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I guess I’m a’gonna post more. Maybe…. Does

I guess I’m a’gonna post more. Maybe…. Does anyone know “Songs From a Toxic Apartment”? You can see the gear I was using. Archaic even then. Can you imagine how hot that monitor got? From the tracks! Well a new record is in the works.
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#fbf #cia #fbi #lbj #irs #ddt #jfk #abc #etc
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#songsfromhome #indiemusic #homerecording #creation #bleak #yet #fullofhope #burns #burnsguitars #oldschoolcomputer #programming #and #rocking #with #sweat & #passion #songsfromatoxicapartment #songsfromaroom

#watery #quiet #under #a #northern #rainforest . #

#watery #quiet #under #a #northern #rainforest .
#waterdrops #morethan #mushrooms #could #count .
#moss #growing #and #organisms #decaying .
#remember #theforest ?
#i #do
#sometimes

After last week’s show at @metrochicago for @sof

After last week’s show at @metrochicago for @softexplosives who lives forever.
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#chicagomusic #humidity #immortality #noirstreetlife #streetscene #wrigleyville #musiclife #musicfamily

This Sunday evening at @metrochicago I will play a

This Sunday evening at @metrochicago I will play a few songs in a night of celebration for our dear friend, the Loveliest Fella, Joe Cassidy, whom we all miss terribly. @softexplosives #assassins #butterflychild #noise #joecassidy #belfastmusic #chicagomusic #independentmusic #irishmusicians #lovelyfella #metrochicago #northernirelandmusic
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3730 N Clark St,
Chicago IL 60613
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Doors 7pm, Aug 28. $25. Proceeds go to the creation of the Joe Cassidy Award at the Northern Ireland Music Prize @ohyeahcentre #joecassidyaward

‘tis a thing to be alive #glasgow #scotland #ur

‘tis a thing to be alive

#glasgow #scotland #urbanparks #ancienttrees #bridges #reflection #reflections #humannature #northernskies

#wandering the #Kelvin #glasgow #night #ducks #sou

#wandering the #Kelvin #glasgow #night #ducks #sounds #laughing #fridaynight #urbantrees #scotch #citylights #northernskies

nature steps in but boy do we leave a mess . . .

nature steps in
but boy
do we leave
a mess
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#southernohio #appalachia #ohioriver #greenery #ivy #rainyskies #summerinamerica #grasses #greyskies #overgrowth #litter #trashing #onearth #oneearth #colorfield #earthcity #naturevsman #capitalism

laying down some bass for next album “Earth City

laying down some bass for next album “Earth City 2” (subtitle tbd) out next spring, with first singles coming this autumn 🍂
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listen to “Earth City 1: The Longing” on steaming everywhere now
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filmed by engineer Cal Campbell @itscaledonia
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gonna try to post more while I work making music for y’all
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i’ll talk to ya soon
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#hofner #hofnerbass #bassguitar #moonlove #musicmaker #recordingartist #songcraft #evolution #sound #depression #workaholic #makesomething #earthcity #wolves #nashville #basement #doubt #writeeveryday #underground
#roughsketch #indiemusic #allyall

#myhashtags #and #wee #photographs #are #here #to

#myhashtags #and #wee #photographs #are #here #to #remind #you #of #how #theuniverse #is #long #andwill #outlive #allformand #america #too #nonetheless #womendeservebetter #andso #dowe #remember #thereare #more #ofus - #sincerely #thetrees #ofthenight

some deep fans may know the unpromoted EP that has

some deep fans may know the unpromoted EP that has photos from this same session. taken at the wall where “Bright & Lonely City” was written, for the thrill of alienation & the fear of magic. any guess where this is?

used to love being close to the pavement you can f

used to love
being close to the pavement
you can feel the asphalt mingle in the air
with rotting food, rat poison, cockroach pheromones.
it wasn’t a form of hope but
a form of arrival.
i’d searched for any real city
in the fog and rain,
and stranglers and velvet underground albums
and blixa’s screams.
everybody finds a different one.
it can kill you but so can a suburb and so can a forest.
this morning on my back in a warm bed, flipping through photos to post something into this big machine
—not playing the game right—
half asleep and half poem
i present to you a remembered feeling
into this juggernaut of frozen and packaged memories,
this freezer aisle of a personality supermarket-
why this picture? dunno.
i rep for human effort and for the natural world and
i hope they come to terms,
like in the sweet stench
of rain on pavement.
look, touch, taste, smell, listen closely
wherever you are

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#pavement #asphalt #rotting #rats #cockroaches #pheromones #hope #arrival #rainynight #stranglers #loureed #einsturzendeneubauten #thegame #halfasleep #poem #remembered #feeling #juggernaut #packaged #cities #humaneffort #naturalworld #smells #stench #ontheground #earthcity

the silence of midday in the desert . #roadrunners

the silence of midday in the desert
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#roadrunners #lizards #californiaquail #venusian #spacetravel #astralplane #soundbath #desertheat #roadrunner #californiadesert #integratron #singingbowls #earthpatriot #indianajones #tintin #stayingalive #silence #midday #desert

shall I tell you of the sounds of the planet? or s

shall I tell you of the sounds of the planet? or shall this ocean we swim in, of liquid air under the high sky, surround you silently? if you can listen you can hear. #southeastalaska #nature #staycalm #returntonature #balm #silent #air #overcastskies #wetness #lifeislife #silently #sounds #oceancoach #islands #rainforests #ofthenorth #northernair #hearing #listening #sensitivity #earthlove

Last week in Marseille with a lightpost and a stre

Last week in Marseille with a lightpost and a street and a city and @arigold
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#marseille #marseillecity #umbrella #cityscenes #earthcity @thebrothersgold #graffiti #nighthaunts #nighttime #europeendless #lightpost #lafrance

Back in LA A portrait of my current home town in g

Back in LA
A portrait of my current home town in grey and orange
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#losangeles #publictransport #taco #gasguzzler #streetscene #welcomehome #changeiscoming #streetsofla #tacos #socallife #stilllife #with #vehicles #okiguess #itsnot #still #its #inmotion

#itinerant #immigrant #ukulele #musician for @netf

#itinerant #immigrant #ukulele #musician for @netflixde #inthefields #outside #marsaille #transatlantic

LA, east side. Two alligator lizards on the silv

LA, east side.

Two alligator lizards on the silverlake stair streets. And then a pair of western fence lizards.

These folks have been around a long time and deserve our consideration.

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#losangeleswildlife #urbanwildlife #lizards #westernfence #alligatorlizard #silverlakestairs #silverlake #walkinginla #daywalking #morningwalks #alligator #eatbugs #eastside #natives #urbannature #herpetology #concrete #theforcethatthroughthegreenfusedrivestheflower

Uhhhh… I guess real musicians forget to take a b

Uhhhh… I guess real musicians forget to take a bunch of studio pictures until they’re leaving town. We’ll try to remember next time. I like music more than selfies. By a lot.

Thanks Nashville and Cal. I’ll be back
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#ihateselfies but #ilikeyou #fans #nag us to post #studiorecording #experimental #moustache

Recording some of “Earth City 2” in Nashville

Recording some of “Earth City 2” in Nashville with @itscaledonia behind the boards and Frodo trying to get a note in on the piano while Vader isn’t looking. PS yes there is an ongoing moustache experiment
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#studiodog #pianoplayer #recordinglife #wolves #spiritsoftheforest #earthcity #musicmaker #songsmith #americanmusic #worldmusic #collaboration #animalsounds #pianista #playingmusic #dreammusic #manifesting #postpandemic #makebeauty #moustache #experiment

#oligarch #town #above #thestreets #innewyork #and

#oligarch #town #above #thestreets #innewyork #andin #cities #around #theglobe #but #thesky #is #still #ours #meaning #itsyours #andmine

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