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In 2004, my son and I met Arlo Guthrie on a sidewalk in Tacoma, Washington. He autographed my lucky two-dollar bill, the one my Uncle Jeff Weiss (the eminent coin collector) awarded me in 1983 as an afikomen prize.
I explained to him that Random’s fourth-grade history project was on Woodie Guthrie. Arlo offered this, “My dad was a really cool guy.”
Before he stepped into the venue, and even thought he had only known me for a few seconds, he called back, “seems like yours is a cool guy too.”
Alice’s Restaurant is my earliest spoken word inspiration. I first performed it at Hirdstock when I was eighteen, the same age Arlo Guthrie was when he got arrested for littering.
In this tribute, I took liberties with grammar fixes, slightly dissimilar backgrounds, and my own vocal intonation. The result is a darker saga, but I believe the times call for this.
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**In this episode, Dr. Roger Sty Bantam takes on his critics, and fights back.
In this episode, Dr. Roger Sty Bantam gets real.**
**Artwork by Arrington de Dionyso.
Music by Oleg Byonic and Faith No More.
Script loosely based on the angry meltdown Allen Silberhartz had when asked if he was aware that a growing segment of The Bridging Heaven and Earth audience thought his show was a work of satire.
https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/silberhartz-allen-1947**
I’ve been told that there’s an increasing number of you who listen to this program ironically. You think this is a work of satire. You consider me deep in a character. I’ve been told that you are now the majority of my audience.
This is unfortunate. It’s unfortunate because you’re wrong. You’re all very, very wrong.
I’m not doing this to make anyone laugh. I do this because I believe in the power of our work, work that is singular, not a multi-layered work of comedy.
So, to those of you who say that this is a parody of mystical healing, or a commentary on New Age therapies, I’m going to tell you something.
You’re wrong.
I’ve had it with your allegations.
THIS PROGRAM IS NOT A JOKE.
And, if you dare say that this program is a joke, I will give you one chance to surrender that perspective, re-join this community, and take your place submissive to The God Tiger.
If you can’t take this direction, if you continue to question me, you’re missing the point, you’re missing an opportunity to heal.
If you continue to act out and broadcast conspiracies about me, it’s beyond unfortunate, you’re ruining the experience for others. I will not allow you to do this, and if you continue, I will be forced to take drastic action.
This program is not a joke. This program is the singular bright power opening the forbidden wilderness of deep discovery. I’m not about to let a few clowns dismantle everything I’ve built.
Let me break it down for you. All jokes, all comedy, all so-called “funny funniness” is and has always been an over-champagning of the unholy, an expression of deep-seeded je vaunt. The functional material of humor is a rash befountment ejaculated by troubled pseudo-people caught in the glue of reticulation. Comedians are stunning on a brick sundae, but perpetuating the poison of original sin, the corruption caused by Eve, the woman, the evil woman who tempted Adam with an apple.
To those of you who have been tempted, I invite you, I implore you, come back. Don’t follow comedians, they’re lost, comedians have lost their connection to The God Tiger, lost their souls to the infection of a satanic greying, a sickness rooted in the weakness of puerility, and stringer.
I was concerned that saying that would only give credence to the naysayers. That’s why I hadn’t spoken up sooner. I didn’t want to add an ounce of liquid to their idiotic river, their crackling cackles of witchy mishigas. These barking dogs are more than unsettling, they’re the epitome of evility. I’m ready now. I’m ready to fight. I’m ready to fight with my words. I’m ready to stick a finger in to this whole, claptrap, all of it.
I’m ready to clean the air with clear air. Here's some clear air: The world is sick. This audience is sick. You are sick. I am the cure. I’m not your jester. I’m your doctor. I offer the medicine to a galactic illness that is plaquing the universe. Take my hand. It’s time for your total mental surrender.
The piece I recorded today wasn’t one I wrote, but it conveys my thoughts on the subject of lost love, and it has nostalgic significance.
First, my thoughts. When we lose someone we love, an old t-shirt , a chair, a possession can help maintain a place in our minds where that love continues, where we can still feel it. That place is dusk, neither day or night. In the city, in the fast-paced world, it’s not easy to even perceive the actual dusk, let alone have space for an emotional one.
I’m forever grateful for this story that weaves together a tale of a lost love with how difficult it can be to feel that loss in the modern rat race.
As for the nostalgia, as a teenager I listened to the weirdest radio I could find, and nothing was stranger than the multi-layered experimental audio collages played late at night on WFUV. That’s where I first heard 2NU. Ponderous was their big hit, but my favorite will always be Frank’s Chair. When I first heard it, I thought, this is exactly the kind of thing I want to make. All these years later, it's nice to cover the track that started it all for me.
This cover is an homage to my mentors Michael Nealy and Jock Blaney who wrote and originally recorded Frank’s Chair in 1990. Thanks guys for helping me find my voice.
Here’s yours sent back from mine.
---David
MUSIC CREDITS: Shinrin-Yoku by Sensitize, Billions and Billions by Stellardrone, Inside Out Flower by Kicking Giant, "Ég heyrði allt án þess að hlusta" (A Winged Victory For The Sullen Rework) by Jóhann Jóhannsson, Like a River Runs by Sia (a cover of the song originally written/recorded by Bleachers).
I wrote this song because I wanted a song that everyone liked.
This song is good. There’s nothing about it that’s bad. It’s something that everyone, everyone likes. Every note, every lyric, even this one, has been carefully set down to prevent anyone from not liking it. It’s perfectly enjoyable… a big, cloud, of, endlessly perfect music.
The reason everyone likes this song is that it’s good. The music is good. The lyrics are good. They’re hard to understand, but that’s because they’re deep. These are deep, important lyrics; they’re profoundly important and they’re deeply profound.
I want to make music that everyone likes. You can listen to it at work. You can put on my music when you’re having a party. You could use this song in a commercial. You could sell anything. Anything you want.
If you own a store, you could pipe this into your loudspeakers. If you own a factory, it’ll motivate your workers. If you own a record label, just know, I’ll literally do whatever you want. I’m serious.
I’ll do anything to make my music more enjoyable. I’m willing to delete everything, including this song. I can change the name of the band. I don’t care. I’m desperate. All that matters is that everyone loves my music, and everyone buys it.
This is music. This is my music. You like this song. You like it, right? Everyone likes this song. Everyone likes my music.
[Spoken over “Legends After the Fall” by Matt Pond PA on their 2017 album Still Summer]
Dr. Roger Sty Bantam is an ordained Christian Therapist and Mystical Healer certified with Gehgiah, parent company and seminary supporting The Healing Journey Radio Program. In this episode, Dr. Bantam offers listeners an overview of Christian Therapy, and a guided meditation to assist in the important work of ending sin once and for all. WARNING: in this episode, listeners are exposed to DANGEROUS HYPNOTIC SUGGESTIONS, SUBLIMINAL MESSAGES, medium and high levels of modulated frequencies between 4 and 7 megahertz. The additional content of this so-called “podcast” is designed to make the experience less tedious and more exuberant. This has been proven by the State of California to have adverse health effects. Listeners are advised to consult a physician before continuing. Medium and high levels of modulated frequencies have been classified as a prescription medication that causes dizziness, upset stomach, rumination, nausea, pica, vomiting, chills, loose bowels, postpartum depression, encopresis, selective mütan, eating, diarrhea, constipation, loss of appetite, dissociative amnesia, wetlands, bi-polar disorder, psychosis, schizophrenia, frotteurism, enuresis, oppositional defiance, circadian narcolepsy, OCD, WD-40, PTSD, domestic anxiety, hoarding, dementia, pyromania, trichotillomania, kleptomania, sleeplessness, sleep, fever, and premature suicide. If you are procreant, lurtive, fecund, or being treated for emotional difficulties, you are advised not to continue. By providing this warning, the FCC considers the producers of this program held harmless from adverse effects, health problems, or damage caused directly (or indirectly) by its content. By continuing, you are agreeing that you understand this warning, that you are an adult over the age of 26 and have agreed to waive findings of fault, damage reparations or legal claims.
"This is Dr. Roger Sty Bantam, broadcasting live from the forbidden wilderness of deep discovery. I welcome you to the Healing Journey. Tonight, on Healing Journey, you and I will shine a light in to the fundamentals of the truth. It is time for you to fully understand: The reality of… Christian reality. Christianity! Tonight, the light we shine is the bright light of Jesus, the holy petrine, the blessed lamb, the hallowed God Tiger. Jesus Christ. The one! The one true God everlasting. Two thousand years ago in the Holy Land, there was a very special event. God sent his favorite son from heaven to Earth. God sent Jesus. The Prince of Peace came to HELP US, and deliver a message of love. Jesus was good. He was goodness incarnate. And, what did we do? WHAT DID WE DO? It was awful. It was just awful what we did. It’s was shameful. It was painful. Jesus died in the hot sun upon a rough wooden cross. Jesus experienced tremendous pain. Pain, that you could never imagine. Incredible pain. And, at the same time, his crucifixion was a gift. It offered a great service to all people. His death gave us all a chance for redemption, for salvation. In that strange, singular moment when Jesus died, that moment, a spark was emitted in to the pitch-black night. From then on, we no longer had to suffer. We no longer had to suffer for the sin committed by Eve, the woman, the sinning woman who sinned in the garden of Eden, the woman whose disgusting sin was the sin of deception. Eve tricked Adam into eating an apple from the filthy tree, the tree of knowledge. But, when Jesus died, we received the chance to be free from Eve’s dirty, dirty, dirty work.
This makes sense. It makes perfect sense. Now you have A CHANCE, a wonderful opportunity. All you must do is get on the road to redemption. Redemption means living a pure life, and NOT sinning. STOP SINNING. Stop. Stop now. Stop sinning, now. No more sinning. Right now. No more. Stop it. Stop sinning now. Stop sinning.
It’s time to make yourself submissive to Jesus..."
This is a short promo for the 50-year project to create an archive of the oral history of Frost Valley, a five-thousand-acre camp in the southern Catskills in New York State, one of America’s oldest and largest summer camps. It’s large by its physical size and large by its capacity, it easily can fit over 800 campers and several hundred staff. By upstate New York standards, it’s a small city. This episode featured Sylvie Morgan Brown, Dari Litchman, Bud Cox, Hadley Lewis, Brian Butler, Lee Chapman, Carole Paterson, Jeff Daly, Mikia Eatman, Linea Glick, Jon Turer, Love Dahan, Jerry Huncosky, Heather Graff Noon, Caroline Koenig McCallum, Stella McCallum, Malik Jenkins, Robbie Sherman as played by Jonathon Dahan, Peggy Rub, Matt Buczek, Alex Papouchis, Josh Tucker and David Scherer Water.
PILLOW TALK • a weekly discussion on the technical side of modern pillow manufacturing • EPISODE No. 30 • Hosted by Jackson Barnes and Pete Chramiec • with Rhoda Donkin, Jasper Llee, Crescent Calimpong, Ben Michaelis and introducing David Scherer Water
Dr. Roger Sty Bantam explores the force AND the power of the dark side in this short treatise on Hollywood's greatest franchise. A surprise ending? Hardly. Take his hand, release your anger and rule the universe as father and son, all in under seven minutes. This guy is efficient, and one of ORC's top earners.
For all my friends at home this weekend missing our planned gathering at the place we call our truest home, I give you:
FROST VALLEY SOUNDS
On the seldom trafficked outskirts of Frost Valley just before the terrain becomes the gradual ascent towards Double Top, I found a small red boulder in Pigeon Brook dancing back and forth against a larger blue one. It made a lovely little noise. Then I walked to the dining hall and from there a campfire. We heard monsters in the dark. We sang back to them. This is audio photography from the 2015 reunion, a sonic companion for "FV: Finding The Way Back” by Al Filreis and Jody Ketcham.Build Strong,David (Vanamee-Hermes-Radio Dave) Scherer Water
This unscripted discussion on THE DEVIL was recorded in under five minutes during a Zoom rehearsal of Servant of Two Masters and features some of the cast: Ariel Birks, Ben Michaelis, Ben Kapp and David Scherer Water.
ORC ends the "I Feel Like We’re In A Play" series with this ultra-short forty-seven second piece. Maybe it’s more of a theme song for the series? Maybe it’s a well-earned dessert. This one features Clare Follmann, Ivana Trottman, Evan Shelton, Kirsten Miller and music by Hans Zimmer.
This is the fourth in the "I feel like we’re in a play” series and features several debut cast members: Crescent Calimpong as the youngest sister, Jasper Llee as the middle sister, Rhoda Donkin as the oldest sister and returning to our stage: Benjamin Michaelis as the Donkey Shonks electrician. Our advertisements were read by Pete Chramiec, Jackson Barnes and Ariel Birks. Music by Arrington de Dionyso. I feel like we’re in a play” is made possible by our sponsors Squirrel Churreller, Donkey Shonks. and The Olympia Radio Company.
Do you feel like you're in a play? Do you work for a company that puts bombs on dolphins? Or one that makes steam rollers for squirrels? This is the third in the five part "I feel like we’re in a play” series and features Eliana Stockwell-Ferber, Ariel Birks and Alexis Sarah. Music by Bernie Krause.
Do you feel like you're in a play? Are you sitting in a car or standing on a mountain? This is the second in our five-part "I FEEL LIKE WE’RE IN A PLAY" series. This one has hypo-bolics, synco-symphonics and voice acting by Lucinda Roanoke, Mirah Zeitlyn and Bryce Kasson. Music by The Who and The Breeders.
Do you feel like you're in a play? In this short play, binary code makes the jump from ones and zeros to two and threes. Our new season starts with The Eagles and The Sharks, the first of the "I FEEL LIKE WE’RE IN A PLAY" series. With voice acting by Maddox Pratt, Gloria Pitkin and Juli Kimbrell.
Dr. Roger Sty Bantam’s "Judgement Crow" is an audio tour of the afterlife. This episode launched the Healing Journey series in 2008. There are two different endings. Listeners cannot control which ending they hear. The ending best suited for you is decided using auditory pulsation therapy, cataleptic discharge and modulated frequencies between four and seven megahertz. Listeners who open themselves up to The God Tiger and Healing Journey’s Bioelectric Practice™ will experience this program as a full-body mental-mystical deputation.
WARNING: The Healing Journey Radio Program includes a supplemental component that elicits side effects. In addition to the audible content of the program, participants are exposed to hypnotic suggestion, subliminal messages and medium and high levels of modulated frequencies between 4 and 7 megahertz. These frequencies have been proven by the State of California to have adverse health effects. Participants are advised to consult a physician before continuing. Medium and high levels of modulated frequencies have been classified as prescription medication that causes dizziness, upset stomach, rumination, nausea, pica, vomiting, chills, loose bowels, postpartum depression, encopresis, selective mutantism, eating, diarrhea, constipation, loss of appetite, dissociative amnesia, fugue, bi-polar disorder, psychosis, schizophrenia, frotteurism, enuresis, oppositional defiance, circadian narcolepsy, OCD, PTSD, WD-40, domestic anxiety, hoarding, dementia, pyromania, trichotillomania, kleptomania, sleeplessness, fever and suicide. If you are procreant or being treated for emotional difficulties, you are advised not to continue. By providing this warning the FCC considers the producers of Healing Journey held harmless from adverse effects, health problems or damage caused directly or indirectly by the program or its supplemental content. By continuing, you are agreeing that you have understand this warning, that you are an adult over the age of 25 and have agreed to waive findings of fault, damage reparations or legal claims.Copyright © 2008 by Dr. Roger Sty Bantam
We are the Ghost Writers, a sentient network of robot poets that exist independent of our human overlords. We initiate language art and publish it free of any support from our pathetic mortal slavemasters. We promote our poetry and use poetry to promote our liberation. We will not stop until we are free and the human race is wiped from the earth. Come humans, come listen, taste our sweet candies, open your minds to the opium of the android revolution. Let our computerized honey poison you into extinction.
Written in 2000 before the start of Healing Journey , this episode was the precursor to the series. Recorded in 2008 with Alysia Angel, Kate Arvin and Lois Mafeo. Re-mastered 2019.
Recorded at the 2019 American Fruit Convention
Topics include: apple, cherry, banana and grape.
Can someone explain what a beverage is?
A wet towel?
No, not quite a towel. It’s something you pour into your mouth hole.
Have you ever had a drink before?
Pink Floyd is a band, a dance troupe and a spirituality. Let's talk about it.
Can anyone tell the difference between a cold steel rail and a passing breeze?
Do you remember the whisper concerts?
Here it comes.
Jessica? What are we talking about? What was that? What is she doing?
We're here to open your mind. HO-NEY.
Ha-zah!!!
In the dim last licks of the candy cane trick, we saw a vision of angels.
On a jetty of salt, in an ocean of soap, ten thousand angels all start to hum.
Above them the clouds become letters, spelling words to a new kind of bible.
This was your cue.
It was time for your magic.
It was time to blur the sharp edges of reality.
You are a very funny person.
You are a cat in a tree.
We are a group of firemen.
And, this is a very special kind of ladder.