Podcast in A minor

What goes on in a dead cafe? And what is that banshee guitarist up to? Tune in for more Spooky October to find out! Happy spooky October, everyone! Get in touch if you like at podcastAminor@gmail.com. Find photos and song videos on Instagram @podcast.in.a.minor My art is available for sale on Etsy in my shop, HipnessandOutrage. More art and music showcased on Instagram @hipness_and_outrage. Books...

Spooky October continues to haunt! Hear the tragic story of Sophia Vaile, prominent in Independence, Missouri high society in the late 19th century (along with her husband, Col. Harvey Vaile). The Vailes wanted to bring the swanky artistic flair of Europe to Independence, but their success unraveled when servants blabbed about a scandalous art piece in the bedroom! Sophia died of loneliness, scand...

It’s the spookiest month of them all! Let’s celebrate with creepy musical springboards into scary stories and folklore! This time it’s Wandering Ghosts—of those who died while traveling, vanishing hitchhikers, and the Flying Dutchman. Ooooo settle in for music, poetry, and frightful stories! October has arrived!! Ubume | Yokai.com https://yokai.com/ubume/ The Encyclopedia of Ghosts and Spirits; Ro...

A song that grew from secret poetical fiction as anti-anxiety medication leads to discussion of the solitary artist! Of course! Hang with me and the likes of Ingmar Bergman and James Joyce. Is the solitary artist life for you? Ponder…. podcastAminor@gmail.com. Instagram @podcast.in.a.minor Books of Poetry and Art: https://www.amazon.com/Amy-Zoellers/e/B09Y2LKG8S?ref_=pe_1724030_132998060 The Myth...

Fill your poetry tank! It’s birthday month! Poetry has been around almost forever—and it is one of my favorite things. From Shel Silverstein to that awkward teacher who “ushered” (!) me into the world of Edgar Allan Poe—to poetry as survival and poetry because you MUST—may this foray into poetics inspire you if only briefly…or take off the top of your head and change you forever! ………………………………….. p...

Birthday month continues with new songs and indulgent, fun themes! This week, it’s URBAN LEGENDS! And a bonus ghost-story number!

Paul is dead?? Or was it all performance art? It is birthday month! That means nothing but self-indulgent episodes, even if that means writing a whole new song to make it happen! Join the cluesters, gather the clues, and decide for yourself whether Paul McCartney died in a car crash in 1966– and if his Beatle band-mates left a string of clues in backward song lyrics and album-cover codes! Mystery!...

Monsters of the Month— not one, but three! It’s a Cryptid Campfire to wind down the summer. Three new songs! And in between, we’ll talk jackalopes, Momo the Missouri Monster, and the Ozark Howler— wo00ooOoo! Get your marshmallows ready and pull up a log—and try not to think about the deep, dark woods at your back . . . ……………………………………………………………. Just A Story - The Urban Legend Podcast episode 73: “D...

Oh, beautiful Tuesday! Or whatever day it may be. A song written on a peaceful, grateful, garden-toast-and-and-coffee morning. But recorded a month later after a run-in with The Phobia ~ resulting in a shameful, cowardly reaction! Swell. *TRIGGER WARNING* - a little barf-talk, executed as gently as possible First, We Make the Beast Beautiful: A New Journey Through Anxiety https://a.co/d/bS6gpJz Th...

Obsession, anyone? This is not a podcast about Blixa Bargeld. podcastAminor@gmail.com. Or message at Instagram, @podcast.in.a.minor – where you can also find videos of the songs from the podcast, as well as art work and other fun gibberish. Art and poetry on Instagram @hipness_and_outrage and etsy.com/hipnessandoutrage (all one word). Books of poetry-with-art available on Amazon at https://www.ama...

Existential blip-blap, but what else is new?? Fears! Has every step been a misstep? Does the pottery wheel really hate you? Did you unintentionally sell your soul to the devil? Can you speak the name of your faith without massive repercussions? Plug in the Rat pedal and make 5 songs about it! Stitch bells to a glove and recite a poem! Blipblap!!! Crown prince of the crying jag https://youtu.be/flq...

Celebrate episode 13 with ghosts and horror movies and songs about ghosts and horror movies! With summer winding down, it’s time to make the most of it with some 13-related fun! https://youtube.com/watch?v=R7jm0-R9N_o&feature=share The Encyclopedia of Ghosts and Spirits by Rosemary Ellen Guiley The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron Supernatural America: The Paranormal in American Art - edited by Rober...

A still life with a side of ginger pie! Join Harold and Maude for outmoded methods of image-capturing, magic-chasing—and don’t forget your tambourine! Send your favorite tambourine moments to: podcastaminor@gmail.com or direct message to instagram @ podcast.in.a.minor ! That’s the song, “Whisky, Cigarettes, Marshmallows” — thank you for being here! Rowley's Whiskey Forge: Ginger Pie, a Rescued Rec...

Hello, Queen of Shark Week here—and when alerted, skip ahead to 11:27 if the contents of several sharks’ stomachs might upset yours! Shark Week cometh, and I won’t have access to it this year. But is that going to stop me from having shark-sized fun? What a question. Let’s wrangle some nerdy reference books and classic works of fiction onto our dinghy and court some terrors of the deep! ‘Cause if...

What do ~ Iconic singer Marianne Faithfull ~ Folk duo Chad and Jeremy ~ Buffy the Vampire Slayer ~ and Kaboom cereal have to do with Mothman and waffles? You’re about to find out! It’s story time! (plus a nod to improvised percussion) Mothman Sightings https://exemplore.com/paranormal/Mothman-Sightings-and-the-Silver-Bridge-Collapse#:~:text=It%20is%20a%20supernatural%20omen%2C%20a%20harbinger%20of...

All creeps within earshot! We’re no creeps, of course, none of us—-find out how Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Nick Cave and Star Trek Deep Space Nine all conspired in the weaving of a song! How can you resist? email: podcastAminor@gmail.com Instagram: @podcast.in.a.minor Music written and performed by Amy Zoellers. https://youtube.com/channel/UCi4VozqqiMlTdLC_Wj03yng Author link: https://www.amazon.com/Amy...

The catnip is blooming, all right! It’s summer, and my hippie vibes have been triggered! Well, half-triggered. I’m going to watch a scary movie and eat a cheeseburger after this… Learn about the Language of Flowers! Learn about how this week’s song came to be, and what is a half-hippie, anyway? And why do the ghosts in the house keep misplacing my journal that contains all of the verses? Find out...

Livin’ the Nerd Life! But consider the word “nerd” for a moment…or several as I nerdfully plunge into my collection of reference books to wallow in the fluidity of language, the sculpting of its plasticine insults into terms of endearment—an improvement, I think, and possibly related to the movies…also: songwriting process and assorted fun. Dead link to Random House Historical Dictionary of Americ...

Did you feed your tragic eyebrows? Calling all Mysterious Poet Figures! Once–quite recently–a Russian poet and fiction writer who writes beautifully in English put two words together in an exquisite poem to bygone poets. That little phrase inspired three poems and three songs and probably a whole breathless dreamworld. Rina’s poetry deals with love, queerness, death, illness, anguish, dreams….soak...

This show has changed its names! Let’s join hands and explore the Key of A minor together–as well as specific moods assigned to each musical key by German-speaking cultures in the 18th and 19th centuries! CODE. Then we’ll discuss one brief facet of name-changing. Oops this was meant to be a 5-minute alert that the name of the podcast has changed . . . but you know how it goes. Media: How You Shoul...

Hello, Chuckling Vampire! Learn the origin story of the song *at last* —and once you know, what will this bit of information do with you? Vampires! A life-long enthusiasm for vampire stories can take you in strange directions. → bonus werewolf poem! → When the brides of Dracula show up, ohhhh yikes. → And at no extra charge, your new favorite West German post-punk Vampyr classic. Who’s quivering w...

(Part 1 of 2!) Let’s talk Vampires!! Officially ushering in Monster of the Month episodes of Aggressive Euphoria. Let’s do this thing. I couldn’t find my childhood paperback about Vampires! But I did watch Salem’s Lot (1979) and read “The Vampyre” by Dr. John Polidori. Diving into the Year Without a Summer (1816), fireside at Villa Diodati (oops I left off the final “i” in my notes and say “Dio-do...

Have you seen the licorice wall at IKEA? Joy!! Colors and joy. Owl talk, and a lot of it! And finally, haunted forests! Now if that doesn’t kick your Delighted Mind into full gear, I ask you: what will? Check out “The Forest in Folklore and Mythology” by Alexander Porteous and “The Werewolf of Paris” by Guy Endore. For a copy of “Maple Syrup Collides with Ham” (a breakfast-obsessed poetry chapbook...

Welcome to the first episode of Aggressive Euphoria! Today’s relentless delights include the coffee mug that inspired my song, “S’mores! S’mores!” —-and plenty of talk about S’mores, old literary ghost stories, original werewolf poetry, and more (gentle) stuff about werewolves! Isn’t that delightful! Send your own ideas for positivity to aggressiveeuphoria@gmail.com. Visit on Instagram @aggressive...