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Monthly Archives: June 2013

The Tragedy of Letters Unsent

June 27, 2013 · by Eric Tegethoff | in The Word | tagged assassination, Boston, Independence Day, Letters Unsent, Massachusetts Senator, Tragic Romance | Leave a comment

 I found this word document on my laptop. It is perhaps a year or two old.           The tragedy of letters unsent, or the less romantic tragedy of emails unsent. True, I had no one to send the letters to and that was the real tragedy. But the journey of the […]

The Pot Boiler Sessions

June 25, 2013 · by Eric Tegethoff | in The Word | tagged Eric's Ghost's Ghost, Hank Williams, Hollywood, loneliness, Pot Boiler Sessions, Sioux City | Leave a comment

On Sunday, I recorded two songs while water boiled on the stove. They are scant but complete. I give you the “Pot Boiler Sessions” by my alter ego, Eric’s Ghost’s Ghost. First, “I Wanna Live in Sioux City”, a song about an actor who is fed up with Hollywood and looking for a change of […]

Sturdy as Landlines

June 21, 2013 · by Eric Tegethoff | in The Word | tagged hymns, landlines, On Top of Old Smokey | Leave a comment

            I awoke swimming in sickness. There had been a pseudo-religious fervor in the air the night before, a massive liberation of frustration and self-consciousness. It is likely we were seen hovering outside our bodies. There was singing: hymns, show tunes, old soul music. Only Becky and I knew “On Top […]

After Bonnaroo

June 18, 2013 · by Eric Tegethoff | in The Word | tagged Bonnaroo, Dallas, death | Leave a comment

I spent five days on the Bonnaroo farm and flew back to Portland yesterday. I fell asleep before my plane lifted off from Dallas. In the air, I woke up thinking we were still on the ground. I was saying “No no no no no no!”. Was I dead or dying or reliving someone else’s […]

Songs of the Past

June 5, 2013 · by Eric Tegethoff | in The Word | tagged Music, Myspace | Leave a comment

Songs of the Past These are some songs I’ve recorded in the last few years. I have a masochistic impulse to post them here. Also, there’s this. Old MySpace Music account.

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