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Pilot Waves

Release Date: 01/03/2024

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Pilot Waves

You can find more about Charles on Quora. His specialties include phenomenologically informed sociology of knowledge, pre-k to 12+ education, astrology, Tarot, dream analysis and more generally helping traumatized children and adults. His educational background includes doctoral credits in sociology from Brandeis University and a masters degree in elementary education from U/Mass, Boston, And everything he does is informed by a 6th sense which became active during his 12th year of life.

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Debasery is a very nice writer and multi-media artist from South Florida who recently moved from Brooklyn, NY to Portland, OR (whoah). Their most recent poems and visual art can be found in Ethics, exquisites, SCAB, Moral Crema, and forthcoming in Lurch Zine and Post No Bills. Their first short film, “Wisdom in the Land of Fort Lauderdale,” is available on Vimeo. You can find them irl hosting a reading series called Intrusive Thoughts.  ig: @debasery 

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Pilot Waves

You can find more about Charles on Quora.  His specialties include phenomenologically informed sociology of knowledge, pre-k to 12+ education, astrology, Tarot, dream analysis and more generally helping traumatized children and adults.  His educational background includes doctoral credits in sociology from Brandeis University and a masters degree in elementary education from U/Mass, Boston, And everything he does is informed by a 6th sense which became active during his 12th year of life.   This is a call to everyone:   Everyone works. Everyone. We would love to...

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Pilot Waves

Debasery is a very nice writer and multi-media artist from South Florida who recently moved from Brooklyn, NY to Portland, OR (whoah). Their most recent poems and visual art can be found in Ethics, exquisites, SCAB, Moral Crema, and forthcoming in Lurch Zine and Post No Bills. Their first short film, “Wisdom in the Land of Fort Lauderdale,” is available on Vimeo. You can find them irl hosting a reading series called Intrusive Thoughts.  ig: @debasery 

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Pilot Waves Presents Poems About Work - Ivan Himanen: Pilot Waves Presents Poems About Work - Ivan Himanen: "To Sysiphus"

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I wonder if you listen to these, wondering or longing? I wonder if you listen to these with even a glimmer of desire to participate?  Ivan Himanen: Born in Helsinki in 1987 to a Finnish father and Russian mother. Learned to draw before he learned to walk. Once spent an afternoon playing violin in the streets because he didn't have enough cash for an ice cream. Moved to New York City in 1993 and has dwelled there ever since. Studied fine arts at LaGuardia High School, architecture at The Cooper Union, and cities & technology at The Institute of Advanced Architecture of Catalonia....

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Pilot Waves Presents Poems About Work - Charles Settles: Pilot Waves Presents Poems About Work - Charles Settles: "Getting Off His A**"

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Hello there, what are you waiting for? We NEED your poems for this to work. Work...get it? This is a podcast, that at this moment in time and space (right here, right now) is focused on poems, about work and labor. We are pleading with you to participate. . The stakes are high.    From Merriam-Webster, the etymology.  Old English werc, weorc "work, activity directed toward accomplishing something" Middle English, from Anglo-French labur, from Latin labor; perhaps akin to Latin labare to totter, labi to slip — more at SLEEP 

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Pilot Waves Presents Poems About Work - Lizz Straight: Pilot Waves Presents Poems About Work - Lizz Straight: "Ingratuity"

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Listen up friends. We NEED your participation to save this world. Reach out and drop us a line, we would love to feature your poem about work on this podcast. [email protected]   Brief Bio | Lizz Straight Lizz, a native of Ocean Springs, Mississippi, is a prominent figure in the national spoken word community. A 3-time winner and 9-time finalist at the Southern Fried Poetry Slam, the largest active slam in the U.S., she is also the founder and former host of Poetry Is…, the world’s longest-running poetry radio show having aired weekly on on 88.5 FM  in Tampa and world...

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Another wonderful person who is willing to share a heartfelt poem about their work. Won't you join us on this mission? We are trying to better our situation. Words are magic. For example, the words purple monkey. Now where did that purple monkey you imagined just now come from? The magic of language.     

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Here is a poem from a person who feels a certain way about their work. We invite you to particpate in this ongoing series, we will keep uploading them until someone forces us to stop. Reach out at and let's make some magic...wait, stop, reverse that...let's make some wizardry.  Here is the original call:    Everyone works. Everyone.  We would love to feature your poem on our podcast about work.  Work is what we do to thrive, survive or sometimes to just get by.  A job, a gig, a discipline, a responsibility. You know...the work a.k.a. not play...

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Sometimes we are faced with circumstances and events that take us out of the mindset that a lot of us often take solace in. It's just a ride. In these moments, it helps to play a role or to vent or to make art. Or all three.    

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CUTE BAND ALERT! 

This episode is unedited, unfiltered and absolutely delightful. Recorded in Big Donnie Z's basement. You might have heard of it. https://www.akashicbooks.com/catalog/inner-ear/ 

https://velocitygirl.bandcamp.com/ 

As a reminder, StageCraft is a show about art, presentation, and the presentation of art; we talk to mostly DC people, but not exclusively; our schedule is based chiefly on serendipity. This episode is sponsored by Settle for it Records. SFIR is an independent media company based in Washington DC, that fights the Disimagination Machine by documenting the punk and metal music scenes in the DMV and elsewhere.

https://sfirecords.bandcamp.com/

 


Velocity Girl Biography by Jason Ankeny via All Music. 

Marrying the feedback-drenched sonic assault of the British shoegazer scene with the melodic immediacy of classic pop -- an approach critics dubbed "bubblegrunge" -- Velocity Girl emerged as one of the most successful and acclaimed indie rock bands of the early '90s. Their roots lay in the short-lived Gotterdammacrats, which formed in Silver Spring, MD in September 1988 around the nucleus of singer/guitarist Archie Moore, bassist Kelly Riles, guitarist John Barnett, and drummer Berny Grindel. Barnett exited following the first performance, and after playing a series of gigs as a three-piece, the group welcomed vocalist Bridget Cross in the summer of 1989 and adopted the name Velocity Girl, borrowing the moniker from an early B-side by the then-obscure British band Primal Scream. As the year drew to a close, the band made its recorded debut with "Clock," a contribution to the compilation What Kind of Heaven Do You Want?, the first release on the fledgling local label Slumberland. Drummer Jim Spellman replaced Grindel in the fall of 1990, and after completing the single "I Don't Care if You Go," Cross left the lineup early the following year; she soon resurfaced in another seminal D.C. indie band, Unrest.

 Singer Sarah Shannon was tapped as Cross' replacement, and a week after adding second guitarist Brian Nelson -- Moore's bandmate in the pioneering Black Tambourine -- Velocity Girl entered the studio to record its breakthrough single, 1991's "My Forgotten Favorite." The record was a major college radio favorite, and brought the group to the attention of the Sub Pop label, which released a split single featuring Velocity Girl and fellow D.C.-area band Tsunami in early 1992. Velocity Girl remained with Sub Pop to issue its 1993 full-length debut Copacetic -- a much-acclaimed set featuring the singles "Crazy Town" and "Audrey's Eyes," its ingratiating noise-pop approach proved pivotal in expanding Sub Pop's image beyond that of merely a Seattle grunge label, and at the time Copacetic was the second biggest seller in the company's history, behind only Nirvana's Bleach. The follow-up, Simpatico, was even more successful, generating the minor hit "Sorry Again." 1996's Gilded Stars and Zealous Hearts was far less fulfilling creatively and commercially, however, and after completing the album Shannon relocated to Seattle. The group's days were clearly numbered, and a U.S. tour culminated in a farewell show at Baltimore's 8x10 Club that September. After Velocity Girl dissolved, Shannon, Riles, and Spellman reunited in the short-lived Starry Eyes, while Moore -- who also helmed a side project, the Heartworms -- later resurfaced as a member of the acclaimed the Saturday People.