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The Devil"s Music with Pleasant Gehman

Rock ‘n’roll and the occult have gone hand-in-hand ever since it was rumored that Robert Johnson sold his soul to The Devil. Hollywood iconand rock’n’roll witch Pleasant Gehman takes you to the dark depths where music and heathen hedonism meet the occult. No-hold-barred conversations with famous (and infamous) guests include stories that seem too wild to be true...until you realize there’s no way they could be made up. From backstage and touring debauchery to tarot, synchronicityand sex magick to

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The Devil's Music 22: Jennifer Finch of L7

The Devil"s Music with Pleasant Gehman ·

2021/03/11

Multi-talented Jennifer Finch is a force of nature: musician, photographer, record producer, actor, boundary pusher and often, the smartest girl in the room. Best known as bassist, vocalist and songwriter for L7, she also kicked ass in Other Star People and The Shocker. In this episode, Jennifer and hostess Pleasant Gehman recall the Los Angeles indie scene in the late ‘80’s and early 90s, dishing on Courtney Love, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Bad Religion, Mad Society and the legendary LA club

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The Devil's Music 21: James Divine

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2021/02/25

James Divine, also known as Divine Hand Jim, is a master palm reader, psychic, witch and metaphysical teacher. In this episode, James and hostess Pleasant Gehman literally “talk to the hand”. James teaches listeners basics for reading their own palms before analyzing the hands of celebrities, from David Bowie, movie stars and popular reality show personalities, and doing a palm reading for Pleasant. They discuss various universal hand gestures, like throwin’ the horns and hang loose to peace signs,

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The Devil's Music 20: Peter Bebergal

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2021/02/11

Peter Bebergal is the author of Season Of The Witch: How The occult Saved Rock’n’Roll, Too Much To Dream: A Psychedelic American Boyhood and Strange Frequencies:The Extraordinary Story Of The Technological Quest For The Supernatural. He writes mostly about music, books and fringe culture; his essays have appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times Literary Supplement, Slate, and many more publications. He came of age in Boston during the height of punk rock and studied culture and religion at

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The Devil's Music 19: Ian Harvie

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2021/01/28

Ian Harvie is a standup comedian, actor and writer. His work as an international touring headliner at comedy clubs lead to his own standup concert film, Ian Harvie Superhero and May The Best Cock Win on Starz. A transgender man, he’s been featured on Will & Grace and in episodes of the popular Transparent series on Amazon Prime. In this episode, Ian and hostess Pleasant Gehman chat about serial killer Richard Ramirez, ‘80’s hair metal, and touring together in Margaret Cho’s burlesque and comedy

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The Devil's Music 18: Iris Berry

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2021/01/14

Hollywood pop culture icon Iris Berry is a writer, musician and actor- you may have seen her in the cult classic “Border Radio” directed by Allison Anders or several other iconic films like “Thrashin”, “The Runnin’ Kind” and “Rock’n’roll Highschool. Her band The Lame Flames were rowdy boundary-pushers who, aside from making great music would now be called sex positive. Iris is the co-founder and editor of Punk Hostage Press, which is currently publishing books by Jack Grisham of TSOL, Vadge Moore of

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The Devil's Music 17: Chanty & Lynx of Muses Podcast

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2020/12/23

Lynx and Chanty are a pair of feral, feminist groupies who are also rock’n’roll historians. These Canadian femme fatales are the brains and beauty behind the popular “Muses” podcast, which celebrates the women of rock’n’roll, from groupies to rock wives to female musicians past and present. In this episode, the gals chat with hostess Pleasant Gehman about losing their virginity, and manifesting backstage dreams, cemeteries and paranormal groupie stories, including having sex in haunted hotel

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The Devil's Music 16: Kid Congo Powers

The Devil"s Music with Pleasant Gehman ·

2020/12/09

Kid Congo Powers is a punk rock guitar icon and singer; he’s played with The Gun Club, The Cramps, Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, The Divine Horseman and many more -most recently, Kid Congo And The Pink Monkey Birds. He also has a new memoir coming out in 2021. Kid and hostess Pleasant Gehman share four and a half decades of friendship, and were also roomies at three different punk houses in Los Angeles and New York during the late 1970’s and early 1980’s. In this episode they discuss everything from

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The Devil's Music 15: Roz Drezfalez

The Devil"s Music with Pleasant Gehman ·

2020/11/25

Roz Drezfalez is a drag queen, comedian, actor and writer whose been featured on Bravo, Buzzfeed and in commercials that’ve run nationwide.She’s also the brains and beauty behind the popular paranormal podcast “Ghosted!”,-listen wherever you get podcasts. In this episode, Roz and hostess Pleasant Gehman chat about paranormal investigations, Ouija Boards, spirit communication, telekinesis and celebrity ghost sightings. Twitter: @RozDrezfalez. Instagram: @rozdrezfalez Patreon:

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The Devil's Music 14: Terry Graham

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2020/11/11

Iconic drummer Terry Graham of the seminal Los Angeles bands The Bags and The Gun Club and is also the author of the memoir “Punk Like Me”. Currently, he’s also a fashion entrepreneur with Terry Wear, creating vintage inspired western shirts and rock’n’roll fashion masks. In this episode, Terry and hostess Pleasant Gehman share insane anecdotes about everyone from Jeffry Lee Pierce to The Screamers, The Plungers, The Masque and Kim Fowley to The Bags opening for Iggy. Added Bonus: Terry’s stories

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The Devil's Music 13: Gabriela Herstick

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2020/10/28

Hot sorceress Gabriela Herstick is the author of “Inner Witch”, “Bewitching The Elements” & “Embody Your Magic”. She also has a column In High Times called “The High Priestess”, exploring the connection between weed and ritual, and just had a piece in Cosmopolitan. In this episode, Gaby and hostess Pleasant Gehman get all witchy discussing telekinesis, clairsentience, Samhain, Halloween and Dia De Los Muertes. The conversation turns kinky as they compare notes on Shibari (erotic rope bondage)

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The Devil's Music 12: Karie Bible

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2020/10/14

For nearly twenty years, the delightfully dark Kari Bible has been the tour guide at America’s most famous graveyard, Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles. She’s been featured on CNN, Turner Classic Movies and The Travel Channel and in numerous magazines. Karie has a film degree and is also the creator of Film Radar newsletter. In this episode, Karie and hostess Pleasant Gehman discuss the stars buried at Hollywood Forever and Closeup, the black cat who follows along on Karie’s tours. Also

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The Devil's Music 11: Madame Pamita

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2020/09/30

The amazing Madame Pamita is a witch, tarot reader, musician, metaphysical teacher and author. Her latest work “The Book Of Candle Magic” is out now. In this episode, Madame Pamita and hostess Pleasant Gehman dish on everything from the Los Angeles music scene in the 1980’s to taking LSD in graveyards to Eastern European Slavic magick...from concerts by The Damned going very wrong. Madame Pamita also tells tales from when her surf band The Neptunas toured with The Breeders and talks about her

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The Devil's Music 10: John Doe

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2020/09/16

John Doe is a living rock’n’roll legend. Along with co-founding X, the driving force of the early LA punk scene, he’s had an incredible solo career as a musician and actor. With co-author Tom De Savia and friends, his books 'Under The Big Black Sun' and 'More Fun In The New World' are definitive first-person accounts of the Los Angeles Music scene from the late 1970s- early 1980’s. In this episode, John and hostess Pleasant Gehman discuss X’s new album Alphabetland, as well as diving into wild

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The Devil's Music 09: Dana Gould

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2020/09/02

Dana Gould is an immensely talented comedian, actor, writer, and voice artist. He’s the mastermind behind the comedy horror series “Stan Against Evil” and “the Dana Gould Hour” podcast. In this episode, Dana and hostess Pleasant Gehman passionately explore a variety of topics, including-but not limited to-ventriloquism, clowns and puppets; old school punk rock and Charles Manson, plus the relationships they each had with legendary 1950’s glamour ghoul Vampira. Website: www.danagould.com Instagram

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The Devil's Music 08: Selene Luna

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2020/08/20

Selene Luna is a comedian, actor, dancer, voice over artist and all around Showbiz Entertainer. She’s the voice of Tia Rosita in Disney-Pixar’s Academy Award-winning Coco and the star of Selene Luna: Pretty Special, the world’s first female little person stand-up comedy extravaganza, directed by Margaret Cho. Selene and hostess Pleasant Gehman swap debauched tales of their globe-trotting showgirl life, including zany shenanigans as performers in the world’s first Neo Burlesque troupe The Velvet

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The Devil's Music 07: Rob Zabrecky

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2020/08/06

Rob Zabrecky is a world famous magician; he’s also an actor, author, musician and songwriter. Hostess Pleasant Gehman and former Possum Dixon front man Rob discuss thirty years of shared experiences, including the rowdy experimental late 80’s-early 90’s underground “Silverlake Scene” in Los Angeles. Rob reveals how he went from playing house parties with Possum Dixon to signing with Interscope Records and touring internationally...to playing creepy necromaniacs on television, becoming a master

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The Devil's Music 06: Theresa Reed

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2020/07/22

Theresa Reed is a tarot expert, astrologer and author of three books. Theresa and hostess Pleasant Gehman chat about 80’s-90’s, rock’n’roll and clubbing, divination, Bowie, and the pandemic. In the last part of the episode, they both do tarot readings on Kanye West running for president, Donald Trump and the “Karen” phenomenon, before Theresa looks at the astrological aspects of the November 2020 election. Theresa Reed's website: www.thetarotlady/com Twitter & Instagram:

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The Devil's Music 05: Steve Balderson

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2020/07/08

Award winning filmmaker, screenwriter and author Steve Balderson has directed everyone from Academy Award nominee Karen Black and John Waters superstar Mink Stole to rock stars Jane Wiedlin of The Go-Go’s, Backstreet Boy Kevin Richardson and Mike Patton. Steve and hostess Pleasant Gehman-whose appeared in several of his films - share incredibly twisted tales of location film shoots and debauchery in London, Hong Kong, Palm Springs and on the French Riviera for the Cannes Film Festival. And you might

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The Devil's Music 04: Kristen Sollée

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2020/06/24

Guest Kristen Sollee is a hot witch, an author, and a supreme purveyor of Pop Occulture. In this episode, Kristen and hostess Pleasant Gehman chat about the way rock’nroll and magick intersect, Kristen’s book “Cat Call: Exploring The Feral Feminine”, the best soundtracks for sex magick rituals, the power of pussy, their very first rock concerts, and Kristen’s obsessive adoration of cheesy 1980’s hair metal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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The Devil's Music 03: Dave Catching

The Devil"s Music with Pleasant Gehman ·

2020/06/10

Guitarist extraordinaire Dave Catching (Eagles Of Death Metal, The Mojave Lords, Queens Of The Stone Age etc.) and hostess Pleasant Gehman share psychotic stories from their thirty-plus years of friendship. Topics include the early 1980’s Hollywood underground rock scene, touring with the two bands they were in together, psychedelics, hooker bars in New Orleans....and kidnapping human skeletons. More from Pleasant

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