friends,

hello and welcome to episode 280! i’m very happy to present some brand new music from bay area songwriter/performer lila nelson. lila was kind enough to introduce herself, say hi, and share her new cd the fret and the fray with me, this past week. as you’ll hear, her songs are definitely worth knowing. i hope you’ll take a listen, visit her at lilanelson.org, and – best yet – support her work.

my sincere thanks go out to you for listening, and to lila for sharing. i hope your week is well, and filled with great music! :)

peace,
russell

ps - lyrics can be found by clicking on: falling is a virtue, and wolf, and who is it?.

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friends,

happy wednesday and welcome to episode 279. tonight brings us a song by kris hauch, some ideas from david lynch, and another new demo song from me. just twenty minutes, but worth a listen. hope you will!

to find more on kris and david, click the links below:

1) kris hauch on facebook
2) david lynch and his book catching the big fish

wishing you a great week!
russell

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friends,

welcome to episode 278! tonight’s podcast brings us a song by brent calderwood, a brand new (2012!) song by me, and a few thoughts about what it means to be original, thoughtful, and honest (amidst the very real possibility of the unintentionally achieving the opposite). the tightrope between hard work, failure, and growth, is an interesting one to me. i think anyone who’s tried to create something, or tell the truth, or love somebody else selflessly, understands this. it looks easy, but it never is.

if you have a chance, i hope you’ll take a listen. and - if you aren’t already a fan of brent calderwood - you should definitely click here.

love,
russell

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friends,

as promised, this week brings us some poems. one from arthur rimbaud, and eleven from me. this is my virgin venture into reading my own non-musical stuff on the podcast, so i’m stepping gingerly. honestly, i’m not sure how it went. i'm nervous. that said, i feel lucky and happy to present some of my all-time favorite nick guerrero songs along with. nick’s stuff is worth checking out (even if you need to fast-forward through the poems to get to him). :)

links to:
more about arthur rimbaud
read the poem drunken boat

the poems (by me) were:
-dry
-it is true
-hit here and hit hard
-i am sorry
-if you find this poem
-the bee sting of bee stings
-if you are still curious
-the next time jesus leaves us
-xoxo
-it is perhaps a wave
-a prayer of thanks

if u have time, i hope you’ll give episode 277 a listen.

cheers,
russell

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friends,

happy tuesday night, and welcome to episode 276! this week finds us with an improptu podcast concert (of sorts) featuring a mix of songs from the past decade or so. i hope you can take a listen! :)

the songs are:
-i’ve said too much (2008)
-sometimes yr wrong (2010)
-better (2010)
-when your heart is broken (2002)
-because of love (2008)

love,
russell

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