carmen delzell

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Recent Pieces from carmen delzell

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HV040- Spirit World (54:00)
From: Hearing Voices

A preacher/prank-caller conjures "Alice of the Spirits." Carmen Delzell samples the "Ritual Magic" of a voodoo Santera, soaks in a spirit bath, and prays for sex, adventure, ...
Caption: Carmen Delzell c.2000

Butterfiles of Michoacan (A Postcard from Mexico) (03:17)
From: Jay Allison

Carmen Delzell tells about Michoacan and the Day of the Dead and the monarch butterflies. Like all Carmen's pieces, it's very personal, but reaches out with a delicate ...
Caption: Carmen Delzell c. 2000

Hotel Isabel (A Postcard from Mexico) (04:33)
From: Jay Allison

Carmen Delzell writes about her travels in Mexico and one of her favorite enchanted cheap hotels, the Hotel Isabel "on the edge of time." This piece was produced in 1999, ...
Caption: Carmen Delzell c. 2000

Garden of Eden (A Postcard from Mexico) (05:57)
From: Jay Allison

Carmen Delzell with another lovely meditation on the mysteries of travel and her semi-magical, melancholy life in Mexico. Like all these pieces it was recorded in the late ...
Caption: Carmen Delzell c. 2000

San Miguel (A Postcard From Mexico) (04:17)
From: Jay Allison

In this essay, Carmen Delzell tells how she initially left Texas and moved down to Mexico with no ability to speak Spanish and $600 cash from used stuff she sold. She writes ...
Caption: Carmen Delzell c. 2000

Lost Boyfriend (A Postcard from Mexico) (03:31)
From: Jay Allison

Carmen Delzell tells about how her boyfriend left her Saltillo, the town where she's living in Mexico. She looks for him, but can't find him, even with magic spells. His ...
Caption: Carmen in Mexico

Smuggling For Christmas (A Postcard From Mexico) (04:08)
From: Jay Allison

In this 1999 essay, Carmen Delzell talks about smuggling toys and gifts across the US border into Mexico to give to the people in the village where she lives. The piece is ...
Caption: Carmen Delzell, c. 2000

Time in Exile (A Postcard From Mexico) (03:34)
From: Jay Allison

Carmen Delzell talks about what her life is like living in Mexico, how she's happier than ever, but in ways she never imagined. This essay was recorded in 1998, but it's an ...
Caption: Carmen Delzell, c. 2000

Off The Bus (05:23)
From: Jay Allison

Carmen Delzell gets of a bus in Texas at 4am. She's coming back from Mexico with $5.00 in her pocket. She puts her bags in a shopping cart and records this monologue by the ...
Caption: Carmen Delzell, c. 2000

Crazy John (06:03)
From: Jay Allison

Carmen Delzell was homeless for a couple of years in the early 1990's. This piece was produced in 1996, after she got on her feet and was living in Austin, Texas. It's a ...