The Cult of Jam Bands
Sounds Like A Cult
Studio71
4 • 3.8K Ratings
🗓️ 11 June 2024
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Catch Amanda back on tour this summer in Chicago, Minneapolis, and Seattle!!
Friday, July 12: The Big Magical Cult Show at Park West in Chicago, IL (buy tickets here!)
Saturday, July 13: The Big Magical Cult Show at Cedar Cultural Center in Minneapolis, MN (buy tickets here!)
July 29: The Age of Magical Overthinking book talk at Elliott Bay Book Company in Seattle, WA (free!)
WE TRIED OUR BEST not to get too roasty in this long overdue episode, where host Amanda and her special guest, music journalist and host of the Songs My Ex Ruined podcast Melissa Locker, examine the cult of jam bands from Phish to the Grateful Dead. Where freewheeling guitar solos, acid trips, tape-trading, endless noodling, and oodles of exclusive lingo reign supreme, this world of die-hard fans who dedicate their whole life and personality to following their faves around the country is nothing short of a musical religion. Jam bands are definitely, ahem, a culty vibe to say the least... the real question is how destructive are they?? Tune in to this lol-worthy chat as Amanda and Melissa try and figure that out.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey listeners, this is your host Amanda. Before we get into today's episode, I have a very exciting announcement. |
| 0:05.8 | I am going back on tour this summer. If you live in Chicago, Minneapolis, or Seattle, |
| 0:11.5 | I would love if you would catch me on book tour for the age of |
| 0:14.6 | Magical Overthinking. My Chicago event is on July 12th, Minnie is on July 13th, |
| 0:20.4 | and Seattle is on July 29th. |
| 0:23.0 | These events are so much fun. |
| 0:25.0 | This is not your typical book tour. |
| 0:28.0 | The Chicago and Minneapolis events are something called |
| 0:31.0 | The Big Magical Cult Show, this ridiculous variety show involving |
| 0:35.4 | drag burlesque performances, merch, custom drinks, a PowerPoint presentation about parasocial relationships, |
| 0:42.4 | of course books, book signing, meet and |
| 0:44.6 | greet, the whole nine. Seattle is going to be really, really fun too. And I so hope to |
| 0:49.8 | see you there. Information and tickets are at the link in our show notes or at |
| 0:52.8 | AmandaMonthale.com slash events. Thank you to our sponsor Square Space. |
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