Tag: freedom

• synth bass

  

  Vanity Is the New Mother of Invention: A Love Letter to Bukowski. Dropping end of summer on Spotify. The Genius of the Crowd.

  rodzroom

  2021-07-16

  beer, bukowski, music production

  creativity, freedom, jimmorrison, music, newbold, philly, rock, singer-songwriter, writing

• Angst Chapter One: Race

  

  What I learned during my grade school days in the 70s was anything but racist. In fact, the newly minted public education system, in an effort to make us “not racist,” introduced the concept of “racism” to us.

  rodzroom

  2020-06-22

  beer, communication, culture, media, politics

  comedy, creativity, culture, dissonance, freedom, love, mass communication, social media, writing

• 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: Live at The Thirsty Soul 7-18-2019

  

  I finally got a chance to perform the songs I had planned for Independence Day. This set features a few never-before-performed originals: Penniless Adventure, Freedom Is In, American Dream; and, I couldn’t resist putting a bow on things with Chinese Buffet.

  rodzroom

  2019-07-23

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

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