i'm gonna be out of town with work this week, so won't be updating a show wednesday. i'll miss sharing with you! in lieu, there's a top-secret episode (#26) available now on itunes and feedburner. the show features me (with raspy, broken, voice, sorry!) talking about my favorite top 10 movies of 2006. have i mentioned i love movies? i'm watching the oscars right now as i type...

i also want to send out thanks again to alex calder for being with us last week. i'm gonna leave episode 25 linked on the player above for another week, so alex will get full exposure. if you haven't already, you should go check it out!

thanks also to everyone who came out to see us play at the red vic on friday night! it was a joy for me, and i was happy to be able to share the evening with so many supportive friends. <3 on the down side (as you can hear on episode 26), my voice is still wounded and recovering. but it was all worth it. no question. :)

hope you'll take a listen to the oscar top-ten show! for feedburner, click here: http://feeds.feedburner.com/SimpleMuzikPodcast

my top 10 movies of 2006 are:
10-wild blue yonder
09-half nelson
08-united 93
07-little miss sunshine
06-manderlay
05-the new world
04-jonestown: the life and death of the peoples temple
03-jesus camp
02-the bridge
01-notes on a scandal

have a great week!
russell


friday night: losin' my voice and lovin' it!

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i'm very happy to present episode 25 for your listening pleasure. i've been hoping to have alex calder on the show for many months, and, at long-last, he finally agreed! i hope you'll join us as we share with alex, listen to some of his songs, and talk about his musical and creative journey. alex is an accomplished songwriter, guitarist, and singer, and it's truly an honor to share his music with you. special thanks to patrick kobernus for joining us too! it's a fun hour. i hope you'll take a listen.

don't forget to check out slyway at:
www.slywaymusic.com

thanks,
russell

ps - also, if you're interested in alex's open-mic, don't forget to send him email at: gadart@aol.com

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liz and i would love to see you this friday night at the red victorian, 1665 haight st. @ cole, san francisco (down the street from the "red vic" movie theatre). liz's set will be around 9pm, and mine will be around 10ish. i'll be giving away free cd's of a little ep i made exclusively for this show. everyone who wants one gets one! :)

i'd love to share it with you. hope you can make it...



ps - also thanks again to andy for creating the flyer, and promoting the show! you can (and should) check him out at www.myspace.com/thehumanstheband

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in honor of valentines day, this week's show is devoted to the idealism (and realism) of how one life, or thought, or moment can change everything. i know i've mentioned it lots before, but i'm still in awe of how each passing second offers us that kind of potential and opportunity. i mean, it's beautiful, right? and, on the other side, i'm painfully aware that it goes both ways - good and bad. the mix of the two is odd, but seems we can't have one without the other. is that cliche of me to say??? i wonder how you see/feel it? maybe you'll tell me? i hope.

we also digress a little about anna nicole smith, astronaut murder plots, and the state of our hearts in relation to other people, cultural phenomena, etc. how is it that we feel frail and vulnerable on one hand, and yet create and participate in a society that allows us to dehumanize each other on the other? it hurts. and the hardest part of all is seeing how i'm involved... not just as an observer, but as part of the problem. can this change with a moment of thought or choice too? maybe. but it's complicated.

happily, we close the show with the positive real-life opportunity for change in the physical world. as i mentioned in the show, please check out the work of meg and robert: www.roberthatta.com/Lesotho.html.

also, if you're interested in the parable of the scorpion and saint, you can read it for yourself here: the saint and the scorpion.

tell the people you love that you love them, ok?
russell


happy v-day!

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hey, episode 23 is here! i hope you'll check it out. liz angelucci joins me again to talk about her songwriting process, life as it moves, and play some new songs. this is especially exciting, because it's the first time an audience will get to hear most of them! neat, huh? if you like what you hear, don't miss out on the real-live experience when liz and i play at the red victorian fri. night feb 23. we'd both love to see you there.

don't forget the links:
liz's site - www.elizabethangelucci.com
liz's myspace - www.myspace.com/elizabethangelucci
"frazzle" on myspace - she wrote the lyrics to "greener"

happy wednesday!
russell


at the last "red vic" performance.

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it's been pointed out that this weeks show is a (none so clever) anagram for "we are the world." which is an excellent point. yes. i know i'm supposed to be ashamed of the connection, but i'm not really. it's nice.

russell

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