Cathedral in the Pines

In the bleak midwinter Frosty wind made moan Earth stood hard as iron Water like a stone Snow had fallen Snow on snow, snow on snow In the bleak midwinter, long, long ago Our God, Heaven cannot hold Him Nor earth sustain Heaven and earth shall flee away When He comes to reign In the bleak mid-winter A stable-place sufficed Lord God Almighty, Jesus Christ Enough for Him whom cherubim Worship night and day A breastful of milk, and a mangerful of hay Enough for Him whom angels fall down before The ox and ass and camel Which adore Angels and archangels may have gathered there Cherubim and seraphim thronged the air But only His mother in her maiden bliss Worshiped the Beloved With a kiss What can I give Him Poor as I am? If I were a shepherd, I would give a lamb If I were a wise man, I would do my part Yet what I can, I give Him Give my heart

1. Peace in the Valley (Featuring Mimi Stockland) 03:07 2. Gathering Flowers (Featuring Mimi Stockland) 03:03 3. Long Black Veil (Featuring Mimi Stockland) 04:15 4. Satisfied Mind (Featuring Mimi Stockland) 03:12 5. The River 02:31 6. There Ain't No Sense (In' Cryin) 02:29 7. Mille Apres Mille 02:27 8. South Hadley 02:30 9. Swamp Yankee Rose 02:11 10. Old Saint James 02:07 11. Liquor and Mary 02:28 12. Gethsemane (The Holy Agony) 02:43 13. Bonne Nuit, Roseline 02:48 14. Memphis in June (Featuring Mimi Stockland) 08:07

In this episode we attempt to silence the nay-sayers and sweet tea-swillers south of the Mason-Dixon with a deep dive into the unique world of Yankee country music. Take heart, Northern Friends...The Baron, Lone Pine, Betty Cody, and Hillbillies at Harvard await! 1) Dick Curless - Ragged but I'm Right featuring Lenny Breau (1956) 2) Hal Lone Pine and Betty Cody - Keep Your Shirt on John (1953) 3) Betty Cody - The Way you Treated Me (1978) 4) Tina Welch - Keep an Eye Out for Charlie (1977) 5) Rick Robinson and the Bayou Boys - One Drink Closer to Heaven (Live at the Loudon Country Hall 1980) 6) Lucky Look - Bangor Bound off These Tears I cry (1973) 7) Reel de Ste-Anne - Isidore Soucy (1950?) 8) Aida Est Une Rogue/Coast of Maine - Trail Riders, Don Calvi & Tumbleweed Kid (1950) 9) Charlie Bailey and his Happy Valley Boys - Darling Nelly Across the Sea (1956) 10) Ralph Page Trio - Darling Nelly Gray, contra dancing version recorded 1950 11) Betty Cody - I Yodel All Day Long (1978) 12) Stompin Tom Connors - The Canadian Lumberjack - Bud the Spud (1973) 13) Yodeling Slim Clark - A Cowboy Takes a Square Dance (1951) 14) Al Hawkes - Everybody's Waiting (1975) 15) Al Hawkes & Fred Pike - Downeast Guitar Pickin Man (1980) 16) Les Seevers and the Oaks - Wooden Angels (1958) 17) Curtis Johnson - Baby Baby (1957) 18) Ricky Coyne - Little Darleen (born in Boston) (1959) 19) Wendell Austin and the Country Swings - LSD (1968) 20) Hal Lone Pine and Betty Cody - Pale Moon (1953) 21) John Lincoln Wright (as Pine Tree John and the Designated hitters) - The Red Sox Song (1976) 22) Larry Flint with the Sour Mash Boys - It's Lonely in Braintree With You In Methuen; It's Almost like living in Lowell (1977) 23) Dick Curless - Tater Raisin Man (1965) 24) Dick Curless - Loser's Cocktail (1971)

John and Emile drive to midnight mass, and as they struggle to stay awake they are visited through the car radio by three spirits of New England Christmas past : THE GAELIC, THE GARLIC, AND THE GALLIC.

From the parade to the bonfire, from Maine to Memphis, John and friends spend the long holiday weekend talking about God and country. It's summertime in America, and the living's easy! Hurrah for the Glorious Fourth! Featuring (in order of Appearance): @LombardTrucking, @RealJohnDios, @WaysYouCanStay, GORD THE TRUCKER, @cmmorris95, Billy, @joeclark, @RizomaSchool, @nealjclark1, @RizomaAt, @RolandGunnTN, and Mimi Stockland.

"When I awoke, the dire wolf Six hundred pounds of sin Was grinning at my window All I said was, 'Come on in'" In this episode, we ask the HIPPY question. Featuring John Dios, Lafayette Lee, WaysYouCanStay, Poetry by Donald read by Ashley Rizoma, Mimi Stockland, Matt Himes, Patrick Rizoma, Nate, and Neal Boiltowl.

The original radio drama by John Dios that spawned THE HOLY AGONY and Cathedral in the Pines. A psychedelic telling of Our Lord's passion in musical form.

A tribute to the Queen of New England Country, the French-Canadian Kitty Wells. Colonel Parker offered her fame and fortune and she refused, returning to Lewiston to raise her children and work in a shoe factory. Featuring long-unavailable recordings and forgotten interviews.

Family & friends join me in the swamps of New England for song, cheer and DEEP DARK CRINGE. Warm up with us by the fire on the darkest day of the year. Featuring @AnarContrarian @luso_brendan @joeclark @habit_of_being @HOLYFOOLS_2666 @ActiveShootrRob @roseanneluver18 @nealjclark1 @RizomaAt and MANY MORE.

Take heart, friend LIFE does not end It’s only yours that can LIFE is forever An unfrozen river Whose tedious tides end and begin Featuring (in order of appearance): @Det_Wolfman @MartianOrthodox @luso_brendan @twistall @briesslewis @nealjclark1, (Refrain by @nealjclark1)

"New England begins at the pines and ends at the tundra. New England is the first America, the best America. New England is my home." Featuring (in order of appearance): John Dios & Family (@fibromyalgiadad)- ON THE DEFINITION OF NEW ENGLAND Boiltowl (@nealjclark1)- ON THE YOKEL Going Godward (@goinggodward)- A SOUTHERNER'S IMPRESSION OF NEW ENGLAND Scratchy (@scratchyjohnson) - ON YANKEE UNFRIENDLINESS Mike (@LombardTrucking) - ON SUMMERS IN MAINE Robbie (@ActiveShootrRob) - ON LIVING FREE AND DYING The Cloutier Women - ON THE FRENCH DIASPORA @thallasocrat - ON POACHING TROUT Mike (pt. 2) - ON THE NAUGATUCK VALLEY MUSIC SCENE Blake - ON THE HIPPIES OF BRATTLEBORO Anarcho-Contrarian (@AnarContrarian)- ON THE OLD-TIMERS Mrs. Dios - ON SWAMP YANKEES

Daughters, fathers, forgiveness. Featuring @nealjclark1, @dragonkazooie, @big_papi33, @AnarContrarian, @tuna_ape "Your baby grows a tooth, then two, and four, and five, then she wants some meat directly from the bone. It's all over: she'll learn some words, she'll fall in love with cretins, dolts, a sweet talker on his way to jail. And you, your wife, get old, flyblown, and rue nothing. You did, you loved, your feet are sore. It's dusk. Your daughter's tall."

1) Intro: Nightfisher's Waltz (Northern Friends) 2) The River 3) Wreck on the Highway 4) If This Place Were any Worse it Would Be Worcester 5) Section 8 Blues 6) Old Saint James 7) Lonesome Whistle 8) South Hadley 9) Seasons of My Heart 10) Saint Anne's Reel 11) Tears of Saint Anne 12)Swamp Yankee Rose 13) Gethsemane 14) Bonne Nuit, Roseline 15) Outro: Nightfisher's Waltz (Adolphe)

John Dios explains the meaning of the Christmas to his kids during a walk through the woods of Southern New England, then brings them to the mall where he slips into a hallucinatory reverie and is visited by the many ghosts of Christmas Twitter. After attaining MANDATORY JOLLINESS, the Dios Family returns home to a small town Christmas Tree lighting and musical finale.

In this very special crossover episode John and Jessica pray for the poor souls in purgatory and make a visit to THE PERFUME NATIONALIST where they meditate on the four last things (Death, Judgement, Heaven, Hell)with Jack (@lotus__point) and Orant (@0rt_nt_per). Music is a full original setting of the latin requiem mass by John Dios. The full conservation with Jack and Ortant can be found at: https://theperfumenationalist.libsyn.com/ Featuring poetry by Hayden (@ghostofolson) a Psalm reading by Elanor (@follyb4god) and remembrances by @ofvalleypeople, @joshuaofgr, Fr. John Maria Devaney. Eulogy for Ry written by @tintagelpot, read by @lapsedheretic

Jessica and John turn the sword on themselves and declare war on that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, enlisting Saint Michael and a heavenly host: @jitotweets [12:24] @danXthrall [28:48] @_artistsrifles [33:45] Br. B [51:18] @cmmorris95 [1:04:06] @StilNotHavin_It [1:06:02] @nealjclark1 [1:09:00] Original music: Mike G (https://soundcloud.com/meet-the-griswolds) Carmelittles (https://carmelittles.bandcamp.com/) Modern Life (https://modernlifemusic.bandcamp.com/album/center-of-your-own-universe) Gabe (@plainte_calm)

"And a great sign appeared in heaven: A woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars" -The Apocalypse of Saint John, Chapter 12 Featuring Br. B, @TaraAnnThieke, @plainte_calme, @briesslewis, @_selfoptimizer, music by Wafers 3D.

ON FALSE GODS: Join John Dios and friends for the official Holy Agony midsummer's eve party. Among the guests who stop by to throw false idols into the bonfire are @danXthrall and @CultWineGrinch. Featuring original music by Mike G (https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/3UDTA).

Jessica & John experience miraculous visions while trying to understand the mystery of the Body and Blood of Christ. Featuring music by @plainte_calme, @carmelittles, and Wafers 3D

John and Jess do the work of honoring their fathers. Featuring @_artistsrifles, @plainte_calme, Br. B, @token_blue, music by Wafers 3D (https://wafers3d.bandcamp.com/) with a guest appearance by the Dios kids.