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Le Petit Protest

About Me

"If a thing isn't worth saying, you sing it."
— Pierre Beaumarchais, Inventor, Musician, & Revolutionary
"Why is this thus? What is the reason for this thusness?"
— Artemus Ward, American Humorist
"The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we have of ourselves with the appalling things that other people think about us."
— Quentin Crisp, Writer / Raconteur
"I bought a cactus. A week later it died. And I got depressed, because I thought, Damn. I am less nurturing than a desert."
— Demetri Martin, Crappy Comedian
"All human beings should try to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why."
— James Thurber, The New Yorker
"...don't you complicate your mind: Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy! Don't bury your thoughts; put your vision to reality..."
— Robert Nesta Marley, from Wake Up and Live
“May we bore you with the details of last nights dream?”
— Johanna Hyman, from When the Vegans Came to Dinner
"I have suffered a great deal from writers who have quoted this or that sentence of mine either out of its context or in juxtaposition to some incongruous matter which quite distorted my meaning , or destroyed it altogether."
— Alfred North Whitehead, Mathematician / Philosopher

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 07/04/2006
Band Website: www.certainsparks.com
Band Members: Randall Sena + Songs, Gtr, Vox
Brice Ogan + Bass
Mic Sing + Drums
Matthew Levash + Melodica
Chris Combs + Keys
Karl P. Fischer + Acoustic Gtr
Influences: Kurt, John Coltrane, "Little" Jimmy Scott, Brian "Halo" Wilson, The song 'Lori Meyers', The song 'So Much Things To Say', Lauryn Hill, Julian, Michael Hurley, Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, Nina Simone, the song 'Up On the Roof', Clark, Manishevitz, John Fahey, Fleetwood Mac's greatest hits, Prince, Joseph Spence
Sounds Like:
Record Label: Unknown Indie
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Tomorrow, A Change!

Tomorrow we'll be playing in Santa Maria as scheduled but unfortunately, Mic Sing has contracted strep throat and can not participate.We will now be playing first @ 9pm with NO DRUMMER.If this goes we...
Posted by on Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:32:00 GMT

Mike Watt Interview...

Mike Watt is an American bass guitarist, singer and songwriter.Though Watt has not had much mainstream success or visibility, he is often cited as a key figure in the development of American alternati...
Posted by on Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:15:00 GMT

Tom Brosseau, Again (The Interview)

Tom Brosseau was kind enough to speak with me for the next edition of The Dream Power Radio Hour.Tom has a wonderful new album, Posthumous Success, which can be sampled on his space, but sounds best a...
Posted by on Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:53:00 GMT

Just got off the phone w/ Daniel Johnston

I just spoke with Daniel Johnston on the telephone!There was a moment while waiting for Daniel to come to the phone, when I heard his Dad yell to him that, "Randall was on the phone from California". ...
Posted by on Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:06:00 GMT

Daniel's Dad.

I just spoke to Daniel Johnston's Dad on the telephone!!!!!I'm doing a brief interview with Daniel Johnston for the next Dream Power Radio Hour, and I'm more than a little excited. For those of you th...
Posted by on Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:25:00 GMT

That's rad.

So...Kyle says we're gonna make a 500 copy Le Petit Protest / Little Wings release for the Marriage Records' limb known as Rad Records.As some of you know; Mr. Field is hardly the most organized man i...
Posted by on Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:09:00 GMT

Dream Power on Freak Power KCSB 91.9 FM

The Dream Power Radio Hour is going to be on...the RADIO.If you are in the greater Santa Barbara area tomorrow, July 6th, please tune in to KCSB 91.9 FM from 11 till noon for a special broadcast of ...
Posted by on Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:17:00 GMT

Muddy Waters

Welcome to the Players Club -It was truly a pleasure to get the band together last night at Muddy Waters in Santa Barbara. We were blessed with the addition Chris Combs on the keys. Thank you Chris!Th...
Posted by on Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:53:00 GMT

The Dream Power Radio Hour is here!

Hello Listeners-We've just about completed a new and exciting project we're calling the Dream Power Radio Hour.Inspired by Bob Dylan's recently discontinued Theme Time Radio Hour, the Dream Power Radi...
Posted by on Thu, 28 May 2009 02:51:00 GMT

New Songs Up, Tom Brosseau

Friends and Neighbors-Well, where have we been & what have we been up to?Me, I've been recording some fantastic music for others and that's been keeping me out of trouble.I've been super into Tom Bros...
Posted by on Sat, 23 May 2009 21:33:00 GMT