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Opening Arguments

Indiana as a grim metaphor

"Indiana's the wrong place to be breaking apart on a highway that lasts forever." Stephen Thompson of NPR writes about David Mead's 2004 "Indiana" album (including an audio link):

Though it hits several destinations along the way -- song titles include "Nashville," "New Mexico" and "Queensboro Bridge" -- it most notably evokes the grim chore of driving through Indiana as a metaphor for missing life at home.

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