Tropico Gothico Monday Meditation

In this weeks episode we challenge the very concept of Monday, prank call Cary's mother and of course, rewire the studio!

This week our discussion about whether or not we will indeed be alright is gratefully interrupted by the Tamale Man. What secrets are hidden in those corn husks? We take a call from across the pond and run the same thing back through tape too many times. Here he is, the Tamale Man. 

This week we have several exciting announcements regarding new music and the current state of football. We engage in non intellectual discourse about the importance of education  and how it's effect on the human brain.

As we usher in a new and exciting, totally not dreadful and hopeless year we take a look at the current events, the storming of our sacred capitol building and a deep dive into some Qanonsense.

As we usher in a new and exciting, totally not dreadful and hopeless year we take a look at the current events, the storming of our sacred capitol building and a deep dive into some Qanonsense.

Here we are everyone, its the end of the year. Time for some reflection. This week we reflect on the worst year most of us have ever seen, some music we recorded along the way, and some recitations of chants.

Merry Synth-mass and happy harmonic days. No one asked, so we recorded some classic holiday jams day before yesterday in our first ever holiday extravaganza! This episode also features our first musical guest, the inimitable Nick Campbell (please respect his art) who blessed us with his super modal electric bass art on a song.

In this weeks episode, 'Simp-Pathetic', we take a look at the word simp, talk about the people and things that we are simps for, Gabriel reads a short piece of Shakespeare as well as sharing a recording of 'Say a little Prayer', Cary simps Rich Costey, Brandon and Charlie both gush over gear and of course we have improvised music from the aforementioned, esteemed and notable music group, your hosts, Tropico Gothico. Inshallah.

What is Playfulness? This week we take serendipitous visit to Hermon Park in Arroyo Seco, where we discovered a musical jungle-gym. We discuss what it means to be playful, public amenities, as well as improvising music in the field... then again back in the studio. This week's reading comes from the worlds favorite psychedelic children's author, the venerable Dr. Seuss. To those who are only interested in listening to the musical improvisation, that starts at about 14 minutes in. Tropico Gothico are Brandon Combs, Charlie Fenning, Gabriel Bruce and Cary Singer.

In this first ever episode we take our tentative first steps into Podcasting! With live musical performance, and audio collage we will explore a theme, this first week the theme is SYMBORG, a word lifted from Merlin Sheldrake's book Entangled Lives. We touch on the mycelial network and psilocybin as well as a reading from the book of Isiah. To those who are only interested in listening to the musical improvisation, that starts at about 10 minutes in. Tropico Gothico are Brandon Combs, Charlie Fenning, Gabriel Bruce and Cary Singer. TROPICOGOTHICO.COM

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