Day #3 of a poem a day from Alpine Strangers and Scott Whitaker

Another one of Whitaker's strong poems was easy to find some ekphrasis of it's own. Meta-ekphrasis.

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Day Two of selects from Scott Whitaker's new book of Poetry, All My Rowdy Friends.

Scott wrote a poem about the consequences of disturbing snakes in flagrant delicto of doing it in the road. Now that I think about it I probably should have just used Why Don't We Do it in The Road? The down side? Sexy Snake Funk.

Today we are excited to bring you some new work by Scott Whitaker. Many of you might remember that the first Alpine Strangers broadcast was a poem from Scott Whitaker's poetry chapbook 'News From the Front'. Ever since reading this poem in that collection, this poem has resonated deeply and when Scott approached us to do some readings for him, this was first on the list.

Alpine Strangers will be posting new readings of Scott's new book, All My Rowdy Friends. It's available here: punkswritepoems.storenvy.com/products/1…t-whitaker

All My Rowdy Friends is composed of poems about addicts, alcoholics, criminals, and derelicts. Friends also explores gender dysphoria through the Tiresias stories. The poems are both personal and personal myth all at once, and Friends is as much about telling stories as it is anything else.

"All My Rowdy Friends is sex appeal met with man’s uncertainty; dark with an edgy bite to it. Love painted stark, pain written thick; a beautiful photograph. There’s a grit to the sex that makes it squirm. Poetry that includes visits to childhood, to mind­altering states and beyond, and a cast of characters that will slice your fingers if you press the page too hard."
Jax Miller, best selling author of Freedom's Child

Part of the soundtrack to Episode 4 "Jury Duty - Part One" of Alpine Strangers.

Written and performed by Nate McFadden.

Recorded in Hayward, CA sometime in 2014.

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Part of the soundtrack to Episode 4 of Alpine Strangers.

Written and performed by Nate McFadden.

Recorded in Hayward, CA sometime in 2014.

www.alpinestrangers.com

Part of the soundtrack to Episode 4 of Alpine Strangers.

Written and performed by Nate McFadden.

Recorded in Hayward, CA sometime in 2014.

www.alpinestrangers.com

Part of the soundtrack to Episode 4 of Alpine Strangers.

Written and performed by Cody Grimm.

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Part of the soundtrack to Episode 4 of Alpine Strangers, this is a piece of unintentional music used for the episode. Nate had started a piece about playing the trumpet again and Cody used parts of Nate's recordings to composite the soundtrack for the fourth installment of Alpine Strangers.

Recorded in Hayward and Los Angeles, CA in 2013.

Nate McFadden; Trumpet
Cody Grimm: Programming, loops and samples.

Episode 4: Jury Duty – Part One

[Warning: Episode contains adult language and themes]

Our fourth episode recounts Nate & Cody’s individual experiences with jury duty, justice as well as the creative process.

Written, performed and produced by Nate McFadden & Cody Grimm

Featuring: Stephen Tobolowsky Zac Grimm, Annie Choi, Elaine Mongeon, Michael Pugliano, Tom Mitchell, Jeb Utecht, Christine Woertink

Hey there, Alpine Strangers fans! We realize that it has been a long time, but the next episode is almost in the can. Since everyone has been so patient, here's a short companion piece to our next episode. In this short we examine the 80s obsession with saxaphones and saxaphone solos. Where did they come from? From Baker Street to Sting's Zippo, we examine the horny sax.