Best Kerouac Podcasts (2024)

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Ep. 385 Luca: Jack-Jack Kerouac 1:16:04

3d ago1:16:04

1:16:04

Mike and Rich become the boys of Italian summer! Does this gentle covid era film hold up to two jaded assholes in 2024? Find out you little sea monsters.

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Gone 2:41

2h ago2:41

2:41

Today's musical setting is Carl Sandburg's short ambiguous poem about a strong-dreaming woman. The reader is left to decide, why the poem's Chick Lorimer is gone. Has she left with her flags flying high? Or is the poem's seeming praise of many lovers and her uninhibited nature hiding a more complex relationship with the town? As a singing performer…

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The Little Octoroon 3:48

5d ago3:48

3:48

For Juneteenth, a song from the 1860s written by George F. Root, a white songwriter, depicting an enslaved mother sending her child to the Union lines alone for freedom. I revised Root's melody a bit and performed it for today's holiday. The Parlando Project takes various words (mostly literary poetry) and usually combines them with original music.…

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Episode 390 - Glenda, Meet Jurgen 19:52

9d ago19:52

19:52

John Zahl recently said that God seems to be interested not so much in preventing our suffering as in redeeming us from it. (I might add, through it, even.) My long friendship with the theologian Jurgen Moltmann, who died June 3rd at the age of 98, began with a somewhat dramatic "happening" that lines up with JAZ's statement. This new cast describe…

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Ep. 384 The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe: Vertical Equator Of Hair 1:13:04

18d ago1:13:04

1:13:04

Mike and Rich indulge their inner nerd and check out the epic 2005 fantasy, The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe. Will it hold up for two hardened nerds in the year of our lion lord 2024? Find out in christian heaven, it’s full of beavers!

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The Doomed regard the Sunrise 1:49

18d ago1:49

1:49

Goth Emily Dickinson again, with a poem about what stirs the sharpness of our attention now turned into a song. The Parlando Project combines words (usually literary poetry) with original music in various styles. You can find more than 750 of these combinations at our blog and archives located at frankhudson.org…

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Episode 389 - The New Perspective on Paul 24:50

21d ago24:50

24:50

Now "here's a howdy-do" (The Mikado, Gilbert & Sullivan). How does Joe Meek shed light on that ascendant movement -- and it still is ascendant -- within New Testament scholarship and interpretation? Let me say how. Admirers of Joe Meek's amazing productions like to say that he was way ahead of his time in terms of technology and recording innovatio…

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Episode 388 - Self Portrait 17:10

22d ago17:10

17:10

Consideration of these (thousands of) new "Tea Chest" tapes from Joe Meek is such a blow to old assumptions. For example, I thought I knew his music pretty well. Even dedicated a book to him once, despite his having been dead since 1967. So now come out a Ton, a TON of new recordings by the Man Who Heard a New World. And almost all of them are fine…

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Episode 387 - A Cappella (Acappullco) 23:46

22d ago23:46

23:46

The new release of hundreds of Joe-Meek tapes and tape-excerpts from the "Tea Chests" of yore is a fresh flashlight into the nature of reality within this broken/fallen world. Did any of us have any idea of how much good material is contained within these acetate tapes that were packed up in the aftermath of Joe's horrible death? Probably not. We e…

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William Carlos Williams' The Birds 1:28

23d ago1:28

1:28

Williams melds birdsong, rain, and dawn into one instantaneous thing. I turned his poem into a short musical performance.By Frank Hudson for the Parlando Project

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Unforgettable: Herb Hardesty, Tom Funeral Songs And The Mouse Tamborine 1:12:45

24d ago1:12:45

1:12:45

Back in the Saddle again, this week the Dream Regime ponders the Unforgettable, the moments, the memories, the madness. An episode for the major Tom Waits fan, with a retelling of the Origin Story from the Georgian Terrace Hotel Bar replete with the illustrious Herb Hardesty and the wavy mop of hair only a young Tom in leather jacket could sport. F…

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Episode 386 - I Am the Eggman 23:54

29d ago23:54

23:54

It was quite arresting, decades ago, when a young artist in New York City told me that, despite appearances -- she came across as confident and hopeful -- she felt inside herself as if she were an egg that had been hurled against the wall, broken in a hundred pieces and dripping down the white paint. In other words, she was "Shattered" (Rolling Sto…

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A little Madness in the Spring 1:45

30d ago1:45

1:45

American poet Emily Dickinson's enigmatic short Spring poem performed with new music as a Spring song. For more than 750 other combinations of various words (usually literary poetry) with original music visit our blog and archives located at frankhudson.orgBy Frank Hudson for the Parlando Project

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Ep. 383 12 Monkeys: Winnie The Pooh Murder Mystery 1:33:41

1M ago1:33:41

1:33:41

What do you get when you mix Terry Gillam, Bruce Willis, and a whole bunch of mid 90s sensibilities? Probably 12 Monkeys, it seems likely you get 12 Monkeys. BUT DOES IT HOLD UP IN 2024? THAT my dear children is the question that will decide the fate of all, for the time will soon come when Hobbits/Monkeys decide the fate of us all.…

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Sexton! 1:33

1M ago1:33

1:33

Your presenter with an acoustic guitar galloping through Emily Dickinson's exhortation of Spring today.By Frank Hudson for the Parlando Project

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Pea Brush 2:53

1M ago2:53

2:53

Robert Frost tells a little tale of nature and gardening for May. Being that it's Frost, there's a sharp observation woven into the story about man and nature. The Parlando Project combines various words (usually literary poetry) with original music in different styles. We've done over 750 of these combinations, and you can hear them and read more …

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Ep. 382 Death Wish: Doglo Picasso 1:07:16

2M ago1:07:16

1:07:16

Once more into the breach! Once more we valiantly watch a movie from 1974 that no one asked us to. Because you don’t need to ask heroes, just close your eyes and we will be there. We’ll be there. Does Death Wish hold up? Blah blah Charles Bronson blah blah. I‘m hungry…I could go for a Death Wish deathwich.…

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Episode 385 - Jack, Be Nimble -- NOT! 21:33

2M ago21:33

21:33

I keep hearing the word "nimble" these days. It comes up in relation to declining and therefore merging church institutions, in which a press release declares that the sale of a church property or the merger of two diminished churches or dioceses will now enable the Church to be more "nimble" in relation to community outreach or the desire to build…

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John Sinclair writes 2 poems of Thelonious Monk 2:05

2M ago2:05

2:05

John Sinclair (who died during this National Poetry Month) did a lot of things in his life, generating so many stances and actions that I suspect no one can agree with all of it. But one thing he did throughout his life was write Jazz Poetry, and so for International Jazz Day this year I thought I'd seek out and perform a couple of his poems. The P…

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The Fairies Have Never a Penny to Spend 2:04

2M ago2:04

2:04

Rose Fyleman wrote charming and popular children's poems in the early 20th century, like this one. I set her poem for performance in a jaunty rock'n'roll trio as I approach the end of my National Poetry Month look-back at poems aimed at children in the first half of the 20th century. The Parlando Project combines various words (mostly literary poet…

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Dover Beach 3:56

2M ago3:56

3:56

I continue to examine poems from a pair of books of verse meant for the children who grew up to become "The Greatest Generation." This one's not a sunny day holiday for the kids: Matthew Arnold's at the beach, he puts a seashell to his ear, and hears....the future, or perhaps time itself, and it's harrowing. The Parlando Project takes various words…

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Pippa Passes 1:58

2M ago1:58

1:58

A short Spring poem with a famous ending couplet that seems to be about contentment -- and after all, I found it inside a 1922 book of verse for children I'm looking at for National Poetry Month. In the context of the longer work Browning placed it in, it may not be that simple, but I perform it today as if it was. The Parlando Project combines var…

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The Wind 2:03

2M ago2:03

2:03

For National Poetry Month this year I've been looking at poems from a pair of 1920s books of verse for children. Today's selection is a charming poem by Robert Louis Stevenson performed with an electric folk-rock band. The Parlando Project does this, takes words (mostly literary poetry) and combines them with original music. We've done over 750 of …

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Episode 384 - Theme & Variations 25:51

2M ago25:51

25:51

Mary Zahl was recently the guest on an episode of a podcast known as "The Brothers Zahl" (out this summer). The subject of the cast was parenting, and I can think of no better illustration of a good parent. Mary listed three core themes of enduring motherhood/fatherhood that feel utterly right to me. They are (1) complete dependability when your ch…

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Ep. 381 Hackers: Salsa Squad 1:15:15

2M ago1:15:15

1:15:15

Yo yo yo yo yo yo. Yo. Late To The Table! Back again! Does Hackers hold up? Probably not. Do we lose the last 10 mins of the episode and have to cobble together an audio jigsaw puzzle? Maybe. Let’s get into it!

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Hills: Children's poetry, but written by a child 2:34

2M ago2:34

2:34

To observe this National Poetry Month I've been diving into a pair of poetry anthologies for children published in the 1922/1923. One poet included in them was an unusual case: Hilda Conkling, a child herself. That this grade-schooler was composing poems that often seemed to share Imagism's approaches intrigued some Modernists. Here's one of her po…

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The Coromandel Fishers 2:40

2M ago2:40

2:40

Sarojini Naidu's poem of stalwart Bengali fishermen asked to be sung, so I sang it. The author may have had a melody in mind, as she published this in a section of her poetry she called "Folk Songs." Naidu began as a promising poet ("The Nightengale of India") but left verse to for work for women's suffrage and Indian independence. The Parlando Pro…

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The World Is Too Much With Us 2:04

2M ago2:04

2:04

William Wordsworth's well-known sonnet performed, as the word sonnet means, as a little song. Within the next 24 hour or so, I hope to have more to say about what you may have overlooked in this short poem on the Parlando Project's blog (see below). We've got a lot at the blog celebrating poetry and National Poetry Month. The Parlando Project combi…

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The Minstrel Boy 2:14

2M ago2:14

2:14

For National Poetry Month this year I'm looking at and performing poems found in a pair of 1920s anthologies of verse for children. The Girls of Verse and The Boys Book of Verse. Though "The Minstrel Boy" was included within books of poetry, this poem by Irish poet Thomas Moore was quicky adapted as a song and is best known as such today. Which sav…

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Each in His Own Tongue 2:29

2M ago2:29

2:29

Today I read a summary of poet Mary Oliver's approach by poet and critic A. M. Juster. He concluded: "I also think her spirit wanted to write religious poetry, but her mind wouldn't let her." Lo & behold I was working this week on a singable version of this 1906 poem that I found in a collection of verse for children published in the 1920s that I'm…

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Episode 383 - Do You Need a Receipt? 22:22

2M ago22:22

22:22

I wonder if you are ever struck by the ubiquity of this phrase at the end of every checkout line in the known universe: "Do you need a receipt?". Or, in grocery stores, "Find everything you were looking for?". Or, again in every cell-phone (business) call on earth: "Is there anything else I can help you with today?" In an earlier day, it might have…

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Sea Fever 2:14

2M ago2:14

2:14

We're celebrating National Poetry Month with musical presentations of poems taken from a gendered pair of 100-year-old anthologies published as The Girls and The Boys Book of Verse. Today's is John Masefield's famous poem of seafaring. The Parlando Project takes words (usually literary poetry) and combines them with original music we write and perf…

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Ep. 380 Bronson: Puppet Cucking 1:05:52

2M ago1:05:52

1:05:52

The guys honor a listener request and watch the Tom Hardy movie Bronson. Does this 2008 Nicholas Winding Refn movie hold up in 2024? Get naked and find out!

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There is no Frigate like a Book 2:01

2M ago2:01

2:01

We continue our National Poetry Month feature examination of a pair of century-old children's poetry anthologies with this famous invocation of book-fed imagination. The Parlando Project combines various words (usually literary poetry) with original music in different styles. We've done over 700 of these things, and you can listen to them and find …

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Piping Down the Valleys Wild 2:33

3M ago2:33

2:33

My feature this National Poetry Month is going to be examination of two 1920's poetry anthologies, one for girls and one for boys. This William Blake poem invoking childhood visions bringing joy was in the opening section of the girl's volume and it seems like an apt poem to set to music and lead off our celebration this month. The Parlando Project…

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Singing at Dusk 2:33

3M ago2:33

2:33

Emmy Hemmings is a forgotten Dada artist, launching the famous Cabaret Voltaire during WWI as am organizer, performer and poet -- yet no one translated her poetry from German until this century. I just got done doing a somewhat free translation of one of her poems, and since Hennings was a performer, it seems fitting to present her work here in the…

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Whispering Often 1:58

3M ago1:58

1:58

Here's a poem for March, for Spring, and for Easter now turned into a song, The words were written about a hundred years ago by a largely forgotten Midwestern American poet Edwin Ford Piper. This month I wrote music for Piper's words, and today's piece is taken from a demo session where I recorded the freshly made song. The Parlando Project does st…

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Cool Tombs 1:56

3M ago1:56

1:56

Poet Carl Sandburg goes gothic-graveyard for this poem about Love & Death. I decided to accompany my performance of it with some new music in my "punk orchestral" style, which means it's short, not-to-fancy, and uses whatever virtual orchestral instruments I can figure out something for them play. The Parlando Project takes various words (usually l…

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Episode 382 - We Interrupt This Program 20:07

3M ago20:07

20:07

You can't help noticing, if you study Soviet-Era Iron-Curtain sci fi illustrations and posters -- an activity which I feel sure governs your every waking minute -- that there are ZERO aliens or extra-terrestrial forms of life to be seen. The Soviets and the East Germans, who did in fact excel in graphics concerning space exploration, never ever bri…

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Ep. 379 She’s All That: Gabrielle Unionization 1:25:32

3M ago1:25:32

1:25:32

The gang accidentally continues 90s-Teen-Sex-Comedy-Month multiple years too late. Whoops. Does She’s All That hold up? Can we take off its glasses and see a beautiful 90s teen comedy? FIND OUT BABEZ.

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The Wind Didn't Come from the Orchard Today 3:54

3M ago3:54

3:54

Here's a playful and mysterious Emily Dickinson poem for World Poetry Day. The Parlando Project enlists The LYL Band in this one to create a full-band folk-rock song out of Dickinson's poem. The Parlando Project has done that sort of thing for several years, taking words (usually literary poetry) and combining them with music in different styles. W…

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Sheriff King: Stint In The Mint, Iggy Pop, And The BJ Bootcamp 1:08:12

3M ago1:08:12

1:08:12

The Regime's all here for a trip into the Ides of March and all things Roman, starting "In The Coliseum". Now we've all had one that "got away" but in this episode those stories come to light in a mind-bending raucous glory that'll bring you to your knees. With a tribute song to Tom Waits, weird Gregorian Calendar chants and an LA nightmare. Feel t…

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The Drunken Singer 4:11

3M ago4:11

4:11

I remind myself today that I sometimes write lyrics, so here's a piece that features my own words and music. What the Parlando Project usually does is combine other people's words (usually literary poetry) with the variety of original music we compose and make. You can hear over 700 examples of that at our blog and archives located at frankhudson.o…

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Ep. 378 Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri: Athleisure Jesus 1:26:42

3M ago1:26:42

1:26:42

Guess who’s back? Back again?! LTTT Back! Tell a friend! I created a monster, “cause everybody wants to see classic movies! Does the 2017 Oscar darling Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri hold up in 2024? Or have seven years made it too long in the tooth? Find out you infant.

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Episode 381 - Up the Down Staircase 19:22

3M ago19:22

19:22

I'm trying to put into words the core principles of accessible Christian theology. Not mentally or intellectually accessible, but feeling-accessible -- heart-accessible -- and therefore actually and experientially accessible! Karl Barth promulgated what was called a "theology from the top down". He saw himself as opposing theologies "from the botto…

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The Late Singer 2:06

3M ago2:06

2:06

William Carlos Williams' Spring poem reminds us that it's never too late to sing. I had to cancel a more pristine time in a recording space this week but produced this quick & dirty version of this song using Williams' words instead. Spring itself, has a way of being quick & dirty -- and I'll remind you of the musicians' and composers' prayer: "May…

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The Last Antelope 4:23

4M ago4:23

4:23

Edwin Ford Piper is an early 20th century Midwestern American poet who's largely been forgotten. I've only started to read him this week, but this poem captured me immediately and I had to perform it with music, Parlando style. The Parlando Project combines various words (usually literary poetry) with original music in different styles. We've done …

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When the Dream Outruns the Real 4:09

4M ago4:09

4:09

Poet Dave Moore's song about when "Follow your dream" or "Do what you love..." meets up with reality. Here's the cool thing about this piece: it's not a put-down. I play on it with The LYL Band, and I think the song applies to me. One of the Parlando Project's mottos is "All Artists Fail." You have to accept that and do what you choose to do anyway…

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Episode 380 - It Only Takes a Minute, Girl (Pt 2) 17:35

4M ago17:35

17:35

I don't tire of quoting Thomas Cranmer's 'meme' that goes like this: "What the heart loves, the will chooses, and the mind justifies." That is so true to life. Now note its difference with the sentence quoted in part one of this cast by my old episcopal acquaintance in Australia: "Nothing can be loved at speed" (M. Leunig). But the heart always lov…

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Episode 379 - It Only Takes a Minute, Girl (Pt 1) 24:09

4M ago24:09

24:09

An old acquaintance, an Australian bishop, has been quoting recently from a popular cartoonist and kind of pop philosopher "Down Under" named Mike Leunig. The bishop quoted an aphorism from Leunig in relation to his long-term hopes for the Anglican Church in Australia: "Nothing can be loved at speed". When I heard my old colleague quoting Mike Leun…

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