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Currently on RARadio:

"On to the Next One" by Jacqueline Van Bierk

"I See You Tiger" by Via Tania

"Lost the Plot" by Amoureux"

Bright Eyes, Black Soul" by The Lovers Key

"Cool Thing" by Sassparilla

"These Halls I Dwell" by Michael Butler

"St. Francis"by Tom Russell & Gretchen Peters, performance by Gretchen Peters and Barry Walsh; 

"Who Do You Love?"by Elizabeth Kay; 

"Rebirth"by Caterpillars; 

"Monica's Frock" by Signel-Z; 

"Natural Disasters" by Corey Landis; 

"1,000 Leather Tassels" by The Blank Tapes; 

"We Are All Stone" and "Those Machines" by Outer Minds; 

"Another Dream" by MMOSS; "Susannah" by Woolen Kits; 

Jim Morrison, Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson and other dead celebrities / news by A SECRET PARTY;

"I Miss the Day" by My Secret Island,  

"Carriers of Light" by Brendan James;

"The Last Time" by Model Stranger;

"Last Call" by Jay;

"Darkness" by Leonard Cohen; 

"Sweetbread" by Simian Mobile Disco and "Keep You" fromActress off the Chronicle movie soundtrack; 

"Goodbye to Love" from October Dawn; 

Trouble in Mind 2011 label sampler; 

Black Box Revelation Live on Minnesota Public Radio;

Apteka "Striking Violet"; 

Mikal Cronin's "Apathy" and "Get Along";

Dana deChaby's progressive rock

 

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Rick Alan Rice (RAR) Literature Page

ATWOOD - "A Toiler's Weird Odyssey of Deliverance" -AVAILABLE NOW FOR KINDLE (INCLUDING KINDLE COMPUTER APPS) FROM AMAZON.COM. Use this link.

CCJ Publisher Rick Alan Rice dissects the building of America in a trilogy of novels collectively calledATWOOD. Book One explores the development of the American West through the lens of public policy, land planning, municipal development, and governance as it played out in one of the new counties of Kansas in the latter half of the 19th Century. The novel focuses on the religious and cultural traditions that imbued the American Midwest with a special character that continues to have a profound effect on American politics to this day. Book One creates an understanding about America's cultural foundations that is further explored in books two and three that further trace the historical-cultural-spiritual development of one isolated county on the Great Plains that stands as an icon in the development of a certain brand of American character. That's the serious stuff viewed from high altitude. The story itself gets down and dirty with the supernatural, which in ATWOOD - A Toiler's Weird Odyssey of Deliveranceis the outfall of misfires in human interactions, from the monumental to the sublime. The book features the epic poem "The Toiler" as well as artwork by New Mexico artist Richard Padilla.

Elmore Leonard Meets Larry McMurtry

Western Crime Novel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I am offering another novel through Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing service. Cooksin is the story of a criminal syndicate that sets its sights on a ranching/farming community in Weld County, Colorado, 1950. The perpetrators of the criminal enterprise steal farm equipment, slaughter cattle, and rob the personal property of individuals whose assets have been inventoried in advance and distributed through a vast system of illegal commerce.

It is a ripping good yarn, filled with suspense and intrigue. This was designed intentionally to pay homage to the type of creative works being produced in 1950, when the story is set. Richard Padilla has done his usually brilliant work in capturing the look and feel of a certain type of crime fiction being produced in that era. The whole thing has the feel of those black & white films you see on Turner Movie Classics, and the writing will remind you a little of Elmore Leonard, whose earliest works were westerns. Use this link.

 

EXPLORE THE KINDLE BOOK LIBRARY

If you have not explored the books available from Amazon.com's Kindle Publishing division you would do yourself a favor to do so. You will find classic literature there, as well as tons of privately published books of every kind. A lot of it is awful, like a lot of traditionally published books are awful, but some are truly classics. You can get the entire collection of Shakespeare's works for two bucks.

You do not need to buy a Kindle to take advantage of this low-cost library. Use this link to go to an Amazon.com page from which you can download for free a Kindle App for your computer, tablet, or phone.

Amazon is the largest, but far from the only digital publisher. You can find similar treasure troves atNOOK Press (the Barnes & Noble site), Lulu, and others.


 

 

 

Europa  Europe Music

 

"Milk Teeth" Video Director

 

Danakil aka Cyrille de Vignemont, Director/Photographer.

 

Since 2005, Danakil's photographs and video-installations have been shown at the French Art Is Not Dead exhibitions in Europe ; at the Lyon Biennale ; at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Shanghai ; at Agnes B., Hong-Kong ; at the Teen/Spirit show in Melbourne ; and in Paris at Galerie 208 and at the Palais de Tokyo.

Since last year, he has directed music-videos for The Micronauts, The Penelopes, Y.A.S/Mirwais, Poni Hoax, Mohini Geisweiller...

His video for Poni Hoax’s Antibodies was featured at the the 19th Saatchi & Saatchi New Directors’ Showcase during Cannes Lions 2009. Danakil also won the Best New Director Award at the Antville 2009 Music Video Awards, and The Best Narrative Video Award in 2010 for Milk Teeth by Mohini Geisweiller.

Click on Danakil's photograph above to got to his site for more information.

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Parisian Singer Mohini Geisweiller

(and a creepy thing on the floor, may be her inner turmoil)

From the Director, Danakil: "In a house surrounded by trees, Mohini hyperventilates into a paper bag to calm her anxiety - she is being haunted by Christlike visions, vodka drinks, and a projection of her soul as a strange creature. Alone in a car with this surreal shape of her vital bodily functions, she attempts to escape her darkness." Yikes! And we thought the Germans were twisted. Mohini is a Parisian singer, recently championed by fashion designer Mark Jacobs, who named her one of his "It Girls" for 2011. She hasn't really broken in the U.S., and it is hard to imagine that her brand of low-intensity techno purring really has a place in the U.S. market. That's okay though. Her soundtrack is entrancing even if you don't look at the video, like Hamburger Helper without the hamburger. But you add in that beef and you've got...I'm not sure. Check it out.-RAR

 

 

 

Mohini Gesweiller

If "Milk Teeth" didn't satisfy your need for low intensity techno, check out "Sex in Dallas", which features the Mark Jacobs model having a hard time escaping a photographer to get dressed for the video.

 

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Alka Balbir

While we are reviewing the music stylings of 2011 "It Girls" (see Mohini Geisweiller above), why not an offering from Alka Balbir, another of Mark Jacob's selections. The Louis Vuitton model is also a film and stage actress, as well as a singer.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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