Higgenbaum's Mitzvah

Higgenbaum's Mitzvah

A gleaner’s garland, abraxas bop. With hallucinatory monologues, unreliable narratives, the laziest of journalistic inclinations, and occasional Artisanal Flarf™, host Scott Pinkmountain attempts to excavate the unconscious, tunneling through the superfund-grade dirt beneath the abandoned strip mall built upon the sacred burial ground, with nothing but his bare hands and a fading expectorant-green glowstick bracelet (stolen from his daughter’s bedside) clutched between his teeth. Each episode stands alone unless otherwise noted. (Episodes 1 and 7 are recommended starters) Legal Disclaimer: Higgenbaum’s Mitzvah is a eulogy for the hyacinth rainbow. The throttlebottom doo-dah at the flicker-flame's trial. Cattywampus yawp, ninnyhammer’s neigh. Elegiac dirge of the Anthropocene’s twilight, echoing through Shadow Gulch. Canceled event horizon. Extinction boogaloo, debacle bacchanal, hot mess hecatomb. The jitter-glitch shuffle fiasco at the last-gasp hosanna potluck. Warble.

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June 16, 2025 4 mins

Higgenbaum's Mitzvah will be back with Season 2 soon. In the meantime, here's a glimpse of things to come. Or, more accurately, things not coming.

Words and music produced, written and performed by Scott Pinkmountain

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I’ve finally broken down and accepted the fact that the only way forward with this project is to humbly ask you for your direct patronage. Kind of.

This episode is sponsored by Nikki Dinki's Pre-Crumpled Tissues, Classic and Danish Modern, sold in a stylish 3-pound sack in your choice of pigeon gray, end-of-days black and harrowing phlegm-yellow.

 

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Peckham & Fleece, Part 2 – Snade Days

 

I agreed to have lunch with the Vice President of Domestic Tele-visual from Peckham & Fleece after our somewhat asymmetrical exchange.

 

This is the second part of a two-part story. If you haven’t heard the previous episode, I suggest starting there.

 

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January 21, 2025 39 mins

Peckham & Fleece, Part 1 – The Letter

I recently received a letter from the Vice President of Domestic Tele-visual at one of the lead US ad firms, the contents of which I thought would make for an interesting episode.

Produced, written and performed by Scott Pinkmountain

Original music by Themphthathee’s Thweethearts

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November 28, 2024 45 mins

Hello, and thank you for calling Quintilletech, the industry leader in advanced product solutions. All of our agents are busy helping other customers, but one of our skilled service professionals will be with you in a moment. Please stay on the line and we’ll be with as soon as humanly possible. Press “one,” if you’d like to be helped sooner than humanly possible!

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October 21, 2024 26 mins

48% experimental bedtime story, 39% wise, insightful mommy blog, 23% atonal manifesto, 16% accidental mouth sounds, 21% stalling while I try to think of synonyms for “Prussian,” 100% subconscious advertisement for serotonin-flavored suppositories.

Produced, written and performed by Scott Pinkmountain

Dr. Baby

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September 24, 2024 44 mins

Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. Welcome to Northeastern Airlines flight 671 from sunny Burbank to Boston’s Logan airport – go Whalers. My name is Maxmillian Fist, and I’ll be your voice in the sky for the duration of this journey.

Produced, written and performed by Scott Pinkmountain

Minna Abdel-Gawad - additional voice

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August 21, 2024 50 mins

Samuel “Uncle Sam” Turner’s infamous Broken Rock Massacre was hardly the beginning of Frontierville’s history, but it marked the start of its modern era and cast a crooked shadow over the future generations of outlaws, renegades, dropouts, freakers, seekers, and cranks who would be drawn to its once hallowed ground.

This episode is dedicated to Hector Alvarez, Johnny Ray Martin and David Mo...

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July 17, 2024 37 mins

We scuttled our scheduled episode and decided to share a guided meditation as a balm for these difficult times. Nothing cleanses the spirit like a deep dive into the interior, or as Whitman so elegantly put it, “A naked whistling stroll past the barnyard brothel of the cloaked boatman himself.”

Produced, written and performed by Scott Pinkmountain.

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June 16, 2024 35 mins

What’s the longest you’ve gone without food? How about alone in a room with no food, no water and no light?

And you consider yourself an enlightened being?

Step into The Dark Room and discover what’s to be seen.

This episode is sponsored by the letter B.

 

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May 13, 2024 23 mins

“I wake each morning to a different, algorithmically selected deep cut chosen based on my observed patterns collected from over 7000 hours of engaged listening.”

Join me as I navigate a single day of my life wandering the narrow gray corridors of end-game techno-capitalism. Maybe you walk these same halls?

This episode is sponsored by Prussian Pumpernut Fudge Doubt

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