Pink Skunk Clownfish Poems by Joe Esser A sheaf of pages from the field guide of a vexed suburban nature poet.

A Heart I Carved for a Girl I Knew Poems by Chris King A collection of 31 poems about 23 years of intermittent, mostly self-inflicted heartache.

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Crossing America
by Leo Connellan
Leo Connellan performing his hitchhiking epic (in his skid row lobsterman twang), with musical interludes between the poem's 29 sections -- musical miniatures ranging in feel from old-time fiddle to post-bop jazz to swaggering rock to tone poem -- that combine to form an experimental folk symphony.

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Memory Music: Songs and Stories from the Merchant Marine
by Pops Farrar
A rollicking batch of 36 songs and stories from the Merchant Marine and the Mississippi River by songster Jim "Pops" Farrar.

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Dance for an Orphan's Wedding
by Three Fried Men
Skewed, quirky folk-pop one passer-by described as "Syd Barrett fronting the Cowboy Junkies." He might have added "coming out of the library with a bunch of weird books.

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Cool of the Coming Dark
by Michael Friedman
The 2nd release from Charleston, West Virginia native Michael Friedman. Ten songs about sex, drugs, and lyric poetry. Features some of St. Louis's finest roots musicians.

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Pretty Blue Pills
by Fred's Variety Group
The debut from the finest low-fi, folk rock trio in St. Louis.
"...Gutbucket guitar tone, sweetly clashing harmonies and eerie, soulful songs" (The Riverfront Times).

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Bells and Buzzers
by Fred's Variety Group
FVG's 2nd release. Twelve songs of mystery, mixed drinks, and imagination, "like self-medicated demo sessions from the Handsome Family or Tom Waits" (No Depression).

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WORKS IN PROGRESS
We live in six different states, which makes finishing anything a challenge. But here's some free music and things to read until we actually finish these records.

Dead Presidents
New songs about dead U.S. presidents. Straight talk - and crooked song - about croaked POTUS.

Crumbling in the Rain
by Eleanor Roosevelt
A big, sloppy, blues-drenched rock record with a smidgen of epic ambition.

(Why It's) Enormous Richard's Almanac
by Enormous Richard
The timeless cassette classic, remastered and repackaged for a new millenium.

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