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🎙️ WINDS OF “W” MOUNTAIN PRESENTS: WORK, WIND, AND UNDERGROUND TRAFFIC

Reader’s advisory: Those who prefer mysteries explained before breakfast may find the Tobacco Road argument reassuring. Unfortunately, Popeville and “Uncle” Dick Shutts have submitted competing explanations, neither especially respectful of breakfast or settled ground.

An Unnecessarily Cautious Announcement

Somethin’s been goin’ on around Chateaugay Lake. We’ve got three explanations for it, each one perfectly satisfactory till the next fella opens his mouth. I’m Johqu Bogart, and on the next Winds of “W” Mountain Presents, we’ve got three stories that don’t appear to have much of anything to do with one another. That was some comfort at first—though we’ve since gotten a good deal less particular about what passes for comfort.

A rugged man stands with arms crossed, gazing thoughtfully into the distance. The background features a scenic landscape with a winding dirt road leading towards a lake at sunset, surrounded by tall trees and mist.

🌫️ Our first story takes us out Tobacco Road way, where a certain gentleman has spent a good portion of his life explainin’ why other folks ought to mind their own business. He’s got no use for mysteries, even less for the people who find ’em, and absolutely none for anybody who’d rather discuss a peculiar noise than get back to work. His explanation is sensible, don’t cost a cent, and ought to settle the whole affair—provided the affair has the decency to stay settled.

A lone figure walks towards an old stone industrial building with large wheels and a chimney, surrounded by overgrown vegetation and trees under a sunset sky.

🎶 Our second story brings us over to the old ironworks at Popeville, where somebody has taken an interest in machinery that’d been gettin’ along perfectly well by bein’ abandoned. What follows involves a certain amount of musical ambition, some questionable judgment, and the possibility that old iron remembers more than it’s ordinarily called upon to demonstrate. Whether the result constitutes an improvement depends a good deal on where you’re standin’—and there’s folks who’d recommend standin’ somewhere else.

A rugged man in a red flannel shirt is studying a detailed map on a wooden table, pointing to a location. The background features a lantern, a coffee mug, and a picturesque view of mountains and trees through the window.

🗺️ Our third story concerns Dick Shutts, who has developed an explanation for certain local mysteries that involves rather more geography than anybody figured on. Dick’s got a theory, a map, and enough confidence in both to make you wonder whether the rest of us have been lookin’ at the country from the wrong side. Can’t rightly say whether he’s cleared anything up, though considerable portions of the North Country now appear to require further investigation.

A group of five people, deep in thought, gathered around a table with a microphone, papers, coffee mugs, and headphones, engaged in a serious discussion in a vintage-styled room.

The production gang over at East Bellmont hasn’t found any particular reason to connect these accounts; unfortunately, we can’t say the same for the folks mixed up in ’em. So join us for Work, Wind, and Underground Traffic, on Winds of “W” Mountain Presents. We’ve got three stories, a fair number of sensible observations, and some conclusions that cover considerably more ground than anybody asked for.

A man in a long coat stands thoughtfully in an industrial setting, surrounded by large, rusty gears and machinery, with sunlight filtering through the structure.

You might want to hear all three before makin’ up your mind. The first fella’s certain there’s nothin’ to it, the second has given us reason to listen a little closer, and by the time Dick gets through, you may find yourself reconsiderin’ a few things you’ve been walkin’ over all your life. We’d tell you more, only somebody already has, and that’s pretty much where the trouble started. Best come hear it for yourself—once these stories get around the lake another time or two, there ain’t much likelihood of anybody agreein’ on what happened in the first place.

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