Gradience is an eclectric electric mix of semi-trad and semi-rock sideways lurchings. Mike Birtchet leads with drums, Martin Munske plays violin and guitar and Gary Weiss, Stephen Caird, fill with guitar and bass. Basement tapes. gradience.net

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Tracy Klas is a die-hard romantic who sings of things to come. She has 20 candles lit in her house. This is a rose about to bloom. From her early days as a fetal go-go dancer she speaks her mind and someone "Rings an Ancient Bell". MySpace.com/TracyKlas

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Tracy Klas is a show business baby born in the heart of beast with gogo boots in standing in the corner. She is sweet and honest and real. The songs feel like old friends, familiar and conversational. There is passion just under the surface though and you're left dreaming. MySpace.com/TracyKlas

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Trick Sensei. Great band. The dancing of two ambient guitars to a primitive bonfire rhythm always gets my attention. They have a little boy grown vocal sound I find sincere and compelling. A multi-layered dessert for you head. Eat it! TrickSensei.com

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Trick Sensei's trick is the ambient interpay of dreamy guitar effects and throbbing rhythm. A hot summer night in a Portland hipster bar with only somewhat subdued passion. This is 'lose yourself' music. They buids and washes over. tricksensei.com

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Brad Creel brings his rough traditional bluegrass style to the Circus. He did it, but he doesn't know why. Andy Lohr adds beautiful multiple instruments and harmonies. Like a backyard picnic, no pretentons, just straight down home feelings. BradCreel.com

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Brad Creel mixes clever and humorous lyrics with a clean country feel assisted by Andy Lohr on a variety of instuments. Warm and personable, Brad is a straight up guy we really enjoy. He does "dark music with a happy feel" Brad Creel.com

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Brent Rogers - recording engineer, bassist, guitarist, songwriter, and all around music maven. On the second half we get some more of his romance and the sexy edge of his voice. Sorry it took so long to post. BrentRogers.com

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Brent Rogers suffers through our early SL streaming and tech problems. The music is great and he has a wonderful smooth voice. These songs are beautifully constructed and completely pro. We haven't posted in a while, but we will I promise. BrentRogers.com

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Dave Lamkins & Mary Suzanne give discordgrrl a break while Dave is joined by Mike Brichet and Robert Madrid. Jamming happens. Dave talks about his guitar. Dave is a great friend of the show, terrific guitarist, and sings a bit for us too! lamkins.net

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Dave Lamkins and Mary Suzanne are all doped up with cold medicine and secrets. She is better known to the podcast and Discord Grrl and has been a regular and a contributor. Er.... Dave is her husband. myspace.com/discordgrrl or lamkins.net

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Meredith Brothers Band plunges their reckless road songs over the bank of good taste and off the cliff. More music and less talk as the show degerates into a musical barroom brawl. There's no pretention and plenty of fun. meredithbrothersband.com

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Meredith Brothers Band churns out a drunken country grind that sticks to your ribs. These are neighborhood stories through a haze of cigarette smoke and stark reality. Great performances are wryly tossed off like used matches. meredithbrothersband.com

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Frogg Marlowe and Jaycatt Nico visit the Circus and bring a Second Life and virtual audience. Upright and Respirating and telling tales. This is a a look inside the duo recently featured in Rolling Stone and on MTV. froggmarlowe.com and jaycattnico.com

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Frogg and Jaycatt are argueably among the most popular live music performers in Second Life. They were among the first to play there and have a huge and faithful following. Many Second Lifers were in the club. It was amazing. froggmarlowe.com

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Mark Martin in the second half talks about his guitar, his background, and the history of the pieces he plays. Rainy Sunday morning music rendered in his stately style. Timeless and warm hear more on his album with Norm Ault. normault.com

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Mark Martin brings pure classic finger picking style to The Circus. Clean and beautiful he plays a gorgeous sounding guitar so clearly it seems to echo through the ages. Included are cuts from his album with Norm Ault. Available at NormAult.com

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Dusty York and his sidemen do the hard way. Complex heads, daring choruses, agressive solos, and tough ensemble performance. Dusty talks of influences and shares a cut from his CDs. Lovingly brash hard core jazz. No fooling around. diaticrecord.com

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Dusty York is a surprising and adventurous musical explorer intent on keeping modern free jazz fresh and exciting. His deep appreciation of jazz traditions is strenuous challenge only a sharp and disciplined mind can achieve. diaticrecords.com

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Lincoln Crockett plays the total pro while weaving mesmorizing tall tales with mandolin, guitar, and his thunderstorm voice. This man can sing up the devil and charm the angels. Please excuse the pops from the overworked computer. LincolnCrockett.com

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Lincoln Crockett returns to the podcast with his goosebump voice and acoustic prog-rock mandolin. Please excuse the pops and drops, but hear this anyway. He is a new father and a brave young philosopher. His latest album available at LincolnCrockett.com

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Moonshine Hangover live from the Coon Poo Dojo. Thoughts for soldiers, seriously drunken truth, and songs from the King's throne. Influenced by alchohol, sex, Merle Haggart, and Jesus Christ. Can you take it? Moonshinehangover.com

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Moonshine Hangover with a special remote edition of the RoseDrop Media Circus. Recorded at the Coon Poon Dojo, this is a party, with some real authentic country punks. Tell me this shitkicking doesn't rock! http://www.moonshinehangover.com/

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Ruby Red talk about how each of them got started playing and then turn the power up a notch. Hard rockin', tough singing and a collective swagger that many bands would love to claim. Find them on iTunes (they're big in Japan) myspace.com/rubyredmusic

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Ruby Red bring in a big setup and a bigger sound. The songs of Robin Brantley crackle with conviction. The band is solid and muscular with a real genuine middle american style. This feels like how we talk around here. www.RubyRedMusic.com

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Dan and Aaron continue to try to work out the bugs and get a couple live tunes in.

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Dan and Aaron play songs from previous shows and struggle with new surroundings and an overworked computer.

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George Reeves is low tech like a transistor radio. There is a tragic story of double suicide and a song about madness. Recorded live at Beuhlaland Pub, we are just getting the tech together. Talking with George is very cool. MySpace.com/George Reeves

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George Reeves braves the tempist storms of the RoseDrop Media Circus at Beuhlaland Pub and the addition of Second Life to the show. Listen for some low tech productions of his street level music. myspace.com/George Reeves

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Rose and RainDrop closes. Ghost stories, testimonials, anti-tech revulsion, drinking, noise, emotion and midnight. The next show is from the future/past.

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Rose and Raindrop Pub closes. Testimonials, ghost stories, memories and other whining about the demise of many people's favorite bar. Yes, I got drunk that night. Download part two to get the drunker part.

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Lew Jones. He refers to poets, the experiences that inspire his songs, and proposes the most erudite analysis of punk rock I have ever heard. We conclude our last music recording from the Rose & Raindrop with 'Keep Your Soft Heart'. LewJonesact.com

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Lew Jones comes back for our last music show recorded at our beloved Rose & Raindrop Pub. Lew is simply a songwriting giant who has quietly amassed a huge catelogue of widely varied and gorgeously lyrical work. lewjonesact.com

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Paul Koenig came in for a second appearance since May. These songs span his writing career. If his deep rich voice and classic guitar solo guitar playing weren't enough, the startling, incisive lyrics left us speechless. A must hear. myspace.com/PaulKoen

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Paul Koenig came in for a second appearance since May. These songs span his writing career. If his deep rich voice and classic guitar solo guitar playing weren't enough, the startling, incisive lyrics left us speechless. A must hear. myspace.com/PaulKoen

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Bull Dozers with brothers Lon and Dale Jones, Jeff Woodcock and Dan Pettis offer more of their marvelously high level harmony and humor. God, it sounded good. The album 'No Adult Supervision' is on iTunes, CD Baby and at their website Thundercrow.com

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The Bull Dozers are Lon and Dale Jones, Jeff Woodcock, and Dan Pettis. These brothers and friends sometimes sound like the Beach Boys, with Steely Dan and Jimmy Buffett singing songs by Kinky Friedman. They sound great! Please visit Thundercrow.com

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Wayne Hoffman plays more of his Americana. Notice in this half the strong classic folk guitar mastery. His playing has the feel of decades of guitar traditions. The songs and singing speak in a language that is as familiar, warm and comforting.

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Wayne Hoffman returns after a hard drive ate his first show. It's a pleasure hearing his songs about weather, time, and his grandfather's accordian. When you listen, think of the honesty and humility that you appreciate in folks like this.

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Rexella jars, challenges and recontructs ideas of music and found sound. Evan Hart of the band talks about concepts and what happens when the band plays live. Interesting, complex, dense and unpredictable, this is what robots talk about. Rexella.org.

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Rexella is a noise music band brought to the Circus by one of it's members Evan Hart who shows us this wildly experimental and creative eddy in music. Skirting dance music rhythms and flying in the face of pop, just listen. myspace.com/rexella2

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Jim the Bad Goat has wonderful songs and some funny comentary. Are bluegrass style political songs irrelevant? Decide for yourself. Get some future of the podcast and enjoy the razor truth of Dave Clarke's songs. myspace.com/frickdeedom

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Jim the Bad Goat marks the return of Dave Clarke with his expanded ensemble. Dave's great songs and wonderful post modern bluegrass mix fresh harmonies and and wonderful playing with wry humor. Hear a celebration of humble grace. myspace.com/frickdeedom

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flame comes back for a music packed second half, DJ Shirley fro Sneak-a-thon asks questions and the band is 'flame on". This is contemporary rock with attitude. myspace.com/aflameband

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Aflame is an incendiary mix of hard rock and dark passion. Comtempory melodic guiters and sultry vocals atop tough chugging rhythms feature the vocals of Jessica Hemlke, guitar by John Bostich, with Colin Ivey and Kevin Baker. myspace.com/aflameband

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See Emily Pray plays live unplugged Goth. We also have cuts from the demo Kitchen Knives and Safety Pins. We talk about how they write and band dynamics. Come for the great songs and stay for the insight into this creative band. Myspace.com/SeeEmilyPray

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See Emily Pray brought their darkness to the Circus with live unplugged versions and recordings from their demo. Discordgrrl finally convinced the band to come and they took us to a scary place. Love this band or it will hurt you! myspace.com/SeeEmilyPray

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David Lamkins brings a guitar fest. Jams with beautiful crystalline tone. These private recordings feature a couple different line-ups. Sit back and relax with your favorite mood enhancer. Myspace.com/tiedyeddevil

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David Lamkins is a long time RMC audience member who brings a beautiful custom guitar and cool recordings featuring 'Rat Boy' a song written about a sociopathic co-worker. This was a fun evening. myspace.com/tiedyeddevil

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Mollie Paige Band more adult contemporary pop from this muscular rhythm and blues ensemble. Molli and the band power there way to a sensuous conclusion. Snuggle up with someone for this. MySpace.com/theMolliPaigeBand

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Molli Paige Band is jazzy, rocking, funky, and contemporary. This is a clean professional unit and ready to roll. Molli's songs feature her classic brassy voice and heartfelt lyrics. Give it up to life! MySpace.com/theMolliPaigeBand

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