The Unruly Muse

By: Lynn C. Miller and John Modaff
  • Summary

  • Half hour-ish podcasts that feature songs, poems, stories, and patter built around a theme each time. Modaff and Miller are writers and stage/radio performers. Contemporary and classic writers, original stories and songs are performed.
    2021
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Episodes
  • Behind the Curtain
    Aug 25 2024

    Song 1: Glimpses by Daniel P. Modaff, Jennifer Butler Modaff & Mark E. Collins, performed by GOOD ENOUGH from their new album, Saturday’s Child (2024).

    Poem 1: “Remember the Boneyard,” by Julie Williams from a collection in progress. Author of Escaping Tornado Season and Drama Queens in the House.

    Fiction: “Near Death,” a short story by Lynn C. Miller. www.lynncmiller.com

    FEED THE CAT BREAK: “Just Before the Curtain Opens,” by John V. Modaff.

    Poem 2: “Living Room Scene,” by Scott Wiggerman, based on Eric Fischl’s ‘Krefeld Project, Living Room Scene 1.’ https://scottwiggerman.myportfolio.com/

    Song 2: TV Jesus, written and performed by John V. Modaff with Jonathan Modaff on drums.

    Episode artwork by Lynda Miller
    Show theme and Incidental music by John V. Modaff, BMI
    The Unruly Muse is Recorded in Albuquerque, NM and Morehead, KY.
    NEXT UP: Episode 41, “The Age of Doubt”

    Thank You to our listeners all over the world. Please tell a friend about the podcast.

    Lynn & John

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    41 mins
  • What Is Healing?
    Jul 26 2024

    Song 1: “Long Road” (Mark E. Collins & Daniel P. Modaff, BMI)

    Poem 1: “Breath” by Sarah Kotchian, from her new collection Light of Wings, UNM Press (2024): https://www.unmpress.com/9780826365972/light-of-wings/

    Fiction: excerpt from “Curiosities” a short story by Lynn C. Miller, from The Lost Archive by (2023) https://uwpress.wisc.edu/books/6155.htm www.lynncmiller.com

    Feed the Cat Break: cut from“Walk a Mile In My Blues” (Dan, Ken, & John Modaff joined by Dave Merrill on the harmonica.) From the new album, Saturday's Child.

    Poem 2: “Dreaming Orion” by David Meischen, from his collection Anyone’s Son, 3: A Taos Press. David’s new book is Nopalito, UNM Press, 2024.

    Song 2: Sweet Songs” (John V. Modaff, with Good Enough)

    Episode artwork by Lynda Miller
    Theme and Incidental Music by John V. Modaff, BMI

    Recorded in Albuquerque NM and Morehead KY.

    Produced at The Creek Studio

    NEXT UP: Episode 40 “Behind the Curtain”

    Thank You to our listeners all over the world. Please tell a friend about the podcast.

    Lynn & John

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    36 mins
  • Regret
    Jun 21 2024

    Song 1: You Told, composed and performed by John V. Modaff.

    Poem 1: “The Wicked Stepmother Tells Her Story,” published in bosque journal and later in We Were Meant to Carry Water as “Frail Cradle.” https://tinacarlsonpoetry.com/

    Fiction: “Cautionary Tale” by Lynn C. Miller, author of, most recently, The Lost Archive: Stories (2023), from a novel in progress. www.lynncmiller.com

    Feed the Cat Break: “The Rear View” by JVM.

    Poem 2: “I Could Taste It” by Marjorie Saiser, whose book, The Track the Whales Make won the High Plains Award. Saiser's Losing the Ring in the River (University of New Mexico Press) won the Willa Award for Poetry in 2014. www.poetmarge.com

    Song 2: No Fly Zone composed and sung by JVM

    Episode artwork by Lynda Miller
    Show theme and incidental music by John V. Modaff, BMI
    The Unruly Muse is Recorded in Albuquerque, NM and Morehead, KY
    Produced at The Creek Studio

    NEXT UP: Episode 39, “What is Healing?”

    Thank You to our listeners all over the world. Please tell a friend about the podcast.

    Lynn & John

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    38 mins

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