Roderick Wolgamott Romero founded and fronted the Seattle 90s space rock band Sky Cries Mary. So how does a poet get a band? Is a poet's process different from a typical lyricist's?

We discuss "Gliding" from Taking the Stage Live: 1997–2005 (2011), "December Snow" from Roderick's in-progress project One Point Moment Still (featuring Romanian techno duo We'd), and "Queen of Slug Theater" from Moonbathing on Sleeping Leaves (1997).

We also listen to "You Are" from Sky Cries Mary's final studio album, Small Town (2007), and the opening/closing music is "Walla Walla" from A Return to the Inner Experience (1993).

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