With a thud, a plop, young Other Megan drops. Butt first on the pile of laundry hidden behind closed doors, to keep the smells of the day locked therein, but also to keep from reminding the family, big as it ever was, of the tasks at hand that no one wants to take up.
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Other Megan
IG: @megbrittcole
Other You featuring Megan Coleman Part I
World traveler, comforter of refugees, drummer, percussionist, auntie, daughter, cancer survivor. The insanely talented Megan Coleman sits in and discusses motivations, life choices, detours, life in multiple countries, rules, love, and music. Today’s story is read in the form of an epic poem. Hope you enjoy!
Follow her on Instagram @megbrittcole
Music in today’s episode is Audiobinger by Amerika. Find more of their music at freemusicarchive.org
Other Adam K
IG: @kush_tarantino
Other You featuring Adam Kushiner
Love. Marriage. Infatuation. Childhood immaturity. So many things happen in life that are forever impactful. Which of these impacted Adam? Former EMT and Cook County Sheriff hopeful Adam Kushiner and I sit down for a chat about life and love and youthful indiscretion.
Follow him on Instagram @kush_tarantino
Music in today’s episode is Studio 11 - On Wax by Kris Anderson. You can find more of their work at freemusicarchive.org
Other Jenni
IG: @vinecollaborative
IG: @infinitechance_Guatemala
Other You featuring Jenni Button
Street art, long walks, self confidence, choosing self. Some of the qualities of a younger Jenni Button. Philanthropist, many hat wearing founder of Vine Collaborative Jenni Button joins the podcast to talk about choosing the life you want and what could have been if she didn't walk in confidence. Please follow Vine Collaborative on Instagram @vinecollaborative and please look into one of the charities of which she is a board member @infinitechance_Guatemala.
Music in today’s episode is Telepathy for Beginners by Les Hayden. You can find this song and others by him at freemusicarchive.org
Other John
Twitter: @john_pata
IG: @johnpata
Other You featuring John Pata
Founder of Head Trauma Productions as well as the founder of Off Beat Press, John Pata joins us for a chat about what it’s like to chase your dreams. Twice. We get into the places your heart and your mind converge and all the places in-between.
Follow him on social media at @john_pata on Twitter and @johnpata on Instagram.
Music in today’s episode is Solid Ground by Arms Aloft. You can follow them on Facebook under their name.
Other Joe H.
www.JoeHolda.com
Twitter: @padrejoe
Other You featuring Joe Holda
Young Other Joe, filled with confidence, triumphant in his efforts to be everything he ever wanted to be. How close to reality is this version of today’s guest who is an accomplished writer, head pastor of a loving family of believers, leadership coach and avid soccer, err, football fan. Follow his FC musings on Twitter @padrejoe or fill out an application for leadership coaching at https://www.joeholda.com
Music in today’s episode is “Changes” by Jim Hall
Other Joey Rodie
All socials: @joeyrodie
Twitch.tv/joeyrodie
Other You featuring Joe Rodriguez
Part funny man, part fried chicken fan, today’s guest is a talented, quick witted, charming member of Comedy Sportz’s minor league squad, a veteran of Second City and iO (rip), and a quality content creating Twitch Streamer. Joe Rodriguez and I dive into relationships, depression, coping, hobbies and music. Enjoy!
Follow him on all the social media platforms @joeyrodie
Music in today’s episode is Blood Milk by The Inventors. You can find more of their music at freemusicarchive.org
Other Chris
IG: @richardmillsofficial
Other You featuring Chris Millard
Dad, Husband, bestie, IT tech, banjo noobie, drummer in his heart, Chris Millard opens up about life in the tech world and what it might have been not in the tech world. Well, some things we cannot escape. Today we talk BBS, old British Pubs, Scottish radio and so much more!
Follow him on Instagram @richardmillsofficial
Music in today’s episode is ‘Bug’ by Metre. Find more of their music at freemusicarchive.org
Other Ders
IG: @ders.c
Other You featuring Amanda Connors
It is the Court’s opinion that Ders is positively delightful! Sit down and take a listen to our conversation and learn a bit about fear, life, sass, the appeal’s court and listen to/read a fun story about it all.
Follow Ders on Instagram @ders.c
Support a cause by visiting justiceforbreonna.org
Music in today’s episode is “Dead Bird” by McCafferty. You can find more of their music at freemusicarchive.org
Other Jon
Facebook Like Page: Mullinswoodworx
Other You featuring Jon Mullins
Jon and I explore how gray life can be without those you love to add all the color.
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Other Preston
IG: @prestorama
www.officialprestontatejr.com
Twitter: @prestatejr
Other You featuring Preston Tate Jr.
Multi-faceted critically-acclaimed award-winning actor, appearing on numerous major television shows and stage productions, Preston Tate Jr stops by to regale us with adventures of his youth and we interpret them and reimagine life for young Preston. We talk about acting, wrestling… oh, you don’t like wrestling? Well, in the immortal words of The Rock, “IT DOESN’T MATTER!”
Check out his website https://www.officialprestontatejr.com or look him up on social medias like Instagram, Twitter and Facebook at @prestorama, @prestatejr and Preston Tate Jr (like page) respectively.
Music in today’s episode is Run Come by Shaolin Dub. You can find more of their music at freemoviearchive.org
Other Tommy
Other You featuring Tommy Sorensen
Lover of music, family and hard work, former and (current DJ because does one ever stop being a DJ?), Tommy Sorensen stops in for a chat and we explore life for young Tommy in Denmark. We explore some of the leadership qualities he espouses in himself and builds in his employees and we trace his affinity for hard work back to his youth when he became the man of the house.
Today’s music is “Design” by Metre. You can find more of their music at freemusicarchive.org
Other Jean
www.jeanwilliamsstudio.com
IG: @jean_the_creator
Other You featuring Jean Williams Part 2
Consistently creative and perpetually evolving artist Jean Williams joins the podcast for a slow trip down memory lane. We explore some of the moments that turned out to be pillars of her foundation. Take a listen and join us on our adventure!
Visit her website www.jeanwilliamsstudio.com where you can see some of her creations.
Music in today’s episode is “Entitled” by Yung Kurtz. You can find more of his music at freemusicarchive.org
Other Jean
IG: @jean_the_creator
Other You featuring Jean Williams
Consistently creative and perpetually evolving artist Jean Williams joins the podcast for a slow trip down memory lane. We explore some of the moments that turned out to be pillars of her foundation. Take a listen and join us on our adventure!
Visit her website https://jeanwilliamsstudio.com where you can see some of her creations.
Music in today’s episode is “Entitled” by Yung Kurtz. You can find more of his music at freemusicarchive.org
Read Other Jean’s story in part 2!!
Other John
IG: @johnfrancisshea
Other You featuring John Shea
Adventurous, funny, charming and creative, John Shea spends his days and nights cultivating his creative traits. Telling jokes and improving when given the chance, he warmly invests in relationships so he is always as authentic as he can be. In this episode we explore what a younger John might have experienced had he followed Horace Greeley’s advice and gone west.
Music in today’s episode is Happy Mornings by Ketsa. You can find this track and others from Ketsa at freemusicarchive.org
OTHER RD
IG: RDHall2
Twitter: @rdhall
Other You featuring RD Hall
December 16, 2020
Clever with the quill, today’s guest has written for comics, concept work for commercials, and stories for dungeon runs. We explore in today’s episode what life is like for little Other RD if he’s made aware of his own biochemistry. What does that look like? Give it a listen!
Follow him on the social medias @rdhall/@rdhall2 on Twitter and Instagram respectively.
Music in today’s episode is Drown In Thoughts by XTaKeRuX. You can find his music at www.freemusicarchive.org
Other Teresa
IG: @lunaandthemountainjets
Twitter: @lunamtjets
Other You featuring Teresa Prince
Teresa. Luna. Honey. Teacher. What happens when one of the sweetest, most charming, lovely humans joins Other You for an adventure into what could have been? We get today’s episode, that’s what. Teresa Prince, Luna of Luna and the Mountain Jets, joins the show to explore a life unrecognizable, or maybe it is. Give it a listen and find out! Follow her on Instagram at @lunaandthemountainjets or Twitter at @lunamtjets.
Music in today’s episode is It’s Christmas Time by Luna and the Mountain Jets. Visit www.Lunaandthemountainjets.com for more info!
Facebook Page: Luna and the Mountain Jets. IG:Lunaandthemountainjets
Other You featuring Teresa Prince
This is the continuation of Teresa Prince’s appearance on Other You! We hear the story and we get her take!
Other Teresa Short Story
Other Teresa stands at the kitchen stove patiently waiting for the song of her tea kettle to scream out into the silence of the summer night. She avidly leans headfirst into idioms to prove the right or better yet, to prove to herself flower petals on the lips of liars are the birth of exaggeration. “A watched pot never boils, huh. It takes the same amount of time as if I wasn’t looking, why do people say that?” She asks herself quietly. The small black kettle whistles loudly and steam lifts from its spout into the kitchen. In the front room, Janetta clicks on the record player and lays down Nirvana’s “MTV Unplugged in New York” album onto the armoire sized deck and with a crackle, “About a Girl” begins playing. The sounds of the hi-fi player dance through the rooms filling the house angst. Other Teresa watches the steam rise and it seems to mingle with the waves of music come from the other room, entangling, and then dissipating on the ceiling in the center of the room.
“Janetta, I love this album!”
“Yeah, I’m feeling a little angsty.”
“Well, this is the first actual meeting of the Night Train Widows, so that is just fine.” Other Teresa responds quickly, and then clarifies, “you wanted black tea or green was it?”
“Either one is fine. Two sugars either way, please!”
“Black tea it is! This one is my favorite. I got it when I was in Louisville last.”
“Okay!”
Other Teresa lovingly pours the near boiling water over the two sugar cubes in the two mugs on the counter. She places them on the flowery tray and carries the cookies, tea and honey into the front room where Janetta is sitting patiently with her eyes closed, bopping her head to the music on the record player.
“I know it’s annoying being stuck here while they get to go play, but it’s gonna be alright, Janetta.”
“Yeah, I know, Other Teresa, it just wears on me a bit, I suppose.”
“Well, drink up, hopefully the nice warm tea and that lovely breeze through the windows will lift your spirits and we can jam out to Nirvana here and everything will be alright.
Some time later…
“David, honey, will you come over?”
“Yes, my lovely? What can I do for you?”
Other Teresa intently stares into the screen deep in thought, “Well, I’m trying to think of a nickname for this Tom Petty chatroom. I’m figuring it’s between Luna and Magnolia, and I’m not too keen on Magnolia. You think Luna is a good fit?”
“Well, what about Echo? That one just came out. It’s a good’n.”
“My goodness, that’s a fantastic idea. I will literally just repeat whatever is the line above mine when I type it out. I love that. Echo it is.”
Other Teresa furiously punches in Echo and leans back frustrated when the error message pops up saying, “That username is taken.” Resolute, Other Teresa types ‘EchoTP’ which is accepted, and she begins furiously contributing to the conversation by repeating random things posted in the chatroom and signing them “-TP.” People are tolerant at first on the off chance this is actually Tom Petty, but deep in their hearts they know, it’s not Tom Petty and the annoyance of having their ideas repeated over and over lead to temporary bans from the chatrooms.
Inspired, Other Teresa begins to double up every entry in her nightly journal with a copy of everything she was inspired to write, paint, sketch or doodle. She signs every original page with ‘lovingly, Other Teresa’ and the copies she signs ‘lovingly Other Echo.’ She fills piles of notebooks with sketches, poems, and eventually songs. She builds them with two identical verses, a chorus that is never repeated, two more identical versus and a bridge that repeats four notes for 8 stanzas. Every compilation is a delight and fills the mischievous imp inside her with endless gladness. Whereas her original intention was to playfully be a bother, her popularity on message boards, chatrooms and even community events where she presented some of her spoken word poetry and several of the songs she’d written, rose to a measure where she was requested any time local music festivals gathered talent.
Days come and go. Days come and go…
Other David gathers his things and calls out for Other Teresa, “Sweetheart, you about ready? We should probably leave here in just a few minutes.” He hears a voice call back from the bedroom, “Could you say that again?”
“Sweetheart, you about ready? We should probably leave here in just a few minutes.”
Bursting from the bedroom, Other Teresa is fully dressed in her performance outfit. She wears two t-shirts, one has a low-cut neck to expose the identical shirt underneath and two skirts, one slightly longer than the other. The quirkiness of the performances has endeared her to and ever-growing audience, and she has leaned into it heavily.
The two move toward the car, carefully packing everything into the back and driving in silence to the show, hand in hand, enjoying the drive through the Eastern Kentucky hills amidst the trees whose color is slowly changing with the season.
“Next on stage, you love her, I love her, we all love her, Other ECHO!!!” The crowd joins in as the announcer repeats himself, “Next on the stage, you love her, I love her, we all love her, Other ECHO!!” Other Teresa walks up from behind the stage to a roar of applause and chanting of Echo. Shyly, she approaches the microphone, “Oh my goodness.” The crowd again joins in, “Oh my goodness.” She smiles from ear to ear and bashfully looks at the ground as she settles herself into her position at the center of the stage. “So, you know how it goes?” Without prompting, everyone in attendance joins in with the repeat, “So, you know how it goes?” “Well, if we all know where we are and there’s no need to explain, this first one is ‘Repeat After Me.’” In unison, the room shouts, “Well, if we all know where we are and there’s no need to explain, this first one is ‘Repeat After Me!’” followed by bellowing cheer and an uproar of applause.
Exhausted from the energy she puts into every performance and a bit of mouth fatigue cause Other Teresa to be reticent to engage with fans as Other Echo after shows. The love for her character she inspires generates some energetic encounters that fill the room with waves of the same sound. Her first album, ‘Deep Cries Out to Deep’ went Platinum, and has brought her fans from around the world.
“Miss Other Echo, h-h-h-hi. I’m-m-m your bigg-g-g-ggest fan.” Other Teresa looks down at the young girl clutching a CD of ‘Deep Cries Out to Deep,’ and on her shirt is a photo of Other Teresa in her now famous costume of the double shirt and skirt. “I r-r-really l-l-love the way y-y-you repe-repe-repeat every son-son-song like that.”
Other Teresa’s eyes well up and tears stream down the sides of her cheeks. “Why thank you, sweetheart. You know, Other Echo is a character I play, and I never imagined she would mean so much to so many people. I am honored to see you wearing my shirt. I love it.” Noticing the little girl has two collars Other Teresa continues, “Do you have two shirts on?”
“Yes, I d-d-d-o!” She holds down the undershirt and pulls up the outer shirt adorned with Other Echo’s face. The image on the shirt underneath is worn and there are holes around the collar and at the hem.
“Oh honey, that shirt has been through a lot, hasn’t it? Well, let’s go ahead and fix that.” Other Teresa looks up at the little girl’s mother who is desperately fighting back tears of her own who quietly mouths ‘thank you.’ She reaches out to the little girl, taking her by the hand and walks her over to the Other Echo merchandise table and picks out two identical t-shirts. She pulls from her pocket a silver sharpie and asks, “What’s your name, sweetie?”
Beaming, the little girl, eyes bright and smile wide, says emphatically, “It’s L-l-l-luna!”
“Well, I love that name! I love it!” She signs the t-shirt, ‘To Luna Luna, with all the love my little heart can muster, Other Echo Other Echo.”
She hugs the munchkin and as the little fan walks away, the cheers of her mother mingle with the child screaming, “I love it, I love it, I love it, I love it, I love it, I love it, I love it, I love it, I love it, I love it.”
The End
Other JC
www.freddyprinzecharming.com
Other You featuring Jace Ryden
The most decorated Drag King in Arizona Jace Ryden stops by to explore what differences life might have presented during an important part of his youth. It was a joy to have him on and I am certain you all will enjoy his appearance as I did interviewing him and writing a story. You can follow him on IG @freddypcharming or you can check out his website https://freddyprinzecharming.com
Music in today’s episode is Skip Street by Chad Crouch and you can find it at freemusicarchive.org
Other Adam
IG/Twitter: @gentlemansin
Other You featuring Adam Barraclough Part 1
Today’s guest is none other than Adam Barraclough. If the glory of his beard is any indication of who this beautiful man is, you will not be disappointed with his reminiscent musings as we explore a younger version of Adam presented with a flashpoint that may have changed his life forever. Follow him on social media @gentlemansin
Music in today’s episode is Free Will Possession by XTaKeRuX!!