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I’ll be leaving Colorado soon. Before that happens I wanted to get together with some friends of mine who have been fun to play with. They are mostly singers. During an afternoon-long unrehearsed recording session and fish fry, we set … Read the rest

I am taking a sort of poor man’s sabbatical in the coming Academic year, and will not be consistently located in the state of Colorado. Over the summer I’ll be back and forth across the US a couple of times, … Read the rest

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On this Wednesday, March 20, 2019, the soul of one John Elwood Cook crossed the St. Lawrence River to rest, I hope, on some sun-mantled island, surrounded by fat muskellunge and bass, not a single rock bass, priceless acoustic guitars, … Read the rest

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A song by Terry Allen, interpreted by J. Boor:

More folks should listen to Terry Allen. He’s great. Lubbock: on Everything, whence this song, is my favorite of his records. His songwriting and performance are both sui generis… Read the rest

In honor of Thanksgiving Day, I present the following poetastrical pamperistrophe, composed several years ago by its own author, myself namely.

Why You Shouldn’t Eat an Elephant

You shouldn’t eat an elephant
Because they’re so intelligent.
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