Now That We’re Friends nowthatwerefriends

That's a wrap on National Poetry Month 2022! And a wrap on this special series of the pod! But we'll be back. Maybe for National Hot Dog Month (July) or Banana Pudding Lovers Month (November). Hopefully sooner!
But in this final April 2022 episode, we talk MFA programs. Are they a necessity when trying to build an artistic community? Can our new friend Daniel find like-minded folks to collaborate with in a less conventional (and less expensive) environment? We hope so, cause he's our friend and we CARE about him! 
This week's recs:
Caro
Truth & Beaty: A Friendship by Ann Patchett (book)
Working It Out with Mike Birbiglia (podcast)
Get Back (documentary)
Self Help Poems by Sampson Starkweather (book)
Anne
Song (I'm Going To New York) by Frank O’Hara (poem)
Larry Rivers: A Memoir by Frank O’Hara (poem)
Life of a poet (Library of Congress series)
With A little Help From My Friends by The Beatles (song)
Under Pressure by Queen and David Bowie (song)
The Way to Keep Going in Antarctica by Bernadette Mayer (poem)
Gale
Good Will Hunting (film)
The Chain by Fleetwood Mack (song)
Across The Universe (film) …not really
Ghost Machine by Cake Train by Ben Mirov (book) “Eye, Ghost” (poem) 

Seen by all...
 
Anne
Love, I’m Done with You by Ross Gay- poem
Luster by Raven Leilani- book
Circe by Madaline Miller- book
Caro
Don’t Think Twice It’s All Right by Bob Dylan- song
Bunny by Mona Awad- novel
Space Junk by Lisa Olstein -poem
Gale
Dancing on my own by Robyn -song
Valentine by Fiona Apple- song
I’m Still Standing by Elton John- song
I’ve Been Waiting On You by - song
Are You Alright by Lucinda Williams- song
Simply The Best by Schitts Creek -song/video/scene/cultural moment
Certainty by Big Thief - song 
Gale’s Spotify Playlist 
Cosmos by Carl Sagon - book
Murmurs of Earth: The Voyager Interstellar Record by Carl Sagan- book
 

We all struggle to have that perfect parent/child relationship that the Kardashian/Jenners have. But sometimes it's harder than being born into wealth. It can often mean work, and no one wants to work these days... We don't know why there's been three digs at America's first family in this episode description, especially given they're not mentioned once in this episode or even alluded to. Anyway, Vicky wants help forming an adult relationship with her parentals and boy have we got ideas, both from our brains and from our recommendations. Enjoy this episode (possibly with a tissue nearby) and enjoy the occasional keyboard clicks Lisann didn't edit out because she doesn't want to work

"Now That We’re Ladders," "Now That We’re Undergirds," "Now That We’re Subtweeting," "Making Anne Feel Good"? It's been a looong couple of years. We think we remember the name of the podcast. We know there's a song... Anyway, Madari is tired of grind culture. Same. It's 9:33pm on a Friday as we're typing this... But is it "grinding" if it's with friends? That's a question for another episode. For now, we're tackling work/life balance, identifying with your career, thanking God it's Monday (who does this?), being very busy, also telling people we're "very busy." And what it all has to do with that one time Coach Beard was on mushrooms during a game on Ted Lasso. You can find out more about this week's recommendations below. It's still 2019 right?
 
Caro
Romantic Comedies- poem by Mark Leidner
What Do People Do All Day?- book by Richard Scarry 
Fyre Fraud- documentary on Hulu 
Cat’s Cradle - book by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Party Down- TV show
I’m a Very Productive Entrepreneur- book by Mathias Svalina
Anne
How To Become A Writer-  short story by Lorrie Moore
Custom Concern- song by Modest Mouse
Once In A Lifetime- song by Talking Heads
9-5- song by Dolly Parton
Ben from Parks & Rec
The Slow Down- podcast by Ada Limón 
On Being Asked What’s Your Dream Job- poem by Ally Ang
Gale
The Applicant- poem by Sylvia Plath
Remembering Jerry from Parks & Rec and Toby from The Office
The West Wing- TV show
Star Trek- TV show
News Radio- TV show
Animal Crossing
The Great British Bakeoff- TV Show, but specifically Luis from S1

Well, *sigh*, things sure have changed since we last caught up with Anne, Caroline, Gale and Producer Lisann. Since O,Miami's annual April festival went O,nline, we gathered via Zoom at 3:05 PM on April 11th, 2020 for our first "live" episode of Now That We're Friends.
We went through a few listener questions about life in quarantine. We read our favorite isolation poems and played our go-to lonely jams. We speculated on how we'll react to each another once we're all out in the open again. And we talked about how we're essentially in a time portal right now.
So hop into the time portal that is this episode, where your new friends will great you on the other side with the best recs!
Our Quarantine Recs: 
- 30 Rock "100" episode Gale
- Don't Let Me Be Lonely: An American Lyric Book by Claudia Rankine Gale
- "Are You Alright" by Lucinda Williams Gale
- "Nick and the Candlestick" by Sylvia Plath Gale
- Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, Gail Honeyman (novel) Anne
- Emergency and I, The Dismemberment Plan, (album); "The Jitters" (song) Anne
- Midwinter Day, Bernadette Mayer (poetry collection) Anne
- Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker (novel) Caro
- "The Lean Reward" by Cherry Pickman (poem) & "Movies of Myself" by Rufus Wainwright (song) Caro
- The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (novella) Caro 
- Westworld (tv series) Lisann 
- Devs (tv series) Lisann 
- Acoustic covers of pop songs Lisann 

“Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” Greg Laswell or Finn from Glee


“Dancing On My Own” Calum Scott

- Poems from Anne, Gale and Caroline. Lisann 
[In this small tent men pound] by Gale Thompson
Ten of Spades by Caroline Cabrera
Poems from "Dead Year" by Anne Holmes
- You've Got Mail (film) Lisann 
- Plays where people are stuck together. Lisann 
No Exit 
Bad Jews

Happy Honda Days from Anne, Gale and Caroline! On our 2019 holiday spectacular we tackle common holiday problems like dealing with family, holiday depression and giving a gift to someone you don’t like. Our recommendations take us to Christmas House, Stars Hollow, Scranton and a deserted island to celebrate/lament the holidays. We also reflect on our own Christmas past, present and future (if you’re into tarot cards) to help guide ALL our friends through the holidays!
Our holiday gifts to our friends and listeners:
Heavyweight (podcast) Caro “Buzz” 1st ep. “Scott” “Rob”
“Gut shot” by Amelia Grey “Christmas House” (short story) Anne
Friday Nights Are Alright For Fighting (Gilmore Girls episode) Gale
“A better son/ daughter” Rilo Kiley (song) Anne
Henri the cat (YouTube series) Anne
“A Long December” by the Counting Crows (song) Caro
Do a tarot reading (activity) Caro
Little Women (movie) Gale
The Office “Secret Santa” Anne
Gremlins (movie) Anne
Castaway (movie) Gale
“Winter Is A Terrible Place” by Lauren Ireland (Poem) Caro
“Fuck you” by S.E. Smith (poem) Caro