go go music

Our next guest returns to us not as a world renown builder of fine guitars, but as an artist/musician, songwriter and honestly a badass guitarist. He has a new record coming on December 1st with his band Eightlock the album is called “Lions Roaring in Quicksand”. Please welcome back to GRS Mr. Paul Reed Smith

My humble little Who in the World podcast has now hit 20 episodes, with such an eclectic and interesting cast of characters that I’ve been fortunate enough to know in my life.

 And you can expect a lot more remarkable people from my journey, starting today with my new-but-great friend, Molly Ruland.

For many years, Molly was an activist and community organizer in Washington D.C., hosting underground music and artistic events at the iconic One Love Massive space as well and being integral in the “DC as Fuck” scene.

But I first met Molly in Tamarindo, Costa Rica when we both moved there in late 2020 as Covid-era refugees (at that time, the only safe choices for expats were pretty much Costa Rica or Nicaragua!). 

Molly was thrilled to be there from the start, living by the beach in the tropics as she ran her thriving podcast production company, HeartCast Media.  

But only a few short weeks after she arrived in the land of pura vida – pure life – she ran into a nightmare when she was drugged and rubbed during a home invasion.

Despite that horrific start, Molly bounced back and refused to quit or run – a testament to her strength, character, and no-back-down spirit. Not only did she keep her bags unpacked and remained in Costa Rica, but she found a way to thrive, creating an intentional, balanced, healthy new life.

She continues to explore Costa Rica while running HeartCast and other media projects like a bad ass boss, and recently bought an incredibly beautiful property right on lake Arenal in the country’s most underrated region.

In this podcast, I catch up with Molly right before she heads back to D.C. to work the National Cannabis Festival and hang out with Wiz Khalifa, so we certainly had a lot to talk about…and celebrate!

Enjoy this chat with Molly Ruland and thanks again for listening and sharing this podcast with your homies.

Cheers to 20 more episodes! 

-Norm :-)

Lyd the SBW is listening to her favorite bass line and reminding everyone from Texas to Brazil, Iceland to Zimbabwe and Australia to Japan that it’s your thing, do what you want to do. And yes, she knows James Brown's 'My Thang' is antithetical to 'It's Your Thing' and that he was problematic AF.

The SpaceTimeMusic theme music is a sample of the Ana-Tole x Jonah Christian Remix of Ready or Not by the Fugees.

LINKS:

A Sample, A Cover playlist
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Ep. 17 Brass Healing

Email: spacetimemusicpodcast@gmail.com

SONG CREDITS:
In order of appearance

It’s Your Thing
It’s Our Thing
Isley Brothers
1969

Shake Your Thang
A Salt With a Deadly Pepa
Salt-n-Pepa feat. E. U. (Experience Unlimited)
1988

Funky President (People It’s Bad)
Reality
James Brown
1974

My Thang
Hell
James Brown
1974

Guest hosts Yasmina and Tarik  interview filmmaker Merawi Gerima, who discusses his new film Residue. The film puts the spotlight on gentrification in DC, and all the racist, violent baggage and displacement that accompanies it. 

They discuss the process of 'community filmmaking' that helped create the film, the role of capital in dictating creative directing choices, the importance of Black film and narrative-shaping, the Gerima  legacy of filmmaking and community building, the power of DC's go-go music, and much more.