Up the Tree

Author: Funtime Ben

  • Laura Veirs – Year of Meteors

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    Year of Meteors :4 Stars: Nonesuch 2005 There are just some artist that can break into your head through your ears and churn up deeply hidden memories with a well placed lyric. Jeff Tweedy, Sufjan Stevens, Nina Nastasia have this ability for me. Each of them delivers an unaffected honesty to their music which breaks…

  • Work, Episode 1

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    Somewhere in the back of my mind I still remember the things that I used to do. Improv, play music, paint. These things have been replaced by… well I’m not really sure. My time just disappears. I go to work at 9, stay until 6 and find that the rest of the evening flashes by…

  • TUTT: 1 Year Anniversary Show!

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    IT’S… The One Year Anniversary Show! So, drop your coat off at the door, pick up some orderves, grab a cocktail, and get out your party favors. I would stay away from the cheap champagne though! It might be our most unorganized show yet, with loads of banter, great songs, and an occasional flashback to…

  • Operation Eden

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    Operation Eden is an amazing photography weblog documenting the human spirit of citizens living through the aftermath of Katrina. It puts a face on the devastation that many have tried to downplay. !(photo)http://images15.fotki.com/v235/photos/1/106083/2666299/philip_alva-vi.jpg(Operation Eden)!:http://operationeden.blogspot.com/

  • Work, Work, Yada-yada

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    Work is crazy, but the good news is Josiah and I are planning something for our one year anniversary show on October 8th show! What it is? Even we’re not sure. _We have tons to talk about._