Songs For The Struggling Artist

Why I want a guitar and an amp for every woman and girl.  You can read the blog here: https://artiststruggle.wordpress.com/2018/04/15/keith-richards-wouldnt-worry-about-his-bra/  Song - 25 or 6 to 4 by Chicago --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/songs-for-the-struggling-artist/support

Are art and service related? Is art a sales job?  You can read the blog here: https://artiststruggle.wordpress.com/2018/03/30/art-as-service/  Song: Designs On You by Old 97s --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/songs-for-the-struggling-artist/support

Following what people click on - how, why, etc -  You can read the blog here: https://artiststruggle.wordpress.com/2018/03/18/what-people-click-on/  Song - I'm Done by Emily Rainbow Davis --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/songs-for-the-struggling-artist/support

If you're in charge of an arts opportunity, please listen to this.  Or read it here: https://artiststruggle.wordpress.com/2018/03/14/please-stop-asking-for-recommendations/  Recommended Podcast: Caught - https://www.npr.org/podcasts/589480586/caught  Song: The Letter by the Boxtops/Joe Cocker --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/songs-for-the-struggling-artist/support

Wondering if you're a creep? Or how to not be one?  You can listen here or read on the blog: https://artiststruggle.wordpress.com/2018/03/09/how-to-not-be-a-creep/  Song: No by Meghan Trainor --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/songs-for-the-struggling-artist/support

Why do girls get so many more talent crushes than boys do? I explore.  Read it here: https://artiststruggle.wordpress.com/2018/03/05/the-imbalance-of-talent-crushes/  Podcast Recommendation: Invisibilia  Song: Hover by Rhett Miller --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/songs-for-the-struggling-artist/support

What is the difference between art and entertainment? I investigate.  Read it here: https://artiststruggle.wordpress.com/2018/02/26/art-entertainment-and-spongebob-squarepants/  Song: Book of Poems by Old 97s --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/songs-for-the-struggling-artist/support

I went to the Grammys and all I got was this blogpost. And some perspective. And social currency.  You can read it here: https://artiststruggle.wordpress.com/2018/02/02/the-glamour-of-the-grammys/  Podcast recommendation: Trump, Inc.  Song: The Glamorous Life by Sheila E. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/songs-for-the-struggling-artist/support

How many people does it take to make an online group become unpleasant and uncivil? Is it more than a thousand? You can read the blog version here: https://artiststruggle.wordpress.com/2018/01/30/is-it-more-than-a-thousand/  Podcast recommendation: Mouthy Messy Mandatory  Song: Now We're Getting Somewhere by Crowded House --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/songs-for-the-struggling-artist/support

What was the Women's March like in NYC in 2018?  Listen or read it here: https://artiststruggle.wordpress.com/2018/01/25/view-from-the-womens-march-nyc-2018/  Song: Bread and Roses --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/songs-for-the-struggling-artist/support

Why did I go back to singing this year?  Listen here or read it: https://artiststruggle.wordpress.com/2018/01/19/to-sing-is-to-survive/  Song: How Can I Keep from Singing? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/songs-for-the-struggling-artist/support

Just this one other thing to say about Gen X and then that's it. I swear. Just this one post, and this paddle board game and this lamp and that's all I need.  You can read the blog version here: https://artiststruggle.wordpress.com/2018/01/15/generation-x-part-8-the-coda-were-not-gonna-take-it/  Podcast Recommendation: Employee of the Month Song: We're Not Gonna Take It by Twisted Sister --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/songs-for-the-struggling-artist/support

My new year's wish is for every artist to get deep support this year.  You can read the blog here: https://artiststruggle.wordpress.com/2018/01/09/how-to-congratulate-an-artist/  Recommended Podcast: The Hilarious World of Depression  Song: Find My Love by Fairground Attraction --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/songs-for-the-struggling-artist/support

I come from a long line of working women.  Here's the story of one of them: https://artiststruggle.wordpress.com/2017/12/19/my-grandmothers-genius/  Book recommendation: Made to Stick by Chip Heath and Dan Heath  Song: You Are My Sunshine --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/songs-for-the-struggling-artist/support

What do Roy Moore and Into the Woods, the musical have in common? Listen or read the blog here: https://artiststruggle.wordpress.com/2017/12/10/hello-little-girl-culture-and-meat14/  Podcast Recommendation: The Heart  Song: Genie in a Bottle by Christina Aguilera --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/songs-for-the-struggling-artist/support

Turns out I'm not as smart a voter as I thought. How did I find out? Listen or you can read it here: https://artiststruggle.wordpress.com/2017/12/03/how-i-learned-to-be-a-savvier-voter/  Podcast recommendation: Politically Reactive  Song: There is Power in a Union by Billy Bragg --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/songs-for-the-struggling-artist/support

Why did I want to disembowel the air with my chopsticks?  Read it here: https://artiststruggle.wordpress.com/2017/11/27/you-had-one-job-man/  Podcast Recommendation: The Bugle  Song - Four Eyed Girl by Rhett Miller --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/songs-for-the-struggling-artist/support

I went to see a recording of RadioLab's More Perfect, this is what happened.  You can read the blog here: https://artiststruggle.wordpress.com/2017/11/09/my-respect-was-yours-to-lose-or-why-radiolab-broke-my-heart-a-little/  Song: Shout by Tears for Fears --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/songs-for-the-struggling-artist/support

Witches are having a moment. This show is not insignificant in this moment.  You can read it here: https://artiststruggle.wordpress.com/2017/11/04/why-i-am-indebted-to-charmed-yes-the-tv-show/  Recommended Podcast: Invisibilia   Song: How Soon Is Now? by The Smiths --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/songs-for-the-struggling-artist/support

This guy I’d never met before was being kind of a pretentious dick about the theatre we were standing in. He clearly felt he gained some status and authority from working as an usher at the place. What he didn’t know (because this is a big old organization) was that my friend and I had also worked there for over a decade in the education department so I told him. And it gave him pause, which was the desired effect. I’m not a big fan of the status game shit (Unless it’s an actual status game in an improv context – those status games I love!) but I’ll play if I have to. As the evening went on, more talk of the theatre we were in emerged and when I was asked how I happened to no longer work at this fancy theatre, I joked that I stormed out in a huff. To be clear, this is not the case. It was a playful re-framing at my own expense, not the expense of the institution. It was my hope to make it clear that I left with a sense of righteousness and my dignity and that it was not some other kind of parting of the