The Unrulies tease out the slow buildup leading to break ups as well as the more explosive moments where there is no way out save breaking up. And then there’s the occasional relief brought by freedom and new possibilities. Countries break up, people do, geography shifts, and ideas fragment. We couldn’t build up or change without breaking up first. So fasten your seat belts…
Song 1: “I Can’t Sing That Song” (John V. Modaff)
Poem 1: “Ecdysis Sonnet” by Sandra Yannone. Sandy’s new collection is the glass studio (Salmon Poetry, 2024).
Fiction: excerpt from the novel in progress, “The Angel of Devastation.” Her latest book is The Lost Archive: stories, https://uwpress.wisc.edu/books/6155.htm
Feed the Cat Break: “Different Same,” by Jonathan A. Modaff
Poem 2: “Sympathetic Magic” by Susan Aizenberg. Susan’s new collection is A Walk With Frank O’Hara (UNMP, 2024).
Song 2: “I Call Crazy” (T Bone Kelly, from the album Toast)
Episode artwork by Lynda Miller
Show theme and incidental music by John V. Modaff, BMI
The Unruly Muse is Recorded in Albuquerque, NM and Morehead, KY
Produced at The Creek Studio, Morehead 40351
NEXT UP: Episode 44 coming January 2025: “Harmony”