12 April 2024 - Music, Community, and How We Become

Today's episode features Mx. Crys/ta Song, a Speech Language Pathologist and vocalist who is also Board Co-Chair of Queer Oriented Radical Days of Summer (QORDS).  Crys/ta and I talk about such topics as why the South should not be discounted as a political forum, how we cannot help but be part of humanity, and obscure William Makepeace Thackeray quotes.–REFERENCES:Follow Crys/ta Song on Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/mx.singasong/QORDS website:  https://qords.org/Follow QORDS on Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/Qords/Follow QORDS on Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/qords_camp/Transcend NYC Chorus:  https://www.transcendsings.org/“Braiding Sweetgrass:”  https://milkweed.org/book/braiding-sweetgrassQuote from “The Crow:”  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6sz0mgQL_A(00:00) - Opening credits (00:37) - Show opening (01:32) - Introducing Crys/ta Song (02:31) - The beauty in pure vocal sounds (06:11) - Applying sound to the human experience (09:52) - Genderless choir (12:23) - Music Theory for Cis/Het White Dudes (15:11) - Gendered Voice for Cis/Het White Dudes (20:59) - Healing through community connections (27:15) - Chosen family is different from the labels we adopt (31:07) - Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children (35:55) - Stay aloof or be in the human community? (43:12) - Why it's worth investing in the South (49:44) - Transformation during Queer Oriented Radical Days of Summer (57:10) - Can QORDS help youth with recalcitrant parents? (01:01:41) - Finding Crys/ta in the Universe (01:03:21) - Show closing (01:04:54) - Closing credits ★ Support this podcast ★