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Alex Anest @alexanest.bsky.social · Apr 23

My most boring video...
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Using Tetrachords to Understand Major Scales

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Alex Anest @alexanest.bsky.social · Apr 7

I actually believe that you can't really separate Queer Liberation from Black Liberation or Palestine Liberation or any other resistance to oppression. There is no excuse for support of Israel.

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Alex Anest @alexanest.bsky.social · Apr 6

Karim Gideon at North Star tonight, friends. Come out!

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Footprints || Karim Gideon Quartet ||

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Alex Anest @alexanest.bsky.social · Apr 4

Long Winded Lessons!
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Shell Voicings and Color Tone Chords - YouTube

This is an ongoing series of lessons exploring one of the many methods of generating chords on the guitar.

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Alex Anest @alexanest.bsky.social · Mar 30

For as long as I have been alive it has been taken for granted that the president can bomb any country he wants without asking for congressional approval so the idea that we live in a democracy is bs. If you can use my money to murder people without my permission, that's not freedom.

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Alex Anest @alexanest.bsky.social · Mar 30

Bringing the organ trio back online! 4/11 at Dabney & Co, 4/12 at North Star Lounge. Featuring David Ward on drums and Robert Mason (from Columbus!) on organ. anestmusic.com drinkswithdabney.com nstarlounge.com
Buy tix in advance for North Star!

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Alex Anest @alexanest.bsky.social · Mar 23

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Some European countries and Canada issue advisories for travelers to the U.S.

The advisories come after some citizens from European countries and Canada have been detained and deported by immigration officials while traveling to the United States.

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Alex Anest @alexanest.bsky.social · Mar 22

Tour update: three to go. Tonight in Sumiswald, tomorrow in Winterthur, Monday in Germany somewhere. I'm tired but my belly is full of cheese and sausage and chocolate. As usual we've made lovely new friends, connected with lovely old friends, and made some great music.

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Alex Anest @alexanest.bsky.social · Mar 20

Driving and gigging and sleeping and driving and gigging and sleeping and...

It's not a bad life

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Alex Anest @alexanest.bsky.social · Mar 18

Yesterday: Played another house concert, this time with Beth Wimmer and her partner Mike. They are amazing hosts. Stayed up late getting drunk and playing tunes with Mike. Met many beautiful people and felt a lot of love. Tonight is the 6th show of 12. Playing in Oberhofen.

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Alex Anest @alexanest.bsky.social · Mar 16

Highlights of today; Stopped at the Rheinfall; it's still stunning. Played a house concert for 30 people which was nicer than playing last night in a mostly empty theater. Had delicious home cooked soup and other food that was NOT PASTA. Perfected the van packing system at last!

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Alex Anest @alexanest.bsky.social · Mar 16

Kevin's affirmation for me: "It's OK for me to trust the process."

My affirmation for Kevin: "I can make other people do shit for me, because I am the singer."

Let's just say that I'm very protective of Kevin on the road.

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Alex Anest @alexanest.bsky.social · Mar 16

I left my keffiyeh in Bern. Free Palestine every day. Drove through E. France to get to Germany. Played at a little folk club to a very small audience. Sold a bunch of CDs though! R'n'R scripture - "There was no way they'd make even a half a tank of gas."

Pics of our hosts Beth & Michael & pets.

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Alex Anest @alexanest.bsky.social · Mar 14

Drove to Bern and stopped at Coffee Coaching Club where everyone was very kind and we had amazing coffee. I walked around alone and bought postcards at a really cool artist collective - The Blackyard Shop. Then I went back to CCC to write them. They were playing Kevin's music at CCC. It was lovely.

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Alex Anest @alexanest.bsky.social · Mar 13

Welp. I don't have any pics from tonight but the gig was OK. On the plus side, Eisenwerk is a cool little venue and our old friends Michael and Claudia showed up. On the minus side the sound was less than stellar. But we managed to improve it for the second set. I promise more pics tomorrow friends!

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Alex Anest @alexanest.bsky.social · Mar 13

Today we had raclette and then took a walk into the town of Frauenfeld where we stopped at a local bar to drink local whiskey in the afternoon. Because that's what you do on the road. Also I taught Gigi how to play Cribbage so that was fun. She almost won! About to get dressed and head to show #1.

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Alex Anest @alexanest.bsky.social · Mar 13

March 12 Rock'n'Roll scripture.
"When it's not always raining there'll be days like this.
When there's no one complaining there'll be days like this.
When everything falls into place like the flick of a switch
Well my mama told me there'll be days like this."

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Alex Anest @alexanest.bsky.social · Mar 12

Landed safe in Amsterdam. My seat mate was a young German documentary filmmaker who was returning from SXSW. He is making a film about how most Germans in the postwar period didn't want to talk about nazism and pretended that they were always against it...

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Alex Anest @alexanest.bsky.social · Mar 11

I'm on tour in Switzerland/ Germany for the next 2 weeks. I'll post my tour diary here, hopefully lots of little posts and pictures. I got through airport security in Detroit and I'm at my gate 3 hours early. Kevin and Gigi will be here soon I'm sure. I'm excited to play and sing for twelve nights!

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Car free in the Motor City @hollerbach.bsky.social · Mar 10

I used to be afraid of militant protests despite believing they are necessary. I applauded them from afar while privately and socially trading in the language of nonviolence and “optics”. Despite the urge to be bold in the face of injustice … 1/3