Author: Kelly
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What is Djembe Funk?
I made a band called Djembe Funk. I play the Epiphone Les Paul, the Custom Fretless Bass, and a couple of Djembes. Funk music grabbed me a while back and refuses to let me go. I have given in to it.
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When they say “shut up and play,” tell them to shut up and listen.
Jack Casady knows what being a protest musician is like. I have his signature bass. It helps me fight fascism. Sadie hates fascists too.
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What’s all this “leader” talk?
Castro was a leader for practically my whole life. He’d have been a billionaire with that kind of go getter mentality in the States.
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Now is the time.
News in the US has me thinking about protest. If you ever needed a nudge, I am nudging.
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Let’s talk about guns (among other things).
Guns come up a lot. They came up today in an article from a Tennessee newspaper. I talk about how I see that little issue.
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ICE reminds me of Monty Python.
I collect pics of Kristi Noem in various outfits. I like an AI one of her doing scuba. There’s one of her in a firefighters uniform. But the ICE, the real pictures, blow me away. She looks so damn cheesy.
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I’ve got mixing to do in the studio (and it feels good).
This is a pic of me having the time of my life in Houston. I was recording at a friend’s studio who I met online. Was nice to make music and meet up.
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A new day, a new spoken word project.
I want to work on a spoken word project. Are you a good speaker?
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Making songs by capturing sounds I like.
Songs are hard. don’t care what anyone says. I’ve found a lot of comfort in that.
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Important announcement, bigots have work to do.
Much like chess, the right option may be in front of us. We just don’t see it.