Itâs words and music, sound stories, voice essays, poems, letters and songs - matters of life and death.

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SPOKEN WORD: With Music, POP: with Electronic Production



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MATTTERS OF LIFE AND BREATH: POET LEWIS MAC ADAMS
and PERFORMANCE ARTIST THE DARK BOB, DEBUT WILD NEW CD DEAR OXYGEN

What the Hell Is This?

Itâs a collaboration between poet Lewis MacAdams and performance artist The Dark Bob. Itâs words and music, sound stories, voice essays, poems, letters and songs - matters of life and death. With the exception of Peril, which was written by the artist, Lauren Bon, Lewis MacAdams wrote all the words. The Dark Bob composed, sampled, performed and produced all the music and sounds.

Lewis MacAdamsâ most recent books are Birth of The Cool and The River: Books 1,2 & 3. He is currently writing a biography of Jann Wenner, founder of Rolling Stone, A frequent contributor to National Public Radioâs Day to Day, he is the founder of Friends of The Los Angeles River. Lewis has published 11 volumes of poetry and performed his work all over the U.S. and Europe. His writing has appeared in Rolling Stone, the Los Angeles Times, and Entertainment Weekly.

The dark half of the well-known performance art duo, Bob & Bob, The Dark Bob and partner Paul Bob were recently featured in the landmark exhibition âLos Angeles 1955-1985: Birth of An Art Capitalâ in 2006 at Parisâ Centre Pompidou. He contributed to the soundtrack of actor-comedian Andy Dickâs new feature film, âDanny Roane: First Time Directorâ. The Dark Bob has performed and exhibited in galleries and museums around the world. His latest CD is Stoked!

Also contributing to the CD is multi-Grammy award winner, John Chelew on guitar, and drummer Danny Frankel, who has worked with Lou Reed, Beck and K,D, Laing.

âThis was a true collaboration, â says MacAdams, âWe wrote it together, both in and out of our minds, together at the studio or home alone, In the year that this project evolved, Dear Oxygen has never been far from our thoughts.â âIt was so easy,â agreed The Dark Bob âI barely remember doing it.â

For further information on Dear Oxygen, Lewis MacAdams or The Dark Bob
Contact: David Wilkins, Badger
Ph: 912 292 0927 Info@badgerpublicity.com
807 Bonnybridge Rd., Savannah, GA 31407


Badger Publicity www.badgerpublicity.com or www.thedarkbob.com

Please also see:
www.myspace.com/94439612 (The Dark Bob)
www.myspace.com/badgering (Badger)