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The Earth Hotel

In this liminal variety show, host and Operator Jacquie Cotillard guides you through the endless halls of our strangest dreams. We are advised by musicians, artists, and fascinating souls that pass by the Main Desk in Birmingham, Alabama for the sounds and seeking.

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01:14:51

Bob McKenna (Clubhouse on Highland)

The Earth Hotel ·

2019/05/10

This is a magical and inspiring interview with a man who is of the bravest of hearts I have had the pleasure of knowing. Bob McKenna operates the Clubhouse on Highland, an elegant wedding destination in Southside Birmingham, which, we come to find out, also serves as a nexus of loving and expansive endeavors of all kinds during the week. Bob has worked as a clinical psychologist, and according to an unbiased review of one of his wedding clients, is a “prince of a man,” a sentiment I will

00:33:19

From the Desk (III-24-74_2019) Inner Lobby Prologue

The Earth Hotel ·

2019/03/26

From the Desk - #1 (III-23-74_2019)I didn't go away, friends. . . .As I bring this operation back into equilibrium, I hope that you remain open to the transition. I seek to sew up the gaping wounds in the body of our operation, and help them heal and reform. I have a few practical changes to make:As we re-establish this remote base of operations, we will be finding active agents and recalling previous contacts to join us in extended conversation, which we will air as independent installments. I want

01:54:24

Joel Nelson (President of West Coast Internal...

The Earth Hotel ·

2018/10/12

3t-6h-8t-(1h-2h)-4t-7h-5t0.00.00 - Introduction to the Podcast & “The Inner Lobby 3: Rabbits Part 1 (X 8/73)” //0.02.54 - “The Earth Hotel Sonata (translated) v130” //0.07.07 - Opening Monologue: “Imaginary Solutions” //0.09.16 - “Evil” - Joel Nelson et al //0.14.13 - News from the EH //0.21.23 - Dates //0.26.13 -“The Cost of It All” - Flag Day (Brad Davis, Joel Nelson) //0.30.34 - Interview with Joel Nelson, recorded post Pataphysical Freakout Tour, early July 73//01.10.04 - (break): “Kinetic

01:21:01

"Everything Is Followed By Something" - Thesis by...

The Earth Hotel ·

2018/10/12

BibliographyBailey, Derek, “Improvisation: its nature and practice in music”, (New York: Da Capo Press, 1993), 132Choucha Nadia, “Surrealism & the Occult Shamanism, Magic, Alchemy, and the Birth ofan Artistic Movement”, (Destiny Books One Park Street Rochester, Vermont 05767, 1992)Hagberg L. Garry, “Ensemble Improvisation, Collective Intention, and Group Attention”,in vol. 1 of The Oxford Handbook of Critical Improvisation Studies, eds. George E.Lewis and Benjamin Piekut, (New York: Oxford

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Calliope Pettis

The Earth Hotel ·

2018/09/16

The seat across the from the Operator desk is filled this week by Calliope Pettis, a songwriter and performer from the old Montevallo days who has come into her own since those Eclipse Open Mic nights. To recap after a joint gig at Tropicaleo in Birmingham, and in preparation for her appearance at Fork and Spoon Recordings in Panama City Beach, we sat down and had a vibrant chat about music, creativity, and breaking into new expressive territory. Links: Meredith Monk - meredithmonk.orgPCB: Moonlodge