
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Tucker Crowe: [introducing Annie to Lizzie] Annie's my friend from England. We were supposed to hook up yesterday, but then that didn't go so well.
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Duncan Thomson: Just one final thing. I think that people like you with, people with real talent, you don't value it because it comes naturally to you. And we never value thing that we, that come easily. But I value that album more than maybe anything I've ever heard. Not because its perfect but because of what it means to me. Ultimately, I don't give a shit what it means to you. Art isn't for the artist no more than water is for the bloody plumber. But thank you. I really, really enjoyed it.
Juliet, Naked Quotes
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