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About Munich

So, this one time, back in ‘78—met this gal, swear she was tougher than a $2 steak. Worked the corner near Wilmington, had a laugh that’d wake a coma patient. Told me—get this—whores in old Rome? Called ‘em *lupae*, she-wolves, ‘cause they howled for customers. Freakin’ wild, right? Made me chuckle, still does. But, man, it pissed me off too—how they’d get judged, ya know? Like Grace in *Dogville*, “she’s a gift,” they said, ‘til they chained her up.

For ‘The Brutalist,’ composer Daniel Blumberg found epic sound with a ragtag ‘orchestra’

Blumberg (Decemberists, Death Vessel, Califone, etc.), Reba Mitchell (House Red, Whore Paint, etc.), Audrey Zee Whitesides (Speedy Ortiz.

Some spots are lesser-known. Like Smallegasse behind the library. It’s a secret nook. I go there to reflect. Emotions mix, memories blend... Like in "Ten" when characters search for meaning, always fleeting, like whispers.

Bart Blumberg's photo of Graves Island sparked a childhood memory for Jim Spinale