SYMPTMS of a Creative Mind

Zebrana shares some thoughts about her upcoming Hysterectomy surgery. End track is "I'm The Asshole" by Zebrana Bastard

Music used in the episode:
 Intro: I'm The Asshole by Zebrana Bastard

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Najah Monique Todd is a pillar of the Tacoma Community, a master hair artist at Embellish Multispace Salon, a plus size model, globe trotter, and half of the duo that is the 90's pop influenced Tacoma band, known as Mirrorgloss.

In this episode, we cover her recently established love for traveling and how impossible it isn't (even if you have to go it alone), keeping yourself safe in a Covid world and how important self-care and self-love is, especially amidst the chaos of a world grappling with racism head on.

Najah also shares her thoughts on police violence, while recalling her own story of being arrested after calling the cops to help her in a domestic violence situation, and how betrayed she felt as a woman when the female officer threatened to book her for resisting arrest if she continued to cry.

Through every dip and dive, in true Najah style, she embraces the good in all of these experiences, and shares how right now, America is loving itself, because you can't make a real change until you've looked into the darkness and purged it at the core. Najah is a strong, beautiful, and powerful woman, and it's an honor to give her a platform to share a snippet of her life with my listeners as she talks about her music and her life.

"Love yourself in the truest form possible." - Najah Monique Todd

Music from the show:
Intro clip: I'm The Asshole by Zebrana Bastard
End track: Fantasy by Mirrorgloss

Links from the show:
Follow Najah on Instagram
Sewell Trips - Travel The World, starting with the Dominican Republic, one of Najah's favorite travel planners that works with a payment plan that fits your budget, and also builds trips focused on helping African American women to see the world.
Sewell Trips on Facebook

Embellish Multispace Salon - Book your hair appointment with Najah!

Big Girlz move - Najah's Workout program

Mirrorgloss - Najah's music project with her bestie, Del Brown.
Mirrorgloss Website
Mirrorgloss on BandCamp
Mirrorgloss on Facebook
Mirrorgloss on Instagram
Mirrorgloss on Spotify

Zebrana Bastard Links
Zebrana Bastard on Patreon
Zebrana Bastard Website
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Zebrana Bastard on Instagram
Zebrana Bastard on Twitter

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Stephen Gibb is a heavy metal musician who has played in many bands, including Black Label Society, Crowbar, Kingdom of Sorrow, Saigon Kick, and before Covid struck, had been spending time accompanying his father, Barry Gibb, on tours.

In 2011, Stephen offered me a chair on one of the lowest days in my life. Almost ten years later, we take an hour or so to share our struggles with addiction and our love for a life worth living in sobriety. Connection is a powerful gift, and you never know where it might one day lead.

In this episode, the "Prince of Disco" (I found out 4 days prior to recording that he is the son of a Beegee) tells me about learning how to take accountability for himself and making better choices in a sober life, getting kicked out of Black Label Society, a relapse that almost took his life, and a web series scheduled to launch in July called "Addiction Walks" accompanied by the podcast "Addiction Talks".

Please know that for anyone out there suffering with addiction, you truly are not alone in your struggle, and there is a thread of kindness that exists among those of us in recovery who are more than happy to help weave you into the tapestry of a beautiful, sober life.

Tracks:
Intro: 'I'm The Asshole' by Zebrana Bastard
End Track: 'Easier Now' by Stephen Gibb (unreleased track for an upcoming solo album)

Stephen Gibb Links:
Website
Facebook
Twitter
Instagram
Youtube

Other Links
Sunrise Detox Center
Becka Makes Buttons

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Facebook
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Twitter

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This episode starts with a piece of one of Dr. Martin Luther King's Speeches. In the archives, the clip was called "Something Happening". It ends with one of my favorite bands that doesn't exist anymore, SuperNothing from Kent, WA. The song is called Facetime.

In between, you have my own thoughts and opinions as to what is currently happening in the world.

I'll have a guest with me next episode to discuss the process of recovery as we share our own stories of struggle, how we met, and why connection is so important.

Here's the link to the audio clip for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Here's how you can download the rest of the SuperNothing album, Life We Chose.

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Ethan is a guitarist and founding member of Portland based metal band, Unholy Crown. He and I have been friends since our mid teens. We partied together in our youth and supported each other in our recovery paths as adults. His addiction to heroin led him to almost a decade of incarceration, where he began taking college courses that would later pave the way for his life after prison.

In this episode, we cover D&D, music recording gear, how Covid-19 has helped shape the current state of his band and their goals for the future, life after addiction, going after a bachelors in music, and the importance of tackling relationship issues and goals as a "team" with your significant other.

Music used in the episode:
Intro: I'm The Asshole by Zebrana Bastard
Ending Track: Kalashnikov by Unholy Crown

LINKS from the Show:
Unholy Crown on Bandcamp
Unholy Crown on Youtube
Unholy Crown on Facebook
Ax fx 2 (Bias Music Tech Link)

Zebrana Bastard on Patreon
Zebrana Bastard Website
Zebrana Bastard on Youtube
Zebrana Bastard on Facebook
Zebrana Bastard on Bandcamp
Zebrana Bastard on Instagram
Zebrana Bastard on Twitter

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Michelle is one of the kindest and most compassionate women I've ever met. She is the lead singer of Le Saboteur, with roots deep into the Seattle Underground. Every project she's ever touched turns heads, and for as talented as she is, she's equally humble. Due to Covid-19, plans to interview before her upcoming album release tour got halted, and the conversation I had originally wanted to do with her transformed into what we have here...something very real and raw as we tackle radical compassion after heinous crimes against animals, humanity, and our planet. I wasn't fully prepared for the conversation, but whenever unprepared in life, we still carry on.

Trigger Warnings: Religion, Sexual Assault, Global Warming, Animal Cruelty, Police Brutality, Mental Health

Intro song: "I'm the Asshole" by Zebrana Bastard
End Track: "Tightrope" by Le Saboteur

ALL THE LINKS:
Le Saboteur Website
Le Saboteur on Bandcamp
Le Saboteur on Instagram

Climate Change Nasa
Climate Change and Wildlife
Farm Sanctuary
Science-based diet information resource
Feral Cat Info
Bird Conservation & Catios

Zebrana Bastard Website
Zebrana Bastard on Bandcamp
Zebrana Bastard on Youtube

This episode is directly supported by Patrons on Patreon.com/zerbanabastard

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The multi-talented musician, promoter, tour junkie, and lover of the beautiful kitteh Ms. Olive Oil, Jesse Kenneth Cotu Williams joins us for the first visual episode of the podcast to discuss some of his projects, the pop-punk wrestling collective, The Randy Savages, and his latest EP release, I tried. Jesse has toured with the Vampirates, Boss' Daughter, and more, while being fully integrated into the Santa Cruz music scene as a longstanding promoter for The Blue Lagoon in Santa Cruz.

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During the interview, we get a cameo from Nick Carroll of The Randy Savages and another from Mat Weir, freelance journalist for Good Times Santa Cruz.
The Randy Savages on Band Camp
Good Times Santa Cruz

As the interview progresses over discussions about the importance of art and music, the lines begin to blur between guest and host as Zebrana and Jesse talk about various experiences throughout their lives on the road on through their musical journeys, including touching on some hard subjects Zebrana has never covered before in one of the key elements that lead her to sobriety.

I hope you enjoy the show...now onto the links!!!

Intro song clip
Zebrana Bastard - "I'm The Asshole"

End Track
Jesse Kenneth Cotu Williams - "I Tried" Voted Best Records - Official Music Video

Jesse on Patreon
Jesse on Facebook
Jesse on Twitter
Jesse on Instagram
Jesse on YouTube
Jesse on Bandcamp - Voted Best Records

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Listen to the new Jesse Kenneth Cotu Williams album on:
iTunes
GooglePlay
Spotify
Apple Music

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"So presently we've come to see that for Rainbows, you need Rain." - Citizen Fish

Instead of hosting an interview, Zebrana Bastard reads two stories of finding hope in dark places from her memoir.

Bullet of Sobriety  - A short story about how her Uncle's Suicide led to her finding lasting sobriety.

Believe in Rainbows - A story about seeking out rainbows in the seemingly dark places and never giving up on finding a better way to live.

Music used in this episode:
Intro- I'm The Asshole by Zebrana Bastard
End Track: Break Into a Run/Rainbows by Citizen Fish
Huge thank you to Dick Lucas from Citizen Fish for granting me permission to use their song. You should download it and any other song that resonates with you from this band. They are amazing.
https://citizenfish.bandcamp.com/

If you like my stories, you can find more from my memoir, poems, lyrics, and pieces of fiction on my Patreon.

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In this continuation from episode six (Don't Fuck with Horses), we cover a lot of hard learned lessons which leads to stressing why self-care is so incredibly important.

After being diagnose with breast cancer at 31, Butterfly essentially shut down, and would not accept the news until seven years later when she was forced to face her disease or die. Instead of using chemo and other toxic methods commonly used in the United States to treat her cancerous body, she turned towards forms of alternative medicine from China, India, and a certain type of mushroom commonly used as a treatment for cancer in Japan.

We talk about her methods of recovery, maintaining health, and learning how to negotiate space within her body to successfully live with Lymes disease. We also touch on how shedding toxic relationships with friends and family is not only okay, but necessary, reaping the benefits of the energy you put into the world, and thoughts on self care.

We delve into distrust of the government, thoughts and opinions on human nature, and dropped some love for Maya Angelou, an incredible woman, author, and poet. I hope you enjoy this as much as we did recording it.

Music used in this episode:
Intro: "I'm The Asshole" By Zebrana Bastard
End Track: "Place For Pause" co-composed/recorded by A. Fiddle-Hooper & John Grey
Piano: John Grey, Cello: A. Fiddle-Hooper

LINKS
A.Fiddle-Hooper Website https://fiddlehooper.com/
A. Fiddle-Hooper on Facebook
A. Fiddle-Hooper on Youtube

Reading Material on Maitake Mushroom

Zebrana Bastard Website www.zebranabastard.net
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This episode is sponsored by contributers on Zebrana Bastard's Patreon and by
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The woman I sit down with is Butterfly Fiddle-Hooper, a bi-racial, classically trained violinist, who has been honing her craft for well over thirty years. The first guest I'd never known prior. She is the first documented person to hula-hoop while playing the fiddle and is also a cancer survivor, who has successfully lived with Lymes Disease for over 10 years.

I am grateful for the time she shared with me as we covered a variety of topics from growing up as a half black and half white child among a racist and "prestigious" equestrian family in the desert of Reno, Nevada, to turning her back on horses, falling in love with the fiddle, and learning how to dance for this moment and this moment alone.

Within' the experience shared between us, we tackle heavy subjects such as varying degrees of abuse, relationship endings, death, definitions of family, inspiration behind the music, and embracing the inevitable changes in life, I hope you can find a message of hope as we share a bit about ourselves on the paths on self discovery. We got lost in conversation, so this episode will be split into two parts.

Music used in this episode:
Intro: "I'm The Asshole" By Zebrana Bastard
End Track: "Heart Beat" composed/recorded by A. Fiddle-Hooper
Piano: Megumi Otsuka, Violin: A. Fiddle-Hooper
Recorded Live: Academie of Music, Vienna, Austria, 2012

LINKS
A.Fiddle-Hooper Website https://fiddlehooper.com/
A. Fiddle-Hooper on Facebook
A. Fiddle-Hooper on Youtube
Siren's Rain (the link to how we found eachother) https://www.sirensrain.com/

Zebrana Bastard Website www.zebranabastard.net
Zebrana Bastard on Facebook
Zebrana Bastard on Instagram

This episode is sponsored by contributers on Zebrana Bastard's Patreon and by
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