Season 2, Episode 76
Monday Motivation: Spiderbite Jay
Today's Monday Motivation is the audio-only replay of Jay telling a story on his social media platforms to test out a new streaming software and to entertain you all!
This story is about how Jay followed the band Erin Zindle and The Ragbirds around the summer of 2009 and at a nudist festival in the woods of Ohio he was bit by a brown recluse spider, ending up in the hospital and missing one of the bands performances. When someone else from the festival told the band about this, they dedicated a song at their next show, Tarantella (conveniently about dancing out a spider's venom) to 'Spiderbite Jay'!
Learn more about Erin Zindle and The Ragbirds at their Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/theragbirds, check them out wherever you listen to music, and consider supporting them on Patreon at
https://www.patreon.com/theragbirds.
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If something in this episode upsets you, or makes you feel a certain way, take a moment and do some mindfulness. When you have the words, the thought thrashed out, send it to me! Share the podcast, tell the world your thoughts. That's how we make change.
No Good Egg or Card on Monday episodes.
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