B-Side:The Life Crepuscular: the hours just before dawn
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In zoology, crepuscular refers to animals becoming active at twilight or before sunrise, as do bats and certain insects and birds. On this edition of B-Side we look at what humans do between the hours of 4 and 6 AM.

Liner Notes

	"Who Needs Coffee When you Have Rowing?" Rob Sachs: Each day millions of people sputter around Southern California ebbing and flowing through interchanges on massive highways that stretch 5 lanes wide on each side creating quite a din. But at 4AM the streets of Marina Del Rey are quiet. Two female athletes have convened at a place called Mother’s Beach in pursuit of a little bit of early morning workout. B-Side Radio’s Rob Sachs met up with them.
	"Happy Baby" Stephen Elliot: In his novel, Happy Baby, Stephen Elliot writes about a guy named Theo, an orphan who grew up in an institution. The story starts when he's 36 and goes back, to the time when he became a ward of the state. Everything is backwards -- the adults are corrupt, they don't protect the kids. And in a pivotal scene in the book, in the dark of night, and stretching out toward dawn, Theo goes looking for illumination.
	"Music Just Before Dawn" Molly Peterson: Some of the best times at a concert happen before -- and after -- the music itself. Molly Peterson and her friends have been going to the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival every year for 10 years. They go to the late-night concerts that run into early morning. And over time, the way that they go hear music there has changed. Here's their story.