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Icy Cinema: Feb. 24, 2018
Last Saturday morning we gathered around Gray’s baby grand piano and lots of loveliness ensued. Narcokleptophiliac NarcokleptophiliacNarcokleptophiliac 58 {{svg_share_icon}}{{heart_svg}}LikeLikedFree...
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Fischer Follies
On the day of the Fischer Follies last Saturday Joe got me on the bill and it became a complete family affair. Joe played four songs, I played three, then Maile and Ellyn told a story with Anais on...
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Outside Voice, Saturday Songs
I’ve been looking for an opportunity to be part of Outside Voice – Art TV, so I’m happy to have kicked off the collaboration on Saturday with Ron Pippin’s ever-resourceful, ongoing, family-art project....
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City of Austin Street Performer
When Austin’s Music and Entertainment Division launched a pilot program to pay musicians to be street performers, I applied. I got an email a month ago and today made $150 for playing an hour set at...
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Love Rescue Me
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Icy Cinema: June 25, 2018
Several weeks ago Icy Cinema played our first gig, an evening of ambient music called enoscapes1, which was wonderful. The recording didn’t turn out great, so Darrel and I joined Gray in his music room...
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Brier Island Acoustic
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View ArticleIcy Cinema: July 7, 2018
Darrel and I joined Gray around the baby grand piano again a few Saturdays ago, which Gray had prepared in some interesting ways, as you will hear in a few of these tunes. I am proud of our patience...
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There’s Something (Irv Said)
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View ArticleMy System 1.0
I’ve always been a daydreamer battling the busyness. I struggled through every level of school and early adulthood as the details of my responsibilities got lost on my mental meanderings. Finally, I...
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Sunday Morn
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Saturday Morn
If you’ve got a dog or cat, you probably talk to them as I do. And I bet they speak to you too. Frida and Townes, cuddling on the couch Saturday Morn is a song about walking my dog, Townes, early one...
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What It’s Like
On one of our walks around campus a few years ago my friend Dan shared some Buddhist phrases that he uses as mantras. First: “Everything changes. Everything’s connected. Pay attention.” And second:...
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Punk Rock Vote
Have you voted yet? I’m lucky enough to have an early voting station in the lobby of my office building, so I already got to cast my ballot in what feels like the most consequential election of my...
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Gray & J’s Double Album Release & New Year’s Eve Blastoff
Gray and J will be performing their new albums while Rob spins gourmet pizza out of his wood-fired cob oven. Minor Mishap will perform throughout the evening with a dramatic conclusion at midnight....
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MANTRAS Album Release
After five years of production, I launched MANTRAS on New Year’s Eve, Dec. 31, 2018 because it is an album of resolutions. You can stream it below or at Spotify, YouTube, iTunes, and purchase at CDBaby...
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Not Gonna Try (Psychedelic Video Premier)
Along with the release of MANTRAS, I am proud to premiere the video for Not Gonna Try, the last and longest track on the album and certainly my most involved video production to date. The wisdom I...
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No More Shitty Gigs
MANTRAS by J Molin This mantra is also a riddle, being a double negative – no more bad things – which eludes to the next trick, to do more good things. This is why the song itself has two distinct...
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Outside Voice Fest 2019
I got to open Outside Voice Fest 2019 on Saturday thanks to my fast new friend Ron who put the fantastic fest on at an urban farm on the East side. The weather was perfect and a bunch of friends and...
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Be My TV
FOK DUB by J Molin I got to attend the Interactive conference at South by Southwest this year and was often reminded of how poor a substitute digital connections are for the real thing and what an...
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