I've had the Eliot Prufrock tape in my car forever - I'm not even sure that the metal and plastic parts haven't bonded, making it impossible to remove. The voice is so...so...perfectly Eliot. When things aren't going well, poet-wise, I play it and it inspires me (which might reveal more about me than I'd prefer, but I guess it's better than child molestation, or voting Republican.)
If you ever see Tom and Viv, the film based on Eliot's first marriage, Willem Dafoe nailed the voice. Extraordinary.
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