Red Transmissions Podcast

American Novelist and Poet Noah Cicero is currently promoting his new book "Las Vegas Bootlegger - Empire of Self-importance" published by Trident Press in the US. On this episode of the Red Transmissions podcast, from his home in Nevada, Noah spoke in detail of the world and characters of this book, his influences, contemporaries and the locations and reasons that lead him to write.

Noah has a movie made of his first book called "The Human War" which won the 2014 Beloit Film Festival award for Best Screenplay. He has books translated into Turkish, Kurdish and Spanish. His first book of poetry, "Bipolar Cowboy" was voted one of the best books on Goodreads in 2015. https://neutralspaces.co/noahcicero/

This is the fourth and final of this year's "At the Fringe" interview series recorded in Tranås, Sweden. On this episode, punk and hardcore, jazz and what he calls "odd music" record collector, librarian, poet, publisher and musician Magnus Grehn talks to the Red Transmissions Podcast about his path, both in the physical sense, tracing the footsteps of the city of Tranås and its characters, as in the mental and emotional sense through the music and books that revive his passion for culture and the underground every day.

The result of his interests is a wonderful cocktail of activities and recommendations for music and book lovers, but it is also a good reminder that now, more than ever, DIY is the way.

Once a year, the city of Tranås (Sweden) opens its doors, cultural centers, venues and restaurants to a collection of creators who have traveled from all over to be part of At the Fringe, an International Festival which brings together poetry, performance, film, visual art, workshops and talks in Swedish and other languages. This Festival now morphs into a hybrid entity that also provides documentation of its existence for an online audience, and promises to continue expanding its reach and serving as a platform for arts and free speech.

Colm Kiernan is the wizard behind this project, and in this episode of Red Transmissions, he shares the nuts and bolts of what it is to Fringe. https://en.atthefringe.org/

A desire to capture the immensity of spaces, the randomness of time and people, the beauty of abandoned spaces outside and within us, Serbian artist Milica Denkovic applies her creativity in a range of multimedia genres that go from slam poetry and photography to digital illustration - and sometimes interact until becoming one very unique and pertinent glitch.

On this episode of Red Transmissions Podcast she shares with us her process, her involvement in the Punk Letters Project, why she keeps coming back to Tranås' At the Fringe and what she expects to find with her art.

Learn more at: https://milicadenkovic.com/

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Having lived a lifetime alongside poetry has given Bengt Berg, an award-winning poet originally from Sweden, a lifetime of adventure and reflection. His verses are full of humor, tenderness and sharp commentary about the world around us, which he prefers to traverse while looking for unexpected marvels.

Writer, journalist, pathological tourist and actor Rafael Franco-Steeves opened up about his leading role in "Adjunto", the short film directed by Felix Piñeiro that navigates us through the struggles of addiction, inner fears, life in a distant city and the very real difficulties of Puerto Ricans after Hurricane Maria and the tragedies that followed... all subjects which hit very close to home when telling his story, and how he's become the brave and prolific creator he is today.

Rafael was just awarded Best Actor at the Rincon International Film Festival @rinconfilmfest and the film won Best Short in the same festival.

Learn more about Adjunto and its world premiere here:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10869060/ or watch it through the festival online here:

https://watch.eventive.org/rinconfilm/play/5f1e159c5e3a8500366e0390/5f18635fb55e9500862c1466

Follow Rafael Franco-Steeves and his work here:

https://www.facebook.com/Rafael-Franco-Steeves-216784418366421

On this episode of the Red Transmissions Podcast, escape through the rabbit hole and get a glimpse into the world of erotic, fetish and glamour photography, as seen through the lens of Alejandra Guerrero.

Her book, "Wicked Women", released in 2020, is a compilation of constructed fictions that explore fashion, fetishism and role play trough Guerrero's defined style, providing an exquisite and empowering female perspective of deviant realities. https://www.corporatevampire.com/

Poet, educator, literary curator and all around inspiring communicator in the field of language arts, Dominic Williams shares with us the process of translating community-based events to a digital format, and then reintroducing them into a physical environment, allowing these two to converge into a more inclusive hybrid existence.

Learn more about Dominic Williams at:

write4word.org

Passionate for the world around her and skilled at shifting careers, nomad, film & TV producer and developer, and entrepreneur Emma Moroney shares the lessons learned through her various careers and locations, advice for digital nomads and people dreaming of building a remote-working, country-hopping lifestyle, actualizing her mindset and reflecting on her steps to build a daring present... all from Tinos, Greece, the island that conquered her heart. https://www.facebook.com/aegeandreambnb/

Musician, producer, artist, and writer King Khan has led a life worth its own series of comic books. From dealing with discrimination in Canada as a kid and finding power in punk rock and psychedelic music, to being part of The Shrines, playing as part of Sun Ra's Arkestra, hanging out with Lou Reed and having Jodorowsky as his teacher and collaborator.

On this episode of Red Transmissions Podcast, King Khan shares his story, tribulations and life lessons, creative process and current projects, and speaks in detail of the Black Power Tarot he developed with artist Michael Eaton, as well as the record Let Me Hang You with none other than William S. Borroughs.

Learn more about King Khan's work and productions here: https://khannibalism.bandcamp.com/

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Upcoming issue #23 (the Language issue) includes an article on this interview:

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