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Big props and shoutout to Jess Marten, Chiyo Ueyama, Nicholas Marshall and @travisjames @magrochester for being the best collaborators on the planet with @garthfagandancecompany (I’m so proud of my young GFD family!!!) and to the amazing @alexgweiser for his fantastic accompanying video instillation of the dancers dancing movements that reference the prolific #johnrhoden sculptures!! 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾❤️ @pafacademy #supportlocalarts

Music is uniting; it’s universally fun! Here’s my personal appeal for this year’s M&E bank Clothesline Art Festival, hoping you’ll come check it out @magrochester ! This year’s festival will be a special one. Things are a bit different this time around; there’s more of EVERYTHING, (we are packing it to gills!) and some of that everything is music. I’m super happy to have built the lineup we did! Many thanks to the performers who will make the day!

Sunday, October 5th 7:00 $10 NOTAFLOF All Ages FFO: Experimental, Folk, Indie, Singer Songwriter Thomas Dollbaum (New Orleans) @thomasdollbaum Wise and tender indie folk Dollbaum’s debut Wellswood was released in 2022 via Fat Possum/Big Legal Mess, drawing comparisons of Justin Vernon and Damien Jurado (Popmatters) to Richard Buckner and Arthur Russell (AllMusic) for his “compelling lyricism drawing as much from the dark caricatures of Harry Crews and Denis Johnson as Springsteen’s realism” (Beats Per Minute). / Matt Bent (Brooklyn) @m_a_t_t_b_e_n_t Drums – sound – art / An Historical (Rochester) @travisjames Not-so-light feelings DM for address.

It’s my sweetie’s birthday! We are all so lucky to have this woman in our lives. Her radiance is inspiring, her support uplifting! I don’t know where I’d be without her 😌. Here are a few of my favorite pics from the last year: Chimney Bluffs, checking out the aurora, Halloween, the Roa’s wedding, camping, dog-momming, and her seizing the moment to pot a plant right before bedtime. There’s no one I’d rather build a home, share so many adventures, and make life with @ms.flossandflow 🎂👸🏼🤍

Putting my face and human form on the TL to give one last promo pitch for Saturday Night (Live) @barbadending - doing the one man band thing, after a decade plus of not. Very happy to bring @thoughtpartner (w/ @capntburgs ) to Roc. It’s silly to say, but I’ve also never seen Crush the Junta perform live with my own eyes and ears, but @carbonjoetunis @chrisreeg and @dennispatrickaguilarmariano are a Rochester treasure. I’ve spent a good amount of time preparing for this, and am excited to bring a more fully fleshed out version of my tunes to a live audience. Come find out whether or not me posting a picture with a guitar in my hands contains any irony.

Every day is Valentine’s Day with @travisjames Here’s some pictures from all three of our wedding celebrations 🤍🤍🤍 Love is cool Love is the greatest Sending love to all of you Today and everyday

Presenting, for your consideration (and I am very pleased that Dave reached out about this one): Tuesday, February 18th DM Stith + Aaron Roche The Psychic Garden 7 pm doors, 8 pm music $10 — NOTAFLOF DM @the_psychic_garden for address Aaron Roche @aaronroche … is a teacher and songwriter living in Brooklyn New York. He has collaborated and recorded with artists as far ranging as Anohni, Lower Dens, and the Western Australia Syphony Orchestra. His most recent release is a 7” record in collaboration with Record Euphoria in Chicago DM Stith @dmstith A singer-songwriter and visual artist currently living in upstate NY, DM Stith has explored his expressive vocal range on three solo albums of original music. He’s collaborated extensively with other artists such as Thomas Bartlett, Son Lux, My Brightest Diamond, Anna B Savage, and toured extensively in Sufjan Stevens’ live band. “DM Stith whispers with hypnotic, bone-deep authenticity, somewhere between Nina Simone, Perfume Genius, PJ Harvey and Leonard Cohen.” —Michael Stipe ‘Stith creates musical friction in a way that’s brilliantly compelling… shimmering with impressionistic beauty.’ —The Guardian

Feels weird to promote something while a major cultural center of the US burns, but the show must go on, and we still deserve beauty and joy despite all the heartbreak. On that note, it is my esteemed pleasure to be presenting this show @the_psychic_garden on Jan 18. @dorotheapaas - I have to admit, I hadn’t heard Ms. Paas til I was approached about this bill, but her newest album is fabulous, and well worth many repeated listens. I could tell you how she’s a singer songwriter with lush production, but that wouldn’t really do her work justice. @garylamaar - a Rochester mainstay, and hardworking musician to boot. Every time I have seen Gary perform, it has been completely different, but always compelling. @m_a_t_t_b_e_n_t - Matt consistently inspires me, and to say that is an understatement. His work is so fresh and contemporary and it always excites me to hear how he takes things to their limits. Think about all the wild Warp records acts you can, but give it a heaping dash of accessibility, and you’ll be on the right track. Saturday 1/18, 7pm doors, 8 pm tunes, $10 (or PWYC) @the_psychic_garden - DM for address.

Two years happens in the blink of an eye. It feels like almost yesterday was the first day we met. Many days, I wake up and have to pinch myself, slightly in disbelief that this woman is my life partner. 1/6 is a date that, to us, is full of love and kindness above anything else.

This Saturday 11/16 @the_psychic_garden : @jasonandersonmusic returns to Rochester. It’s hard to describe the feeling one can get from his shows, but anyone who has been a part of one knows. It’s a real special time; it’s communal and healing. Joining are a personal local fave of mine, @homevideosband , delivering a throwback to their early days, in that it will be an all acoustic set. 7pm doors, 8pm tunes - it will be an early one, too, so you can catch this before you get under way with any other weekend plans. $10 NOTAFLOF, DM for address

Has it really been a year already? Celebrating the one year anniversary of our reopening, featuring members of our community who have helped make our space what it is today, and some new friends too. Saturday 11/9 - 6:30 PM $10 / pay-what-you-can All ages | DM for address

THANK YOU BROOKLYN❤️❤️❤️ 📸: @dannie.marsella