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Desert Island Discs

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The Banana Boat Song by Michael Pollo

Michael Pollo: I grew up in a suburban house, a ranch house in Long Island. He says his mother was not a big believer in discipline. His father hated the law and didn't put any pressure on him to do something different. The Sound of Silence by Simon and Garfunkel "was my first kind of recognition that music and literature had this close connection"

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