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Singer/songwriter from Spokane, WA. Solo music is under the name Automatic Shoes, and band is Atari Ferrari. Just put out a record called 'Remember When We Were All Lovers'. www.theautomaticshoes.com
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Putting this out there for @npr.org's Tiny Desk Contest! Got a full set of new songs recorded and will post the rest soon. 🙂

And now for something fun: A few photos in this week’s @inlander.com about local Spokane artist Kristin Robbins’ work and her art opening tonight at Entropy from 5-9 pm. www.inlander.com/culture/kris...

The Tea Party, who strenuously protested when a Black guy they claimed was born in Africa was spending their tax dollars, are strangely silent now that a white guy who was definitely born in Africa is doing it

Rest in peace, Marianne Faithful. 💔 Still think of hearing Ballad of Lucy Jordan for the first time in Thelma & Louise, but my favorite might be this Decemberists cover. youtu.be/fGgAT8zMja0

We could always just collectively stop paying our taxes, I guess. 😎

I know things have been politically bleak for a long time, but seeing Timotheé Chalamet introduce a younger audience to the music of Bob Dylan, from such a sincere and excited place within him, gives me hope. youtu.be/v6dCTnnoVsI

Today I'm thinking about David Lynch and this mysterious black box I found at the thrift store. The box contains a portable Super 8 player with a built in screen, made for traveling salesmen. The film inside is all about the benefits of Transcendental Meditation. It wasn't online, but now it is. RIP

If you're near #Spokane and are open to some live music this Saturday night, come to this show...if you're into singer/songwriters with bands. 😎 www.eventbrite.com/e/karli-fair...

I'm not sure if this will find the right people here, but this is for people who sell music through #bandcamp who want an option to get paid without supporting #paypal chng.it/4cgcx6NrRJ

The last two nights, my boyfriend has come downstairs to ask me to "turn down the bass" so tonight I am listening to this album, just so I can say "actually, there is no bass on this album." This is what it's like to live with me. 🙃

Found a signed picture of Ruth Gordon 🤍 #haroldandmaude #rosemarysbaby #ruthgordon

Feel like I'll be talking into the void again, so I guess it is just like twitter. Here is where I've been spending most of my time lately.