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Locally grown, artisanal, hand-made, organic, renewable, craft, stunt-guitar playing. London.

Sociologists have long understood the importance o

Sociologists have long understood the importance of what are called “weak ties.” That is, those social connections that exist alongside the “strong ties” of immediate family circles and close friendships. These weak ties form a set of dispersed and temporal social bonds that can be important for individuals’ sense of self, belongingness, acceptance, community, and so forth. They can impact everything from identity formation and re-enforcement, to job opportunities, to the establishment of deeper friendships, and so on. Mark Granovetter wrote about them in “The Strength of Weak Ties” (1973). Robert Putnam, in Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community (2000), explored similar ideas amidst what he saw as a decline in face-to-face personal interaction and its impact on the changing landscape of civic involvement.

Music scenes are made up of a multitude of these weak ties. Those people we see at shows, meet on gigs, musicians in pickup bands, stage technicians, bartenders and servers, audience members, and so forth make up a broad network of important associations. We’re not all “best friends” and we often don’t see each other outside of these contexts, but when we do, these transient experiences really matter.

So I just want to say to all those folks who I would have normally seen in the course of playing music live, those sound techs and band members waiting in the wings on a festival stage, those audiences and servers at a bar or theatre, those fellow travellers at jam sessions or checking out a band:

I miss you!

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Things are going to get fun around here...and loud

Things are going to get fun around here...and loud! Thanks to Scott at @axeandyoushallreceive for the @buildyourownclone Crown Jewel and L’il Fuzz kits. This should keep me busy.
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Posted @withregram • @sleahy_music "Isolation" is now available to stream/download from wherever you get your music.
All proceeds will be donated to St. Joseph’s Health Crisis Fund.
Proud to have been part of this collaboration. 🎤🇮🇪🇨🇦🇨🇿🇪🇺🇺🇸🎤 Special thanks to @castor_canadensis for cover design.
Produced by @darryllahteenmaa
Vocals: Sleahy, Darryl McCarthy @thestereodarryl
Dean McKey, David Usselman, Sarah Giardino, Karen Bell, @karenemeny @jennifer.red.thorpe , Davey Lahteenmaa, Darryl Lahteenmaa
Bass: Dylan Vance
Guitars/Keyboards: Arun Chaudhuri
Keyboards: Jeff Heisholt
Guitars: Adam Sabaz @at0mpub
Guitars: @paulaitkenguitar
Keyboards: Tim Kunz
Keyboards: Jeff Dubois
Drums/ Programming/ Keyboards: Darryl Lahteenma

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