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chicago songster & flute gal

Chicago, IL
Joined November 2017
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@vvlightbody
vvlightbody
4 years
โ˜…๐‘€๐’ถ๐“€๐‘’ ๐’ถ ๐’ฎ๐’ฝ๐“‡๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐“‡ ๐ต๐“Š๐“‡๐“ƒ ๐ผ๐“‰ ๐ˆ๐’ ๐Ž๐”๐“ ๐“๐Ž๐ƒ๐€๐˜! โ™ฅ๏ธŽ a ๐’‰๐’–๐’ˆ๐’† & ๐’๐’๐’—๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’๐’Œ ๐’š๐’๐’– โ™ฅ๏ธŽ to ๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’š๐’๐’๐’† involved in #๐‘ด๐‘จ๐‘บ๐‘ถ๐‘ฉ๐‘ฐ โ™ฅ๏ธŽ โ € buy it! stream it! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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@vvlightbody
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8 months
Imagine writing the lyric โ€œno time for losers, cuz we are the championsโ€ฆ of the worldโ€ on a piece of paper
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6 years
All my voice memos be like: New Riff Riff 2 New Rif Bad Riff Riff Diff Riff Riff No Song Just Riff Little Riff McRiff Little Diddy Riff Jam on New Riff 4 Riff Idea 1 Loop Riff Jam Idea Tune 8 Riff Good Idea Bad Job Old Riff New Feel Riffy Riff Riffers Big mama Riff
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@vvlightbody
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2 years
damn do you recognize anyone here? ๐Ÿ˜ˆ
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Harry onstage at BBC Radio 1โ€™s #BigWeekend - May 29
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4 years
If I'm elected president I would make it mandatory to put the recipe before your "story" on your food blog
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2 years
a list of things you can do instead of talking loudly during a beautiful set of music: 1. listen 2. buy all of the band merch and listen 3. buy all of the band merch and go to bar to talk 4. sit outside the venue on the curb in the rain 5. drink toilet water, look inward, leave
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8 months
@pappypepper This is the vibe!
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2 years
will a label please sign me? I played a blender solo during an improvised music set in the American Football house that my ex lived in
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@vvlightbody
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5 years
not a finished record until you listen so many times you hate it ๐Ÿฅฐ๐Ÿฅฐ๐Ÿฅฐ
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8 months
@thefilmqueen Definitely not complaining โ€” just a fun image that made me smile and Freddie is a true champ. I love Queen. :)
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@vvlightbody
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3 years
hello all - I can sing, play guitar, keys, flute, (bass if I practiced), have 10 years touring experienceโ˜ ๏ธ, am good driver, would give you a shoulder massage if you need one, and have slept on a dog mat before so just keep me in mind for your tours & opening slots as VV โ™ฅ๏ธ
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@vvlightbody
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3 years
I am playing Millennium Park this Thursday with my very fun and cute duo Valebol opening for Jamila Woods & Eight Blackbird ๐Ÿฅด๐Ÿฅบ๐Ÿฅด 6-8:30 pm โ€ฆ free!!
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@vvlightbody
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3 years
If you see horses, say horses
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@vvlightbody
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4 years
what if you actually just radicalized your mom instead
@chancetherapper
Chance The Rapper
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Ask your mom who to vote for. Vote for who she say
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4 years
my record is out now and Iโ€™m sobbing
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3 years
Didnโ€™t have the heart to tell the dental hygienist that thereโ€™s no way her 13 year old son saw Nirvana live and that the lead singer gave him a guitar pick
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@vvlightbody
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4 years
Chicago I just can't keep a secret!!!!!! I'm working with a restaurant to develop a V.V. Lightbody pizza that you can order next week to celebrate the record release - more details to come
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4 years
My grandma (Virginia Lightbody) just called me after seeing the @chicagotribune article and said - โ€œIโ€™ll send you a check - Iโ€™d like 3 CDs - 1 for me, 2 for my best friends, and go buy yourself a bottle of nice champagne!โ€
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4 years
Love to all my sad ass friends making solo records right now
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2 years
I want to start a โ€œmusicians who are aspiring chefsโ€ club
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@vvlightbody
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2 years
If this site is crashing โ€” let it be known that I long for a world with quiet music in bars/restaurants, scent-free laundry detergent, and hooks in every bathroom. Need to get this off my chest.
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3 years
Just scooped a dead rat into a garbage can with a snow shovel & tonight we play Millennium Park at 6 pm sharp !!!!
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5 years
Found note from a HS boyfriend: โ€œI think Iโ€™m madly in love with you youโ€™re on my mind all the time even in the middle of a dodgeball gameโ€
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@vvlightbody
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2 years
playing the bbc radio 1 festival one weekend and planning a youth music festival for a nonprofit the next is a truly humbling experience lol I am so tired ๐Ÿฅฐ and so grateful ๐Ÿฅฐ
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4 years
about to dive into a conversation about police abolition with someone from my hometown who... sells bull semen????????... wish me luck!
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@vvlightbody
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4 years
i had a very anxious & bad day and then recorded a bunch of flute duets by myself and now i feel better music is healing
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3 years
I last minute decided to bring a big suitcase on tour and I am the laughing stock of the band
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3 years
Successfully wrote a song with a one word chorus and I feel it will be a hit
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@vvlightbody
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4 years
30, furby, and thriving
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4 years
I have a piano student who doesn't talk to me really at all but when I started teaching the b-section of Fur Elise he rubbed his hands together and said "let's get this party started!"
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@vvlightbody
vvlightbody
5 years
๏ผฌ๏ผฐ ๏ผ’ ๐“œ๐“ช๐“ด๐“ฎ ๐“ช ๐“ข๐“ฑ๐“ป๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ฎ ๐“ธ๐“ป ๐“‘๐“พ๐“ป๐“ท ๐“˜๐“ฝ ๏ผฏ๏ผต๏ผด ๏ผญ๏ผก๏ผน ๏ผ‘๏ฝ“๏ฝ” on @acrophaserecords โœจ โ€œIf Itโ€™s Not Meโ€ STREAMING now:
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@vvlightbody
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4 years
THREAD โ€”> Cook County Jail is releasing people without coats, socks, keys, a way home, etc. in life threatening weather. Donate to the wonderful @ChiCommunityJS if you can. #inhumaneCCJ #ChiPolarVortex
@ChiCommunityJS
Chicago Community Jail Support
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Day One of polar vortex live tweeting: Kicking off today's shift at a whopping 13 degrees (F) with a real feel of -5.
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4 years
boyf just asked me if I wanted arugula and I said "I dugula"
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@vvlightbody
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5 years
Iโ€™ve been shy about this but damn my new record is almost finished and incredibly hot
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@vvlightbody
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2 years
saw someone rip the XLR cable out of an anti-choice manโ€™s microphone today and it was swift and beautiful
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@vvlightbody
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2 years
A thing I actually said to a newspaper:
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@vvlightbody
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3 years
writing flute parts for @Macie_Stewart in my sleep lol
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2 years
Finished mixing 1 song please clap
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@vvlightbody
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2 years
Yesterday was such a dreamโ€ฆ I arrived at Newport Folk Fest and immediately slammed 6 oystersโ€ฆ then played beautiful music with @CassFreshUSA - feeling so lucky for music and shellfish
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@vvlightbody
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3 years
I made my wah pedal debut last night with @Ohmmemusic and I'm honestly never going back wah on every track 2021
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@vvlightbody
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4 years
โ™ฅ๏ธ I am pleased to announce... the first full band performance since the record dropped! See you next Monday at @audiotree โ™ฅ๏ธ photo by @RachelZyzda
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@vvlightbody
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3 years
today is my birthday & I am so grateful for this weekend โ™ฅ๏ธ
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@vvlightbody
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1 year
My new single "Itinerary" is out now! I'm calling it "shimmer-sludge". So happy to get this out in the world today!!!
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2 years
I just happen to be babysitting on the night the kids have a middle school band concert and I am STOKED
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@vvlightbody
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4 years
leeks are the new onion, parsnips are the new carrot, cashews are the new almond
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@vvlightbody
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8 months
Hey yโ€™all - Iโ€™m doing the dang thing and leaning on V.V. fans far & wide โ€” this record will not disappoint & your support would mean a lot. Please chip in and share if you can. Love, V.V. ๐Ÿ’•
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3 years
hello friends ~~ have you ever wanted some vv flute on your song? or want to capture my voice in a bottle? ~~ this month is looking a little dry and could use some work - send me a dm and we can talk more ๐Ÿ’•๐Ÿ˜‡
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4 years
Remember the Humboldt Park gator?
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3 years
6 yr. old piano student when I try to correct her: "shh! just listen to the music"
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4 years
On my sister-in-law's birthday, my brother replaced "This is the first day of my life" with "This is the birthday of my wife" and I can't stop laughing about it
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@vvlightbody
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4 years
Turning 30 this month... didnโ€™t think Iโ€™d be playing flute duets alone and reading bidet reviews
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3 years
My new album is all songs written for your sonโ€™s birthday
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3 years
whatโ€™s the most peaceful thing thatโ€™s happened to you recently? I fell asleep reading about udon noodles last night
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3 years
BRB, grinding to โ€œLittle Drummer Boyโ€ with my Jewish boyfriend
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4 years
After all of this can we please make shows start at 8 pm? thank you :)
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3 years
is there any place in chicago where I could rent a bunch of frogs for a few hours?
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3 years
Iโ€™m sorry to say tomorrow will be my last show ever because Iโ€™ve been approached by the YMCA to join their Adult Swim Team because of my beautiful flip turn
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@vvlightbody
vvlightbody
4 years
Babe I am HAVING my Bachelorette Party and itโ€™s GOING to be at NAVY PIER like Iโ€™ve dreamed about my whole life!!!!!!!!!!!
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4 years
finding myself craving human experiences like the one time I watched a couple break up in a sushi restaurant
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5 years
My mom just said โ€œI hope you get a tiny desktop concertโ€
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4 years
I wish Venmo was called Venom because money is poison
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3 years
new single out tomorrow.... :) started writing this one about 6 years ago ๐Ÿ˜Ž
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5 years
I think I need a boyfriend* *that will move in immediately to make my rent go down
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4 years
20 year old V.V. would sell her soul for a pitchfork review, 30 year old V.V. would sell her soul for a @SongExploder episode
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5 years
Gonna have my album listening party at Mariano's so everyone can get some shopping done while they bop to new V.V.
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3 years
Went to a show last night and had so much fun I threw out my back???
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4 years
well... shit...this rules
@CHIRPRadio
CHIRP Radio 107.1FM
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New local #Chicago music in the #1 and #2 spots, and @RJD2 charts the top 10 for the third week in a row! Tell us what new tunes you're spinning โฌ‡๏ธโฌ‡๏ธโฌ‡๏ธ
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4 years
mom!!!!! I! Was! Nervous! And! Excited!
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3 years
2022 gong hit at the end of every song
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3 years
Damn listening to my old bandโ€™s album released in 2016 and having an absolute blast... (if anyone is wondering what I was up to pre-V.V.!) itโ€™s so freaky deaky and Iโ€™m singing so loud
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5 years
...was โ€œHey Arnoldโ€ my first introduction to jazz?
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4 years
Really just hoping that after all this, people in my hometown will stop asking me if I've considered going on "The Voice"
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2 years
coming on this cursed website to say that I saw a video of someone mixing their leftover pickle juice with tahini to make a veggie dip and I did it last night and it's incredible !!!
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4 years
my new record all summed up so u don't need 2 listen on may 1st: 1. anti-jealousy 2. lake romance 3. friend does hurtful thing, skips town 4. be your own boyfriend 5. death/legacy 6. commitment 7. death 8. hypothetically moving in with your boo 9. relationship ending
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@vvlightbody
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1 year
Touring with @Fruit_Bats in April!!!! + a few fun headlining dates ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜
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3 years
Show me your riffs
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5 years
Today one of my students asked me if one of the members of OutKast was named Bob OutKast
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1 year
My new rider is 1 avocado, 1 kombucha, and 3,000 people in the room
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vvlightbody
4 years
Chicago - my incredibly sexy duo VALEBOL is playing outside of @ThaliaHallChi tomorrow at 5:30 pm sharp AND yes duh weโ€™re playing a Bjork song AND yes duh Iโ€™ll do the thing where I play flute with one hand and keyboard with the other
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2 years
kindness is slow but kindness can win
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4 years
Iโ€™m at a loss for words - weโ€™re almost SOLD OUT of the first pressing of โ€˜Make a Shrine or Burn Itโ€™! Thank you for an incredible record release day - please keep streaming the record - people seem to like it? ๐Ÿ’Ž #MASOBI
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5 years
Hi @NnamdiOgbonnaya um im a big fan of yours would love some tips on math rock? Also only if you have some free time would love it if you checked out my record and let me know what you think but only if you have time Iโ€™m a huge fan! Haha thanks!
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6 years
It sucks to think about all the scales I could have been shedding as a young girl instead of conforming to beauty standards/hating my body but watch out fuckers I love my body now (most days) and I am shredding
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2 years
Sitting in my Buick in the park eating a humboldt haus sandwich while it rains is heaven
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5 years
my roomie (who's not in the scene at all) said innocently this morning, "are you streaming on all platforms?" and I started to cry
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4 years
Can anyone guess what song my high school band was absolutely shredding in the cafeteria?
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3 years
I like it when people say they sat down with my record. I love sitting
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3 years
YES Iโ€™m having a record release show 1.5 years later!!!! Come celebrate the RELEASE RENEWAL! 11/27 & 11/28 Chicago @Sl33pingVillag3 : MKE @ Cactus Club: poster by @banana_cecelia ๐Ÿฆข
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3 years
The only catcalling I allow is old men yelling at me about how much they like my Buick
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4 years
grilling with a headlamp on call me Daddy Lightbody
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3 years
This might be controversial but I donโ€™t go to nature to hear music coming out of Bluetooth speakers I go to nature for nature sounds
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3 years
the finger is a natural capo
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5 years
Every venue should have a pull up bar so bands can get buff and stretch their sad & sorry van backs
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4 years
โ€œNo Justice, No Brunchโ€, we yelled, as Wicker Parkโ€™s patios looked over with maskless & aioli covered faces - some of them holding up fists
@katebyrnepower
Kate Byrne
4 years
Nothing felt better than yelling โ€œNo Justice, No Brunchโ€ today at people sitting on patios while marching through Lakeview/Wicker Park. #BlackLivesMatter
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1 year
I finally get to play a show tonight and say โ€œIโ€™m releasing this song on Fridayโ€ and itโ€™s been a while for me on the new music front / Iโ€™m tootinโ€™ a little horn! art takes time!
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4 years
Iโ€™m a 7th grade boy and Iโ€™m here to talk to you about Led Zeppelin
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4 years
It took me 4 hours, getting sprayed in the face, & calling myself โ€œlil plumber galโ€ but I installed my bidet todet
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