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[00:21.12]8:02 AM April 25th 2016 New York
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[00:27.20]Everything went fine at Sarah Lawrence College
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[00:30.35]While I was on stage I asked the kids to educate me on
[00:33.57]What exactly it is that they study there
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[00:36.67]A person shouted
[00:38.09]We do whatever the hell we want
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[00:40.75]I replied well that's what I've been doing all my life
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[00:44.84]I asked what their parents payed for them to do whatever the hell they want
[00:48.34]And a girl in the front row said
[00:50.16]$60000 a year
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[00:52.72]I said well that's what Walmart pays me to use my music in commercials
[00:56.84]And that maybe I could go to their school one day too
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[00:59.91]'Cause they all seem like really nice people
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[01:02.96]I explained that Kirk Hammett from Metallica went to college
[01:05.84]After Metallica made it which was met with a thud
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[01:12.69]A nice girl named Sophie played piano on a few songs
[01:15.74]With us because my mic couldn't reach the piano
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[01:19.83]She played the four notes on Richard Ramirez
[01:22.08]And Carry Me Ohio really really well
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[01:24.93]That was a lot of fun
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[01:26.99]We also played When Doves Cry in honor of Prince who died the night before
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[01:32.51]Steve Shelley played drums with me that night by the way
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[01:35.83]What a great drummer
[01:36.98]Steve's also a really nice guy
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[01:41.24]Great acoustics in the room and the show went really well
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[01:45.01]And we got out of there by midnight
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[01:47.34]What a cool group of kids and a nice promoter named Max
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[01:51.04]It was the first show he ever promoted
[01:52.96]And he gave me a check in an envelope
[01:54.87]Which I actually didn't open until
[01:56.64]Just now here in my New York hotel three nights after the gig
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[02:02.04]This is what his note said
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[02:06.31]Dear Mark
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[02:08.03]First of all thank you so much for playing Sarah Lawrence College
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[02:15.08]Even though we have a really small school
[02:18.07]And don't get much attention
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[02:20.34]We have a really lot of passionate kids
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[02:24.80]I know every single one of them is thrilled to have you come
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[02:34.44]Your music means so much to so many
[02:38.68]I first heard your music
[02:39.86]When I was searching songs about Los Angeles
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[02:44.24]For a project in high school
[02:46.24]I was fifteen or sixteen
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[02:48.75]And I came across Cruiser
[02:50.32]And it changed everything for me
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[02:53.37]It was the music I had been searching for for a long time
[02:56.59]
[02:58.04]Some people say your music makes them sad and that you make sad music
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[03:03.16]I don't know
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[03:04.46]I guess I disagree
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[03:07.95]Your music was and is a comfort to me
[03:12.69]I feel a sort of connection to it that is less a melancholic thing
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[03:18.01]But more a reassuring thing
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[03:22.27]I was taking a seven-hour train across the state of New York
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[03:27.04]I listened to the entirety of Benji
[03:28.91]And Red House Painters I back to back
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[03:31.93]I thought of a lot of things
[03:33.79]When I listened to those records
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[03:35.92]And somehow it brought me ease to know someone
[03:38.37]That was thinking some of those same things
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[03:41.52]It was calming
[03:42.70]And even though I'm writing this letter before you even take the stage
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[03:50.96]I know the scene you perform tonight
[03:53.04]Will be one of my most enjoyable moments
[03:56.32]So thank you again so much for coming
[03:58.83]I hope you had a nice time
[04:00.72]And I hope this letter finds you well
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[04:05.28]Looking forward to the next record
[04:06.93]The Jesu/Sun Kil Moon LP was great
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[04:10.36]And hopefully I can see you again on November 10th in Brooklyn
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[04:14.77]Best wishes and thanks again
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[04:17.59]Max
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