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CHILLFILTR® is a multifaceted platform dedicated to amplifying independent voices in both music and literature. Listen live Wednesday nights from 9-11pm on 89.5 FM Ashland, 94.1 FM Medford, at kskq.org, & archived at weeklycatch.org.
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Vern Matz - Systematically Gone
With a sticky piano hook and a warm feeling of raw truth-tel...
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Venice Beach Songwriter Speaks to Beloved Friend. - Enjune: Be Alright
We carry the ones we love wherever we go.
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Velvet Smooth Bedroom Pop from Texas. - Conan Gray: Wish You Were Sober (Music Video)
True connection is always better when we remember the detail...
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Depression is for Winners.
Total success would mean a complete lack of sanity, and total sanity would suggest a complete lack of success.
California
Commentary
Gen X: Feeling Crazy in Crazy Times
Exploring the concept of 'necessary delusion.'
USA
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Who doesn't love a good September surprise
I'm sorry, Sacramento, I guess it just wasn't meant to be. Anyone need a sublet?
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September Update - Looking Back
Humidity. It might be the humidity.
USA
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Here I am in Sacramento
I think I'm gonna walk over to Old Sacramento and take some pictures.
USA
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We are live
Six months is plenty of time to customize a template. Huzzah!
USA
Commentary
I didn't write this with AI
We tie God to the devil to the moon, to the rain.
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Radio
Just a Little Taste of Sunshine for the New Year.
First it is too slow, and then it's too fast.
USA
Archive
Krister Axel Live. - From the Mail Tribune archive
Once there was such a thing as a local newspaper. Krister performs Weightless Heart on the Weissenborn from the studio in Medford.
USA
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Everybody Wants to Die Where They Were Born.
Im going back to Ruby, which feels like coming home.
USA
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How Wildfires and Covid Changed Our Lives Completely.
This one is written as a testimony to the power of family and personal conviction. Weve given up a lot to get here, but weve gotten so much back in return.
USA
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Why I Created GETSEEN. - A Short Tour of the CHILLFILTR Workflow.
Email is broken. And a series of anonymous Airtable forms will only get you so far.
USA
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Crypto
An Important Update: CHILLFILTR and Related Entities
The goals have not changed, but the timeframe is now slightly different.
USA
Nft
An Unverified Collection. - How did we get here, and what can we do about it?
We have other collections in the pipeline right now, and all I want is for our fans and investors to know that our heart is in the right place.
USA
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CHILLFILTR On Hold Until the New Year.
I have a few more pieces to write, and then I will be taking a break until January.
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We have finally read through all the submissions of the last few months.
The level of quality and originality is always stunning to behold. Thank you to the hundreds of authors that submitted to us over the past six months.
USA
Commentary
We Seldom Take the Time to Write for No Reason.
Yes, it is a form of procrastination. But its also an important component of the creative process.
USA
Archive
Commentary
Another Update from North Country. - Still Waiting to Close on this House.
Even in the most generous of predications, it would be hard to make the case that I have anything to complain about. So I will attempt to simply explain.
USA
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Hello Music Fans. — CHILLFILTR® News from Upstate New York.
I want to personally say thanks for being a part of the CHILLFILTR® family. We couldnt do it without you.
USA
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My Story About Tom DeSavia. - Wherein We Discuss the Merits of Mahavishnu Orchestra.
The world is full of interesting details about obscure progressive rock bands.
USA
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Update for February. - Song Contest News, and Some Comments About the User Experience.
Announcing our biggest contest yet, changes to the navigation experience, and a few notes for the future.
USA
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Happy New Year from CHILLFILTR.
Some notes about submissions, what we are looking for, and how to make your precious work stand out.
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Our Year End Prizes and List of Award Submissions
2020. — Every year we send our favorite submissions out for Best of the Net and Pushcart Awards.
USA
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We Did It. - Welcome to CHILLFILTR 3.0
This site now runs on Craft CMS, with assists from TailwindCSS and Servd.host - plus a whole bunch of cloud services.
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Beyond Writers Block. - Im Sure Everything Will Be Back to Normal Soon.
Maybe what I feel right now is how everyone feels, but that doesn't make me feel any less alone.
USA
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CHILLFILTR Announcements. - What Have We Learned So Far?
If anyone tells you that music isnt good anymore, just go ahead and punch them in the mouth.
USA
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Say Their Names. - A Tribute to Black Lives Matter
I think of the parents, the children, the communities. We have to do better. This has to stop. End police violence, now.
USA
Local
Alchemy in Ashland, Oregon: Annual Dickens Feast Since 1982 Features 6 Delicious Courses and Music by the Winchester Singers.
We love supporting this holiday tradition which began in 1982 and features Santa, Scrooge, and the Winchester Singers.
Oregon
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Ashland, Oregon: Local Songwriter Krister Axel Gets a Moment in the Spotlight
Its been 15 years since I recorded Georgia Rain, and 12 years since I recorded Something Beautiful, which have turned out to be my top tracks since they got put on the Netflix release of Friday Night Lights years ago.
USA
Discovery
In Search of Organic Discovery. - Bringing Listeners Together with Music that Moves Them.
If you want to hand-off the process of marketing yourself because it feels like a hard problem to solve - not because you have too much success, but too little - then you are guaranteeing yourself a bunch of bad choices.
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Put It in the Cloud. - How a Retired Web Engineer Built a Worldwide Indie Music Network in Less than 2 Years
The truth is, I am pulling together my main 3 skill sets, and it is turning out to be very synergistic. I am a poet, first; that was always the calling for adolescent me. Later in life, I fell in love with music, and I just figured out today that Ive been playing piano for 33 years.
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Archive
My only surviving test from Composition school
My teacher had a thing for Copeland and Bartok. They were kind of a big deal.
USA
Live Review
This is the best I have ever looked on TV.
Remember me thusly when I am at the pearly gates.
USA
Local
Southern Oregon is Truly Gorgeous
I happen to live somewhere that I think is absolutely gorgeous, pretty much year-round.
Oregon
Local
In Ashland, Oregon, the Local Businesses Come and Go
Kids were excited, lots of parents got dressed up, and the streets were buzzing with talk of Hufflepuffs and games of Quidditch.
USA
Live Review
Andy Frasco & the UN Perform at the Talent Club in Talent, Oregon
This is the type of hedonistic self-sabotage that just feels right every once in a while. --- live video and photography by Krister Axel
USA
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Ashland, Oregon: CHILLFILTR Celebrates 1 Year of Independent Music Reviews
Thank you to all the record labels, publicity shops, and individual artists that send their songs in for coverage.
USA
Logistics
Introducing CHILLFILTR 2.0
This is a true 2.0 rollout, in the sense that I have a full handle on what my tech needs are now, as well as a full handle on what the visual aesthetic needs to be.
USA
Politics
The Case for Incrementalism is the Case for Half a Sandwich.
It is clear that a significant segment of the US population is captured, to an alarming degree, by the tough-love notion that to get things done, we must give away half the sandwich.
Oregon
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The Rules of Engagement
This was one the first things I ever posted to CHILLFILTR - the blog was just a few days old.
USA
Archive
Live Review
A Trip to Austin to perform at Austin City Limits and Willie Nelsons Ranch
A big shout-out to my buddy Shawn Pander, who called me up to sit in on his ACL gig because his main keyboard guy was in Italy.