“I came back for my own purposes,” said the Time Traveler, looking around my booklined study. “I chose you to talk to because it was . . . convenient. And I don’t want you to do a goddamned thing. There’s nothing you can do. But relax . . . we’re not going to be talking about personal things. Such as, say, the year, day, and hour of your death. I don’t even know that sort of trivial information, although I could look it up quickly enough. You can release that white-knuckled grip you have on the edge of your desk.” I tried to relax. “What do you want to talk about?” I said. “The Century War,” said the Time Traveler. I blinked and tried to remember some history. “You mean the Hundred Year War? Fifteenth Century? Fourteenth? Sometime around there. Between . . . France and England? Henry V? Kenneth Branagh? Or was it . . .” “I mean the Century War with Islam,” interrupted the Time Traveler. “Your future. Everyone’s.” He was no longer smiling. Without asking, or offering to pour me any, he ...
"I can see you happy in the shadows I despise..."
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I backtracked up the copsnrobbers site to the main page, then smooshed back down through to their music videos page. It says Northern Light: "Treat Me Better." More google hits returned for Northern Lite, so I'm guessing the more common spelling is that. Apparently they are not easy to find. Remember that, with a saved .mov file, you can import it into iTunes and "Convert to AAC" to retain only the sound portion, if the sound quality is acceptable to you.
ReplyDeleteAh. iTunes likes "lite" better.
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