Category Archives: Ball of Wax

Ball of Wax 26 Available for Streaming and Pre-order!

In just a week and a half we’ll be celebrating the release of Ball of Wax Volume 26: A Tribute to the Anthology of American Folk Music with a wing-ding of a show at the Columbia City Theater. (And boy, … Continue reading

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The Ball of Wax Spooooky Halloween Playlist

On my Hollow Earth Radio show yesterday, I predictably decided to play a set of all dark, scary, Halloweenish music, and I found myself playing a number of tracks from the Ball of Wax archives. So I figured today would … Continue reading

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Ball of Wax 26: A Tribute to Harry Smith and the Anthology of American Folk Music, 11/25 at the Columbia City Theater

Ball of Wax 26: A Tribute to Harry Smith and the Anthology of American Folk Music Presented by American Standard Time, Ball of Wax, and Hearth Music Friday, November 25th, 8:00 p.m. The Columbia City Theater Kevin Murphy (The Moondoggies), … Continue reading

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Songs about Books: A Couple More Items

Hello, and happy post-Labor Day, everyone. Now where were we? Ah yes, I had a couple things to tell you about, related to our Songs about Books project. Thing the First: For those of you who were unable to join … Continue reading

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Submit to Ball of Wax 26: A Tribute to the Anthology of American Folk Music

It’s been hiding over on our About page for the past week or so, but now that the Songs about Books dust has settled a bit (buy your copy now!), I wanted to officially announce our call for submissions to … Continue reading

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

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!

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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Recommended Reading: Helen DeWitt – The Last Samurai

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!

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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Recommended Reading: Vladimir Nabokov – Pale Fire

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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