AUDIO: Symphony Space Live features Stephen Colbert
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For anyone who missed Stephen’s excellent reading of T. Coraghessan Boyle’s hilariously dark short story, “The Lie” on Public Radio International’s Selected Shorts series last year, now is your chance to address that oversight.
According to their introductory message, Symphony Space Live invites you to sample the following (internal links omitted):
Each week you’ll find new, rare, or never-heard-before recordings from your favorite artists. Symphony Space Live brings the excitement of the in-theatre experience to you. Enjoy performances from indie rocker Sufjan Stevens; television personality Stephen Colbert; GRAMMY Award-winning instrumentalist Arturo O’Farrill, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri; kids’ favorite Elizabeth Mitchell; radio host and Symphony Space Artistic Director Isaiah Sheffer; GRAMMY Award-winning fiddler Mark O’Connor; and many more.
And there’s going to be a lot more, from the look of things. The current selections include the aforementioned Stephen Colbert reading of “The Lie”, a not-to-be-missed performance. Not bad for a totally free service, huh?
Sign up at SymphonySpace.org and start listening today!
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13 Comments
November 17th, 2009 at 1:27 pm
Oh thank you! I was completely unaware of this. Listening to it now :)
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November 17th, 2009 at 1:54 pm
I loved, loved, loved “The Lie” as read by Stephen. I have it on my iPod, and listen periodically. Great story, and Stephen is a wonderful storyteller.
“No, Jim, stop!” My husband’s name is Jim, and that part never fails to make me laugh. That, and “What’s wrong with Clover? The minuite I said it I knew how stupid I sounded.” Or something like that…
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November 17th, 2009 at 6:26 pm
How do yo have the mp3 for it? Did you find a download on the internet? Or do you have awesome skills that I know not of?
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November 17th, 2009 at 7:30 pm
Well, I might have awesome skills that you don’t know about (you made me laugh out loud), but I downloaded it from, uh, I think it was Selected Shorts from NPR. I can’t find it now. It must be somewhere, though.
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November 18th, 2009 at 12:20 am
Oh golly gee. Well thanks anyway!
PS. You shouldn’t hide awesome skills, FLAUNT THEM!
November 17th, 2009 at 2:14 pm
I love love love David Rakoff! He needs to write a new book!
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November 17th, 2009 at 2:47 pm
Oh my goodness. “The Lie” is one of the funniest stories I’ve ever heard and hearing it read by Stephen was just the icing on the cake. So awesome. =D
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November 17th, 2009 at 3:02 pm
I have an MP3 of that saved on my computer. I’ve had it for almost a year now and I still have not been able to find the time to listen to it. *sigh*
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November 17th, 2009 at 9:30 pm
Stephen’s reading of “The Lie” is too funny. I also have it on my iPod, and I’ve listened to it many times.
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November 18th, 2009 at 6:46 am
You can download it using this link :)
http://jumbodump.com/2009/01/05/stephen-colbert-reads-the-lie-by-tc-boyle-on-selected-shorts/
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November 18th, 2009 at 10:53 am
thank you!
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November 18th, 2009 at 11:12 am
Thank you! I was hoping to see if my download helper on Firefox would download it for me, but this is so much better :)
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November 18th, 2009 at 12:38 pm
You’re my hero!! I’ve been looking everywhere online for this.
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