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Chuck Dodson

Do you think any of us know what we're doing?

About Me

I’m an independent artist living in Hot Springs, Arkansas, in the United States. I make little dolls out of paper and ribbons. No, not really. I make music and movies and I have a gallery called The Gallery@404B.
My main instrument is the piano. I was classically trained but I strayed. I can also play guitar and drums. If I’m drunk.
All my life I’ve made a living with music - producing recordings, composing, teaching and performing. Lately I’ve started making documentary movies and I’m spending a lot of my time doing that now.
I do a lot of reading and writing. A common question of people who are in my home for the first time is: "Have you actually read all these books?" The answer is that I’ve read some of most of them.
I live about five blocks from where i was born.
I’m interested in the way we evolve, both individually and collectively. I love pop culture, from serious political issues to what’s wrong with Britney.
I know what I want. Occasionally.
In 1998 I competed for the National Championship of Slam Poetry and part of one of my performances was featured on the CBS program ’Sixty Minutes’ along with Marc Smith, the creator of slam, and Robert Pinsky, then Poet Laureate of the United States.
I was a tournament chess player when I was a kid.
I like to get emails from nice people. I almost always answer them.
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My Interests

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Member Since: 3/29/2007
Band Website: chuckdodson.com
Influences: I like dark chocolate, the tao te ching, clean sheets, the study of human behavior, oscar wilde, fashion magazines, andrew goldsworthy, the idea of balancing things, erik erikson (contributed significantly to 20th century psychology without ever graduating from college), fresh hot black coffee, velocity, books, fresh herbs, peter greenaway, balsamic vinegar, a good discussion, juan de yepes y alvarez (aka saint john of the cross), speed chess, banksy, people who think deeply yet remain positive, astrology, wasabi, wim wenders, grafitti, mark ryden, documentaries, catherine breillat, greyhounds made from freshly-squeezed grapefruits, robert altman, intuition, the smell of a bakery, francis bacon (the painter), a long hot shower, horseradish, dealing with my anger for a stupid world, andy warhol, la hacienda lunch special 2, people who just keep trying, joan of arc, space ghost, jalapenos, antonio mancini, the garland county library book sale room, carl gustav jung, the morning toasted bagel with land o lakes (salted) butter, peter o'toole, the stream of consciousness, greta wodele, a nice red wine, psychology, fyodor dostoyevsky, southpark, religion and mythology, hermann hesse, pop culture, john lovett's ever-improving home brew, t s eliot, improvisation, w somerset maugham, the young artists who show at my gallery, darren aronofsky, fresh high quality farm-raised produce, woody allen, getting into bed, mr rogers, ayn rand, old clothes, walt disney movies (this began in childhood), robert a johnson (the psychologist), the pancake shop special breakfast with ham and bacon, robin williams, discipline (i don't mean punishment), cats, allen ginsberg, parents who refuse to strike their children, telecasters, holistic thinking (the whole is in the part), ingmar bergman, crosswords, joseph campbell, smart confident women who realize they rule the world, stanley kubrick, fresh mozzarella, saint simeon stylites and the mcclard's hot tamale.
musicians i like: abba, ac/dc, aimee mann, air, al green, al haig, alanis morissette, america, antonio carlos jobim, aphex twin, art tatum, artur rubinstein, arvo part, bad plus, band, beach boys, beatles, beauty room, beck, beethoven, belle & sebastian, ben webster, bernard herrmann, beth orton, bill charlap, bill evans, billy preston, bjork, black sabbath, blonde redhead, bob dylan, brahms, brian eno, bt, bud powell, burt bacharach, byrds, carole king, cars, cat stevens, cecil taylor, charles mingus, charlie parker, chet atkins, chicago (1st 6 albums), chopin, cibo matto, cole porter, coleman hawkins, counting crows, crosby stills nash & young, curtis mayfield, dan fogelberg (1st 3 albums), daniel lanois, danny elfman, david bowie, david holmes, death cab for cutie, debussy, deep purple, dizzy gillespie, dj shadow, dntel, doors, donny hathaway, dr john, duke ellington, duncan sheik, duran duran, earl hines, earth wind & fire, ed harcourt, elliott smith, elton john (early), elvis costello (1st 3 albums), emerson lake & palmer, ennio morricone, erik satie, erroll garner, esthero, everything but the girl, explosions in the sky, fats waller, felix da housecat, fiona apple, flaming lips, foo fighters, frank sinatra, frou frou, fugazi, gabriel faure, gay beast, george gershwin, george jones, george michael, girl talk, glenn gould, godspeed you black emperor!, goldfrapp, gonzalo rubalcaba, groove armada, guided by voices, hall & oates, hammock, hank williams sr, henry mancini, herb alpert, hoagy carmichael, hole, irving caesar, isaac hayes, ivy, jfk, js bach, jaco pastorious, jacob fred jazz odyssey, jackson browne (1st 4 albums), jaki byard, jam & lewis, james taylor, jawbox, jeff buckley, jennifer warnes, jerome kern, jimi hendrix, jimmy rowles, jimmy smith, jimmy van heusen, jimmy webb, joe jackson (1st 2 albums), joe pass, johnny cash, jon brion, joni mitchell, juan carlos esquivel, jule styne, junior vasquez, kanye, keith jarrett, kraftwork, kruder & dorfmeister, lalo schifrin, latin playboys, laura nyro, lauryn hill, lcd soundsystem, led zeppelin, lee hazelwood, leon russell, louie armstrong, lucinda williams, madonna, martial solal, marvin gaye, massive attack, matthew sweet, max richter, michael nyman, miles davis, missy elliott, mitchell froom, moby, mogwai, morcheeba, mozart, muse, my bloody valentine, neil finn, neptunes, nirvana, notwist, nouvelle vague, oasis, olive, oscar peterson, outkast, p j harvey, panda bear, paul williams, phineas newborn jr, police, portishead, postal service, prince, public enemy, pulp, queen, rachmaninoff, radiohead, ralph vaughn williams, ravel, ray charles, rem, rodgers & hart, rolling stones, roni size, roxy cottontail, roy budd, royksopp, rufus wainwright, ryan power, saint germain, sarah mclachlan, scissor sisters, scott walker, serge gainsbourg, sergio mendes, shawn colvin, shuggie otis, sigur ros, simon & garfunkel, sly stone, smiths, spiritualized, soundgarden, stan getz, statesmen, steely dan, stephane grappelli, stereolab, steve aoki, stevie ray vaughn, stevie wonder, sufjan stevens, supreme beings of leisure, suzanne vega, talking heads, tears for fears, tbe negro problem, thelonious monk, thievery corporation, todd rundgren, tony bennett, tony hatch, tv on the radio, u2, van allen belt, van halen, van morrison, velvet underground, verve, vivaldi, vladimir horowitz, wagner, walter norris, white stripes, whitney houston, who, william orbit, will.i.am, willie nelson, wutang clan, wyclef jean, yes
For more about me try www.chuckdodson.com
Sounds Like: depends on the day, even the time of day
Record Label: www.chuckdodson.com
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Essay for Hammock / Riceboy Sleeps

Hammock asked me to write an account of their first-ever live performance. They've posted it at a new site:www.maybetheywillsingforustomorrow.comand you can also read it here:www.chuckdodson.com ...
Posted by Chuck Dodson on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:03:00 PST

10 Weird Random Things

against my better judgement i've written and am now posting this. it was sent to me first by erin holliday and later again by brent kipp, two people who really should've known better. i'm only doing t...
Posted by Chuck Dodson on Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:54:00 PST

National Blues Award Nomination

The documentary film Born in the Honey: the Pinetop Perkins Story has been nominated for a National Blues Award. According to the Blues Foundation, this is the "highest honor given to Blues artists."I...
Posted by Chuck Dodson on Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:59:00 PST

Grammy Nomination

I learned this morning that Pinetop Perkins' On the 88s: Live in Chicago has been nominated for Best Traditional Blues Album. The album is the companion to the documentary film Born in the Honey: The...
Posted by Chuck Dodson on Thu, 06 Dec 2007 12:27:00 PST

Riceboy Sleeps party ft. Hammock

I was very happy to host the official after-party for the American debut of Riceboy Sleeps, the art/music/video collaboration of Jónsi Birgisson (Sigur Ros) and Alex Somers (Parachutes), at my apartme...
Posted by Chuck Dodson on Tue, 10 Jul 2007 11:32:00 PST

World premier of Hammock live

Well we witnessed a bit of musical history made as Hammock played live for the first time ever on Friday, August 3rd, in my apartment. The occasion was the after party for the Riceboy Sleeps exhibitio...
Posted by Chuck Dodson on Tue, 10 Jul 2007 11:46:00 PST

about the songs

these songs were all recorded in the fall of 2006 when i was making a cd of new work every month. joan of arc was inspired by a crazy girl i once knew who somehow became quite a potent element in my p...
Posted by Chuck Dodson on Mon, 23 Apr 2007 08:12:00 PST

The Gallery@404B in the NY Daily News

My gallery - The Gallery@404B - was mentioned in a feature story in the New York Daily News on Sunday, May 20. I opened in January 2006 to show and promote the work of younger artists who couldn't fin...
Posted by Chuck Dodson on Wed, 23 May 2007 01:37:00 PST