Category: video

• Lyrics video: People Are Such Animals

  

  Survival story of dogs who kidnapped me.

  rodzroom

  2021-07-23

  beer, culture, media, philly, video

  americana, cats, dissonance, music, newbold, philly, rock, singer-songwriter, songs

• 21st Century Communication Theory

  

  Parroting dramatic language on social media (and therefore, like it or not, in real life) is diminishing our motivation and—to some extent—our ability to choose precise words. The pool of original ideas based on self experience is slowly and subtly being replaced with words relating to how the experience of others is constantly communicated via…

  rodzroom

  2020-06-14

  beer, communication, culture, grammar, media, politics, semantics, video

  conformity, creativity, culture, dissonance, freedom, mass communication, social media, writing

• faith is not comfort

  the path toward attainment is fraught with doubt and loneliness. simplicity makes so little sense to those caught in opaque illusions. self mastery means changing one’s mind (often, at a certain level of detailed free thinking). this is mistaken for “being wrong” by most (rather than “growth of consciousness”). so they avoid honing their awareness.…

  rodzroom

  2020-06-13

  beer, culture, philly, politics, video

  conformity, folk, freedom, mass communication, newbold, philly, rock, singer-songwriter, social media, songs, writing

• Watch: Final Open Mic at The Thirsty Soul

  

  With Pete’s Taylor in arms, I eeked out Redneck Vacation and finished up with my final performance of Chinese Buffet in the lush, comfy, New Orleans-styled parlor to the applause of a small circle of friends. 

  rodzroom

  2020-03-19

  beer, culture, live music, open mic, philly, song page, video

  americana, comedy, creativity, folk, music, newbold, philly, piano, rock, singer-songwriter, songs

• Watch: Live at The Thirsty Soul (feat Ben the Trombonist)

  

  What could make a night filled with friends from my day job coming to hang out and cheer and witness the wonder of the Chinese buffet better? Ben the trombonist!

  rodzroom

  2020-01-23

  beer, culture, open mic, philly, video

  americana, blues, folk, music, newbold, philly, singer-songwriter