Category Archives: Ball of Wax

Live Video from the Ball of Wax 24 show (part 1)

Posted on May 23, 2011 by Levi Fuller

As I hope you know, we recently released Ball of Wax Audio Quarterly Volume 24. If you don’t already own it, I do hope you will pick up a copy of your own for the low low price of $5 … Continue reading →

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Peter Vukmirovic Stevens’s Duets for Piano and Buddha Machine

Posted on May 11, 2011 by Levi Fuller

One of the artists featured on Volume 24 of Ball of Wax (coming out tonight!) is a local composer named Peter Vukmirovic Stevens. He has composed for everything from solo piano to symphony orchestra, but the pieces of his that … Continue reading →

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The Names They Are A-Changin’

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Levi Fuller

As previously mentioned, the Ball of Wax 24 release show this Wednesday at the Sunset features five artists (myself included) who date back to the first year of Ball of Wax. And that is true, although all five names might … Continue reading →

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Northwest Folklife Festival, the Indie Roots Stage, and the Pre-Festival Show This Friday

Posted on April 19, 2011 by Levi Fuller

I am a big fan of the Northwest Folklife Festival. I have been for years, and it just keeps getting better. It really is the perfect festival, as far as I’m concerned: It’s free (although you really should donate a … Continue reading →

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Ball of Wax 24 release show: 5/11/11 at the Sunset

Posted on April 18, 2011 by Levi Fuller

This is going to be a good one! Through no particular planning of my own, the release show celebrating the next volume of Ball of Wax Audio Quarterly (Volume 24, Spring 2011) will be quite the old-school BoW affair. Everyone … Continue reading →

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Ball of Wax 24 shaping up nicely.

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Levi Fuller

I just wanted to check in, as the submission deadline for Ball of Wax Volume 24 approaches, to mention that I’m already pretty excited about how it’s coming together. I’ve got some great new music from people I’d never heard … Continue reading →

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Bluets and Blue Men

Posted on March 14, 2011 by Levi Fuller

As Paul wrote a while back, my Songs about Books assignment is the book Bluets, by Maggie Nelson. It’s a tough book to categorize, but it is quite lovely. I just finished reading it for the third time (it’s very … Continue reading →

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Ball of Wax 24: Submit!

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Levi Fuller

As I hope you are aware, Ball of Wax is not just the best blog in the universe*, it is a long-running quarterly CD compilation series that brings you regular doses of new music in a handsome package at a … Continue reading →

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Ball of Wax Volume 23

Posted on February 14, 2011 by Levi Fuller

As mentioned before, we are celebrating the release of the 23rd volume of Ball of Wax Audio Quarterly this Wednesday at the Sunset Tavern. (Facebook event here, if you’re into that sort of thing – oh, and while I’m at … Continue reading →

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Songs about Books: The Last Book

Posted on February 11, 2011 by Paul Constant

The Possibility of an Island by Michel Houellebecq goes to Ryan Barrett. This is surely the most controversial book of the five, the one that a lot of people will hate. It’s fashionable to dislike Houellebecq nowadays, since Updike gave … Continue reading →

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