Journals and letters have the power to connect people, even across the lines of life and death.
A few short weeks ago, I woke up on a rainy thundering morning with a completely unprompted idea for a podcast fully formed in my mind. It felt like it was delivered to me from somewhere else. I don't take stuff like that lightly, so I started working on it before I even got out of bed. That's what I was doing when I got the news that a very close friend passed away, just days after his birthday. As I was creating the first episode in that twilight period between his death and his funeral, I feel as if we were able to connect one last time through my journals, his journals, and letters we exchanged in life. In that way, this first episode is both a dedication and a collaboration. This is a very gentle podcast about the lives we weave into our writing and the enchanted mystery that gives birth to all ideas. I hope it will be soothing to frayed nerves and sweetly life affirming. Listen to A Box in The Attic on Spotify and check back around the next full moon for episode 2. If you would like to submit your own poem, journal entry, or letter to be shared on a future episode, send it to AlwaysSomethingInTheBox@gmail.com
Mentions
What was that album that the old Victrola randomly plays? Why, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness by The Smashing Pumpkins, of course! One of my very favorites! It makes me feel nostalgic for stuff I've never actually experienced. I can't remember the exact quote, but Billy Corgan said that it's supposed to feel tying a ribbon around your youth and tucking it under the bed--truth.
Wanna see the cool sculpture I made with all those doll parts the Attic delivered? Check out The Doll Collector! Follow me on Instagram @mandomakesit to see more of my art!
Soundscape Attributions
Environment Noises
1.) Detuning a guitar
a. De-tuning a guitar.wav by mickmon.com.
b. This work is licensed under the Attribution Noncommercial 3.0 License.
2.) Party
a. Party.ogg by egomassive
b. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.
3.) Bar
a. Club bar talking yelling band warming up rock guitar 05.flac by TRP
b. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.
4.) School Bell
a. School bell, hallway voices, doors opening closing, walking outside, Toronto (2012).wav by TRP
b. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.
House Sounds
5.) Door Bell
a. Doorbell 1.wav by bennstir
b. This work is licensed under the Attribution 4.0 License.
6.) Attic Opening
a. window_attic_wood_open_close_01.wav by matucha
b. This work is licensed under the Attribution 4.0 License.
7.) Walking Upstairs
a. Thumping/walking from upstairs by wlabarron
b. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.
8.) Door Creak
a. Door_creak_003.mp3 by ShadowSilhouette
b. This work is licensed under the Attribution 4.0 License.
9.) Walking on Wooden Floorboards
a. Walking on wooden floorboards by 775noise
b. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.
10.) Creaky Chair
a. creaky chair.wav by ryancacophony
b. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.
Music
11.) Frost Waltz
a. Music: Frost Waltz by Kevin MacLeod
b. Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/3781-frost-waltz
c. License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
d. Artist website: https://incompetech.com
e. Paid authorization to use compositions and recordings acquired July 21, 2022
12.) The Snow Queen
a. Music: The Snow Queen by Kevin MacLeod
b. Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/4511-the-snow-queen
c. License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
d. Artist website: https://incompetech.com
e. Paid authorization to use compositions and recordings acquired July 21, 2022
Nature Sounds
13.) Cicadas
a. cicada ambience 2.wav by patchen
b. This work is licensed under the Attribution 3.0 License.
c. https://freesound.org/s/78786/
14.) Prairie Birdsong
a. PrairieSummer_ambience.wav by dsebeste
b. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.
c. https://freesound.org/s/351609/
15.) Birdsong
a. Birds in Spring.mp3 by jmiddlesworth
b. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.
c. https://freesound.org/s/364664/
16.) Meadowlark
a. western meadowlark.wav by tim.kahn
b. This work is licensed under the Attribution Noncommercial 4.0 License.
c. https://freesound.org/s/509058/
17.) Birdsong 2
a. Cheshire Garden May 2020.m4a by HighPeakEmma
b. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.
People
18.) Clapping at the Bar
a. Crowd clapping inside a bar in Chile (Valparaiso) by felix.blume
b. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.
c. https://freesound.org/s/397010/
19.) Laughing Teen Girl
a. (SKKreativ. 2018. "Laughing Teen Girl". Wav Audio. 00:15)
b. This work is licensed under the Attribution 3.0 License.
c. https://freesound.org/s/456255/
20.) People Laughing Outdoors
a. people_laughing_outdoors_001.wav by Martina_Leitschuh
b. This work is licensed under the Attribution 4.0 License.
c. https://freesound.org/s/582751/
Weather
21.) Thunder
a. thunder 3 by elmoustachio
b. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.
c. https://freesound.org/s/476735/
22.) Rain
a. The rain falls against the parasol by straget
b. This work is licensed under the Attribution 4.0 License.
c. https://freesound.org/s/531947/
23.) Puddle
a. Walking through puddle by NachtmahrTV
b. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.
c. https://freesound.org/s/553238/
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