friends,

i'm very happy and honored to present episode 376. curt yagi was kind enough to stop by, say hi, and share some new studio recordings (and live music!) with me a few weeks back. curt's been a friend of the podcast for many years, and it's great to have him back and catch up with his latest. i hope you'll take a listen, visit the links below, and support what he's up to. there'll be more with curt soon, so stay tuned and join us again next week for part two!

my sincere thanks go out to curt for taking the time and sharing his work. the new songs are really really good. i think you'll agree. enjoy... :)

curt's site - curtyagi.com
buy the music - curtyagi.bandcamp.com
curt's day job – real options for city kids (r.o.c.k.)
see curt - on local t.v.
curt and r.o.c.k. - on the nbc today show

cheers,
russell

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friends,

welcome to december and episode 375! this week's podcast is a break from the past few. i plan to continue with songs and thoughts from lip service soon - but tonight brings us poetry from one of my heroes franz wright and music from my friends ryan and jonas. i hope you’ll take a listen and explore the links below!

franz wright:
about - the man
the book - f
an essay – about the book
hear mr. wright - read to you

ryan’s project:
support - the show
become - a friend
see the song - out of tune confessional

love,
russell

ps – if all goes well in the editing process, next week will feature an interview and new music from curt yagi … check back!!

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friends,

welcome to monday! i just posted episode 374. it’s me back with more music and thoughts from my little just-released group of homemade songs. as a reminder, you can find and listen and download the .mp3’s at simplemuzik.com.

if you have time, i hope you’ll take a listen... :) thank you again for being here. and have a great week!!

peace,
russell

ps – if you're in the u.s., happy thanksgiving!

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friends,

i'm happy to present episode 373 tonight. it's part one in a series of podcasts featuring music from (and commentary on) my 2013 group of just-released homemade songs. letting each of them out into the world on their own is satisfying and scary in a way that's hard to describe... like an end. or graduation. happy and sad and wistful and wondering what's next?? all at once. that's where i am tonight. mixed with self-consciousness and doubt for trying to say anything at all about aspects of the world that are as imperfect and inscrutable and incomplete as they unavoidably should be.

in and around this, most of all, i'm honored and very thankful that you're here. that you take the time to check in and listen and participate with the music and the podcast means a lot to me. really and deeply. and truly. thank you. :)

the songs are available in .mp3 format for free streaming and downloading at simplemuzik.com. if you're interested, i hope you'll visit!

cheers
& love,
russell

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dear friends,

i hope november is treating you well. tonight finds me still finalizing my 2013 group of songs. i'm not quite there... but almost. to mix things up a bit, i just uploaded episode 372 of the podcast. it's me re-listening to some songs from last year, along with some thoughts about the strange/opposing ways that self doubt and faith sometimes present themselves.

i hope you'll listen! + more new music soon. i promise. :)

love,
russell

ps - for those who haven't checked in a while - simplemuzik.com is newly updated to reflect the upcoming new project. if yr interested, i hope you'll visit! you can download the songs from tonight's podcast (for free) by simply following the "download" links on the front page...

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