New Project: Hosting the ODDDIO Podcast

Odddio Podcast BannerI’m excited to announce that I’m now hosting the new Odddio podcast. It feels good to again embrace the roots of my professional writing career–music artist interviews. Wooohooo!!!

🎡 But this time, we not only spotlight the music, we also chat about weird, strange, and unusual topics–you name it–aliens, the paranormal, crop circles, mythic beings, all the fun stuff I love to explore.

Music + weird stuff. Sound familiar?

It’s the story of my life!

Some of the most amazing, and imaginative, conversations I’ve ever had are with music artists about topics that are nowhere near the beaten path. I’m grateful for this opportunity to chat with talented people in an environment that’s free of judgement.

The first episode sees me chatting with rock band Somerset about their debut album, and Area 51 whistle blower Bob Lazar. It was so much fun!

The full audio Odddio (get it, huh, get it?) podcast can be found on the Odddio website as well as a number of subscription platforms such as Google podcasts, and more. You can also check out video segments on the Odddio YouTube channel. Here’s a sample:

Please like and subscribe to the #Odddio channel on YouTube to see video segments, follow me on #Instagram or visit the ODDDIO website to download the full audio podcast, transcripts, and more.

I’m also grateful to connect with fantastic local artists for this show. There’s a lot of great talent out there. I hope you enjoy!

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See you in the land of Odddio!!

Odddio Theme Song Credit: β€œTrans My Gray Shun” – T.Blackett, I. Oshun (TBlack Productions, Papa Grace)

My Muses: Dark Shadows – RIP Jonathan Frid

Jonathan Frid: Dark Shadows

Jonathan Frid: Dark Shadows

I was raised on Dark Shadows. Literally.

My mom loved this show. She watched it religiously, and I sat right beside her watching it, too. I remember the excitement both of us displayed as the eerie music rose at the top of the show. I’d look at her, she’d look at me and then we’d turn to stare at the dark stories unfolding before our eyes.

Real mom-daughter bonding.

The anticipation was the highest during the opening:

It was truly an event.

The funny thing is I cannot tell you anything about the plot. Yeah, I know it was about a weird family, that witches were involved and that the main guy Barnabas Collins was an ancient vampire. But I can’t remember the plot lines or even one episode. I was too young to even understand it much less absorb the story lines.

Nonetheless, Dark Shadows became, and will forever remain, part of the foundation of my creative subconscious. I grew up loving gothic mansions, strange unusual families and of course anything related to vampires.

The show was even an inspiration for Blood To Blood.

So now that Jonathan Frid, the actor who portrayed Barnabas (at the time of this posting his website, www.jonathanfrid.com, was “unavailable”), has passed on, and Hollywood has decided to revisit the show with a major film starring Johnny Depp, I’ve decided that it’s time for me to delve into one of the deepest parts of my subconscious. Thanks to the magic of YouTube and the miracle of Netflix streaming on my laptop, I can explore scenes from the original Dark Shadows and even watch an episode or two.

Maybe, this exploratory activity will uncover something about my writing that I was unable to figure out. Like why it’s always easier for me to write after the sun goes down. Or it might shed light on my personality. Like why images of brooding gothic mansions near cliffs pounded by waves give me the warm fuzzies.