Episode 106: Happy Weird Year!

“Happy Weird Year 2023.” Created in Procreate by Barbara Fisher.

Happy Weird Year, y’all!

Oooh. Look at that. I’m gone for a few weeks, recuperating from my bathroom trying to kill me and what happens? Everything changes. Squarespace lets me make big letters, with pretty underlining in colors. I learned how to make pretty digital art on my iPad with Procreate. Zak starts a music style called Goblin Folk, the first sample of which you can hear at the end of this episode.

So, I’m back, and Morganna’s back and even though the last three weeks of the year went sideways for everyone in every branch of our family, we still made an episode where we exhort everyone to Be The Weird you want to see in the World.

I mean that. Tell your Story. Read that strange book. Talk to that weird artist you saw on Instagram. Make friends with a Crazy Cat Lady. Take up podcasting, start a new music style and have fun. Because there’s all sorts of negative crazy shit in the world right now, so we need all the positive weird shit we can get out there to counteract it all!

Embrace your strangeness, friends, and click on the link below to stream Zak’s new song.

”Winter is Here”

The first track from the Goblin Folk project! This tune, originally titled "Winder wie ist," was written in the 13th century by famous minnesinger Neidhart von Reuental and arranged by Allan Alexander & Zak Kramer.

Zak Kramer: mandolin, Subharmonicon, Lyra-8 & SP-404