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Jodi Shaw

Per terra Canadian; Per cruor Irenses

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Member Since: 3/7/2005
Band Website: jodishaw.com
Band Members: Jodi Shaw on piano, guitar, and vocals.
Influences: Deb Silver, Anne Sexton, Pablo Neruda, Harvey Milk, Henry Fool, Alice Neel, Jackson Pollack, Moby Dick, Tyson Grumm, Elliott Smith, J.S. Bach, Steven Shainberg, Jane Campion, Frank O'Hara, Tori Amos, Bill Bradley, Carl Jung, Henry Darger, Diane Arbus, Woody Allen, Henry Chinaski, Patty Griffin, Jesus H. Christ, Gonzalo Silva, Martin Buber, Gordon and Annie, Anna O, Robertson Davies, Winnie-the-Pooh, pigeons, grafitti, snow, cranes, tugboats, New York City, Copenhagen, the Atlantic Ocean, a three-legged dog, snow falling through the grates of the subway station ceiling, two sparrows fighting over a tissue, etc. etc. etc.
Sounds Like: What others have said:

"Snow on Saturn . . . a must hear on Earth."
-Mike Jurkovic for F.A.M.E.

"...a cross between Suzanne Vega and Shawn Colvin."
-Renatt Brodsky for New York Resident

"...this Newfoundland poetess sounds as much like Suzanne Vega (circa her debut LP) as anybody you've ever heard."
-The Village Voice (NYC)

"If you are a fan of folk or singer/songwriter in the vein of Christine Kane, Dar Williams, and Suzanne Vega or the oddly executed acoustic moments of The Monkees or John Lennon then you should check this out."
-Mark Fisher for 1340mag.com

Record Label: Moon Rocket
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

A Visit to Snaggletooths

............................Last weekend, I had the opportunity to visit Snaggletooth.Snaggletooth is a little boy who lives in Connect-the-Dots, a.k.a Connecticut. He lives in a medium-sized house, w...
Posted by Jodi Shaw on Sun, 09 Mar 2008 03:17:00 PST

Children of the Road

****************** It's funny how people bond in captivity. Like on the bus today, from the city up to New Hampshire. Somehow, for some reaon, the bus just stopped. There was no washer fluid. Or mayb...
Posted by Jodi Shaw on Sun, 23 Dec 2007 10:51:00 PST

Exile

.................I am so far offshore I can hardly taste myself anymore.Still, I wonder. Are those the same stars?It is hard to tell. My island has been sinkingFor so long, and the men have leftWith a...
Posted by Jodi Shaw on Fri, 26 Oct 2007 12:12:00 PST

Counting Toes

..........................You think I'm kidding? I am not kidding. I repeat: this is no joke, man.This is the real stuff.I am dead serious.I am taking this little piggy to market....
Posted by Jodi Shaw on Wed, 24 Oct 2007 04:47:00 PST

Do, Did, Done

...................I killed my rabbits. In the lit armhole of insanity, in the winking and stinking, the sleeping and peeping, the pelting and melting. I grabbed every last one of them, before the vol...
Posted by Jodi Shaw on Sun, 21 Oct 2007 09:55:00 PST

Where It Is

.....................A cunning little mouse, that one.He got into the tiniest of holes.I did not even see him as he quietly,Dexterously, slipped himself inAnd now I could not catch him if I tried.Lapa...
Posted by Jodi Shaw on Sun, 21 Oct 2007 09:33:00 PST

Mary Had a Little Lamb

.....................Mary had a little lambIt ate the skin right off her hand.Oh Mary!When will you learn to stay awayFrom men who want to change your ways?From men who try to cure your ills?From men ...
Posted by Jodi Shaw on Fri, 05 Oct 2007 04:46:00 PST

I, Athena

......................I liked Dr. P. That's why I wanted to spit on him. He liked to give me my shocks, and I like to lounge around in his jocks. He always said I was a poet, except he didn't know it....
Posted by Jodi Shaw on Thu, 04 Oct 2007 10:27:00 PST

A Girl and Her Fox

I was running in the park tonight and i saw a girl on roller-blades being pulled around the track by a huge galloping dog. It was one of the most beautiful sights I have ever seen.
Posted by Jodi Shaw on Fri, 29 Jun 2007 08:31:00 PST

The Kindness of Strangers

..................................One evening, much to my horror, my toilet stopped up: a healthy wad of toilet paper perched atop a healthy pile of you know what. It was 2:45AM and I was having a "gu...
Posted by Jodi Shaw on Sat, 28 Apr 2007 03:13:00 PST