69. Kingfisher, Part 1

03/12/22 • 61 min

A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast

Look, you might expect us to talk about the lyrics to Kingfisher on the first episode about Kingfisher, but we do not do that. It’s an intimidating song! Here is the excellent Blessing All the Birds article: https://allthebirds.tumblr.com/post/171895685753/kingfisher-lie-with-the-lion-arthurian-threads/amp. Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true. Our email is [email protected]. We are @ahopelessendeavorpodcast on Instagram, and we’re on Facebook too. Thank you so much, as always, to David Pizarro for his sick beats, and for doing the audio processing every single week. Here is a link to all his Joanna beats on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/mA6TgWNi9EDhDt2C7. “Whose is the hand that I will hold? Whose is the face I will see? Whose is the name that I will call when I am called to meet thee?”

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68. Ribbon Bows, Part 3

The last part on Ribbon Bows! Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true. Our email is [email protected]. We are @ahopelessendeavorpodcast on Instagram, and we’re on Facebook too. Thank you so much, as always, to David Pizarro for his sick beats, and for doing the audio processing every single week. Here is a link to all his Joanna beats on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/mA6TgWNi9EDhDt2C7. “But, though I get so sad (could swear the night makes a motion to claim me, around that second verse), I reckon I've felt worse, and still held fast. But, later on, when I am alone, alone at last, well I take my god to task. I take my daggone god to task.”

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70. Kingfisher, Part 2

A miracle: we actually talk about the lyrics! Here is the excellent Blessing All the Birds article: https://allthebirds.tumblr.com/post/171895685753/kingfisher-lie-with-the-lion-arthurian-threads/amp. Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true. Our email is [email protected]. We are @ahopelessendeavorpodcast on Instagram, and we’re on Facebook too. Thank you so much, as always, to David Pizarro for his sick beats, and for doing the audio processing every single week. Here is a link to all his Joanna beats on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/mA6TgWNi9EDhDt2C7. “In this life, who did you love, beneath the drifting ashes, beneath the sheeting banks of air that barrenly bore our rations?”