John Richards

Hello, In the summer of 2012 my mom, Mariel was diagnosed with Stage 4 glioblastoma and was given three months and 5% chance of survival. She went through several surgeries, multiple radiation and chemo treatments but the brain cancer came back. Miraculously, she survived it all but the treatments and some subsequent strokes took their toll on her body and she lost her ability to communicate and to take care of herself. She lived in an assisted living community and adult family home where my father visited her daily to give her homemade smoothies, brush her hair and take a smiling picture to share with family and friends Due to her will to live my mother beat the odds and lived 8 years past her original diagnosis and passed away peacefully on August 30, 2020 with her doting family by her side. This past Saturday would have been her 73rd birthday and we took the ferry to spread part of her ashes with pink roses near the lighthouse on Maury Island followed by a intimate outdoor gathering with family and friends to celebrate the beautiful person she was and enjoy her favorite meal of tacos along with my father‘s special hot sauce. Could you please play "Wish You Were Here" by Pink Floyd in honor of my mom? Thanks, Erik ================

Thank you for sharing your story Jenny. ===== Kurt Vile performed this song in the KEXP studio in 2015: www.youtube.com

You are not alone! ====== "This is a song about how sometimes you are living in a house and you're in high school and your stepfather is abusing your mother and you, and it really sucks. You have to take a lot of drugs to deal with that, right, but you don't have to, I should say. But you probably do. And when you do, they make you feel marginally better but the main thing that makes you feel better is the company of other people who are as damaged as you are or will shortly become as damaged as you are, and you can sense it, because there is an internal sensor if you bear some damage, you have this sensor that says 'That person is either damaged or is getting there, and I think I will hang out with her until things get a little brighter.' I play this for a lovely person who wore a cape to school." -- John Darnielle 2011-03-30 - Bowery Ballroom - New York, NY

Beyond Cancer Last July I received news that my youngest sister, Laura, was diagnosed with breast cancer. I remember saying at the time, “I would take it away from her to have her not go through it.” Because of COVID I was not able to travel home to Reno to be with her. In September I received my own fated news of a breast cancer diagnosis. We did a lot of FaceTime dance parties, laughed and expressed gratitude that we were in this together. She finished chemo and radiation. I finished radiation. In the midst of this I made an amazing person, Reggie, who won his battle with Colon Cancer. 8 months later and my sister and I are doing amazing and Reggie is now my person. If you could please play First Day of my Life by Bright Eyes for us three and for all who are diagnosed with cancer and their loved ones. And the doctors, nurses, rad techs who care so deeply. Thank you, Jules in Bremerton PS I first heard this song on the Morning Show with John many years ago. It still gives me hope and reminds me I am not alone. ================== Thank you Jules.

Good morning John and everyone at KEXP. Thank you for bringing light to my mornings! During my yearly mammogram I was diagnosed in Jan with stage 1a HR2- breast cancer. I was shocked and in disbelief. The team at SCAA and Overlake Medical Center helped me through surgery and radiation. Thank you to Dr.Phantana, Dr. Serrano, Dr. Comer and their awesome teams!!! Putting in a request for Kate Bush and Peter Gabriel Don't Give Up. Power to all of the people fighting cancer today!!! -Nancy ===== According to Peter Gabriel the song was inspired by the Depression-era photographs of Dorothea Lange, showing poverty-stricken Americans in Dust Bowl conditions. www.moma.org

My youngest daughter was diagnosed with AML in early 2010 and wound up spending 170 days at Seattle Children’s for treatment. While at the hospital we listened to The Lonely Forest’s Two Pink Pills, which seemed particularly appropriate given all the chemo and radiation. In 2012 I was diagnosed with the same cancer and went through treatment for a couple of years. In my 77 days inpatient I listened to London Grammar’s Wasting My Young Years, which suited my mood. The video for that also perfectly conveyed the weightless feeling of uncertainty that was my daily existence. My daughter graduated UPS in 2020. Life is good, but it’s never just cancer. Peace, Sean Cryan ==================

Hi John - I hope that you are your family are well. I can not let your Music Heals Cancer show pass without reaching out to you. As a cancer survivor, I love this show and I am grateful that you, in a really difficult year, have found the space to get this together. Yesterday was my 5 year cancer-versary of being diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer. I am happy to report that I remain cancer free. I was wondering if you could fit “Always Love” (Nada Surf) into tomorrow. The energy of love, music and connection - and maybe a little treatment too ;) saved my life Take care, Kim ==================

My husband Ben died from melanoma in 2017; he was just 30 years old, but he lived more lives in those 30 years than any of us could ever hope to. Can you please play This Must Be The Place by The Talking Heads for him, and for all of us who loved him then and love him still? Dani ================== David Byrne said of said of "This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)": That's a love song made up almost completely of non sequiturs, phrases that may have a strong emotional resonance but don't have any narrative qualities. It's a real honest kind of love song. I don't think I've ever done a real love song before. Mine always had a sort of reservation, or a twist. I tried to write one that wasn't corny, that didn't sound stupid or lame the way many do. I think I succeeded; I was pretty happy with that.

My Cancer Story On June 7, 2008 I was lying in my bed in the UW Med Center for the 25th day of that year, absorbing bags of chemo through a port in my chest to combat the remnants of a nasty sarcoma that surgeons had removed from my groin that previous January. My family was running a few hours late after attending a social event that day, and I had had no other visitors. I can't really blame my wife for being late, because she was very busy taking care of our children Leo and Hazel (ages 3 years and 3 months, respectively) while also supporting a husband fighting cancer. It was in incredible burden for my wife Jenna. Nevertheless, I was feeling pretty low. It was my birthday. I called up KEXP and requested New Order's "Love Vigilantes", which is somewhat of a morose song to listen to if you miss your family and are wondering if you will die from cancer, but Quilty played the song and wished me a happy birthday on the air. It immediately perked up my spirits. Love Vigilantes may be a morose song, but it is also a great song, a song about hope and longing, and it has a harmonica hook that stays with you forever. An hour later my family showed up with beer, cake, and the kiddies, and we all had a birthday party in my hospital room. By the end of June I was done with hospital stays, and by the end of August I was done with radiation. My body healed. Four years later our family left Seattle on our sailboat Sophie to pursue my lifelong dream to sail around the world. We just completed that 9-year circumnavigation this month, returning to Seattle on the boat on July 4th, 2021 I look back on that day in 2008 and realize it was the nadir of my cancer journey. I was sick of being in the hospital, sick of hating hospital food, and sick of draining quart-sized bags of poison into my body. But I knew on that day at that moment that I was not going to die and leave my family. Music matters. Thanks for all you do, James =================== Thank you for your story James. Music does matter.

Our 7 year old son Elliott celebrated 6 years of being cancer-free in April. He was diagnosed with liver cancer at the age of 10 months and after 4 months of chemo, received a liver transplant. We are thankful for every milestone we get to celebrate and forever grateful for the generosity of the donor's family that gave Elliott his amazing gift. Also a huge thank you to the oncology and transplant teams at Seattle Children's. Could you play Alive by Empire of the Sun? It's a song that always brought about dancing, singing and happiness no matter what we were going through. - Jonathan, Nicole & Elliott from Ballard =====================

In the Fall of 1984, I moved into Baldwin Hall at the University of Connecticut as a freshman, and soon met one of my very best friends. Ruth, The two of us, along with her soon to be boyfriend (and eventual husband, Pete) bonded over a shared love of music, and you’d often find us dancing up a storm when one of our favorite new wave songs came on. 10 years-ago on the last Monday in July she got the “you have cancer” call. I still vividly remember getting the news that night from 3000 miles away. This was the first close friend I had to be diagnosed with cancer, and I was scared. A month later, following aggressive surgery and treatment, things were looking good. I marked August 19, 2016 as my friend’s 5-year cancer free date and with optimism in my heart started my countdown. When the day arrived, I knew I wanted to make a dedication for her on The Morning Show, but decided to stop by the station to text my request from The Gathering Space so that I could hopefully hear it in person before I went to my job at the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance. A few minutes later, I looked up and John came running out from the DJ booth and I soon learned that I was being thrown on the air to make the dedication in person. Minutes later, Ken handed me the headphones, I was dropped in front of the mic, and off we went. Soon, happy tears flowed freely as Yazoo’s “Only You” played loudly when the mic was turned off. Thank you, KEXP, for honoring all those we love with Music Heals – Beyond Cancer. I lost a brother to leukemia over 30 years ago and a very dear friend just 3 years ago to prostate cancer. I’m so lucky to have met my friend (who now goes by Rudi) all those years ago. I’m thankful she and her family are still in my life, but I’m most grateful for something even more important—she’s a survivor. From Greg Higgins ======================

Infinite thanks for today’s show. My dad died of pancreatic cancer only 2.5 weeks after his diagnosis, and today is the one-year anniversary of his passing. The Grief Show really helped last fall as I mourned my gentle, funny, brilliant dad. He loved Tom Petty, and “end of the line” and “wildflowers” are particularly special “dad songs” for me. Thank you again for this healing and timely show. -Amy =========== You are not alone Amy.

This post is for a beloved brother in law who passed away from Glioblastoma multiforme a little over a year and half ago. And to all that I know who are still grieving his lost. Particularly my sister and her kids. He was a beautiful human and his spirit is so strong in many. Music was paramount throughout his life and I am guessing up the end. An Allman Brothers playlist must have been going on in the background of his mind as visions of his family, friend and life pass by. So much love. And to another brother in law who started cancer treatment yesterday at the Cancer Care Alliance in Seattle. Blessings to you. Know you are getting the best treatment. I know you will probably be listing to this show whether live or archived. Let it help sustain you. Lastly to all those who are in the midst of their battle. I cannot relate to what you all are going through. But I do think of a very powerful speech I had heard at university graduation years ago. I think of it often. The speaker tells a story about close family friends. They have a daughter while a junior in High School who was diagnosed with a form of leukemia. She had to go through a very tough two years of intense treatment. Sick almost all the time. Missing much of her High School. Not able to socialize or play the sports she loved. But she made it through. She started college much later than expected. After graduating at the top of her class (among other accomplishments), the speaker was talking with her one on one. He asked her how she did it considering all she went through. She told him she wouldn’t change a thing. Even if she had the choice she would not take away the two years of suffering. All that she went through hotwired her for life on this planet earth. KEXP as always many thanks for spotlighting these very special shows. They provide so much hope and compassion. Phil ============ My name is Kait and I had a rare bone cancer at the age of 15. It's a terrible time to have to go through chemotherapy and spend a year in and out of the hospital. I am now happily in my 20th year in remission. But last year, my sweet friend and sister-in-law was diagnosed with breast cancer, my cancer-survivor Dad was diagnosed with a rare eye cancer, and my beloved Uncle was diagnosed with cancer too. Could you please play Tom Petty's Wildflowers for the Wittig family? My Dad and I danced to this song at my wedding and we all belong somewhere far away from our troubles and worries. ===========

Crying along with your show today. I'm a pediatric nurse--about half my patients are pediatric oncology kids. Almost every shift I work is the worst day of someone else's life. I didn't realize how much I needed this show. Thank you! -Lindsay ===== My mom had a mastectomy two weeks ago. She is now considered cancer free… For the fifth time. She is overall healthy but she has had breast cancer three times, at Moeida cancer, several skin cancers, and there was concern of lung cancer. Our first concert together was David Bowie. I'd love to hear Heroes for her today. She is truly my hero 💚 -Annie =====

Last year for music heals I wrote in about my amazing sister-in-law, Heather, and her husband who were battling pancreatic cancer and glioblastoma. It was the day they told their son they weren't going to make it. Heather heard your dedication and it made her smile and cry. We lost them two weeks apart, the following month, both peacefully in their home. We moved their son to live with his cousins and aunt and uncle and he is a thriving 6 year old. The loss weighs heavy on our hearts but we try to find joy in our happy memories and we try not to let cancer take more from us than it already has. Last year you played Love Is Stronger than Death, by The The. It was the perfect song. Please play it again for us, and for the memory of our dear Heather and Jason. We miss you so much. ===== Matt Johnson of The The wrote this song following the death of his brother. In his depression, he found that writing this song was therapeutic for him. You are not alone.

My cancer story: I am a 55 year old mom of two boys: 15 and 14! And the wife of an amazing man! It is so tough on the loved ones of a cancer patient and my loved ones have been incredible supports to me and my family. I am so grateful for all the support we've had. LOVE my tribe, my village! My timeline: -Diagnosed 6/2018 -NED 3/2020 after 5 rounds. of chemo and 35 rounds radiation- Woot woot!! -recurrence diagnosed 10/23/2020- 3 brain tumors( right on 3 important nerves. They had no idea how I was walking, speaking, or functioning. A month later the mri showed leptomeningitis sitting right on my brain, this is much worse than the tumors. The last MRI showed that the tumors shrank 25-50% as did the leptomeningitis Music is the elixir of all ailments! My cancer story is probably very similar to others with advanced cancer. BUT, music? Music has been a great support to me not only throughout my life but throughout my cancer journey. I have dozens of "mixed tapes, mixed CD's, now playlists on a few platforms! On one, I have a playlist of songs I just am not getting sick of. Another favorite playlist is one I made in the waiting room of my double mastectomy. I sent texts to about 40 friends/colleagues/family asking them to send me a favorite song to add to my playlist that is getting my nerves through the waiting room! My surgeon was interested in what I was listening to and he ended up hooking up my phone to the speaker system, listening to the mix during the surgery! FUN! OK, the song that I pick - hard to pick one Waiting for the Sun- The Jayhawks Ali ===================== Music matters!

Good morning – I recently relocated to the Austin TX area and listen to KEXP on my sound speaker each day! I relocated after 32-years in Seattle to restart my life after my wife passed away (too young at 57yo) from a very aggressive 78-day cancer battle. She was very athletic (climbed three of the seven summits, triathlons and marathons) proving cancer is indiscriminate. One fine day in April of 2019, she followed up on a check up Virginia Mason Bainbridge Island. We were on the next ferry to Virginia Mason Hospital in Seattle where she was diagnosed with as being attacked by a constellation of four cancers of unknown origin (a very dangerous category and we never truly knew what cancer(s) she died from as the pathology tests were inconclusive). I could go on for hours about the 78-days but I wanted to thank our caregivers for their help. On June 3, 2019 the tough decision was made to immediately go into hospice/comfort care and I emailed KEXP to request a song to help me cope. Today I’d like to request the song “Texas Sun” by Khruangbin, Leon Bridges as it helps me remember my wife. Thank you for putting on this radio show. Harry Brelsford =========== Thank you for sharing your story Harry. You are not alone.

Hi John, As I’m sitting here listening to ‘Music heals: beyond Cancer’ this morning, I am also texting back and forth with my wife, who is back East at this very moment sitting at the bedside of her dad who is dying of leukemia. We rushed her on a flight yesterday morning when we heard that he took a turn for the worst. Having her there in the last moments of his life means the world to her, and she means the world to me. Can you please play Shining Star by Earth Wind and Fire for her, as she is my shining star. Thanks, Rob =============

My dad passed away 3 years ago this month after a long battle with Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. His final days saw a rapid decline and though I caught the soonest flight from Seattle to Wisconsin he passed away just as my plane was landing. I've been guilt-ridden ever since because I didn't make it in time. It's only been these last few months that I've been able to forgive myself. In my dad's memory, could you please play his favorite song, Jackson by Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash? Thanks so much! -Lee ===== Thank you Lee

My mother died of lung cancer in December of 2018. She was a huge Paul Simon fan. As a kid, I can remember her blasting Graceland from her boombox while sewing clothes for me and my brother. We may not have appreciated being 'dressed by our mother', but I know my love of music started with her. I am forever grateful for that. I'd love it if you could play 'Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes', as I am sure wherever she is right now she's got diamonds on the soles of her shoes! -Ben == Hi John, I had wanted to reach out today but never seemed to have the time. Thank you for playing diamonds on the soles of her shoes. My dad died from cancer 10 years ago almost 10 years ago and this album was on constant play in our house when I was growing up. During Graceland, he would always cackle gleefully over the line about bat faced girl. Thank you for taking the time to do this each year. It means a lot. -Anna

Yes, music heals the scars of cancer, so pls play Eddie or Bono Hi KEXP, First, I'm a huge fan. Second, I'm a cancer survivor. I was diagnosed with breast cancer in the ninth month of pregnancy. It was terrifying. I had eight months of treatment--my baby son and I were bald at the same time! Now that baby is about to start his second year of college, and his sister--a miracle I was lucky enough to have even after cancer treatment--is going to Ballard High School. Music has carried me through many of the trials of cancer--scanitis, new biopsies, lost friends. But two songs remind me how lucky I am to be alive: Just Breathe by Pearl Jam. This one captures the gratitude and love I feel, especially for my husband and kids who carried me through. City of Blinding Lights, by U2. After I was diagnosed with cancer, my doctors said I probably wouldn't be able to have another child, because chemo would make me infertile and pregnancy could increase my risk of metastasis. But a few years later, new research confirmed it could be safe for me to try. A year later, I gave birth to a beautiful baby girl, and that first night in the hospital, I whispered into her ear, "Thank you for coming," and over and over I sang the line "Oh, you look so beautiful tonight," from City of Blinding Lights. I kept whispering and singing that to her for years. Would you please play one of these songs tomorrow? Thank you, thank you for reminding us that Music Heals. Emily Cousins Member, SCCA Patient and Family Advisory Council ===== Man this show is really hitting home with me. Lost my dad a year ago to cancer. He actually beat it the 1st time but unfortunately it returned with a vengeance and was incurable. Due to the pandemic, we were unable to have a Celebration of Life until this past weekend. My family put together a nice tribute video and the final song was Just Breathe by Pearl Jam. So if time permits, I would love to hear that song. -Justin

I'm sure you're beyond full with requests but I just felt like sharing. My grandma Sandy (and my hero) died a year and a half ago from pancreatic cancer. I was the closest in proximity to her so I was around for the whole thing. We still haven't had a chance to spread her ashes because of covid. Hoping we can for her birthday in December. Would love to hear Outro, by M83 in her memory. Thanks John, thanks kexp. These shows are always more powerful than I expect. Sam in Nevada ============= ------ Thank you Sam. You are not alone.

I too missed my dad's passing. I was sitting in a prison visitation room with my now ex husband (looong story)... I FELT my dad pass, I was hit with a huge wave of sadness I had never felt before and I looked at the clock to mark the time. Then it was confirmed later, that he passed at exactly that time, 10:30 am. Can you play LCD Soundsytem Someone Great for my dad? It will be 13 years in November. Jeanne ==================

What a great show! I was diagnosed with Stage 3 breast cancer 2 weeks after I filed for divorce. ‘Disintegration’ by The Cure was played on repeat as I worked to rebuild my body and life. I’m still here !!! thanks to good healthcare (shoutout to Seattle Kaiser Permanente), good friends & good music. ❤️❤️❤️ Tiffany in Tacoma ============== Thank you Tiffany! Music matters!

Thank you for the show. I’ve listened to many of your music heals shows. Every time it is a different experience. Now, my ex husband has a diagnosis of pancreatic cancer. When he told me I held on to the counter, cried and went into shock. He is 64. We spent 11 adventure filled years together. He knows he will die- when he dies all our memories will be mine alone. But I know I am not alone because I am part of a broad community of healing and you John have made an amazing impact of the Seattle community and I think far beyond that. There is much wrong with our world but much good. Thx for making us better humans. -April ========== I grew up in Puyallup with Mt Rainier looming large in the background. I have fond memories of hiking the trails around Mt. Rainier with my mom. Before she died of breast cancer 6 years ago, she told us (her 3 kids) that we would know she was present whenever we saw a rainbow. To prove her point, on our drive from Seattle to Puyallup for her memorial service, an upside down (smiling) rainbow appeared over Mt. Rainier. Two days ago, three close friends and I climbed Mt Rainier for the first time. Just below the summit, I left a small amount of my mom’s ashes, so that I could always see her, and she could continue to watch over us. The sunrise at 14,000 feet that morning was nothing short of heavenly, with sun streaks bursting through the thin atmosphere. An unforgettable moment. The song that always reminds me of that difficult time during her passing is DeVotchKa’s How it Ends. -Mark =============

Hey John, through all the losses I've had, I appreciate you being there, reminding me that I'm not alone. My mom died from cancer 10 years ago last week. I'm so grateful that I was able to move her in with me for the last couple weeks of her life. It was amazing to witness the moment this incredible strong woman decided it was time to let go and she was gone within 12 hours. She really embraced the next part of her journey beyond this life and is probably why I've found peace with her passing sooner than I thought I would've. At first I didn't deal with the loss at all and just distracted myself until I was widowed four and a half years later when my love was killed, then the dam broke and all the grief for both came flooding through. I decided to lean into the grief and not try to bury it anymore, focusing on self care and finding ways to connect with those I've lost and I'm finally feeling more stable, which takes so much longer than anyone thinks it will, and have realized that death is a part of the cycle of life, whether we like it or not, and I don't believe it's the end. My mom used to play the Thomson Twins a lot, especially on the long drives we would take many times together going to all the art shows to sell the things she made when I was a kid. Please play Hold Me Now, if you get a chance. Many thanks for all you do!!!💜 Danielle in Seattle 😊

In late 2001, I was diagnosed with 3rd stage throat cancer. After getting my affairs in order, I had a nine hour radical neck surgery...there were some complications, and I was close to not making it. After about a month of healing, I started chemotherapy and radiotherapy. I was unable to speak or eat, was left a little disfigured and my speech is affected still. During the summer of 2002, the Flaming Lips released Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots. For some reason, this album resonated with me on a deep level. It’s hard to pick a favorite track because I love them all, but Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell still sends chills up my spine. Music was so important to my recovery, and this album touched my at a spiritual level. Thanks, KEXP for introducing me to so many wonderful artists and for hosting this radio event for cancer survivors. Love, John ====================== Thank you John!

I lost my dad to cancer 12 years ago. It was a short and intense battle, he died only a year after diagnosis. The very first time I flew home to see him after his diagnosis, from San Francisco to Boston, I was walking through the international terminal to catch my flight and Do You Realize?? by The Flaming Lips came on my iPod -- it must have been an iPod in 2008, right? -- and I just started sobbing. But man what a beautiful song, and a potent reminder that life goes fast; it's hard to make the good things last. Damn near impossible, I'd say. Ever since, every single time I arrive at an airport for a flight, I play this song. Now that I'm married I travel with my wife a lot, so we literally just play it from my phone so we can both hear it. It always makes me think of my dad, reminds me of how fleeting life is, and it makes me smile. It's hard to make the good things last, but how good were those good things? Pretty damn good, I would say. Would love it if you could play this song for my dad, Big Tom ----- Hello, I'd love to share my song and story for Music Heals. If it's too long I can edit. Thanks for all you do. KEXP is my favorite thing. I love you, KEXP! My story: Let's start at the end. Three weeks ago in a small conference room at SCCA's 6th floor Immunotherapy Clinic, I stood looking out the window over South Lake Union, the Space Needle, and Seattle Center. When I first arrived at the clinic there was a giant hole in the ground below that window, and now a year later, there were at least four floors completed for the new cancer treatment center opening in 2024. I was waiting for my Emerald Team nurse and doctor to explain the results of my most recent scans. My daughter Zoey was on FaceTime from her home in Ashland. The month prior I had received CAR T-cell therapy, a type of immunotherapy that is changing the lives of many people with many kinds of cancer. The FDA had just approved this treatment for follicular lymphoma in February, the month that I relapsed from it for the fourth time in eleven years. After fifteen months of living under the threat of catching COVID, a previous immunotherapy trial in October that worked like a miracle but didn't last, then this second one, I was exhausted, running out of possibilities and positivity. And then the results were delivered: a complete response and back in remission once again. My team told us that this was not just good news, that it was great news, the best results possible, and they insisted I go home and celebrate! I let out the breath I'd been holding for months, possibly for the last year. I think Zoey did too. After calling my husband Eric with the news, I started crying uncontrollably from relief and happiness as I sat in the car. Finally, I drove home in a quiet daze, slowly winding my way through my city trying to reckon with how lucky I am to live here, so close to SCCA and the incredibly smart, passionate doctors, nurses, and researchers who work at the cancer center, Fred Hutch, and the UW Medical Center. Back home, standing at the kitchen window, I stared out in amazement at the beauty of the summer sky, the trees, the light, the birds, the insects flying by — I felt so lucky to be alive. And then a song started playing in my head. Not just any song. The perfect song. The song that I would listen to over and over again at top volume. The song that I would send to my friends and family because it described my feelings better than I could. A song that, in it's perfection, brought me to tears the first time I heard it early one morning on KEXP. Grabbing my phone and turning on the wireless speaker I hit play, then out came these words floating on that breath I'd been holding for so long: "One, two, three, four - Do you realize?" Yes, yes I believe I do. [play song] -Jena ------

Not sure there is still time to make a dedication, but as of the first of August we have reached the 10 year anniversary of losing my wife to breast cancer. We spoke of this on air with you back in the summer of 2017,(During KEXP's kid in a booth). We are the family from Texas, and yes, is it still hot!! Can you play "Don't Fade Away" by Dead Can Dance for Wilson, William, Lauren and most importantly for their Mom - Jennifer???! Jeff