{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6370462a92fc3600127b9b7e/64af980ad01836001154e62f?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Losing a Friend","description":"<p>Parents, there's a bit of profanity in this one but it's a great episode. My friend Mark Lightcap was a young punk when his best friend and bandmate was diagnosed with cancer. Listening to Mark share this amazing, often funny story, I was struck that losing a friend is less destabilizing than losing a family member and allows grief to feel more liberating in some ways. Losing his friend made Mark aware of death and respectful of the immediate aftermath as a unique opportunity for spiritual and intellectual growth. It's a great story. And listen all the way to the end if you like early punk as defined by suburban kids in the early 80s.</p><p><br></p><p>Here's a clip of Mark playing music during Covid if you're interested: <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnxqSXGaY14\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Mark Lightcap performs You've Been Inside by Acetone</a></p><p><br></p><p>If you'd like to comment on the episode, you can do so here: <a href=\"https://annfaison.substack.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">\"I'm Listening.\"</a></p><p><br></p><p>Intro and outro music by Josephine Wiggs from her Album <a href=\"https://josephinewiggs.bandcamp.com/album/we-fall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">\"We Fall.\"</a></p><p>Bonus music by Chocolate Crankshaft</p>","author_name":"Ann Faison"}