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all is well.

episode 176 is available again! i apologize for any inconvenience. as i've mentioned twice before, if you don't know marianne, i hope visit her via the web...

myspace.com/mariannebarlow
mariannebarlow.com
cdbaby.com/cd/mariannebarlow

it's the weekend, yay! happy friday!

love,
russell

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technical difficulties.

i apologize for the abrupt change mid-week, but unfortunately, we ran into some unforeseen technical difficulties with this week's podcast. i'm hoping that i'll be able to fix everything and get episode 176 back up in proper form soon. i'll keep everybody updated when i know more. in the meantime, i really do hope everybody will visit marianne barlow in the following places:

myspace.com/mariannebarlow
mariannebarlow.com
cdbaby.com/cd/mariannebarlow

until soon,
russell

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the eve's eve

hello all,

i hope this holiday week finds you well. i just uploaded tonight's podcast. if you have time, i hope you can take a listen. it's a relatively short one - just some thoughts about the year ending, a new song by me, and two versions of a beautiful song by nick guerrero. all in all, a nice way to celebrate the evening before new year's eve. :)

peace to everyone. be safe, and have a great new year!

russell

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jingle bells

it's christmas week, and things are predictably hectic. i hope you're well admist the bustle. if you have time, hopefully you'll get a chance to listen to episode 173! it's not much - just 20 minutes - a few thoughts, a christmas song, and a new demo. a simple little podcast from this evening... from me to you. :)

i'm wishing you a peaceful and warm holiday week!

love,
russell

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home.

i'm home. albeit surrounded by boxes + a microwave + bathroom sink as a kitchen. but home nonetheless. quite happily. it's a good feeling. i just uploaded episode 164 to celebrate. :)

hoping yr well where you are tonight...
russell

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where the heart is.

happy wednesday evening to all... i just posted episode 161 - another fluxified/abbreviated version of the podcast. it's just me, here, in the middle of my third week of couch surfing, consoling myself with a few songs from josh armerding. :) my fingers are still crossed that i'll be able to return home soon. maybe by this time next week??? i know i said this last week too. hm. dare i wish it again? not sure, but i'll keep hoping nonetheless. fingers crossed, fingers crossed.

but, yes - must admit - i'm tired. physically and emotionally. and a little bit out of it too. sigh. within and beyond and around all of this, i hope you'll get a chance to listen to 161. and, even more, i hope to greet you again soon, a little more rested and grounded. 'till then...

yr friend,
russell

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flux (continued)

the podcast is limping along tonight. happily, episode 160 is here! unhappily, i'm still displaced. i feel like i'm learning a lot from the uncertainty of this process, and'm keeping my fingers crossed that i'll be able to move home sooner than later. maybe by next week??? guess we'll see how it goes. :)

in the meantime, i hope you'll take a listen to tonight's mini-podcast.

hoping all is well where you are!

russell

ps - oh, and as promised, here's a link to the mannequins

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homeless.

much to my chagrin, the podcast is on temporary hiatus this week. as i mentioned a few weeks back, my home is undergoing some (much needed) construction improvements. this is a good thing. but it also means that i'm couch surfing for the indefinite future. and more than a little bit completely disorganized. i hate to surrender. but it's the wiser side of valor this week.

the podcast will be back as soon as possible. i promise. i'm headed out of town this weekend, and will do my best to prepare something (probably small) for next week. we'll see. i'm keeping my fingers crossed. :)

until soon,
russell

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sugar low

tonight's podcast is a bit of a failure. i gotta admit it. hm. i don't like to say it, but i just finished uploading and re-listening, and that's how it feels. like i didn't get it right. as i'm typing this, part of me wants to delete it, or go back and re-record... but, alas, i won't, can't... too exhausted. so, imperfect as it is, episode 153 is here.

podcasting lession to self: never attempt to podcast when you haven't eaten all day, and are on day three of four hours (or less) sleep! actually, these excuses only account for some (maybe 30?) percent of my incoherence, but no sugar and no sleep did play a role. i'm sure of it. :)

if you get a chance to listen, i hope you'll hear something beneathe and between things, despite how it seems... somehow. your patience and kindness mean the world to me.

truly,
russell

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seagulls

tonight's podcast is a bit of an unfiltered whirlwind - complete with seagulls and frogs! i mean literally. :) the soundcraft gulls and frogs are probably cheesey bad ideas, but given how things've been going these days, i've got no real objective measure with which to judge. in general, i do believe there's some value in the simple act of showing up. trying. being here. consistently. that's the main thing going on in my heart tonight. i want to be here. i don't want to disappear. which means - alive, hoping, with you, feeling, thinking. lots of my intuition whispers that it's not worth much to anyone else. which is true in lots of ways, i know. all i can really say from here - lost on the open sea of feeling and obligation - is that it's important to me. my heart and my arms are still reaching.

and - g-d-willing - they will be as 'long as i can move and think and hear and respond. so, in the midst of this, i'm trying to keep moving and using whatever tools i have around me to try to make things better, make sense, explain, understand. i don't know. for whatever it's worth, that's the inspiration tonight. me with an oar and a whistle and a paddle in the dark. that, and i guess my little portable hard drive filled with songs too... ;)

wishing you well, wherever you are.

russell

ps - more on lifeboats here.

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sleepless

some times in life are harder than others. it seems unavoidable. obviously, i guess? but i'm struck by how easy it is to forget this when things are going well. and how hard it is to remember that it's only temporary when you're in the middle of the feeling of it. hm. on both sides.

now's one of those times for me. and episode 149 is a fairly plain representation of it, i think. me under pressure. not knowing where to go. what to do. knowing my best isn't good enough. the coldness of it. stuck with what is, as is. without excuses. it's just hard. sleepless. a word there's no word for.

hm. so, i don't know. i'll stop typing before i embarrass myself any more. the deep truth behind and beyond everything i'm feeling is that love is real.

patient.
kind.
open.
peaceful.
forgiving.
understanding.
trusting.
hopeful.
honest.
strong.
free.

i know it. and god (which is to say hope, compassion, forgiveness, meaning) exists in every way our dreams and actions and faith will let her. it's invisible and emotional, yes. and also the most observable and real and beautiful thing there is. even in the here's and now's that hurt like hell. especially in those times. now. my heart is alive, and i'm thankful.

wishing u only the best tonight.

<3
rsssll

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r.i.p. michael

i recorded tonight's podcast before i heard the sad news of michael jackson's passing. i was already a little bit down tonight, but this news makes it official. say what you will about michael jackson's personal life and eccentricities. i didn't know him, so i don't have any comments or opinions about those things. but - from a songwriter's perspective - i have deep and huge respect for michael's work. he was a true talent. his songs will live on. if you don't already know it, i encourage everyone to re-visit his 1991 cd "dangerous." seriously. a-ma-zing.

it's a sad night. my heart goes out to michael and his friends and family tonight.

michael - on wiki
the 1991 cd dangerous - on wiki

in the midst of this, and many other feelings, is episode 148. if you have time, i hope you can listen...

kelly vogel - on myspace
vipassana meditation - on wiki
dhamma brothers - the movie
to the best of our knowledge - podcast

love,
russell

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podcast will be tomorrow.

the podcast is silent tonight. but it will be here tomorrow. i promise!

love,
russell

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home.

i'm home from dallas, and and working on editing a few podcasts i recorded live from texas. they will be here soon! in the meantime, here are some pics...

the john f. kennedy memorial.

dealy plaza.

the texas school book depository.

me in dallas.

stay tuned... episode 140 will be here soon!

love,
russell

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old and new

friends,

i'm busy organizing things tonight - getting ready to leave town in the morning... leaving and traveling are such a strange things, y'know? returning home is a lot more fun. :) but, anyway - yes - i'll be away for two weeks. and, amidst it all, i'm happy to post episode 139. it's a simple little show with a few old songs and a few new songs... + some talking and feelings. i hope things are well where you are. if you have time, it'd be wonderful to share the podcast with you... <3

until soon,
russell

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love & compassion & theology

it's wednesday night, and i would like to do 7 things:

1 - announce to the world that podcast 135 is here!
2 - remind you to visit julius caesar (aka ryan) on myspace at - myspace.com/thekoedonarmada
3 - give a link to author karen armstrong and her book a history of god

4 - let everybody know that - while i realize that love and compassion are mere emotions (subject to all of our frailties, uncertainty, bias, etc.) - my heart also somehow knows that they're more too. at the same time, confoundingly... wonderfully... jainism, hinduism, buddhism, judaism, christianity, islam, the bahá'í faith, humanism, and every religion i've ever read, acknowledge the truth of this. i can't explain it, but faith tells me they're right. :)

5 - repeat myself by saying again how much my heart wants to hear those who disagree with me.
6 - thank jesus for saying this
7- thank you from the bottom of my heart for being here and listening.

i hope the week is well where you are!

yr friend,
russell

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an interview with curt

as a follow up to last night's podcast - for everyone interested in hearing more about curt yagi's music - check out his earlier podcast interview (episode 63). it's still available for download! :)

you can get it on itunes or here.

all the best,
russell

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hello 2009

it's new year's eve, and i just uploaded episode 124. it's a simple little show about wistfulness and the future - with some music by nick guerrero and armerdings and russell. if you have time, it'd be great to share it with you. :)

i hope your evening is well wherever you are.

some links:
nick guerrero - myspace.com/nickguerrero
auld lang syne - the song
npr broadcast - this american life

happy new year!
russell

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the eve of things

it’s christmas eve, and i hope you're well tonight. :) i'm headed out of town, but just uploaded a special holiday-eve edition of the podcast. it's not much - just a little snapshot from tonight, and some thoughts about my friend bruce. tonight's music is by the mannequins and nick guerrero (+ a demo of a song i'm working on). if you have a chance i hope you can listen. and, even more, i hope you have a safe and good holiday, wherever you are.

links from tonight:
nick guerrero - myspace.com/nickguerrero
the mannequins - myspace.com/mannequinsmusic
fred rogers - on wiki

wishing you the best,
russell

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the falling feeling

things continue to be busy here, and i'm finding myself feeling similarly dazed and busy tonight as has been the case the past few weeks. unfortunately. frustratingly. :( i feel self-conscious about it in lots of ways, but i also don't know how to make things any different at the momet. it just is what it is, i guess? hm. guess so. it's good too in lots of ways - being busy, thoughtful, learning, etc. so i'm thankful too. :)

anyway, amidst all of my bouncing around these days, it's important to me that you know i'm trying to find balance and time and do better. hopefully things will settle and be a little more balanced soon. i'm working on it. and, until then - happily - episode 121 is here! :) it's a simple little show about the feeling of tonight. if you have time, i hope you can take a listen... and visit the links...

toy house - myspace.com/toyhouse
toy's cd - desert road

brent calderwood - myspace.com/brentcalderwood

danny scherr - myspace.com/dannyscherr
danny's cd - richmond special

alan watts' book - psychotherapy east and west
ludwig wittgenstein - on wikipedia

centenarian poet - stanley kunitz
stanley kunitz' poem - the layers

wishin' u well,
russell

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a, b, c, and especially d

things're in the midst of upheaval and busyness for me right now, so i don't have the presence of mind to type at length tonight... :( but i did record a podcast! it's just a little snapshot of how things're feeling, some thoughts, hopes, wonderings, etc. if you have time, i really hope you can listen.

and, even more, i hope you'll visit the musicians who shared their songs...

kris hauch - myspace.com/thefannycake
danny scherr - myspace.com/dannyscherr
danny's cd - richmond special
toy house - myspace.com/toyhouse

thank you for remembering the podcast and being here. it means the world to me. really and truly.

wishing u the best,
russell

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thanksgiving week

i just uploaded a special early-edition of the podcast for this week. i'm going out of town in the morning, so just wanted to say hi and share a little of what's going on here emotionally tonight - the past few days, this weekend, etc. as i think about thanksgiving in the u.s., i'm always a little ambivalent about history and feeling and impermanence - how our hearts define and make sense of them. or at least try. that's some of what tonight is about. i'm never sure where it comes from, or how or why. but it does feel true. i hope it makes some sense. :)

links:
nick guerrero - myspace.com/nickguerrero
the cobalt season - thecobaltseason.com
the cobalt season's cd - in search of a unified theory
yoko ono's cd - yes, i'm witch

wishing you a great week,
wherever you are,
russell

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podcast will be tonight

due to things this week - the election, computer meltdown, crazy work stuff - i wasn't able to post a podcast last night. but i will tonight. :)

have a great thursday,
russell

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podcast will be tomorrow...

this week's podcast will be posted tomorrow night. as i mentioned last week - it's part one of an interview with brent calderwood. i just finished editing, and i think it came out really well. stay tuned!

for a sneak preview, you can visit brent here.

russell

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two years

i just uploaded an off-schedule weekend version of the podcast. i actually recorded it this past wednesday in sacramento, but due to traveling (and my ongoing obsession with the presidential election), i wasn't able to get it edited until tonight. my apologies! hope it's ok.

as i mentioned last week, episode 106 is the two year anniversary of the podcast. in honor of this, i feauture music by some friends who've been with us throughout the course of things - the mannequins, danny scherr, toy house, julius caesar, brent calderwood, kris hauch, and nick guerrero. i wanna send huge special thanks to them, and also to everyone who's taken time to share this experiment with me over the past few years. it means the world to me that you're here. really and truly.

if you don't already know the artists featured tonight, i hope you visit them, find out more, buy their music, see their shows, and join me as a fellow fan... :)

the mannequins - myspace.com/mannequinsmusic
danny scherr - myspace.com/dannyscherr
toy house - myspace.com/toyhouse
julius caesar - myspace.com/thekoedonarmada
brent calderwood - myspace.com/brentcalderwood
kris hauch - myspace.com/thefannycake
(kris' band "shirt") - myspace.com/streetpiano
nick guerrero - myspace.com/nickguerrero

hope everybody's weekend is well. there's more to come next week!

<3
russell

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this week's podcast...

i'm back home, and checkin' in. i recorded the two year anniversary podcast last night, but won't be able to edit and post it until the weekend. hope that's ok. under normal circumstances, i'd be able to do it tonight... but tonight is special. i'm watching the dnc. whether you're democrat or republican, american or not, this is an important night...

hope all is well with everyone. there will be a podcast this weekend. i promise!

russell

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out of town again...

hello all,

just want to check in and let everybody know that i'll be out of town again next week. as a result, the regular wednesday podcast won't be on schedule. i plan to record an episode midweek (featuring julius caesar, danny scherr, toy house, nick guerrero, the mannequins, and more...), but probably won't be able to post it until later in the week or next weekend. i'll do my best to get it up as soon as possible! as i mentioned, this will be our two year anniversary episode... so i hope you'll visit back and take a listen.

hope everybody has a great weekend and week. :)

russell

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travelin' this week...

i'll be out of town next week - so - in lieu of our regular wednesday podcast, i just uploaded a special-edition weekend episode... i'm a bit frazzled tonight, trying to get everything in place before i leave in the morning, etc. i'm re-listening to podcast 103 right now, and i realize my rambling sorta makes that obvious... eeek! hopefully you won't find it too annoying... ;)

many thanks to dan weir and orphan town for sharing their music with us! i hope you'll check out more of what he's doing at myspace.com/weirsongs.

thanks also to kris hauch for his song "my window." you can visit kris at facebook, and at myspace.com/thefannycake.

have a great week! the podcast will back with a "live on the road" episode the week of the 10th.

all the best,
russell

ps - oh, and if you're interested, you can learn more about robert a. johnson here.

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100

i'm very happy to present episode 100 for your listening enjoyment! embarrassingly, it's not everything a 100th anniversary should be... i know. at one point, i thought it would be cool to do it in flashback (ala wuthering heights or passage to marseille), but alas, you're spared (for now). ;)

instead, i ramble on a bit about how much i appreciate that you're here. and i thank a long list of people who've been a part of the podcast so far (i'm terrified by the prospect that i may have forgotten someone, so, if i did, please tell me so i can correct it, ok?). and i play some songs by the artists who started us off 100 episodes ago... the incomparable nick guerrero and nico bailey and their band the mannequins.

i hope you'll visit everybody on myspace and around the web.

nick - myspace.com/nickguerrero
nico - myspace.com/neekbailey
mannequins - myspace.com/mannequinsmusic

and - if you happen to be in san francisco this friday night (july 18) - hope you'll check out toy house unplugged at the red victorian, 1665 haight street (between cole and belvedere), around 8:30pm. details are at - redvic.com.

most of all. i really mean it. thank you. words don't say it how i feel it.

<3
russell

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the lyrics

was just re-listening to tonight's podcast, and wanted to give the lyrics to the new demo i played. in case anybody's interested... :)

up up up the downward steps
is the way i always wanted to go
down down down the wrong way, head over kettle,
it's always this way, i know
i guess my mom and dad were right about everything
there's no hope of the world ever changing
so i guess we should just give in

(chorus 1)
and up up up, up up up
i always wanted to sing
i always wanted to try (with you)
and who says the possibility holds the key
to the question that's been on my mind?
keeping me up, up up up
and even if i'm wrong
sometimes wrong can turn out right
that's what it means
to have faith in g-d.

when you've given, given, given, your heart away
it's true you might regret it given time
but i don't know how to love, love, love, the world
without turning a blind eye
and i know it's true that it's dark outside
and the maps we've made've turned out lies
but i honestly believe on the other side
that's what it means to be alive

(chorus 2)
and on your way up, up up up
i always wanted to sing
i always wanted to try (with you)
and who says the possibility holds the key
to the question that's been on my mind?
keeping me up, up up up
and even if i'm wrong
sometimes wrong can feel so right
that's what it means
to have faith in g-d.

and when the sun, sun, sun, finally does decide
she wants to give something else a try
cuz she knows, knows, knows, how it feels to burn
that it's wrong and she don't know why
that's when i know we'll see a sudden flash of light
and all the doubts we've dreamed about
will suddenly feel all right

(chorus 3)
so just look up, up up up
yeah, we're all gonna sing
and we're all gonna try
and who says the possibility holds the key
to the question that's been on my mind?
keeping me up, up up up
and i know that i'm wrong
and i still think it's all right
that's what it means
to have faith in g-d.

thank you for listening and being here. really.

<3
russell

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pit stop and a new song

i'm gonna be out town this week, so won't be able to do a podcast on wednesday night... which sucks, cuz i really wanna get part two of the interview with ryan sharp up. unfortunately, i'm not done with the editing yet. i apologize for my slowness, and promise it will be the next podcast i post! :) in the meantime - in lieu of our regularly scheduled podcast this week, i just uploaded a special sunday night edition featuring one of my favorite cobalt season songs "help me out here" (from their 2007 cd in search of a unified theory), and a demo of a song i just started writing this weekend...

re: the latter - as usual - i'm feeling a little bit self-conscious about posting a demo of a brand new song. especially now, as i'm typing this and re-listening to it. eeek. it definitely needs more work. oh well. hopefully you won't mind too much, and will see some value in it regardless. if you have advice, or thoughts, i'm curious and open. you can always say hi at: rsopple@comcast.net. i hope you will. :)

have a great week!
russell

ps - while we're waiting for part two of ryan's interview, don't forget to visit www.thecobaltseason.com.

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on the road again.

this week finds us on the road again... this time in carmel california. it's a quiet show - just me with a few new songs. wherever you are, hope you're well tonight.

russell

ps - and some pics!

an attempt at 60's colors???

the room, as mentioned.

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early podcast this week!

this week's podcast was recorded last thursday while i was in d.c. i was able to get it edited tonight, so thought i'd post a little early. hope you can take a listen! even more, it'd be great to see you at hotel utah this saturday night, may 10, 9pm. i'll be playing drums with the procrastinistas, and we'll be sharing the night with the artists i featured on the show tonight! it's gonna be fun. :)

hotel utah details - thehotelutahsaloon.com
hear the procrastinistas - myspace.com/theprocrastinistas
curt yagi - curtyagi.com
varona - varonasf.com

also, if you're curious, i recommend alan watts' book the wisdom of insecurity.

have a great week!
russell

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before i go

i'll be out of town this week, so won't be able to upload a podcast this wednesday. in lieu, i'm happy to present a special-edition sunday night episode! :) it's just me talking a little bit more about love and idealism, and the feeling of knowing that there's still a lot more work to do (on my end, anyway). alongside, i'm honored to present a few more brand new songs by the cobalt season. if you haven't already picked up their new cd "fragile iconoclast," i hope you'll click the links...

the cobalt season - thecobaltseason.com
cobalt season @ myspace - myspace.com/cobaltseason

you can read more about krisnamurti @ kfa.org & on wikipedia.

i hope everybody has a great week!
russell

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realizing it

this week's podcast is pretty simple - just me thinking out loud about where things are these days, trying to remember the important things, and keep trying and hoping and listening. i wanna send out xtra special thanks to ryan sharp and the cobalt season for sharing their brand new cd "fragile iconoclast" with us. i hope you'll visit them, and check out what they're up to...

the cobalt season site - thecobaltseason.com
cobalt season on myspace - myspace.com/cobaltseason

also hope you'll check out eric hoffer and his book the true believer.

hope yr week is well,
russell

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choices

episode 85 is here! this week's podcast arrives with thoughts of relationship (as inspired by elizabeth gilbert's novel eat, pray, love), and trying, and listening, and participating in the world (as inspired by franz wright's poem the choice). it's a simple show. but i hope you'll take a listen. and - best of all - we listen to some of my all-time favorite songs by josh armerding! :)

links to tonight's links:

elizabeth gilbert - on wikipedia.
her book - eat, pray, love.

franz wright - on wikipedia.
his book - god's silence.

the armerdings and russell discography is at - simplemuzik.com.

all the best,
russell

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a paper boat

it's late, so i can't write much tonight, but i want to make sure everybody knows that episode 84 is here. hope you can take a listen and (if you don't already) get to know the cobalt season.

official cobalt site - thecobaltseason.com
cobalt season on myspace - myspace.com/cobaltseason

in lieu of me blabbing on in text - here are the lyrics to the new song i played tonight. it gets closer to how i'm feeling than anything else right now...

paper boat
(in case you wanna play along, the chords are D and G)

the only thing i know about the world's what i know about myself
it aint much, but it's all i got to go on
don't know if you can tell?
either way - i believe that believin' is the loneliest kinda love
and in the end i guess we'll see how it goes
maybe you'll be right about it after all.

(chorus)
after all, i'm offerin' it all right here
and it don't seem to be sellin' well
so maybe it's true that heaven's
just a less sincere way of saying hell
and i hope i'm not using words
in ways in which you would not agree
but i'd love it if you'd sit with me
and talk about the other way that it could be.

i believe - sometimes i can see -

now this beautiful place we live in
we know the other ways that it can go
and it seems to come down to a simple choice
of maybe yes or maybe no
and all the while whether it's make-believe -
a delusion i can see
or the opposite it seems sometimes
both ways are how it's meant to be.

and i don't mean to drag you down with all that
i know we know ourselves too well
to fall for the seeming absolute
that makes us think that we can tell
right and wrong and what we want
the consequence of losin' all this time
the water that's gone beneath the bridge
with the paper boat that we can't find.

(chorus)
after all, i'm offerin' it all right here
and it don't seem to be sellin' well
so maybe it's true that heaven's
just a less sincere way of saying hell
and i hope i'm not using words
in ways in which you would not agree
but i'd love it if you'd sit with me
and talk about the other way that this could be.

i believe - sometimes i can see -

rd 3/26/2008

i hope everyone's well tonight.

<3
russell

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wilderness + other things

tonight's podcast features some absolutely beautiful music by brent calderwood and danny scherr. mixed with a few short audio clips from my favorite movie of last year - into the wild. + me talking a little about the feelings of the moment - relationship, idealism, how we mix them, the dangers, the opportunity, the ache, the hope. and so on. if you have time, i hope you can take a listen. and i hope it makes some sense. :)

you can visit this week's artists:

danny scherr - myspace.com/dannyscherr
danny's cd "richmond special" - cdbaby.com/cd/dannyscherr

brent calderwood - myspace.com/brentcalderwood
brent covering anything but down on youtube.

and, if you haven't already seen it:
check out the movie into the wild

all the best,
russell

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explanations

tonight's podcast is about gender stuff - in a way. and explanations. and openness. mostly, it's just about trying to listen and be present with the way things change. and how (it seems) - the moment we look at anything, or name anything, or assume we've somehow got stuff figured out - it changes. and how it's all complicated and beautiful mixed together. i realize these things are perceived differently by different people. hugely differently sometimes! so, i wonder if you'll relate? but it does seem this way for me.

i hope you'll take a listen episode 82, and let me know how you see it. :) in the meantime, i've linked some really cool people and sites below. if you click around, you'll find some good stuff...

kris hauch - myspace.com/thefannycake
kris' band "shirt" (aka "street piano") - myspace.com/streetpiano

danny scherr - myspace.com/dannyscherr
danny's cd "richmond special" - cdbaby.com/cd/dannyscherr
see danny's video for fade me in on youtube.
and danny performing maybe you're gone live (on youtube)

john levitt - jlevitt.com
john's urban fantasy novel dog days

thanks for being here,
russell

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hormones & who we are

episode 81 is here! as i promised last week, i play a few short clips from the recent "this american life" podcast about how hormones (namely - testosterone - it's presence and/or lack) affect our awareness and experience of self, and (in a larger sense) our perception of reality itself. it's interesting stuff, and i definitely don't understand it the way i wish i could. if you have time i hope you'll take a listen.

in retrospect, it's a bit of a misnomer that i called the show "gender and personality," since i didn't really mention gender at all specifically. i meant to. and, so - unless other, more urgent, matters happen next week - i plan to talk a little bit more about all of this in terms of boy-girl stuff, etc. there's a lot to unpack in that arena, i think. so maybe it's better to give it its own show? ;)

'til then, i hope you'll click the links, and visit things i mentioned on the podcast.

mannequins on myspace - www.myspace.com/mannequinsmusic
hear free mannequins music - www.simplemuzik.com/artist-mannequins
and free downloads - simplemuzik.com/muzik (id + password are both "muzik")

toy house official site - www.gogotoyhouse.com
toy house on myspace - www.myspace.com/toyhouse

npr's "this american life" podcast - www.thislife.org

wishing the best,
russell

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wondering about a feeling.

i just uploaded episode 80. it's a short show - just me wondering and fumbling to explain a feeling i've had on and off throughout life, now and then. and again recently. i don't know what to make of it, or if it'll make sense to anybody else? i hope so. but, so far, everyone i've tried to talk to about it thinks i'm a little silly (or crazy) to try to explain it. but, well. i can't help it. i gotta try. i hope you don't mind.

that said, i realize i didn't really do all that good a job of explaining myself. so, i'll keep brainstorming and wondering about it. and i'll try again someday soon. :) interestingly, i just listened to this week's "this american life" podcast (www.thislife.org), which has my brain whirling a bit. it's about gender and personality and identity, and has me thinking about lots of related stuff - how we see patterns, or meaning, connection, or don't, etc. i think it's connected to all of this somehow. or - intuitively - it just feels like it is. i don't know the difference. so, anyway. i'll try to collect my thoughts and talk more about it next week.

in the meantime, i hope you can visit the links to tonight's artists:
www.myspace.com/sparklebritchesmusic
www.myspace.com/nickguerrero

thank you for being here.

<3
russell

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the 2007 top 10

hey everybody,

it's oscar night tonight, so thought i'd do a special podcast to unveil my top 10 favorite movies of 2007. hope you can take a listen. enjoy! :)

the top 10 for 2007 are:
10-eagle vs. shark
09-wristcutters, a love story
08-the hoax
07-no country for old men
06-cassandra's dream
05-atonement
04-once
03-lars and the real girl
02-there will be blood
01-into the wild

wishing the best,
russell

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recovering & new music

tonight's podcast finds me recovering from the winter hybrid cold/flu that's going around. no fun. :( happily, the worst is over now (fingers crossed), so i'm thankful. but, alas, not unexpectedly, my thoughts and ability to articulate are a little (even more noticeably than normal) limited and spacey tonight. i notice it, and i apologize. i hope you'll forgive me.

on the up side, episode 78 features some great new music by julius ceasar (a.k.a. ryan), and penny distribution artists the terribles and tom mcshane. i really do hope you'll take a listen, click their links, and support what they're doing...

hope all's well,
russell

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a few quiet songs

tonight brings us to part 3 of 3 - and a few more songs from me, live from home. it's been a fun experiment to work with these songs slowly, week after week - so i'm very thankful to everybody who's taken the time to peek in and listen and say hi. thank you to everybody who did. :)

the interesting/cool thing about the intimacy and comfort allowed-for in the podcast, is the sense in which the softness and nuance of a song can come alive... slowly. honestly. quietly. for real. as i mention on the show, this sort of time and space is something that seems all too rare and hard to achieve in real life - at a cafe or club or bar. not sure why that is? but, because of that, it really does feel like a cool thing to be able to share it here. hopefully it makes some sense where you are. and, if so (or if not too), i hope you'll let me know what you think.

also, if you're around san francisco, it'd be great to see you this friday, feb. 15 at the red victorian (1665 haight st.), 7:30pm. i'll be doing a solo set - just me and my guitar. if you don't already know the red vic, you should check the link... it's a fun place for a friday night. plus, there will be a handful of other local bands and songwriters sharing the stage! hope you can make it.

happy wednesday night,
russell

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some more songs from home...

hey there,

i just uploaded another little podcast-full of live songs from home. if you have time, hope you can take a listen. and, even more, it'd be great to see you this saturday, feb. 9 at the snob wine bar (1327 polk st., san francisco). the show starts at 8pm, and i'll be opening for my friend curt yagi. we'd love to share some great music (and wine) with you! episode 76 gives a little glimpse of where i'm headed as far as songs and feeling for the show... and if you don't already know curt's music, i hope you'll visit him, and support his new cd "what's come over me," at www.curtyagi.com. it's good stuff!

also - i want to send out a huge thank you to everybody who came out to see me with the procrastinistas last friday night at hotel utah. it was a lot of fun, and great to have the support of so many friends. i really appreciate it. :) if you can't make it out this saturday, don't forget i'm also playing next friday, feb. 15 at the red victorian (1665 haight st., san francisco). it'll be me solo with a bunch of other local songwriters... starts at 8pm.

in the meantime, stay tuned for even more (part 3) of live-songs-from-home next week! :)

hope yr well,
russell

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songs from home

episode 75 is here! it's just me at home working on songs, trying to figure out what to put into my solo sets coming up later this month (sat., feb. 9 @ snob wine bar, and fri., feb. 15 @ the red victorian). i hope you can take a listen! and, if you do, hope you'll forgive me for the many imperfections in the performances and recordings... i mean, it is me practicing, after all. ;)

also, as a gentle reminder, it'd be great to see you this friday night, february 1, 2008, @ hotel utah saloon - 500 4th st. (@ bryant) - 9pm. i'm playing drums with the procrastinistas, and we'll be sharing the night (and stage) with wee the band.

hope your week is well,
russell

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more cobalt season

episode 74 brings us more with the cobalt season! when i pointed ryan toward last week's podcast, his response was, "cool, thanks... but you didn't play any of the new songs!" which reminded me that i love the new songs. and i think you will too. so, this week, that's what we do. ;) hopefully you'll check 'em, and visit thecobaltseason.com often for updates and info on the forthcoming cobalt season ep.

also, hope you'll check out links to other stuff i mentioned:

leo tolstoy and his book the kingdom of god is within you
the 15th century christian philosopher petr helchitsky

the emerging church movement
emergent leader brian mclaren

craig's podcast at: www.outoffellowship.com

hope everybody is well,
russell

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live songs by the cobalt season...

episode 73 has landed! as i mentioned in the show, i had a fun conversation with ryan, holly, and jared, friday night before they played at socha cafe. but - as fate (mixed with my clumsiness) would have it - i erased it moments after recording... which is frustrating to no end. needless to say. but, alas - the show goes on, and this week still features the cobalt season - just not in the way i'd first intended. ;) instead, i listen and think about some of ryan's in-between-song comments, and play a few live tracks from last friday night.

special thanks to ryan and holly and jared for their warmth and openness. hopefully they'll be back again soon. and hopefully next time we can delve more into all of these things, and others...

'til then, i hope you'll check out the cobalt season:
the official site - www.thecobaltseason.com
ryan & holly's design - www.sharpseven.com

wishing the best,
russell

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inarticulateness

things're a little bit crazy here, but amidst that, just wanted to let everyone know that episode 72 is here. given the nature of the past few weeks - in distinction - i tried to keep things as direct and simple as possible tonight. mostly, it's just me playing songs from my 2006 cd "a fish may love a bird," and thinking out loud about current feelings, love, relationship, god, and related tangents. hope you can take a listen. and, if you can, even more, hope you find some value in it. :)

if you like the songs, hope you'll check out the free mp3...

mannequins - simplemuzik.com/mannequinsmp3s.htm
my songs - simplemuzik.com/rdmp3s.htm

(id + password for download are both "muzik")

hope yr week is well,
russell

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hello 2008

i hope everyone's new year is going well so far. mine has been a whirlwind, but - happily - the first podcast of the year is here. episode 71. i play some good music, and talk a bit about possibility and hope, and dreams for the new year. if you have time, i hope you'll listen.

also, hope you'll check out links i mentioned:

curt yagi - www.curtyagi.com
mannequins - simplemuzik.com/mannequinsmp3s.htm
slyway - www.slywaymusic.com

alan watts - www.alanwatts.com
alan watts - on wikipedia
zizek (the man) - on wikipedia
zizek! - the movie - on imdb.com
jacques lacan - on wikipedi

happy new year!
russell

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podcast tomorrow

hope the first two days of 2008 have been good for everybody. i'm a little off-schedule, but if all goes well, there will be a podcast tomorrow night. stay tuned! :)

russell

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whoa nelly!

i just uploaded a special weekend edition of the podcast. it's a show from on-the-road - recorded yesterday - live in pittsburgh, pa. despite my best effort to keep things in check, and make sense amid exhaustion, i realize i sorta didn't... so - actually - i'm quite self-conscious about posting this. and probably shouldn't. but, alas, here it is. if you listen, i hope you'll have some patience with my incoherence. on the up side, there's some great music this week, so hope you'll learn more about the cobalt season, nick guerrero, and jonas.

the cobalt season - thecobaltseason.com
nick guerrero - myspace.com/nickguerrero
jonas - simplemuzik.com/jonasmp3s.htm

hope your weekend is well!
russell

tired me saying hi from pittsburgh...

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happy christmas

i'm going out of town with amanda tomorrow morning, and we will be gone next week - so the podcast will be on mid-week hiatus. i plan to record something while we're away, and will post when i return... which means - hopefully there'll be an off-schedule weekend show next week. :) in the meantime, i hope everybody has a chance to take it easy a little, and be with friends and family.

wishing you the best,
russell

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yes, it's true. i'm still in love.

i uploaded episode 61 earlier tonight. it's about love. again. :) i hope you can listen. things are busy for me right now - i have a few shows coming up (with slyway next friday at bazaar cafe, and the following friday solo at the red victorian), so i've been doing band practice stuff, and regular work, and emotionally frying a little too (in a good way)... so won't be writing a thesis tonight. but i did want to say hi, and send special thanks out to danny scherr and curt yagi for sharing their music with us.

i hope you'll visit them at:
danny scherr - www.myspace.com/dannyscherr
curt yagi - www.curtyagi.com
curt on myspace - www.myspace.com/curtmusic

and, don't forget to check the video at - www.rocksf.org

<3
russell

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podcast will be tomorrow

this week's podcast will be post-poned until tomorrow night. crazy week!

thanks for being patient with me.

<3
russell

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time is funny

time is funny, isn't it? it's amazing how things go and change and evolve before our eyes. in lots of ways, it feels like the podcast just started... i mean, was that really a whole year ago? where'd it go??? it's a weird feeling. and, on the other side, it feels like a lot longer than a year - a lot's happened! we're in a completely different place - we're different people - the whole world has changed. both sides feel true somehow. and both sides feel funny - "funny sad" and "funny strange" and "funny beautiful" and "funny awe-inspiring" and "funny full-of-potential." all simultaneously, y'know?

over the past week or so i've been trying to remember where i was when we started this - emotionally - the intent, spirit, dream, etc. i can't remember it all perfectly. but i do know it's connected to the path we've traveled. and it's also changed along the way, naturally. as i sit here typing tonight, i'm mulling it over, still dreaming, thinking about where we can go from here. i know we haven't achieved everything we can together. i still believe talk can change things. and listening even more. and honesty. i want the podcast to be about that. i want it to be real. i want this to be an open place for anyone interested in sharing. i want us to take a chance together. and i know we can. that's my promise for the next few months. i'm gonna keep trying to make it personal. keep being honest. take more risks.

and somehow in that, i think we can change the world for each other. cliche, maybe. i know. but i still believe it.

i was listening to bill mallonee's cd "dear life" today, over and over and over. and he reminded me of this. there's something about his lyrics and poems and singing that cut through in a deep and real way for me - the way i wish i could.

i like the way he says it:

"and you've gone and upped the ante
in this game that we all play
gotta wake up and believe
love's the better way.
people can really be healed
there's even some of 'em you can trust
yeah, but first you gotta take the risk
and tell 'em where it hurts"

the lyrics are from a song called "i will never be normal (after this)." and they remind me of exactly how i feel about the podcast. and this moment. and everyone who's taken the time to listen and share and be here with me. which means you. and i mean it. really. so, thank you. it means everything to me that you're here, and that you've given me a chance, and that you let me in to where you are. there's no greater gift than that simple act of openness. and i know it. i'm humbled and thankful.

it's a small thing - i know - but i have to admit being a little proud that we've reached episode 52. a show every week for a year! wow, right? :) and the anniversary has me thinking about life and change and thought and dreams - how they happen, and mutate and grow - the process of us opening our eyes and seeing the world new. that's what i want. i don't know much about reality or how "possible" it is, but i want the podcast to be a part of that. i'm still inspired about the possibility for communication embedded within all of this, and i'm gonna keep fighting for it. i still believe. i hope you do too. and i hope we can keep trying together.

and the chorus goes:

"yeah, and it could've been your eyes
but i suspect it was your kiss
and i will never be normal
i will never be normal
i will never be normal
oh, after this
after this."

me neither. and that's the magic of relationship, isn't it?

xtra special thanks to all of the musicians who shared their work with us over the past year! if you weren't here when they originally aired, i hope you'll go back and visit their episodes:

nick guerrero - episodes 002 & 032
liz angelucci - episodes 004 & 023
josh armerding - episode 008
jonas - episodes 014 & 016
patrick kobernus - episode 010
alex calder - episode 25
kris hauch - episodes 012 & 050
marianne barlow - episode 043

visit the cobalt season at - thecobaltseason.com
also, if you haven't seen vanilla sky check it out on wikipedia.
and if you don't already know bill mallonee's music, visit him at - www.billmallonee.net.

this year has been a blessing.

thanks,
russell

me saying thank you to you tonight.

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life lessons

episode 39 is here! i've spent the past week with my family, non-stop, go go go, so i'm feeling a little out of it tonight... tired... out of my head due to constant activity... in need of sleep. in ways, this week's show sort of feels like a reflection of that. i recorded it with my sister amanda, "live" on location up in the sierra nevada's. as you'll hear, mostly, it's just us hanging out, thinking out loud, talking about the summer that's on its way, listening to music. and that's pretty much it. a simple show. yes. with great music!

if you have time, i hope you'll join us, take a listen, let us know what you think. and, as always, i hope you'll take time to seek out the featured artists: the cobalt season, the mannequins, and jonas.

thanks for listening!
russell

ps - in rethinking the title, i guess the show isn't really so much about life lessons. or, well, maybe tangentally - marginally? but i do wonder about how we learn over time, how family fits into that, how we see where we've come from, etc. curious, isn't it? i'll keep that idea bubbling and promise to revisit it someday soon...

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listening and disagreeing

as i mentioned in episode 33, i'm gonna be out of town next week, so there won't be a regular wednesday show. in lieu, i just uploaded a special edition weekend episode! :) the show features a set of audio clips from two seemingly opposite sources. the first is pema chodron, a buddhist nun, as she talks with bill moyers about her experiences and understanding of the potential to transform suffering in our lives. and the second is a clip from "way of the master radio," in which todd friel gives a fundamentalist christian play-by-play of a buddhist statement made at the inter-faith ceremony held at virginia tech last tuesday.

depending on your perspective, both (or either) segment may be challenging and/or confusing/upsetting/frustrating. i obviously have a perspective, and share it in the show. but, beyond that, i also really wanna listen and understand and see if it's possible for us to bridge some of these gaps in understanding, and grow in the areas we're missing. don't know. but i hope so.

i'm curious what you think, so hope you'll let me know. in the meantime, check out links to pema chodron and way of the master (below).

pema chodron's website:
www.pemachodron.org
and pema chodron on wikipedia.

way of the master radio website:
www.wayofthemasterradio.com
and todd friel on wikipedia.

have a great week!
russell

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senselessness

i just uploaded a little mini-podcast with a few thoughts and songs inspired by the horrible events at virginia tech yesterday. there are no words that really help in times like these. i know. and yet, i can't help but at least offer something in respect and solidarity. i want it to be better. i want to work to make things make sense. but i don't know how. right now, seems the only thing we can do is to acknowledge the enormity of what has happened, our smallness, and keep caring and trying. i want this podcast (and my life) to be about that.

i hope you're well tonight.
russell

ps - to listen to tonight's mini-podcast, click here.

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new show tomorrow...

i'm posting a new show tomorrow night: "the world is as you are." stay tuned! special thanks to everybody who's been visiting the site and sending me email. if i haven't gotten back to you yet, i will soon...

russell

ps - yes, i'm feeling better. :)

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sorry for the peaks!

there was a lot of peaking on the original sound file for episode 19. i apologize! i uploaded a new version. there are still some peaks, but i think it's better. i'll try to watch that in the future...

thanks for your patience,
russell

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you can listen to older episodes...

there appears to be some of confusion about how to listen to old episodes. happily, there's a simple answer! you can access all episodes of the podcast through itunes (by clicking the link above, or searching for "simplemuzik" or "russell david" in the itunes podcast section). the neat thing about itunes is that you can "subscribe," which will automatically download new episodes as they are updated. or, for non-apple users (or those who hate itunes), you can access all episodes via feedburner. the feedburner link is also located above (the "powered by" flame logo).

or you can simply click here: http://feeds.feedburner.com/SimpleMuzikPodcast

hope this helps!
russell

ps - new episode coming wednesday. an online concert by jonas!

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jon wesley

this week i take inspiration from jon wesley. i met jon a few weeks back at the brainwash gig with liz, picked up his ep "faking piece of mind," and have become a quick fan. hopefully you'll enjoy the songs too. don't forget to check jon out on myspace: www.myspace.com/jonwesleymusic

it's interesting how art and music and creativity hit notes within us, memories, connections, etc. episode 11 is sort of a rambling ode to that process. i know i talk about it a lot, but it's that sense of letting each other in, listening, connecting our experiences, etc. i'm thankful for it.

xtra special thanks to jon wesley for letting me use his music! and to you for checking it out. i'm glad we're here together.

russell

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the kris links...

special thanks again to kris hauch for playing with us at simple pleasures. you can check him out at: myspace.com/thefannycake.

and his band page is here: myspace.com/streetpiano

russell

ps - stay tuned for this weeks show! new music from josh armerding! be sure to check back on wednesday, ok?

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and kris too!

just wanted to say a special thanks to kris hauch for playing with us on sat. night too. sadly, i don't have a picture of him performing (though you can see him off to the right in the picture of me playing). his songs about myspace, bats out of hell, and other related fun things, were the perfect addition to the night. i can't find him on myspace, but he's there somewhere. once i find him, i'll put a link here. thanks kris! hopefully we can play together again soon...

russell

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we absolutely really do love nyc!

episode 4 is here! liz angelucci joins me in studio to talk about her music, and play some songs. this is the first live simplemuzik in-studio performance, so i hope you'll forgive me for some of the peaking that happens in spots. i promise i'll get better as we go along! special thanks to liz for being so willing to podcast-experiment with me...

be sure to check her out at:
www.elizabethangelucci.com
and
www.myspace.com/elizabethangelucci

cheers,
russell

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Testing

This is a test of the Simple Musik blogcasting network...

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January 15, 2010

all is well.

January 14, 2010

technical difficulties.

December 30, 2009

the eve's eve

December 23, 2009

jingle bells

October 21, 2009

home.

September 30, 2009

where the heart is.

September 23, 2009

flux (continued)

September 16, 2009

homeless.

July 29, 2009

sugar low

July 08, 2009

seagulls

July 01, 2009

sleepless

June 25, 2009

r.i.p. michael

June 24, 2009

podcast will be tomorrow.

April 26, 2009

home.

April 11, 2009

old and new

March 18, 2009

love & compassion & theology

January 29, 2009

an interview with curt

December 31, 2008

hello 2009

December 24, 2008

the eve of things

December 10, 2008

the falling feeling

December 03, 2008

a, b, c, and especially d

November 24, 2008

thanksgiving week

November 06, 2008

podcast will be tonight

September 03, 2008

podcast will be tomorrow...

August 30, 2008

two years

August 28, 2008

this week's podcast...

August 22, 2008

out of town again...

August 02, 2008

travelin' this week...

July 16, 2008

100

June 22, 2008

the lyrics

pit stop and a new song

May 14, 2008

on the road again.

May 06, 2008

early podcast this week!

April 27, 2008

before i go

April 23, 2008

realizing it

April 02, 2008

choices

March 26, 2008

a paper boat

March 19, 2008

wilderness + other things

March 12, 2008

explanations

March 05, 2008

hormones & who we are

February 27, 2008