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Category Archives: Community
Ball of Wax 64 Songs: Kora Karuna – “O Flying Book”
Kora Karuna’s “O Flying Book” was interpreted by painter Maria Rosa Benso and photographer Sarah Fjørtoft. Ball of Wax Volume 64: The Music of TELEPHONE by Kora Karuna [Context: here and here.]
Ball of Wax 64 Songs: Wes Covey – “Transmit “
Wes Covey’s “Transmit” was interpreted by writer Calyn Kelly and sculptor Panos Dimitropoulos. Ball of Wax Volume 64: The Music of TELEPHONE by Wes Covey [Context: here and here.]
Ball of Wax 64 Songs: Dustin Hamman – “Shade for Days”
[At 80 tracks, Ball of Wax 64 is somewhat more sprawling than usual, but fortunately each work (except for the final one) has been carefully interpreted in at least one other art form. So in lieu of overly taxing our … Continue reading
Here comes Ball of Wax 64: The Music of TELEPHONE
TELEPHONE, as you may be aware, is a globe-spanning, multi-disciplinary art game/project begun by cat-herder extraordinaire Nathan Langston that took place over the course of the last year, and was recently made public in a gloriously rendered and beautifully usable … Continue reading
Album Review: The Cupholders Present . . . “The Wisconsin Polka!”
Supergroups are strange beasts. Jann Wenner claims that Cream, with members from the Yardbirds, the Graham Bond Organization, and John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers, was rock’s first supergroup – soon to be followed by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young; Blind … Continue reading
Album Review: Grumpy Bear’s Yield EP: Community Art from the Internet
Grumpy Bear -Yield EP (2019, self-released) A little more than 15 years ago, I met someone who got something positive out of this thing called the Internet. His name is Þórir, and he’s from a small town in Northern Iceland … Continue reading
BoW 48 at Conor Byrne! Songs of Resistance at Folklife!
Hello there, Friends of Wax. There are a couple events coming up that you should know about if you like music, or resistance, or languages. I hope to see you at both. (Or at least one. [But really, come on, … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 47: Resist! 2/26 at the Sunset
Ball of Wax 47 Release Show: Songs of Resistance and Rebuilding Sunday, February 26, 7pm doors The Sunset Tavern, 5433 Ballard Ave NW $8 [tickets] – entry includes a BoW 47 CD All profits to the NW Immigrant Rights Project … Continue reading
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Wisconsinites against Fascism: Benefit for Planned Parenthood
As we all know by now, per the machinations of the electoral collage, the presidential election swung because of the collective voting decisions of Michigan, my home state of Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, the birth place of many of Ball of Wax‘s most … Continue reading
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Tagged caleb and walter, sam russell, the foghorns
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On Cadillacs and Confusing Winters: Storm the Palace Travels to Seattle from the United Kingdom
Ebullient praise. I am able to contribute less and less frequently to Levi Fuller’s amazing project due to life, rent, etc; however, there are moments when you discover a great band or record, and you realize that you can at … Continue reading