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.

  1. Trees and shrubs in the foreground, clouds tinted pink & purple by the sunrise, in Magazine Beach park in Cambridge, MA
    Two Varieties of Lushness
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  2. The artists blend their sounds. Intricately-picked acoustic guitar over ramshackle cluttered beats & gorgeous harmonies sung tenderly, creating something unique, fresh & inviting.

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  3. Various trees and shrubs in Magazine Beach Park in Cambridge, MA
    Several Approaches to the Same Endeavor
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  4. McLachlan probes the elusive mysteries & passions of the human condition via her haunted melodies over unconventional beats, uneasy synths & intricate arrangements.

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  5. A green wooden park bench with a pair of boots and socks underneath it along the Dr. Paul Dudley White Path in Cambridge MA
    Rehearsal for Departure
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  6. The band captures the feral energy & crackling danger of its live sound while sacrificing none of the swaggering confidence, wit, or wisdom of its clever, fun lyrics.

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  7. The First Church of Christ on Christian Science Plaza in Boston
    Alternate Timeline
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  8. Two adult ducks and three ducklings swim west in the Charles River, with Boston University's Center for Computing and Data Sciences in the background.
    Morning Commute
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  9. A bee collecting pollen from pink daphne blossoms with the Charles River in the background.
    Down to Business
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  10. Hazy & angular poetics adorn these coming-of-age tales to the backdrop of sweeping cinematic analog synths, atmospheric guitars, & durable, interlocking rhythms.

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  11. John Paul Davis's shadow at sunrise in Magazine Beach Park in Cambridge, MA
    Taller at Sunrise
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  12. Wry, subversive lyrics wrapped in infectious hooks set to driving, skillfully-wrought groove-oriented beats, with occasional flourishes on trumpet & synth. The catchiest brainy music.

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  13. View of the Harvard Bridge, with the skyline of Boston in the background, and a sycamore tree in the foreground, at sunset
    Even With Its Face Hidden
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  14. Mottled bark of a sycamore along the Charles River in Cambridge MA
    History is a Story We Tell Each Other 4
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  15. Uncanny strata of samples coalesce into a psychedelic & funky sheen of splendor & joy. Lazy Saturday afternoon nostalgia, shot through with workaday poetry

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  16. Mottled bark of a sycamore along the Charles River in Cambridge MA
    History is a Story We Tell Each Other 3
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  17. A bedrock of reliable grooves supports deep, rich textures & subtle layers unfolding patiently into soundscapes focused more on atmosphere & evolution than melody.

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  18. Mottled bark of a sycamore along the Charles River in Cambridge MA
    History is a Story We Tell Each Other 2
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  19. Mottled bark of a sycamore along the Charles River in Cambridge MA
    History is a Story We Tell Each Other 1
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  20. Pink and hot pink fake roses on the doorway of a shop on Newbury Street in Boston
    Always On
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  21. Orange day-lily in Van Cortlandt Park
    Guided by a Star
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  22. Vivid lyrical imagery & meditations on a vibrant inner life as experienced in encounters in the natural world over rhythmic acoustic picking & striking chord progressions.

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  23. Warm, lustrous, hypnotic bluesy riffs fade in & out over atmospheric organ all supporting sultry, dreamy singing of oblique, mournful lyrics.

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  24. Energetic & urgent. The band channels hope & history, rage & rejoicing in these epic songs that celebrate & transcend their eclectic influences. As timely today as 35 years ago.

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  25. Smoketree spurge leaves with droplets of water on them after a rain shower in Van Cortlandt Park
    Relief
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