86. Sapokanikan, Part 1
A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna Newsom Podcast - A podcast by Nikki Fortier & Sam Morgan
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This song is bonkers. This is the first part of our discussion, which is going to be… long. Here is our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahopelessendeavor?fan_landing=true. Our email is [email protected]. We are @ahopelessendeavorpodcast on Instagram, and we’re on Facebook too. Here are the (as always) brilliant Blessing All the Birds articles on “Sapokanikan”: (1) https://allthebirds.tumblr.com/post/135152459418/delving-into-divers-sapokanikan/amp, (2) https://allthebirds.tumblr.com/post/132340584396/sapokanikan-memory-art-and-power-some-early/amp, (3) https://allthebirds.tumblr.com/post/630971003500101632/re-sapokanikan-and-a-pin-light-bent-and/amp. Here is the “Sapokanikan” Bible (the Cultured Arm article): https://culturedarm.com/themes-and-references-in-joanna-newsoms-sapokanikan/ Here are the two Medium articles we mention: (1) https://medium.com/@hexagn/11-wild-allusions-you-d-have-never-guessed-joanna-newsom-was-making-in-her-song-sapokanikan-febfb19bd079, (2) https://medium.com/@hexagn/the-text-will-not-yield-6872a6894ab3#.puu9xx9kx. Here is the Ozymandias YouTube video we mention: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_Egz2bDQ0o Thank you so much, as always, to David Pizarro for his sick beats, and for doing the audio processing every single week. Here is a link to all his Joanna beats on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/mA6TgWNi9EDhDt2C7. Thank YOU all so much for still being here with us. “The Cause is Ozymandian.”