Here, Hear

A strange gift arrives at the doorstep two years late. There is only your name, no shipping label, no evidence of origin. Just a date stamp and the words "This Song Will Self-Destruct" in ink on cardboard. Inside is a song: Here, Hear 16. You play it. We talk about it. Prompt by Adam Vass. Thanks for bringing it from the porch into your home.

Group chat puts the finishing touches on our Wildlife deep dive. Related questions from Patreon are answered. Updates discussed. Breezes shot.

A triumphant though understated (and slightly awkward) solo return to the medium. More soon.

Chad talks putting seeds in the ground in both literal and metaphorical ways, discussing the restorative work of planting and harvesting while picking the fruit of creative seeds planted in the last eight months with his multi-layered contribution to song 16 (based on Adam's Self-Destruct prompt, one step away from finish now). Thank you to all our backers for making this show and the new music it follows possible. Join for early access and additional content at patreon.com/ladispute. New episodes will continue to release every other week (roughly) for the duration of the project. Subscribe and rate on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, or wherever else you get your podcasts.

Corey covers more ground than fits in a synopsis: a decade plus spent touring, working while writing, how rap is boundless, and the shortcomings of life in punk rock—from financial instability to its promise of inclusivity—and how to build a better version of it when all of this is over. Also discussed: writing for Adam’s prompt, and 16 gets two steps closer to the end in the midst of recording this episode. Thank you to all our backers for making this show and the new music it follows possible. Join for early access and additional content at patreon.com/ladispute. New episodes will continue to release every other week (roughly) for the duration of the project. Subscribe and rate on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, or wherever else you get your podcasts.

Brad balances contradiction in his song 16 conversation, explaining his strategy for building up a foundational structure while still following the guidelines of a writing prompt built on things falling apart. On the future, we talk the larger lessons of the project so far, how it’s changed our relationship to time, work, and when to say we’re done. Thank you to all our backers for making this show and the new music it follows possible. Join for early access and additional content at patreon.com/ladispute. New episodes will continue to release every other week for the duration of the project. Subscribe and rate on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, or wherever else you get your podcasts.

What  we learn by engaging philosophically and emotionally with media, art’s  role as a Rorschach test, lyric games, stoner metal, Yoko Ono. Adam  covers considerable and truly fascinating ground in the process of  explaining our second song prompt—64 words(?) falling apart en route to  our 16th Here, Hear entry. Listen and discuss. Adam's games work is available for download at worldchampgameco.itch.io and currently on Kickstarter at tinyurl.com/spacechamp. Crystal Healing, The referenced collection of La Dispute story games is at ladispute.itch.io and is currently pay-what-you-want. Jay Dragon's 101 Games for Survival is available at mariabumby.itch.io/101gamesforsurvival. Correction: 101 Games for Survival is a collaborative project by Jay Dragon and Maria Mison, I'm not sure which one wrote the text read aloud on the show and credited to Jay. Thank you to all our backers for making this show possible via patreon.com/ladispute. New episodes will continue to release every other week for the  duration of  the project. Subscribe and rate on Apple Podcasts, Spotify,  Overcast, or wherever else you get your podcast.

Song premiere episode. Chad and Jordan discuss lasting lessons from the first prompt before debuting “15”—the first new Here, Hear  track in 4 years. Afterwards, the whole crew joins in for a full  wrap-up chat and Adam wins prompt one MVP (and the coveted prompt two  spot as a reward). Thank you to all our backers for making this show possible via patreon.com/ladispute. New episodes will continue to release every other week for the  duration of  the project. Subscribe and rate on Apple Podcasts, Spotify,  Overcast, or wherever else you get your podcasts.

Last episode before new music. Brad and Jordan discuss working with Chad's prompt, strategizing against personal tendencies, then veer off to more important topics than music, examining privileges, past shortcomings, and how to be better now and going forward. Thanks as always to backers of this page and project. Subscribe at patreon.com/ladispute. For a list of resources and ways to contribute to equality and justice reform in America and around the world, visit https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/. New Patreon exclusive mini-episode next week before our final full Chad-prompt episode, with the premiere of Here, Hear "15," then we're on to the next prompt. Subscribe and rate on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, or wherever else you get your podcasts. (EDITORS NOTE: I said "death" in this episode where I should have said "murder" and when I said "marginalized communities" or anything similar what I mean are Black communities specifically, but also Indigenous communities, other communities of color, LGBTQ+, people with disabilities, the intersections of them. Should've been clearer. Smash all systems reliant on subjugation and pain to thrive, make the world better for all people. Love to each of you)

With Brad sick, Jordan flies solo, rambling on with love but no  direction, in the spirit of Chad’s prompt, then reads a poem he wrote  without editing. New full episode next week. Black Lives Matter. Be safe  and don’t stop pushing. For a list of resources and ways to contribute to equality and justice reform in America and around the world, visit https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/. Thank you to all our backers for making this show possible via patreon.com/ladispute. New episodes will continue to release every other week for the  duration of  the project. Subscribe and rate on Apple Podcasts, Spotify,  Overcast, or wherever else you get your podcasts.