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Lew Watts was born and raised in Cardiff, Wales. He lived and worked for many years in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa before moving to the United States in 2002. He is the author of the novel, Marcel Malone, and three poetry collections—his most recent, Eira, a collection of haibun and haiku, received a 2024 Touchstone Award. Lew is also the co-author, with Roberta Beary and Rich Youmans, of Haibun: A Writer's Guide, and serves as the haibun co-editor of Frogpond, the journal of the Haiku Society of America. Beyond poetry, he is ex-chair of the World Bank's external panel on climate change, and a past board member of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, the home of the Doomsday Clock; he currently sits on various corporate and non-profit boards. He divides his time between Chicago and West Michigan with his wife, Roxanne, and his rascal-of-a-dog, Willis. His other passions are four granddaughters, fly fishing (anytime, anywhere), rugby, jazz guitar, tango music, and gin martinis. Find Eira here: https://www.snapshotpress.co.uk/books/eira.htm As always, we'll also include the live Prompt Lines for responses to our weekly prompt. A Zoom link will be provided in the chat window during the show before that segment begins. For links to all the past episodes, visit: https://www.rattle.com/rattlecast/ This Week's Prompt: Write a poem about a specific type of phobia you do not personally have but know of someone that does. Next Week's Prompt: Write a poem that includes a prank and ends with a question. The Rattlecast livestreams on YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter, then becomes an audio podcast. Find it on iTunes, Spotify, or anywhere else you get your podcasts.
The sixth annual event, Manor Fest 6 begins this Thursday and runs over the next two weeks, running Thursday to Saturday, May 23 to May 25, and then May 30 to June 1. Over those six days, 60 bands will play in 20 venues in six different areas/neighborhoods of Kansas City. A massive tip of the hat to Shaun Crowley and his team and volunteers at Manor Records for pulling this off.We'll play music from some of our favorite acts on the lineup, as well as some acts that we know nothing about. We'll sneak in some of our favorite songs from 2023 and some possible contenders for favorite songs of 2024 as well. During the broadcast, we will play music from Liney Blu, Thimastr, Jolson and the Fear of Snakes, Daniel Gum, Supermoto, EBONY TUSKS, PURE XTC, Fritz Hutchison, Frogpond, Kat King, and Honeybee.
Another insightful and enjoyable musical journey through the fixation of Swift and Kelce, and other more straightforward topics featuring Usher, Led Zeppelin, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Frog Pond, Robert Palmer, Ricky Lee Jones, and much more. Come on along!
On the heels of the Haiku North America conference we talk about haibun—a scaled up model of the jumps in haiku. What is the form and how does it work? We talk to Dave Bonta, curator of the Haibun Film Festival, and share a number of haibun in the process, including Katie's poem in the current issue of Frogpond.
On this week's episode of the Viewless Wings Poetry Podcast we interview not one, but three wonderful poets about their collaboration to create Chalk Song. Susan Berger-Jones is an architect and poet. Her written and visual work has appeared in Drunken Boat, No Exit, and two anthologies of ekphrastic poems published by Off the Park Press. Gale Batchelder lives in Cambridge. Her work has been published Tupelo Quarterly, This Rough Beast, Colorado Review, SpoKe4, and in the poetry anthologies New Smoke (2009) and Triumph of Poverty (2011). Judson Evans is a poet whose work has focused on crossing genres and collaboration. He was recently named Haibun Editor of Frogpond, the journal of the Haiku Society of America. In 2007, he was chosen as an “Emerging Poet” by John Yau for the Academy of American Poets and won the Philip Booth Poetry Prize from Salt Hill Review in 2013. His poems have appeared in numerous journals. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/viewlesswings/support
We talk about upcoming shows, go through our highlights, and play music from some “can't miss” shows.We hear music from these great KC acts: The MGDs, The Project H, Frogpond, The Casket Lottery, and a couple brand new songs from The Black Mariah Theater and also the first single from the brand new album from Other Americans.Then we jump a bit outside of our area code and hear music from these bands coming to the area: Wet Leg, Saxsquatch, Rufus Wainwright, PHOENIX, and Ani DiFranco.
Enjoy a bonus episode this week. A few weeks ago we met "Purextc" Taylor Hughes, when we were matched up to interview for the 2022 Boulevardia podcast stage. We had a blast with Taylor and chatted about her life. We had so much fun we had her come on the regular show which is tomorrow's episode. Plus on this episode we had our old fans "Frogpond". Enjoy!!!!!
We're back with our Boulevardia 2022 artist preview series, this week with Heidi Phillips of Frogpond! Heidi joins Chris live from the Beer Hall at the Boulevard Tours and Rec Center to perform a few stripped-down songs, talk about the return of Frogpond and their first album in over 20 years, "TimeThief." Frogpond performs at Boulevardia on Saturday, June 18 at 6:15 p.m. on the Fountain Stage.
In this finale and speculation episode, we feature our first ever alternative ending! Stone atones for his mistakes (or attempts to), and Danny and Erica try and make him into a bit more of a morally gray character. Everyone loves a relatable villian, right? Thank you to our patrons, Julz, Laura, Paul, and Jared! You help make the show possible. Donate to our Patreon and gain access to exclusive content from the show at https://www.patreon.com/growoutofit Want to be featured on the show and have your writing lovingly roasted by your two best friends in the world? Email growoutofitpodcast@gmail.com for details. Grow Out Of It is a proud member of the Necropodicon Network. Check out all Theo there shows on the network, join the network Discord, and enter giveaways at www.necropodicon.com. This episode features the music of Frogpond and their song, “It's Not Over.” Be sure to check out more of their music at https://frogpond.bandcamp.com/releases!
What is the single most important factor to a real estate business' growth? Is it having the best leads? Or having the best sales managers on the planet? How about having the most amazing systems and tech? While having all these would be great, none of them would matter if you don't have people. That is why focusing on human resource, human development, and human attraction is crucial for scaling a real estate business. Brian Charlesworth joins Jon Cheplak, Real Estate Broker/Agent Speaker, Coach and Consultant at Cheplak Live and CEO of The Real Recruiter as Jon shares how he discovered that his superpower is understanding human behavior and what it takes to be a true leader. Top Takeaways: 05:21 The 2 types of operators 08:45 Jon's mission statement 14:12 The difference between Jon's coaching organization, Agent Academy, and Cheplak Live 14:46 The good thing about anxiety 21:31 The value of giving 23:29 Why you don't want to recruit based on your company's culture 26:12 What Sisu is empowering team leaders to do. 29:42 How to overcome the challenge of getting yourself out of production 30:45 Why you should get into rooms where you don't belong 34:03 The worst question to ask the person you look up to 34:34 What does “trust equals capacity” and “control equals fear” mean? 35:35 Why understanding must come from the heart 38:33 What should real estate business owners do to prepare for the impact of high inflation rates? 43:51 Why leaders should change their interview process 46:07 Why the future of the traditional brokerage is in trouble 49:58 Jon's final piece of advice Get in touch with Jon Cheplak Website: https://cheplaklive.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/joncheplak About the guest: After many years of success in his real estate sales and leadership career, Jon had a vision to change the real estate industry. He observed managers were thrown into a leadership position without proper training. The few training that existed then never focused on the growth of the leader as a human being and discovered what got in the way of their success. Through his own growth process, Jon realized that growth has to come from the inside. Managers need to develop skills, but without doing the work on the inside first, results will fail to show on the outside. This was when The Real Estate Recruiters was born. It is a company designed to serve, lead, and inspire leaders that want to have a positive life experience in the real estate industry and transfer that experience to their agents. For the last 12 years, Jon Cheplak has served as a speaker, coach, and strategic leadership consultant to CEO's, managers, and agents who are operating a highly successful real estate business throughout the US, Canada and Europe. He is also an author in numerous publications including Real Estate South Africa, REM Online, CRB Magazine, Brokers Insider, Real Estate Professional, Realty Times, Frogpond, and author of the book Interrupt The Pattern.
Podcast #587 returns to form with a bit of everything thanks to fanclubwallet, The Anydays, The Shebangs, Steve Conte, Ramones, Kursaal Flyers, The Roseline, & Frogpond.
But wait…there's more! Join us for the 2021 finale of UTP as we speak with more of our favorite people: Journalist/promoter - Danny R Phillips; Irish musician - Brendan Tallon; Kansas City legends - Frogpond; Guitarist - Patrick Keenan; Ghost researcher/author - Jason Offutt; Topeka band - Bleed The Victim; Skatenigs frontman - Phildo Owen; Mystery podcaster - Dr. N; Knife Crime - Byron Huhmann; Producer/Bassist - John Heintz; Mr. Bungle bassist - Trevor Dunn; Bassist - David Pastorius. We've had a blast doing our little podcast this year and can't wait to get started on 2022! (We've already got some stellar guests lined up! Like…for real!) Thanks for sticking with us Dandies! We love you! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/undetermined-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/undetermined-podcast/support
It's hard to get a record made right now, unless you're Adele. But what, exactly, are the "supply chain issues" keeping vinyl out of indie bands' hands? The experience of Kansas City band Frogpond offers an illuminating look into this complex problem.
What a spectacular evening we had hanging with Heidi, Justine and Michelle from "Frogpond". The band has a new album out and it is rad! Plus, the release is this Saturday at "Record Bar". Their friend Megan hung out with us as well. Enjoy tunes from the album "Time Thief". Which you can follow the link below to get yourself. It's so good. And it was such a blast to chat with this band. We are sponsored this week by "The Majestic Restaurant", "Milwaukee Delicatessen Company", "Jaykco Guitar Straps" "Found Sound KC" and "Cool Guy Foods". Please visit our "Patreon" and Keep practicing! https://black-site.org/releases/timethief-frogpond.html https://www.facebook.com/FrogpondKC http://majestickc.com/ https://milwaukeedelikc.com/ https://www.jaykco.com/ https://www.facebook.com/foundsound.kc/ https://www.facebook.com/CoolGuyFoodsLlc/ https://www.patreon.com/wndp
It's a big one folks! If you're a long-time listener to the show you know how much we love Frogpond. This week on the show we sit down with Heidi Phillips of Frogpond to talk about the new album,“TimeThief” out this Friday and their big album release show: Frogpond TimeThief Album Release Party w/ The Creepy Jingles at recordBar on Saturday, November 27.My love of KC music traces back to Frogpond in the mid-1990s and I'm so excited to sit down with Heidi Phillips and talk for an hour, Sarah Bradshaw will also be on the show! We play music spanning Heidi's music career. Hear from well-known Frogpond albums, two songs from the brand new album, as well as one song from the very hard-to-find EP, only available on cassette called 2%.Also hear from projects that Heidi worked on along the way like Abilene, playing under her own name, and also a team-up with Danny Krause. We go from 1994 to 2021 over the course of the hour on this episode of the Eight One Sixty.
On this episode we talk about some upcoming shows in November and encourage you to SAVE THE DATE and make sure they're on your calendar!There are some great fundraiser shows happening in November, all doing amazing things:Saturday, Nov 6, Apocalypse Meow 14, a fundraiser show for Midwest Music Foundation - a livestream event - hear music from Katy Guillen and The DriveThursday, Nov 11, Pints With A Purpose for James Carter aka Sarge at The Irish Center of Kansas City - a live and in-person event - hear music from Timbers and David LutherSaturday, Nov 20, Thundergong! a fundraiser for Steps Of Faith Foundation hosted by Emmy-winner Jason Sudeikis - a livestream event - hear a song from the great Ted Lasso.We also talk about and hear music from a couple bands with album release shows on the November Concert Calendar, Frogpond and The Roseline. And then we play some music from other acts with upcoming gigs that we're looking forward to: Hembree, The Casket Lottery, and Effie.
On this episode we talk about some upcoming shows in November and encourage you to SAVE THE DATE and make sure they're on your calendar!There are some great fundraiser shows happening in November, all doing amazing things:Saturday, Nov 6, Apocalypse Meow 14, a fundraiser show for Midwest Music Foundation - a livestream event - hear music from Katy Guillen and The DriveThursday, Nov 11, Pints With A Purpose for James Carter aka Sarge at The Irish Center of Kansas City - a live and in-person event - hear music from Timbers and David LutherSaturday, Nov 20, Thundergong! a fundraiser for Steps Of Faith Foundation hosted by Emmy-winner Jason Sudeikis - a livestream event - hear a song from the great Ted Lasso.We also talk about and hear music from a couple bands with album release shows on the November Concert Calendar, Frogpond and The Roseline. And then we play some music from other acts with upcoming gigs that we're looking forward to: Hembree, The Casket Lottery, and Effie.
Deborah P Kolodji is the California regional coordinator for the Haiku Society of America and former moderator of the Southern California Haiku Study Group. The former president of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association, Kolodji is also is a member of the Haiku Poets of Northern California , the Yuki Teikei Haiku Society, Haiku Canada, the British Haiku Society, and the California State Poetry Society. Author of four chapbooks of poetry, her first full-length book of haiku and senryu is Highway of Sleeping Towns, from Shabda Press. Debbie has published more than 1000 haiku in publications such as Frogpond, Modern Haiku, The Heron's Nest, Bottle Rockets, A Hundred Gourds, Acorn, Rattle, and Mayfly, as well as speculative poetry in Strange Horizons, Star*Line, and others. Her work has been anthologized in such publications as The Rhysling Anthology, Red Moon Anthology, Dwarf Stars, Aftershocks: Poetry of Recovery, New Resonance 4, and The Nebula Awards Showcase: 2015. Debbie co-organized the 2013 Haiku North America conference aboard the Queen Mary in Long Beach, California, and joined Haiku North America as a director in 2016. Find more the book and more at: http://www.deborahpkolodji.com/ As always, we'll also include live open lines for responses to our weekly prompt or any other poems you'd like to share. For details on how to participate, either via Skype or by phone, go to: https://www.rattle.com/rattlecast/ This Week's Prompt: You've been driving for hours on a long, empty stretch of highway. It's miles and miles of nothing but desert landscape--no rest stops, no gas stations. Just when you're starting to think you'll never see civilization again, a building comes into view. What is it? Write a poem about it. Next Week's Prompt: “To Autumn” by John Keats is one of the most highly regarded poems in the English language. It is richly imagistic and descriptive. Write your own ode to autumn. The Rattlecast livestreams on YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter, then becomes an audio podcast. Find it on iTunes, Spotify, or anywhere else you get your podcasts.
They're back! (And it was so worth the wait!) What a pleasure it was talking to the gang from Kansas City icons Frogpond. Heidi, Justine, Kristin, and Michelle were gracious enough to give us updates on what's new with the band (like an amazing new record...seriously...it's so good!), coy recruitment of new members, stories from the past and thoughts on the present and future. Some takeaways: Don't criticize their gear! Avoid late night Hawaiian road trips with our friend Lisa Umbarger (Toadies; SolShifter). And NEVER underestimate the awesomeness of this unit! We also recommend putting in your pre-order on the new record. You won't be disappointed. https://black-site.org/releases/timethief-frogpond.html --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/undetermined-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/undetermined-podcast/support
We hear brand new stuff from 12 great KC bands andkick off the show with the first new single from Frogpond in over 20 years (it's so good)! We also talk about their upcoming album release show. Also, new music from two of my favorite albums of 2021 so far: The Greeting Committee release their brand new album “Dandelion” on Friday, September 24 and Baby And The Brain released their debut album “BrainBaby” on September 3.Hear brand new songs from recent and forthcoming albums from Quiet Takes, David Luther, Daniel Gum, PURE XTC, Shawn Stewart, Kadesh Flow, The Shortest Forever, and we'll premiere a new single from Catty Cline - they're releasing a new EP, “Sratch” on September 25 via Manor Records.And new music from an EP called “3 For Jett” from Cash Ramsay. It's an EP he wrote for his newborn son named Jett and it features his wife, Jenny Ramsay on backing vocals.
We hear brand new stuff from 12 great KC bands and kick off the show with the first new single from Frogpond in over 20 years (it's so good)! We also talk about their upcoming album release show. Also, new music from two of my favorite albums of 2021 so far: The Greeting Committee release their brand new album “Dandelion” on Friday, September 24 and Baby And The Brain released their debut album “BrainBaby” on September 3. Hear brand new songs from recent and forthcoming albums from Quiet Takes, David Luther, Daniel Gum, PURE XTC, Shawn Stewart, Kadesh Flow, The Shortest Forever, and we'll premiere a new single from Catty Cline - they're releasing a new EP, “Sratch” on September 25 via Manor Records. And new music from an EP called “3 For Jett” from Cash Ramsay. It's an EP he wrote for his newborn son named Jett and it features his wife, Jenny Ramsay on backing vocals.
Heidi Phillips found the inspirado the reform her influential band Frogpond after almost 20 years ironically at the celebration of life of her drummer Billy Johnson at the Madrid Theater in 2017, and in the ensuing years has secured a lineup that make her new music even more relevant and powerful than she imagined, with a new LP Time Thief (Black Site) recorded by Shiner bassist Paul Malinowski that showcases the heft and dynamic of the band. Time Thief is a testament to the fact that Heidi and Frogpond broke ground for all-female bands and broke the mold for what they should sound like. IG Frogpondkc
Please join Michelle as she welcomes Heidi Phillips to Station To Station. Heidi is the lead singer, guitarist, and founder of the seminal rock band Frogpond. Heidi discusses her life and early experiences with music, how she made the decision to form Frogpond in Warrensburg, some experiences with the band during its heyday, the current incarnation of the band and plans for an upcoming record release, and why we need to value musical art in the same way as other disciplines' art. Station To Station goes behind the stages, venues and studios of Kansas City's musical landscape. Musician, writer and 90.9 The Bridge Content Manager Michelle Bacon chats with fellow music professionals about their passions, careers and experiences in an ever-evolving industry. This is a production of the Center Cuts podcast. All songs used with permission from the artists. Thank you for sharing! Frogpond - "Waiting For A Friend" "Be" "Home" "I Did" "Sleep" Hope you can join us!
Another fun flung, cool, and insightful edition looks at the outstanding new documentary “Summer of Soul”, the musical “In the Heights”, Covid's impact on musicians, and much, much, more.
This week on the Eight One Sixty, it's another show focusing on new and recent releases. We’ll hear nine new songs from Kat King, Maal (featured on the cover of the inaugural issue of Shuttlecock Music Magazine), Shawn M. Stewart featuring They Call Me Sauce and Miki P, Kadesh Flow, Nx Blame, Dangerously Biased, Florian Arbenz featuring Hermon Mehari, Julia Othmer, and a song from the new documentary “The Hidden Pandemic” (now playing on Kansas City PBS) from Sara Swenson featuring Mark Lowrey.We’ll kick the show off with an old one from Frogpond, celebrating the fact they’re currently BACK in the studio after 20+ years working on new music and I’m so excited about that.
in which i expound upon the english-language haiku tradition in america... other things referenced: some great articles/sites i mostly cribbed from: http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Haiku#Haiku_in_the_West https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiku_in_English http://www.webexhibits.org/poetry/explore_famous_haiku_background.html "The American Haiku Movement Part I: Haiku in English" by Charles Trumbull - http://www.modernhaiku.org/essays/AmHaikuMovement1.html Imagism - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imagism Japonism - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japonism R.H. Blyth - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reginald_Horace_Blyth Yone Noguchi - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yone_Noguchi Modern Japanese Haiku: An Anthology edited by Makoto Ueda - https://www.amazon.com/Modern-Japanese-Haiku-Makoto-Ueda/dp/0802062458 Japanese Haiku Poems (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets)edited by Peter Washington - https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1841597554/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=everslibr-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1841597554 Richard Wright - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Wright_(author) Fay Aoyagi - https://fayaoyagi.wordpress.com/ Modern Haiku - http://www.modernhaiku.org/ Frogpond - http://www.hsa-haiku.org/frogpond/ Gerald Vizenor - http://www.hanksville.org/storytellers/vizenor/ The Haiku Handbook by William J. Higginson and Harter Penny - http://www.kodanshausa.com/books/9781568365404/ Haiku: A Poet's Guide by Lee Gurga - http://www.modernhaiku.org/mhbooks/gurgaHPG2003.html Deborah P Kolodji - http://www.deborahpkolodji.com/ The Haiku Anthology edited by Cor van den Heuvel - http://books.wwnorton.com/books/The-Haiku-Anthology/ Haiku in English: The First Hundred Years edited by Jim Kacian, Philip Rowland, and Allan Burns - http://books.wwnorton.com/books/haiku-in-english/ All Poetry Radio - http://www.allpoetryradio.com/ The Ink Dark Moon: Poems by Ono no Komachi and Izumi Shikibu, Women of the Ancient Court of Japan translated by Jane Hirshfield and Mariko Aratani - http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/80489/the-ink-dark-moon-by-ono-no-komachi-and-izumi-shikibu-translated-with-an-introduction-and-notes-by-jane-hirshfield-and-mariko-aratani/9780679729587/