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Intuitive Art & Folky Honky-Tonk
Season 13 Episode 11 | 26m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
Artist connects with intuition. Climb aboard for a musical ride with singer-songwriter.
Artist Sarah Weinstock connects with her intuition. Go behind the scenes of synchronized swim team the Rhine-stones. Explore the human soul through the sculptures of Natalie Plasencia. And, prepare for some foot stomp’n from local singer-songwriter Scott Lee.
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Broad and High
Intuitive Art & Folky Honky-Tonk
Season 13 Episode 11 | 26m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
Artist Sarah Weinstock connects with her intuition. Go behind the scenes of synchronized swim team the Rhine-stones. Explore the human soul through the sculptures of Natalie Plasencia. And, prepare for some foot stomp’n from local singer-songwriter Scott Lee.
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>> THIS TIME ON BROAD & HIGH, AN ARTIST GIVES VISIBILITY TO INVISIBLE FORCES.
> >> A GROUP ENCOURAGING ARTISTIC SWIMMING FOR ALL.
> >> PRODUCTION OF BROAD & HIGH IS FUNDED IN PART BY THE GREATER COLUMBUS ARTS COUNCIL, CELEBRATING EXPRESSION, FOSTERING TALENT AND CONNECTING THE COMMUNITY TO COLUMBUS ARTISTS, PERFORMANCES, EXHIBITIONS, CONCERTS, PUBLIC ART, AND MORE AT COLUMBUSMAKESART.
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> >> THIS TIME ON BROAD & HIGH, AN ARTIST GIVES VISIBILITY TO INVISIBLE FORCES.
A GROUP ENCOURAGES ARTISTIC SWIMMING FOR ALL.
EXPLORE THE HUMAN SOUL THROUGH SCULPTURE.
AND, CLIMB ABOARD FOR A MUSICAL RIDE.
THIS AND MORE RIGHT NOW ON BROAD & HIGH.
>> WELCOME TO BROAD & HIGH, I'M YOUR HOST, KATE QUICKEL.
SARAH WEINSTOCK IS AN ARTIST WHO IS FIGHTING AGAINST THE COGNITION THAT OUR BRAINS IMPOSE ON OUR BODIES.
SHE DESCRIBES INSPIRATIONS LIKE GETTING AN ADRENALINE RUSH, BLUSHING OVER A CRUSH, AND WANTING TO CONNECT PEOPLE TO THEIR INTUITION.
SARAH SHARED THE APPROACH SHE TAKES WITH HER ART PRACTICE AND THE JOY SHE GETS FROM ORGANIZING COMMUNITY EVENTS LIKE SOCIAL INTERROGATIVE DANCE PARTIES.
>> WHEN I WAS A KID, I WANTED TO BE A FASHION DESIGNER.
AND I LEARNED PRETTY QUICKLY ON THAT THE FASHION INDUSTRY IS A LITTLE BIT TERRIBLE.
I STARTED OUT DOING HYPER PHOTO REALISTIC PORTRAITS OF PEOPLE IN THEATRICALLY LIT ENVIRONMENTS.
NOW, MY ARTWORK IS A LOT OF INSTILLLATION, FABRICS, TEXTURES, PATTERNS.
I THINK I HAVE ALWAYS HAD A TRASHY SORT OF AESTHETIC USING WHAT IS ALREADY HERE.
JUST A CONSCIOUSNESS OF HOW MUCH JUNK EXISTS AND NOT WANTING TO MAKE A BUNCH MORE TRASH ON THE PLANET.
SO, IT IS KIND OF LIKE LETTING THE UNIVERSE PUT THINGS IN FRONT OF YOU.
A NEW CHALLENGE OF A NEW MEDIUM TO EXPLORE.
SO I DEFINITELY LIKE HAVING A NEW MEDIUM TO SORT OF EXPLORE AND PLAY AROUND WITH AND SEE WHAT I CAN DO WITHIN THAT MEDIUM.
CONSULTING THE SUBCONSCIOUS ENDED UP BEING THE TITLE OF A LARGE PIECE THAT IS A CONGLOMERATE OF DOODLES.
EACH DOODLE WAS DONE ABSENT MINDEDLY ON THE PHONE OR IN DOWN TIMES WHERE I WASN'T CONSCIOUSLY TRYING TO MAKE A DRAWING BUT DOODLING WITH WHATEVER CAME OUT.
SO GIVING A CHANCE FOR ANYTHING SUBCONSCIOUS TO SORT OF BUBBLE UP.
>> I REALLY LIKE THE SOCIAL ASPECT OF ART MAKING.
I JUST LOVE IT IF TWO PEOPLE MET AND FORMED A RELATIONSHIP AND IT WAS AT A SHOW OR THESE TWO ARTISTS WERE INTRODUCED TO EACH OTHER THROUGH MY WORK.
SO I LOVE A COMMUNITY.
I HAVE THROWN A LOT OF DANCE PARTIES IN GALLERIES SO AT IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S OPEN GALLERY, I HAD A NO TALKING DANCE PARTY.
PEOPLE WERE FORCED TO, NOT FORCED BUT ASKED TO THINK ABOUT THE OTHER WAYS, OTHER MODES OF COMMUNICATION.
THE NON-VERBAL ONES.
SO THAT WAS A FUN EXPERIMENT.
I HAVE HAD A HIGH HEELS DANCE PARTY WHERE IT WASN'T MANDATORY HIGH HEELS WEARING BUT THERE WERE LOTS OF DIFFERENT SIZES AND A MIRROR AND SOME CANES AND WALKERS SO THAT YOU COULD HAVE SOME HANDLEBARS FOR SUPPORT AND YOU COULD TRY ON SOME HIGH HEELS IN THIS SILLY PLAYFUL ENVIRONMENT.
AND IT CHANGES YOUR HEIGHT.
IT THRUSTS YOUR HIPS DIFFERENT.
IT'S LIKE A WHOLE NEW WORLD UP THERE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S FUN FOR A FEW MINUTES UNTIL YOU HAVE TO SPEND A FEW HOURS IN THEM.
THAT'S DIFFERENT.
ANOTHER DANCE PARTY CALLED BUT I DIGRESS.
THAT WAS A COLLABORATION WITH MY PARTNER ABBY NELSON.
WE PUT SENTENCE FRAGMENTS ONTO MYLAR WE HUNG FROM FISHING LINE FROM MOBILES FROM THE CEILING AND IT WAS ALL BLACK LIGHT REACTIVE SO THESE GLOWING PIECES OF MAGNETIC POETRY WERE HANGING IN THE AIR.
AND THAT IS WHERE THE DANCE PARTY TOOK PLACE.
SO YOU KIND OF GET A SENSE OF HOW WHEN YOU READ ONE NON-SENSE PHRASE AND ANOTHER NON-SENSE PHRASE, YOUR BRAIN TRIES TO MAKE MEANING OUT OF THEM.
AND SO THAT WAS THE CONTEXT FOR THE DANCE PARTY.
SO I TEND TO IN MY ARTWORK TRY.
I'M USUALLY PLAYING AROUND IN A FORMAL GALLERY CONTEXT BUT WITH LESS FORMAL SOCIAL ENCOUNTERS.
THE INSTALLATIONS ARE MADE UP OF A LOT OF BEAUTIFUL EXPENSIVE CLOTHING.
BUT ALSO, LIKE, STAINED, TOO SMALL, SLIGHTLY RIPPED BUT I KIND OF CHANNEL MY INNER BOWERFORD AND TRY TO HIGHLIGHT THOSE LITTLE TRASHY BITS OR ELEMENTS.
KIND OF GETTING EXCITED ABOUT JUST COLLECTING THE RAW MATERIALS AND YOU CAN KIND OF TRANSFORM, ANYTHING CAN BE TRANSFORMED.
>> TO SEE MORE OF SARAH'S WORK, YOU CAN FIND HER ONLINE AT BELLACHROMA.
COM.
> >> ARTISTIC SWIMMING MERGES ATHLETICISM WITH GRACEFUL MOVEMENT AND STUNNING PRESENTATIONS IN A SUMMER OLYMPICS STAPLE.
THE RYAN-STONES, A SYNCHRO SWIM TEAM PROVES YOU DON'T NEED YEARS OF TRAINING TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SPORT.
EVERY SUMMER THE GROUP RECRUITS SWIMMERS OF ALL BACKGROUNDS TO PRACTICE AT ZIEGLER POOL IN CINCINNATI'S OVER THE RHNE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE AIM?
A SPECTACULAR END OF SEN PERFORMANCE.
LET'S DIVE IN.
>> TO BECOME A RHINE-STONE, THERE IS NO AUDITION PROCESS.
IT IS BASED ON THE IDEA THAT WE CAN DO THINGS AS WE AGE AND GROW UP AND WE CAN LEARN AND CELEBRATE AND WE CAN DO CRAZY THINGS, JUST FOR THE PURE JOY OF IT.
MY NAME IS PAM.
I AM AN ARTIST AND ADVOCATE IN CINCINNATI.
MY ROLE IN THE RHINE-STONE'S SYNCHRONIZED SWIM TEAM IS COCREATORMENT I CREATED THE TEAM SEVEN YEARS AGO WITH MY FRIEND CARLA.
WE HAVE BEEN SWIMMING EVER SINCE.
WE REACHED OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND SAID COME JOIN US.
WE WANT TO DO THIS.
AND WE GOT SWIMMERS, NON- SWIMMERS FROM THE AGE OF ABOUT 25 TO 75.
THE PHILOSOPHY BEHIND THE RHINE- STONES IS BASED IN JOY.
THE IDEA IS YOU COME ANY WAY YOU CAN.
WHETHER YOU ARE A REALLY STRONG SWIMMER LIKE OUR COACH BETH OR WERE ON A KID'S SWIM TEAM LIKE ME OR OUR FRIEND THAT HAD NEVER PUT HER HEAD UNDER WATER BEFORE AND BETH TOOK US FROM WHERE WE WERE, PULLED US TOGETHER IN A WAY THAT CELEBRATES AND SUPPORTS EACH ONE OF US IN OUR ABILITY.
>> I'M BETH CRIMER.
I AM AN ENGINEER BY TRADE.
I CONTRACT AT PROCTOR AND GAMBLE.
AND I AM THE RHINE-STONES HEAD COACH.
>> BETH HAS USED ALL OF THE SKILLS SHE HAS LEARNED FROM BEING A SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMER AND TAUGHT US THOSE SKILLS AND THE WAY OF TRAINING.
>> I SWAM FOR THE CINCINNATI SYNCHRO GATORS FROM THE TIME I WAS EIGHT UNTIL THE TIME I GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL.
THEN I SWAM AT OHIO STATE.
WHILE I WAS AT OHIO STATE, I ALSO MADE THE SECOND NATIONAL TEAM IN 2002.
>> MY NAME IS CASEY MILLER.
I AM A PHOTOGRAPHER AND FREELANCE ARTIST AROUND CINCINNATI, OHIO.
I AM A MEMBER OF THE RHINE- STONES SWIMMING TEAM WHERE I ALSO DO THE SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT FOR THEM.
THE BASELINE OF BEING ABLE TO SWIM WAS MY STARTING POINT WITH THE RHINE-STONES SO I HAD NOTHING PRIOR TO EVERYTHING THAT OUR COACH TAUGHT US.
I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A BACKGROUND IN PARTNER ACROBATICS DOING LIFTS AND SO.
THEY THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GOOD ADD ONTO THE SKILL SET OF THE TEAM SO I HAVE BEEN SORT OF BRINGING THE LIFTS AND A FEW OTHER FUN ELEMENTS INTO THE TEAM.
WE MEET AT ZIEGLER POOL AT ZIEGLER PARK EVERY SUNDAY.
>> I PICK THE MUSIC FOR THE ROUTINE AND CUT IT AND CHOREOGRAPH IT.
AND THEN KIND OF HERD THE TEAM WHILE WE ARE THERE.
>> FROM THE BEGINNING OF SUMMER WE ARE JUST RUNNING DRILLS.
GETTING OUR TECHNIQUE BACK AFTER WE HAVE BEEN NOT IN THE POOL FOR ALL OF THE NONSUMMER MONTHS.
AND SLOWLY INCORPORATING THE CHOREOGRAPHY WE WILL BE PERFORMING AT THE ZIEGLER PARK'S ADULT SWIM EVENTS AT THE END OF SUMMER.
>> FOR THE OLYMPICS YOU TRAIN EIGHT PLUS HOURS A DAY FOR YEARS.
AND RHINE-STONES YOU DO ONE HOUR A WEEK.
IT IS PRIMARILY SHALLOW WATER.
IN OLYMPICS YOU CANNOT TOUCH THE BOTTOM AT ALL.
NOT A TOE.
>> TRUTH BE TOLD.
LITTLE SECRET.
THE RHIN E-STONES DO TOUCH THE BOTTOM OF THE POOL.
>> THEY SAY OH, THEY LOOK LIKE THEY ARE HAVING FUN, THEY LOOK LIKE IT'S EASY AND THEY ARE SMILING AND IT IS WORK UNDER THERE.
>> SO, A VERY DIFFERENT WAY OF MOVING THROUGH THE WATER.
I WAS ALWAYS TAUGHT SWIM AS A WAY TO NOT DROWN.
IN ARTISTIC SWIMS YOU ARE SWIMMING TO BE BEAUTIFUL.
TO MAKE THESE PRETTY LINES.
TO CREATE THESE FUN SHAPES, TO CREATE PATTERNS WITH YOUR FELLOW SWIMMERS SO IT WAS A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE TO BE INTRODUCED TO IT AND HAVE TO THINK OF SWIMMING LESS AS JUST GETTING FROM ONE SIDE OF THE POOL TO THE OTHER AND MORE TO THINK ABOUT WHAT YOUR BODY IS DOING WHILE YOU ARE DOING IT.
>> WE HAVE TO PICK MUSIC THAT SOUNDS GOOD.
WE HAVE TO PICK MUSIC THAT EVERYBODY CAN HEAR THE SAME AND COUNT THE SAME.
SOME PIECES OF MUSIC ARE IMPOSSIBLE TO SWIM TO.
AND OTHERS ARE SO STRAIGHTFORWARD, THERE ARE CLEAR BEATS AND YOU CAN ALL HEAR THEM.
WHEN YOU DIVE IN THE WATER AND THERE'S BUBBLES AND IT MAKES IT HARD TO HEAR, YOU STILL HAVE TO COUNT IN YOUR HEAD AND SO THERE IS THIS PERFORMANCE ASPECT TO IT BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO BE PRESENTABLE.
YOU HAVE TO SMILE.
YOU HAVE TO CONVEY THE THEME OF THE MUSIC.
AND, THAT ITSELF RIGHT THERE IS ALL PERFORMANCE ART.
>> WE ALSO DON'T WANT TO BE THE CLOWN CAR OF SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING.
WE WANT THIS TO LOOK PROFESSIONAL AND TIGHT AND WE TAKE IT VERY SERIOUSLY.
WE BRING IN THE JOY, WE BRING IN THE LAUGHTER AND THE SILLY AND THE ACCEPTANCE.
BUT ULTIMATELY, WE REALLY DO WANT TO LOOK GOOD.
>> I THINK THAT ONE OF THE REALLY COOL THINGS ABOUT BEING ON AN ARTISTIC SWIMMING TEAM IS I DON'T KNOW ANYONE ELSE IN AN ARTISTIC SWIMMING TEAM.
IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS TRULY UNIQUE THAT WHO GETS THE CHANCE TO DO THAT.
THE RHINE-STONES ARE DIFFERENT THAN YOUR AVERAGE SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING TEAM BECAUSE WE INVITE EVERYONE.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE OLYMPICS HAS HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A BACK AND FORTH IN ALLOWING MEN ON THE TEAM TO HAVE MIXED GENDER TEAMS.
AND WE DON'T REALLY WORRY ABOUT THAT.
WE INVITE AS MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE.
I'M VERY MASCULINE PRESENTING SO THAT WOULD USUALLY DETER OTHER SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING TEAMS.
BUT THE RHINE-STONES WELCOME IT.
>> I JUST WANT US TO COME AND HAVE FUN.
SO MANY OF US HAVE VERY HIGH STRESS JOBS OUTSIDE OF THE POOL.
HIGH STRESS LIVES.
>> OUR MOST RECENT PROJECT, THIS YEAR, WAS A SORT OF INTRODUCTION OF THE TEAM MEMBERS' LIVES OUTSIDE OF THE POOL.
INTRODUCING IT INTO THE POOL.
AND I MEAN THAT IN A LITERAL SENSE WHERE WE HAD THEM JUMP INTO THE POOL FULLY DRESSED IN THEIR WORK ATTIRE SO IT WAS SOME PEOPLE IN FULL ENGINEERING WEAR OR ONE OF OUR TEAMMATES IS AN USHER AND SHE JUMPED IN HER FULL USHER GARB.
IT WAS REALLY A FUN PROJECT THAT GOT TO HIGHLIGHT OUR TEAM BOTH IN AND OUT OF THE POOL, KIND OF AT THE SAME TIME.
AND, JUST HAVE A LOT OF FUN WITH IT.
>> ONE THING THAT KEEPS ME COMING BACK IS JUST THAT IT IS JOYFUL.
I GET THERE TO COACH AND WE DO A NEW SKILL.
AND THEN THE SOUNDS THAT JUST COME OUT OF THE POOL.
THE JOY.
THE CLAPPING.
THE CHEERING.
IT IS PRETTY AMAZING TO SEE HOW HAPPY DOING THIS MAKES THE PEOPLE IN THE POOL.
AND I HAVE ALSO HEARD PEOPLE SAY IT'S MY HAPPY PLACE.
IT'S WHAT I LOOK FORWARD TO EVERY WEEK.
IN THE SUMMER.
>> WE LOVE WHAT WE HAVE CREATED VERY MUCH BY ACCIDENT.
AND I THINK THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE WHY IS WHAT MAKES IT SO SUCCESSFUL.
>> TO LEARN MORE, FIND THEM ON INSTAGRAM AT RHINESTONESSYNCHRO.
> >> WHEN ARTIST NATALIE PLASENCIA CREATES, SHE MAKES THE SPIRITUAL VISIBLE.
WITH HER SCULPTURES, THE HUMAN SOUL IS GIVEN A VOICE.
WE HEAD TO THE FLORIDA KEYS TO VISIT PLASENCIA IN HER STUDIO AND FIND OUT MORE ABOUT HER PROCESS.
>> THE INSPIRATION CAN BE OVERWHELMING SOMETIMES.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MAKES ANY SENSE.
SOMETIMES I COULD BE SO OVERWHELMED BY A DESIRE TO CREATE SOMETHING THAT IT IS LIKE I NEED TO TAKE A BREAK.
I NEED IT TO SETTLE IN.
I GO FOR A SESSION.
I COME BACK HOME AND I CAN THINK CLEARER.
IT ALMOST CLEANSES ME.
ANY BAD NEGATIVE FEELINGS, IT JUST BREAKS IT APART.
MY NAME IS NATALIE PLASENCIA.
AND I'M A SCULPTOR.
IT HAPPENS TO ME EVERY TIME.
WHETHER IT'S A DRAWING, WHETHER IT'S CLAY, BRONZE.
IT'S LIKE I'M FACED WITH A SOUL AND I HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT I'M ATTEMPTING TO DO THIS.
IT REALLY TRULY IS AN INTERACTION BETWEEN THE MEDIUM AND MYSELF.
AND IT BLOWS MY MIND EVERY TIME.
EVERY TIME I SEE THAT MOMENT WHEN THE SPIRIT IS IN THAT PERSON, IT IS ALMOST LIKE I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU AND YOU HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR ME.
THE MOST BASIC HUMAN DESIRE I THINK IS TO MAKE A CONNECTION.
WE ARE SOCIAL BEINGS.
SO IT HAPPENS.
YOU JUST HAPPEN TO BE PATIENT.
SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T HAPPEN FOR MONTHS.
FULLY DEDICATING ALL MY EFFORTS AND MY MIND TO MY ART, I REALLY STARTED TAKING MYSELF SERIOUSLY IN 2013 WHICH IS WHEN I LEFT SOCIAL WORK AND I STARTED GOING INTO MY ART.
I ALWAYS TRY TO LASSO MY IDEAS AND CONCEPTS BACK TO THE IDEA OF WHAT IS THE VIEWER GETTING FROM THIS.
AND SO MY FIGURES WILL HAVE SOME ANGUISH.
SOME SADNESS.
BUT THE IDEA IS THE HOPE THAT YOU NEED TO HAVE.
TO BE ABLE TO GET YOU THROUGH THAT HARDSHIP.
WHETHER IT IS HUMAN RIGHTS.
WHETHER IT IS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, WHETHER IT IS IMMIGRATION.
WE ARE ALL IN THAT JOURNEY.
RIGHT NOW, I'M CURRENTLY WORKING ON A PIECE THAT HAS A FEMALE FIGURE AND A BOAT AND A SAIL.
SO IT IS VERY EXCITING.
IT ALSO IS SITE SPECIFIC.
SHE IS GOING TO BE VERY POWERFUL.
WE HAVE A COMBINATION OF BRONZE, POSSIBLY ALUMINUM, SOME STAINLESS STEEL.
THERE IS DEFINITELY GOING TO BE DECORATIVE CONCRETE ON THE FLOOR.
SOME POSSIBLE BRASS IN THE CONCRETE.
SO, SHE IS GOING TO BE LEADING.
LEADING THE WAY.
THAT'S HER JOB.
WITH VERY FEMININE POWER.
BUT POWER.
I STILL CAN'T GET TO WHERE I WANT HER HANDS.
SO THE HANDS WILL HAVE A LOT TO SAY.
MY DEEPEST DESIRE IS TO TREAT OTHERS WITH DIGNITY.
AND SO, I TRY TO GO THAT SAME ROUTE.
WITH MY ART PIECES.
WHEREAS I WANT THE VIEWER TO FEEL COMPELLED TO FIT WITH IT EVEN IF IT IS A DIFFICULT SUBJECT MATTER.
BUT ALSO, I WANT THE CHILD TO BE ABLE TO RELATE TO THE DOG.
IN THAT TENDER WAY.
EVERY PIECE GETS ME SO EXCITED.
I THINK I'M LIKE A LITTLE KID ALL OVER AGAIN.
BECAUSE IT IS LIKE ALL THESE WONDERFUL THINGS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN AND I GET TO WATCH IT.
>> TO SEE MORE OF NATALIE'S WORK, CHECK HER OUT ONLINE AT NATALIEPLASENCIA.
COM.
> >> SCOTT LEE IS A FOLK SINGER AND SONG WRITER WHO HAS MUSIC IN HIS SOUL, HE GREW UP SURROUNDED BY A FAMILY FULL OF MUSICIANS.
INFLUENCES INCLUDE AMERICAN PIONEERS WOODY GUTHRIE AND HANKS WILLIAMS.
HE JOINED US IN THE BROAD & HIGH STUDIO TO SHARE HIS OWN STYLE AND PERSPECTIVE ON THE FOLK MUSIC TRADITION.
TAKE A LISTEN.
> >> BABY, YOU DRIVE ME CRAZY AND YOU KNOW JUST WHAT TO DO.
TO GET UNDER MY SKIN, OH YES IT'S TRUE.
OH, WE POKE, PROD AND FIGHT, USUALLY YOU'RE THE ONE THAT'S RIGHT.
OH DARLING I CAN'T HELP BUT TO LOVE YOU.
WELL THERE'S SOMETHING IN YOUR SMILE THAT DRIVES ME WILD.
SOMETHING IN THE WAY YOU MOVE THAT GETS ME IN THE GROOVE.
HONEY WITH YOU I NEVER NEED A SIGN.
BECAUSE THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT YOU THAT MAKES YOU MINE.
NOW, I'VE BEEN THICKENED FROM ALL YOUR PINCHING I'M A STRONGER MAN NOW.
I CAN DEAL WITH ALL OF LIFE'S TROUBLES I'LL TELL YOU HOW.
NOTHING CAN DEFEAT ME BECAUSE HONEY, YOU COMPLETE ME, WE CONQUER LIFE TOGETHER, THEN TAKE A BOW.
WELL, THERE'S SOMETHING IN YOUR SMILE THAT DRIVES ME WILD.
THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE WAY YOU MOVE THAT GETS ME IN THE GROOVE.
HONEY, WITH YOU I NEVER NEED A SIGN.
BECAUSE THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT YOU THAT MAKES YOU MINE.
WELL, BABY, YOU DRIVE ME CRAZY AND I DRIVE YOU INSANE.
YOU STILL PUT YOUR ARMS AROUND ME AND STAKE YOUR CLAIM.
WELL YOU ARE ORNERY AND SOMETIMES MEAN, BUT YOU'LL ALWAYS BE MY QUEEN AND ALL THE REST GOES WITHOUT SAYING.
WELL THERE'S SOMETHING IN YOUR SMILE THAT DRIVES ME WILD.
SOMETHING IN THE WAY YOU MOVE THAT GETS ME IN THE GROOVE.
HONEY, WITH YOU I NEVER NEED A SIGN.
BECAUSE THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT YOU THAT MAKES YOU MINE.
OH, THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT YOU THAT MAKES YOU MINE.
>> TO HEAR MORE, FIND HIM ONLINE AT SCOTTLEEANDTHEWANDERS.
COM.
THAT'S OUR SHOW.
YOU CAN FIND ALL OF OUR STORIES ONLINE AT WOSU.
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AS WELL AS ON OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL.
FOR ALL OF US HERE AT WOSU, I'M KATE QUICKEL.
THANKS FOR WATCHING.
DEEP IN THE HEART LAND THERE ARE MANY SMALL TOWNS WITH BOARDED UP HOUSES AND FACTORIES CLOSED DOWN.
AND THE STREETS ARE ALL EMPTY NOT A CHILD AT PLAY.
A FORGOTTEN MEMORY OF A BYGONE DAY.
AND THE LAST TRAIN THROUGH TOWN IS LONG GONE DOWN THE LINE.
A SOMBER REMINDER OF HOW TIME PASSES BY.
AS A KID ALONG THE CREEK, I'D FISH AND CATCH A HAUL.
RIDE BIKES WITH MY BUDDIES UNTIL THE TRAIN CAME ALONG.
NOW THE CREEK HAS DRIED UP AND MY FRIENDS HAVE PASSED ON.
EVEN THESE MEMORIES ARE FADED AND WORN.
AND THE LAST TRAIN THROUGH TOWN IS LONG GONE DOWN THE LINE.
A SOMBER REMINDER OF HOW TIME PASSES BY.
I WORKED IN THE FACTORY UNTIL THE DAY IT CLOSED DOWN.
SOON THE SHOPS ONE BY ONE PACKED UP AND LEFT TOWN.
THE ONLY HOME I'D KNOWN NATURE RECLAIMED.
LEAVING ABANDONED OLD BUILDINGS WITH FADED OUT NAMES.
AND THE LAST TRAIN THROUGH TOWN IS LONG GONE DOWN THE LINE.
A SOMBER REMINDER OF HOW TIME PASSES BY.
EVERYTHING WE KNOW WILL SOME DAY CEASE TO BE.
EVEN THE MOUNTAINS WILL FADE INTO THE SEA.
SO HOLD ON TIGHT TO WHAT YOU GOT FOR AS LONG AS YOU CAN.
SOME DAY THE TRACKS WILL GO SILENT WHERE THE OLD TRAINS ONCE RAN > >> PRODUCTION BY BROAD & HIGH IS FUNDED IN PART BY THE GREATER COLUMBUS ARTS COUNCIL.
FOSTERING TALENT AND CONNECTS COMMUNITY TO TALENT, PERFORMANCES, EXHIBITIONS, CONCERTS, PUBLIC ART AND MORE AT COLUMBUSMAKESART.COM.
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