A podcast. Joshua Dumas reads poems that he likes, set to original compositions.
Selections range from through-out the twentieth century, featuring poems by Matthew Dickman, Li-Young Lee, Mary Oliver, David Wojahn, Katie Ford and more.
I Am Saying This Right Now
Lindsay Verstegen
January 2012 to present
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Inspired by the work of Tony Schwartz, I Am Saying This Right Now is a mix of memories, scenes, and sound art exploring the human compulsion to document our lives.
Conceived and edited by: Kaitlin Byrd.
Directed by: Paul Kastner & Kim Miller.
Written by: Sid Branca, Kaitlin Byrd, Jeff Duhigg, Joshua Dumas, James Dunn, Paul Kastner, Brian Michael Lucas, Layne Manzer, Sara McCarthy, Ian Miller, Lindsay Verstegen, Andrea Wallace, and Jessica Wright Buha.
Listen to excerpts of Joshua Dumas’ score here.
Telling of the Bees
January 2011 to May 2011
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The Telling of the Bees is abstract dance-theatre piece exploring the story of Claire, a woman trapped in a distracting world of screens, cell phones and status updates – and whose home is infiltrated by a swarm of honeybees. Claire’s fate and the fate of the bees are ultimately tied together, as the bees confront, interrupt, aggravate, guide and care for Claire through her everyday life.
Created by Michelle Milne, with Lindsay Nance, Joshua Dumas, and Ben Jacobs. Music by Joshua Dumas, excerpts available here.
The City in Which
Marianna Milhorat
April 2011 to April 2011
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The City in Which is an expanded cinema project based on Chicago poet Li-Young Lee’s “The City In Which I Love You”.
Joshua Dumas and Christy LeMaster distributed fresh rolls of 16mm film to a dozen experimental filmmakers, asking them to respond to the poem and to their own experience of living and making in Chicago. The resulting footage is spliced into a combined short accompanied by a live reading of the poem by Joshua, a performance built from and informed by the filmmakers’ images.
Rock Proper
November 2008 to May 2010
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Rock Proper is an online music distributor providing high quality, album-length downloads with the legal consent of their creators. Please download this music, burn it, share it and stay tuned for future releases. Conceived by Casey Meehan, created and maintained by Casey Meehan, Joshua Dumas, Matt DeWine, and Bob Kuo.
Sing Us Your Favorite Tune
February 2008 to June 2009
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A music blog with over twenty contributors, who post songs and stories about those songs multiple times a week. Created and edited by Joshua Dumas.
UPDATE: Wow, we got a cease and desist! So, the site’s down for the time being. When I get a minute I’ll look into what we can do about getting (at least) everyone’s stories back up. American copyright law is so deeply flawed.
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Reconstruction Room :: Your Way With Words Makes Me Act A Fool
June 2008
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Readings and performances by Pat Babbitt, Meg Barboza, Nicolette Bond, Dave Digangi, Chris Dingwall, Joshua Dumas, Lindsey Fisher, Katie Hartsock, Erin Teegarden.
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Reconstruction Room :: the Four Seasons
April 2008
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Readings and performances by Meg Barboza, Nicolette Bond, Jason Bredle, Sunny Byers, Nina Corwin, Abby Cucci with Sam Wagster, David Digangi, Amber Drea, Joshua Dumas, Eric Elshtain, Krista Franklin, Elizabeth Graettinger, Allison Gruber, Miki Howald, eric lab rat, Sondra Morin, Matthias Regan, Erin Teegarden
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Reconstruction Room :: Love-Letters Between a Noble-Man and his Sister
April 2007
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Readings and performances by Robert Buscemi, Joshua Dumas, Sarah Guernsey (voice recording), Mary Hamilton, Robert Kowalczyk, Tina Post, Erin Teegarden and Della Watson, Jenny Walton-Wetzel. Curated by Joshua Dumas.
Around the Coyote :: Machine Media
February 2007
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Readings by Amy Phillips, Jonathan Messinger and Joshua Dumas.
Listen to a recording of Joshua’s story, Jessica at Fall of Autumn.
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