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Pandemic Plusses: James McMurtry Shares a Great Notion

Posted on March 29, 2020 by chrisryanwrites

Amid all the Coronavirus blues we got going on, there are some moments to applaud. Celebrities are giving online performances or reading children’s books (the LeVar Burton/Neil Gaiman exchange was beautiful, and worth Googling), or adapting to quarantine and doing … Continue reading →

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Pandemic Plusses: The Last Thing I Expected to Do During the Pandemic Was Dance

Posted on March 20, 2020 by chrisryanwrites

Outside, a human wanders by, alone. Then no one comes into view for long stretches of time. A geezer wanders by with a small dog and a filled plastic bag. Remember back in the good old days when plastic bags … Continue reading →

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Advice to a young artist

Posted on October 17, 2015 by chrisryanwrites

(I wrote this to a former student and musician who posted on FB a cool bit of music video of him playing a work in progress. He called it “trash” and, well …. This happened.) Stop calling your contributions to … Continue reading →

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Neil Young – The Troubling Duality of “Everybody Knows This is Nowhere”

Posted on May 11, 2014 by chrisryanwrites

It is impossible to pick the definitive Neil Young album because he has put out so many classics. Some will say the easy choice is Decade but I am working with a rule that anthologies and greatest hits and live … Continue reading →

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“David Johansen” Might be the Perfect Album

Posted on May 4, 2014 by chrisryanwrites

While reading One Way Out a really strong, engaging oral history of The Allman Brothers Band, I began thinking about all the great music I grew up with, and how so much of it is now being relegated to fading … Continue reading →

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Music Mondays: Lost Classic – Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes’ I Don’t Want to go Home

Posted on April 20, 2014 by chrisryanwrites

While reading One Way Out a really strong, engaging oral history of The Allman Brothers Band, I began thinking about all the great music I grew up with, and how so much of it is now being relegated to fading … Continue reading →

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