Texas Overture

Latest Episodes:

West Texas Desert Forever Dec 03, 2023

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Wrangling tumbleweeds, we explore the deception and promise of the West Texas desert, Baudrillard, the mythology of Marfa, Donald Judd's unique criticism and minimalism, the viability of artist enclaves, the precarity of small towns, 10,000 year old clocks, the rise of 'instagrammable spots', survival, surveillance, etc.

Spiritual Map of Texas Nov 10, 2023

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We're back -- and we're developing a Spiritual Map of Texas. Born from a dream Faith had, we each select a special TX location and unravel its many layers on historical, emotional, geological and geomagnetic levels...

Conservation Burial with Campo de Estrellas Sep 17, 2023

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We are joined by friends from Campo de Estrellas, a conservation burial cemetery in Bastrop County. We discuss contemporary burial practices in Texas, climate concerns, the allure of lingering in cemeteries, being a good ancestor, memory in land, death in industrialization, and more.

Companion reading:

Campo de Estrellas website

https://campodeestrellas.co

At Rest in the Fields by Sarah Wambold

https://www.texasobserver.org/celebrating-childhoods-end-at-eloise-woods/

Jerry Hunt, The Synthesizer Shaman Sep 04, 2023

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We discuss legendary Texas artist Jerry Hunt, a pioneering presence in the development of electronic composition and experimental new music. Influenced by everyone from John Cage to John Dee, Hunt was a virtuosic pianist by trade who made his name through his experimental, interactive, and technical way of making music. He is noted for incorporating celestial alphabets and occult themes in the composition and programming of his oblique and complicated work. Through challenging conventions Hunt gained world renown in New Music circles. He was also funny and strange and lived a beautiful life in East Texas for most of his life with his partner, Stephen Housewright.

Books:

Partners by Stephen Housewright

Transmissions from the Pleroma by Blank Forms

Our playlist:

T/EXperimental Mix

Links:

Jerry Hunt website with interviews, reviews, links to books, etc.

Irida Records on Bandcamp

Blank Forms

Episode Sounds:

John Cage and Jerry Hunt

"Don Pedro, Pray For Us" Aug 06, 2023

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We discuss the legacy of Don Pedro, the famous South Texan curandero, healer, and folk saint. We are joined by Ixa, a Texas woman whose great-grandmother actually studied under the man in question, for a broader discussion contextualizing modern spirituality, her family's experiences with 'the healer of Los Olmos Creek,' herbalism, prayer, and more.

Prophetic Dreams & Precious Scents Jul 08, 2023

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In this special episode of Texas Overture, we break traditional narrative form to enact an eerie dream Faith had one fateful night. Armed with our metal detector and a reservoir of "summer feeling" we explore the rich and colorful scent pathways and silent forces of various outdoor locations in our local environment.

Listen for: Jonathan Richmond, dispatches from the dreamworld, memory mapping, summer field recordings, droning cicadas, Barry Hannah & Texas Overture fragrance line research.

Love & Orbs with Zoyd Wheeler May 19, 2023

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Zoyd Wheeler (@ShakenJack) joins us in the East Texas wilderness to discuss the Archives of the Impossible conference, inter-dimensional love, Husserlian phenomenology, the perils of tragic romance with orbs of light, Medieval mystics Hildegard of Bingen and Margery Kempe, near death experiences, UFOs & the Nation of Islam, disinformation campaigns, Raymond Carver, small town legends, and more.

Plus, we reconnect with the Mystic of Matagorda - Forrest Bess.

The Conference May 06, 2023

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A special bonus episode of Texas Overture... We break down our upcoming road trip to the big Archives of the Impossible Conference at Rice University.

Cryptids of Texas with Ken Gerhard Apr 19, 2023

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We discuss the state of cryptozoology in Texas, industrial dance music, Texas Bigfoot, time slips, science, and "The Big Bird" with local cryptozoologist Ken Gerhard.

The Mystic of Matagorda Mar 20, 2023

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We dive into alchemy, the unconscious, and the strange visionary life of Forrest Bess — the East Texas shrimp fisherman, outsider artist, and mystic.