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. A young tree, branches bright with a covering of fresh snow, against a background of elder trees in Van Cortlandt Park
    Eager and Ready
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  2. Many trees atop a small snow-covered hill along the eastern trail of the Cross Country Course in Van Cortlandt Park
    Everyone Was Waiting
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  3. The pianist performs solo, playing Gershwin, Monk, Nick Drake, Radiohead, adding passionate, florid, discriminating improvisations for an engrossing journey through 20th century music.

    Listen to the album on YouTube

  4. A sign reading - Natural Area. Restoration in progress - stands in from of underbrush and fallen trees all covered in snow in Van Cortlandt Park
    Restoration
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  5. Two trees with crooked trunks lean over the eastern trail of the Cross Country Course in Van Cortlandt Park from opposite sides of the trail, which is covered in snow
    Crystal Cathedral
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  6. Curated from 10 years' of recordings, the album serves as a celebration, a record & a narrative told in the raw, energetic, spiritual, honest colors of the Boss's matchless live act

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  7. A large tree with many curving branches behind a stone wall in Van Cortlandt Park.
    Enthusiasm
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  8. A thin tree, with snow on its bark in the foreground, and dozens of similar trees in the background, in Van Cortlandt Park
    Soloist
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  9. Daniel Lanois assembles an all-star band (Brian Eno, Brian Blade, Jon Hassell, Bill Frisell, Brad Mehldau, Bono) for a slow, dark, yearning set evoking nights in L.A.

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  10. Snow-covered bushes in the foreground with thin trees in the background on a snowy morning in Van Cortlandt Park
    Different Approaches To Growth
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  11. A small snow-covered tree along the Bridle Path in Van Cortlandt Park
    Everyone Heard It In Their Native Langauge
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  12. The ensemble gets back to basics with an instrumental album of layered, sinuous, luscious, textured songs that unfold & evolve effortlessly, a foundation for dynamic, expressive soloing

    Listen to the album on Bandcamp

  13. Trees, bushes & underbrush, covered in snow at the edge of a field, also covered in snow, in Van Cortlandt Park
    You Can Imagine It
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  14. Trees and a trail sign in the snow in Van Cortlandt Park
    Complete the Mystery
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  15. With thrillingly unconventional arrangements, unusual, energetic percussion, soundscapes, fresh-sounding synths, Sampha navigates simultaneous devastating grief & good fortune, finding beauty.

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  16. An evergreen whose branches are slightly weighed down by freshly-fallen snow in Van Cortlandt Park
    Ode To Gravity
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  17. A wide tree trunk whose bark is dusted with fresh snow in Van Cortlandt Park
    Winter Texture
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  18. Returning from hiatus, the band pushes into new sonic territory in several directions, writing more melodically while retaining their trademark angular, playful, boundless energy.

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  19. A tree branch weight down by the snow that covers it in Van Cortlandt Park
    Today's Weight
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  20. Several snow-dusted trees in Van Cortlandt Park
    For All We Know They Could Be Dancing
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  21. Emerging from a decade-long artistic wildnerness, Bowie reconnects with Nile Rodgers for this genre-bending set whose polish belies its moody, edgy musings on difficult subjects.

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  22. A large tree with multiple large branches on a snowy day in Van Cortlandt Park
    Reach
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  23. A snow-covered park bench beneath a snow-covered tree in a snoy field in Van Cortlandt Park
    An Invitation
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  24. Catchy melodies, energetic, rollicking arrangements & a big sense of fun combine fittingly with Hitchcock's wacky sense of humor, surrealism & biting wit.

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  25. A cluster of snow-covered branches
    Clustered
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