web02.fireside.fm Thu, 09 Apr 2026 23:11:13 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) the Wikkid podcast - Episodes Tagged with “John Gorka” https://purring-sanctuary-703.fireside.fm/tags/john%20gorka Wed, 30 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0400 Being raised in a strict fundamentalist Christian group in the 1980s can cause some very predictable problems. Depression can be a Christian teenager's most constant companion despite church promises to the contrary. Dark humour, and even darker music, can help. This podcast is centered around the songs I wrote to deal back then, and what happened when I then picked away at recording workable versions of them for decades. contact me with questions and comments at wikkidperson@gmail.com or on Twitter @WikkidPerson en-ca serial church upbringing gone wrong, depression... and music Mike "that Wikkid Person" Moore Being raised in a strict fundamentalist Christian group in the 1980s can cause some very predictable problems. Depression can be a Christian teenager's most constant companion despite church promises to the contrary. Dark humour, and even darker music, can help. This podcast is centered around the songs I wrote to deal back then, and what happened when I then picked away at recording workable versions of them for decades. contact me with questions and comments at wikkidperson@gmail.com or on Twitter @WikkidPerson no home recording, guitar, depression, fundamentalism, plymouth brethren, wikkid, wicked, wikked Mike "that Wikkid Person" Moore wikkidperson@gmail.com Episode 19: The End https://purring-sanctuary-703.fireside.fm/19 0be1ac9e-18a1-48e6-a4c8-9af6a64a750b Wed, 30 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0400 Mike "that Wikkid Person" Moore 19 The End full 2 Mike "that Wikkid Person" Moore What happens when people are "raised on rails," like locomotives on tracks that take them to church and nowhere else, and they jump out of the groove and start heading up the road at speed? How bad can things get? Was the Lord speaking? (If trigger warnings worked, this ep would surely have one.) 58:08 no What happens when people are "raised on rails," like locomotives on tracks that take them to church and nowhere else, and they jump out of the groove and start heading up the road at speed? How bad can things get? Was the Lord speaking? (If trigger warnings worked, this ep would surely have one.) Additional Musicians backing vocals: Debbie Moore-Michelin keyboards: Harold Satomayor painting on map: Michael Vedder Plymouth brethren, fundamentalism, rapture, hell, depression, parents, music, home recording, therapeutic, Christianity, bible, guitar, music production, Stryper, John Gorka What happens when people are "raised on rails," like locomotives on tracks that take them to church and nowhere else, and they jump out of the groove and start heading up the road at speed? How bad can things get? Was the Lord speaking? (If trigger warnings worked, this ep would surely have one.)

Additional Musicians
backing vocals: Debbie Moore-Michelin
keyboards: Harold Satomayor

painting on map: Michael Vedder

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Additional Musicians
backing vocals: Debbie Moore-Michelin
keyboards: Harold Satomayor

painting on map: Michael Vedder

]]> Episode 16: Killer Qualms From Inner Space https://purring-sanctuary-703.fireside.fm/16 72d586ee-461d-4e79-9500-fe48a7c5ba48 Wed, 09 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0400 Mike "that Wikkid Person" Moore 16 Killer Qualms From Inner Space full 2 Mike "that Wikkid Person" Moore 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. 32:06 no 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. Plymouth brethren, fundamentalism, rapture, hell, depression, parents, music, home recording, therapeutic, Christianity, bible, guitar, music production, john gorka, the northern pikes, jay semko, bryan potvin 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.

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