Cathedral in the Pines Radio Hour

The Cathedral in the Pines Radio Hour broadcasts on the WSYN Radio Network at 162.525 Megahertz from the summit of Mount Monadnock in Jaffrey, New Hampshire.

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CATHEDRAL IN THE PINES RADIO HOUR

EPISODE 007

"It's Summertime in America (and the Living's Easy)"

PART 1/2

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CATHEDRAL IN THE PINES RADIO HOUR

EPISODE 012

THE END OF THE ROAD (Featuring Gord)

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PART 2/2

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CATHEDRAL IN THE PINES RADIO HOUR

EPISODE 007

"It's Summertime in America (and the Living's Easy)"

PART 1/2

[🇺🇸⚜️ Jean Chefmandieu ⚜️🇺🇲 @RealJohnDios]

From the parade to the bonfire, from Maine to Memphis, John and friends spend the long holiday weekend talking about God and country. It's summertime in America, and the living's easy! Hurrah for the Glorious Fourth! Featuring (in order of Appearance): @LombardTrucking, @RealJohnDios, @waysyoucanstay, @GordMagill @cmmorris95, Billy, @joeclark, @RizomaSchool, @nealjclark1, @RizomaAt, @RolandGunnTN, and Mimi Stockland.

[🇺🇸⚜️ Jean Chefmandieu ⚜️🇺🇲 @RealJohnDios]

CATHEDRAL IN THE PINES RADIO HOUR

EPISODE 007

"It's Summertime in America (And the Living's Easy)"

PART TWO

[🇺🇸⚜️ Jean Chefmandieu ⚜️🇺🇲 @RealJohnDios]

CATHEDRAL IN THE PINES RADIO HOUR

EPISODE 007

"It's Summertime in America (And the Living's Easy)"

PART ONE

[🇺🇸⚜️ Jean Chefmandieu ⚜️🇺🇲 @RealJohnDios]

THE HOLY AGONY PRESENTS:

PASSIONTIDE '65 (Final Radio Cut Version)

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THE HOLY AGONY EP006

"Remember That You Are Dust (The Feast of All Souls)"

[🇺🇸⚜️ Jean Chefmandieu ⚜️🇺🇲 @RealJohnDios]

It ends with the strongest sequence I think we ever pulled off, @StilNotHavin_It's abortion monologue into @nealjclark1 talking about how small towns die. ALL the guests were really strong. Everything just clicked here.

[🇺🇸⚜️ Jean Chefmandieu ⚜️🇺🇲 @RealJohnDios]

Aside from the obvious "Saint of the Day" theme, there was an overt homage to Death Wish 2 both in the art and sound of this one. Jimmy Page's soundtrack was both sampled and imitated.

[🇺🇸⚜️ Jean Chefmandieu ⚜️🇺🇲 @RealJohnDios]

We had one more episode in us, but this was the high point IMHO. It was extremely ambitious and we largely executed it exactly as planned. Lots of moving parts: many guests, original music, multiple themes interwoven. The longest episode by a lot.

[🇺🇸⚜️ Jean Chefmandieu ⚜️🇺🇲 @RealJohnDios]

"Jessica and John turn the sword on themselves and declare war on that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, enlisting Saint Michael and a heavenly host:"

@jitotweets [12:24]
@danXthrall [28:48]
@_artistsrifles [33:45]
Br. B [51:18]
@cmmorris95 [1:04:06]
@StilNotHavin_It [1:06:02]
@nealjclark1 [1:09:00]

Original music:

Mike G (https://t.co/oeD1GfFBLk)
Carmelittles (https://t.co/Y0Nrj4oNwR)
Modern Life (https://t.co/HyEgQe41Yy)
Gabe (@plainte_calm)

[🇺🇸⚜️ Jean Chefmandieu ⚜️🇺🇲 @RealJohnDios]

THE HOLY AGONY EPISODE 005

"DEFEND US IN BATTLE (The Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel)"

Originally aired 9/29/2021

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THE HOLY AGONY EPISODE 004

"The Woman Clothed with the Sun"

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THE HOLY AGONY EP003

"If it's a symbol, the hell with it! (The Feast of Corpus Christi)"

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THE HOLY AGONY EP001

"You're Gonna Die (The Feast of St. Justin Martyr)"

[Bri @singingbirth]

I wrote the song playing at the end of this gorgeously unique and eclectic radio-style podcast episode in early COVID era out of sheer frustration with the pathology of death panic possessing everyone I cared for at the time. When John and Jess (the creators) reached out several months later for a contribution with their idea and title of the 1st episode “You’re Gonna Die” in mind, it was perfectly serendipitous that I already had something prepared that matched the subject matter.

I think it’s one of my proudest musical contributions out of any song I’ve released, simply because of the cultural and spiritual significance of its part in the greater commentary alone. Very good people that I admire, especially for how they psychologically handled covidmania on social squares like X, came together to make this artful historical timepiece, and I believe it’s worth giving a listen to revisit the raw viscerality of that time. This is the only place my song about accepting death can be heard and I think I’m gonna keep it that way, as it’s better heard as a part of the whole.

“You’re gonna petrify, they’ll turn out your light, say ‘nothing is beautiful till it dies.’
You’re gonna learn the truth, that it wasn’t about you, and it might be enough to break you;
and no one will remember.”

[BoiltOwl @nealjclark1]

This is really interesting to listen to now with a little distance from COVID and might be the only transcendent bit of art made about those times so far. Read em and weep

[🇺🇸⚜️ Jean Chefmandieu ⚜️🇺🇲 @RealJohnDios]

Revisit Covidmania with this rebroadcast of the first Holy Agony episode

[🇺🇸⚜️ Jean Chefmandieu ⚜️🇺🇲 @RealJohnDios]

THE HOLY AGONY EP001

"You're Gonna Die (The Feast of St. Justin Martyr)"