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Nick Cave.
15/12/2023

Nick Cave.

Adeem the Artist just being themselves in front of thousands at the freaking Opry?? Honored to share a small portion of ...
29/06/2023

Adeem the Artist just being themselves in front of thousands at the freaking Opry?? Honored to share a small portion of this planet with someone as bold & brave as them!! Songs: For Judas & Middle of a Heart.

Broken Megaphones - author copies of paperbacks out of the box!
27/06/2023

Broken Megaphones - author copies of paperbacks out of the box!

“I didn’t write a setlist” and “I don’t usually play this long as an opening act” are paraphrases, directly from the sta...
25/06/2023

“I didn’t write a setlist” and “I don’t usually play this long as an opening act” are paraphrases, directly from the stage during Adeem’s 23 song, almost two-hour set to an enthusiastic core of their fans and a few gawkers at Duke’s H***y Tonk on the south-side of Indianapolis on Saturday, June 24th.

This means they took lots of requests and played them all and interspersed countless covers, including an early-set magical mashup up of Tom Petty, Train, Ray LaMontagne, and R Kelly. The snippet of Jason Isbell’s 24 Frames remained in Fervent For The Hunger, so not just a one-off when opening the Weathervanes tour with a one-hour scorcher to lay kindling at the fireplace of an Isbell face-melter.

Another Petty cover found its way into the later set, not to mention a Deana Carter track from the 90s and an encore of “This Year” by the Mountain Goats, Adeem’s all-time favorite band. They also mentioned during another Mountain Goats aside earlier in the set, that they believe that John Darnielle may be part of a Godhead with Dale Earnhardt, or some such thing, as wild theological ramblings, mixed with crude religious humor, as a kind of kinky apostolic standup comedy for the deconstructed and church-hurt but still cosmically loving, mingles between songs.

When we pulled into the venue parking lot, my forever concert date was like “this is a h***y tonk?” Are we safe here? Is Adeem? Just being honest, y'all.

But we were relieved to find the venue packed with Adeem’s people. Some gawkers and probably Duke’s regulars in a lot of hat and even more boots, well, they rambled in late and left early, but even though they had no idea what hit them, one extra-straight couple did slow-dance during “For Judas.” I did not download my lyrical exegesis of that song to them afterwards.

We added this show, my tenth time seeing Adeem since February 2022, when we were in town for another band the night before. And I am so so glad we did. It was the longest, wildest Adeem set I’ve seen yet, and we loved every minute of it.

Adeem the Artist
Headline set at Duke’s H***y Tonk
Indianapolis, Indiana
June 24, 2023

Plot of Land
Our Love Is A Garden
Asheville Blues
Fast Cars
Mashup Medley of Covers
(Tom Petty - Free Fallin
Ray La Montagne - Jolene
Train - Meet Virginia
R Kelly - Ignition)
Fervent for the Hunger (with 24 Frames snippet)
Nancy
Middle of a Heart
Womyn Who Bartend
Imagine We Are Infinite
Out of Tune Song
Painkillers & Magic
ICU
Strawberry Wine (Deana Carter cover)
Heritage of Arrogance
Jason Aldean Takedown Song
I Was Born In A Weigles
Runnin Down A Dream (Tom Petty cover)
Books & Records
For Judas
Going To Heaven
Going To Hell

Encore
This Year (Mountain Goats Cover)

18/06/2023

Thank you souch to Sawmill Poetry Series for this description of July 10 at Plenty on Broad in Cookeville:

July's Sawmill Poetry Series feature is none other than Andrew William Smith (also known as Sunfrog) and his new book, Broken Megaphones: Christ-Haunted Poems About Loving & Losing Religion. Sawmill Poetry Series is excited to celebrate this new collection, and we're not alone. Rick Quinn, writer at PopMatters and Ordinary Space, says: “I don’t know many poets and mystics, but Andrew William Smith is the genuine article... Broken Megaphones is witness and testimony, fire and love. It is a gift. Take. Read. Receive.”

Andrew/Sunfrog (he/him) has been spitting & scribbling poetry (under a variety of names!) since the late 1980s, when he was rooted in the urban wilds of Detroit, Michigan. A poet living in Tenasi since the mid-90s, for always, Sunfrog’s poems have invoked the Beat-hippy chant & rant tradition, where they exist at the intersections of radical nonviolent activism, spirited disorganized religion, & the chaotic joy of living with neurodivergence & practicing recovery from addiction.

Smith will read followed by our usual (actually, it's pretty exceptional!) community open mic, which this month will be hosted by Martha Highers, editor of Under the Sun and a friend of the series. All in our community are welcome to listen as well as share their work, just arrive by 6:45 p.m. to reserve time. Regular host, Erin Hoover, will return in August.

12/04/2022

The hippy street preacher has something to say about the holy day between Friday and Sunday of Easter weekend.

29/03/2022

Punk rock Quaker from rural Michigan. Universalist Jesus-loving hippy from rural Tennessee. 2 ex-addicts from Detroit, who come to riff about recovery, rant against racism, rave about religion, pray for peace, & practice nonviolent revolution.

02/03/2022

Andrew/Sunfrog recites an antiwar poem written on Ash Wednesday morning.

23/01/2022

Andrew performs a poem of deconstruction from years within the neopagan new age milieu, prompted after a shattering experience, after listening to multiple episodes of the Conspirituality podcast.

23/01/2022

Andrew introduces & performs an intense poem in response to his experiences listening to Conspirituality, as part of his religious deconstruction, this time from years in neopagan & new age circles.

16/01/2022

Andrew preaching for the local UU church on MLK Sunday.

11/12/2021

Please join a group of friends as we discuss our favorite albums from 2021.

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Holy Saturday is a Punk Rock Holy Day
Holy Saturday is a Punk Rock Holy Day

The hippy street preacher has something to say about the holy day between Friday and Sunday of Easter weekend.

Not Ready For Prime Time - 1
Not Ready For Prime Time - 1

Punk rock Quaker from rural Michigan. Universalist Jesus-loving hippy from rural Tennessee. 2 ex-addicts from Detroit, who come to riff about recovery, rant against racism, rave about religion, pray for peace, & practice nonviolent revolution.

Anti War Poems on the First Ash Wednesday of World War 3
Anti War Poems on the First Ash Wednesday of World War 3

Andrew/Sunfrog recites an antiwar poem written on Ash Wednesday morning.

Confessions After Listening to the Conspirituality Podcast - Poem
Confessions After Listening to the Conspirituality Podcast - Poem

Andrew performs a poem of deconstruction from years within the neopagan new age milieu, prompted after a shattering experience, after listening to multiple episodes of the Conspirituality podcast.

Confessions After Listening to the Conspirituality Podcast
Confessions After Listening to the Conspirituality Podcast

Andrew introduces & performs an intense poem in response to his experiences listening to Conspirituality, as part of his religious deconstruction, this time from years in neopagan & new age circles.

MLK Sunday Sermon
MLK Sunday Sermon

Andrew preaching for the local UU church on MLK Sunday.

Best Music of 2021 Conversation
Best Music of 2021 Conversation

Please join a group of friends as we discuss our favorite albums from 2021.

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