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This instrumental composition, Clyfford Still, was used in the documentary film “The Next American Dream” and a few other places.  I started writing this song on my birthday.  It was built around the piano line that sort of mimicked the sound of my dog, walking across the wooden floor above my head.  He was 14 [...]

Songs are society’s mirror. Throughout our history, songs have reflected the tones, the attitudes, and the events of every decade. They have prepared us for war, and marched us through it; saluted our heroes and ridiculed our fools and villains; marked every kind of national and personal disaster; noted every trend and passing [...]

May each of us create a body of work capable of overshadowing all the times we’ve been a punch line.

john velghe looks back on the influence of jay bennett on the band wilco and on himself

John Velghe’s submission for the Soundtrack for Parks and Recreation

Ron Asheton played in the ever-important tension between abandon and unity