EPISODE FOUR

Original Airdate 20 Oct 21

Episode Four: Folk Horror – This episode takes as its text Dorothy B. Hughes’ desert noir classic Ride the Pink Horse. A gangster follows a man from Chicago to a small town in New Mexico, seeking revenge. He finds another world in the midst of a distinctly folk horror style festival: the burning of Zozobra. The surreal angle comes from Dorothea Tanning’s Between Lives, a singular sort of memoir. Oddly enough, she has her own encounter with a Chicago gangster.

Original Audio [removed for YT licensing]:

Muistatko Monrepos’n – Annikki Tähti and Marko Haavisto & Poutahaukat
I Wake Up Alone – Amy Winehouse
Barabara Strozzi’s L’amante segreto: Voglio, voglio morire – Catherine Bott
Me & Dorothy Parker – The Flash Girls
Lonely Cowgirl – Sylvie Simmons
Happy Phantom (Live) – Tori Amos

Texts:

Ride the Pink Horse – Dorothy B. Hughes
Between Lives – Dorothea Tanning

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