Tag: Spare Parts
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Top 40 over 40.17: A Different Kind of Swans Song
Most of the musicians I’ve written about in this series are ones that were important to me when I was younger because of work they did themselves when they were young. I’ve written about records they did after turning 40 that either came close to or equaled the quality I heard in their earlier recordings.…
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New Video: The Wrong Tree
Making a video with Michael Galinsky and his family was so nice, I had to do it twice. Here is what we came up with together for The Wrong Tree: Don’t miss Michael’s new book Malls Across America! It reminds me of how nothing makes me think of death more than watching decades old sports…
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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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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: http://www.imposemagazine.com/bytes/john-davis-the-wrong-tree-mp3 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 Sarah Gleason. I played…
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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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Other John Davises.5: The Day the Dream Died
Dreams. We all have them. We all want to live them. We all suffer from this misguided aspiration when we wake up to the reality of lived experience. Green Day can sing about the Boulevard of Broken Dreams all they want, but they’ve never tasted anything like the intense disappointment I have recently experienced after…
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Other John Davises.4: My Life as a Painter on the Plains
It’s hard to keep track of all of your parallel lives when you have a ubiquitous name. They criss cross the English speaking world like railroad tracks. Fortunately, I have spies. Agents. Tentacles. Informants. Eyes and ears, everywhere. Like in thrift stores in Nebraska. Megan Siebe is one of these. Her surveillance skills factored heavily…
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