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Category Archives: Music
Wordstream August 30
Really nice gig at WDVX Wordstream in Knoxville, reading from Unopened and playing some tunes. Also, really nice press piece from the Daily Times in Maryville Hitting all the right notes: Doug Hoekstra blends poetry, performance and parenthood by Lee … Continue reading
Posted in 2019, books, connections, family, fatherhood, Life, live event, Music, perspective, Poetry, radio shows, Unopened, Writing
Tagged Bob Dylan, bothering the coffee drinkers, creative process, fatherhood, knoxville, knoxville visitors center, lee zimmerman, literature, live poetry, maryville, nashvillesingersongwriters, nashvillewriters, patti smith, podcast, poetry, radio, the daily times, Unopened, wdvx, wordstream
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Pennyblack Music
Happy to weigh in on the Pennyblack Music 20th anniversary (scroll down to the “H” artists). Pennyblack is a fine UK music zine run by fine folks who I met on my first gig run through Scotland (reminiscing enclosed). Check … Continue reading
Posted in 2018, essays, friendship, memory, Music, Scotland, Travel
Tagged Edinburgh, Eglinton Castle, friendship, Glasgow, John Clarkson, Kat Parsons, memory, music, Pennyblack Music, Princes Street, Richard Bull, Scotland, Stuart Ferguson, Sunshine Delay, Virgin Records
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Downers Grove Sedoka
Here’s a new sedoka for your enjoyment. Thanks for the read, Doug Downers Grove Sedoka Isn’t it a club? Air conditioned day old smoke Disco balls that do not turn Chords ring. She passes Between my lips while dancing … Continue reading
Posted in 2018, dancing, Music, Poetry, Sedoka, Uncategorized
Tagged chords, dancing, disco balls, Downers Grove, girls, Isn't It, love, poetry, Sedoka
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The Unsung Five – Rolling Stones Haikus
The fine folks at Treehouse (re; the last post) asked me to put together something for the Five Things Feature. So, here we have five haikus for the Unsung Rolling Stones – Brian Jones, Ian Stewart, Andrew Loog Oldham, Bill … Continue reading
Posted in 2018, Haiku, Music, Poetry, Uncategorized, Underdogs
Tagged Andrew Loog Oldham, Bill Wyman, Brian Jones, Exhibitionism, forgotten men, Haiku, Ian Stewart, Mick Taylor, music, rock and roll, Rolling Stones, Treehouse Magazine
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