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Wherein Season 2 finds its close.  Women as volcanos, sparking gods, skeletons of ancient seas creatures, and revelations in the car. This is the Mending Walls podcast mentioned in the show. Join the GlamourHobo Nation and support the show on Patreon.com/CarmelClavin Discover more projects at www.SpectacleAndMirth.com Writer & Host: Carmel Clavin Produced by Carmel Clavin for Spectacle & Mirth Music: Steven Warrick (ukulele) Reverend Bill Howard (guitar) Jaguardini (accordion) Eleanor Graham (cello)  Featuring Rev. Bill's "Girl on the Stage" song. Find him HERE. Thanks to Kolezan for the party sounds via Creative Commons which you can find HERE    

Wherein highways harmonize, bushes battle blooms, tidal waves of toddlers ruin lunch, and bird girls breathe in brass notes. Join the GlamourHobo Nation and support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CarmelClavin Discover more projects at www.SpectacleAndMirth.com Writer & Host: Carmel Clavin Music: Carmel Clavin (piano) Street Musician Playing Renaissance Melody on Glockenspiel by _MC5_ (sourced from the Creative Commons) "Shamblin" by Ben Reece off his new album Hard Times

Wherein time, memories, sorcerers, cryogenics, and immortal creatures are introduced for your delight here at the end of 2020. Writer & Host: Carmel Clavin Music: Eleanor Graham (cello), Jaguardini (accordion), Carmel Clavin (piano), field recordings collected of a funana jam session in Cape Verde 2017 at the atelier of a luthier.  Join the GlamourHobo Nation and support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CarmelClavin www.SpectacleAndMirth.com  

Dear Ones, I present to you a singular story, in the sense that it's one continuous tale composed over 700 miles to and from Richmond VA and Asheville NC for a wedding gig in June of 2019. Its a visceral and vulnerable and addresses you directly, Dear Ones.     Credits: Writing, producing, performing: Carmel Clavin Music: Jaguardini (accordion) Carmel Clavin (piano)

Folio 8: Vivid Violence launches Season 2 of the show with behind the scenes footage, more stories from the 'Rona times, an episode twice as long as usual, and a theme exploring violence without engaging in torturous graphic descriptions.  Storyteller & Writer: Carmel Clavin Music by: Jaguardini (accordion), Reverend Bill Howard (guitar), Master Eleanor Graham (cello) and Carmel Clavin (piano.) Produced by Spectacle & Mirth Support the show on Patreon.com/CarmelClavin #Glamourhobo #100MileStories PS: Remember that blood spatter I mentioned...well here is the proof:  

This special holiday collection consists of 3 stories I wrote while delivering singing telegrams today, Christmas 2019. They are delightful and dark and yes, my Christmas Elf name is, Dollop.  Storyteller & Writer: Carmel Clavin Music: William Howard (guitar) Carmel Clavin (melodeon) #GlamourHobo #100Mile Stories Produced by Spectacle & Mirth

Folio 6: Uncovering Delight spins the story of discovering pockets of happiness - whether they be forgotten, fictional, or manufactured.  Storyteller & Writer: Carmel Clavin Music: William Howard (guitar) Eleanor Graham (cello) #GlamourHobo #100Mile Stories Produced by Spectacle & Mirth

Folio 5 examines a revisionist history, an imaginary history, and an idealized history. Oh - and the loss of time to the entropy of "The Commute." Storyteller & Writer: Carmel Clavin Music: William Howard (guitar) Eleanor Graham (cello) Scott Campbell (Octomandolin) Featuring a selection of traditional "Lowlands of Holland," and Person Y (mystery guitar.) #GlamourHobo #100Mile Stories Produced by Spectacle & Mirth

A lack of snacks on the road can lead to beastly behavior and unforgivable imaginings.  Storyteller & Writer: Carmel Clavin Music: Valerie Meiss (saw) William Howard (guitar) Scott Campbell (Octomandolin) Featuring a selection of traditional "Lowlands of Holland" and and my original song "Chapeau." Hear the whole thing with The Judy Chops HERE.  #GlamourHobo #100Mile Stories Produced by Spectacle & Mirth

An episode just scratching the surface of my small town weirdo cache. Monsters? Mad scientists? MAYBE. Music: Eleanor Graham (cello) Valerie Meiss (saw) William Howard (guitar) Mike Pressel (Organ.) Featuring pieces of the always weird and oft forgotten song "Swamp Girl" and and my original score of a tune from Ben Johnson's 1616 holiday play "Christmas, His Masque."  #GlamourHobo #100Mile Stories Produced by Carmel Clavin of Spectacle & Mirth

Within this folio you will discover otherworlds and places. From hyperlocal to hyperspace. Host & writer: Carmel Clavin Music herein found: Eleanor Graham (cello) William Howard (guitar) and Valerie Meiss (singing saw)

This is a thematic introduction to Glamour Hobo life. Travel, food, tall tales, magic, spectacle, and vulnerability abound. Stories by Carmel Clavin // Music by Eleanor Graham and Mikey Collins