Exist Magazine

STL Pole Show Featured Dancer Kirstie Ellerbe talks about what it takes to make it as a dancer in the midwest. Links to content: https://www.mynxacademy.com/en/extravaganza-tickets/?fbclid=IwAR0K_jNiD_SmS1aVdML7zmOVOxOnRiZ5y7yUbpx1AIAAxehon6auOY-9wqo https://www.mynxacademy.com/en/ https://instagram.com/stlpoleshow?utm_medium=copy_link https://youtube.com/user/Kirkirkirstie https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDNCn2jNvTHT8lhtZu6UiqDy5bkkVKLQO https://m.facebook.com/pg/KirKirKirstie/posts/?ref=page_internal&mt_nav=0 KirstiePoleDance@gmail.com

Kendra Winchester is co-creator of the Reading Women Podcast which highlights feminist literature from around the world. Find out more about midwest authors, books, and publishers from here in the midwest you may not have known about! Below you can find the links to everything mentioned in the podcast. Reading Women Podcast: https://www.readingwomenpodcast.com/ Belt Publishing: https://beltpublishing.com/ Dear America Series: https://www.scholastic.com/parents/books-and-reading/book-lists-and-recommendations/series-characters-authors/dear-america-series.html Rust Belt Femme: https://beltpublishing.com/products/rust-belt-femme Rust A Memoir of Steel and Grit https://www.eliesecolettegoldbach.com/ The Last Children of Mill Creek: https://beltpublishing.com/products/the-last-children-of-mill-creek Radical Suburbs: https://beltpublishing.com/products/radical-suburbs Midwest Futures: https://beltpublishing.com/products/midwest-futures Folktales and Legends of the Middle West: https://beltpublishing.com/products/folktales-and-legends-of-the-middle-west Gilead: https://web.archive.org/web/20091002153654/http://us.macmillan.com/gilead Elizabeth Catte: https://elizabethcatte.com/

Joshua Chapman is a tattoo artist and painter based in St. Louis. Joshua has traveled all over tattooing for a living as well as becoming well known for his colorful and intricate Japanese style paintings. You can find Joshua on instagram @chappy_stl. Find his work on https://joshuachapman.bigcartel.com/ and he's also a featured artist in the Black Dagger Book series which you can find here at https://www.blackdaggerbooks.com/

Bobby has been a friend of mine for a while and I have been able to watch his passion for the sport of wakeboarding and wakeskating grow over the years. He loves the sport and the people around it and strives to build the culture and make it like a second family. Find out more about wakeskating and all the great things Bobby is doing for the sport.

Ethan Meyer works at Duane Reed Gallery as an art handler and curator. He's also a collector and an artist himself. Find out more about how the gallery scene is enduring these hard times as well as the people involved in making art happen through this lockdown. Follow Ethan on Instagram @void_wallker666 and follow Duane Reed Gallery at @reedgallery. And follow all of your local galleries and museums to help support the art scene during these uncertain times.

Travis Lawrence is a printmaker from the Midwest area. Learn more about Travis and the art of printmaking on this episode of the podcast. Find more of Travis' work at www.infinity-prints.com and follow him on instagram and Infinity Prints on facebook.

On this episode I sat down with returning guest Steven Deeds to talk about our current situation during this pandemic of Covid-19. Nothing too big to talk about but we wanted to stay in touch and talk about the strange times that we are currently experiencing.

Calvin Tigre is a talented hip-hop artist from Saint Louis Missouri. His videos on YouTube capture an edge of personality that demands attention. His music is all across the board with his work in Tigre Nolo, and Ursa major creating punk and hiphop full of energy and talent. Listen after the episode to hear the unreleased track Gas Up, by ill Children, another one of Calvin's projects. Also on this episode joining in the conversation is Greg Davis from Kamicosmonaut and musician and creative Steven Deeds who you can hear more about on Episode 2.

Jake Lewis from Rasa Easels join me to talk about his kickstarter and why this is the greatest easel ever designed. Go support Rasa Easels on Kickstarter to make this dream a reality.

Recorded in Dan Turnbaugh’s basement, episode 10 re-introduces Kamicosmonaut. Greg Davis, Dan Turnbaugh, and Dan Ficocelli are the music group from St. Louis releasing their second album Pyramid Schemes. A compilation of musical talent with influences of hip hop and everything, this group of friends is continuing to put out a sound of its own. Listen at the end of the episode to the self titled track Pyramid Scheme. You can find their full album on Bandcamp. Enjoy!

Travis Dodds of Jr. Clooney graces our presence in episode 9. Travis is a St. Louis local guitar player who has his hand in many pots right now creating music all over. He's a self-taught genius and is making some really great music with his talent, working with some really great people in the process.

On episode 8 we talk with Mikey Trieb and Ben Helman of the band Low Weather. They are promoting their new album Hard to Tell on December 9 2017. Find Low Weather on Bandcamp and Soundcloud where you can download their music and order the new album on Vinyl! Enjoy the show!

On Episode 7 we talk with local film makers Chad Carpenter, Sam Biamonte, and Dylan Schnitker who have been working endlessly the past couple years on their upcoming film Dog Days in the Heartland. Listen in as we talk all things about this movie and how it came to be, as well as the individuals putting it all together and making their dream a reality. These are some beautiful creatives that you will want to get to know.

On this episode I sat down with two up and coming artists from the Saint Louis area Eric Donté and Hayden Molinarolo aka Angel of Deth to talk music, life, and other worlds. Hear about their new music getting ready to be released and check out what they have out now on soundcloud! Go check out "Nothing" out now! Listen here : https://soundcloud.com/eric-donte/eric-donte-nothing-prod-angel-of-deth

Recorded live on my phone at The Crows Nest in Maplewood MO. Tyler and Travis tell us all about the Art Machines, soon to replace all the touch tunes in bars everywhere. Have a listen while we talk all things creative. And look for an art machine in your local bar. Or request one! Some of the proceeds go to charity!

On this mini episode, I was joining my friend for a beer tonight and we ran upon the pirate butchers, Lache Pas Boucherie, and Toby Rodriguez. Toby enlightens us on the efforts of foraging and how to turn a passion for food into a passion for life. Listen in on what it takes to exist tonight!

Muhhamad Austin a.k.a. Mvstermind sits down for conversation with me. We get into the details of his new music video and what he has in the works. Listen after the interview to hear from Mvstermind's track titled Finnese,Bless, featuring CON.

Episode 2! We sit down with local creative Steven Deeds to talk about music, life and what it means to Exist.

On our very first episode we talk with former "Genius" and creative mind, Stephen Baier. Listen in and find out why this former "Genius" is still very much a genius.