To-wos-scho-hor is a local Native American word for "flood-wood," as in flotsam and jetsam.


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FITTING MUSIC 

 


-Greg Brown, “Canned Goods”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nb-0ZCqga48

-Björk, “Virus”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ADS-VUHSEM

-Carly Simon, “Share the End”  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s09i4I6QdS8

-The Knife, “Colouring of Pigeons” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzcrOYfVXIE

-Ashley Bathgate, “Light is Calling” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaFfvbNKWfk&list=RDUaFfvbNKWfk&start_radio=1


 
 

2/9/2020 WOOC 105.3 FM RADIO INTERVIEW