As We Art

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Speaker 1
And you smell like cinnamon.

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Speaker 1
All right, here we go.

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Speaker 1
Welcome. Hello. It's episode 31.

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Speaker 2
Yes.

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Speaker 1
Of.

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Speaker 2
As we art. Yes. We're so happy to be here. Thank you for joining. I'm Monica.

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Speaker 1
I'm Candice.

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Speaker 2
This is a YouTube channel. This is a podcast and we are glad you're here. If you're new. Welcome. If you're returning. Thank you. Yeah. For those of you returning, you might notice a new addition in decor.

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Speaker 1
Yes. Behind the bun of Monica's hair.

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Speaker 2
Do I? It's my bun in the way.

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Speaker 1
Just the bottom of it. Yeah, the bottom of the art is covered by the top of the bun.

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Speaker 2
Not the bun. Okay. So we do have another copy to show you up close. Let's just get right into it and start with your art, because this is epic.

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Speaker 1
Thank you. Thank you. So I made a linocut sign for as We Art. It is a jack o lantern with the words as we art carved into it.

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Speaker 2
And a lot of lying.

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Speaker 1
I learned some things, mostly that I don't want to take away as much of the chatter as I have within the art, because I want my linocut to look like linocut. And though I love this piece, it looks like a painting.

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Speaker 2
With like, I know you did a lot of layers and colors. It's because of this, the color saturation or just not enough lines showing.

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Speaker 1
It's six layers and it needs more like black line work to look like a linocut. Right now it looks like a painting that I then outlined as we are in black paint. You know, I like it. Don't get me wrong.

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Speaker 2
Yeah, I love it.

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Speaker 1
But, Hey, it's hard to see on the wall because it's it's a small. I don't have any big lino blocks, so I did as big as I could.

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Speaker 2
I love it. This took a lot of time and work, and I. I see we're always learning in our craft. That happens, but I'm really proud of you for finishing it. It's awesome. And if you were here last week, you know, this is not just because it's going into the autumn season. This is a year round decor.

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Speaker 1
Yes. I love it's Halloween related. It is my jam.

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Speaker 2
Yeah. It's a lot of fine detail. So if you're just listening, be sure and check Instagram. I will post up on Instagram. I'll post a close up like detailed photograph of Candace's artwork. I'm very impressed.

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Speaker 1
Thank you. What other artwork did we work on this week? This week was mostly joint artwork.

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Speaker 2
Yeah, I have nothing like physical to to show the world. We delivered the lampshade. Thank God we got there in one piece. Customer was happy. That's all good. So glad that's done. And I can't wait to start another lampshade for my own. My own experimental lampshade that we'll have in our house. Nice. Yeah. The artwork we did this week was working on our website.

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Speaker 2
We are so close. We're not ready to launch it now. We say September 1st.

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Speaker 1
We lied.

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Speaker 2
Well, we didn't lie. We really thought because it's ready in a lot of ways. But we have to do tests. We have to try to order something ourselves and go through the process of how the, the, mailing and postage. Yeah.

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Speaker 1
We want to make sure everything's like smooth sailing for customers.

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Speaker 2
That credit card works. And we need to check some of the links because where as we art is the umbrella for Candice tonight, we have so many things that we are doing. It's not just lino cuts and glass. I'm also writing. I also teach English classes and like so for our bios and for our art and all the different pages on this site, there's like it leads to different things to just, hey, this is what Monica and Candice are up to.

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Speaker 2
And so we realized we'd rather just postpone the launch a week and get it all right and test it all. So it's soon. Be sure to follow us on Instagram if you don't as We Art podcast, because that's where we will announce, like the launch and have a link to everything. We're super excited to finally, not finally, but just to put our art out into the world.

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Speaker 2
It was really fun this week. What we did was we took a lot of photos.

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Speaker 1
Did a lot.

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Speaker 2
Of descriptions, wrote a lot of descriptions, lots.

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Speaker 1
Of measurements. Yep. Converted us system to metric. You're welcome. Yep.

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Speaker 2
And it was really fun to really go back and look at some of the art we've made over the years, some of which we forgot about, like, oh, we have this shark and oh, we have this ocean scene. Like there was some glassworks I really had forgotten about.

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Speaker 1
And that's honestly another reason why we still need some more time on the website, because we ended up having a lot more art than we realized.

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Speaker 2
Yeah. Which is.

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Speaker 1
Great. A good problem to have.

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Speaker 2
Yeah. And we also realized what we have made that we're totally keeping.

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Speaker 1
Yes, it was experimental or did not turn out as planned.

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Speaker 2
Or I love it so much. I love happy houseplants. I made that a few weeks ago for this podcast. They saw it that.

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Speaker 1
We're keeping that. I'm keeping that. Sorry suckers.

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Speaker 2
I love it. I love that happy houseplant. Yeah. So our website isn't launched yet. And the other reason why we are excited to record today is we have a little bit of an announcement to do. Yeah. It's bittersweet.

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Speaker 1
It's update central.

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Speaker 2
Update central. But, you know, we started this podcast to say keep ourselves accountable to see what we're working on every week and to stay creative. And we are, of course, still going to do that. But we had a few interruptions that life brought on completely out of the blue, and we're like, oh, this is a lot including and and at the same time have some unexpected curveballs and we're okay our it's not our health this time.

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Speaker 2
It's other issues. But we also have some upcoming deadlines for artistic things. So it's like good timing for us to take a pause.

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Speaker 1
We're going to take a pause on the podcast. You know, we're very good jugglers, but we haven't been able to keep everything up in the air. And, so unfortunately, one of the objects we're going to let drop for a little while is this podcast. It's not goodbye.

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Speaker 2
It's just we'll see you soon. And we're still making art, and we're still going to update, social media with said art. But one of the reasons we'll just share with you is actual space, is changing in our home because it was discovered just a couple days ago that our house needs a major repair. Like, didn't see this coming.

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Speaker 2
Like, walls and floor have an issue. So almost half the house will be, like, cut off with repair guys working hard. And we have to reroute a lot of furniture and the way we work, and we're, we're going to do our art and we're going to have to get creative, you know, doing.

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Speaker 1
A little reconfiguration.

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Speaker 2
Yeah. You know, we we might have a work desk in the dining room for a little while.

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Speaker 1
Yeah, we don't judge.

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Speaker 2
We don't know how long that will take and the noise that will entail. So wish us luck. Yes. And then we also, at the same time this week found out. Well, not found because it can't.

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Speaker 1
Be one thing at a time.

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Speaker 2
We'll just share with you that, I don't want to give too much away, but a family member that we help with his health issues that has worsened, his condition is worsening, and he needs a lot more of our time and attention. And we just want to say we are so grateful and honored and happy to be able to help a person in need.

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Speaker 2
We really are like, this is not bullshit. If you are someone that has ever taken care of, someone who needs help, an aging parent or relative that just needs time, attention, resources. Maybe it's in your home. That's that's something we relate to. Maybe it's you. Go visit them a lot. Whatever that is, we commend you. We see you.

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Speaker 2
We are here with you. And we have found a good balance with that over the time that we've been helping people. But, it became apparent recently that a lot more time attention needs to go into this person. And we're happy, really grateful to be able to do that. Yes.

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Speaker 1
We feel very fortunate that we're able to help someone in their time of need. Yeah.

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Speaker 2
Like it's just curious if anyone's out there, if you can comment, if or send us a private message if it's something you deal with. I think more and more people are going to be doing this as family ages.

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Speaker 1
You know, there's not there's no support structure in the United States, really, for, aging, aging folks, maybe family member.

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Speaker 2
But and not everyone's eligible for paid services or outside help outside of the family that have financial.

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Speaker 1
A lot of it's aging, age based or income based health insurance. Just. It's a really broken system. Yeah.

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Speaker 2
So if you've ever dealt with that in any way, we applaud you. And yeah, we just got to that point where these two things came at once, where our house is going to be upside down for a while, and the care we're giving to someone is increasing a lot. And so we are still going to make a point to find time to be creative.

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Speaker 2
That's always a priority for us. It is the only way we can cope with all the shit show that life throws at you sometimes like it. It is. The way we get through it is by finding and forcing that time to allow ourselves to be creative. Thank gosh. And so with the upcoming deadlines, the fall submissions season is coming to submit writing.

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Speaker 2
And so Candace and I are working on that. I'm doing a lot of writing my essay collection. We're writing a joint, screenplay. And, and I'm still tweaking my play that I had submitted and hopefully like, that might, might actually like come to be in by next year. So we're going to be busy still and we'll keep you updated.

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Speaker 2
And the other glass project that's ongoing that I'm back in gear working on, are the if you've been following along, you might remember the literary book covers, the stained glass windows that, will be hung at the UMass Lowell Library in, in this fall. They haven't given me the the date of the open house is in October, but they haven't given me the install date yet.

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Speaker 2
Still being worked out behind the scenes. And I'm hoping they come through. My contact person at the library changed during this process. Someone left the university, so all the communication, whatever, we're going to get these windows hung one way or another. But I am still, finishing the last two. And so my point is, we are still going to be busy and finding time.

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Speaker 2
So please follow us as we art podcast on Instagram to keep up with Grumpy Ghost Studios linocut glass over Teakettle stained glass and our writing endeavors. We're so excited to, like, put energy into those things and we are going to miss this weekly format because it really did. It has kept us accountable and I know we're coming back.

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Speaker 2
Plus, just to have.

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Speaker 1
Like chatting with you folks and learning what you're doing and.

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Speaker 2
Meeting people, come.

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Speaker 1
Back to it. But, yeah.

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Speaker 2
Seeing your art, seeing what inspires you, it's been such a gift. It's awesome. And we know, like, maybe this fall is going to be just.

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Speaker 1
Really settle to the middle. Yeah.

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Speaker 2
On on some things that we, we have to deal with.

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Speaker 1
I also like if you know, if you've been watching, I have been dealing with some health issues with, you know my, my head and stuff.

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Speaker 2
So vision. Yeah.

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Speaker 1
It's, it's a lot right now. We're fun time killing it. We're not sure what it is, but we are killing it.

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Speaker 2
But no matter what you're dealing with, we truly believe there's always room for creativity.

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Speaker 1
Absolutely.

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Speaker 2
And so keep that going. And please, the things you guys have shared with us in terms of what you're working on or what inspires you. And new music has been awesome. And before we go, we should mention inspiration because we have listened to a lot of music this week to help us through.

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Speaker 1
Yeah, we have listened to a lot of music. The thing we've been like cranking a lot is dark. We've we've been listening to a lot of dark wave music.

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Speaker 2
So for those in the back who who, like me, didn't know that was a genre dark wave. So dark wave,

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Speaker 1
If you think of goth music, it's goth music.

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Speaker 2
Wait, but I didn't know because there's New wave. I'm very familiar with being a product of the 80s, but what it did come from that.

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Speaker 1
So dark wave came from, yeah, new wave and post-punk. But it has a lot more elements of like sadness, emotional things.

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Speaker 2
Minor.

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Speaker 1
But it's very minor keys. Yes. And it's, very electronic. It's predominantly, if not all, electronically created other than voices. The music is usually a drum machine. And then, a synthesizer and, there's a very specific instrument they use in Dark wave that I cannot think of the name. No. Some electronic thingy.

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Speaker 2
It's it has a certain sound and we enjoy it. But it there's been one band with a female voice. It's been just so great. I don't know, something about it is helping us through this week. And it's like you want to dance to it for sure, but there's something like, real worldly about it that's like, yes, it's fucking dark right now and I want this music on, but it's still giving us energy.

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Speaker 1
Yeah, it's so good. What's the band? Emotional. The band is called Boy Harsher.

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Speaker 2
Boy Harsher. We'll put their latest album photo on Instagram.

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Speaker 1
Check them out. They have a song that you may have heard in, like, movies. It's called pain. That's from like 2014 or something. Oh, that's their first. Yeah, that was their first like love single that got some traction. But they have a new album coming out, I believe, September 18th, if I'm not mistaken.

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Speaker 2
Oh, really? When we see them, it's going to be we're. See, we got tickets.

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Speaker 1
Are going to go to the band. We are keeping that date. We are going to go see Boy Harsher.

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Speaker 2
In Boston.

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Speaker 1
Boston at the end of September. So we're very excited for that.

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Speaker 2
I can't wait just to be on the dance floor and.

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Speaker 1
Dance our asses off. Yeah, she has a voice. Yeah. Her name is Jay Matthews, and she's great. If you ever listen to, like, fever Ray. Boy, her is kind of comparable to fever Ray in terms of, like, overall ambiance. Feeling like slight, slightly disturbing, but also very emotionally driven and, but it's really, really good.

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Speaker 2
There's something about. I don't know how to if I'm describing it. Right. Let me ask you a band from the 80s that I really loved was Joy Division.

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Speaker 1
They're dark wave.

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Speaker 2
Their mean.

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Speaker 1
They're post-punk, but they could definitely be put into the wave category. They're just not as electronic as most dark wave. Okay. Actually played like they.

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Speaker 2
Played the instruments.

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Speaker 1
You know, physical.

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Speaker 2
Dark guitars and stuff. Joy Division, there's something about his voice that like, what was his name?

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Speaker 1
Ian. I just blanked on his last name.

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Speaker 2
Okay.

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Speaker 1
We're.

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Speaker 2
So we do this with no script and no planning, and you can tell today.

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Speaker 1
Yeah. So anytime I get put on the spot, even if I know the information, like by heart.

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Speaker 2
No, you know.

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Speaker 1
Put on the spot. My brain goes. I don't think so.

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Speaker 2
But his voice, the way he sings in those songs, isn't without its without a lot of emotion.

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Speaker 1
And Lee Curtis, Ian Curtis, Ian. Curtis. Christ, Candice.

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Speaker 2
It doesn't have a lot of ups and downs in like, it's like not monotone, but there's something like almost flat intentionally about his voice. And it's there's.

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Speaker 1
Not a lot of vocal range in.

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Speaker 2
Drive and it this is so hard to describe if you don't know what we're talking about. But it's so good. And to be honest with you, until I met Candice, I did not realize that Joy Division, after Ian died, became New Order because I listened to New Order a lot in the 80s to dance, and it was fun and it was like almost pop in my memory because of.

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Speaker 1
No Order has some songs, though, that could be dark wave like Blue Mondays, very deeply bisque.

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Speaker 2
But I, you know, because I love triangle was like a high school cheerleaders did a dance to it. And so when she told me that that was the same band with a different like once, Ian Curtis died, I was so surprised.

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Speaker 1
And so they added a couple members and. Yeah. Yes.

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Speaker 2
So I always say that, Dark Wave is like new Order, but on antidepressants or without integrity. Yes. It's I don't know, it wasn't a good job.

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Speaker 1
I mean, Joy Division, joy Division is new order. Order without antidepressants. Yeah. Yes. Which is quite the statement since Ian Curtis unaligned himself for.

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Speaker 2
Mental health issues.

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Speaker 1
Yes.

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Speaker 2
Yeah, yeah, but maybe the rest of the band got some help chemically in New Order.

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Speaker 1
You worked well.

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Speaker 2
Okay, this probably won't age well, but there it is. Dark wave. We recommend boy Harsher for sure. Current band. Awesome music. Great to dance, too. Great to have in the background. And we are excited to go see that show. No matter what is going on in our life, we're going to stop and go to Boston and see that show.

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Speaker 1
You will be at Boy Harsher, and then a week later we'll be at Muna.

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Speaker 2
Yes, moon that's a show we're excited about. You guys have heard us talk about that band as well. So we're going to.

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Speaker 1
Go dance and have some fun. Yeah. And, you know.

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Speaker 2
A little reprieve from some of life's hard stuff right now, but we are okay. We are going to keep making art, and we will check in with you. We just can't promise when that will be. But do stay tuned. We really appreciate all of you supporting us and being here. Some of you have been here every week.

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Speaker 2
Yes. Thank you. That means so much to us. Yep. You.

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Speaker 1
Guys are like our extended family. Our chosen family. So we are super, super appreciative of your support and the things that you share with us. And, yeah, we're going to miss you, but we will see you soon.

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Speaker 2
Yeah, we'll be here. We'll be busy. We appreciate you checking in. Some of you already know some of the things we're talking about, so we appreciate the kind phone calls and texts that have been coming in. And we will see you at episode 32, whenever that happens.

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Speaker 1
When it is all right.

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Speaker 2
Bye.