Introduction

This clue was the first one I found, based on research I did at Eric's website and a little creative thinking. I believe that this represents the prize Publius mentioned in the second message.

Analysis

One of the striking characteristics of the second message is that the capitalized word in the phrase "How and Where". In fact, this is one of the first things you notice as you read it, as well as the unusual spacing of the sentences. Another interesting feature of this message are the capitalized phrases found in the paragraphs surrounding the "How and Where". Why the emphasis on capitalized letters?

"Lyrics, artwork and music will take you there"

The Division Bell songbook contains a lot of interesting artwork, including a page where all the words are capitalized. This is the inside cover and I am referring to the song titles. Song titles appear to feature prominently in the solution to the enigma and these are no exception.

There are 36 words in the strangly spaced sentences of the "How and Where" message, and 143 letters in the song titles. That is a nearly perfect 4:1 ratio. Could there possibly be a coded message using every fourth letter? When you break the song titles into four letter groups and pair them against the capitalized words in the "How and Where" message, something interesting occurs.

cluS   How
tero   and
newH   Where [this is why the Where is capitalized]
atdO   The
youW   Division
antF   Bell
romM   Listen
epol   again
esaP   Look
artm   again
aroO   As
neda   your
grea   thoughts
tday   will
forf   steer
reed   you
omwe   Leading
arin   the
gthe   blind
insi   while
deou   I
ttak   stared
eitb   out
ackc   the
omin   steel
gbac   in
ktol   your
ifek   eyes
eepT   Lyrics
alki   artwork
nglo   and
stfo   music
rwor   will
dshi   take
ghho   you
pes    there

At first glance, SHOW FM POET may seem a little vague. Could it be an anagram as well? The letters can easily be arranged to spell SHOW PF TO ME.
 

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