John Paul Davis
My name is John Paul Davis. I write poetry, build things on the web with code, make music and visual art. I love making things. This website is mostly about the things I make and do.
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Run-on Sentence -
Dynamic, shapeshifting compositions that are also warm, catchy tunes with oblique memorable lyrics, sweetly sung, examining both inner turmoil & middle-aged revelation & joy.
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The Rays -
Lyrical, inventive, gentle interplay, tightly interlocked & playfully loose, between three masters of their instruments. Simultaneously adventurous & contemplative.
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Resisting Spittlegib
Friend,
I’m trying to maintain some consistency here with this newsletter, and my informal goal is to send a little something out weekly, which goal feels, at times, improbable to me, because a voice inside me keeps insisting that I won’t have anything to... Continue Reading Resisting Spittlegib
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Texture vs. color -
Buckley's versatile, shapeshifting, aching singing & dexterous, stirring guitar playing elevate these gorgeously-written tunes of longing to emotional & spiritual transcendence.
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Honey Bouquet -
Infectious melodies & a swinging, nimble, boisterous band imbue these lean, expertly-crafted songs of losing love & finding oneself with joy in home, & the glittering world
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Rise Rise Rise -
Necessary & sometimes difficult truths & steadfast resilience delivered in exquisite lyricism sung sweetly over finely-crafted, warm, textured beats.
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Bursting -
Bright, jubilant singable songs of gratitude, reflection & joy in the face of mortality backed with arresting, winding, textured layers.
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Sentinels -
Deftly, gorgeously layered eclectic instrumentation supports the strophic songs' backbone of acoustic guitar & Sam Beam's impressionistic lyrics tenderly, achingly sung.
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There Is Always Dancing -
Mimic -
The Uncomputable
Recently (like, very recently, as in mere minutes ago) I responded to a friend who is contemplating starting their own newsletter but who also is feeling apprehensive about the prospect by saying “The world is full of voices and forces that will tell you not to write. Don’t li... Continue Reading The Uncomputable
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Evidently -
Heartbreak, anger, pain & longing fill this album of baroque, amibitous, sweeping moods achingly inhabited by Wainwright's powerful, emotive singing.
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Exuberance -
Wit, wordplay, charm & character all woven together in these deceptively complex but catchy tunes. Sting is an arresting singer, baring his heart & having fun doing it.
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Aspirations -
Expertly balanced between sincere, emotive philosophy & witty, cutting satire, captivatingly sung, set against gorgeous, lush arrangements.
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The brothers Gutiérrez play warmly, exploratoritavely, kaleidoscopically, expansively over spare percussion to craft a sound larger than the sum of its parts.
