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Sep 16, 2025

New Video - Nowhere Left to Hide

“Nowhere Left to Hide” is the 4th official video from NON-JUDGMENT DAY which was released on January 21, 2024.

Video directed by Colter Olmstead 

Editing & Cinematography by Colter Olmstead 

Plot idea by Kirsten Kearse 

Big thanks to Nan Parsons…

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Feb 13, 2025

New Video! - End of America

“End of America” AKA “End of America (begin again)” was recorded in one afternoon by Phil Elverum who plays bass, organ & drums on it. Karl Blau shreds near the end. Geneviève, Allyson & Nicholas lent their voices.   David Scherer… Read more

Jan 31, 2025

40 Days & 40 Nights of Ramblin' 🎶 

A year ago today I began Leap Month Tour '24. Here's a no frills summary with the final three weeks truncated:

LEAP MONTH TOUR '24

Day 1 (1/31): Loaded my tour merch, musical equipment, and clothes into my ‘97 Toyota Tacoma and hit the road west from Missoula at 8 PM. Spent the night at Candyce’s duck farm near Medicine Lake, WA.

In the middle of the night, I checked my email and saw that Carrie Oldright had Venmoed me $200, requesting that I play a show for underprivileged kids, ideally in Reedsport, OR. I couldn’t make that happen in Oregon, but I did four weeks later at a daycare in Paw Paw, MI.

Day 2 (2/01): Continued west to Seattle for the LEAP MONTH TOUR ‘24 debut—a house concert at Sheri & Ross’ place. I was rusty after months without playing guitar, but the audience was supportive, and I found my groove halfway through the set. At 1:46 AM, I finally sent out my overdue tour itinerary email, opening with:

“Dear Sandfans: I just played my first house concert of tour at Sheri & Ross’ marigold mini mansion. The audience was extremely supportive, and I found my sea legs about halfway through the set.”

I also mentioned that I’d just released an early version of NON-JUDGMENT DAY on Bandcamp—available only until midnight.

Day 3 (2/02): Woke up to a surprise. Erika Fredrickson of The Pulp (Missoula’s independent news org) wrote a fun article about my accidental album release:

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Jan 20, 2025

New video! - Darkest Day (Feat. Foreshadow)

Many thanks to Elgin Smith for compiling the historical footage for this video.

“Darkest Day” was produced by Shadow Deveraux--aka Foreshadow--who also raps on the song. Ian Smith plays Wurlitzer; Grace Decker plays fiddle; Matt Bainton drums; Hermina Harrold and…

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Nov 2, 2024

Election song for Vice President Harris!

Here’s a song I wrote last week for Madame Veep. It has been a tradition of mine since the Reagan years (“Ronald McDonald”) to write an election-year “president” song. 
  Big thanks to Foreshadow for the beats, Ken Grinde for the… Read more

Mar 4, 2024

Leap Month Tour '24 Publicity

Here's a sampling of some of the posters & flyers from my past 22 shows! Kudos to the graphic designers and photographers:

 

Aug 1, 2023

"The Ballad of Pee-wee Herman"

The first decent song I ever wrote was titled "The Ballad of Pee-wee Herman" (fall of 1991). It was also my first song that ever made it onto a CD (or cassette for that matter) when The Evergreen State College…

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