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The alternatives are not placid servitude on the one hand and revolt against servitude on the other. There is a third way, chosen by thousands and millions of people every day. It is the way of quietism, of willed obscurity, of inner emigration.

— J.M. Coetzee


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READIN started out as a place for me to keep track of what I am reading, and to learn (slowly, slowly) how to design a web site.

There has been some mission drift here and there, but in general that's still what it is. Some of the main things I write about here are reading books, listening to (and playing) music, and watching the movies. Also I write about the work I do with my hands and with my head; and of course about bringing up Sylvia.

The site is a bit of a work in progress. New features will come on-line now and then; and you will occasionally get error messages in place of the blog, for the forseeable future. Cut me some slack, I'm just doing it for fun! And if you see an error message you think I should know about, please drop me a line. READIN source code is PHP and CSS, and available on request, in case you want to see how it works.

See my reading list for what I'm interested in this year.

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🦋 Mountain Station

photo by Sylvia

Well out of a year and a bit of jamming together, John and I have put together something worth listening to (IMO obviously). You can download our demo tape from box.net if you'd like to check it out. (Click the "Download Folder" button to get the tape as one big .zip file.) Streaming here:

Track list

  1. "Highway 61 Revisited" by Bob Dylan (with a bit of fooling around with the lyrics from yours truly)
  2. "NJ Transit" by Jeremy
  3. "Dancing Barefoot" by Patti Smith
  4. "Revelator" by Gillian Welch
  5. "Shady Grove," traditional
  6. "California Stars" by Woody Guthrie and Wilco
  7. "St. James Infirmary," traditional
Mountain Station is John Hicks on guitar and vocals, Jeremy Osner on Stroh fiddle and vocals. Follow us on Facebook to see new songs when we record them, and works in progress...

Update -- I am thinking with this post I'll be taking a brief hiatus, a couple of weeks. Thanks for reading, those of you who stop by regularly -- I'll be back, just want a little time off.

Please help us find our audience! If you are reading this post and you like the music, I would greatly appreciate links back, from your blog or your rss reader or Facebook, whatever. Help get the word out...

posted evening of Saturday, April second, 2011
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thanks jar-o-me (old spelling) i'm gonna check out your demo - i'm excited to hear it - i heard that one solo piece, but i'm gonna put this on my music player so i'll listen to it more.

it's so convenient to fill out a form to write to you. well now let me peruse your page.
thanks for the spell check (i defeated it with my original parouse).

posted evening of April 5th, 2011 by thom hall

Hey, far out! Thanks for coming around here, Thom.

posted evening of April 5th, 2011 by Jer-o-me

Really like the Dancing Barefoot cover. Very odd version genre-wise but highly enjoyable.

posted morning of April 22nd, 2011 by Barbara Soutar

Thanks, Barbara -- that was one of the first songs we ever did where I really felt like we were coming up with out own sound. (I was playing "Drowsy Maggie", and John said, Hey, that sounds a lot like "Dancing Barefoot"...)

posted afternoon of April 22nd, 2011 by Jer-o-me

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