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  • Looker Down (live)

    From December 3, 2023. This is one of the songs I played at the inaugural Folk Adjacent Open Mic, hosted by E.W. Harris. I had a spectacular time at this event, so many wonderful performers came out for it. E.W. keeps great company, and it was on full display.

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  • Wishbone (live)

    Jason here. This is a song I’m working on for another Big City Folk song challenge. The Open Mic at Otto’s Shrunken Head is a wonderful safe space for sharing new material. This song is about a spider, and there’s a true story behind it. Back when I lived in the suburbs I walked out…

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  • Walls

    Jason here. This is another Big City Folk song challenge response. The word (or words) was "rabbit hutch", which I had to look up to see what it was. It’s basically a fancy cage for pet rabbits. I’ve seen these before, they’re usually outside so that the rabbit can get fresh air but still be…

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  • Preservatives

    Jason here. This is a fun song that I wrote in response to a song challenge as part of Big City Folk Song Club. The prompt word was "laminate", which got me thinking about things that are laminated like photo IDs and passports and whatnot. Photos of ourselves can give a visceral reaction. The person…

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  • Our first music video

    Jason here. Once upon a time I was an avid user of Flash, back before Adobe bought Macromedia. I made a handful of videos that circulated on Albino Black Sheep, like this one back in 2006. I can’t draw for shit, so for the most part I adopted a style of animation that some call…

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  • Setting up a new site

    Hey there, world. Jason here. For a long time our "website" has been a freebie thing on hyperfollow.com, which came with our DistroKid subscription. It was useful enough, as it gave people links to our music and videos, but was also kind of embarrassing. Setting up a decent WordPress site really isn’t that hard, I…

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