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I went on a stroll in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park and asked, "What do you do for your mental health?” It’s the revival of a series I did called Mental Health Minute where everyone interviewed is the teacher of their wellness tools. I’ll be doing this in different areas as location-based narratives to highlight how a place tells a story. *Personal Note- I had to move out of my place in a rush, due to an allergic reaction I was having. Where should I live next? I’m open to all the suggestions, near and far. I want to avoid becoming the Man (who lives in) the park. More on this next week. Currently, I’ve been staying with friends and family. Thank you for having me- and for following along at home. -Joshua This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit madone.substack.com/subscribe

June. 8th was Oakland Filmmaker and comrade Josh Healey’s 40th Birthday (another ‘84 baby). He had a roast in his living room that brought The Ruckus. I went up first, and roasted him as the first act, just as I did as the first toaster at his wedding in 2011. After 40 years of life and 20 years of marriage, I celebrate Brother Healey, my Josh from another Jewish Mother. I recorded the living room set I did for 20 of his closest, but the laughter was so loud and the crowd was so rowdy the audio was unusable (had to be there). The next night I did a round 2, in my Oakland Hills Living Room, the material I didn’t get to do for his roast. Check out my homage to him, which has inspired a return to the stand-up stage.PS- Josh just put out a podcast with another frequent guest of this show, Sammy Obeid, you can find their newest work here: This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit madone.substack.com/subscribe

Man of the Mission The Mission District (Spanish: Distrito de la Misión),[4] commonly known as the Mission (Spanish: La Misión),[5] is a neighborhood in San Francisco, California. One of the oldest neighborhoods in San Francisco, the Mission District's name is derived from Mission San Francisco de Asís, built in 1776 by the Spanish.[6] The Mission is historically one of the most notable centers of the city's Chicano/Mexican-American community.The Freestylin’ J.Dubs (press play to listen to this with sound design)“The best agenda is no agenda.”—Book of J.dubs, adopted from some monk who didn’t realize how freewheeling a single man in the city could be.I walk out of the house (Sunday 5/26). It’s Carnival, feather boas and big booties are everywhere. The Mission is alive with a celebration of all things Latino.I have a strategy for Home-Town-Hero-Run-Ins. Wander until you see someone you know, then join whatever they're doing. I run into Du, my neighbor, at the house I am sitting in Bernal Heights. She's got all sorts of plans for the day, and now I'm adopted into the schedule. We see her housemate, Daniel, on a float, manning a puppet for the Mission Cultural Center. He throws me some beads. My neighbor is now a celebrity. Du and I go to a brunch on the 19th, that’s Persian-themed with a truly international mix of people—Turkish, Mexican, Columbian, Italian, and Iranian. I’m one of 4 common Americans out of 20 people and the only guy from The Bay. The next closest local is from Detroit. Two kids, 2 dogs, 20 adults—it’s a monthly, Persian-themed brunch of friends who have come together in SF. The backyard of the house is glowing. T-shirt weather, with the faint sounds of Carnival in the distance. We eat. We laugh. We commune with our fellow Friscan-Fam. The kind of joy, I feel heaven would be. When everyone is in a good mood, full of funny things to say, it’s a moment of bliss, where you don’t want it to end. As the local ambassador, I welcome everyone to The City, even as a newcomer to the gathering. I am a guy who’s from the area but never left. In being included, I rediscover new communities of my home area. “It’s the good times in life that everyone can relate to.”— “Happiness”, Dead PrezI walk out of the house (Wednesday 5/29). It's a day of random interactions. The first day where I don’t feel limited by my ankle injury. I bop down Valencia Street. I stop in a clothing boutique (State of Flux), where I meet Jonny the owner. “I’ve been on your email list for years,” I say. “I signed up as my rap persona Dr. Jaw, and I still get the emails.” We talk about email marketing and owning a small business. The nitty-gritty of “open rates” and “click-through percentages.” We are two people with a service to the public: clothing and content.I keep bopping down the street, I run into Maresol, the local DJ and provider of sound baths sitting at Dandelion Chocolatiere. The conversation turns into mentoring, about being an artist in the Bay, about finding your way, and the feast and famine of artistic income and success. Next, I cross Mission and drop into a design studio, IDEO. I have no appointment or business being there, but the guy at the front desk gives me the name of someone to talk to regarding “partnerships.” “What am I doing here?” is a question I often ask myself when I go somewhere “official.” I write down my contact info on a sticky note. If I had a business card, my title would be, “He’s not that serious.” I post outside IDEO and meet some people. Deena is doing what I aspire to do, she’s co-working at IDEO through connections but doesn’t have any real role at the company. I do this “co-working” two blocks away at KQED. No hot buttery roles for me. Just schmoozing, snacking, and connecting with actual employees, who always ask me, “What do you do here?” I still haven’t figured out a good response, other than,“I’m not that serious.” In reality, I tell them “I’m working on working my way in.” I head over to KQED but don’t go inside. Instead, there is a little two-person seat, where I sit down and await another random interaction. A Mexican guy, Manuel, is waiting for the bus. My Spanish is good enough for a 10-minute conversation. We cover all the basics: “Work?” Trabajo? “You live here?” En casa. “Wife? ” Esposa? No kids for me, I say. “Why not? They're so cute,” he says. It's the most Spanish I’ve spoken since last summer in Columbia with the Uber driver who was teaching me about the country's styles of music. I leave, back to 24th Street, where I grab a few basic food items. I mention to the guy in the grocery line my impulse buys that are pure sugar. It was a day of following the impulse to connect, and surrendering to my sweet tooth for human interaction.  I walk out of the house (6/4 Tuesday) I go to Delores Park and sit on a bench next to a guy, Gary, who tells me about his life. About the state of flow, when it comes to performing. He speaks about channeling creativity as a way to connect with source. I think of a quote from a past mentor:“When the student is ready, the teacher appears”—EkabhumiIn each interaction, I find learning moments and teaching moments. A moment of kinship with another human being through the art of conversation. Random access memories. Random moments of interactions. At the intersection of following my bliss.Thank You for Reading and Listening. This was the first piece recorded at our New Podcast Studio 1528 Webster, Oakland. With your support, these works continue. Mad One Media will offer production services for you to podcast your own voice. Please inquire if you are interested. [email protected] -Joshua This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit madone.substack.com/subscribe

“Where do I go to rap?” -JW“They don’t want you.” -DWWe’ll see. Just My Thoughts. All up in my Feels. I attempt an additional improvised FLOW offering for subscribers to ye’ old Substack. An additional once-a-week contribution from the poetic state of mind. In rhyming, I’m not saying anything you haven’t heard before, but at least you're hearing it from me.  NEW BAF (Building a Following)I realized I’m less a social media type guy and more an Old Fashioned Emailer. I will pay you to post online on my behalf. $5 a post, credited as your subscription membership to Mad One Media. With one post you will become a subscriber and receive an additional Thursday's pieces directly to your inbox. This is an opportunity to connect with other creators and do some needed cross-promotion. Let me know if you are interested in responding to this email: [email protected] 111- Super Jums-J-dubs  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit madone.substack.com/subscribe

I think, therefore I rap,In trying the next moment of releasing what is new,I’m returning to the old. This is a sample of what subscribers get, an additional piece on Thursdays THRUST.More musical and all completely improvisational material. I’ve been in a creative flow recently, recording all the time, and I want to “FLEX” these chops for you to hear. Creating something from a state of mind or feeling organically is a different process than writing, so no transcription for these moments, just raw audio.While in SF this month I’ve gone to performances, Solo Shows, Poetry, and Comedy…to see what is appealing and what is next. In rediscovering I return to the O>L>Deez PS-I’m in the process of building out a new podcast studio in Oakland as a part of a co-working space at 1528 Webster. Very soon you’ll be able to have me as your producer on your podcast in a fancy place. For now, if you want the tour and open house, come to our film festival this Saturday.PPS- If you’ve reached out and want to connect, via coaching, personal, or By Other Means Necessary…please respond to this email and we can set up a time to connect. Email to phone is how to get me. Hi Alex! Hi Marcian! I’m still at the same number I’ve had since 2003, and some of you go back even further, to when the earth was moss on the beach. To set up a time to connect the book with this thingy here:https://calendly.com/thejoshuawaltersOne Time for your Cosmic Flow,J.dubs This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit madone.substack.com/subscribe

First, let me say thank you to our esteemed subscribers. Your contributions enable this work to continue. Become a subscriber today to support: “Creativity as Practice for Mental Health”(Press Play for the Audio version/Pic: Miriam’s Garden. Flower Collage)A five-year-old just asked me, “What do I do when I get sad?” Right away I turned into a corny adult who is supposed to have all the answers. My response was something like, “You just have to push through the sad moments, until you’re back to the glad moments.”That’s all I could give for impromptu advice, but over the years since then, I’ve written a great deal during periods of feeling extremely low and at the end of my rope. Deep purgings.Today such dark descents are not the case, and I’m able to look back with some moments of gratitude and perspective for my life on a whole. Nevertheless, I had years of sleeping through life, not wanting to wake up from the nightmare of my inner torture. When you're lost in the void, struggling for basic functionality. Perspective is one of the key elements that’s often missing.There was a guy from my support group, he was older, named Jay. Whenever anyone asked him, “How are you doing?,” he’d invariably answer, “Ups and downs.” And isn't that way it is? Ups and downs for all of us in this life.Here are a couple of suggestions for upping the mood when it goes down: First, it's important to remember the 3 M's: Movement, Music, and Meditation.To begin with, become aware that you have a body and you are going to intentionally be still—or intentionally move. Focus on how you are inside this flesh and bone creation, and how your whole life experience is through this body of yours. Sensory check of all your body parts and what you are feeling. Naming, acknowledging all that inwardly happens or functions is a known tool for transformation, though transformation takes some time—time and practice.Just getting up and changing your posture is huge. Also try changing your intake of sound, light, people, and location. Even though we’re creatures of routine, a new person, place, or thing can give us a moment of heightened realization, sensation, and even peak experience. You have other parts of your brain, ready and willing to activate with a new skill or interest. Our potential is limitless.Oxygenate your brain—get outside to walk or run. Or try rapid breathwork—you can find professional instructional videos online. Take in the good, healing, energizing air through the nostrils and let out your sadness or self-loathing. In my lowest moments, I also have deployed these three wise reminders:1. We are all living at the same TIME. The moments that connect every living thing unify us in this cosmic order. One Time for your cosmic Mind.2. Remember that we're all going to die. So what's the rush?3. Be in service. Find a purpose that is bigger than yourself, a mission to serve that is bigger than just you. Step outside of yourself and look at what purpose is connecting you to others; for example, religion, politics, family, culture, education, health, the environment, or the arts. It’s new for me to write a straight-out advice piece, or a post not based on a personal narrative. But in the moments where I was seeking answers to escape the darkness, I wanted some practical suggestions, mostly those things I already knew, but had either forgotten or needed the will to activate. There are plenty of helpful mantras that I also regularly use, like the Hebrew Gom Say Avore…This Too Shall Pass. Or my own, Play through the pain, singing through those hard moments, examining what we have to live for, focusing on what there is to look forward to. I can spin the positive all day, but I also know that I have walked through the valley of the shadow of death, and in looking at my life, I see there is everything left…so much to look forward to.It’s beautiful, get out there! Reach out for a personal one-on-one.The struggle is real and the hustle continues.One Time for Your Shine.J-dubs Thank You for supporting Mad One in continuing a life’s work of making mental health narratives and wellness tools accessible to all. This work continues weekly with your contributions. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit madone.substack.com/subscribe

First, Thank You to my readers and subscribers. This work continues with your support of Creativity as Practice for Mental Health. This is an offering for all, Consider Subscribing below.Coming Back to San Francisco for my residency with Intersection for the Arts, I had a daily writing practice. Every day over the Six months I was there I recounted the location I was in as a prompt for past experiences. These momentos could be a snapshot of how a place affects memory. One snapshot example of a “location-based narrative” told by a local artist, contently in a museum of his own life. (Press Play for the Audio Recorded at Intersection: 1446 Market., SF)DOWNTOWNI’m back here again,this time more stableRemembering coming down here when I was looking for all the wrong reasonsAll my theft and treachery.I was a drinking, smoking, street kid with an oversized backpack and nowhere to goNow my backpack is tastefully small.I don’t have to use the public computer at the wellness centerI bring my laptopI don’t ride BART for free,I drive a car that I own and pay for parkingIt’s been six years since I used to come here,but I’ve changed. I shave now and get a haircutI’m medicated and under control.Less wild, formulating a career plan.The wellness center I used to go to is on 9th,now I’m a resident artist at a space on 11th.On my first day back I ran into the guy who used to run the wellness center,we recognized each other.He said, “You’re looking good.”It struck me, how I used to present;flipped up cap and wild eyes, sleeping in bus stops and in people’s garagesI sleep on a luxury mattress now, in my own place.I don’t have to struggle like six years ago.My life is calm and full of meaningful friendships.I’m so much more balanced than I used to be.I was a recluse.I can tell you some stories of how I used to beBut now I’m on the come up,recalibrating how many years I have leftTaking my time, and playing the long gameInstead of burnout.Thank You for reading, listening, and supporting this journey. One Step at a Time.This is the bonus stanza, cut from the audio. Makes a good wrap-up moment. I include it because I mean every word. I used to go to groups at the wellness centernow I’m thinking of running my own,for artists who want to build somethingand collaborate with other like-minded people who want to make something of this town.I would like to build,rather than destroy.I am ready to grow into the next thing,One page at a time This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit madone.substack.com/subscribe

Thank You to my esteemed subscribers. You are receiving this as a free member, your contributions make this work possible. Subscribe here to support Mad One Media.This week’s piece is from 2012 when I was on a speaking tour in Canada. I’m still returning to these moments, revisiting and piecing together brand-new adaptations of past poetic history. “He who controls the past controls the present, and thus the future…” How to Go from Jesus to Buddha in 10 Days:* Turn your speaking career into a display of pure mania, where instead of doing speeches, you do an hour of whatever you feel. *  Explode yourself in a bathtub and cover yourself with pure plasma. Then proceed to make yourself dinner on a makeshift plug-in stove. * Perch under a tree, gazing up at the branches of a bodhisattva and…     –become enlightened— walk to the cemetery and play with the Stone Age.* Turn Schizo-Hilarious when you find two government agents tracking you. Go into your hotel room, shut the blinds, and bust out the audio recorder that looks like a pistol. Pretend to be a Black Panther.* Teach yourself how to hallucinate by closing the curtains just enough to let a peek of light through. Rotate slightly and speak visions. * Flee your apartment after making swift accusations about to your agent that she set you up. Feel the throb of your jugular vein and go to catch a train, balling your eyes out at the station. Enter the car with three types of nuts: walnut-brain, almond seeds, and cashews. Eat the three types of nuts and go through the portal of death listening to the solstice sound on a headset.* Arrive in Montreal and explode/burst from the car with enthusiasm. Go to the house where you are staying to see Edith Piaf and Zsa Zsa Gabor—both signs/reminiscent of your ex. Explode to the streets in search of theatre, but instead, wrap your head with rainbows and walk around for four hours.* Hit up a French kickboxing class. Before, move maneuvers w/ weights, and after, swim. Kickboxing eyes have a dangerous passion. Your hand is licked by a small black-and-white dawg, the yin and yang of the universe. Your fingertips touch the tongue of God.* Move to a vacant house in the suburbs, alone with no food, and begin to hallucinate. Outside on patrol, pretend you are Michael Caine and come up with fantastic fantasies.* (Longest weekend of the Millennia) Friday—Salmon dinner and call Nana, check in with her. No phone card.Saturday—Time Slows Down. Hallucinations of Hitler and Einstein…little violins. Grandad's military service. Bob Marley’s ghost. Spin the planets on the fryer. Robin Williams and Steve Martin are on the bird watch. Best dance moves. Her face was that of a God. Patrol the ‘hood like a Nazi in Warsaw. Liver in the fridge, the body of Marley, vegan croissant, like big ears. Challenge the Creator to a duel/Duo, with sippy cup glasses, a yellow paintbrush, and a glass of Artisana. Wardrobe of Theatricality. Music > SF Style. Play with candles > bathtub forever and long hair with Max's hands. Send him the notes on Adonai. On the couch with “Adonis Fire,” watching Hitler take a dump. Late Night, trying to sleep…not getting anywhere with this. I hope this finds you well and intact. We are not always in one consistent state of mind, but the writing and recording process have aided my wellness journey along the way. Creative Expression for Spiritual Redemption! Thank You for subscribing, reading, sharing, caring, moving, loving, learning, and growing with me…J-dub. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit madone.substack.com/subscribe

Hosting Friends with Families who have come to visit me in Moss Beach. I made it down the steps to show a couple of young nephs the tide pools. Sharing my parents with the families that have me as an honorary Uncle to their children is a sweet appreciation for all the love I’ve received and the beautiful place I am from.The SOFTest Streets of MOSS Sweets Welcome to the MOSS The epic seasideCliff and shorelineFetched with Cypress Trees Tide pools with sea creaturesCumulus Clouds Massive Pacific WavesCrashing Come with your childrenMy parents will enjoy them Auntie Gail reads to themThe very last of my kids booksUncle Harry goes in for the high fiveHe’s right on their level My Folks are naturals at being grandparentsFor a day  The smooth dinner jazz plays in the backgroundJobim and GilbertoMid-60s Bossa Nova is the easy elevator flavor of the Moss Couch Sink in and let the cushions overwhelm your comfortLet Baby Boomer stories of how it used to beLull you with a gentle nassel Dine on smoked steelheadAnd eat cakes flown in from overseas The rolling hills are majestic and the sky is glowingHow much beauty can a place hold?A rural enclave in an urban area,Tucked away in the small south seaArtichokes and Brussels line the seaside cropsBirds of many varieties take you to sonic merriment The crash of the ocean waves Fresh Salty AirReturning to the originOf our birthplaceWe dragged ourselves out of the seas to become humanI must drag myself out of here to evolve Even though I could be a fish on the couch foreverI’ve been leaning into my struggles, on this one I’m leaning into my blessings. Thanks for coming by… This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit madone.substack.com/subscribe

Thank you to the Supporters of Mad One. Your subscriptions enable this work to continue. If you haven’t yet subscribed, here is your motivation:Today’s poem was written in 2017, 7 years ago when I was homeless. There were a few recitals of this poem to strangers at the West Oakland Bart Station after midnight, and to the EMTs that were taking me to the hospital. I always prefaced it with; I’m on my way to NY to read this at The Apollo. After jail, the hospital was like a revolving door for me. I wrote this as an email response to a ticket giveaway. The Subject Line was: “Win 2 Free Tickets to Hamilton”. It was a mass email from a non-profit I volunteered for in Petaluma the year before. My response was this poem. I wrote it in a wellness center, RAMS, Downtown SF on their public computer and was able to print it there. I carried it from place to place and it became so warn and leathery that it looked like an artifact of epic poetic proportions. I recorded the piece last year when I had an artistic residency two blocks from that wellness center. I can’t say it’s aged well, but it’s certainly a time capsule. Being back downtown brought many memories, but it also made me realize how far I had come. One of the projects I worked on during last year was a video series where I went to the corners where I experienced these “street tales” and talked about my life in the actual location. I may have gotten a few worthwhile clips from filming, 6 years later looking like a shiny example of an affluent individual. Nobody knows your stories until you tell them. I’m still working on that series, but for now, there's this…Thank You for reading and listening to these experiences. Mad One provides “creativity as practice for mental health”. Your support ensures this work can continue: This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit madone.substack.com/subscribe

Single Man hits the town in San Francisco for a late night meet up with a young woman who he meets spilling out of the bar in North Beach. A romantic moment in time, where they find her record collection as a source of inspiration. This tale has theme of Music, Sex and Psychology that any Dirty Old Uncle would enjoy for a heady way to arouse on Valentines Day.Subscribe for a free 7-day trail, to hear this and all the past podcasts delivered to your inbox. Next Week we will start with more written content. Tales of J.dubs continues… This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit madone.substack.com/subscribe

We are celebrating Sammy Obeid today, turning 40 years young, as all of us born in 1984 are destined to achieve this year. To highlight him we went back to the vaults and chopped together some hidden files from our interview in May, that turned into a freestyle/music collaboration. On the recording you’ll here me (J.dubs) playing piano and beatboxing. Musical collabs have been apart of what I do since the beginning and highlighting someone like Sammy is easy because of our natural creative chemistry.I met Sammy in College when I competed against him in Speech and Debate. Then he was a worthy advisory that was just starting his comedy career. Now he regularly tours the US, and has built an impressive following, worth checking out if he comes to your town. Our communication of jokes and rhymes have been of great inspiration over the years. You can find his site here:Sammy Obeid“Sometimes I Realize I'm not my thoughts.Sometimes my thoughts realize they're not me.Sometimes I have someone else's thoughts in my mind.And sometimes my mind is in someone else's thoughts..”-Sammy ObeidALSO-Bonus Link: I am reading a One Act on Zoom this Monday with a group of actors from Boston. The One Act was written by Gail Spilsbury a devoted collaborator of Mad One Media. I am playing an old man (OLD STIFF), which fits in with currently being disabled. I am filling in for another actor, and have grown a beard for the roll.If you need some entertainment, here’s the link, when we will be readingZoom Performers Group (ZPG) invites you to a reading of Gail Spilsbury’s one-act playOld StiffFebruary 12, at 7:00 p.m. (EST)Please use this link to join the reading: ZoomPerformersGroup.comWhen a successful investment lawyer and weekend painter confronts the truth about his pretenses, his world threatens to implode. Will his trusty ego, his partner in connivances, come to his rescue one last time?CastOld Stiff             Joshua WaltersBeatrice             Laura RocklynAndrea…………Gail Merzer Behrens Thank You for Supporting Mad One Media. This a project supported by individual donors. Your contributions go along way in supporting these artistic endeavors This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit madone.substack.com/subscribe

Civil War….World War…there’s a lot of reasons to burry your head in the sand. For me the practice of taking in the small moments and focusing on the little things that bring me joy is about all I can do these days. Maybe it’s all I’ve every been able to accomplish to get through. Today’s piece was written at the beginning of 2020, when it seemed like the walls were closing in. In perspective it wasn’t the end, just another epic shift as we continue to change.For me the world has come to an end many times 2012, 2015, 2019…and even a new beginning in 2001. During the time of this piece in 2020, I called on Elijah (an actual person that used to call).“Is the world ending?” I said. “Who’s world?” he replied. Something to consider as it seems the topic of Armageddon is omnipresent. With limited time, what is there to do, live and enjoy….Who do you want to spend it with…And how can you squeeze every last drop out of this life we have to live.-Peace and Blessings,Joshua Mad One Media is a project of weekly written and audio moments supported by individual contributions. Thank You for you support. PS- I revamped the old personal website, check it out here: This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit madone.substack.com/subscribe

Part of doing a weekly creative content offering, is getting to dig through the files from the past, and bring out some rare and unreleased material. 2015 I was on tour in the US, working on a piece that never made it to Edinburgh when I was in Europe. To put it mildly it was quite a wild year, some of my best moments, some of my worst, and through it all I was writing and performing. For me I don’t really tell a story till 6 months after it happens, and it takes about 5 years to turn into material for the stage. To get it to the point where it works as an esthetic whole, it’s close to a 10 year journey to really make it into something. I’m still aging some of the moments that proceeded these performances in 2015 (Video in Moab, UT./ Audio version in Boise, ID.) - But as I’ve heard other storytellers say, ‘now is the time to tell your story’, and I believe that. -And so you get these messages. I shall Proceed. To Rock the Mic. This pieces deals with the experiences of hearing voices, and was the grand finally of a poetry month in 2015, where I sent a poem out everyday in April to my list. Raise your hand if you remember getting this daily email (Hi!) While that list has expanded, Voices to Arches became its own side project for a while where I discovered how to voice the experience of hearing voices. If this is happening to you or you are looking for support, there are groups to attend:Hearing Voices Network is a support group based in the UK, with a US chapter-There’s also a bunch of other groups for mental health that I have had a long history of being apart of that I can recommend: DBSA (Depression Bipolar Support Alliance) is the group I started with as a teen, and ended up founding and facilitating their Young Adults chapter for 8 years. They now do 5 different groups online. NAMI (National Alliance for Mental Illness) I’ve been a State Speaker for their CA conference, as performed mental health comedy in NY and CHI on their behalf. They do great work with friends and family experiencing mental health. -And Yes, I am doing my own group. It wasn’t clear it my last blast, but here it is:Breath, Beats, and Balance (Register)“Exploring breath-work as a meditative and musical practice, through yogic breathing and beatboxing (the art of vocal percussion). Use your vocal instrument to balance your creative life through music and meditation.”(To Gain access to this monthly group you become a “Founding Member” in the Mad One Media Subscriptions.)-Mad One Media is still very much finding it’s stride. Weekly Audio and Written word content is what it’s become through this substack page. But I would also very much like to enroll you as collaborator to do more in person events, videos, groups and performances.Whatever your talent list is, you could be a video/graphics type person, or want to advocate by helping with booking. I have a wishlist here of sorts of people I am looking to work with. Take a look and get back to me to see you want to collaborate on this years Comedy Special/Book Release/Live Tour…. We are doing a little bit of everything and even if you have a reference or an Org or individual to work with this would be of great service. “Creativity as Practice for Mental Health” This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit madone.substack.com/subscribe

Thank You for Reading MAD ONE. Today I am offering a breathwork workshop that includes the art of beatbox. Founding Members are invited to join the group on Feb. 5. (Meditative Music, Oud Playing by Om Ben Avraham)You will go through hard times.When all you have is your BREATH.It may be the type of situation that puts you right on the edge of living or dying Your body and your mind are in the same vessel called yourselfWhen they are separated you may feel like you lose yourselfDid you lose it?You can get it back.Here is a method for going through something that seems like it’s “too much”:Put your left hand on your stomach and your right hand on your heartStart counting your breaths.Count in three parts, exhale, inhale, and hold. Count for 5 each time. Count for 4. Use a number that works for you.An ancient yogic breathing formula for these counts is 4-7-8. Inhale for 4.Hold for 7Exhale for 8.Do this 4 times and notice how you feel.Do this practice in the morning to ground and in the evening to put your mind at rest.After a month, increase to 8 times. Keep it at 8 times.You may find yourself in pain, or you may find yourself in a world of stress or uncertainty.Do this breathwork, to feel better, ground, and not lose yourself. Or if you do, get yourself back.They were coming back. Always coming back. BEATSMaybe you need a breath experience that incorporates rhythm. This can be useful when you can’t sit still, the pain is just too much, or you need to fill your ears with something other than silence and your thoughts. Mimic the sounds of a drum kit. *Kick Drum - “PB”*Snair (Many to choose from: “Cha”, “Ka”, “Tsa”, “Psh”)If you want to add *high hats (t, t, t, )This is a way of making music with your breathIt is a way of singing to the silenceWhen the silence becomes the song that you singMake Music with your mouthAnd let your breath be your…BALANCEWhile you are breathing.Making Beats.Notice how you feel.You Can’t Stop,You Won’t Stop.You will always be feeling something.Feel all your feelings.Don’t shy away from what it is you have going on inside you.There’s nothing to be afraid of,We are all eternal,There’s nothing to be afraid of,You are not alone.While it’s hard to learn to breathe and beatbox reading the written word, this formal outline of what our hour will be like on Feb. 5th at 11PST. Some of the ways I am connecting with others are from my current state of recovery. Reach Out! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit madone.substack.com/subscribe

“The Darkest Days Come Right Before the Light” -Aceyaolone My journey of being a disabled man on one leg took a turn into the dark abysses of traumatic pain, where the only way out of it was to rap hard before the heavy drugs kicked in. I’m still spinning the moment of falling with humor and positivity, even when the discomfort and limitations are upon some of the most I’ve felt as an adult, or is it?It brings me to the notion of invisible disability. Before my injury where I am now for the moment physically disabled, I was invisibly disabled. Navigating a life of mental health differences leads to some severe ups and downs, emotional turmoil, and being untethered from reality. You can’t see this by looking at me, and without knowing my history.Not being able to walk and being stuck at home, you are in a jail sentence of discomfort and limitation, but I’m not sure if that is better or worse than being labeled “Gravly Disabiled” and not being able to take care of your emotional state, with a fully functioning set of limbs. When the prison is your mind, “you can’t run away from yourself.” -Bob M.The week before my crash I recorded something (today’s audio) inspired by going to holiday parties and seeing those family friends with physical disabilities, stating that I’ve been doing well for 5 years. Maybe my delivery and my speaking of my comfort, the universe heard me and echoed a response. If there is any purpose for what has happened, it’s brought up the conversion of being physically disabled and having an invisible disability, now you get two for one~“At some point in your life, you will experience disability.” -Judy Hueman (paraphrase)Now the smallest moments of breathing fresh air and feeling sunshine are so much more appreciated when I’m not leaving the house. There are so many things your mind goes through when you are physically limited, in pain or discomfort. About your life going forward and how you see yourself. I let my mind go to some dark dark places when the pain started from the fracture, but then I also had a journal, a guitar, and a way to record. I sing to my pain. When I do the sweetest melodies arise. I have no blame for what happened that fractured my ankle. I am singing for my healing, my learning curve, and my journey to making the most out of this experience. Thank You to all those who have reached out, come over with food, or give me a call or text. Your support is a huge part of my positive attitude. Keeping a creative practice keeps me going. It shows up for me in these times of struggle, and moments of difficulty it is my most championed narrative. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit madone.substack.com/subscribe

When The Sound Man Dances.There is a man behind the curtain that you can't see.Out of the way and unrecognized, he is a silent supporter of sound.The man is on the dials, who controls the mic level, adjusting for feedback, pivotal to the process.Out of the way, he's seen everything.Your performance is one of the millions of moments categorized in his computer brain.There was a moment when I was the sound man's apprentice.The sound man himself was due to perform and I was now at the helm.With placid beats and symphonic eruptions of chords, I had to adjust the levels.But there was a moment when his music overtook me.The song grabbed me by the vest to throw me toward the stage.I abandoned my post at the controls, flung to fancy by familiar beats and rhymes.Overtook with laughter and lyricism, my body moved like a marionette.When the Soundman Dances This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit madone.substack.com/subscribe

I thought that this week I would actually do more of a concert review something that I did at the start of my journalistic career in school going to shows and writing reviews about the music that I saw and I saw some living legends on Saturday.I went back to the Fox Theater in Oakland and saw Parliament Funkadelic with George Clinton.I mean living legends, you know guys that started so much of the music I listen to I Have been a fan since I was 19 -20 years now but all the hip-hop That has been sampled from them and just the legacy of their music career and the legacy of what they created as a group Has always been inspiring and I never saw them.I never saw them until now and there was one time IWhen I was still in school, it was like 2004, 2005, and I saw it advertised that they were going to play the Filmore with Bootsy Collins, and Bernie Worrell.I Dropped the paper.I was so shocked.I wanted to see them but you know $60 You know at 19.It was a lot of money and I didn't go And I regretted that. There was a guy at school who came the next day, “Oh I saw these guys and they had all these costumes on and they were you know being you know these funk guys” he didn't even know what he had seen he got the ticket from someone.I want to see the legends while they're still here. George Clinton is 72 now and in the performance, he sits down quite a lot but there's a series of front men and front women from the backup vocalists that all take a chance of being the front person.George doesn't need to be up at the top of the stage the whole time but the musicianship of the horn players man and just the skill level of these guys that have been doing this since the 70s some people have rotated out as you would assume some of the background vocalists are newer fresher faces.I think his daughter or granddaughter is one of the main background vocalists, had a huge pink afro, the guy next to her was dressed in jailhouse orange, and then all the way to the left, the horn players had these Nation of Islam fits, so the myriad of costumes, everyone had a different style.What I really loved about being at the Funkadelic show was that the crowd, was so Bay Area, all sorts of ages, all sorts of nationalities, races, and just every sort of style that you could imagine was there.Every sort of musical genre was represented in that crowd.Their music was everything they covered hip-hop hard rock metal Funk they did a lot of their classics but they started with like a half hour of brand new stuff that I had no idea what they were doing.It was a really long show, they went on for two and a half hours there were two opening acts so it was five maybe five hours of music, quite a long show.I got in it was sold out I saw what people were doing they were justIt took me about two hours before I was really feeling it.But by the second hour, I was laughing and dancing and having a good time.And that's what music is for.That's what music does to you.It lets you loosen up.And just the spirit of Funkadelic is so amazing to me that you can be free in who you are and you can celebrate the freakiness of life and all the silly costumes that you see in Burning Man culture, so much of hip hop; This is the original granddads of that culture of dressing up so silly where everyone has their own costume on.It was great to see some of my favorite music that I had grown up on.When I first started listening to them, Bootsy Collins, I was listening to Funkadelic.I would play that CD in the car on my way to school over in 92 in Half Moon Bay to San Mateo.I played that every single day, that same CD.And I was such a fan of I'd Rather Be With You.So thank you for making it to Oakland.Thank you for coming out and had a wonderful show.And you got to see the legends while they're still around.If you've got favorites, you know, a lot of people from that era, the 70s are gone.And so if they're still existing, they might not be jumping up on the stage as, as they were, but you got to see them and respect for the legacy and the longevity of keeping the music alive. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit madone.substack.com/subscribe

My Birthday was this week, and I did what I like to do most on my b. day, perform. I have a long list of birthday shows including The Bach Dynamite and Dancing Society in HMB, Ashkenaz in Berkeley, and this year at a House Concert in the Oakland Hills. Birthday crowds are special, they are cheering for you, and this year I did what I saw Uncle Dennis do on his 65th (or was it 60th) and went around the room giving everyone a reverse roast. Instead of us roasting him, he roasted us. “Josh, your too young to be heard” is what he told me. When I was 27 I tried such a thing, in the Berkeley hills, roasting all my attendees like Nana, seated next to Glynn Washington. I was trying his reverse roast out again this year and I brought it back to much acclaim. The house concert Friday featured a poet reading Hafiz, A Ude player named Om, and a full band featuring a singer from Mali, called Orchestra Gold. It was truly an eclectic evening, and the host and organizer of the event ADAM, put me on dead last to close out the entire ceremony with my reverse roast. I had my doubts that people would stay after a full band, but at some point, I had to put my faith in the organizer that he knew what was best. Before I went on, dear friend Eli Zaturanski brought me to the kitchen, where he placed a red thread on my left wrist to celebrate the occasion, asking me to envision the next year. He also gave me Rosie-colored spectacles, a necklace, and a balloon to carry. The gifts in the kitchen from my former Moishe House roommate, made me feel light and even high off the love. I wasn’t nervous, because there was no material to recite. I was just going to get up there and celebrate the moment with whatever came to mind. I am realizing more as I get out there more to perform (7-8 times this year) improv is one of my specialties. In creating a performance that is unique to the moment, it will only happen once. There is no duplication. And listening to this tape of the performance you may find yourself saying, ‘You really had to be there’. I still record everything I do for my own documentation and occasionally share it with this list. Someone asked me what I wanted to do next year, and I said, I wanted to perform in front of 10 times the people that were in the living room and have it professionally filmed as a document to be digitally streamed. I would like to have an example of what I can do, so far at this point in my artistic development.This email thread is helping build those chunks to be developed as performance and writing, thank you for supporting this journey along the way. Thank you to those who have supported me thus far. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit madone.substack.com/subscribe

I returned to the stage. I have given myself a goal to perform a new hour in one year and have it professionally recorded. I have to work on baby steps to get there. For bigger audiences, I’m out of practice, but I have a routine of going to open mics or smaller venues the week before to “test run” and get a better feel for the piece and how it lands. I also have a slue of people that I can ask for feedback from, getting their honest opinion of how the piece hits them. Most of this would be considered “storytelling”, last week I tried poetry slam at Ruckas and Rumpus Revival, (formally Tourettes without Regrets). The experience of being in a competition was nerve-wracking, something I forgot from being away for so long. Something I noticed was that lines I thought were funny, dropped dead silent, and the piece was more series than I thought. I also noticed as with many of the other mics that most audiences become dead silent when I approach. Full attention, it feels good to be seen. I am also more aware that in my day of working from home or co-working from a co-working space, I am mostly a solitary creature, living, eating, and working alone. The function of the performance is to bring people together in a live experience where we can commune. I definitely felt the comradery and kudos from those who saw what I did. I forgot the experience of having the “shine”- to shine my light on the world and feel recognition for this. Everyone wants to be recognized for their craft. BAF- Building A Following with Link Exchange (you can be a part of this with your own link to share + promotional efforts. The show attended “Ruckus and Rumpus Revival” can be seen at the Continental Club, in West Oakland, on the 2nd Thursday, next on Dec. 14. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit madone.substack.com/subscribe

In building a solid hour of material is it important to go back to the skillsets of years past, and take things one piece at a time. In my MANologues, CarRaps, spazzing out in other voices, an endless narrative where the only one listening is the microphone; I am reminded of poetry. Where a one or two-page sonnet was tightly edited and read to an audience from memory.A piece that went on to have a life in college Speach and Debate, where other college students recited the lines of “The Guy in the Back on the Bus”, was a piece called “Medicine of Mics and Stages”. This video is of a birthday performance at The Bach Dynamite and Dancing Society in Half Moon Bay. I always like to perform on my birthday. In bringing out old material, I write and read some newer work in the podcast above, “Doorman Don’t Dance”, part of a series on odd jobs. Last week I announced to bring out some voice work, a slue of other voices, and I am still working in that direction, but am now looking for someone to read/hear/annotate in a kind of edit before I submit to larger goals. Let me know if you are interested: [email protected] The Creative keeps pacing ahead, even though energy can be wild or sluggish. Finding the happy medium is the goal, for sustained persistent pursuits. Still At It.J.Wonder PS-BAM (Building a Following)-If you are up for spreading the word on this newsletter I will promote your link of choice. This week I watched fellow artist Justine Lucas, new artmaking video blog, “JUSTINEDOM”. I found it a good way to calm the nerves and get inspired to create. We are solo in our creativity, but community around creation is the ultimate way to feel that life matters. Thank You for your Support. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit madone.substack.com/subscribe

If you had a year to travel the world, where would you go?Bay Area Musian and Teacher Adam Coopersmith took a year long sabbatical and traveled 5 Continets from the Himalayas to the Galapagos, to the Amazon. He Studied permaculture, Yoga, and searched for epic waves to surf. He learned about the world, but he learned even more about himself. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit madone.substack.com/subscribe

I wear many hats as an artist.In selecting my piece this week I have been going over poetry, music, comedy, and rarefied gems that have been seldom heard. Maybe there is a way to do all the things, while still having a niche that’s successful.“Having a Niche, means others outside of your expertise come looking for you.” -Bryan N. I’ve got a lot to give.I want to perform on stageI want to writeI want to record.And I’m also down to coach, produce, and collaborate.When I go to a function and put someone's contact in my device, I email them the next day and there could be 5 different services I’m offering.When I sit myself down for creative time I have to ask myself:What kind of art do I want to do?We have this kind of burden as artists, we have time butHow do we want to spend it? What do we want to do?So much of my day I am looking for work, manufacturing my own opportunityPRODUCING My own gigs out of nothingness.“Instead of asking what you can get from this person,ASK what you can GIVE.” -Dean G. I can give my voice, I can give my writing ability, I can give my ideas, my strategy, and my coaching in making ideas into reality. I have a million ideas a day,Sometimes I stay up half the night entertaining my own thoughts, re-scripting monologues that have yet to be spoken.My Ideas this week:Trade Workshops for Workspace and Advertising.(The carbonation just made a sustained noise of approval)I want to do my workshop with the staff of KQED, they had me as a speaker this year, and I’ve been pitching them ways to work with them. My workshop is about having creative space without our digital devices called: UNPLUG. Maybe you have a company that this could work for…Being in front of people is the payment when it comes to future engagements. Stage time is how you build your following to other shows. -J. Dubs (speaking to myself). Another pitch I’m working on is I would like to build out an hour of storytelling to be filmed on TV. I recently did a storytelling in Mill Vally for 300 people, something of that size works for the moments of laughter. I would use it as my digital calling card to get other gigs as a speaker and performer. During this performance, I am gearing up to put some of these stories on the page. I’ve been working on this for a long time, and this weekly post is helping me get it out in baby steps. A book of these published essays and stories on 10/10 of next year, and a show to be filmed as my “special” on 11/17 next year. Book…show…. I’ve got work to do, but not without collaborators and advocates like those on this list. With a lot of strategy and more drive and ambition for a life in the arts than I’ve had for a while. Some of my process is writing through speaking. I have done this by editing and transcribing interviews I’ve given. Next week I will have a sample of this for your disposal. Trying all the angels. “There are no ‘off’ hours” - Uncle John (Esteemed Subscriber)I see MAD ONE as a collection of different styles highlighting “Creativity as Practice for Mental Health” and I continue to write weekly to create this stream of ideas, 2-4 pages at a time with an audio offeringAs my gift of goodies to offer my subscribers, I will do a separate weekly post just for my subscribers, it will include a new series I’ve been workshopping this year called: MANologue. One-minute snippets of narrative told on location from my travels and outings, with the live sound effects of the area as “location-based narratives”. Everyone will get it on Thursday for a sample of what you can get as a subscriber. Will also come with some music as a mix. I need to build and the only way I can do that is to get in front of people IRL, Digitally, and with word of mouth. I am putting on all my hats with this weekly content creation goal: Writer, Speaker, Performer, Producer. If you know of an opportunity or are called to be an advocate: “The word ‘content’, it's like a tech-ified word for a word that has already existed in that use for thousands of years: ART!” -Justine Lucas I do everything there is to do with my business, but to scale you need to hire people that can take you to the next level.  I am channeling my 8 side (Enneagram Talk, I’m a 9) and going into action. I am my own boss, and I am ready to lift off. This free write is taking me there. I bought a new journal. I have co-coaching sessions lined up. I am going to root down into a workspace, and I am going to record every week. Releasing my thoughts, my music, my humor into into the world. I’m going to get it out there. I am going to build a following by hook or by crook, I am going to build this memo of many-o-grams and “send it out to the mothership.” -Kid B. Thank You. I love you. Keep Rocking in a free world. And keep freely rocking. One One One. Till I’m over and done. This week I am trying something. I wrote a manifesto with a separate piece of fun audio that has never been released before, of extemporaneous spoken word. “So Smoothie '' reminds us to take joy in the small things that bring us pleasure like avocado smoothies. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit madone.substack.com/subscribe

Trying All the Things in a Secondary Preliminary Posting. This is going to be audio transcribed to the written word so that you can see and hear at the same time. To see the transcription highlighted while hearing the audio, go to the podcast tab and click “transcription” on the Mad One Media Substack. Last week we started with a video post that wrapped up my time at Intersection for the Arts residency.I'm back at Intersection today for an event and I'm going to do a little freestyle essay on the podcast that will be transcribed into the written word.Yesterday was an event for me.I was summoned to jury duty.And I went back to the same courtroom in Redwood City, San Mateo County, California where I had to go in a number of years ago to get some charges dismissed, get some warrants dropped.And something happens when you're called for jury duty.They had a large pool of people.They called the names and you're in this large room with 130 peopleYou don't really want to be there.Sometimes people are missing work.The first thing I'm feeling is I'm just like everyone else.This is a cross-section of this county, the demographics, the ages, the races, and I'm just like everyone else that is requested, mandatory to miss work, miss what we're doing, to come in and sit there.And they have us sitting for about a half hour and then they start reading the list of names, of people that will be involved in going up to the courtroom.And when they are reading the names, My heart is pumping and I start to get nervous.I don't want to be called.I don't want to be involved in this system.I don't want to be involved in this process.When they call my name, I say here, I go up to the courtroom, but what I'm realizing is they're calling almost everyone's name and we all go into the courtroom.And before we go in the bailiff dressed in a police sheriff's outfit, he's giving us some prompts and he's a bit of a comedian, which breaks the ice.We're all pretty nervous, but he's cracking some jokes.And he's saying, come to me.If you have any questions, we sit down.And the defendant and the prosecutor are there.The judge comes out and gives us a long spiel about how this is your duty to be a juror.We've had this process for 200 years in this country, the founding fathers, yada, yada, yada.AndI started to get nervous.I'm in a courtroom.I've been in a courtroom before.I just went over all my criminal charges from having manic episodes in previous years last week.And it's triggering me to be there.I don't want to be there.I don't want to be in the courtroom.There is a process where you have the option to write down a hardship to release you from being a jurror.I write down that I have a mental health diagnosis and then I freeze on the actual diagnosis word, a word, a label that I am not accustomed to saying, something that I have denied in my life.From about 16 to 31, I was bipolar and I was a bipolar superhero then at 31 through lots of other hospitalizations I became schizoaffective but I don't recognize that term I don't use that term I don't tell anyone that term, and for some reason the legal documentation of that term writing it out in a court of law where perjury is possibleI had to just admit to myself, that this is a legal word.Schizoaffective is in my medical charts.That's what it says under my diagnosis.A diagnosis that I don't believe in.A diagnosis that I've had to wrestle with.But then I have to say to myself, if this is how I can get out of jury duty, I'm going to put this down.And I freeze on the word.The diagnostic label.I don't know how to spell schizoaffective.And so I try my best.To Sound it out and my whole body is stiff.The fear of judgment is real.I finally submitted my paperwork and they read all the names my name came up and they said, you are dismissed.You're dismissed from jury duty.And I get up and I walk through that sea of people and for three seconds, I feel bulletproof.I Have a Label.And I feel good about it.I go back to my car and I just want to get out of Redwood City as fast as I can and go home.And I am completely exhausted from this two, three-hour process.Go home, eat something, take a nap.The process defeats me, depletes me that I had to admit in a court of law that I am disabled and that I have limitations, that I'm not able to do a full-time schedule, full-time work.AndI have to process it.I've been visiting with my folks for a couple of days.I, as we do, we go over some of our stories about how six, seven years ago, what it was like to have this illness and go through it.How far I've come is always a projection of what we talk about.The Limitations of Being a Citizen with a Disability. Most people don't build a business of their talents, build a business like MAD ONE Media, ask for donation funds, or try to see what they can do with their content their coaching their projects, and their workshops.Most people don't do that and I'm doing something that's extracurricular even for your normal Joe just working and trying to find income as a working artist.And I have to give myself credit.I've been doing it.I'm still doing it.And even though I do believe that love is greater than labels, sometimes you need that label to be recognized as the actual thing you're overcoming and the actual thing you have to live with.Support this Weekly Writing and Audio Content with Joshua Walters of Mad One Media. Currently, you are a free account, your donations support content like this as this podcast develops into the written word.BAF (Building a Following) Update - We have our first subscribers, thank you for contributing. It is my goal to reach 2300 Subscribers in the next 6 months. With your support and promotion, this is possible. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit madone.substack.com/subscribe

Bryan Neuberg turns 50 today. And we celebrate this man with the track “Buc Fiddy” in the up coming EP Strictly 4 My Neuberg. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit madone.substack.com/subscribe

When asked the writing prompt: “What is one thing you know for sure? and two things you know for certain?” -Here is the response. By Joshua Walters This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit madone.substack.com/subscribe

Recorded 6/30/23 -Cabo This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit madone.substack.com/subscribe

Artist State of Mind presents Comedian Sammy Obeid of KO Comedy. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit madone.substack.com/subscribe

Artist State of Mind presents Ashanti Branch of the Ever Forward Club. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit madone.substack.com/subscribe

L.I.F.E. Poem by Joshua Walters This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit madone.substack.com/subscribe

“When I Send an Email” by Joshua Walters This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit madone.substack.com/subscribe

Syz/Mo/Jaw “Fairfax Freestyle” This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit madone.substack.com/subscribe

Recorded live at KQED, April 4, 2023 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit madone.substack.com/subscribe

Daddy’s Home This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit madone.substack.com/subscribe

Break it on Down, 100% vocal by Joshua Walters This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit madone.substack.com/subscribe

Xmas Eve & Hanukkah Nights (Syzygy & J.dub) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit madone.substack.com/subscribe

Accordion/Espresso Machine/Truck Lift/Water Fountain. Piedmont Ave./Oakland This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit madone.substack.com/subscribe

Just as a traditional Haggadah has the same overarching story, in the Hip Hop Haggadah there is a re-mix of storytelling from a multicultural point of view. This year's guest: Rabbiah Morningstar shares about her multicultural family and growing up on both coasts. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit madone.substack.com/subscribe

MXKA is an Afro-Mexican singer based in the Bay Area. Her debut release is SADE tribute of "Sweetest Taboo" out now on Succo Sounds.Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/artist/4nLdZ0ohtx0T20E82Gq6UO?si=Xkn3YK1jRsOivjsDQDerbQ  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit madone.substack.com/subscribe

February 22, 2022 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit madone.substack.com/subscribe

For our pilot episode today, we get to hear from BB Brown, a wellness educator that teaches how musical expression can bring us out of turmoil and serve as a wellness tool. She brings us back to the moment of creating her first original song and how it served in a moment of no escape. BB Brown on her song “Dear Anxiety”. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit madone.substack.com/subscribe

An audio storybook highlighting the story of Passover told with Hip Hop. Just as a traditional Haggadah has the same overarching story, in the Hip Hop Haggadah there is a re-mix of storytelling from a multicultural point of view. Guest Tiffany Harris of Moishe House will add her own experience about the history of oppression and the significance of a religious narrative.Produced/Hosted by Joshua Walters. Editing/Sound Design by Gabriel Aranda. Made with Support by Asylum Arts & The Jewish Arts Collaborative. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit madone.substack.com/subscribe