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| Here lie random notes, rants, and comments from us, from the audience, and from the press.
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aim baby press
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We were featured in the November 1999 issue of The
Circle, an American Indian news and arts monthly. Writer (and guitarist) Jon Lurie described our September show at the 7th Street Entry and interviewed us. He wrote how we "Held the crowd riveted as lead singer Philomena unleashed a passionate, raw vocal performance over guitarist Chad's sweeping, mystical chords." Ho-wah! |
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mountain woman song
We met a woman
Lived on a mountain
Ran from soldiers and tigers and bears
(Chorus)
Seen the worst in every situation
Came out with a smile
Broke my heart into
Love for all of humanity
They came to her village
she was 10 years old
Men with guns
to steal everything she'd ever known
Her Mama said
"girl we gotta run,
girl we gotta go"
(Chorus)
(Bridge)
She gave us a gift in a box
in a jar
in a song
to bring back on the plane
hope beyond reason
for our people
to end the conquest
She held no hate in her heart
for those who chased her
tried to replace her
We hold no hate in our heart
for those that chase us
JUST QUIT!
End the Conquest
(Chorus)
(for the love no hate
she gave us)
End the conquest!
Of ALL
End the Conquest!
North and South
fusing conection
End the Conquest!
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aim baby audience response
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"You were loud."
"You guys are almost good."
"That wasn't blues. That was acid rock."
"Really good for only your fourth gig."
"Could you turn down a little bit?"
"You were a little wilder than I expected."
"You guys can jam."
"You go, aim baby!"
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Philomena's bio
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Philomena, vocals and bass guitar, is Ojibwe from Bad River She began singing in the summer of 1995, taking inspiration from Bjork's abstract release Post. Seeing song as a process rather than a product enables her to more fully develop ideas and progressions. Songs continue to be useful in gaining perspective on political and spiritual matters. Philomena also creates stained glass sculptures and aspires to playwriting. She is currently attending law school in Minneapolis. |
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Lance's bio
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Lance, acoustic & electric guitar
and backing vocals, is Tlingít, Háida, & Yup'ik.
He is a Double-Eagle Kaigáni Háida from
the Frog House in Hydaberg, and a Lukax.adí
Tlingít from the Raven House in Déi Shú
(Southeast Alaska). He began playing blues, folk, and rock at
small clubs in Skagway, Alaska. Since then his music has included
a mix of punk and jazz influence, with experiments in free noise.
Lance also practices visual art, traditional Háida woodwork and design, poetry, fiction, and storytelling. He believes that by mixing artistic media, a form can develop that completes an artistic expression based on emotion, tradition, influence, and development. Currently can be found at Troubled Raven Productions. |
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Chad's bio
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Chad, electric & acoustic guitar and backing vocals, is a White Earth Anishinaabe. He began playing guitar with a thrash band in 1987, and went on to form the industrial group DIVISIØN BY ZERØ. He has worked with a variety of bands from acoustic folk to jazzed up R-&-B, and still plays in an improvisational noise collective. He is also a visual artist, quilt maker, black ash basket weaver, and had his works exhibited in Minnesota galleries such as the Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum in Minneapolis, the Talley Gallery in Bemidji, The Duluth Art Institute, and the Mille Lacs Indian Museum. He lives with his wife, two daughters, and son somewhere in Indian Country. He can be found at shaawano.com. |
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