Episode 50 Part 2: Exploring Real-Life Musician Disappearances with Nathan D. Duvall, Inspired by Jeff Jackson’s Novel ‘Mira Corpora’

Rock Is Lit
Written By Christy Hallberg

In Episode 50 Part 2, Nathan D. Duvall and this semester’s Rock is Lit intern, Cador Jones, join me to talk about actual musicians who, like the rockstar in Jeff Jackson’s novel ‘Mira Corpora’ (EP50 Part 1), mysteriously disappeared.

Nathan D. Duvall

Nathan D. Duvall is a drummer, music producer, and music publisher who for a brief period was one of the top music supervisors working the advert campaigns for ‘The Lord Of The Rings’ Trilogy, ‘Harry Potter’, and ‘Kill Bill’. He helped launch Halo and Call of Duty before focusing his efforts on independent music publishing. His biggest productions are “Requiem For A Tower” from ‘Lord of The Rings The Two Towers’ and a cover of Led Zeppelin’s song “Kashmir” with the London Studio Orchestra and Damian Marley.

Nathan now produces Lucid, a music and conversation program airing Mondays 2-4 PM EST on 103.3 Asheville FM in Asheville, NC. He also edits these episodes down to a music and conversation podcast on Spotify called Lucid Pilot. 

About the Episode

EPISODE SUMMARY:

In Part 1 of Episode 50, we delved into the mesmerizing world of author Jeff Jackson and his acclaimed novel ‘Mira Corpora’, in which enigmatic underground rockstar Kin Mersey mysteriously disappears. Now, in Episode 50 Part 2, Nathan D. Duvall and this semester’s Rock is Lit intern, Cador Jones, join me to talk about actual musicians who, like the rockstar in Jeff’s novel, vanished without a trace, including Richey Edwards, Jim Sullivan, Connie Converse, Christina “Licorice” McKechnie, and more.

  

PLAYLIST

  • “Lithuania” by Julian Calendar

  • Rock is Lit theme music

  • [Guitar Instrumental Beat] Sad Rock [Free Use Music] Punch Deck—“I Can’t Stop”

  • Avant-Garde Sound Collage/Experimental Electronica/Royalty Free Background Music (8-mindemo Mix)

  • “This Road” by Julian Calendar

  • “4st 7lb” by Manic Street Preachers

  • “How Sad, How Lovely” by Connie Converse

  • “U.F.O.” by Jim Sullivan

  • “I Know You” by The Incredible String Band, with Christina “Licorice” McKechnie

  • “When the Music’s Over” by The Doors

  • “Jerome” by Jim Sullivan

  • Julian Calendar Medley: “Stolen Eyes,” “King Blank”

  • Rock is Lit theme music

 

LINKS:

Leave a rating and comment for Rock is Lit on Goodpods: https://goodpods.com/podcasts/rock-is-lit-212451

Leave a rating and comment for Rock is Lit on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rock-is-lit/id1642987350

Rock is Lit Episode 1 featuring Jeff Jackson (‘Destroy All Monsters’) with Nathan D. Duvall: https://www.christyalexanderhallberg.com/rockislitpodcast/jeffjackson-nathandduvall

Jeff Jackson’s website: http://deathofliterature.com/

Jeff Jackson on Instagram: @deathofliterature

Jeff Jackson on Twitter: @DeathofLit

Julian Calendar on Bandcamp: https://juliancalendar.bandcamp.com/

Trailer for ‘Mira Corpora’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upTakZdScwY

Nathan D. Duvall’s website: http://nathandduvall.com/

Nathan D. Duvall’s Lucid show on 103.3 Asheville FM: https://ashevillefm.org/show/lucid/

Nathan D. Duvall on Instagram: @nathandduvall

Cador Jones on Instagram: @bluecadorade

 

Cador Jones

 

Christina “Licorice” McKechnie

 

Richey Edwards

 

Jim Sullivan’s ‘U.F.O.’ album

 
Christy Hallberg

Christy Alexander Hallberg is the author of the award-winning novel ‘Searching for Jimmy Page’ and host of Rock is Lit, the first and only podcast devoted to rock novels.

https://www.christyalexanderhallberg.com/
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