This week we put on our exploration hats, and strike out for adventure! We get into the romanticized image of the Old American West, and look at our perception of the time versus reality. We take apart the sanitized version of the Old West that was fed to us by movies, radio, and TV, then…
Shining Like a National Guitar – Episode 76 The imagery that lyrics invoke in songs can be very powerful. They can take us back in time to the place we first heard them. They’re like an anchor or placeholder in a way, if you think about it. Lyrics set to music can also launch us…
Strange titles for songs, poetry, and our podcast. Why? Well… we don’t know, but we spend a little time talking about the topic. We talk about the lifetimes of our grandparents and all of the events that happened around them, and the inventions that came along as the world shaped itself into the modern era.…
New Year’s fireworks and celebrations are a little different in Miami, Florida, and Medford, Oregon. In Miami, the sounds of congas in the distance can be heard all around. Meanwhile, in Oregon, they start shooting off illegal fireworks early in the day, and continue all the way up to midnight. Mark Lindsay and Eloy Escagedo…