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Wooden Wand: Subterranean 2017

This was only the second time James Jackson Toth has come through Chicago in the years he’s been on my radar, but was my first time seeing him perform Wooden Wand material. Last year’s set with William Fowler Collins (and Ryan Norris/Jim Backer) was a long-form, soundy affair that I loved...but I’ve been itching to see him play *songs*, especially since the release of this spring’s most excellent Clipper Ship (out NOW on Three Lobed). Toth’s music can be hard to define, even within the confines of the large chunk that lives under the Wooden Wand moniker, but his storytelling was front and center in this stripped-down duo format. James’s acoustic picking and voice laid the foundation upon which (the aforementioned) Ryan Norris added flourishes of color and melody, bringing the already-vibrant songs to life. The mutual admiration between the two was tangible leading to such strong chemistry that you’d never guess this duo wasn’t a regular thing. Wooden Wand 8.8.2017 @ Subterranean Chicago, IL School’s Out Sacrificial The Mountain Overpass Outsider Blues Shaving Cold Mother Midnight Mexican Coke Mallow T'ward the River James Jackson Toth: acoustic guitar & vocals Ryan Norris: electric guitar & Moog download

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Stone Jack Jones - State I'm In

Based in Nashville, but raised in a coal miner’s company house on the banks of Buffalo Creek, WV, Stone Jack Jones is the descendant of four generations of coal miners.  After being rejected from military service in Vietnam due to epilepsy, and discouraged from pursuing the coal mining business, Jack decided to start wandering.  By the time he landed in Nashville, where he met Roger Moutenot, Patty Griffin, and Kurt Wagner, Jack had worked as a carny, an escape artist, a ballet dancer, a professional lute player, and even owned a strip club. Stone Jack Jones' 3rd full-length Ancestor was produced with Roger Moutenot (known for his work with Yo La Tengo, Sleater Kinney, They Might Be Giants, and many other incredible artists) and features collaborations with Patty Griffin, members of Lambchop, and Courtney Tidwell.  The tales on Ancestor distill Jack's lifetime of experience into songs that use the esoteric narratives of an American rambler to elucidate the celestial worlds within each of us.  Intensely meditative, the album patiently explores the hardness of the coal mines, the mystery of suicide, the comfort of a dog's acceptance, the idea that forgetting all you know can be the first step towards hearing and reconnecting with your muse, and one man's gratitude for the love he's been given and the life he's had the chance to live. As Lambchop's Kurt Wagner describes it, Ancestor is "long and languid, moving none too fast, there's alcohol and rope in the air. There ought to be a place, a bar, or barn, where this music plays from p.a. suspended in the middle of the room like those ones they used in the civil defense strapped to polls in the neighborhoods of the 60s, 50s...Fan shaped horns arranged in a center cluster…there's nostalgic allusion and ghostly nods to a world only Jack knows, and perhaps his god knows."

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coupler, sunless

projekt pana Ryana Norrisa, klawiszowca i gitarzysty z Lambchop. wykorzystał syntezatory i automaty perkusyjne, pochował w tle sample głosów i instrumentów dętych, gitarę. ale dominują syntezatory i automaty. brzmienie dopieszczone, a wszystko bardzo melodyjne i zapadające w pamięć.

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Ryan Norris reads Gay Giordano's "All the Lost Ones." Hear Gay's reading of her poem here.

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Today we’re giving you a double-dose of audio. This time around, Ryan Norris reads “How to not hold it together on Delta Shuttle flight 5936 ORD to LGA” by Gabriel Kalmuss-Katz.

Read Gabriel’s stunning flash prose piece for yourself at Ghost Ocean 10.

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What better way to begin your Sunday than listening to Ryan Norris read Christopher Prewitt's "Assemblage on Sunday Morning."

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Christopher Prewitt begins his two-poem appearance in Ghost Ocean's 30/30, while Ryan Norris continues to lend his vocal talents, reading Prewitt's "Pocketknife."

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What better way to spend this Friday 13? Jamie Winger finishes his two poem set with "Andrew Cullom, 1955-1973," as read by Ryan Norris.