In the Corner Back By the Woodpile

In the Corner Back by the Woodpile #136: Tao of Tao X - Weren't We Supposed've Turned Back There?

Final chapter of Spun Counterguy's Taoist adventures in China and America! This time around: sleeping on belts and dreaming of snakes, your value based on where you're standing, America's romance with dictatorship, one eyed massages and desire for the unattainable.    

 

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In the Corner Back by the Woodpile #135: Songs From a 1980's Roller Rink Dumpster VIII

Radio promotions legend Chris Hauser comes back by the woodpile to talk about a few great artists he got to work with in the 80's, including Amy Grant, Russ Taff and Steve Taylor.

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(Chris auditioning as a dancer for Amy's next tour) 

 

In the Corner Back by the Woodpile #134: Back to Phil Keaggy's Beyond Nature

Phil Keaggy comes Back by the Woodpile to talk over 25 years later about his masterpiece album Beyond Nature. The life events surrounding it's composition and recording, the philosophical origin behind the project, exclusive performances and explorations of the songs and the record's impact on everyone involved are all discussed. 

 

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in the Corner Back by the Woodpile #133: Fluorescent Decade on a Hill XV

Ready Player One has to be one of the best gifts to 80's fans in a long time and it's about to be a movie. On this episode we talk about what makes it so great, the memories it jump starts and even some of it's weaknesses. 

 

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In the Corner Back by the Woodpile #132: Tao of Tao IX - Weren't We Supposed've Turned Back There?

More tales of an American in the Taoist wonderland of China! This time around, encounters with swinging Buddhists, faux Catholics, underground Christians, a Jewish well, a Muslim hug and over confident parades.

 

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In the Corner Back by the Woodpile #131: Tao of Tao VIII- Weren't We Supposed've Turned Back There?

More adventures of an American in China trying to find the meaning of the Tao! This time around, Zhuangzi’s butterflies and romance on the Meng Mountain, scholars in their short-shorts, suggestive broken I-Ching lines and the superiority of Chang six-packs over Emperors.

 

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In the Corner Back by the Woodpile #130: Tryna Herd Cats XX

 

Loneliness, taking the temperature of the room, crying fish in the heart of water, greed, the opportunism of compassion and so much more are discussed in this philosophical workout podcast!

 

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In the Corner Back by the Woodpile #129: Juana Rosa Pita's Legendary Entanglements

 

 

Poet Juana Rosa Pita comes Back by the Woodpile to share not only her poetry but glimpses into her life's story, her lost homeland of Cuba and of the miraculous entanglements she's shared with other humans. 

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In the Corner Back By the Woodpile #128: Digging Thru the Cushions III

Dining with a queen or jamming with Count Basie, evangelical peg legged pirates, expecting more from low-expectation children and wills verses wishes. It’s all here on this hodgepodge episode of In the Corner Back By The Woodpile!

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In the Corner Back by the Woodpile #127: Tao of Tao VII - Weren't We Supposed've Turned Back There?

Taoist adventures in China! The is the second part of an American's quest in the Middle Kingdom to learn more about the Tao Te Ching, Laozi, Liezi and the gang. On this episode there's snack-stealing karma monkeys, slackers vindicated by fate, exposed old lady parts and choking on thief food.

 

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In the Corner Back by the Woodpile #126: The Epic of True Tunes II

 

John J Thompson of True Tunes News wraps up the story of the magazine- began in episode 125- picking up at the publication’s zenith, it’s collapse and what’s become of the tribe since those final days.

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In the Corner Back by the Woodpile #125: The Epic of True Tunes I

Back in the late 1980’s, a little magazine began to be passed around by discouraged and disenfranchised music loving, truth seeking believers on the back pews of churches. The mag was called True Tunes and what it did was send up flare to those folks who were looking for music with meaning and integrity, both of which unfortunately for many did not exist in the mainstream Christian music industry of the times. The visionary of the publication was a kid-at-the-time by the name of John J Thompson who joins us to tell us of the rise, the fall and possible resurrection of True Tunes.

 

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