Autonomy is a daily battle in this life, which is why when key artists emerge to show us that not only is it possible, but it can totally be

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So, follow my lit jack-o-lantern as we enter the quixotic soundscapes that fit the Harvest season like a black leather glove.

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Robert Haimer is gone. Well, at least in his physical form, since a cat like that can never truly be gone. Some artists are so...

I originally wrote this back in 2017 for my old Mondo Heather blog. It's now a few years later and this album is STILL out-of-print....

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There once was a gift to the American television landscape and that gift was called local or public access. The act of truly...

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If music be the food of love; Give me excess of it “Twelfth Night” Shakespeare Let the revels begin Let the fire be started We're dancing...

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