Episode 60 – Aesthetics and Mechanics
Tonight we’re responding to a pair of conversations from other shows on witchy aesthetics and the mechanics of magic.
(complete shownotes at http://www.newworldwitchery.com)
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Podcast 59 – A New Year for Witches
Summary:
In our latest show, we talk about what our plans are for the coming year; about getting out of our heads and into our incantations; and about the exploding presence of witches in media lately. We also have our NOLA swag bag contest winners announced!
Play:
Download: New World Witchery – Episode 59
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- American Horror Story: Coven – Also check out Fire Lyte’s article on it, which we mention.
- Other recent media featuring witches includes: Beautiful Creatures, Rob Zombie’s Lords of Salem, Witches of East End, Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones, The Magicians (by Lev Grossman), Frozen (okay, she’s not a witch, but a sorceress/queen, and a good one at that!), Maleficent, Once Upon a Time, and Grimm. I mentioned and linked many of these in a recent cartulary post, too, if you’re interested.
- We announced a NOLA swag contest winners in this episode! Listen if you want to know who the lucky three were.
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Promos & Music
Title music: “Homebound,” by Jag, from Cypress Grove Blues. From Magnatune.
Promos:
(Song snippet: “Season of the Witch,” by Donovan)
Episode 59 – A New Year for Witches
Episode 59 – A New Year for Witches
In this show, we discuss our plans for this year’s shows, as well as recent media portrayals of witches.
(complete shownotes at http://www.newworldwitchery.com)
Podcast 58 – Yuletide Cheer! 2013
-SHOWNOTES FOR EPISODE 58–
Summary
Our annual fruitcake of wintery music, poetry, & other holiday goodies!
Play:
Download: New World Witchery – Episode 58
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Stories & Poetry:
- “Noel,” by Katherine Porter
- “Christmas,” (two versions) and “Winter,” from The Real Mother Goose
- “Christmas Trees,” by Robert Frost
- A selection from “The Snow Queen,” by Hans Christian Andersen
- “Santa’s Traveling Companions,” adapted from information at the Saint Nicholas Center
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Also, please enter our current contest!
Promos & Music
All songs used with permission/license, from Magnatune, SoundCloud, Creative Commons, and MusicAlley, except as noted.
Playlist:
- “Nou is Yole Comen,” Shira Kammen
- “Swete was the Song,” by Artsy Honker
- “Good King Wenceslas,” US Army Chorus
- “Candelight Carol,” Kathmandu Chorale
- “Lo How a Rose E’er Blooming,” Annie Hiller
- “Carol of the Birds,” by Broceliande*
- “The Holly, Witches Dance,” Harper’s Hamper
- “Broome, Bonny Broome,” Harper’s Hamper
- “Patapan,” Fugli
- “Cherry Tree Carol,” Rose & Thistle Band (independent artist)
- “This Endris Night,” US Army Chorus
- “Cold Blows the Wind,” Music for a Winter’s Eve
- “Deck the Halls,” Harper’s Hamper
- “Green Grows the Holly,” Shira Kammen
- “O Christmas Tree,” Tubachick
- “O Tannenbaum,” Kellianna (f. Jenna Greene)*
- “Winter’s Ritual,” SJ Tucker (from Ember Days soundtrack)*
- “Wassail Song,” Music for a Winter’s Eve
- “Come Landlord fill the Flowing Bowl,” The Limeybirds (independent artist)
- “Boar’s Head Carol,” The Pagan Carolers
- “O Come Emmanuel,” Mary Ellen Kirk
- “Ave Maria,” Kellianna*
- “Da Day Dawn,” Samantha Gillogly*
*Used with artist permission
Underscoring music is “Nu Zit Wellekome,” Ralph Rousseau Meulenbroeks, and “Courdian,” Music for a Winter’s Eve, both from Magnatune.
Episode 58 – Yuletide Cheer! 2013
Episode 58 – Yuletide Cheer! 2013
Our annual wintery fruitcake of music, poetry, & other holiday goodies!
(complete shownotes at http://www.newworldwitchery.com)
Podcast 57 – New Orleans
Summary:
In this extended episode, we revisit our recent trip to the magical city of New Orleans. We’ll discuss the most recent Pagan Podkin Super Moot, places to see in the Crescent City, and hear some music, travelogues, and even a tea leaf reading or two!
Play:
Download: New World Witchery – Episode 57
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Places Mentioned:
- Big thanks and mention to Erzulie’s, which hosted the event!
- Yo Mama’s Bar & Grill
- Cafe Du Monde (delicious beignets & chicory coffee)
- The Gumbo Shop
- Chartres House
- Bottom of the Cup Tea Room (where we got our leaves read!)
- New Orleans Historic Voodoo Museum
Tours & Events:
- French Quarter Phantoms (great walking tour with ghost stories & absinthe tasting)
- Tours BaYou (awesome downloadable driving tour of the Garden District)
- Folk Magic Festival
Pop Culture:
- American Horror Story: Coven – Made Laine watch her first episode in NOLA!
- Jitterbug Perfume, by Tom Robbins – Cory bought his wife some perfume from Bourbon French Parfum because of its connection to this book.
CONTEST!
We announced a new contest in this episode! Details are coming in a separate post, but the basic rules are: 1) Buy something, anything, from one of the sponsors in the list below; 2) Take a picture with that item (or a a picture/screengrab of the receipt); 3) Send your picture to compassandkey@gmail.com and let us know to enter you in the contest. You could win one of three fully-stuffed PPSM Swag Bags, full of items from these great sponsors!
PPSM Sponsors! (We love them!!!)
(We’ll be posting more on these items in other places, but here’s a short list of the swag items and sponsors)
- Javamancy Kit – Carnavalia/The Mystic Dream
- Three Venezuelan Powers Holy Card Sets – Camino de Yara
- Stay with ME Bath – The Curio & Candle Shop
- Lucky Green Rice Sachets – Draconis Arcanum
- Handcrafted Conjure Condition Oils – Candlesmoke Chapel
- 2014 Witches’ Companion – Llewellyn Publications
- “Horsetamer” CD – Julia Ecklar & Prometheus Music
- “Traditions” Download Card – Kellianna
- Enchantment – Pendraig Publishing
- Banshees, Werewolves, Vampires, & Other Creatures of the Night – Red Wheel/Weiser Books
- The Candle & the Crossroads – Red Wheel/Weiser Books
- Fifty-four Devils Cartomancy Kit – New World Witchery
- Witches & Pagans Magazine – BBI Media
- Herbal Healing Salve – Rue & Hyssop/Three Brooms & a Cat
- Magical Miscellany Oil & Incense – Magical Miscellany
- Coconut Oil & Obsidian – Kathleen Borealis/Borealis Meditations
- Mini-Altar Kits/Dowsing Rods – Franchesca /VampRaven’s Nest
- Scarlet’s Deck – Scarlet’s Treasures
- And let’s also do our best to say thanks to Anna, owner of Erzulie’s Voodoo
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Promos & Music
Title music: “Homebound,” by Jag, from Cypress Grove Blues. From Magnatune.
Song List:
- “When the Saints Go Marching In,” by Wingy Malone (from Archive.org)
- “Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho,” by the Delta Choral Union (from Archive.org)
- “Iko Iko,” by the Grateful Dead (from Archive.org)
- “New Orleans Stomp,” by Louis Armstrong (from Archive.org)
New Orleans Recollections from:
- The Texan Heretics
- Scarlet at Lakefront Pagan Voice
- Kathleen at Borealis Meditation
Episode 57 – New Orleans
Episode 57 – New Orleans
In this extended episode, we revisit our recent trip to the magical city of New Orleans.
(complete shownotes at http://www.newworldwitchery.com)
Podcast Special – The Visitor
SHOWNOTES FOR PODCAST SPECIAL – THE VISITOR
Summary
In this episode, we experience some witchy radio drama and NIGHT VALE NIGHT VALE. NIGHT VALE NIGHT VALE NIGHT VALE.
Sources
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WELCOME TO BLACKBIRD FALLS.
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Special Episode – The Visitor
Music
Intro: “Grifos Muertos” by Jeffery Luck Lucas, from his album What We Whisper, on Magnatune.com
All incidental music by Disparition.
Feature song: “Witchka,” by S.J. Tucker.
Special Episode – The Visitor
Special Episode – The Visitor
Our final 2013 storytelling episode focuses on the genre of radio drama.
(complete shownotes at http://www.newworldwitchery.com)
Podcast Special – A Hearse of Verse
SHOWNOTES FOR PODCAST SPECIAL – A HEARSE OF VERSE
Summary
In this episode we have a selection of ghastly and witchy music and poetry.
Sources
- “Her Kind,” by Anne Sexton (read by the poet)
- “The Hag,” by Robert Herrick
- “The Witch’s Daughter,” by John Greenleaf Whittier
- “The Witch of Coos,” by Robert Frost
- “Black Spirits,” This song appears in The Witch (c. 1615) by Thomas Middleton (1580-1627)
- “All Hallows Night,” by Lizette Woodworth Reese
- “Annabel Lee,” by Edgar Allen Poe
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Special Episode – A Hearse of Verse
Music
Title & end music: “Grifos Muertos” by Jeffery Luck Lucas, from his album What We Whisper, on Magnatune.com
Playlist:
- “Witches’ Reel,” by Kellianna
- “Dark Memories,” by Cynthia McQuillin
- “Wytches’ Brew,” by Omnia
- “The Call,” by Wendy Rule
