Author Archives: Levi Fuller

Ball of Wax 25: Songs about Books is out now!

Posted on August 23, 2011 by Levi Fuller

After months of talk about this “Songs about Books” project, which culminated in a wonderful evening of music last Friday at the Fremont Abbey, one might have lost sight of the fact that it was also going to result in … Continue reading →

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Songs about Books this Friday!

Posted on August 17, 2011 by Levi Fuller

This is – maybe – our last post on Songs about Books (Ball of Wax 25) before the release show this Friday at the Fremont Abbey. The doors will open at 7, and the show will start at 8 sharp. … Continue reading →

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The Way It Is Returns to Seattle!

Posted on August 11, 2011 by Levi Fuller

Anyone with a glancing familiarity with Ball of Wax and/or this blog is probably aware that I am inordinately fond of the music of Michael Sanchez, most of which has been made under the name of The Way It Is … Continue reading →

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New Music from Deelay Ceelay: Sunset Drumsets

Posted on August 9, 2011 by Levi Fuller

Our Portland friends Deelay Ceelay (whom you might have heard on Ball of Wax Volume 14) have at long last released a full-length album. I’m checking it out right now, and Sunset Drumsets is a fantastic summer listen, loaded with … Continue reading →

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Recommended Reading: Helen DeWitt – The Last Samurai

Posted on August 2, 2011 by Levi Fuller

Paul assigned Helen DeWitt’s The Last Samurai to Joshua Morrison. I just finished reading it, and this reading completes my project of reading all of the books assigned for Songs about Books. First I’d like to say that I am … Continue reading →

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Songs about Books: Hear 5 Songs and Pre-order Now!

Posted on July 29, 2011 by Levi Fuller

Three weeks from today we will celebrate the release of Ball of Wax 25: Songs about Books with a very special concert at the Fremont Abbey (have you gotten your tickets yet?). We’ve been talking about this project for a … Continue reading →

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New York Guitarist Terrence McManus in Town Tonight and Tomorrow

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Levi Fuller

If you like your music spare, unconventional, enthralling, and perhaps slightly unsettling, I recommend you head out to LoFi tonight and/or Gallery 1412 tomorrow to catch a performance from guitarist Terrence McManus, visiting us for a couple days from New … Continue reading →

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Recommended Reading: Vladimir Nabokov – Pale Fire

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Levi Fuller

Alex Guy was assigned Vladimir Nabokov’s Pale Fire, the only book in the Songs about Books project to have been published in the twentieth century – all the others are relatively recent – and the only one that at this … Continue reading →

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Fulton Lights: Staring out the Window

Posted on July 20, 2011 by Levi Fuller

As a person who enjoys the music of Andrew Spencer Goldman’s Fulton Lights and a well-documented fan of crows, this video was seemingly designed specifically by director Ninian Doff to make my brain happy. Apparently the delight rendered by seeing … Continue reading →

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Recommended Reading: Michel Houellebecq – The Possibility of an Island

Posted on July 18, 2011 by Levi Fuller

It’s not a revelation to say that great literature – or great art of any kind – does not have to be an enjoyable experience for the reader (or viewer, or listener). In fact, whether you’re talking about James Joyce, … Continue reading →

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