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We Are Sounds in the Afterlife: On Ambient Music w/ JayVe Montgomery

Who's Gonna Be There? | Posted Fri November 28, 2025 from Who's Gonna Be There?

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Ambient music—what is it, what is it not? Hosts Blake and Kashif attempt to define the music that is so much a part of our professional and personal lives, even when we don’t realize it. Beginning in the 20th century, they trace the genre’s journey from dinner music for the upper echelon to the ‘on-hold’ jingle at your local doctor’s office. Just how many subgenres of ambient/experimental music are there? Why are ambient titles so usual? Reflections on William Basinski’s The Disintegration Loops. An interview with JayVe Montgomery about sound and existence, his newest project: Lake Black Town, and the need for more Black ambient artists.

• JayVe’s socials: Instagram | Website
• Lake Black Town
• only forced labor can make america great again!
• Lake Lanier
• The N-Word of God
• Portrait Pallas at Ambient Evening (1.16.25)
• The Disintegration Loops
• William Basinski on Making TDL
• Brian Eno
• Black Ambient Artist: Laraaji
• Stars of the Lid
• Pop Ambient 2006 (Iceblink)
• Pop Ambient 2003 (Express Yourself)

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One Episode, Two Births

Joy Todd | Posted Mon November 24, 2025 from Momcult

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Joy and Sarah both had crazy weeks and decided to hit record on their first hang – post baby. Joy gets to meet and hold Lady while Sarah shares her birth story, which she doesn’t really want you to know the details about because it was all pretty easy. So don’t tell anyone else. :)

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Welcome to Dorinda’s: On Coffee Shops as Third Spaces

Who's Gonna Be There? | Posted Thu November 13, 2025 from Who's Gonna Be There?

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In the depths of a lonliness epidemic, what is the importance of coffee shops and third spaces? Our resident coffee shop connoisseurs break down Ray Oldenburg’s third space theory and its obsession with homosexuality. They look at how third wave coffee shops function in their respective communities. How can you tell if a coffee shop will be good based on the name? Why Joe, Co., and Roast can be a dead giveaway of a burnt latte. Baristas and how they are principal agents in the fight against loneliness.

• Ray Oldenburg
• The Great Good Place: Cafes, Coffee Shops, Bookstores, Bars, Hair Salons, and Other Hangouts at the Heart of a Community by Ray Oldenburg
• Third Wave Coffee

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Sayryn – “Burning Field”

Michael Eades | Posted Thu November 13, 2025

Last we heard from Sayryn, they had released their album Cautionary Tales. Ten songs from the duo of Saya Santaquilani and Bryn Colodny. Acoustic driven performances driving folk inspired murder ballads. Sparse, sharp songs with percolating tension and plenty of soaring harmonies.

With the release of the new single “Burning Field,” the pair evolves their sparse arrangements into a slow burn that unfurls into a weighty yearning. According to the band’s notes, the song was inspired by the phrase “bird in the burning field” – a reference to the relentless tenacity of the female Japanese green pheasant, a bird renowned for defending it’s eggs even in the face of an encroaching fire. The track’s lyrics pay direct homage to that devotion of motherhood (may we all be so lucky) while the arrangement itself cleverly evokes the feeling of an oncoming wrath. Santaquilani and Colodny’s harmonies continue to weave together in a haunting manner, downright medieval in fact. Three minutes in, the song explodes into a fuller sound, unleashing a longing melancholy. That may not be a feeling you’d think could be unleashed but “Burning Field” is proof that not only is it possible but Sayryn is authentically expressing it.

While it’s just one track, “Burning Field” serves as an assurance that Sayryn is continuing to evolve their work. Their recent set at Spooky Ghoul Fest was minimal instrumentation yet entirely captivating. Hopefully that recent performance and this single are signs hinting at a larger body of work coming soon. I’m ready for more sharp, folk inspired, harmony laden tales from these bards.

2025 Halloween Spectacular

Michael Eades | Posted Fri October 31, 2025 from WOTT Music

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Back due to unpopular demand, it’s horror host Michael Bleeds and another spooky extravaganza of local spooky songs. As past year’s rituals have demonstrated, our journey begins creepy and delightful but we descend into proper creepy, full-on.

This edition of the show has many favorites from past years and plenty of brand new classics. Michael Bleeds keeps it well balanced. When you’re done with this one, be sure to revisit the archives from 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018 and the first from 2017.

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Brandy McMaxwell — “Evil The Song”

The Spirit League — “Scare Easy”

Iven — “The Reaper Is A Scary Guy”

Bad Luck Mattress — “Mayhem Dong”

Boo Dudes — “Skeleton Dog”

DARK DAZE MVSIC — “Cycle of the Wolf”

The Phantoms Of Saturn — “The Black Cat”

MALCO — “Boo Dudes – Shes So Skeletal MALCO Remix”

Blavery — “Vampire Slayer Stakes and Crosses”

Shaboi — “Dr Jekyll and Ms Hideous”

Eric Slick — “Dig Through The Ditches Burn Through The Witches”

Coley Kennedy — “Just Like Kiss Halloween 83”

Joe Zempel — “Cedar Womb”

Bats — “I Put A Spell On You”

Fetching Pails — “The Witching Hour”

Petty — “Dracula ”

B L O O P R — “halloween party”

V To Z — “The Darkness Of Us All”

Sean Parrott — “They Were Hunted”

Makeup And Vanity Set — “Black Phillip The Witch”

Haze Anderson — “The Thing”

Stuffed Spider — “Monster Makeup”

MALCO — “Castle Arachnid”

Children Of The Night — “Adrift At Dark”

The Spirit League — “One Last Dance”

Black Moon Mother — “Watch It Burn”

Soot — “Fire Ants”

Total Wife — “Not”

German Error Message — “Lilt”

SONGS OF LLORE — “Cicadas Frogs Racing Cars”

Stuffed Spider — “Enfield Pattern” (excerpt)

‘Read Me, Daddy’ w/ psychic Logan Taylor

Who's Gonna Be There? | Posted Thu October 30, 2025 from Who's Gonna Be There?

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Storyteller and medium Logan Taylor vists the pod to talk ghosts, spirits, and how to hone the gift of seeing. Featured on the popular Kristen Stewart series, Living for the Dead, Logan talks about coming out as both queer and a psychic in rural Tennessee. What happens after we die? What’s it like to date a psychic? Episode includes a tribute to a dearly departed rider of cowboys.

• Logan Taylor’s socials: Instagram | TikTok
• Logan’s reality series: 11:11 UNSCRIPTED TV
• Living for the Dead
• Roz Hernandez
• Dust II Onyx: a melanated tarot deck by Courtney Alexander

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Take a Look, They’re Banning Books

Who's Gonna Be There? | Posted Thu October 16, 2025 from Who's Gonna Be There?

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1982 was quite a year for books, censorship, and the freedom to read. That year, the Supreme Court heard Board of Ed v. Pico, Banned Books Week was founded, and Reading Rainbow was in development. In this episode, Blake and Kashif examine the state of books bans in the US. Kashif unpacks activist librarianship and the symbolic firing of Carla Hayden. Blake explores Reading Rainbow in light of the Butterfly in the Sky documentary. The boys talk their shared love of reading and how the show fostered imagination. They share their favorite children’s books.

• Banned Books Week Data
• Judith Krug | Carla Hayden | Virginia Lacy Jones | EJ Josey
• Report Censorship to the American Library Association
• Board of Education, Island Trees Union Free School District No. 26 v. Pico
• Mychal Threets | LeVar Burton
• Reading Rainbow Docu: Butterfly in the Sky
• Follow the Drinking Gourd by Jeanette Winter
• Rainbow Goblins by Ul de Rico

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Andrew Goodman & The Salt Cedars

Who's Gonna Be There? | Posted Thu October 2, 2025 from Who's Gonna Be There?

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Picture yourself eavesdropping on a typical coffee shop conversation between Blake and Kashif. In this bonus episode, they discuss civil rights activists Andrew Goodman, James Chaney, Michael Schwerner and Freedom Summer. Listen as they find the bridge between the invasive Salt Cedar, the Sand Creek Massacre and Native American mascots. What happens when normal people go…good? What does it mean to uproot traditions that shouldn’t have been there in the first place?

Show Notes:
• James Chaney | Andrew Goodman | Michael Schwerner
• The Andrew Goodman Foundation
• Tamarix ramosissima
• Lamar, Colorado
• The Savage Mascot
• Bill to Prohibit American Indian Mascots (SB21-116)

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King Harold & Lady Gene

Joy Todd | Posted Thu September 25, 2025 from Momcult

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Already behind schedule and craving back-to-school routine, Joy and Sarah force themselves to sit down and record. Sarah is days away from giving birth to her 2nd child – first baby girl – and Joy is days away from officially birthing her short film into the world at the 56th Nashville Film Festival Awards. New season representing a new chapter.

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How to Interview a Drag Queen

Who's Gonna Be There? | Posted Thu September 18, 2025 from Who's Gonna Be There?

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Culture writer and interviewer Kim Baldwin joins the pod. The triad talk drag queens and socializing in a post-pandemic world. Interviewing a naked celebrity and Joel Kim Booster’s penis. Kashif’s addiction to deep conversation. A special edition of the game.

Show Notes:
• Kim Baldwin’s socials: Instagram | The Blonde Mule
• Trixie Mattel Tells All
• She’s Here: Talking to Sasha Velour About ‘We’re Here’
• Ginger Minj Shows Us Her Southern-Fried Sass
• Pride 2023: Talking to Hometown Queen Aura Mayari
• Pride 2023: Meet Mr., Miss and Mx. Nashville Pride

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Sit-n-Reach

Who's Gonna Be There? | Posted Thu September 4, 2025 from Who's Gonna Be There?

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Our hosts revisit The Biggest Loser and the new documentary Fit for TV—but first, Jillian Michaels. Who is she and has she always been an asshole? They trace her journey from TBL to the alt-right. Blake and Kashif reflect on the return of the Presidential Fitness Test and what new moral panic it signals. Protein-mania, anti-fatness, and gym memberships.

Show Notes:
• “You Just Need to Lose Weight”: And 19 Other Myths About Fat People by Aubrey Gordon
• The Body Is Not An Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love by Sonya Renee Taylor
• Maintenance Phase Podcast
• “The Soft American” by JFK (Sports Illustrated 1960)
• 2009 Class Action Lawsuit Against Jillian Michaels
• Diahann Carroll on disregarding racist beliefs (1:09)

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A culture podcast by two insufferable queer introverts in the South who really need to know who’s gonna be there before they commit to anything.

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Qualls – “Ight” (feat. $hrames)

Michael Eades | Posted Thu August 28, 2025

I overheard a conversation the other day where someone made a remark along the lines of “Nashville hip-hop never emerged.” It was a lament for the independent music scene in the city; somewhat defeated that Music Row had won the war and that days gone by were filled with stronger offerings. From a bird’s eye view, maybe that sentiment feels true? $avvy and Kent Osborne moved to LA. We haven’t heard from Ron Obasi in a minute! Six One Tribe had a cover story with the Nashville Scene in 2022, along with the “Best Hip-Hop Group” award but everyone seems to be still be waiting for what’s next?

The bad news is, there’s no straightforward path to finding all the great new hip-hop coming out of Nashville. Spotify isn’t going to do the work on your behalf, you may have to dig. The good news is, if you’re willing to look, real gems await. Case in point, the latest release from Qualls – “Ight” – is a high energy, infectiously repeatable, banger. Both Qualls and guest emcee $hrames bring some great verses and the horns running throughout the beat make it impossible to turn off. The chorus keeps it simple, leaning into “Ight” in the simplest and most memorable way.

I’m not making Qualls out to the be savior of the hip-hop scene (tho, if you haven’t heard the full-length album The Gray Area, more treats await you) but his work does serve as an excellent example of the scene continuing to thrive. We’ve been following his work since 2020 when he released the Valley Chronicles EP and the work has only improved over the years. Six One Tribe continues to release albums and makes 615Day a huge event at Basement East. $avvy and Kent Osborne may be gone but you can’t fault anyone for exploring other pastures. Maybe Nashville’s hip-hop scene hasn’t exploded (past tense) because it’s too busy evolving (present tense). If you’re paying attention, it’s clear. Ight.