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  "title": "March 17 - Calcutta",
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        "plaintext": "It's not March 17, it's March 23rd, and I have the kind of cold and headache that mean I'm only vaguely tethered to reality.  Perfect time to hear a Mountain Goats song from the fringes of existence."
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        "plaintext": "This was apparently only played live once.  Hard to think why, as it's a perfectly nicely performed story-song that doesn't reach a chorus but doesn't outstay its welcome.  It's potentially a bit orientalist, as pretty much any song by a white person about India is going to be, but there isn't a reason for this song to go beyond rarity and into barely existing.."
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        "plaintext": "It's clinging to reality.  So am I.  I hope this cold is over soon."
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  "updatedAt": "2026-03-23T20:45:41+00:00",
  "description": "It's not March 17, it's March 23rd, and I have the kind of cold and headache that mean I'm only vaguely tethered to reality. Perfect time to hear a Mountain Goats song from the fringes of existence. This was apparently only played live once. Hard to think why, as it's a perfectly nicely performed story-song that doesn't reach a chorus but doesn't outstay its welcome. It's potentially a bit orientalist, as pretty much any song by a white person about India is going to be, but there isn't a reason...",
  "publishedAt": "2026-03-23T20:40:51+00:00",
  "textContent": "It's not March 17, it's March 23rd, and I have the kind of cold and headache that mean I'm only vaguely tethered to reality.  Perfect time to hear a Mountain Goats song from the fringes of existence.\nThis was apparently only played live once.  Hard to think why, as it's a perfectly nicely performed story-song that doesn't reach a chorus but doesn't outstay its welcome.  It's potentially a bit orientalist, as pretty much any song by a white person about India is going to be, but there isn't a reason for this song to go beyond rarity and into barely existing..\nIt's clinging to reality.  So am I.  I hope this cold is over soon."
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