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Another band mate blog post!
So last summer I totally poached Kate McKnight from her other band, Dogwood. That sounds pretty douchey until you realize that her other band was just her and a ukulele. Thankfully, she still is in that band and does plenty of shows as and when the opportunity presents itself. I’ve…
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Persephone Rises, Thoughts and Lyrics
The Antikythera Mechanism by Nathaniel Johnstone Since Tempest wrote the lyrics for this one I think it best that she write this: This song was written in the week of the Vernal Equinox – the official beginning of Spring. Springtime always makes me think of Persephone rising from the Underworld,…
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Spotlight on Mr. Erik Brown, Bass Monster
So one of the really neat things about my band is that they are all incredibly talented, self-starting types who are already well-established in their own music trajectories. That makes it all the more awesome when see fit to set their own projects down every now and then so that…
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Thoughts on Stone Woman
The Antikythera Mechanism by Nathaniel Johnstone This started out with two different trains of thought. Train #1: In the summer of 2013, Erik and I came up with the idea of doing a folk metal bellydance album. He had come up with several baselines that just needed to have music…
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Thoughts on the song Stardust
The Antikythera Mechanism by Nathaniel Johnstone Nathan: Stardust sprang fully formed in my head the minute Alyssa showed me the words. The words and song structure would eventually morph (but only a little). I took the last verse of her original poem and altered it (only slightly!) into a chorus.…
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Thoughts on the song Epitaph
The Antikythera Mechanism by Nathaniel Johnstone I could not have done this one without my friends. I’d been in mourning for my friend Annie and decided that the best way to deal with it was to make something that celebrates life. In one weekend, my friends and I gathered together…
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Who Mourns Eos? – Thoughts and Lyrics
The Antikythera Mechanism by Nathaniel Johnstone P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Nathaniel: There’s been so much apocalyptic stuff in the news lately – global warming, war on terror, and genocide in those countries over there (which can, all too soon, turn into countries right here). After getting my daily dose…
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Thoughts about the song Snugglefish
The Antikythera Mechanism by Nathaniel Johnstone We’d just finished our weekend in Old Tucson at the Wild Wild West Convention in March of 2014. We had woken up too early after a night that went too late and we were punch drunk and would laugh at pretty much anything. When…
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Link to the Fundraiser!
The Fundraiser is officially live! Check it! http://www.nathanieljohnstone.com/fundraiser.html And here is a picture of Eleanor….because…cats!
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