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Unhand Me
From “Major Aranda’s Hand,” by Alfonso Reyes: “Major Aranda suffered the loss of a hand in battle, and, unfortunately for him, it was his right hand…A delicate instrument, [the hand] possesses the most fortunate physical resourcres: hinges, pincers, tongs, hooks, bony little chains, nerves, ligaments, canals, cushions, valleys and hillocks. It is soft and hard,…
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Full Stream Ahead
Growing up, I only I heard the word “streaming” in reference to tears that were coming hard and fast on the cheeks of a maudlin actress. These days, it means a freebie. You can listen to my new album Spare Parts streaming in unabridged fashion for the next week at American Songwriter magazine. Is it…
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Corporate Welfare.6: Pulling a Fast One
UC Berkeley’s Labor Center has published a new study on the role public subsidies play in the business model of fast food chains like McDonald’s, Burger King, and Wendy’s. Like the other corporations in this series of posts, it turns out that these firms surreptitiously pocket billions in public subsidies while preaching the doctrine of…
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Top 40 over 40.14: Susan Te Kahurangi King
This series of posts is mostly about musicians who had growth spurts after 40, but today I’m posting about a visual artist I read about today thanks to Alastair Galbraith, whose records I very much admire. I consider his album Mass to be among the finest in our genre. Alastair posted a link to a…
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Preview.2
You can now hear the second song to be released from my forthcoming album Spare Parts, courtesy of Impose magazine at the following link: John Davis, “The Wrong Tree” The song is called “The Wrong Tree,” and features Jose Medeles on percussion and drums. It also features backing vocals by Laura Burhenn, Megan Siebe, and…
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Corporate Welfare.5: Pigskin welfare
Some corporations, like GE and Bank of America, have to resort to creative accounting to make it look like they lost money to avoid paying federal taxes. The National Football League is not one of them. A recent Change.org petition reads as follows: “Despite the fact that it is a $9Billion/Year industry, the National Football…
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New video released today for “Masoch” on OWS anniversary
Today marks the second anniversary of Occupy Wall Street, and to celebrate the occasion, we’re proud to announce that director Michael Galinsky has taken the time to make a video for the song “Masoch” from the forthcoming album “Spare Parts.” The video incorporates footage of OWS taken from an excellent short film he made called…
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Coming attractions
You can listen to the song “Masoch” from my forthcoming album at the following link to the A.V. Club website: http://www.avclub.com/articles/listen-to-a-new-track-from-onetime-folk-implosion,101843/
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New LP/CD announced
New LP/CD announced You can read a one page preview of my forthcoming album Spare Parts, and see a snap of the front cover, at the link above thanks to Nathan at Riot Act Media.
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