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    <description>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 
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    <itunes:summary>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 
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  <title>Episode 23: Promises (God's Country)</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>I get some help to attempt an country song, sung by the Almighty. Neon pink, bubblegum-flavoured church icing on your steak and mashed potatoes. Why doesn't Michael Sweet age? How much of Stryper is, as he claims, mainly just him? The Christian answer to everything (besides "go to church") is "surrender all to God." (Let go and let God.) Let God make all your life's decisions, essentially. Well, two problems: 1) if you grew up with your life entirely bound to church expectations, you have no say over your "all" to begin with.  You can't surrender something you're not in possession of. 2) What if God refuses to make your life decisions for you? Bill tells us what Christians do. Teenagers wandering the street at night, drunk and looking for trouble, benefit from more rules, expectations and structure. Teenagers raised with no freedom are all full up. The Almighty covers Cheap Trick.</itunes:subtitle>
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George Turcotte: drums, mandolin, pedal steel
Tyler Irving: piano 
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George Turcotte: drums, mandolin, pedal steel<br>
Tyler Irving: piano</p>]]>
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George Turcotte: drums, mandolin, pedal steel<br>
Tyler Irving: piano</p>]]>
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