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Small Town Iowa and Railroads
I decided there is really no need to go in depth on these. Just the distant rumble of trains rolling across the plains..

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Apr 30, 20211 min read
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The Moon is Down -Radical Face
"All my life I've watched you dance along to music I can't hear -I ain't equipped to hear those songs"

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Mar 12, 20211 min read
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Landscape Scrapyard | Music is Memory
So, here is what was going on in my head at the time... I was trying to create a landscape that expressed how a particular genre of music...

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Mar 12, 20211 min read
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My Way to You -Original Song
In short, this is an original song about an aching heart trying to find its way back to a long, lost love. At the same time, the aching...

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Mar 5, 20211 min read
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Skateboardingisfun -Part 3
More photos from the vault. We always had the best time stacking clips, who knew later on down the road how rad it would be knowing we...

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Feb 21, 20211 min read
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Gifts for Mom and Dad
Very rarely do I get my work printed. This year, for Christmas, I thought I would make my folks something. I've clearly been on a poster...

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Feb 18, 20211 min read
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Only Ghosts -Gregory Alan Isakov
Gregory Alan Isakov released "Rust Colored Stones" in 2003 and I certainly regard it as one of his lesser known albums. From briefly...

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Feb 16, 20211 min read
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Wildwood Flower -Carter Family
I don't really have much to ramble on about this song other than I have said I think it is one of the the prettiest melodies I've heard...

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Feb 10, 20211 min read
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Do You Ever Remember -Molly Drake
I am not sure, but I think I came across Molly Drake's music by hearing some of her songs in a documentary called "A Skin Too Few" - a...

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Feb 1, 20211 min read
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Come Early Morning -Don Williams
I don't even really know how I came across this song, but I believe I first heard it on the Youtube channel called "When the Cowboy...

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Dec 3, 20201 min read
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Skateboardingisfun -Part 2
It has given me a lot of joy going through and editing these photographs and I am stoked I have more rounds of these to work on! Living...

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Oct 27, 20201 min read
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Skateboardingisfun -Part 1
Honestly, it feels kind of late sharing this due to the fact that I have slowed down immensely in the past two years -Sometimes, I don't...

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Oct 23, 20202 min read
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Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah -Allie Wrubel, Ray Gilbert
When I was really little my Grandma Muhlbauer used to sing Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah when we came over. She also had a VHS with the song on it...

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Aug 26, 20201 min read
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My Blues -Original Song
This is the first Blues song I ever wrote and simply decided to title it "My Blues". I am a big fan of old time Country Blues and Ragtime...

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Jul 28, 20201 min read
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Kingdom Coming (Year of Jubilo) -Henry Clay Work
This little tune was written and composed by Henry Clay Work in 1862. It is a very popular old time fiddle and Banjo tune -usually played...

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Jul 24, 20201 min read
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Gusty Night Chimes -Instrumental
I recall creating this melody in the Spring after several days of howling wind either in March or April. I am pretty sure it was in...

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Jul 17, 20201 min read
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Ditty in D -Instrumental
For some reason this melody makes me think of a freight train slowly rolling through a landscape far out in the undisturbed west. I...

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Jul 13, 20201 min read
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Fishin' Song -Original Song
Everyone knows I love fishing -and there is no place I love to fish more than the meandering waters of the river. One morning I just woke...

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Jul 7, 20201 min read
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Bitter Canyon at the Solarium
The Solarium is what Wally calls the room in his home turned music studio. Such an inviting space, you can't help but feel the need to...

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Jan 24, 20201 min read
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Library of Congress Posters
I have found myself to be a fan of "old stuff". The earliest memories I can recall of being fascinated by old things come from trips out...

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Jan 14, 20202 min read
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