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Ball of Wax 66 Songs: Tom Dyer & The True Olympians – “It’s Mud”

The last time I reviewed a song by Tom Dyer & the True Olympians, I closed it by calling the song “just damn fun” and heck if they haven’t done it AGAIN. I still don’t know where Tom Dyer finds … Continue reading

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Ball of Wax 64 Songs: Tom Dyer – “Interpretation”

Tom Dyer’s “Interpretation” was itself interpreted by writer Logan K. Young. (As an editorial aside, I love how both Tom and Logan employed extremely literal and direct methods of interpretation for their works.) Ball of Wax Volume 64: The Music … Continue reading

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Ball of Wax 60 Songs: Tom Dyer and Pufferfish

Tom Dyer: “The Glass Cowell” When Robert Fripp is your grade one math teacher and Keith Emerson accompanies on piano. Pufferfish: “Thump60” This song makes me feel like I’m sitting on a grassy knoll watching the clouds while, underground, the … Continue reading

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Ball of Wax 58 Songs: Tom Dyer and the True Olympians – “(I’m a) Lonely Little Christmas Tree”

Levi has chosen wisely to begin the new volume of Ball of Wax with selections by strong vocalists. Like Sam Russell, Tom Dyer is something of an area legend, and even moreso a “musical chameleon.” In fact, if you ever … Continue reading

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Ball of Wax Winter Spectacular: Saturday, November 30th at Conor Byrne

Ball of Wax 58 (songs of winter, holidays, and winter holidays) The Foghorns, Sam Russell and the Harborrats, The Julia Francis Band, and Tom Dyer and the True Olympians Saturday, November 30th, 9pm Conor Byrne Pub Ball of Wax 58 … Continue reading

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Ball of Wax 53 Songs: Tom Dyer – “Everything in the World Is Returning to a State of Nature”

This collection of songs about the environment closes with this strange, sad, beautiful, fatalistic yet oddly hopeful(?) piece from Tom Dyer. Tom and fellow iconoclast Jim of Seattle (whom you might remember from BoW 32) have created a unique musical … Continue reading

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