Podcasts about Dark Country

You probably know Gary Louris as the leader of The Jayhawks – or as they refer to themselves, “a band from Minnesota.” The Jayhawks are pioneers of roots rock, alt-country, and Americana. Whatever you wanna call it, they've been making records where rock, pop, country, and other forms of American roots music overlap since the mid-1980s.But Louris's hidden superpower is that he's kind of like a musical Swiss Army knife – he's basically got a creative skill for any application. Want him and his band to serve as accompanists for some of the most distinctive singer-songwriters, like Wesley Stage and Joe Henry? He can do that. Looking for achingly-perfect, near-fraternal harmonies on hit songs like Counting Crows' “Mr. Jones”? He can (and did) do that. If you're the Tedeschi Trucks Band or The Chicks and you're looking for someone to write you some catchy, melodic, roots-pop songs? Gary's your guy. If that's not enough, he has also produced records for artists like Dar Williams, The Sadies, and The Jayhawks, too. Whatever your musical need may be, chances are that Gary Louris can do it.In between all these varied musical roles, Louris has also found time to release several solo albums, the newest of which – 'Dark Country' – was released earlier this month. He recorded it mostly solo in his home studio and the word on the street is that this collection of songs, inspired by his wife, is his most intimate and romantic album yet. I've been a big fan of Gary Louris for basically my entire adult life and enjoyed our wide-ranging Basic Folk conversation, touching on the way technical limitations can shape an artist's style, what he's learned from a career's-worth of collaborations, his process working on his new solo album, the relationship between versatility and longevity, and what the influence of romance on his songwriting looks like now, in the fifth decade of his music career.Follow Basic Folk on social media: https://basicfolk.bio.link/Sign up for Basic Folk's newsletter: https://bit.ly/basicfolknewsHelp produce Basic Folk by contributing: https://basicfolk.com/donate/Interested in sponsoring us? Contact BGS: https://bit.ly/sponsorBGSpodsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Adam talks with TJ Miller about his CROWD SORCERER tour, his new line of hot sauce and peanut butter, and whether or not Adam holds back in conversation. Later, Adam zooms with the legendary Gary Louris from The Jayhawks—one of Adam's favorite bands—along with his wife Stephanie Stevenson. They dive into the creative world of music, balancing life as artists, and Gary's new solo album, DARK COUNTRY. Get it on. FOR MORE WITH TJ MILLER: TOUR: TJ MILLER - “CROWD SORCERER TOUR” OMAHA, NE - THE FUNNY BONE - Feb. 28 + March 1 EAST PROVIDENCE, RI - COMEDY CONNECTION THEATER - March 7th + 8th Full dates available at https://tjmillerdoesnothaveawebsite.com COMEDY ALBUM: "SMOOTH PEANUT BUTTER" available on all audio platforms INSTAGRAM: @teenagemillionaire - 430k followers TikTok, Twitter and Facebook: @nottjmiller FOR MORE WITH GARY LOURIS: NEW ALBUM: DARK COUNTRY - available to buy and stream everywhere NOW TOUR DATES MARCH 20th - WOODSTOCK, NY - THE COLONY MARCH 22nd - NEW YORK CITY - THE LOFT at CITY WINERY FOR MORE DATES: https://www.garylourismusic.com INSTAGRAM: @Garylourisofficial

By now we know that we need to connect to the More than Human world. We know we need to grow into adulthood and elder hood. We know we need to move from a Trauma Culture to an Initiation Culture.  But knowing these things is not the same as living them as a reality.  To get here, we need waymakers, people of huge heart and raw courage to walk away from the limited, goal-based directions of our culture and step into the ways of being where we meet in open-hearted, full-hearted, strong-hearted relationship with the land and all that lives there. Daniel Firth Griffith is one of these people. With his wife, Morgan, and their three children, Daniel lives on 400 acres on the eastern side of the Appalachian mountains where he is steadily building relationship with the land.  He lives amongst cattle, sheep, goats and horses - the latter used for logging, on land that was scheduled to be clear-cut when Daniel and Morgan first moved there.  With a growing understanding that even the forms of agriculture we term 'regenerative' are still part of what I would call the Trauma Culture, Daniel and Morgan have been on a steady journey of transition through to something that feels to me entirely different.  This is what we need to be. It's not clear cut. There isn't a hard and fast recipe because every bit of land is different and each of us is different and the routes to connection are unique... up to a point. But there are baselines we can learn: be human. Find what that means for you when 'human' is not simply being a wheel in an extractive system. We had a really long conversation and we stopped at about 90 minutes in and restarted so you can listen to it in two parts.  We go down rabbit holes. We tell stories, or at least, Daniel does, big, deep, tear-flowing, heart-searing stories that made both of us weep...because stories are how we learn. This conversation, or these conversations, felt like sitting at the feet of an indigenous elder and the fact that this can happen in 2025, talking to someone of white ancestry who lives on lands stolen by colonialists... this is what gives me hope. We can't undo our past, but we can grow into what the future needs of us, and Daniel, Morgan and those who visit them are doing this. Daniel's an astonishing author as well as everything else, so please do visit his website and buy his books: as with everything else he does, they are filled with layers upon layers of meaning. Daniel's website https://danielfirthgriffith.com/

Daniel remains one of the few people I know who is originally of the Trauma Culture but is living absolutely integral to his land - and we couldn't keep our conversation confined to 60 minutes. So we broke at an appropriate point and came back. This is the second part - please do listen to the first if you've only just found us - we literally paused the recording, took a breath and continued…As ever, if you're interested in Daniel's work visit his website. And if you have the means, do buy his books, they are genuinely beautiful. Stagtine, Wild Like Flowers and Dark Country are all out now and Plain of Pillars will be released in May of 2025.

Today's Song of the Day is “Getting Older” from Gary Louris' album Dark Country, out February 14.

On the after dark episdoe we disccss Beyonce going country for her next album, then Gunna review Avatar: The Last Airbender live action show on Nexflix --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thenoholdsbarredcrew/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thenoholdsbarredcrew/support

Complicated orange. Blueberry scamcakes. Mail-adjusted. The China(wo)man is the issue here. Another fulfulling and totally worthwhile Bumble date. The Donut King. 0 for 3 on "not weirdo/noisy neighbors" so far in 1.5 years of living here. My two cents on Taylor Swift and Travis Kelcie, I weigh in like everyone else-y. True Detective, Dark Country. (so far) Matthew Weiner head (apparently). 

Tracing ancestry through the motherline, this week's guest Sylvia V. Linsteadt introduces listeners to the world of matrilineal myth and wisdom. For Sylvia, story and myth are very much alive and can offer valuable insight especially as we consider what it means to inhabit a place. From stories of female monks, to the practical wisdom of weaving, to the veneration of The Virgin Mary, Sylvia reminds us of what it means to value the feminine. Throughout the episode, Sylvia and Ayana consider questions at the very foundation of our cultures. Winding through questions of patriarchy, religion, and violence, Ayana and Sylvia do not find singular answers, but rather a wisdom that arises from questioning the things that are deeply enmeshed in our culture. As we reckon with a violent and troubling world, how can we turn to stories that guide us to liberation? Sylvia Linsteadt is a writer and certified wildlife tracker from northern California, ancestral Coast Miwok territory. She currently lives in Devon, England. Her work—both fiction and non-fiction—is rooted in myth, ecology, ancient history, feminism & bioregionalism, and is devoted to broadening our human stories to include the voices of the living land. She is the author of the collections The Venus Year and Our Lady of the Dark Country, two novels for young readers, The Wild Folk and The Wild Folk Rising, and the post-apocalyptic folktale cycle Tatterdemalion with painter Rima Staines. Her nonfiction books include The Wonderments of the East Bay, and Lost Worlds of the San Francisco Bay Area, which won the 2018 Northern California Book Award for best general nonfiction. She is currently finishing a novel set in Bronze Age Crete, where she has lived and researched extensively. Sylvia also teaches occasional myth-oriented creative writing workshops, and shares her work out loud on her podcast Kalliope's Sanctum.Music by The New Runes. Visit our website at forthewild.world for the full episode description, references, and action points.Support the show

In this special, first ever interview-episode, I'm sharing a recent conversation between myself and my beloved friend Nao Sims—teacher of women's sacred dance for over 25 years, beekeeper, gardener, homesteader, mother, and lover of poetry and myth— as a celebration and announcement for our March 2nd & 3rd in-person workshop on Vancouver Island, Swan Stories, as well as Nao's Six Swans dance series running from January 22nd- February 26th 2024, which will include a writing workshop with me! For more details on these offerings and to register, you can either email Nao directly at naoisobel@gmail.com or follow the link here —https://www.sylviavictorlinsteadt.com/podcast — or here — https://sylviavlinsteadt.substack.com/p/a-season-of-swans or contact me at sylvia.linsteadt@gmail.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PODCAST SOUND EDITING: Simon Linsteadt PODCAST ART: Catherine Sieck PODCAST MUSIC: Antonis Leontidis (Cretan lyra composition from the album Krifo: antonisleontidis.bandcamp.com/album/krifo) ABOUT THE PODCAST: Welcome to Kalliope's Sanctum, a story podcast hosted by writer Sylvia V. Linsteadt. This podcast is dedicated to Kalliope, primordial and first Muse of epic poetry and ecstatic song in ancient Greece. This podcast is a place of sanctuary for her oldest stories. It is a return to the wild garden, to the spring, to the ground of being & the source of inspiration in the Earth. Here, we honor Kalliope as Muse of Earth. Here, you will find some of the stories beneath the stories of Old Europe: short fictional/poetic pieces written and read by Sylvia that explore elements of indigenous Old European mythology, with a focus on pre-Hellenic (pre-Patriarchal) Greece. Come sit with us in the honeyed light, among the ripe pomegranates, in Kalliope's sanctuary, where the stories that arise directly from the ground of being and lifeforce can still be safely told and celebrated. Come lean against the sun-warmed stones, with the fragrance of propolis & myrrh in the air, and the trees heavy with autumn quince. This is the garden before the fall, a sanctuary for all hearts in this time. Join us, and be revived. ABOUT SYLVIA V. LINSTEADT: Sylvia V. Linsteadt is a novelist, poet, and scholar of ancient history, myth and ecology. She divides her time between California & England, where she is currently pursuing her PhD. Her published fiction includes the English/Greek collection The Venus Year (2023), the middle grade children's duology The Stargold Chronicles— The Wild Folk (Usborne, June 2018) and The Wild Folk Rising (Usborne, May 2019)— Our Lady of the Dark Country, a collection of short stories (January 2018) and Tatterdemalion (Unbound, Spring 2017); her works of nonfiction include Lost Worlds of the San Francisco Bay Area (Heyday, Spring 2017) and The Wonderments of the East Bay (Heyday 2014). Website: www.sylviavictorlinsteadt.com Substack: sylviavlinsteadt.substack.com/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/sylviavlinsteadt/ Newsletter: tinyletter.com/sylvialinsteadt

Ever wonder what, exactly, Jenny and Malia had to say about the Country Bear Jamboree that was cut from Episode 22? Well now you know! We thought it'd be fun to drop this bonus into your feed while Malia is on her honeymoon. We're excited to get back to recording and reading the last arc of Pact!!

Ever since Sylvia was a little girl, she's always read and written stories and was very drawn to old myths and ancient cultures, almost wanting to embody them through her writing as her way into them. For the longest time, she considered her writing fantasy, separated from her sense of embodied participation with the Earth and with life along with a fear to connect these two worlds. However, her writing became her intuitive channel as it opened her process and molded her 20s slowly as she studied animal tracking, wanting to reflect the land around her from a more than human perspective. Animal tracking taught her this language to listen deeply into the land that she was in. As she continued her studies, things started to weave in intuitively as it does with creative work to a place that she couldn't really articulate or speak to. Unfortunately (or rather fortunately), a painful experience called her to the island of Crete, opening her consciousness of her own relationship to her intuition, connecting something, and initiating her process of remembering.   Sylvia Linsteadt is a writer, artist, and certified animal tracker. She has authored books such as “Our Lady of the Dark Country”, the award-nominated middle grade fantasy duology “The Wild Folk” and “The Wild Folk Rising”, the novel “Tatterdemalion”, and an award-winning collection of essays entitled “Lost Worlds of the San Francisco Bay Area”. You can listen Sylvia read selections of her stories on her podcast “Kalliope's Sanctum”.   What we discuss: 01:06 – Introducing Sylvia 02:18 – What the Time of the Feminine Means to Sylvia 07:48 – Process of Remembering 14:14 – Sylvia on the Greek Island of Crete 19:59 – Returning to Crete 26:07 – The Minotaur and the Labyrinth 31:26 – The Reclamation of the Feminine and Discovering Truths 39:04 – The Venus Year 47:16 – Marija Gimbutas and the Study of the Feminine 55:13 – Sylvia in Behalf of the Divine Mother   To amplify your health with GoddessWell products, go to Goddesswell.co to and use the code SISTERHOOD at checkout to buy one and get one free!   You can find Sylvia's work and her upcoming book through her official website and Substack. Listen to her podcast “Kalliope's Sanctum” through Apple Podcast and Spotify. Sylvia is also offering a new course: Into the Motherhouse https://sylvia-linsteadt.teachable.com/p/into-the-motherhouse   To learn more about Global Sisterhood go to www.globalsisterhood.org To join a virtual circle with us, go to http://www.globalsisterhood.org/virtual-circles To follow us on Instagram, @theglobalsisterhood @Laurenelizabethwalsh @shainaconners  

Practiced, sung and recorded through the winter solstice, new moon and now the edge of Christmas, as the Virgin Mary swells with child and comes to the eve of birth, I offer into this moment of celestial light and earthly dark a faithful rendition of the old Scottish borderland folk ballad Tam Lin (Child Ballad 39), accompanied and mixed by my brother Simon Linsteadt on guitar. You can read a full essay about our version of this song, it's musical history (with nods to Scottish folk singer Archie Fisher, as well as Frances Child himself) and reflections on the story itself(with a synopsis too, don't worry!) here: https://sylviavlinsteadt.substack.com/p/tam-lin#details ABOUT THE PODCAST: Welcome to Kalliope's Sanctum, a story podcast hosted by writer Sylvia V. Linsteadt. This podcast is dedicated to Kalliope, primordial and first Muse of epic poetry and ecstatic song in ancient Greece. This podcast is a place of sanctuary for her oldest stories. It is a return to the wild garden, to the spring, to the ground of being & the source of inspiration in the Earth. Here, we honor Kalliope as Muse of Earth. Here, you will find some of the stories beneath the stories of Old Europe: short fictional/poetic pieces written and read by Sylvia that explore elements of indigenous Old European mythology, with a focus on pre-Hellenic (pre-Patriarchal) Greece. Come sit with us in the honeyed light, among the ripe pomegranates, in Kalliope's sanctuary, where the stories that arise directly from the ground of being and lifeforce can still be safely told and celebrated. Come lean against the sun-warmed stones, with the fragrance of propolis & myrrh in the air, and the trees heavy with autumn quince. This is the garden before the fall, a sanctuary for all hearts in this time. Join us, and be revived. ABOUT SYLVIA V. LINSTEADT: Sylvia V. Linsteadt is a novelist, poet, scholar of ancient history, myth and ecology, and artist. She divides her time between California & Crete, where she is currently working on a novel set in Minoan times. Her published fiction includes the forthcoming collection, The Venus Year, the middle grade children's duology The Stargold Chronicles— The Wild Folk (Usborne, June 2018) and The Wild Folk Rising (Usborne, May 2019)— Our Lady of the Dark Country, a collection of short stories (January 2018) and Tatterdemalion (Unbound, Spring 2017); her works of nonfiction include The Wonderments of the East Bay (Heyday 2014), and Lost Worlds of the San Francisco Bay Area (Heyday, Spring 2017). Website: www.sylviavictorlinsteadt.com Substack: sylviavlinsteadt.substack.com/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/sylviavlinsteadt/ Newsletter: tinyletter.com/sylvialinsteadt

Abiku begins to remember. Vee pockets a horse. And Dewey encounters an old, old friend. "The Second Stranger" is sponsored by Dmitry (https://twitter.com/DmitryOpines) and ExplainTrade (https://www.explaintrade.com/), a negotiation skills training consultancy; because you can't ask to roll persuasion in real life. Special thanks to our Heroes and Paragons: Alex, Azra, Brooke Brite, @brownestnerd, Charles, chillacres, Cora Eckert, Emma, Finn, Hat, Isabel, Kanding, Lex Slater, Moonflower Tea, Nicholas, Purplemouse, Scruffasus, Summer Rose Folta, Sunny, and Targott. Content warnings for this episode: nightmares, war, fantasy violence, blood, and complex and complicated relationships. CREDITS: Title - “All Pacing Horse” by Loone & Paper Bee. Music - C.I.S. Music (https://soundcloud.com/cis_music), Fesliyan Studios (https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/), and Soundstripe (https://www.soundstripe.com/). Album art - Sea Thomas (https://twitter.com/pisharpart). Podcast editing - Sea Thomas (https://twitter.com/pisharpart). Join our Discord server at https://discord.gg/rTbPwxRsBe!

Morning Star Woman & Ivan the Youngest Son is, in its original bones, my own telling of the Russian fairytale "The Maiden Tsar," as explored by Robert Bly and Marion Woodman in their book The Maiden King. I will admit, however, that I've taken it and run with it. You will see flashes as far afield as the Fisher King of Arthurian legend, and admittedly a few further too. And you will see that its Maiden Tsar, its swan queen, became merged with my imaginings of Venus in her recent descent below the rim of the horizon, out of sight, in mid-September, as if Venus's passage through the underworld were the story of a woman coming down to earth, becoming human. Today she meets the heart of the Sun, and begins climbing toward evening. So this is a story of swan women and eggs and fishermen, of wise old men in huts and the oldest woman in the world who lives in the moon; of how to mend broken things; of learning how to love, and love well. It is a prayer for fatherlines and motherlines and heartlines, a prayer for all the people I love, a prayer for the women and men in the streets of Iran standing and fighting for their freedom and the radiance of their lives, a prayer for something we perhaps all together have nearly forgotten, a prayer for what we cannot afford to lose, together on this Ark, our holy ground, our home. In my introduction, I mention the release of a new collection of mine that steps deeper into the movements of Venus as well as my own heart. It is available for pre-order here: https://www.sylviavictorlinsteadt.com/shop PODCAST SOUND EDITING: Simon Linsteadt PODCAST ART: Catherine Sieck PODCAST MUSIC: Antonis Leontidis (Cretan lyra composition from the album Krifo: antonisleontidis.bandcamp.com/album/krifo) ABOUT THE PODCAST: Welcome to Kalliope's Sanctum, a story podcast hosted by writer Sylvia V. Linsteadt. This podcast is dedicated to Kalliope, primordial and first Muse of epic poetry and ecstatic song in ancient Greece. This podcast is a place of sanctuary for her oldest stories. It is a return to the wild garden, to the spring, to the ground of being & the source of inspiration in the Earth. Here, we honor Kalliope as Muse of Earth. Here, you will find some of the stories beneath the stories of Old Europe: short fictional/poetic pieces written and read by Sylvia that explore elements of indigenous Old European mythology, with a focus on pre-Hellenic (pre-Patriarchal) Greece. Come sit with us in the honeyed light, among the ripe pomegranates, in Kalliope's sanctuary, where the stories that arise directly from the ground of being and lifeforce can still be safely told and celebrated. Come lean against the sun-warmed stones, with the fragrance of propolis & myrrh in the air, and the trees heavy with autumn quince. This is the garden before the fall, a sanctuary for all hearts in this time. Join us, and be revived. ABOUT SYLVIA V. LINSTEADT: Sylvia V. Linsteadt is a novelist, poet, scholar of ancient history, myth and ecology, and artist. She divides her time between California & Crete, where she is currently working on a novel set in Minoan times. Her published fiction includes the forthcoming collection, The Venus Year, the middle grade children's duology The Stargold Chronicles— The Wild Folk (Usborne, June 2018) and The Wild Folk Rising (Usborne, May 2019)— Our Lady of the Dark Country, a collection of short stories (January 2018) and Tatterdemalion (Unbound, Spring 2017); her works of nonfiction include The Wonderments of the East Bay (Heyday 2014), and Lost Worlds of the San Francisco Bay Area (Heyday, Spring 2017). Website: www.sylviavictorlinsteadt.com Substack: https://sylviavlinsteadt.substack.com/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/sylviavlinsteadt/ Newsletter: tinyletter.com/sylvialinsteadt

Sylvia V.  Linsteadt is a novelist, poet, and student of ancient history. She is the author of the short story collection Our Lady of the Dark Country, two novels for young readers, The Wild Folk and The Wild Folk Rising, and the folktale cycle Tatterdemalion with painter Rima Staines. Her works of nonfiction include The Wonderments of the East Bay, and Lost Worlds of the San Francisco Bay Area. She is currently working on a novel set in pre-historic Crete, and has a collection of short stories and poems called The Venus Year forthcoming this December. Sylvia is one of my favorite writers of all time and this conversation is truly one of the great gifts of my life. In this episode, we discuss: - Sylvia's process for approaching creativity and her creative practice as ritual - Sylvia's experience with surrendering to her creative voice - How Sylvia receives inspiration for her writing and how she moves through creative blocks - How Sylvia carries out her incredibly extensive research process, how this process brings Sylvia great joy but can also be a distraction from and roadblock to her writing - Sylvia's experience with listening to her body's sensations to find guidance and trust within - Sylvia also shares a super exciting announcement for the first time publicly in this conversation about new writing she is releasing this winter! You can find Sylvia's work on her: website sylviavictorlinsteadt.com Substack The Pollen Basket Instagram @sylivavlinsteadt   Donate to the A Wave Away podcast Join my email list/newsletter Find me on Instagram

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“For it is written: the inhabitants of the Earth have been made drunk with her blood. …” Well, if it's written, I guess it must be the real deal. Join your faithful Grue-Crew – Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, Crystal Cleveland, and Jeff Mohr  – as they boldly venture to the Dark Country to get a […]

“For it is written: the inhabitants of the Earth have been made drunk with her blood. …” Well, if it's written, I guess it must be the real deal. Join your faithful Grue-Crew – Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, Crystal Cleveland, and Jeff Mohr  – as they boldly venture to the Dark Country to get a […]

Spilled Blood is a new dark country music podcast by Ken Steele. Please check out these great artists and songs. Music like no other. Artist names and song titles are in order of play...RICTOR-I'M A ZOMBIE, WHISKEY MYERS-AMERICAN OUTLAWS, ON THE LARCENY-CAN'T STOP ME NOW, ON THE LARCENY-ABOUT TO GET CRAZY, JAMIE N COMMONS-NOT GONNA BREAK ME, ITG STUDIOS-DUST AND BONE,  DREADNOT-DIRT FROM MY GRAVE, BLUES SARACENO-THE DEVIL NEVER SLEEPS, THE BLUES NEWS-STAY GONE FOR GOOD, THE BLUES NEWS-OLD RIVER, DOLPH TAYLOR-BAIT, NICK NOLAN-HELL ON WHEELS, KENETH SORENSON-GODDAMN BETTER, BLUES SARACENO-7TH BORN SON, BLUES SARACENO-PUMPIN' IRONY, end. Night sounds with thunder as the ending. Thanks for listening from, Ken Steele.

Bad Lands is a dark country music podcast by Ken Steele. This is something very different from the usual genre of music I play on this site. Please check it out, you might just like it. Artist names and song titles are in order of play...EXTREME MUSIC-THE DEVIL INSIDE, CLEAR BLUE FIRE-THERE'S NOTHING BETTER THAN THIS, WAR HALL-CHAMPIONS, FAME CARTEL-DANCE WITH THE DEVIL, ADAM JENSEN-THE HUNTER, SAM TINNESZ-LEGENDS ARE MADE, JAXSON GAMBLE-CAN'T GET ENOUGH, GANYOS-CAGE, FROM HUMANS TO HYDRA-COLOSSAL, BLUES SARACENO-THE RIVER, THE STEEL WOODS-AXE, KIMMEL-BLACK, ROBIN LOXLEY-CROP WON'T EVER COME, BLUES SARACENO-JUDGEMENT DAY, NIK AMMAR-THE BURNIN', TOMBSTONE THREE-SYMMETRY OF A CEMETERY, NICK NOLAN-HANG 'EM HIGH, NIK AMMAR-GUILTY MAN, MIK AMMAR-DIGGIN' MY OWN GRAVE, ROBIN LOXLEY-THE FEAR, JAY HAWKE-GOD WILL CUT YOU DOWN, WILLY ECHO-WELCOME TO THE FIRE, BLUES SARACENO-DOGS OF WAR, end. Thanks for listening from Ken Steele.

Halloween is over for another year but there are still plenty of monsters to go around.Our guest this week is Kim Newman, the writer, critic and encyclopaedic authority on horror, pulp and the dark recesses of cinematic history. You may know him as the author of the Anno Dracula series, but that's only the tip of his imaginative iceberg.Kim's new novel, Something More than Night, takes all of that arcane knowledge and puts it to use – transporting us back to the Hollywood of the 1930s when fascism is on the rise and it's hard to tell the movie monsters from the real madmen. Cue the pairing of horror-icon Boris Karloff and gumshoe writer Raymond Chandler, who unite to confront some very strange goings on behind the scenes.In between educating me on the finer points of Hollywood history, Kim talks about the enduring legacy of Frankenstein, imitating Chandler's unique style, writing novels in a connected universe  - and we realise just how similar he is to Quention Tarantino. This one is an absolute blast.Enjoy! Something More than Night was published on November 2nd by Titan Books.Other books mentioned in this episode include:Anno Dracula (1992), by Kim NewmanAnno Dracula 1999: Daikaiju (1999), by Kim NewmanNightmare Movies: Horror on Screen Since the 1960s (1988) by Kim Newman. (latest expanded edition, 2011)The Dark Country (1982), by Dennis EtchisonHollywood the Haunted House (1967), by Paul MayersbergAn Illustrated History of the Horror Film (1967), by Carlos ClarensSupport the show on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/TalkingScaredPodCome talk books on Twitter @talkscaredpod, on Instagram, or email direct to talkingscaredpod@gmail.com.Download Novellic on Google Play or Apple Store.

Bonnie & Taylor Sims have long been fixtures of the Colorado roots music scene, including with their band Bonnie & the Clydes. In 2018, Bonnie was approached by Robbie Nevil (of "C'est la Vie" fame) to be the voice of a new project that would become Everybody Loves An Outlaw. In 2020, Nevil's original song "I See Red" featuring Bonnie's singing, Taylor's guitar playing, and Robbie's production, went to #1 on Spotify's Viral 50 - Global chart thanks to its climactic placement in the Netflix film '365 Days.' This is a conversation about that transformative chapter in Bonnie's and Taylor's careers, beginning with their being signed to Columbia Records. Relax Your Grid Superfans who support Matt Brown on Patreon for $2/month get exclusive access to a live video performance of Bonnie, Taylor, and Matt performing Taylor's original song "Texas Again."

This is the fourth and final part of my novella The Dark Country, set on the imagined, Greek-inspired island of Kefthyra. In it, a maiden, mother and crone call forth the old language, and the snakes that live in the Earth, to try to overthrow a colonial empire. See Episode 11 for part one. I am sharing the full novella in four parts over the spring & summer seasons. May these words be seeds in this time, rising Earth's old language, and justice, through each of you. Read the full novella in my collection Our Lady of the Dark Country. www.ptreyesbooks.com/book/9780999696606 PODCAST SOUND EDITING: Simon Linsteadt PODCAST ART: Catherine Sieck PODCAST MUSIC: Giannis Linardakis (Cretan lute, traditional) ABOUT THE PODCAST: Welcome to Kalliope's Sanctum, a story podcast hosted by writer Sylvia V. Linsteadt. This podcast is dedicated to Kalliope, primordial and first Muse of epic poetry and ecstatic song in ancient Greece. This podcast is a place of sanctuary for her oldest stories. It is a return to the wild garden, to the spring, to the ground of being & the source of inspiration in the Earth. Here, we honor Kalliope as Muse of Earth. Here, you will find some of the stories beneath the stories of Old Europe: short fictional/poetic pieces written and read by Sylvia that explore elements of indigenous Old European mythology, with a focus on pre-Hellenic (pre-Patriarchal) Greece. Come sit with us in the honeyed light, among the ripe pomegranates, in Kalliope's sanctuary, where the stories that arise directly from the ground of being and lifeforce can still be safely told and celebrated. Come lean against the sun-warmed stones, with the fragrance of propolis & myrrh in the air, and the trees heavy with autumn quince. This is the garden before the fall, a sanctuary for all hearts in this time. Join us, and be revived. ABOUT SYLVIA V. LINSTEADT: Sylvia V. Linsteadt is a novelist, poet, scholar of ancient history, myth and ecology, and artist. She divides her time between California & Crete, where she is currently working on a novel set in Minoan times. Her published fiction includes the middle grade children's duology The Stargold Chronicles— The Wild Folk (Usborne, June 2018) and The Wild Folk Rising (Usborne, May 2019)— Our Lady of the Dark Country, a collection of short stories (January 2018) and Tatterdemalion (Unbound, Spring 2017); her works of nonfiction include The Wonderments of the East Bay (Heyday 2014), and Lost Worlds of the San Francisco Bay Area (Heyday, Spring 2017). Website: www.sylviavictorlinsteadt.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/sylvialinsteadt Instagram: www.instagram.com/sylviavlinsteadt/ Newsletter: tinyletter.com/sylvialinsteadt

This is part three of my novella The Dark Country, set on the imagined, Greek-inspired island of Kefthyra. In it, a maiden, mother and crone call forth the old language, and the snakes that live in the Earth, to try to overthrow a colonial empire. See Episode 11 for part one. I am sharing the full novella in four parts over the spring & summer seasons. May these words be seeds in this time, rising Earth's old language, and justice, through each of you. Read the full novella in my collection Our Lady of the Dark Country. www.ptreyesbooks.com/book/9780999696606 PODCAST SOUND EDITING: Simon Linsteadt PODCAST ART: Catherine Sieck PODCAST MUSIC: Giannis Linardakis (Cretan lute, traditional) ABOUT THE PODCAST: Welcome to Kalliope's Sanctum, a story podcast hosted by writer Sylvia V. Linsteadt. This podcast is dedicated to Kalliope, primordial and first Muse of epic poetry and ecstatic song in ancient Greece. This podcast is a place of sanctuary for her oldest stories. It is a return to the wild garden, to the spring, to the ground of being & the source of inspiration in the Earth. Here, we honor Kalliope as Muse of Earth. Here, you will find some of the stories beneath the stories of Old Europe: short fictional/poetic pieces written and read by Sylvia that explore elements of indigenous Old European mythology, with a focus on pre-Hellenic (pre-Patriarchal) Greece. Come sit with us in the honeyed light, among the ripe pomegranates, in Kalliope's sanctuary, where the stories that arise directly from the ground of being and lifeforce can still be safely told and celebrated. Come lean against the sun-warmed stones, with the fragrance of propolis & myrrh in the air, and the trees heavy with autumn quince. This is the garden before the fall, a sanctuary for all hearts in this time. Join us, and be revived. ABOUT SYLVIA V. LINSTEADT: Sylvia V. Linsteadt is a novelist, poet, scholar of ancient history, myth and ecology, and artist. She divides her time between California & Crete, where she is currently working on a novel set in Minoan times. Her published fiction includes the middle grade children's duology The Stargold Chronicles— The Wild Folk (Usborne, June 2018) and The Wild Folk Rising (Usborne, May 2019)— Our Lady of the Dark Country, a collection of short stories (January 2018) and Tatterdemalion (Unbound, Spring 2017); her works of nonfiction include The Wonderments of the East Bay (Heyday 2014), and Lost Worlds of the San Francisco Bay Area (Heyday, Spring 2017). Website: www.sylviavictorlinsteadt.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/sylvialinsteadt Instagram: www.instagram.com/sylviavlinsteadt/ Newsletter: tinyletter.com/sylvialinsteadt

This week we discuss Craig's picks of "Uzumaki" (2000), based on the manga by Junji Ito, and "Dark Country" (2009), directed by and starring Thomas Jane. Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/user/bloodh...​ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bloodhoundpix ​​​Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BloodhoundPi...​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BloodhoundPix ​​​Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bloodhoundp...​ Produced by Craig Draheim, Josh Lee, and Kyle Hintz Music by Raymond Seed Editing by Kyle Hintz

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This is part two of my novella The Dark Country, set on the imagined, Greek-inspired island of Kefthyra. In it, a maiden, mother and crone call forth the old language, and the snakes that live in the Earth, to try to overthrow a colonial empire. See Episode 11 for part one. I am sharing the full novella in four or five parts over the spring season. May these words be seeds in this time, rising Earth's old language, and justice, through each of you. Read the full novella in my collection Our Lady of the Dark Country. www.ptreyesbooks.com/book/9780999696606 PODCAST SOUND EDITING: Simon Linsteadt PODCAST ART: Catherine Sieck PODCAST MUSIC: Giannis Linardakis (Cretan lute, traditional) ABOUT THE PODCAST: Welcome to Kalliope's Sanctum, a story podcast hosted by writer Sylvia V. Linsteadt. This podcast is dedicated to Kalliope, primordial and first Muse of epic poetry and ecstatic song in ancient Greece. This podcast is a place of sanctuary for her oldest stories. It is a return to the wild garden, to the spring, to the ground of being & the source of inspiration in the Earth. Here, we honor Kalliope as Muse of Earth. Here, you will find some of the stories beneath the stories of Old Europe: short fictional/poetic pieces written and read by Sylvia that explore elements of indigenous Old European mythology, with a focus on pre-Hellenic (pre-Patriarchal) Greece. Come sit with us in the honeyed light, among the ripe pomegranates, in Kalliope's sanctuary, where the stories that arise directly from the ground of being and lifeforce can still be safely told and celebrated. Come lean against the sun-warmed stones, with the fragrance of propolis & myrrh in the air, and the trees heavy with autumn quince. This is the garden before the fall, a sanctuary for all hearts in this time. Join us, and be revived. ABOUT SYLVIA V. LINSTEADT: Sylvia V. Linsteadt is a novelist, poet, scholar of ancient history, myth and ecology, and artist. She divides her time between California & Crete, where she is currently working on a novel set in Minoan times. Her published fiction includes the middle grade children’s duology The Stargold Chronicles— The Wild Folk (Usborne, June 2018) and The Wild Folk Rising (Usborne, May 2019)— Our Lady of the Dark Country, a collection of short stories (January 2018) and Tatterdemalion (Unbound, Spring 2017); her works of nonfiction include The Wonderments of the East Bay (Heyday 2014), and Lost Worlds of the San Francisco Bay Area (Heyday, Spring 2017). Website: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7948583.Sylvia_Linsteadt Patreon: www.patreon.com/sylvialinsteadt Instagram: www.instagram.com/sylviavlinsteadt/ Newsletter: tinyletter.com/sylvialinsteadt

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This is part one of my novella The Dark Country, set on the imagined, Greek-inspired island of Kefthyra. In it, a maiden, mother and crone call forth the old language, and the snakes that live in the Earth, to try to overthrow a colonial empire. I will be sharing the full novella in four or five parts over the coming weeks. May these words be seeds in this season, rising Earth's old language, and justice, through each of you. Read the full novella in my collection Our Lady of the Dark Country. www.ptreyesbooks.com/book/9780999696606 PODCAST SOUND EDITING: Simon Linsteadt PODCAST ART: Catherine Sieck PODCAST MUSIC: Giannis Linardakis (Cretan lute, traditional) ABOUT THE PODCAST: Welcome to Kalliope's Sanctum, a biweekly story podcast hosted by writer Sylvia V. Linsteadt. This podcast is dedicated to Kalliope, primordial and first Muse of epic poetry and ecstatic song in ancient Greece. This podcast is a place of sanctuary for her oldest stories. It is a return to the wild garden, to the spring, to the ground of being & the source of inspiration in the Earth. Here, we honor Kalliope as Muse of Earth. Here, you will find some of the stories beneath the stories of Old Europe: short fictional/poetic pieces written and read by Sylvia that explore elements of indigenous Old European mythology, with a focus on pre-Hellenic (pre-Patriarchal) Greece. Come sit with us in the honeyed light, among the ripe pomegranates, in Kalliope's sanctuary, where the stories that arise directly from the ground of being and lifeforce can still be safely told and celebrated. Come lean against the sun-warmed stones, with the fragrance of propolis & myrrh in the air, and the trees heavy with autumn quince. This is the garden before the fall, a sanctuary for all hearts in this time. Join us, and be revived. ABOUT SYLVIA V. LINSTEADT: Sylvia V. Linsteadt is a novelist, poet, scholar of ancient history, myth and ecology, and artist. She divides her time between California & Crete, where she is currently working on a novel set in Minoan times. Her published fiction includes the middle grade children’s duology The Stargold Chronicles— The Wild Folk (Usborne, June 2018) and The Wild Folk Rising (Usborne, May 2019)— Our Lady of the Dark Country, a collection of short stories (January 2018) and Tatterdemalion (Unbound, Spring 2017); her works of nonfiction include The Wonderments of the East Bay (Heyday 2014), and Lost Worlds of the San Francisco Bay Area (Heyday, Spring 2017). Website: www.sylvialinsteadt.com/ Patreon: www.patreon.com/sylvialinsteadt Instagram: www.instagram.com/sylviavlinsteadt/ Newsletter: tinyletter.com/sylvialinsteadt

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In this episode I explore the story of Calypso, the nereid daughter of sea-Titans who is infamous for seducing Odysseus in Homer's Odyssey. Here, Calypso gives a different perspective. Here, we see Calypso as a keeper of her lineage's ancestral traditions of seeing and healing, as the powerful keeper of secrets, as a font of wildness and of earthen truth. I wrote this story at the end of April 2019 in Crete, not realizing that its themes of veiling and unveiling, of Apocalypse, would feel so terribly powerfully relevant a year and a few months later. I hope that Calypso's fierce strength, as well as her guileless love and tenderness, bring a new seeing and a new light to your spirit. This piece was originally shared in my Patreon library, and the written text as well as others like it can be accessed there— https://www.patreon.com/sylvialinsteadt PODCAST ART: Catherine Sieck PODCAST MUSIC: Giannis Linardakis (Cretan lute, traditional) PODCAST SOUND EDITING: Simon Linsteadt ABOUT THE PODCAST: Welcome to Kalliope's Sanctum, a biweekly story podcast hosted by writer Sylvia V. Linsteadt. This podcast is dedicated to Kalliope, primordial and first Muse of epic poetry and ecstatic song in ancient Greece. This podcast is a place of sanctuary for her oldest stories. It is a return to the wild garden, to the spring, to the ground of being & the source of inspiration in the Earth. Here, we honor Kalliope as Muse of Earth. Here, you will find some of the stories beneath the stories of Old Europe: short fictional/poetic pieces written and read by Sylvia that explore elements of indigenous Old European mythology, with a focus on pre-Hellenic (pre-Patriarchal) Greece. Come sit with us in the honeyed light, among the ripe pomegranates, in Kalliope's sanctuary, where the stories that arise directly from the ground of being and lifeforce can still be safely told and celebrated. Come lean against the sun-warmed stones, with the fragrance of propolis & myrrh in the air, and the trees heavy with autumn quince. This is the garden before the fall, a sanctuary for all hearts in this time. Join us, and be revived. ABOUT SYLVIA V. LINSTEADT: Sylvia V. Linsteadt is a novelist, poet, scholar of ancient history, myth and ecology, and artist. She divides her time between California & Crete, where she is currently working on a novel set in Minoan times. Her published fiction includes the middle grade children’s duology The Stargold Chronicles— The Wild Folk (Usborne, June 2018) and The Wild Folk Rising (Usborne, May 2019)— Our Lady of the Dark Country, a collection of short stories (January 2018) and Tatterdemalion (Unbound, Spring 2017); her works of nonfiction include The Wonderments of the East Bay (Heyday 2014), and Lost Worlds of the San Francisco Bay Area (Heyday, Spring 2017). Website: www.sylvialinsteadt.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/sylvialinsteadt Instagram: www.instagram.com/sylviavlinsteadt/ Newsletter: tinyletter.com/sylvialinsteadt

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In this episode, I read the short story "The Pythia," from Our Lady of the Dark Country, my 2018 collection. This tale explores the underpinnings of the myth of Apollo and his takeover of the oracle at Delphi. In the oldest stories, Delphi belongs not to Apollo but to oracular and dreaming women who spoke to the Python in the Earth— the child of Ge. Gaia. Earth. Before Apollo, Delphi belonged to Ge, the goddess of Earth, who is, of course far far older than any Olympian gods. This story is told from the point of view of one of the Pythias, Daphne. It is her account of the day Apollo came, of what led up to it, and what still remains. You can read all of Our Lady of the Dark Country here- https://www.ptreyesbooks.com/book/9780999696606 PODCAST ART: Catherine Sieck PODCAST MUSIC: Giannis Linardakis (Cretan lute, traditional) PODCAST SOUND EDITING: Simon Linsteadt ABOUT THE PODCAST: Welcome to Kalliope's Sanctum, a biweekly story podcast hosted by writer Sylvia V. Linsteadt. This podcast is dedicated to Kalliope, primordial and first Muse of epic poetry and ecstatic song in ancient Greece. This podcast is a place of sanctuary for her oldest stories. It is a return to the wild garden, to the spring, to the ground of being & the source of inspiration in the Earth. Here, we honor Kalliope as Muse of Earth. Here, you will find some of the stories beneath the stories of Old Europe: short fictional/poetic pieces written and read by Sylvia that explore elements of indigenous Old European mythology, with a focus on pre-Hellenic (pre-Patriarchal) Greece. Come sit with us in the honeyed light, among the ripe pomegranates, in Kalliope's sanctuary, where the stories that arise directly from the ground of being and lifeforce can still be safely told and celebrated. Come lean against the sun-warmed stones, with the fragrance of propolis & myrrh in the air, and the trees heavy with autumn quince. This is the garden before the fall, a sanctuary for all hearts in this time. Join us, and be revived. ABOUT SYLVIA V. LINSTEADT: Sylvia V. Linsteadt is a novelist, poet, scholar of ancient history, myth and ecology, and artist. She divides her time between California & Crete, where she is currently working on a novel set in Minoan times. Her published fiction includes the middle grade children’s duology The Stargold Chronicles— The Wild Folk (Usborne, June 2018) and The Wild Folk Rising (Usborne, May 2019)— Our Lady of the Dark Country, a collection of short stories (January 2018) and Tatterdemalion (Unbound, Spring 2017); her works of nonfiction include The Wonderments of the East Bay (Heyday 2014), and Lost Worlds of the San Francisco Bay Area (Heyday, Spring 2017). Website: www.sylvialinsteadt.com/ Patreon: www.patreon.com/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/sylviavlinsteadt/ Newsletter: tinyletter.com/sylvialinsteadt

"Ashes, and the King Who Came Home," is a short prose-poem-tale, written last August 2019 (and first shared on my Patreon https://www.patreon.com/sylvialinsteadt). It is a reflection and weaving of many threads, both personal and mythic, that were pressing strongly on my psyche at the time. It is about the great wound to the masculine in our culture, and a poetic dream-exploration of its roots; a tragedy that is so deep sometimes it is hard for me to speak about, for it makes me weep. I use The Handless Maiden fairytale as a frame in this story, as told by Clarissa Pinkola Estes, with the King, the Devil, the Messenger, revealing some old wounds and patterns. There are other threads too-- of the underworlds that came with patriarchy. It felt right to share in this moment, this week, this time on our Beloved Earth, with so much loss and so many wounds of all kinds being pressed up to the light to be cleansed, to be loved, to be healed. It's big work. It's exhausting work. It's courageous work. I hope this tale-incantation prayer can bring a bit of sea-salt to cleanse the wound, even if it stings, and then honey. AUDIOBOOK mentioned in this episode- https://www.soundstrue.com/store/theatre-of-the-imagination-volume-one-3635.html PODCAST ART: Catherine Sieck PODCAST MUSIC: Giannis Linardakis (Cretan lute, traditional) PODCAST SOUND EDITING: Simon Linsteadt ABOUT THE PODCAST: Welcome to Kalliope's Sanctum, a biweekly story podcast hosted by writer Sylvia V. Linsteadt. This podcast is dedicated to Kalliope, primordial and first Muse of epic poetry and ecstatic song in ancient Greece. This podcast is a place of sanctuary for her oldest stories. It is a return to the wild garden, to the spring, to the ground of being & the source of inspiration in the Earth. Here, we honor Kalliope as Muse of Earth. Here, you will find some of the stories beneath the stories of Old Europe: short fictional/poetic pieces written and read by Sylvia that explore elements of indigenous Old European mythology, with a focus on pre-Hellenic (pre-Patriarchal) Greece. Come sit with us in the honeyed light, among the ripe pomegranates, in Kalliope's sanctuary, where the stories that arise directly from the ground of being and lifeforce can still be safely told and celebrated. Come lean against the sun-warmed stones, with the fragrance of propolis & myrrh in the air, and the trees heavy with autumn quince. This is the garden before the fall, a sanctuary for all hearts in this time. Join us, and be revived. ABOUT SYLVIA V. LINSTEADT: Sylvia V. Linsteadt is a novelist, poet, scholar of ancient history, myth and ecology, and artist. She divides her time between California & Crete, where she is currently working on a novel set in Minoan times. Her published fiction includes the middle grade children’s duology The Stargold Chronicles— The Wild Folk (Usborne, June 2018) and The Wild Folk Rising (Usborne, May 2019)— Our Lady of the Dark Country, a collection of short stories (January 2018) and Tatterdemalion (Unbound, Spring 2017); her works of nonfiction include The Wonderments of the East Bay (Heyday 2014), and Lost Worlds of the San Francisco Bay Area (Heyday, Spring 2017). Website: www.sylvialinsteadt.com/ Patreon: www.patreon.com/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/sylviavlinsteadt/ Newsletter: tinyletter.com/sylvialinsteadt

This episode of Kalliope's Sanctum is a reading of my story The Garden, from my 2018 collection, Our Lady of the Dark Country. It was inspired partly by one of Rilke's Sonnets to Orpheus, which I read in the introduction, and partly by the truly enchanted garden of my dear friend Nao who lives on Vancouver Island, and is a beekeeper, dance teacher, keeps a B&B cottage, and tends the extraordinary flowers & vegetables of Honey Grove. PODCAST ART: Catherine Sieck PODCAST MUSIC: Giannis Linardakis (Cretan lute, traditional) PODCAST SOUND EDITING: Simon Linsteadt ABOUT THE PODCAST: Welcome to Kalliope's Sanctum, a biweekly story podcast hosted by writer Sylvia V. Linsteadt. This podcast is dedicated to Kalliope, primordial and first Muse of epic poetry and ecstatic song in ancient Greece. This podcast is a place of sanctuary for her oldest stories. It is a return to the wild garden, to the spring, to the ground of being & the source of inspiration in the Earth. Here, we honor Kalliope as Muse of Earth. Here, you will find some of the stories beneath the stories of Old Europe: short fictional/poetic pieces written and read by Sylvia that explore elements of indigenous Old European mythology, with a focus on pre-Hellenic (pre-Patriarchal) Greece. Come sit with us in the honeyed light, among the ripe pomegranates, in Kalliope's sanctuary, where the stories that arise directly from the ground of being and lifeforce can still be safely told and celebrated. Come lean against the sun-warmed stones, with the fragrance of propolis & myrrh in the air, and the trees heavy with autumn quince. This is the garden before the fall, a sanctuary for all hearts in this time. Join us, and be revived. ABOUT SYLVIA V. LINSTEADT: Sylvia V. Linsteadt is a novelist, poet, scholar of ancient history, myth and ecology, and artist. She divides her time between California & Crete, where she is currently working on a novel set in Minoan times. Her published fiction includes the middle grade children’s duology The Stargold Chronicles— The Wild Folk (Usborne, June 2018) and The Wild Folk Rising (Usborne, May 2019)— Our Lady of the Dark Country, a collection of short stories (January 2018) and Tatterdemalion (Unbound, Spring 2017); her works of nonfiction include The Wonderments of the East Bay (Heyday 2014), and Lost Worlds of the San Francisco Bay Area (Heyday, Spring 2017). Website: www.sylvialinsteadt.com/ Patreon: www.patreon.com/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/sylviavlinsteadt/ Newsletter: tinyletter.com/sylvialinsteadt

This week, I wanted to offer a space of respite, of nourishment, and of comfort in these wildly unknowable, difficult, but profound times. So the Nunnery of Iona came to me, coupled with a sister poem, The Queen of Moss & Green, both of which I wrote during my time in the Scottish highlands and Hebrides this past August of 2019. I hope these words bring you deeper into the sanctuary of your body and of the Earth right where you are, today, into the wellspring of tenderness that is there when we ask, and listen. I also hope they bring you into the root & crown of the power that is only yours, that is indwelling, that you came here with, and that is waiting for you to sit down in, and name. PODCAST ART: Catherine Sieck PODCAST MUSIC: Giannis Linardakis (Cretan lute, traditional) PODCAST SOUND EDITING: Simon Linsteadt ABOUT THE PODCAST: Welcome to Kalliope's Sanctum, a biweekly story podcast hosted by writer Sylvia V. Linsteadt. This podcast is dedicated to Kalliope, primordial and first Muse of epic poetry and ecstatic song in ancient Greece. This podcast is a place of sanctuary for her oldest stories. It is a return to the wild garden, to the spring, to the ground of being & the source of inspiration in the Earth. Here, we honor Kalliope as Muse of Earth. Here, you will find some of the stories beneath the stories of Old Europe: short fictional/poetic pieces written and read by Sylvia that explore elements of indigenous Old European mythology, with a focus on pre-Hellenic (pre-Patriarchal) Greece. Come sit with us in the honeyed light, among the ripe pomegranates, in Kalliope's sanctuary, where the stories that arise directly from the ground of being and lifeforce can still be safely told and celebrated. Come lean against the sun-warmed stones, with the fragrance of propolis & myrrh in the air, and the trees heavy with autumn quince. This is the garden before the fall, a sanctuary for all hearts in this time. Join us, and be revived. ABOUT SYLVIA V. LINSTEADT: Sylvia V. Linsteadt is a novelist, poet, scholar of ancient history, myth and ecology, and artist. She divides her time between California & Crete, where she is currently working on a novel set in Minoan times. Her published fiction includes the middle grade children’s duology The Stargold Chronicles— The Wild Folk (Usborne, June 2018) and The Wild Folk Rising (Usborne, May 2019)— Our Lady of the Dark Country, a collection of short stories (January 2018) and Tatterdemalion (Unbound, Spring 2017); her works of nonfiction include The Wonderments of the East Bay (Heyday 2014), and Lost Worlds of the San Francisco Bay Area (Heyday, Spring 2017). Website: www.sylvialinsteadt.com/ Patreon: www.patreon.com/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/sylviavlinsteadt/ Newsletter: tinyletter.com/sylvialinsteadt

This episode is Part 2 of a two part reading of my short story, "Rhea Silvia," from my January 2018 story & poem collection Our Lady of the Dark Country (https://www.ptreyesbooks.com/book/9780999696606). Please listen to Part 1, the previous episode, before Part 2, or it won't make much sense! :) This is a retelling of the tale of Rhea Silvia, the so-called mother of Rome— mother of Romulus and Remus, twin brothers who were later suckled by a wolf, and who founded that great and terrible city, which paved the way for so much of the imperialism that we still live within the story of. In this telling, I try to dig beneath imperial Rome, exploring some of the last traces of the tribal cultures that had occupied the lands of Italy since prehistoric times, and that still persisted even under Roman ideology and rule. Rhea Silvia, in my mind, comes from a line of indigenous Latin people; her name suggests a far old woodland power, Vestal and yet wild. In the introduction I discuss a bit more about this, including pre-Latin, non Indo European languages. Please note that there is sensitive material in Part 2—indirect mention of rape & direct mention of violence— as there was in the original, and in this time in history. Not in any way gratuitous I pray, but necessarily present. I make this note tor listeners for whom this might be triggering. I will say though, that while the story of Rhea Silvia is certainly tragic, I hope my telling is one of deep hope and redemption. Story begins at 3:00 PODCAST ART: Catherine Sieck PODCAST MUSIC: Giannis Linardakis (Cretan lute, traditional) PODCAST SOUND EDITING: Simon Linsteadt ABOUT THE PODCAST: Welcome to Kalliope's Sanctum, a biweekly story podcast hosted by writer Sylvia V. Linsteadt. This podcast is dedicated to Kalliope, primordial and first Muse of epic poetry and ecstatic song in ancient Greece. This podcast is a place of sanctuary for her oldest stories. It is a return to the wild garden, to the spring, to the ground of being & the source of inspiration in the Earth. Here, we honor Kalliope as Muse of Earth. Here, you will find some of the stories beneath the stories of Old Europe: short fictional/poetic pieces written and read by Sylvia that explore elements of indigenous Old European mythology, with a focus on pre-Hellenic (pre-Patriarchal) Greece. Come sit with us in the honeyed light, among the ripe pomegranates, in Kalliope's sanctuary, where the stories that arise directly from the ground of being and lifeforce can still be safely told and celebrated. Come lean against the sun-warmed stones, with the fragrance of propolis & myrrh in the air, and the trees heavy with autumn quince. This is the garden before the fall, a sanctuary for all hearts in this time. Join us, and be revived. ABOUT SYLVIA V. LINSTEADT: Sylvia V. Linsteadt is a novelist, poet, scholar of ancient history, myth and ecology, and artist. She divides her time between California & Crete, where she is currently working on a novel set in Minoan times. Her published fiction includes the middle grade children’s duology The Stargold Chronicles— The Wild Folk (Usborne, June 2018) and The Wild Folk Rising (Usborne, May 2019)— Our Lady of the Dark Country, a collection of short stories (January 2018) and Tatterdemalion (Unbound, Spring 2017); her works of nonfiction include The Wonderments of the East Bay (Heyday 2014), and Lost Worlds of the San Francisco Bay Area (Heyday, Spring 2017). Website: www.sylvialinsteadt.com/ Patreon: www.patreon.com/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/sylviavlinsteadt/ Newsletter: tinyletter.com/sylvialinsteadt

This episode is Part 1 of a two part reading of my short story, "Rhea Silvia," from my January 2018 collection Our Lady of the Dark Country. (https://www.ptreyesbooks.com/book/9780999696606) It is a retelling of the tale of Rhea Silvia, the so-called mother of Rome— mother of Romulus and Remus, twin brothers who were later suckled by a wolf, and who founded that great and terrible city, which paved the way for so much of the imperialism that we still live within the story of. In this telling, I try to dig beneath imperial Rome, exploring some of the last traces of the tribal cultures that had occupied the lands of Italy since prehistoric times, and that still persisted even under Roman ideology and rule. Rhea Silvia, in my mind, comes from a line of indigenous Latin people; her name suggests a far old woodland power, Vestal and yet wild. In the introduction I discuss a bit more about this, including pre-Latin, non Indo European languages. Please note that there is sensitive material —rape— in this story, as it is in the original. Not in any way gratuitous, but present. I make this note tor listeners for whom this might be triggering; it isn't until part 2, but if you would rather not listen from the beginning, I wanted to give this warning. I will say though, that while the story of Rhea Silvia is certainly tragic, I hope my telling is one, ultimately, of deep hope and redemption. Story begins at 10:06. PODCAST ART: Catherine Sieck PODCAST MUSIC: Giannis Linardakis (Cretan lute, traditional) PODCAST EDITING: Simon Linsteadt ABOUT THE PODCAST: Welcome to Kalliope's Sanctum, a biweekly story podcast hosted by writer Sylvia V. Linsteadt. This podcast is dedicated to Kalliope, primordial and first Muse of epic poetry and ecstatic song in ancient Greece. This podcast is a place of sanctuary for her oldest stories. It is a return to the wild garden, to the spring, to the ground of being & the source of inspiration in the Earth. Here, we honor Kalliope as Muse of Earth. Here, you will find some of the stories beneath the stories of Old Europe: short fictional/poetic pieces written and read by Sylvia that explore elements of indigenous Old European mythology, with a focus on pre-Hellenic (pre-Patriarchal) Greece. Come sit with us in the honeyed light, among the ripe pomegranates, in Kalliope's sanctuary, where the stories that arise directly from the ground of being and lifeforce can still be safely told and celebrated. Come lean against the sun-warmed stones, with the fragrance of propolis & myrrh in the air, and the trees heavy with autumn quince. This is the garden before the fall, a sanctuary for all hearts in this time. Join us, and be revived. ABOUT SYLVIA V. LINSTEADT: Sylvia V. Linsteadt is a novelist, poet, scholar of ancient history, myth and ecology, and artist. She divides her time between California & Crete, where she is currently working on a novel set in Minoan times. Her published fiction includes the middle grade children’s duology The Stargold Chronicles— The Wild Folk (Usborne, June 2018) and The Wild Folk Rising (Usborne, May 2019)— Our Lady of the Dark Country, a collection of short stories (January 2018) and Tatterdemalion (Unbound, Spring 2017); her works of nonfiction include The Wonderments of the East Bay (Heyday 2014), and Lost Worlds of the San Francisco Bay Area (Heyday, Spring 2017). Website: www.sylvialinsteadt.com/ Patreon: www.patreon.com/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/sylviavlinsteadt/ Newsletter: tinyletter.com/sylvialinsteadt

In this episode, I explore the ancient Greek story of Cassiopeia and Andromeda (Queen & Princess of a mythic "Aethiopia"), with a brief opening musing about Our Lady (Divine Mother, Mary, etc), the constellation Cassiopeia (that great M in the northern sky), and the roots of this story with the Babylonian sea-dragon, Tiamat, mother of the world. Storytelling begins at 17:30 ** Books & people mentioned in this episode ** The Way of the Rose By Clark Strand & Perdita Finn https://wayoftherose.org/ Vandana Shiva, Indian scientist, environmental activist & food sovereignty advocate (recommended reading, Who Really Feeds the World?) Star Names, Their Lore & Meaning By Richard Hinckley Allen For more mythic fiction, poetry, essays & audio recordings about Crete and Old Europe, subscribe to my Patreon! www.patreon.com/sylvialinsteadt/posts PODCAST ART: Catherine Sieck PODCAST MUSIC: Giannis Linardakis (Cretan lute composition) PODCAST SOUND EDITING: Simon Linsteadt ABOUT THE PODCAST: Welcome to Kalliope's Sanctum, a biweekly story podcast hosted by writer Sylvia V. Linsteadt. This podcast is dedicated to Kalliope, primordial and first Muse of epic poetry and ecstatic song in ancient Greece. This podcast is a place of sanctuary for her oldest stories. It is a return to the wild garden, to the spring, to the ground of being & the source of inspiration in the Earth. Here, we honor Kalliope as Muse of Earth. Here, you will find some of the stories beneath the stories of Old Europe: short fictional/poetic pieces written and read by Sylvia that explore elements of indigenous Old European mythology, with a focus on pre-Hellenic (pre-Patriarchal) Greece. Come sit with us in the honeyed light, among the ripe pomegranates, in Kalliope's sanctuary, where the stories that arise directly from the ground of being and lifeforce can still be safely told and celebrated. Come lean against the sun-warmed stones, with the fragrance of propolis & myrrh in the air, and the trees heavy with autumn quince. This is the garden before the fall, a sanctuary for all hearts in this time. Join us, and be revived. ABOUT SYLVIA V. LINSTEADT: Sylvia V. Linsteadt is a novelist, poet, scholar of ancient history, myth and ecology, and artist. She divides her time between California & Crete, where she is currently working on a novel set in Minoan times. Her published fiction includes the middle grade children’s duology The Stargold Chronicles— The Wild Folk (Usborne, June 2018) and The Wild Folk Rising (Usborne, May 2019)— Our Lady of the Dark Country, a collection of short stories (January 2018) and Tatterdemalion (Unbound, Spring 2017); her works of nonfiction include The Wonderments of the East Bay (Heyday 2014), and Lost Worlds of the San Francisco Bay Area (Heyday, Spring 2017). Her short fiction has been published in New California Writing 2013, Dark Mountain, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, The Golden Key and Deathless Press. Her creative nonfiction can be found in Dark Mountain, Earthlines Magazine, Poecology, and News from Native California. For three years (from 2013 to 2016) Sylvia ran a stories-in-the-mail business called Wild Talewort, in which she sent out rewilded tellings of fairytales and myths to the physical-post boxes of hundreds of subscribers around the world. Lost Worlds of the San Francisco Bay Area won the Northern California Book Award in General Nonfiction in 2018. Website: www.sylvialinsteadt.com/ Patreon: www.patreon.com/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/sylviavlinsteadt/ Newsletter: tinyletter.com/sylvialinsteadt

Welcome to the inaugural episode of Kalliope's Sanctum! In this episode, I begin with a poetic imagining of Kalliope's story, the one before she was ever Muse on Mount Olympus, and also after, now, as we liberate her back to her own ground of being, where she began. I introduce the episode with a few notes about her mythic context, but the story-poem itself begins at 9:58. In the notes, I mention an upcoming opportunity to hear the ecstatic music of Crete live, in my house in California, on February 29th 2020. See more here! https://www.zygiamusic.com/ (Note that the opening music is played by the same musician who will be performing here, Giannis Linardakis.) For a pdf version of this piece, & more mythic fiction, see my Patreon offerings. https://www.patreon.com/sylvialinsteadt/posts ABOUT THE PODCAST: Welcome to Kalliope's Sanctum, a biweekly story podcast hosted by writer Sylvia V. Linsteadt. This podcast is dedicated to Kalliope, primordial and first Muse of epic poetry and ecstatic song in ancient Greece. This podcast is a place of sanctuary for her oldest stories. It is a return to the wild garden, to the spring, to the ground of being & the source of inspiration in the Earth. Here, we honor Kalliope as Muse of Earth. Here, you will find some of the stories beneath the stories of Old Europe: short fictional/poetic pieces written and read by Sylvia that explore elements of indigenous Old European mythology, with a focus on pre-Hellenic (pre-Patriarchal) Greece. Come sit with us in the honeyed light, among the ripe pomegranates, in Kalliope's sanctuary, where the stories that arise directly from the ground of being and lifeforce can still be safely told and celebrated. Come lean against the sun-warmed stones, with the fragrance of propolis & myrrh in the air, and the trees heavy with autumn quince. This is the garden before the fall, a sanctuary for all hearts in this time. Join us, and be revived. PODCAST ART: Catherine Sieck PODCAST MUSIC: Giannis Linardakis (Cretan lute composition) ABOUT SYLVIA V. LINSTEADT: Sylvia V. Linsteadt is a novelist, poet, scholar of ancient history, myth and ecology, and artist. She divides her time between California & Crete, where she is currently working on a novel set in Minoan times. Her published fiction includes the middle grade children’s duology The Stargold Chronicles— The Wild Folk (Usborne, June 2018) and The Wild Folk Rising (Usborne, May 2019)— Our Lady of the Dark Country, a collection of short stories (January 2018) and Tatterdemalion (Unbound, Spring 2017); her works of nonfiction include The Wonderments of the East Bay (Heyday 2014), and Lost Worlds of the San Francisco Bay Area (Heyday, Spring 2017). Her short fiction has been published in New California Writing 2013, Dark Mountain, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, The Golden Key and Deathless Press. Her creative nonfiction can be found in Dark Mountain, Earthlines Magazine, Poecology, and News from Native California. For three years (from 2013 to 2016) Sylvia ran a stories-in-the-mail business called Wild Talewort, in which she sent out rewilded tellings of fairytales and myths to the physical-post boxes of hundreds of subscribers around the world. Lost Worlds of the San Francisco Bay Area won the Northern California Book Award in General Nonfiction in 2018. Website: http://www.sylvialinsteadt.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sylviavlinsteadt/ Newsletter: https://tinyletter.com/sylvialinsteadt

Meli has some wild and crazy things going on, so her back up host takes over here and runs rampant with dark country tunes that will definitely make you want to gallop your horse into a stormy night!

In this episode, Israeli poet Tahel Frosh talks to us about her debut poetry collection Betsa (Avarice, 2014), financial crisis, and the value of culture. We revisit the summer of 2011, when a series of protests spread across Israel sparked by rising housing costs, the increased cost of living, and a widening gap between rich and poor. During this period, poets like Frosh were notably active, organizing public readings and distributing their poetry online and for free. A few years later, Frosh published Avarice to wide acclaim. In Hebrew, the word for “avarice" is "betsa," which derives from the root meaning “to break off, cut and tear apart.” Frosh's visit to Oxford in February presented an opportunity to revisit the making of Avarice and the questions that it raises about the value of poetry and the complicated role that money plays in our lives. This episode features the poem “Dark Country" from Frosh’s Avarice, published in 2014 by Mossad Bialik. Staying Alive is an original podcast series produced and hosted by me, Adriana Jacobs, with editing by Danielle Beeber and Danny Cox, and music by The Zombie Dandies. Support for this podcast comes from the John Fell Fund. For more information about this episode, including materials that didn’t make it into the final cut, visit the podcast website www.stayingalive.show.

WWE superstar Lana talks about her work in WWE, her experience at this year's WrestleMania, how long she expects to stay with the company, how hard it was to maintain her Russian accent, her "salty" hashtag, when Rusev Day was born, her in-ring aspirations and much more. Introduction (0:00) On what she's been up to since WrestleMania and going to Coachella (1:17) On how her experience at WrestleMania this year compared to past years (4:40) On if she likes being underestimated in the ring (10:28) On her "salty" hashtag and what it means (12:03) On using real-life frustrations as fuel for her character motivations (16:43) On if she prefers being a heel or a babyface (19:33) On her new comic book project Dark Country with Jason Starr (25:26) On her time growing up in Europe and if she misses it (30:21) On how long she expects to stay with WWE (36:35) On how hard it was to maintain her Russian accent and why it was faded out (40:13) On her experience training before getting in the ring (48:15) On the separation between her personal and professional life (52:24) On if she feels the urge to put her life out more following Total Divas (53:50) On what her favorite WWE match of all-time is, and her favorite match of her own (56:05) On her experience working on the Pitch Perfect films (1:02:39) On when Rusev Day was born (1:03:50) On if she's still training in the ring and wants to continue working in the ring (1:06:25)

Welcome to the very first episode of Jane's Got A Pod! A podcast where I and a guest host talk through the filmography of writer/director/musician/and actor Thomas Jane. Tonight's episode: "Dark Country" Thomas Jane's directorial debut. Contact us: Janegotapod@gmail.com

Psycho -- Eddie Noack Can't Hardly Stand It -- Charlie Feathers A Second Thought -- Dawn Glass The Singer -- Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds The Pilgrim, Chapter 33 -- Kris Kristofferson Honey, Are You Mad At Your Man? -- The Kingston Trio Cigarettes, Whisky and Wild Wild Women -- Sons of the Pioneers Where I Ought To Be -- Skeeter Davis A Six Pack To Go -- Hank Thompson It's Nothing to Me -- Sanford Clark I've just Been Wasting My Time -- John Wesley Ryles Tennessee Bird Walk -- Jack Blanchard and Misty Morgan One Day At A Time -- Marilyn Sellers Cover Me -- Sammi Smith Smoke, Smoke, Smoke That Cigarette -- Jimmy Dean Let Me Go Devil -- Tex Ritter

Dark Country has returned to Ain't Talking Bout Pop. The songs and artists reviewed in this episode infuse bluegrass and folk songs with rockabilly and in one case hip-hop and bluegrass. Join Justin and Noah as they discuss the music, and the elements found in Dark Country.

Episode Notes This episode features three chilling tales of horror. First is Hasshaku-sama, aka the Eight Foot Woman you can't escape from. Second features a mysterious figure on a dark country road, and lastly a haunted old hospital has some unexpected guests.BGM thanks to Myuuji Intro & Outro BGM thanks to Kevin MacLeod Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Rik and Rob are bringing you a classic from the BSR vault, our interview with Thomas Jane circa 2012. Tom is known for his roles in “The Punisher” and “The Mist” and also his film / graphic novel “Dark Country”. Who could forget the time The Punisher told us he was going to feed his […]

Stan and Jenna share a cocktail with the Punisher himself, Thomas Jane, and discuss Comics, Dark Country, Raw Studios, and the right way to make a Punisher movie.

Recorded on February 7, 2013. Episode 220: Dark Country Music by Man or Astroman? and Tomahawk Check out Jason’s site, Eric’s site, Ok, PANIC!, The View Masters, Stupid Sexy Podcast, and The Savage FINcast. Email Eric or Jason. Time – 88:41 min. / File Size – 43mb Subscribe via RSS Subscribe via iTunes

Welcome to a special episode of the GGtMC!!! This week, Will, Sammy and the Almighty Dave Allcock have a conversation with Thomas Jane. Tom is an actor in some very big films you may have seen such as The Mist, Stander, Dark Country (which he also directed) and Boogie Nights!!! I want to emphasize that this is very much an unstructured conversation with some structure from time to time but it is mostly four movie geeks having a conversation and talking cinema!!! We believe you have become accustomed to that type of conversation here at the GGtMC. Check out Tom's comics and other projects over at rawstudios.com Emails to midnitecinema@gmail.com Voicemails 206-666-5207 Adios!!! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ggtmc/message

Hey everyone, and welcome to a very special episode of Punisher: Body Count!  We finally got Tom Jane on the show, and it was a perfect time for it too!  Tom Jane's company Raw Studios has been announcing a ton of new material, such as a graphic novel adaptation of The Dark Country movie he directed/starred in, and new volume to Bad Planet coming to Comixology, which is also being kickstarted by Red Fly Studio into a video game!  Keep an eye out for those projects, coming to book stores and comic shops near you!  Also, he made a short Punisher fan film with a Ron Perlman cameo, so that's pretty neat I guess.  And by "neat" I mean unimaginably brutal and cool.    Tom Jane called us after a long weekend at San Diego Comicon, where he chatted with us for an hour and then gave us the link to the short film itself, only hours after it premiered at his panel!   The guy is one of the hardest workers in the entertainment business, and it was a pleasure having him on the show.  If you haven't already, go click that Raw Studios link above, check out his site, peruse his forums, and give his crew some props.   Here are some highlights of the interview where Tom: -Wonders how I knew about his cat -Brings us up to date on what he and Tim Bradstreet are releasing from Raw Studios, as well as his dream film projects -Discusses how Avi Arad and Tim Bradstreet got him to play the Punisher, a character he originally turned down! -Talks about feelings on the 2004 Punisher film he starred in -Explains how his Punisher fan film came together -What the Punisher means to him as a character and how he believes he should be handled -Shoots the shit with us about muscle cars and cigars -Tells us how to play the Hollywood game, and why it's worth it in the end We hope you enjoy the interview as much as we did.  Stick around after the interview to hear Jake's instructions on how to win the contest we're running in honor of our upcoming 25th episode! If you'd like, hit us up on iTunes or RSS.

FTB podcast #135 features the new album by KENNY VAUGHAN called simply V.  Also new music from JAMES JUSTIN, LYDIA LOVELESS and THE MILK CARTON KIDS.  Here is the RSS feed: http://ftbpodcasts.libsyn.com/rss. Show #135 KENNY VAUGHAN - Country Music Got a Hold on Me (V) MARYBETH D’AMICO -   The Darkest Day (The Light Inside) MICHAEL FRACASSO - Ada, OK  (Saint Monday) JAMES JUSTIN & CO. - Gone Daddy Gone  (Dark Country) (mic break) THE MILK CARTON KIDS - Undress the World  (Prologue) SLAID CLEAVES - Hard To Believe  (Sorrow & Smoke: Live at The Horseshoe Lounge) THE SWEETBACK SISTERS - Love Me, Honey, Do  (Looking for a Fight) KENNY VAUGHAN - Hot Like That (V) (mic break) RODNEY PARKER & 50 PESO REWARD - Firefight (Live In The Living Room) BROTHERS THROUGH THE HILL - 66 Miles  (Adelaide) LYDIA LOVELESS - Can't Change Me (Indestructible Machine) MARK JUNGERS - Can't Take It With You  (More Like A Good Dog Than A Bad Cat) SWAMPBOOTS - Jitka (Everything Ends, Nothing Ends Well) (mic break) KENNY VAUGHAN - Okolona Tennessee (V) (Sept. 29th, 2011) Bill Frater Freight Train Boogie Americana Boogie

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"Simple, Dark Country."  Chris MacDonald, IndieFeed Indie Pop

Movie Meltdown - Episode 49.2 We found out this fact as we watched this week’s Sofa Theater feature: Dark Country. Hopefully (or maybe not?) you’ve already seen this movie, because we have to spoil the so-called twist just to discuss this movie on any level. And so we do, as we delve into this wanna-be film noir, with impressive visuals and lots of problems. But can director and star Thomas Jane save this movie?? “The movie in itself wouldn’t work if people were intelligent and made smart moves.”