the Wikkid podcast
church upbringing gone wrong, depression... and music
Displaying all 10 Episode of the Wikkid podcast with the tag “jay semko”.
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Episode 45: Vacuuming
October 26th, 2022 | Season 4 | 1 hr 47 mins
bible, christianity, depression, fundamentalism, guitar, hell, home recording, jay semko, music, music production, parents, plymouth brethren, rapture, the northern pikes, therapeutic
This week's episode is about divorce: people who've been through them, and people not allowed to have them because church, stuff like that. Some homes manage all the domestic drama and drywall damage without the divorce proceedings.
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Episode 43: Vultures in the Belfry
June 22nd, 2022 | Season 3 | 2 hrs 39 mins
bible, christianity, depression, fundamentalism, guitar, hell, home recording, jay semko, music, music production, parents, plymouth brethren, rapture, the northern pikes, therapeutic
The entire host of Wikkid commenters weighs in about pointless arguments, and about whether they ever speak with, or listen to, people with whom they RILLY, RILLY disagree. Groupthink. George Carlin, Larry Norman and Faust are mentioned. Jam at George's new place. I get an electric piano. Jenny speaks Chinese for us. The huge, sprawling Death in Tiny Spoonfuls album is brought to an eerie, atmospheric close.
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Episode 38: Friday Night
April 13th, 2022 | Season 3 | 1 hr 48 mins
bible, christianity, depression, fundamentalism, guitar, hell, home recording, jay semko, music, music production, parents, plymouth brethren, rapture, the northern pikes, therapeutic
If you had a chance to sit down of an evening and have a chat with the residents of a community graveyard, what would you ask them? The Guy Code. GenXers sorry to get everything we always wanted. People who will move heaven and earth to avoid having conversations that need to be had.
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Episode 37: Disappointed
March 30th, 2022 | Season 3 | 1 hr 53 mins
bible, christianity, depression, fundamentalism, guitar, hell, home recording, jay semko, kim carson, like a motorcycle, music, music production, parents, plymouth brethren, rapture, the northern pikes, therapeutic
What makes you really feel alive? What makes you feel like you're sleepwalking through a living death? The importance of play. What works when you feel like crap? Where does inspiration come from?
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Episode 36: Why Not?
March 16th, 2022 | Season 3 | 2 hrs 26 mins
bible, christianity, depression, fundamentalism, guitar, hell, home recording, jay semko, music, music production, parents, plymouth brethren, rapture, the northern pikes, therapeutic
What's it like to experience suicidal ideation? Many people do. Finding a good answer to the question "Why not?" Why does writing and singing and recording about dark thoughts help them go away? Everyone needs to deal with death in some form, from time to time. What works? Jay Semko of The Northern Pikes and I go over songs he's written that tell "a pretty dark story, but with a happy tune." Where was all the bliss supposed to come from, in Christianity? Troy reveals his favourite jokey stuff I've recorded. I record George playing drums in my living room. Singing into the corner of a room. I strum guitars with a razorblade for a pick.
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Episode 34: Get 'Em Out
February 16th, 2022 | Season 3 | 1 hr 35 mins
angel desantis, bible, children of god, christianity, cults, depression, fundamentalism, guitar, hell, home recording, jay semko, john douglas, music, music production, parents, plymouth brethren, rapture, the northern pikes, therapeutic
Is evil a thing? Are some people, and do some people do, evil? (What did John Douglas, the man who invented the profiling of serial killers for the FBI think?) When you realize your fear and disgust, respect and acceptance responses are programmed into you.
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Episode 30: What You Want
December 8th, 2021 | Season 3 | 1 hr 52 mins
bible, christianity, depression, fundamentalism, guitar, hell, home recording, jay semko, kim carson, like a motorcycle, music, music production, parents, plymouth brethren, rapture, the northen pikes, therapeutic
A fun one about high school, and what was cool, and why we weren't. Popped collars, Ralph Lauren rugby shirts, boat shoes, depression and all the rest of it.
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Episode 28: Vultures In The Sky
November 17th, 2021 | Season 3 | 1 hr 26 mins
bible, christianity, depression, fundamentalism, guitar, hell, home recording, jay semko, like a motorcycle, music, music production, parents, plymouth brethren, rapture, the northern pikes, therapeutic
Death In Tiny Spoonfuls: An album/novel concept that centers around entropy, death and impermanence. The value of an outside perspective from someone new. How would your church have seemed to an outsider wandering in? Music production discussion with Jay Semko of The Northern Pikes.
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Episode 26: A Coming Together of Lives
November 10th, 2021 | Season 3 | 51 mins 24 secs
bible, christianity, depression, fundamentalism, guitar, hell, home recording, jay semko, lam, like a motorcycle, music, music production, parents, plymouth brethren, rapture, the northern pikes, therapeutic
An influx of new voices into the podcast is announced, including my elusive sister, my old bandmate Troy, and Jay Semko, singer, songwriter and bass player for The Northern Pikes, and a host of others. Three ways people tend to deal with conflict. Writing songs. A revisiting of what's been asserted by the podcast thus far.
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Episode 16: Killer Qualms From Inner Space
June 9th, 2021 | Season 2 | 32 mins 6 secs
bible, bryan potvin, christianity, depression, fundamentalism, guitar, hell, home recording, jay semko, john gorka, music, music production, parents, plymouth brethren, rapture, the northern pikes, therapeutic
The giant killer conscience, created in the lab/church, goes on a rampage, stamping on pool halls, arcades, video rental stores, Dungeons & Dragons and other random things. Our church divides in two, and I try my first beer, movie at the theatre, and live musical act, at age 21.