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with great effort, together

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My Big Breakwith great effort, together
a seemingly infinitely stretching concourse with terrazzo floors
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#282
February 12, 2026
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so fruity it doesn't even need sweetening

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My Big Breakso fruity it doesn't even need sweetening
two deer looking for snacks in the 31" of snow beyond our screen window
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#281
February 5, 2026
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birth, death, mountains, ants - conversation with David Moore

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My Big Breakbirth, death, mountains, ants
a beautiful early January sunset at the southernmost point of Oaxaca
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#280
January 29, 2026
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Watermelon Well

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Today we’re announcing a new LP :)

album art for Sunbeam of No Illusion - a two-toned floral sculpture against a sky on a light purple background

SUNBEAM OF NO ILLUSION is the first official work with my buddy John Thayer, a super studio wizard and percussionist (whose solo album from last year is really good, too).

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#279
January 28, 2026
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there first opens up a reaping-shaped hole

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My Big Breakthere first opens up a reaping-shaped hole
a blurry Mexico City seen from above on Christmas Eve
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#278
January 22, 2026
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the eternal tucking in of mud from the shovel

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My Big Breakthe eternal tucking in of mud from the shovel
a fresh layer of snow and a bouquet laid atop a grave dug for a deer
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#277
December 11, 2025
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finally a day that was both free and good

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My Big Breakfinally a day that was both free and good
a view of Ghent from up in the carillon tower on a gray, wintry day
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#276
December 4, 2025
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an ochre handprint

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My Big Breakan ochre handprint
a single lightbulb burns super bright on the slope of a driveway before a cluster of trees that have just recently lost their leaves
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#275
November 13, 2025
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blown on my embers

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My Big Breakblown on my embers
a willow tree missing a good chunk of its upper branches after a wind storm
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#274
November 6, 2025
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brain okay category

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My Big Breakbrain okay category
a disco ball in a hay field under a clear autumn sky
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#273
October 30, 2025
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very "good job" motivated

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My Big Breakvery "good job" motivated
a growth of leafy foliage just starting to turn red for the fall grows up a pylon holding up a highway against a brilliant blue sky
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#272
October 23, 2025
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play as you wish, do as you will

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My Big Breakplay as you wish, do as you will
the moon in the sky on a beautiful evening, two unfinished buildings in the foreground
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#271
October 16, 2025
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sifting lucre from the loam

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My Big Breaksifting lucre from the loam
an image of the Earth printed on a towel
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#270
October 2, 2025
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maybe I still got that dawg in me

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instead of a new studio track this week, please enjoy this video of my big band playing one riff for 42 straight minutes

my buddy John Thayer and I are going to be doing a Northeast gentle music weekender pretty soon, including a set at a sauna in Portland, Maine where we will be soundtracking the schvitz, here’s the tour flyer:

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#269
September 25, 2025
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strong as new rope

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My Big Breakstrong as new rope
a happy bunch of blushing sunflowers basking in the afternoon sun
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#268
September 11, 2025
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I became a baby again and it's the best thing that's ever happened to me - conversation with Nick Webber

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My Big BreakI became a baby again and it's the best thing that's ever happened to me
a growing sunflower just about to bloom
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#267
September 4, 2025
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outlines of our loved ones in the dark

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(click the link / opening credits to listen)

My Big Breakoutlines of our loved ones in the dark
the opening credits of a Jackie Chan movie showing at the local drive-in
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#266
August 28, 2025
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the Fool, having leapt

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My Big Breakthe Fool, having leapt
an enormous fish puppet emerges during a music festival proceeded by a machine putting out a ridiculous amount of bubbles
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#265
August 21, 2025
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granted myself a music that was neither coming nor going

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(click the link / backstage blackberry bush to listen)

My Big Breakgranted myself a music that was neither coming nor going
a blackberry bush goes nearly totally ripe backstage at Pickathon
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#264
August 14, 2025
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thank you nice lady with a gun

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My Big Breakthank you nice lady with a gun
Willow River Falls in Wisconsin on recent beautiful day
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#263
July 31, 2025
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