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          <div class="message"><p>I played a show back on March 20, 2026 with <a href="">Liz Shine and the HRT and Juliet and the East. &nbsp;I was s</a>ick and didn't realize how sick until right before I was getting on stage. &nbsp;I told this…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/news-and-life/blog/7764619/tell-me-a-story-2-more-to-say-about-my-trumpy-parents">Read more</a></span></div>
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          <div class="message"><p>I write a short story for most of my live sets. &nbsp;It suddenly occurred to me that I should post them here (duh!). &nbsp;I performed at the Northern Sky Festival in Olympia on September 6, 2025 and told this story…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/news-and-life/blog/7631294/tell-me-a-story-1-ding-dong-james-dobson-is-dead">Read more</a></span></div>
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          <div class="message"><p>Hey everyone! &nbsp;I've had this song kicking around for a while and am getting it ready for upcoming shows. &nbsp;Here's a preview of the solo version. &nbsp;The album version is a full band arrangement. &nbsp;It's a goofy song I wrote…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/news-and-life/blog/7393192/actual-musicking-news-5-new-song-demo">Read more</a></span></div>
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          <div class="message"><p>Hey everyone! &nbsp;I'm playing a show Thursday, May 2nd in San Francisco at El Rio! &nbsp;Its an album release party for <a href="https://shawnavirago.com/">Shawna Virago's</a> new album Blood In Her Dreams. &nbsp;Also on the bill is <a href="https://www.emchy.com/">Secret Emchy Society</a>. &nbsp;Our Femme-C…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/news-and-life/blog/7393191/actual-musicking-news-4-2024-upcoming-shows">Read more</a></span></div>
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          <div class="message"><p>I came out as trans between 1994-1996.&nbsp; I’ve been on T since August of 1996.&nbsp; &nbsp;Back then I so often felt isolated and alone.&nbsp; &nbsp;When I first started coming out, I had one trans guy friend.&nbsp; I was a novelty…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/news-and-life/blog/7169642/coffee-and-feelings-i-woke-up-this-way-7-happy-trans-day-of-visibility">Read more</a></span></div>
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          <div class="message"><p>The news broke a couple of weeks ago that Rex (Loren) Cameron had passed away in November of 2022.&nbsp; This photo is of my original copy of his book, Body Alchemy, that I still have.&nbsp; I studied that book daily…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/news-and-life/blog/7169637/coffee-and-feelings-i-woke-up-this-way-6-rex-cameron-and-body-alchemy">Read more</a></span></div>
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          <div class="message"><p>2023 is flying by and also in reality we are only a few weeks into it! &nbsp;I'm getting very close to graduating from Berklee Online. &nbsp;By the end of June I'll be done with this chapter in my education! &nbsp;I'm…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/news-and-life/blog/7155889/actual-musicking-news-3-recent-shows-a-podcast-scoring-and-composing-projects">Read more</a></span></div>
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          <div class="message"><p>I believe that the year was 1996 and I made a trip to the Homocore Minneapolis PO Box like I did back then, usually once a week.&nbsp; On this particular trip I found a letter from some kids in Lincoln…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/news-and-life/blog/7062422/coffee-and-feelings-i-woke-up-this-way-4-for-abbie">Read more</a></span></div>
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