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Escape From Society Podcast

by www.samkulik.com

Sam Kulik discusses his album Escape from Society and music in general.

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Episodes

  1. EFS23 August 2014

    August, briefly. Tilt Brass, Douglass Street is done, Slavic Soul Party, police brutality, and what more can you say?

  2. EFS27 December 2014

    Christmas gigs (and a record), some parties and sitting in, visiting a school and playing for no audience.

  3. EFS26 November 2014

    7 countries with Sam. Many collaborations on a European tour, refinement of some solo performance practice, the good and bad and funny that happens on tour.

  4. EFS25 October 2014

    Gigs with Tin Pan, Gordon Webster, and the Universe is a Small Hat, with a nod to Frank Zappa.

  5. EFS24 September 2014

    Lots of Tin Pan this month, in Central Park and other places. Some Afrobeat and some theater and solo Escape From Society too.

  6. EFS22 July 2014

    Feather Gatherers! (read: Stravinsky), jazz on both sides of the border, what I think about Kickstarter, return of the gigs with Simi Stone, a week at Camp Candy.

  7. EFS21 June 2014

    A tour in June: Chicago to improvise, London/Bristol/Oxford with Tin Pan.

  8. EFS19 April 2014

    A flurry of activity ranging from Ellington transcriptions to church gigs to new African friends and renaissance music for brass. Special attention given to musician and pal Jordan McLean.

  9. EFS20 May 2014

    20 gigs in 31 days...from "Under the Boardwalk" to Phill Niblock, some good and bad tuba experiences, easy money and work-your-ass-off money.

  10. EFS18 March 2014

    March in review. Tributes to Robert Ashley, some Tinariwen and Iranian funk, gigs with Skeletons, David First, the Shanty band, and more...

  11. EFS17 February 2014

    February's gigs, music from Levon Helm, NRBQ, Cecil Taylor, Louis Armstrong, the Neville Brothers, Frank Zappa, and a song about JFK.

  12. EFS16 January 2014

    January 2014 in review with discussions of audience expectation, composing, and getting paid. Music from Langhorne Slim, Billie Holiday, Johnny Society, Otis Rush, and Googoosh.

  13. EFS15 Cynthia Hopkins

    An interview with theater-maker Cynthia Hopkins, whose recent show "This Clement World" I was a part of. The subject of the work is climate change so we talk about that as well as how the piece was created. Long format.

  14. EFS14 I Flip My Rhythms

    Influential gems from Helmut Lachenmann and Frank Zappa introduce "I Flip My Rhythms", written in collaboration with deaf artist Christine Kim.

  15. EFS13 The Winter Storm

    Changing the lyrics around and incorporating unusual sounds for the track "The Winter Storm", and a goodie from the Skeleton$ Big Band.

  16. EFS12 Escape From Christmas

    The Christmas episode! Three original songs from the Yulenog franchise and three classic Christmas song-poems.

  17. EFS11 So You Want to Be a Slug?

    Talking about working with slugs (literally), working with/for myself, and wondering if Rodd Keith got trapped on the same hamster wheel I do sometimes. Plus "Christmastime Philosophy."

  18. EFS10 Thank You

    How the tuba came to be, what the tuba does, and why it's included in the song "Thank You." Bobbi Blake in a Yuletide crazy world.

  19. EFS9 Bellarthur An Albino

    The song "Bellarthur An Albino" and the challenge of overdubbing six trombones together. Plus goodies from Guygax and Deerhoof.

  20. EFS8 South Philly Daze

    The hilarious story behind "South Philly Daze"...was I getting in over my head?

  21. EFS7 Election Edition

    4 classic song-poems about presidents in advance of the 2012 election. Music as oral/aural history.

  22. EFS6 Tres Dedos Marron

    Mike Pesca's lyrics to "Tres Dedos Marron," Kyle's attempts at an organ solo, plus a song of his own!

  23. EFS5 Infinite Shit

    Justin Bieber, real speed/slow speed "Infinite Shit"

  24. EFS4 More Than Your Dog

    Interview with lyricist Carolina Komarova, "More Than Your Dog", NRBQ, Pussy Riot, "Woman's Liberation".

  25. EFS3 Last Train To Paradise

    Why jazz musicians shouldn't condescend, Fred Neil's influence on "Escape from Society."

  26. EFS2 The Verge

    Discussing the weirdness of Guygax, recording in Las Vegas, the nature of memory, and how to make a snare drum sound unique.

  27. EFS1 Middle of Nowhere

    Introduces song-poems and features the songs "Middle of Nowhere" and "Escape From Society."

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Sam Kulik discusses his album Escape from Society and music in general.

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