The Dark Bob

MITB Records in association with Badger presents

DEAR OXYGEN
(2004)

ORDER NOW $12 ($15 international)

What the Hell Is This?

It's a collaboration between poet Lewis MacAdams and performance artist The Dark Bob. It's words and music, sound stories, voice essays, poems, letters and songs - matters of life and death. With the exception of Peril, which was written by the artist, Lauren Bon, Lewis MacAdams wrote all the words. The Dark Bob composed, sampled, performed and produced all the music and sounds.

Lewis MacAdams' most recent books are Birth of The Cool and The River: Books 1,2 & 3. He is currently writing a biography of Jann Wenner, founder of Rolling Stone, A frequent contributor to National Public Radio’s Day to Day, he is the founder of Friends of The Los Angeles River. Lewis has published 11 volumes of poetry and performed his work all over the U.S. and Europe. His writing has appeared in Rolling Stone, the Los Angeles Times, and Entertainment Weekly.

Also contributing to the CD is multi-Grammy award winner, John Chelew on guitar, and drummer Danny Frankel, who has worked with Lou Reed, Beck and kd lang.

"This was a true collaboration," says MacAdams. "We wrote it together, both in and out of our minds, together at the studio or home alone, In the year that this project evolved, Dear Oxygen has never been far from our thoughts."

"It was so easy," agreed The Dark Bob. "I barely remember doing it."

Click song TITLES for SAMPLES

1. DEAR OXYGEN
2. AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A HAWK
3. PERIL
4. SPRING STREET
5. BLUE PHASE
6. A SIMPLE ACT OF COMPASSION
7. BEIRUT
8. CREPUSCULE

ORDER >

CREDITS

All Words Written and Performed by
LEWIS MAC ADAMS

All Music and Sounds Composed, Performed and Sampled by
THE DARK BOB

Except
Peril Words by Lauren Bon
Beirut Performed by The Dark Bob (vocal) and The Dark Band (track)
Beirut music co-composed by Twinka Theibaud
Spring Street Vocal Harmonies by Jack Skelley

The Dark Band is:
John Chelew, Guitar
Danny Frankel, Drums and Percussion
Sheldon Gomberg: Bass and Fuzz Bass
Glenn Nishida, Guitar
The Dark Bob, Guitar, Keyboards & Samples

Earlier versions of Dear Oxygen and Spring Street appear in The River, Books One, Two & Three (published by The Blue Press, Santa Cruz, CA. A slightly different version of A Simple Act of Compassion was featured on the NPR show, Day to Day

Produced and Arranged by The Dark Bob
Recorded by Glenn Nishida, Pacifica Studios, Los Angeles

Published by Shizinn Songs, BMI

MITB Records in association with Badger

Photo from Birds of Prey, Bonanza Press

More info:
www.badgerpublicity,com
www.myspace.com/badgering