I, for one, will miss Mojo Nixon.

Cruel times, these...
(and every other, really, but here we are...)

You may have noticed that it's a #BandcampFriday - for your consideration:
all CDs + download same price as download (+ modest s&h) at theislen.bandcamp.com !
(and it helps clear a little space in the hall...) (Yes, I'll sign them!)
#CoSoMusic #singersongwriter

If you're not familiar with The Yes Men, this recent project gives a pretty fair entry into the realm of "identity correction."
https://theyesmen.org/project/electra

American politics has degenerated into a debate as to whether or not White Males can treat everyone who is not a White Male like shit.
As a society, this is not sustainable.

Ok, AP, I'll grant you some of the points about Pitchfork being absorbed into GQ, but calling it "beloved," well, that's a stretch. I understand that "wildly inconsistent and frustrating" takes more column inches, but, hey, honesty in reporting, amirite?
#music #musicpress

Local NTx fiends - I'm out and about this Friday night, January 26th, at Four Bullets Brewery in Richardson, 7-9pm. Musicking will be done!
#livemusic #singersongwriter #music

Hey, #CoSoMusic fiends - tune in to "Under the Sycamore" tonight on knonnow.org from 6-8pm Central for songs from a variety of talented Texans, and me!
#music #knonnow #singersongwriter

So, here begins another...
finding this place was a nice thing in '23 - hope '24 is somehow kind to all.

"No matter how corrupt, greedy, and heartless our government, our corporations, our media, and our religious and charitable institutions may become, the music will still be wonderful."
- Kurt Vonnegut

Modest proposal for a New Year's Resolution, by way of a look at the outlook for musicians....
https://t-songs.com/news.html

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Happy Feast of St. Stephen,
Patron Saint of Deacons.
Be nice to someone with a servant's calling today - they so often in these times have stones hurled their way.

My office for Christmas Eve 🎄

A good thought for these days...
https://guitarcraft.com/strange-and-uncertain-times/

All I want for Christmas is for the great hairy cosmic muffin to yeet all leaf blowers right off into the sun.

Song for the day:
#CoSoMusic
https://youtu.be/xvpbSKj4n9E

There are way too many people screeching out opinions who have no idea of how the government really works.
And too many who hear them and nod their heads.

The demise of "civics" is going to do this country in.

“We have not passed an emergency supplemental, a Farm Bill, or regular Appropriations. The story is not what they are doing. The story is what they are not doing.”
-Brian Schatz (D-HI)
Rs seek to destroy the country as much by inaction as action.