Growing Out Podcasts

Sonnets from Cute Little Monster

Wed July 16 2008

Chad Tarzinsky grown up narrates through sonnets about Paco, Joe, Sofia, and the caverns of adulthood.

Chad Tarzinsky grown up narrates through sonnets about Paco, Joe, Sofia, and the caverns of adulthood.

Chad Tarzinsky grown up narrates through sonnets about Paco, Joe, Sofia, and the caverns of adulthood. read less

JeremiahChapTwo

Sun April 20 2008

Jeremiah wakes up from a suicide attempt as who should come knocking on his door but Paco the Great himself. Can the stud get up and wrestled one more... read more

Jeremiah wakes up from a suicide attempt as who should come knocking on his door but Paco the Great himself. Can the stud get up and wrestled one more time, or will he regret trying life again?

Jeremiah wakes up from a suicide attempt as who should come knocking on his door but Paco the Great himself. Can the stud get up and wrestled one more time, or will he regret trying life again? read less

Part 2 of Elias the Vampire

Tue March 11 2008

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Elias the Vampire Part One

Sun February 17 2008

Elias's first chapter from Called to the Mat opens up his confessions about temptation, attraction, and masturbation. Why does the boy prophet hear Go... read more

Elias's first chapter from Called to the Mat opens up his confessions about temptation, attraction, and masturbation. Why does the boy prophet hear God's voice yet still he can't keep his hands off himself? Why do his eyes have a faith of their own quite contradictory to his soul's convictions? This coming of age narration candidly delves into some of the torrential struggles of Christian teens wh... read more

Elias's first chapter from Called to the Mat opens up his confessions about temptation, attraction, and masturbation. Why does the boy prophet hear God's voice yet still he can't keep his hands off himself? Why do his eyes have a faith of their own quite contradictory to his soul's convictions? This coming of age narration candidly delves into some of the torrential struggles of Christian teens who can dance, sing, wrestle, and preach but carry a personal cross, that inescapable reality of being normal and quite human. read less

Book of Jeremiah Theme Song in Raag Lalit Alap, Jor, Jhalla, Vilambit

Fri February 01 2008

The Book of Jeremiah theme song based on Raag Lalit, a traditional Hindustani raga, performed and recorded on sitar, violin, tambura, harmonium, and v... read more

The Book of Jeremiah theme song based on Raag Lalit, a traditional Hindustani raga, performed and recorded on sitar, violin, tambura, harmonium, and vocal. Lyrics allude to the monkey god Hanuman protecting his beloved Rama and Sita, but in this case the divine powers care for Jeremiah and his wrestling teammates he secretly loves as more than friends. The theme song begins with an alap, an improv... read more

The Book of Jeremiah theme song based on Raag Lalit, a traditional Hindustani raga, performed and recorded on sitar, violin, tambura, harmonium, and vocal. Lyrics allude to the monkey god Hanuman protecting his beloved Rama and Sita, but in this case the divine powers care for Jeremiah and his wrestling teammates he secretly loves as more than friends. The theme song begins with an alap, an improvisational phrasing indicative of the raag, but without a set taala or rhythm pattern; progressing to jor, or a pulsing series of improvisations; followed by jhalla, the fast part; leading into a vilambit in teentaal. Lyrics dance around with the following basis: The . before a note in sargam refers to the lower octave, and a . after a note refers to high Sa. Lower case notes are khomal, and capitalized Ma or Ni are tivra. Jeremiah . . . Jai jai jai Hanuman gusai . . . Jeremiah . . . .Ni Sa gha ma gha re Sa, .Ni Sa gha Ma dha Ma ma . . . Sa. Ni dha Ma ma . . . Hanumani/Hanumano . . . Hanumano/Hanumani . . . Hare Ram, hare Rama, hare om . . . Jeremiah, Jeremeeoh . . . As you can tell from the vocals which sound like the flying monkeys in The Wizard of Oz, this recording is really violin and sitar with the pitch altered to mimic cello and veena. The variations on Hanuman and Jeremiah's names imitate Buffy St. Marie's song "Jeremiah." Although the novel, The Book of Jeremiah, is not literally about Hinduism or Buddhism, the topics in the book relate to karma, fasting, self-acceptance, and self-actualization for not only the present life of a soul but also one's cosmic purpose across incarnations. I picked allusions to Rama and Hanuman because, like the Hindu gods, Jeremiah and his dog are a devoted duo. The recipients of Jeremiah's love would be like Sita, and since my characters are gay, I felt the flying monkey voice would be apropos in reference to the Wizard of Oz, a notorious gay allusion. read less