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Okee dokee folks… PLEASE stop using AI. The more it knows, the more it grows. We are feeding a beast that will someday destroy us. AI is not your friend, […]
Events:
The Court: Art in Play
September 24, 2025 - April 26, 2026The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
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Okee dokee folks… “Art is fucking political. Always has been, always will be.” I looked for a source to attribute this to but there doesn’t seem to be a definitive […]
Protest Songs 2026
Curtis Lovejoy — “F Is For” www.facebook.com/reel/772015405947064 Katie Dahl – ”A Song for Minnesota” katiedahl.bandcamp.com/track/a-song-for-minnesota Devon Sproule – “Gargle My…” www.facebook.com/reel/1954653128787987 Curtis Brand – “A Murder In Minnesota” youtube.com/watch?v=UGdU_DA2mi4 Neutral […]
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Okee dokee folks… “Sto lat, sto lat.” It’s a traditional Polish song that is meant to wish a long life to a person. “Sto lat” roughly translates to “100 years” […]
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Okee dokee folks… Well, it’s a new year. People put way too much stock in that. Shit just carries over from the previous year. Time is a human-made construct. In […]
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Okee dokee folks… If you listen to music enough you can always find lines in a song or whole songs that relate to the world around you. Lately I have […]
Ten songs to fit our time.
I chose a list of ten songs to fit our time. Not in any order. I added a bonus track for the holidays, just because. Ten Protest Song for our […]
Roots Report: Holy daze
Okee dokee folks… People apparently totally gloss over Thanksgiving now, not that I care. I am a vegetarian and the ritual slaughter of turkeys for holidays has always bothered me. […]
Led Zeppelin Experience: Jason Bonham bangers
Okee dokee folks… “You should never give a drummer a microphone.” This was spoken by drummer Jason Bonham, son of the late John Bonham of Led Zeppelin. Bonham brought his […]
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Okee dokee folks… This issue is the Motif Gift Guide. If you have read this column for any of the past twenty years, you surely know that I don’t do […]