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Author Archives: Levi Fuller
Ball of Wax 39: Saturday, March 7th at Conor Byrne
Ball of Wax Volume 39 Release Show Saturday, March 7th, 8:30pm Conor Byrne Pub Performances by The Foghorns, Soft Blows, Season of Strangers, Coast, Nightlife, and Shannon Jae It’s time (past time, really) for a new volume of Ball of … Continue reading
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Tagged Coast, Nightlife, Season of Strangers, Shannon Jae, Soft Blows, the foghorns
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From the Archives: Ball of Wax Volume 2
Let’s take another trip back to 2005, shall we? We continue our archival investigation with Ball of Wax Volume 2, released in the fall of that long-ago year. The release celebration for Volume 2 was the second (and, to date, … Continue reading
Submit Music for Ball of Wax 39!
I’m sorry to report that winter is coming. On the bright side, though, with it will come the Winter 2015 edition of Ball of Wax Audio Quarterly – the 39th (!) such installment to be released to the world. But … Continue reading
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From the Archives: Ball of Wax Volume 1
This has been a long time coming, but I am at long last making my way through the many volumes of Ball of Wax released before the Bandcamp era, acquiring permission from the artists, and uploading the music, art, and … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 38 Songs of Protest: Scott Pinkmountain and the Golden Bolts – “Baghdad Blues”
Scott Pinkmountain makes his Ball of Wax debut, backed by up by the muscular Golden Bolts rhythm section, with this beautifully discordant and dissociative tune. The performance is blistering, keening, heart-piercing: Scott’s voice and guitar scream and cry in counterpoint, … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 38 Songs of Protest: Virgin of the Birds – “In 1970, Across Philadelphia, Frank Rizzo Broke the Black Panther Party”
Jon Rooney of Virgin of the Birds (and also, it must be said, of this here blog) strips down to his one-man low-fi roots for this tune, with a languid bed of guitar, bass, keys, and tambourine backing up a … Continue reading
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Tagged Augustine of Hippo, black panthers, frank rizzo, MOVE, Pelagius, protest songs, virgin of the birds
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Ball of Wax 38 Songs of Protest: Colin Ernst – “Assholes and Fuckheads”
What would you do if two of your close friends and artistic collaborators were murdered in broad daylight by a gun-wielding maniac? For most of us, fortunately, this is a hypothetical (and horrifying) question, but Colin Ernst and many others … Continue reading
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Tagged cafe racer, Colin Ernst, guns, protest songs
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Ball of Wax 38 Songs of Protest: Mindie Lind – “For Palestine”
I don’t think Mindie knows this, but this song is part of the reason I decided to make Ball of Wax 38 a collection of protest songs. It was one of those particularly awful weeks this summer, when the violence … Continue reading
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Tagged inly, mindie lind, palestine, protest songs
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Ball of Wax 38 Songs of Protest: Julia Massey & the Five Finger Discount – “Nuclear Disarmament”
Singer-songwriter Julia Massey and her gang have been making delightful noises around Seattle for at least a few years now, but this is their first appearance on Ball of Wax. I’m so glad they had a protest song all ready … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 38 Songs of Protest: Peter Colclasure – “Where’s My Bailout Muthafuckers?”
With apologies to any young listeners who might have joined our ranks with our kid-friendly Songs about Animals project, our friend Peter Colclasure has another take on the current economic state of affairs. Pete takes a less subtle – and … Continue reading
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Tagged ayn rand, oligarchy, peter colclasure, protest songs
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