Podcasts about Grass Widow

Will and Jason discuss new releases by Prism Shores, Kratzen, and Clarence, plus bonus songs of the week.

A dry, wry farmer was hired to look after exhibits at the Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893. A central figure in the exhibits was a female form composed of grasses and grains, a picture of fertility. The farmer was attending to business when a smart aleck Hoosier from Indiana came up and said, “I say, pardner, this 'ere show is great. You must have a rich country for grains out there in Dakota; but I don't see no exhibit from your divorce courts."

This episode was recorded on June 13th, 2023. Ute Heggen, a retired teacher, is now a butterfly gardener in the Hudson Valley. Her memoir, "In the Curated Woods: True Tales from a Grass Widow," chronicles her journey of healing after her husband's secret crossdressing life, while raising their traumatized sons. Ute used the term *grass widow* in her book title, while *trans widow* is the more commonly used term for women whose husbands decided to "live full time as a woman."   Find more from Ute: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UteHeggenTranswidowHeals/videos In the Curated Woods, True Tales from a Grass Widow: https://www.iuniverse.com/en/bookstore/bookdetails/835834-in-the-curated-woods Blog: http://uteheggengrasswidow.wordpress.com/ Trans Widow resource: transwidowsvoices.org Trailer for upcoming documentary on trans widows, by Vaishnavi Sundar, featuring interviews with Ute Heggen, can be viewed at Lime Soda Films Youtube channel: http://uteheggengrasswidow.wordpress.com/    

Today's Song of the Day is "Overture" from Eliza Blue's album, The Grass Widow, out now.Eliza Blue will be performing at Icehouse on Sunday, August 13th.

Prince and the Revolution [00:51] "Kiss" Parade Paisley Park 9 25395-1 1986 Everyday someone is born who has never heard Prince's "Kiss" (or seen the video (https://youtu.be/H9tEvfIsDyo)). If that person is you, enjoy! Nadja [04:27] "Dark Circles" Paradox Incubate 15.09.14 Consouling Sounds SOULXXXXIV 2014 Live ambient doom by my favorite duo recorded (https://nadja.bandcamp.com/music) live at Incubate Festival in Amsterdam circa 2014. Blondie [14:34] "Hanging on the Telephone" Parallel Lines Chrysalis CHR 1192 1978 Check out the original Nerves version if you ever have the chance. Witch [16:56] "1000 MPH" Paralyzed Tee Pee Records TPE-085-1 2008 Taking off in a silver machine on this track from the band's follow up album. Black Sabbath [20:18] "Children of the Grave" We Sold Our Soul for Rock 'n' Roll Warner Bros. Records 2BS 2923 1976 What the...?! This isn't Paranoid. This isn't even Masters of Reality! Why no, someone slipped the second disc of We Sold Our Soul for Rock 'n' Roll into their Paranoid jacked. Ah well. Always check the contents of those dollar bin records, kids. KC and the Sunshine Band [25:31] "I'm You Boogie Man" Part 3 T.K. Records 605 1976 Can't deny the classics. Number one on the Hot 100 way back in 1977. The B-52's [31:15] "Private Idaho" Party Mix! Warner Bros. Records MINI 3596 1981 The band's debut single remixed for your own private party. You can tell it's a party remix because of the stereo-panned-n-flanged roto-toms. Joe King Carrasco & the Crowns [35:19] "Party Weekend" Party Weekend MCA Records MCA-5404 1983 For all you early MTV fans out there, yes this is what became "Party Christmas". Party party! Grass Widow [38:22] "11 of Diamonds" Past Time Kill Rock Stars KRS533 2010 Some Bay Area goodness from Hannah Lew, Raven Mahon, and Lillian Maring. Bob Dylan [41:16] "Billy 4" Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid Columbia KC 32460 1973 I have a particular soft spot for this Dylan album. The film and soundtrack came into my life at a time when I was becoming increasingly interested in film and aspect ratios like Cinemascope. And also at a time when I was making art that was making art exploring the myth of the American West and native American folklore, especially Old Man Coyote the trickster. In this film and soundtrack we get both the myth of the American West (Billy the Kid) and the trickster (Dylan is nothing if not a trickster). The film itself is a bit of a Peckinpah shaggy dog, but worth the early 70s antihero hubris. I prefer Newman's confused teen Left Handed Gun (https://youtu.be/9BhhGqb6k4I) (another aspect of the myth Billy the kid itself: the infamous daguerrotype in question has reality preserved in reverse) to Kristofferson's avenger (https://youtu.be/a-e47wAkg9g). But with Peckinpah's film you get bonus James Coburn, Slim Pickens, Harry Dean Stanton, and even Rita Coolidge. Bobbie Gentry [47:55] "Billy the Kid" Patchwork Capitol Records ST-494 1971 Speaking of coincidences. From Bobbie's final studio album. Definitely environmental circumstances. The Modern Jazz Quartet [49:57] "A Social Call" Patterns United Artists Records UAL 4072 1960 And now for something completely different from Billy the Kid. Music derived from film cues. Falls of Rauros [54:25] "New Inertia" Patterns in Mythology Gilead Media relic119 2019 Some melodic black metal from this Tolkien-esque band from Portland ME. Music behind the DJ: "Spinning Wheel" by Terry Baxter and his Orchestra

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Tonight's episode find your trusted deejay and psychic friend, Frozen Lazuras, sitting beneath a waxing crescent moon and spinning choice tracks from Marina Allen, Grass Widow, Cotton Jones, Children of Sunshine, The Delgados, and many more.

What is a grass widow? You may come across this unique term in your genealogy research. It is an old one and has different meanings in Europe and America. It was used in old newspaper records, as well as in official government records. Here are some interesting facts about grass widows. Show Notes: https://ancestralfindings.com/weird-genealogy-terms-what-is-a-grass-widow/ Click Here to listen to the weekly podcast: https://ancestralfindings.com/podcast Weekly Giveaways: https://ancestralfindings.com/drawing Genealogy eBooks: https://ancestralfindings.com/ebooks Hard To Find Surnames: https://ancestralfindings.com/surnames Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/AncestralFindings  https://www.instagram.com/ancestralfindings  https://www.twitter.com/ancestralstuff Support Ancestral Findings: https://ancestralfindings.com/donation #Genealogy #AncestralFindings #GrassWidow

2019 is nearly over, and I don't feel like doing a best of the year playlist, so I figured the next best thing to do would be to go back in time! EPISODE #78 is the annual 5/10/15/20 episode of Random Old Records, which surveys the best or most interesting music from 5, 10, 15, and 20 years ago.1999 features emo and pop punk from Saves The Day, American Football, and the Get Up Kids, while 2004 brings indie anthems from Aloha and Panthers. Going back 10 years to 2009, you'll hear classic garage pop from Grass Widow, Strange Boys, and King Automatic, and 2014 finishes things up with dreamy psych by The Paperhead and the Allah-Las. 2020 will bring more brand new jams to Random Old Records, but in the meantime I hope you enjoy the retro ride!Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE to Random Old Records via Apple Podcasts, Google Play, or RSS. If you like the show, please rate it and write a review! You can also go the traditional route and stream or download the new episode below. Come back next month (or so) for another episode of Random Old Records. As always, thanks for listening!Random Old Records Podcast #78Released 12/10/19DOWNLOAD HERE (Right-Click, "Save As")1. At The Drive In - "Proxima Centauri"(Vaya, Fearless 1999)2. Saves The Day - "You Vandal"(Through Being Cool, Vagrant 1999)3. Get Up Kids - "Ten Minutes"(Something To Write Home About, Vagrant 1999)4. American Football - "I'll See You When We're Both Not So Emotional"(American Football, Polyvinyl 1999)5. Guided By Voices - "Dragons Awake"(Do The Collapse, TVT 1999)--2004: Martha goes to jail!6. Mary Lou Lord - "The Wind Blew All Around Me"(Baby Blue, Rubric 2004)7. Aloha - "Summer Away"(Here Comes Everyone, Polyvinyl 2004)8. Panthers - "Theory Is Famous"(Things Are Strange, Vice 2004)9. The Hold Steady - "Barfruit Blues"(Almost Killed Me, Frenchkiss 2004)--2009: The falcon takes to the air!10. Hunx And His Punx - "Teardrops On My Telephone"(Gay Singles, True Panther 2009)11. The Strange Boys - "Heard You Wanna Beat Me Up"(The Strange Boys And Girls Club, In The Red 2009)12. Shannon And The Clams - "You Can Come Over"(I Wanna Go Home, 1234 Go 2009)13. Grass Widow - "Lulu's Lips"(Grass Widow, Captured Tracks 2009)14. King Automatic - "In The Blue Corner"(In The Blue Corner, Voodoo Rhythm 2009)--2014: A six car pileup!15. Doug Tuttle - "Forget The Days"(Doug Tuttle, Trouble In Mind 2014)16. Allah-Las - "Recurring"(Worship The Sun, Mexican Summer 2014)17. The Paperhead - "Old Fashioned Kind"(Africa Avenue, Trouble In Mind 2014)18. The Yolks - "True Love"(Kings Of Awesome, Randy 2014)19. Sonic Chicken 4 - "Midnight Girl"(Sonic Chicken 4, Dusty Medical/Bachelor 2014)

We jump right into this episode with a flashback and cautionary tale from Alaric that really proves if it is too good to be true then it probably is. He meets a beautiful woman at a bar and then the encounter goes left. This leads us to ask a couple of questions, “How shallow are we?” and ”Would you date a woman differently-abled or possessing non-traditional beauty?” It's another trip for Mack aka Mr. International and this time it's Greece.  Mack gives us the good, the bad and the hilarious parts of his trip and how a very old man and ex-wrestler worked together to conspire against unsuspecting travelers. You have to hear this one! This week's libation is Grass Widow courtesy of our first Whiskey Warrior Nelson Hume. A very good whiskey, perfect for after or maybe during work.   We then switch gears and discuss the fallout from the RocNation and NFL partnership and whether or not if the NFL achieved its goal of changing the narrative. Despite an avalanche of public opinion, we cut through some of the noise to find out if there's any there...there. We also discuss the recent firing of officer Daniel Pantaleo, who was directly involved with the choking death of Eric Garner.  What took so long to fire him and was it enough? You'll hear all this and more in this Friday's edition of Decoding 40. And, follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. And, this week on Patreon, be sure to check out the alternate ending only available to our Patreon subscribers.

We jump right into this episode with a flashback and cautionary tale from Alaric that really proves if it is too good to be true then it probably is. He meets a beautiful woman at a bar and then the encounter goes left. This leads us to ask a couple of questions, “How shallow are we?” and ”Would you date a woman differently-abled or possessing non-traditional beauty?” It’s another trip for Mack aka Mr. International and this time it’s Greece.  Mack gives us the good, the bad and the hilarious parts of his trip and how a very old man and ex-wrestler worked together to conspire against unsuspecting travelers. You have to hear this one! This week's libation is Grass Widow courtesy of our first Whiskey Warrior Nelson Hume. A very good whiskey, perfect for after or maybe during work.   We then switch gears and discuss the fallout from the RocNation and NFL partnership and whether or not if the NFL achieved its goal of changing the narrative. Despite an avalanche of public opinion, we cut through some of the noise to find out if there’s any there...there. We also discuss the recent firing of officer Daniel Pantaleo, who was directly involved with the choking death of Eric Garner.  What took so long to fire him and was it enough? You’ll hear all this and more in this Friday’s edition of Decoding 40. And, follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. And, this week on Patreon, be sure to check out the alternate ending only available to our Patreon subscribers.

In this episode, Jim and Randy sit down with Chris Zaborowski, co-owner at Westport Whiskey & Wine in Louisville Kentucky. They talk in detail about barrel selections at each of the distilleries. We also talk about the Stave & Thief Bourbon Steward Certifications. We drink barrel selections from Wild Turkey's Kentucky Spirit and Grass Widow. Subscribe to catch every episode. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @thebourbonroad. Thanks to LogHeads Home Center for supporting this episode. Find out more about their fine rustic furniture at https:/logheadshomecenter.com.

Primer programa dedicado a las bandas femninas con Las Kellies, L7, Chastity Bell, Childbirth, Girlpool, Viudas e Hijas de Roque Enroll, Grass Widow, Fanny, Che-A, Berlin Brides, Las Taradas, Hijas de Zion, Amanda X, The Ace of Cups, The Coathangers, Lilits, Blacanblus, The Pierces, The Rebel Pebbles, Orquesta de Señoritas La Comunacha, Sleater-Kinney, Savages, Pussy Riot, Venus, Peaches, Femina, Warpaint

I tried coming up with some kind of theme to EPISODE #65 of Random Old Records, but had the hardest time. 18 out of the 20 tracks included here feature a female vocalist, but it's not any kind of feminist statement. It jumps across genres. There's punk and reggae but not at the same time. There's great love songs, great rage songs, and a couple where I have no idea what they are about. It's music for singing and swaying and dancing.The early-going is dominated by British music from the late 80s, thanks to the incredible recent C87 and C88 box sets from Cherry Red that document those years in UK indie history. There's been so many great CD-only releases lately that I have started buying them regularly again. You'll also hear  new tracks from second-generation reggae rocker Hollie Cook, NYC poppers The Shacks, and Canadian no-wave dynamos Ruby Karinto. Their self-titled debut LP on HoZac is an early frontrunner for album of the year!Loveland, Ohio's own Colemine Records is also highlighted, via a track from their February reissue of Gloria Barnes' rare deep-soul classic Uptown, and a recent moody soul cut from The Flying Stars Of Brooklyn, NY. The episode then finishes up with some new and old post-punk bashers from Aquarium, Grass Widow, Pill, the World, and so much more!Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE to Random Old Records via iTunes, Google Play, or RSS. If you like the show, please rate it and write a review! You can also go the traditional route and stream or download the episode below. Come back in about a month for June's episode, which will be a scorching summer mix of classic folk and modern punk. As always, thanks for listening!Random Old Records Podcast #65Released 05/31/18DOWNLOAD HERE (Right-Click, "Save As")1. The Wake - "Crush The Flowers (Demo)"(C88, Cherry Red 2017)2. The Heart Throbs - "Too Many Shadows"(C88, Cherry Red 2017)3. Tacocat - "I Hate The Weekend"(Lost Time, Hardly Art 2016)4. Swearin' - "Shrinking Violet"(Swearin', Salinas 2012)5. The Primitives - "We Found A Way To The Sun"(C87, Cherry Red 2016)--The light at the edge of the world!6. Hollie Cook - "Together"(Vessel Of Love, Merge 2018)7. Jennifer Lara - "Rocking Tonight"(Studio One Presents Jennifer Lara, Studio One 1981)8. The Shacks - "So Good"(Haze, Big Crown 2018)9. Gloria Barnes - "Home"(Uptown, Maple 1971)10. The Flying Stars Of Brooklyn N.Y. - "Live On"(My God Has A Telephone 7", Colemine 2017)--Rod Serling speaks!11. Minor Victories - "Cogs"(Minor Victories, Fat Possum 2016)12. The Green Child - "Her Majesty II"(The Green Child, Upset The Rhythm 2018)13. Cate Le Bon - "I'm A Dirty Attic"(Crab Day, Drag City 2016)14. Exploded View - "Stand Your Ground"(Exploded View, Sacred Bones 2016)--Invisible radio sky!15. Grass Widow - "Disappearing Industries"(Internal Logic, HLR 2012)16. Aquarium - "Hospital"(Aquarium, Lumpy 2018)17. Domestic Bliss - "Domestic Bliss"(Messthetics #103, Hyped To Death 2007)18. Pill - "Fetish Queen"(Convenience, Mexican Summer 2016)19. The World - "Cool"(First World Record, Lumpy 2017)20. Ruby Karinto - "No Manchester"(Ruby Karinto, Hozac 2018)

Tracks from Psychedelic Furs, Bo Diddley, Shannon Wright, Grass Widow, Love Child, and Girls At Our Best! Also, Bob and Mike tell stories about big rock shows, college radio, and more.

This week we bring you a mix of music curated by video director Sean Stout. His Sad Punks mix includes songs by !!!, Bill Nelson, Mayyors, Fang, Grass Widow, The Aislers Set, and Prints! Support each of these bands and check out Sean Stout's work online. Click here to find us on Facebook, or here to find us on iTunes. As always, thank you to Rubee True Fegan for the artwork for this episode!

The Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment in Oakland, women programmers piercing the male-dominated culture of the video game industry, public transportation art, and local musicians Grass Widow.

In this episode, we discuss a viral video that accuses legendary TV science educator Mr. Wizard of being a dick, debate the merits of a tumblr entitled Rich Kids of Instagram, and marvel in awe at a young woman running for New York State Senate whose campaign slogan is inspired by LMFAO. Plus, we go deep into the topic of internet comments. We have music from the San Francisco band Grass Widow, our Internet Challenge Surprises, and lots of other great stuff courtesy of our legion of Likers. (For links, see rumorsontheinternets.org/episode10)

To close out the year, Will and Grant discuss the latest releases by Grass Widow, Diamond Rings, and Pomegranates.

I'm not normally into comps but a few standouts have been released over the last few weeks. First up is the all femme-psyche comp My Estrogeneration on Not Not Fun, featuring blog mainstays Zola Jesus, US Girls, Valet, Pocahaunted, Tickley Feather, and Inca Ore, and a bunch of relative newcomers who haven't released much (or anything) or have been under most listeners radars--HNY, Topaz Rags and Talk Normal (feat. Blevin Blectum and Sumara Lubelski). Despite the wide range of vibrations picked up here, from the industrial hymns of Zola Jesus to the floating web of of HNY to the cavernous psych secretions of Topaz Rags, this comp flows easily from each track to the next. Highly recommended stuff, all of which is exclusive to this LP. Speaking of femme mystique, my ears were recently perked up by the Minneapolis via LA duo Tropic Of Cancer and their sadly out of print 10" EP, The Dull Age. Two tracks of dark 'n hypnotic chant-filled drones, most reminiscent of pre-dubbed-out Pocahaunted, and maybe with a sprinkling of Portishead. Camella Lobo, lead enchantress of the duo, has an excellent blog worth a regular peep here. Back on to the subject of comps, Secret Seven has just released an LP of unreleased tracks by various San Franciscan bands. Regular readers of this here blog will no doubt be familiar with The Fresh & Onlys, The Sandwitches, Sonny & The Sunsets, Thee Oh Sees, Ty Segall and Grass Widow, but there are plenty of tracks from newer or lesser known acts. A track by new band Exrays is the biggest surprise, which initially came off a little like a Tim Cohen (also featured on the comp) song. After a little research (and bugging Secret Seven for answers), I found that The Exrays are a new band lead by Ray's Vast Basement's Jon Bernson. According to his Wikipedia page we can expect an Exrays full length soon, and it'll feature contributions by--surprise, surprise!--The Fresh & Onlys' Tim Cohen. After a little more reading it looks like the two are also in a group called Window Twins, who released an LP in 2008 on Broken Twilight. This is all news to me, but looks like AQ is carrying this one. Anyways, In A Cloud is limited to 500 copies, so if yr a fan of any of the above I highly recommend tracking this one down.Sweet Rot has started the year off correct with 2 new 7 inches and their first full length LP. After two years of releasing a coupla satisfyin' 7 inches on labels like Severed Hands and Hozac, a 10 incher on Kill Shaman and a handful of cassettes, Richmond, Virginia's Nerve City finally get down to a full length release (pictured at top of the post), and it was well worth the wait. Comprised of recordings from 2007-2008, this collection is a varied, yet cohesive, batch of lurch 'n stomp-style rock reminiscent of early Velvets, dark 'n twangy surf rippers, and some rougher garage blues numbers. Fans of past Sweet Rot releases, particularly the now classic Meth Teeth 7 inch, oughta be lining up for this one asap. Absolute highest recommendation. Watch out for future NC releases on Sacred Bones, a split 7 inch with Flight on Needless and a split cassette with Florida's Tee Pee.Sweet Rot also launched two new 7 inches in the same week. Over the last few years Metz, France has been bustling over with releases by Anals, A.H. Kraken and Feeling Of Love, the latter of which drop this overdriven and infectious 7 inch and simultaneously release an LP on Kill Shaman. Not sure how a city of 125, 000 manages to come up with three exciting garage and punk bands, but if they keep pumping out high quality releases, I'll keep buyin´.Alabama's Amber Alerts whip up three tracks of lo-fi drum machine-driven synth punk with nicely placed low end bass grooves, which makes a bit of sense considering they share members with the like-minded Wizzard Sleeve. Though I wasn't quite as juiced on the recent Wizzard Sleeve LP on Hozac, it appears as if I can rest easy knowing the Amber Alerts are pickin' up the slack.Vancouver's own Von Bingen quietly released an LP late last year, and I was finally able to track down this ironically difficult to find record. Featuring Josh Stevenson (aka Magneticring, ex-Jackie-O-Motherfucker and Pink Mountaintops member, and head of the always-amazing FM Shades blog), Daniel and Jennie Pace Presnell (Feed and Seed Records), and Richard Smith, Von Bingen do some serious time traveling (backwards and forwards), visiting the ghosts of Kluster, Suicide and probably a bunch of them oddball records regularly seen on FM Shades. Walls of dense motorik kosmiche are explored here with the lead taken by some vintage synths that I'm not even gonna pretend I know anything about. You can track this one down at fine online retailers like Mimarogalu, Volcanic Tongue and Eclipse. Damn good company to be keeping. You can also buy this at their sporadic live appearances here in our fair city. Well worth tracking down.Olde English Spelling Bee dropped three LP re-issues of some recent "classic" cassette releases. Most notably is the released last year tape by Matrix Metals, which garnered many favorable reviews online, including Tinymixtapes ("the perfect soundtrack to the shittiest summer of your life") and Rose Quartz ("neo-primitive retro-futuristic FUN that oozes out of these claps and plastic beats), where it made it to number 1 on their best of '09 cassette list. I played it on the show several times and always got a positive, yet head scratching, response (fellow DJ Luke Meat said it "sounded like we had tuned into an alien pirate radio rave station"). All in all,pretty damn good responses for initially being limited to 100 copies. Check this recent video taken from the cassette/LP releaseMATRIX METALS "FLAMINGO BREEZE, PART 4" from OESB // FUTURE SOUND on Vimeo.Other reissues include a classic by James Ferraro (Skaters, Lamborghini Crystal, Vodka Soap) and a blinked-and-you-missed-it cassette from the mysterious Outer Limits Collective, who count Sam Meringue (aka Matrix Metals) as a member. All three are worth the dough and should be readily available at many of the above mentioned suppliers.In other local action, ETMS faves solars have released another fine cassette, this time issued on the newly launched Vacant Tapes label, run by the head of the always amazing Scrapyard Forecast and the metal and drone manipulator known as Empress. First release, though numbered as the second release on the label (when is that first one coming out??), is a lengthy, side-long synth and guitar drone-out. It never really blasts off, but leaves the listener gripping in dread. An excellent companion piece to solars continuously Pearl Harbor "Sunburn" Something About The Chapparalls 12" (Mexican Summer) 2010Zola Jesus "Heaven Sold You Back To Earth" V/A-My Estrogeneration LP (Not Not Fun) 2009Tickley Feather "For Rent" V/A-My Estrogeneration LP (Not Not Fun) 2009Tropic Of Cancer "Dull Age" Dull Age EP 10" (Downwards) 2009Nerve City "Disaster" s/t LP (Sweet Rot) 2010Amber Alerts "Somewhere Under A Shit Cloud" s/t 7" (Sweet Rot) 2010Feeling Of Love "School Yeah" School Yeah 7" (Sweet Rot) 2010Flight "Unpredicatable" s/t 10" (Kill Shaman) 2009The Fresh & Onlys "You Owe Your Life To The Streets" V/A-In A Cloud: New Sounds From San Francisco LP (Secret Seven) 2010Sonny & The Sunsets "Heart Of Sadness" V/A- In A Cloud: New Sounds From San Francisco LP (Secret Seven) 2010Exrays "Everything Goes" V/A-In A Cloud: New Sounds From San Francisco LP (Secret Seven) 2010Sun Araw "Live Mind" Sun Ark 7" (Not Not Fun) 2010Matrix Metals "Flamingo Breeze" Flamingo Breeze LP (Olde English Spelling Bee) 2009, **reissue of Not Not Fun CSFlashback Repository "untitled" s/t LP (Olde English Spelling Bee) 2009 ** reissue of Outer Limits Collective CS 20??Grippers Onesers Nothers "Alien Breeze Transistor" Live At Slimer Beach LP (Olde English Spelling Bee) 2009 **reissue of 2006 CS on New Age TapesVon Bingen "Eyeglasses Of Kentucky" s/t LP (Amen Absen) 2009solars "Eyes" Eyes CS (Vacant Tapes) 2010Blank Realm "Saint Tegram" Heatless Ark LP (Not Not Fun) 2010DOWNLOAD EPISODE 36 here (right click link, then Save As)

Fri, Dec 23 2005 Mister Ron's Basement #228 George Ade's 'The Fable of the Grass Widow and the Mesmeree and the Six Dollars' from 1900, one of his funniest stories, is our pre-Christmas gift to all our listeners. Time: approx five minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The George Ade Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/AdeCatalog.html

'The Grass Widow of the North' is a title that is analogous to a hunting and gathering culture where the men of a tribe or village go hunting and their wives/women stay in a temporary communal hut...married women but without their men. Such women were known as "grass widows." When the hunters triumphantly return with their "trophies" of flesh, there is a huge celebration and all the people celebrate with a huge feast that culminates in the burning of hut. In this poem, this woman is apart from her husband because he's gone to look for work in the North. The words are also sound effects and, if you listen carefully, you can hear "La Llorona" in the wind and a reference to the children's rhyme, "Que llueva, que llueva, la Virgen en la cueva" I sang with my playmates when it rained. 'Tempus Fugit' Stopped in Its Tracks is an oxymoronic reference to time flying but going nowhere because it is stopped. The poem also refers to a popular 1930s song generally played on an accordian. The poem also refers to the Quetzalquatl legend and Malinche. 'Mexico' touches on the oil boom and resultant financial depression of the 1980s. Margarita Vallazza's book is out of print but she has a few copies available, contact her directly at: TeaCozyGran@kc.rr.com