Angel Heart (1987) with Andrea Tosten

Light some candles and join hands with Heyd and Erin was we descend to the the depths of Angel Heart with Dallas-based artist Andrea Tosten. Angel Heart explores taboo themes such as Voodooism and Satanism to uncover the mystery of a missing person named Johnny Favorite. With the discovery of several heinous murders in New Orleans, the detective Harry Angel gets wrapped up in the dark arts, blood rituals and frankly more deviled egg than he can chew.  

Tangents include: epistolary novels, Satanic Panic, Jinco jeans, high school devil possession, artificial fingernails, Pee-wee Herman, Black Venus, Lisa Bonet Interviews 

For more information about Andrea's studio practice, check out her website http://a-scribe.squarespace.com/ and Instagram @ascribe1. 

Here is a list of books that Andrea references in the episode: Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart, Dracula by Bram Stoker, The Screwtape Letters by Bram Stoker, The Color Purple by Alice Walker, Tell My Horse and Mules and Men by Zora Neale Hurston

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