Back when HBM host Jeff Emtman was a photographer, he used to solve his problems with walks in the woods. There, he’d see the ways that branches frame the sky. As an artistic concept, negative space gets hogged a lot by the visual arts. In this episode, Jeff attempts to wrestle the concept into the sonic world; address his current problems by listening to the spaces between words and by listening to the ambiences of a semi-empty, possibly haunted hotel.

Below are some excerpts from Jeff’s ~2011 photo series called Portraits without People and the original version of HBM021: Potential Energy…the version with words.

Producer: Jeff Emtman
Editor: Jeff Emtman
Music: The Black Spot

👇 Excerpts from Jeff Emtman’s 2011 Series, Portraits Without People 👇

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This is a special two-part episode, in which Kryssanne Adams describes the many times where she’s seen death or inflicted it upon animals.

Content Note:
Animal slaughter and other descriptions of death

Kryssanne is a writer in Bellingham, Washington, where she also helps run the Bellingham Alternative Library, sings in a Threshold Choir, and works at a museum.

We turned these episodes into a book, which is available for purchase in our store.

Here Be Monsters

HBM112: Negative Space

HBM106: Beautiful Stories about Dead Animals (part 2)

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Content Note:
Animal slaughter and other descriptions of death

Here Be Monsters

👉 Listen to Part 1 👈

Content Note: Animal slaughter and other descriptions of death

Content Note:
Animal slaughter and other descriptions of death