Poems, stories and thoughts from Galloway, Scotland. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Geology Walking, I passed between stones unnoticed leaving left and right divided by geography. An accident of place or time? It wasn't clear but crystalline. My hemispheres are cut through. Thought is hard and ordered, slow; blood seems an unnecessary fluid, heart beats a series of shocks across tectonic continents of skin. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Oken Stone Podcast is brought t ...
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"From the Middle" is a podcast hosted by Dillon Hubbell, Kendall Eilola, and Kory Hubbell. They're middle-class guys, living in the middle of America, in the middle chapters of their lives, with a point of view that's somewhere in the middle. FtM is a comedy, entertainment, and culture podcast with new episodes released every Wednesday! Want to reach out to the guys? E-mail [email protected], they’d love to hear from you!
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I'm Nico. Welcome to the Stupid Hearts Club Podcast. Allow me tell you a little about the show.... In Summer 2021 after having such lovely feedback from Matt Morgans gorgeous Patrons I decided to start my very own podcast. It started out exclusively here on Patreon, but now it's out in the wild for everyone to hear! I initially called it GSOH and I (usually) delivered one podcast per week. It has become a really cool thing in my life and my community of patrons are legends who give lots of m ...
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The Music Dad Podcast: Murmuring with Mookie
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51:34Welcome to Stupid Hearts Club. The Entertainment Community for everyone with a creative, open, loving, romantic and gloriously stupid heart! ------------------- Hey there my Stupid Hearted angels. Hey you lovelies, Am wearing my Music Dad hat this week to introduce you to Mookie, a fabulously confident young lady from the Brighton burgeoning music …
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From the Middle - Lotto Signs, Logo Stealing, and Leaking Strangely
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1:08:18#290. Do you ever daydream of running into a billionaire who is feeling extra generous that day? Or maybe you dream about being on a podcast and hoping to hit the viral lottery. Or perhaps, and hopefully not, you spend hours in gas stations throwing money at scratch-offs. We talk about a few ways to hit gold. Then, with your fortune, you can invest…
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Looking For Linda: Porthcawling Back To You
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59:18Welcome to Stupid Hearts Club. The Entertainment Community for everyone with a creative, open, loving, romantic and gloriously stupid heart! ------------------- Hey there my Stupid Hearted angels. A couple of weeks back I took my darling Linda the camper van on another rain-sodden jaunt. This time in the direction of Cardiff, where I was to stay a …
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A few thoughts about the process of change, the fragile nature of human relationships and the value of learning how to be yourself. Becoming Other When the hysterical becomes historical, I’ll see you there - Don’t mean to be funny but, you crack me up like crazy paving. When daily becomes doolally I’ll sort it out - schizophrenia? I’m a mosaic for …
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From the Middle - Fake Keyboards, Fancy Kutters, and First Knuckles
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1:04:51#289. Have you noticed AI getting a little too cute? Perhaps in automated phone calls? Is technology ruining your banking? We have thoughts and would love to hear yours via the LinkTree below! Also, Kory might have happened upon a new trend in the world of man-pampering. Would you pay a subscription to a male grooming establishment? After the break…
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The Scales Of The World is an allegorical story following the life of a tree and a man as they are both cut down. The story is presented in several short sections, each of which takes both branch and man on a transformative journey from riverbank through to a flooded world. Each section is represented through a mythical, reptilian being and invites…
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Welcome to Stupid Hearts Club. The Entertainment Community for everyone with a creative, open, loving, romantic and gloriously stupid heart! ------------------- Hey there my Stupid Hearted angels. Here is the third part of my trip to Manchester and back in Linda the Camper Van. It's a Freezing January Monday late aftertnoon on the M1 and I am very …
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January Vanventures - Part 2: From Bedford to Bed.
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46:55Welcome to Stupid Hearts Club. The Entertainment Community for everyone with a creative, open, loving, romantic and gloriously stupid heart! ------------------- Hey there my Stupid Hearted angels. Here is stage 2 of my mid January trip North in Linda. Having slept at a pub in Bedford I headed north to visit family. Would I maintain my rogueish vanl…
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From the Middle - Spicy Bribes and Poké Bowls
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57:25#288. We lived! Over two million Scoville units later, the three of us are back to talk about our Hot One’s experience. Kory received the box of sauces for his birthday, we ate some crappy wings, we sweated on camera, and now we’re describing the feels and the aftermath. Thank you to Brad and Jeremy! Maybe don’t treat your flight attendants to Da’B…
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From the Middle - College Finale, Choral Fluke, and Columbus Fury
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1:04:05#287. ALERT! We will be doing our knock-off Hot Ones episode SOON! Be on the lookout in the socials for ways to submit questions without us knowing them beforehand. Follow the LinkTree below! On to this week: We reprise our hotel restaurants conversation by describing how last-leg establishments smell before diving into the National Champion Ohio S…
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A lickle January Brighton to Manchester Vanventure - Part 1
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49:03Welcome to Stupid Hearts Club. The Entertainment Community for everyone with a creative, open, loving, romantic and gloriously stupid heart! ------------------- Hey there my Stupid Hearted angels. This episode marks the start of my concerted effort to use Linda the camper van in a more adventurous way when I am bobbing around the country. I thought…
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Welcome to Stupid Hearts Club. The Entertainment Community for everyone with a creative, open, loving, romantic and gloriously stupid heart! ------------------- Hey there my Stupid Hearted angels. This episode features meself and Flavour Fred, my wild food pal and collaborater from our forthcoming project The Wild Lunch Podcast, going for a New Yea…
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From the Middle - Hotel Restaurants, Happy Relationships, & Home-field Reactions
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1:07:41#286. Dillon and Kendall are running the show this week which means two things are certain: food and football. We compare styles of hotel restaurants as Kendall shares a confusing experience. We also discuss the difference between attending a wedding in your 20’s versus your 40’s, and yes, we talk reception food. We end with a critique of the twelv…
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Crawling Over The Finish Line of 2024
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1:09:07Welcome to Stupid Hearts Club. The Entertainment Community for everyone with a creative, open, loving, romantic and gloriously stupid heart! - Hello sods Like many of us, I have felt totally rinsed by this year as it winds down, even though it has been largely brilliant for me. The creeping winter and some personal shit has really done a number on …
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Rob from Rodge formerly of The Badge comes round for a curry and a chat.
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1:28:55Welcome to Stupid Hearts Club. The Entertainment Community for everyone with a creative, open, loving, romantic and gloriously stupid heart! ------------------- Hey there my Stupid Hearted angels. This week I invited my newish pal Rob Dunkley, musician and long term Patron of SHC who lives quite near me, round for a cuzzer and a cuddle. He's good v…
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From the Middle - Murmuring Hearts, Moon Howling, and Missing Hair
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1:01:59#285. Is that thumping in your head a cardiovascular condition or is just our voices pumping through your earbuds? Some of you might be listening to this while shoveling snow, and you probably just decided to take a break. Also, wolf t-shirts and mullets took a break in the mainstream world, but it appears as though they’re back. And like Gallagher…
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From the Middle - Doing Disney, Dangerous Dining, and Dumb Drivers
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1:00:19#284. Kendall is away, Dillon is stuck in the snow, and Kory is overthinking his (Florida) Disney stories while in sunny California. While his family trip was mostly good, it wasn’t without hiccups, but we enjoyed hearing of the immersive experience targeting in on a Star Wars theme. After the break, Dillon shares some health information concerning…
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From the Middle - Truck Story, Taco Bell Glory, and Basement Lavatory
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58:17#283. It’s 1993, Super Mario isn’t loading correctly, you take the cartridge out, and then what do you do? Every respectable elder millennial is doing the same thing and we talk about that. We also complain about Starbucks drink ordering and we find out Jesus lives in a central Ohio Taco Bell. Kory shares what happens when your gas gauge is your od…
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These are a few poems written over the past couple of weeks. I'm not sure if they are about anything, except perhaps my reaction to the passage of thoughts and emotions within myself and a reaction to the places in which I find myself. The duality of internal and external worlds seems very relevant at this time in our culture and at this moment of …
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The Music Dad : Sanctuary Sessions Goes Live!
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1:27:50Welcome to Stupid Hearts Club. An Entertainment Community created by Nico Tatarowicz, that is open to everyone with a creative, open, loving, romantic and stupid heart! ------------------- Hey there my Stupid Hearted angels. Wow wow wow. What a lovely episode to be able to post. Last week, my friend Delphine and I put on the first official (tickete…
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From the Middle - Reviewing Soda, Restaurant Suggestions, and Robot Servants
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1:07:21#282. We’re reviewing pop flavors and talking basements again! Only the pop is a seasonal comeback from Starry and the basement is Kendall’s. One basement story leads us to discuss how we react to mildly startling events. Speaking of mildly startling, do you eat tortilla chips naked? You probably do, but I mean it’s the chip that is naked. After th…
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From the Middle - Your Name, THE Game, and Skinny James
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54:30#281. Are your pants too small now that Thanksgiving is over? We heat up the leftovers and tell you about our holiday. Then we find out that most of us experience issues with people understanding, remembering, or misspelling our name. Maybe Matt doesn’t deal with this, but Rebekah sure does. We ask you, how do you have to deal with your name in int…
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Awoke to a head full of histories. The birds here are going doolally for new blossoms in the trees around the house, feeding chicks, drinking heavily on nectar, facing the day as it arrives. Thought that I should try and do the same. Support the show Thanks very much for listening. Art is an act of generosity and as such is made to be shared.…
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From the Middle - Crazy Thanksgiving Foods and Christmas Time Firs
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1:00:44#280. “The turkey goes ‘gobble gobble’ and then he gets his head chopped off. Whack!” That, believe it or not, is a weird Thanksgiving song. Weird and Thanksgiving gatherings can also overlap on the dinner table. Dillon goes through a list of odd dishes as we play “smash or pass,” and we would love to hear some of YOUR highs and lows from that list…
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This is a short poem written looking across at Kapiti Island north of Wellington in New Zealand. Heavily influenced by jet-lag and what has been a very curious year for me. Support the show Thanks very much for listening. Art is an act of generosity and as such is made to be shared.By Tracy Alexander Rigg
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From the Middle - Vintage Cups, Early Bucks, and Hearts is Trump
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57:55#279. In your weekly Taco Bell news, the 90’s are back and more expensive than ever! Even the cups are throwback and they’re perfect for late night sipping or to add flare to your small painting projects. Kory joins us from what could be his last trip to Seattle for a while, but he does share a hunting story which is a bit happier and more easy-lis…
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This is a studio recording of the story and music from my 2024 project Kroovan Wings. This recording will be released as an album for streaming on the 6th of December 2024 and is available now on Bandcamp: https://oceanallover.bandcamp.com/ If you want to support our project so that it can be performed in 2025 then please buy a copy of the album fr…
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Body Memory Mapping During this period in our lives of altered behaviours and patterns many of us will change the way we are living, even if the changes are momentary. These changes may be large or small, physical or psychological. The changes will be recorded by our memories and by our bodies. The changes may be minor and temporary or transfigurin…
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From the Middle - Return to Beards, Basketball, and Boardrooms
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59:30#278. We’re almost halfway through November. How’s the beard growing? Have you shaved? Do you change your routine at all for No-Shave November? Speaking of routine changes, the three of us are heading into girl’s basketball season on three different levels. What’s your family transitioning to or from? Speaking of transitions, Kory’s career may be h…
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This is a poem from 2002. It was a very colurful year amongst many such years. Hindsight - does that mean looking at the deer's tail? The monster in question here is my libido I supose, or the hidden clockwork mechanism that drives one. Support the show Thanks very much for listening. Art is an act of generosity and as such is made to be shared.…
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From the Middle - Classy Malls, Community Moments, and Chopped Meats
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55:29#277. Your local mall is probably decking the halls, and we think a presidential election year is the perfect time to take advantage of the joy, even if premature. Speaking of elections, we discuss what voting and cake have in common and perhaps want to join arms in a grass-roots movement to save the nation. After the break, we discuss pepperoni an…
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Matt and Nico and Keith and Orville
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1:05:51Welcome to Stupid Hearts Club. The Entertainment Community for everyone with a creative, open, loving, romantic and gloriously stupid heart! ------------------- Hey there my Stupid Hearted angels. Please enjoy this hourish of nonsense from me and Matthew following my star 2 hour appearance on the Matt Morgan Podcast a couple of weeks back. By god w…
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From the Middle - Adult Costumes, AI Confusion, and Alberta Carnivorism
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58:19#276. We are From the Middle, and we approve this episode. Also, political ads are annoying. Let’s move on to the important stuff, such as the Where’s Waldo story arc and AI vs Al. Yes. I typed those differently. Speaking of differences, Mountain Dew changed their branding and of course we have opinions! After the break, Kory shares his beautiful e…
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From the Middle - Big Mumpkin, Breakfast Motels, and Binging Movies
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1:00:00#275. DOWN WITH BIG MUMPKIN! How do you feel about elementary school fundraisers? Let us know via the LinkTree below! As for us, we’re generally not fans. PTA’s are great, schools need our generosity, but are we doing our best? We also talk about hotels and how reliable a reality it is that the usb ports in the lamp aren’t going to work. But at lea…
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From the Middle - Media Station, Man Vacation, and Mundane Aviation
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57:52#274. Dig out the flannel and spice up your cider, it’s fall! It’s time to get the holiday decorations out of the basement. Speaking of basements, Kory’s is remodeled and you need to see what he’s done with the place! The tv is hung and the kid’s toys are gone. It’s the phase of life where the largest user of toys in the household is Kory himself a…
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Kroovan Wings is a homage to trees. In Gaelic craobh (pronounced kroov) means 'tree'. It is a celebration of two magnificent trees, an Ash and a Sycamore, that stand at the gateway to the Galloway Forest Park and at a meeting point on the Southern Upland Way below Culmark Hill. Both trees produce seeds that have wings to fly out across the landscap…
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