From ANDRAS JONES: There is a method to the madness of putting out a daily musical divination podcast. You may notice, after every 8 shows/64 podcasts we take a break to run a Radio8Vault episode and re-set. We’ve repeated this twice so far and today’s podcast with ABBY WEEMS of the band Potty Mouth is the beginning of our 3rd set of 8. Would it be possible to download any series of 8, put them in their own folder and use them as a kind of hybrid Radio8Ball/I-Ching deck? Funny you should ask, YES that is just one of the ways you can use our show as the oracle fodder for your own synchromystic explorations.

Now, about Abby. First of all, she’s pretty great and, if our session was anything to go by, only getting better. I have little doubt Potty Mouth is going to be a very successful band. Even more than they are now. We chose not to address the story of Abby’s previous association with Feral audio and its founder on this episode but we have discussed it briefly in an earlier episode when it was unclear what would happen with our former podcast network. This context definitely informed our session. You can make of it what you will.

My question about the harassment I have been experiencing in my hometown of Olympia, Washington wasn’t something I shoehorned into the episode so we could discuss this topic without getting into the weeds of anyone’s experience but my own and yet, that’s how it worked out. I invite you to listen deeply to this conversation. It may bug you. In truth, there are parts of it that bug me. And yet, the fact that a woman and a man who have both been traumatized by harassment can engage this topic, disagree and remain respectful and appreciative of each other should be a sign of hope that such a thing is possible.

My apologies to fans of Nightmare on Elm Street for not noticing the connection (now painfully obvious to me) between this song’s lyrics and the plot of the film series for which I am best known as an actor, or for connecting Weems with dreams. I miss so many synchronicities in the moment. That’s why I really need the help of our listeners to catch them all.

SLEEP TALK

I don’t want to dream anymore

my biggest fears creep up on me 

and it’s so hard to feel secure 

’cause it’s too real to be

in my head in my head in my

in my head in my head in my 

I have this feeling that I’ll wake up 

regretting what I’ve seen 

what’s happening to me?

I have this feeling that I’ll wake up 

and wanna talk to you

tell me dreams don’t come true 

I don’t want to dream anymore 

I do the things I know I shouldn’t 

and when I wake up I’m not sure 

if what I did was real or 

what’ll happen this time?

to sleep is a mistake 

don’t wanna be unconscious

help me stay awake

NOTE: The culmination of this week of Pop Oracle sessions included John Easdale of Dramarama and Tuesday Knight of Nightmare 4 re-creating the duet of “Anything, Anything” they premiered on Radio8Ball on October 2017 as part of the Screamfest celebration of the 30th anniversary of Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master.