Recorded in Harvey the Short Bus and inspired by Own IT the live performing arts event in SLC, this podcast is an extension of a visceral experience of synergy. We are the artists, innovators and rebels with a cause. Our goal is to keep listening, questioning and bringing it to the mic. Harvey is a fully operational recording space on wheels. We invite people inside to share their writing, music, thoughts and stories. Our hope is to ignite the spark of art wherever we go. Hosted by SLC poet and recording artists Sarah Kappos this show is an exploration of how humans be, how they want to become and the role creativity plays in this evolution.
Phil n Sarah have a time getting to the raw group where the collective gets real with the things they hate about themselves. What's another word for art? The duo discusses the art and God connection. Phil monologues about convention and how as an artist he must bang against it. Sarah asks a very interesting question as the two decompress.
How does one learn? Sarah sits in on Phil's consulting session and remembers what it felt like to learn the tedious step by step process of a new art form. They reflect on their beginnings, when a mentor taught them how to use the mediums which are so intuitive now. One aspect of mentoring is the personal and emotional connection a student develops with them. Somehow this leads to Phil saying some really cool stuff about micro vs. macro, reverberation and frequency. In a few years you can read t...
Brian McDonald sings us a damn fine song. Then we talk about singing. Who is the love song really about? We start talking about secrets and then the cops knock on the door! For real. But it's a secret. We can't tell you who they were looking for. Just like the artist won't tell you who the song is about. Maybe it's like the magician revealing their tricks.
Sarah, Phil and fast-talking Heather Peterson Coates discuss what they want done with their bodies when they die. They brainstorm what they want written in their last will and testament. Phil wants a "Congratulations you're about to die" party. He also wants to become a tree. Heather requests a pyre be built out of rocks to burn her body, she also wants to invite the buzzards and instead of feeding them her flesh, they each get a steak. Sarah tells a story about her uncle and releasing his ashes...
Is good acting similar to good lying? The duo discusses the difference between ' Rhodes' scones and from-scratch scones. What does it mean to play a role? Philip shares his experience being a rapper along with all the other roles he has played. Sarah opens up about her role as a mother and its affect on her children. Sarah talks about incorporating archetypes into the play-ish event. Philip points out that 'role' and 'archetype' are perhaps euphemisms for one another The two hint at some pretty ...
Philip n' Sarah host their first in house guest...BrianTravis. Philip and BrianTravis sing a song that is imperfect while Sarah taps along. Sarah shares her experience with a TED Talk by Esther De Koning that is both sexist and probably accurate. The gang discusses triggers, acting, and pants shitting. Philip experiences a moment of real terror when he realizes that he will be expected to act in the play-ish event. You might say he was triggered...
The grand narrative of the Promised Land is crumbling according to Jordan Peterson. This leads Sarah n Phil to ask what will you leave behind? What is a legacy and what do kids have to do with it all? Sarah reads a blog entry from: theyaretheway.sunriseink.org titled " For Marci, who helped me"
Philip n Sarah Intro the podcast (that was recorded in Fellowship Hall on a phone) while sitting in the parking lot of a bowling ally. They discuss Triggered: A Playish Event with some of it's supporting cast as they all sit around in a not-so-socailly distanced circle. This Podcast is a live recording of a RAW group. A RAW group is the collaborative process that happens behind the scenes before every Own It show.
If you need to cut your hair, just do it. It may be hard though if you don't drink water, play with your friends, be in the sunshine, have meaningful work and eat healthy food. What does depression have to do with beards and haircuts? Hear the update on TRIGGERED: a play-ish event happening June 4th
This episode features "The Graduates" a brilliant trio of newly minted adults. They discuss memory, dreams and obsession. Two perspectives are presented here with 20+ years between their voices.
Philip n Sarah record the podcast like a couple of teenagers, overlooking the city. Sarah gets very personal about oil and exams...together. The two explore the podcast's purity and also the Yin and Yang they bring to it respectively. Philip offers a lengthy monologue while Sarah listens. They both seem to be entranced by the view, as they discuss hiding, in relationship to freestyle speaking and polished thought.
Write the weird thing. Sarah's new prompt for herself for writing at the edge of what is known. The weird thing is the line you hear but barely understand. Phil n Sarah kick around ideas about Triggered: a play-ish event including a spoof on The Sound of Music, a xylophone orchestra, and a scene about butchering Sarah's hair and mailing to everyone who has ever broken her heart. Phil gives a review of Jesus Christ Superstar, and dreams up song ideas inspired by Gordon Lightfoot. Lantern Release ...
In the spirit of curiosity, we look at the word " triggered " from all angles, and we learn a few things. What is the experience of being hit by a memory, a person, a thought? How powerful is a word? Other words we look at are " romance " " desire " " integrity " " inspiration " and. " accountable." We also drop into Mr. Roger's neighborhood and have a visit from E.T.
It's not " individualization " it's " individuation" but anyway we talk about it. How does addiction affect or potentially speed up this process? What are other words for the Holy Ghost? Conscience? Intuition? What is the difference between fear and intuition. This whole conversation started because Phil was watching the Sopranos and Sarah is a nerd about Carl Jung. Wait for it...Sarah sings a little song.
Song: 'Mothership' by Philip (Mr. Denton) Millerberg Featuring Fitch Head. Instrumental produced by: Drew Livermore Philip n Sarah discuss collaboration as it pertains to making a song. Sarah plays an audio clip from a book she is reading called 'The Phantom Tollbooth' that sparks the following discussion... Phil asks if expectations are resentments in training. Sarah believes that once someone says that they don't have expectations they are no longer intelligent. Sarah shares an interesting inn...
How do you keep ambition alive during The Rona? It's not getting better, in fact everything is getting weirder and worse. What will you hold onto? What do you miss? Phil's got a pretty..pretttyy sweet monologue in the middle of this episode. Sarah talks about letting go, and the necessity of trust.
"Once you call a thing a thing it puts a thing on it" This is called talking something to death. I can't think right now. Is that enough?
Featuring unfinished song " Go Away " by Derek Russell Claiborne and Philip Denton Millerberg and the spoken word piece " Bondage of Self " by Lisa Blue. Look for the finished song because Phil is going to take the unfolding events and put them into it. On November 19th Derek passed away and so naturally we talk about death, how to make sense of it. Can you make sense of it? Does it offer a release from the bondage of self? Is it also a release of energy to be used?...
Featuring a spoken word piece from Derek C. and a song by Menace. We talk about the voice as an instrument. After 3 venues for our live show fell through, we invited Own It artists to record in the fort. We learned something new about listening, and what a clean space can do to a 3 dimensional voice. Also, are Tarot readers actually illusionists who merely use slight of hand?
Sarah asks. What is a gangster? Why do people call me that? What is a gangster bishop? How do you work with a broken system and maintain your priorities? 'Flinters' shares his thoughts on the current state of things according to him. Let's not talk about the election. Let's talk about the teachers all around us. The young and the old.
Philip n' Sarah discuss funerals and softening while sitting on "The Prayer Swing" in Sarah's backyard. Are rituals the skeletons of life? Is I possible to care deeply for things and "allow others" to care deeply for different things? Sarah recalls throwing Halloween parties with families in her "old life". Philip tells about his sister Lizard and how she is on a different level than most of us.
Phil tells a story about a fire breathing dragon. Baby Jack says hi. Listen for the Magic Jack's sign off at the very end. " Maybe the story I'm telling about drugs and alcohol is not the only story I could tell, " Sarah. How has sobriety and recovery changed with the use of psychedelics and the evolution of what we understand? What has Sarah's 18 year old daughter taught her about drugs and her perceptions? The Doors got their name from the book Doors of Perception. How do human beings seek to ...
Tales of teenage remorse and lack there of..rose petals, MIP's, car wrecks, and consequences. Is empathy learned or is it inherent? That's right, the old nature vs. nurture question with a little different spin. Is it really worth it to open up and communicate, even if it doesn't change the outcome? How do you raise kids anyway?
Intro by anonymous A cappella singer man, recorded in a noisy kitchen leads to a conversation about artistic voice. Ya know that movie Wall-E? The little robot who runs around cleaning up "foreign contaminants" could erase the human element from your voice. Sarah n Phil challenge the notion of "Find your voice" and replace it with the evolving expression of a person, an actual human being. "I'm not rapping anymore, I'm just talking," Phil. "My daughter Sophie was a competitive gymnast and people...
Featuring "The 5th Rider" with Intro. written by Rob. This piece is dense with meaning. You may have to listen twice. Sarah n Phil discuss the theme for their November show "Never Would I Ever." As always this leads them down the rabbit hole where they discover some pretty cool ideas about marriage and the reclamation of words. Phil tells the story of how he bought a ring once. They also stumble upon the idea of 'small art' and decide Own It would not be better if they packed a stadium and had a...
What is the difference between drugs and Own It? Is there one? Have you ever heard the argument: You are just exchanging one addiction for another? Phil tells a story about ecstasy. Sarah n Phil talk about the high of performance and creation and what it feels like on the other side. They also talk about how they butchered their ARC performance. Sorry about that Indigo. The cool thing is, she still wants to collaborate with them! Cool Rilke quote at the end.
Competitive Victimhood. You got some victim cards in your deck? How to escape the US versus THEM dichotomy. Is it possible? If you're offended easily you may wanna skip this one.
Wouldn't it be cool if they left one of the trees in its natural state, a tribute where it fell? Who would a sign a petition to "Remember the Trees?" Does claustrophobia lead to destruction? We joke around a lot about not knowing what we are doing, but we do know what works for us, and what we want. How does desire keep us alive? Phil talks about his recent trip to the desert where he heard what he really wanted. There is a silence in the desert, an openness which is the opposite of claustrophob...
"You could get yourself into some real trouble..doing that," Sarah. "I'm just trying to live on the microphone," Phil. Speaking in the moment. What are you waiting for? What holds a person back from creating the thing they want to create? Could they be an artist in the shadows? Sarah n Phil discuss points of convergence and how they build momentum out of those shadows.
"I have to wake up really early in the morning to have enough time to understand myself," Sarah. What does it mean to be a hard working artist? What is the difference between being possessive and protective? If everybody is talking, who's listening? Will Own It go back to the desert? Fellowship Hall was open for 21,900 days in a row without adult supervision, and then they passed the torch.
