Monty

@MontySmith
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I believe in the scientific method, and that facts exist regardless of how many people deny them, or how fervently they do so. I believe the richest country in the world can take care of its citizens’ needs, and that our choice not to is an affront to everything we claim to hold dear. I believe Pete Seeger’s statement that “the world will be saved by millions of small things,” and I believe the Beatles were right: Love truly is all we need.
Musical Interlude 10/18/2024

Time to point out some tunes that I’ve had in heavy rotation lately. First, Billy Strings’s new record, Highway Prayers, is nothing short of amazing. Clocking in at 74 minutes and twenty tracks, it…

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Music Of The Month: July 2024

Melissa Carper Borned In Ya The new release that most captured my ears in July was Borned In Ya, the latest from Melissa Carper. The album title comes from a quote from Ralph Stanley, one of t…

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I Vote “A Certain Way”

NOTE: I wrote this to solidify some thoughts, not to open a debate. It’s a document, not an argument. A day or two after the Supreme Court granted essentially blanket immunity to US Presidents, I m…

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Music Of The Month: June 2024

Wilco Hot Sun Cool Shroud Tough to pick a favorite June release. Oliver Wood’s Fat Cat Silhouette could just as easily have gotten the nod. All the elements we want to hear in an Oliver Wood …

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Music Of The Month: May 2024

Arooj Aftab Night Reign We got a lot of good new music in May. Pokey LaFarge’s Rhumba Country is a fun listen; Willie Nelson’s The Border is characteristically great; and Finom’s Not God is probabl…

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Music Of The Month: April 2024

Anoushka Shankar Chapter II: How Dark It Is Before Dawn Several good records caught my attention in April. Khruangbin released A LA SALA (everything I’ve read has it in all caps, so I’m doing …

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Music Of The Month: March 2024 (tie)

John Lurie Music From The Series Painting With John Sarah Shook & The Disarmers Revelations From the very first episode of the hypnotically transfixing HBO show Painting With John, Suzy and I s…

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Music Of The Month: February 2024

Shaina Hayes Kindergarten Heart Several new records caught my attention in the month of February. Madi Diaz brought us Weird Faith, an album-length rumination on the psychological aspects (both goo…

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Custom 3D printed #StarTrek TOS Bridge Coffee Table. Spock’s scanner even spins! 🤓🖖 https://youtu.be/3k9kpLZySWU
Star Trek TOS Custom 3d printed U.S.S. ENTERPRISE Bridge Coffee Table

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Music Of The Month: January 2024

Marika Hackman Big Sigh Here we go starting off the new year with yet another artist I never heard of before, even though Big Sigh is Marika Hackman’s sixth album. Of course that just means I have …

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