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Sep 37 min read

On the Music of Jacob McCoy

Introduction The bridge to David Ramirez's “New Way of Living” haunts me: There’s a plumber down in Arkansas The best writer that I ever...

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Aug 2714 min read

Afterward - The Gospel According to Joe: Meditations on Joe Pug's Sketch of a Promised Departure

“ Hymn # 101 " “A man cannot have a sensuous nature and be pachydermatous at the same time, and if he be imaginative as well as sensuous,...

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Aug 213 min read

Part XI - The Gospel According to Joe: Meditations on Joe Pug's Sketch of a Promised Departure

10. Descent from the Cross by Torchlight If there were any doubts remaining about the Gospels as the model for this album, the title...

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Aug 2110 min read

Part X - The Gospel According to Joe: Meditations on Joe Pug's Sketch of a Promised Departure

9. No Place a Good Man Can Hide This penultimate track, with the last lyrics on the album, is the quintessence of a Joe Pug song:...

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Aug 216 min read

Part IX - The Gospel According to Joe: Meditations on Joe Pug's Sketch of a Promised Departure

8. You’re Not a Secret There’s no obvious reason for this beautiful song’s inclusion at this point in the album. The scapegoat figure...

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