Step into June 1989
Brookline, the Circle, the radio
The streets he ran, the songs that were playing, the newspaper on the morning he went in, and the words they taught him inside.
The front pageFriday, June 9, 1989The news, the charts and the movies on the day it began.The mapObie's CircleThirteen places around Cleveland Circle. Each one has a line from the book and a clip from the audiobook.The soundtrackThe Straight mixtapeSide A: the twelve songs named in the book. Side B: the Hot 100 the week he went in.The languageThe Straight lexiconMotivating, oldcomers, T&R, MI. Sixty words you'd learn fast.The recordStraight, Inc. 1976–1993The real program, year by year, with a source for every line.