Archive - Ahem! with Andrew Bird

May 2025

"Fake Palindromes"

Ahem...sorry for the Substack issues.

May 29

5:03

The Andrew Bird Jazz Trio - Live at the Green Mill

Happy first birthday to Sunday Morning Put-On.

May 23

48:14

Notes on "Skin Is, My" from The Mysterious Production of Eggs

May 22

4:34

Live from the Green Mill with Alan Hampton & Ted Poor

May 20

4:59

"I Didn't Know What Time It Was"

Live from the Green Mill with Alan Hampton & Ted Poor

May 16

3:40

Do I go with what I want to say or what I want to hear?

Ideally both, but there’s a lot of haggling that goes on between the two.

May 13

4:31

"Banking On A Myth"

Thanks for all of your thoughtful replies to my question about whether unpacking these songs takes away some of the open-ended, ambiguous fun.

May 9

6:30

Broken Books: The Adventures of Augie March by Saul Bellow

The competition for the greatest American novel is kind of a silly exercise, but it seems we’ve collectively decided on The Great Gatsby. I never really…

May 6

Ojai's Taft Gardens

My artist-in-residence.

May 1

2:25

April 2025

Notes on Sovay from The Mysterious Production of Eggs.

Apr 28

6:15

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