Ep. 2 Calvin Gimplevich “She looked like him.”

This week’s episode features an excerpt of a larger work from Seattle based writer Calvin Gimplevich. It’s a tale in and of itself that centers around a character that is consistently an outcast in every situation they find themselves in. Beyond the drudgery of daily existence there is a deeper sense of longing for what is outside of their shitty town with shitty people who do shitty things to each other.  A ghostly image appears one night and acts as a catalyst for change…

Calvin Gimpelevich is an author and organizer based in the Pacific Northwest. His fiction appears in Electric Literature, Plentitude, Glitterwolf, cream city, THEM, and elsewhere. He is the recipient of awards from Artist Trust, Jack Straw Cultural Center, and 4Culture, in addition to residencies through CODEX/Writer’s Block and the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts. A founding member of the Lion’s Main Art Collective, Calvin has organized shows at venues throughout Seattle and performed at Henry Art Gallery, where he was also a featured speaker. A transgender first-generation American, his work deals with immigration, politics, subcultures, gender, and class.

This week's song is entitled "New Kind of Love"

Lyrics:

Take my words with a delicate handI’ll face unafraid their consequencesLustful and lewd they have spewed from my mouthCloaked in a language not understoodConvulsing, my body is lost in a fightWarring inside

I am looking for a new type of loveFulfilling enough to rid me of my lonely anguishThere’s an answer I’m longing to find, ahead or behindTo save me from the nightmare I’m dreamingLet it come

There’s an image I’ve seen in the nightA haunting reflection of who I amOr is it the person who I’m supposed to beA parallel vision of a better lifeThe visceral feeling, I cannot denyConnecting our bodies

I am looking for a new type of loveFulfilling enough to rid me of my lonely anguishI am shaking from what I have seen, this impossible dreamI’ll pack up my bags to find wholenessNow set me free

Links:

http://calvingimpelevich.com/

Credits:

Theme song “Rhinestone Rosie” and music “Fade Away” by Lowlands

http://www.Wearelowlands.com

“New Kind of Love”

Written By: Tom Rorem

Recorded, Mixed, and Mastered By: Tom Rorem

Guitar, Vocals: Tom Rorem

Lead Guitar: Steve Miller

Keyboard: Alex Huth

Bass: Ben Jahn

Drums: William Mapp