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Book Readings

A list of recorded Kristin Hersh stories, and links to listen

You will find below a list of all the recorded book readings I could find, listed by book in Chronological order. Obviously all the readings are the same, but they are of varying recording quality and there may be other interactions, So, I just listed them all.

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Audio is in blue

Video is in green

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If you know of a story I missed, or a version of a story I missed. Please contact me, @ch33sl3y on twitter, on the discord server or via email. I appreciate any help with what I missed.

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2010 - Rat Girl
UK Title: "Paradoxical Undressing"

  • Napoleon's Apartment

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2010-06-03 - The Iron Horse, Northampton, MA

2010-06-03 - The Iron Horse, Northampton, MA

2010-07-10 - reading and Gazebo Tree (Live on KEXP)​

2010-11-05 – Sanibel Island, FL – Sanibel Island Writer’s Conference

2012-08-23 - Mississippi Studios Playing LIVE & Reading from Rat Girl (Part 1)

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  • Taffy and The Silver Bullet

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2010-06-03 - The Iron Horse, Northampton, MA

2010-06-03 - The Iron Horse, Northampton, MA

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  • Songs & Colours

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2010-07-10 - reading from "Rat Girl" and performing "Your Dirty Answer" (Live On KEXP)

2012-08-23 - Mississippi Studios Playing LIVE & Reading from Rat Girl (Part 2)

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  • Betty & her Priest

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2010-07-10 - reading from "Rat Girl" and performing "Hook In Her Head" (Live On KEXP)

2011-11-19 - Live at Woods Hole Community Hall

2014-06-06 - The Factory, Sydney, Australia

2014-06-08 - Black bear lodge, fortitude valley, Brisbane, Australia

2015-03-18 - The Chapel - San Francisco, CA

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  • The Witch 

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2010-06-03 - The Iron Horse, Northampton, MA

2010-06-03 - The Iron Horse, Northampton, MA

2010-07-10 - reading from "Rat Girl" and performing "Flooding" (Live on KEXP)

2010-10-16 - Boston Book Festival at John Hancock Hall, Boston, MA 

2011-08-16 – (I think that's the date) - UNBOUND: Edinburgh International Book Festival

2011-11-19 - Live at Woods Hole Community Hall, Boston, MA

2014-06-08 - Black bear lodge, fortitude valley, Brisbane, Australia

2015-03-18 - The Chapel - San Francisco, CA

2015-03-18 - The Chapel – San Francisco, CA

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  • Snake around my feet

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2008-03-26 - Queen Elizabeth Hall, London

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  • Boston Press

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2010-06-03 - The Iron Horse, Northampton, MA

2010-06-03 - The Iron Horse, Northampton, MA

2010-07-10 - reading from "Rat Girl" and performing "Your Ghost" (Live on KEXP)

2010-10-16 - Boston Book Festival at John Hancock Hall, Boston, MA 

2011-11-19 - Live at Woods Hole Community Hall, Boston, MA

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  • The Songs

 

2010-06-03 - The Iron Horse, Northampton, MA

2010-06-03 - The Iron Horse, Northampton, MA

2011-11-19 - Live at Woods Hole Community Hall, Boston, MA

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  • Building a Snowman

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2011-08-19 - Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh

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  • Bus Driver

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2012-08-16 – Kristin Hersh – Fairfield, CT 

2014-06-08 - Black bear lodge, fortitude valley, Brisbane, Australia

2015-03-18 - The Chapel - San Francisco, CA

2015-03-23 - Triple door, Seattle, WA

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2011-11-18 - Paradoxical undressing @MFA

This list is from a single "Paradoxical undressing" show from 2011-11-18, at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA. I was going to put it all in with the 'Rat Girl' section, but it feels like it needs its own space.

 

This is slightly different to the usual readings in that she's playing guitar on and off throughout. I would like to thank 'sharkskinthing' for their excellent video recordings and for preserving these readings for all of us.

  1. Napoleon's Apartment - 'Fish'

  2. Songs & Colours - 'Hysterical Bending'

  3. Betty Hutton - 'White Suckers'

  4. More Betty Hutton - 'Pearl'

  5.  Music - 'Gazebo Tree'

  6. The Witch - 'Krait'

  7. Hippie Commune - 'Flooding'

  8. Songs - 'Cathedral Heat'

  9. Drug Umbrellas - 'Quick'

  10. Rats - 'Your Dirty Answer'

  11. Press - 'Hook In Her Head'

  12.  Ivo - 'Wild Vanilla'

  13. Pregnant - '37 Hours'

  14. Universe - 'Cartoons'

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You can support the Hersh at the following links

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Kristinhersh.com

https://kristinhershfire.bandcamp.com

https://throwingmuses.bandcamp.com/

https://www.kristinhersh.com/mailing-list/strangeangels/

https://www.kristinhersh.com/product/tip-jar/

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You can contact me, @ch33sl3y on the Kristin Hersh discord server, or on twitter

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