8/19/19
3/28/19
Fall 2019 US Tour
Hi everyone,
I have a million new songs totally displacing the old EEK era and I want to share them. I'm beginning to work on a fall US tour. If your town is not listed here and you would like it to be, and/or you have some insider tips, please write me! I'll go anywhere I can reach. More soon, thanks.
[contact form is at the bottom of that right-hand column there ->]
Update
OK, dates are nailed down and plans are being made! I'll keep adding info here as it is gathered.
I have a million new songs totally displacing the old EEK era and I want to share them. I'm beginning to work on a fall US tour. If your town is not listed here and you would like it to be, and/or you have some insider tips, please write me! I'll go anywhere I can reach. More soon, thanks.
[contact form is at the bottom of that right-hand column there ->]
Update
OK, dates are nailed down and plans are being made! I'll keep adding info here as it is gathered.
9/21- Tri-Cities, WA- Drew & Rachael's
9/22- Missoula, MT - the Red Fence House
9/23- Helena, MT - the Heath
9/23- Helena, MT - the Heath
9/24- Bozeman, MT - Labor Temple
9/25- Omaha, NE - Reformed
10/03- Portland, ME - the Apohadion Theater
10/04- New Haven, CT - Never Get to be Cool
10/05- Manhattan, NY - Old Scratch
10/06- Brooklyn, NY - Flowers for All Occasions
10/06- Brooklyn, NY - Flowers for All Occasions
10/07- Philadelphia, PA - Anthorna Gallery
10/08- Baltimore, MD - True Vine
10/09- Pittsburgh, PA - the Government Center
10/10- Columbus, OH
10/11- Cincinnati, OH - the Comet
10/09- Pittsburgh, PA - the Government Center
10/10- Columbus, OH
10/11- Cincinnati, OH - the Comet
10/12- Lexington, KY
10/14- Athens, GA - Buvez
10/15- Murray, KY - Terrapin Station
10/18- Austin, TX
10/21- Denver, CO - Nude City Relief Center
10/22- Salt Lake City, UT - the Mansion
10/23- Boise, ID
10/24- Portland, OR - No Fun
8/30/17
Update:
Hi everyone,
As the world becomes
increasingly phone oriented I just wanted to reach out and say hi.
Somehow this feels more personal and sincere. Maybe it's because I'm
taking the time to consider my words carefully with a hot computer on my
lap. Social media is not my thing and I don't completely
understand it. I mean I do.. people want love and attention and
solidarity. Me too. But if we really felt understood and supported we
wouldn't keep coming back for red hearts.
I
just wanted to write because for whatever reason in the past year or so
I've experienced these glimpses of a deep love in me for the world at
large. When I'm at my best I really do have
this sense that humans are so insanely special and rare in the
universe, and that the active ingredient is our awareness. You can agree
with this and stop there, but
don't do that. Deepen your relationship to it. Realize it more and more until it's absurd. Aliveness is!
And when it is absurd it becomes amusing. And then you realize it's the
only thing that is truly amusing, and that all humor is based on
knowing what a human awareness would or wouldn't do. And then
imagine a world with no amusement or jokes, no relief from the brutal
universe, no exception to it. It makes me want to cry! We are the exception.
I
guess for about 5 years now I've been
dabbling in different meditation styles. Mostly at the center of all of
it is a really simple goal: to feel and
know that it's good to be alive and human - to be you - even while you
are
totally uncertain and struggling. To be clear: I am a healthy white
male who cannot
possibly know the depths of human suffering except through intentionally
nurturing empathy. Meditation helps me do that. It deepens my empathy and love and joy. I don't want to skim.
I
know that a lot of you, like me, already have knowledge and opinions and experience with meditation. I just
wanted to write down my thoughts in longish form because when I see the
way it is represented in the
world it just seems like a joke or intentionally vague. The
words "breathe" and "love" don't mean anything by themselves but we
throw them around as if everyone gets it. Words, when used this way, are reductive code
that result in solidarity with some and alienation from others. Polarization. You
only get one chance to convey a new
idea to a new person and if you are cryptic or overly poetic or vague
you just leave them calloused to future attempts. There are people who
are so skeptical of love that it's just a joke to
them. For them, love has no place in serious matters. They see these empty new age-y
symbols/shortcuts/trappings and to them it's evidence that we have our
heads in the clouds. The thing is, skeptics are looking for
answers too. So they seek validation for the
realities they know. How can someone know love is distinct and
powerful without it being central to how they were brought up, or
having never even experienced it? Where can they find amusement? I
guess they "troll" with their very existence! There
has to be more of a long-game approach to solving evil.
I used to be into this idea of "punk", thinking of it as a sort of reverse chameleon antidote to culture. But now I see that is not enough. Being opposite is not necessarily the same as being good.
I used to be into this idea of "punk", thinking of it as a sort of reverse chameleon antidote to culture. But now I see that is not enough. Being opposite is not necessarily the same as being good.
But
that stuff is not the reason why I started writing this. I just wanted you to
know that I've turned a corner with songwriting and am slowly working on
reintroducing myself. I have a couple album's worth of material
that I feel is my most organic and accessible work yet! I might have
been a little lost
for some of it but it's all part of the story. I want you to
know that I will always try to use music to address things that deserve
attention and raise questions that I feel are at the center of what's
wrong. Especially when I don't know the answer. I don't know
what else to do.
Love,
Paul
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