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CONTROLThe Biggest Hurdle: Medicaid 101 Feat. Jonathan BurksWith key markups delayed and internal GOP debates spilling into public view, hosts Brendan Buck and Annalyse Keller discuss the state of the “one, big, beautiful bill” – and if it will get passed at all. Then, Jonathan Burks, Executive Vice President of Economic and Health Policy at the Bipartisan Policy Center and former Chief of Staff to Speaker Ryan, joins the show to help Brendan and Annalyse get smart on all things Medicaid and offer his perspective on passing a massive tax bill.
Hosts: Brendan Buck and Annalyse Keller
Guest: Jonathan Burks
Prod...
2025-05-0647 min
Ground Up FaithS2:03 - Loving Your Neighbor (feat.) Pastor Dwayne BurksIn this episode of the Ground Up Faith Podcast, please join us for our conversation with Dwayne Burks, Pastor and Founder of The Gateway Gaston. He has an inspiring story of Grace that saved his life and empowers his love of neighbor.
2021-11-0249 min
The FlyJonathan Burks: "There is no one path"Fly on the Wall is back for Season 6! Today we are interviewing Jonathan Burks, a GU Politics Fall 2019 Fellow and former chief of staff to Speaker of the House Paul Ryan.
2019-09-2220 min
Weekly Song PostWSP#186 - HA - Band Practice 2007recorded December 2nd, 2007 in a basement in Riverwest, MKE
this song originally appears on my 2009 release Brown Paper Bag
featuring:
Vocals and Guitar - Jonathan Burks
Guitar - Joe Peschio
Piano -Nick Westfahl
Bass - Marc Luther Paul
Drums - Dan Boyles
Guitar - Jacob Sutrick
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Contact: jonburk7@gmail.com
lyrics:
I got some bucks in my pocket a gut full of blues
churning in my stomach, in my heart, in my shoes
burning in my mouth like a stubborn dying tooth
I been searching every...
2016-10-0403 minJonathan BurksWSP#186 - HA - Band Practice 2007recorded December 2nd, 2007 in a basement in Riverwest, MKE
this song originally appears on my 2009 release Brown Paper Bag
featuring:
Vocals and Guitar - Jonathan Burks
Guitar - Joe Peschio
Piano -Nick Westfahl
Bass - Marc Luther Paul
Drums - Dan Boyles
Guitar - Jacob Sutrick
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Website: http://www.jonburks.com/
Contact: jonburk7@gmail.com
lyrics:
I got some bucks in my pocket a gut full of blues
churning in my stomach, in my heart, in my shoes
burning in my mouth like a stubborn dying tooth
I been searching every...
2016-10-0403 min
Weekly Song PostWSP#185 - Hand To Hold - Band Practice 2008Weekly Song Post number 185
'Hand to Hold'
recorded in a Riverwest basement by Joe Peschio in 2008
Vocals and Guitar - Jonathan Burks
Guitar - Joe Peschio
Bass - Marc Luther Paul
Drums - Dan Boyles
some OG Jon Burks' Band I found going thru my files
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lyrics:
oh sweet sister won't you be my morning
wanna be you comrade, don't want to be your informant
you and I are lovers baby
but that don't mean we can't be friends
I want your...
2016-09-2502 minJonathan BurksWSP#185 - Hand To Hold - Band Practice 2008Weekly Song Post number 185
'Hand to Hold'
recorded in a Riverwest basement by Joe Peschio in 2008
Vocals and Guitar - Jonathan Burks
Guitar - Joe Peschio
Bass - Marc Luther Paul
Drums - Dan Boyles
some OG Jon Burks' Band I found going thru my files
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Contact: jonburk7@gmail.com
lyrics:
oh sweet sister won't you be my morning
wanna be you comrade, don't want to be your informant
you and I are lovers baby
but that don't mean we can't be friends
I want your...
2016-09-2502 min
Weekly Song PostWSP#184 - It Just Aint Rightouttake from my 2006 release, Bones of the Tree
recorded by Colin Gagon at Herzog
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Website: http://www.jonburks.com/
Contact: jonburk7@gmail.com
lyrics:
I try to talk to you and you avoid me like the plague
my loving aint contagious
I aint no leper babe
you got me going crazy
it just aint right
wont you please call me up
or better yet honey stop by
oh my god I'm so hot for you
but you turn me cold as ice
when I try to talk to you
you got...
2016-09-1902 min
Weekly Song PostWSP#183 - Dali's Liquid LadiesWeekly Song Post number 183
'Dali's Liquid Ladies'
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by Jonathan E Burks
2016-09-1200 minJonathan BurksWSP#183 - Dali's Liquid LadiesWeekly Song Post number 183
'Dali's Liquid Ladies'
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by Jonathan E Burks
2016-09-1200 min
Jonathan BurksWSP#178 - In The MysteryWeekly Song Post number 178
'In the Mystery'
outtake from my 2006 release, Bones of the Tree
recorded by Colin Gagon at Herzog
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mine is a water sign
I get wet I get dry
it's all just a state of mind
mine is a water sign
full moon is high
I feel the pull of the tide
levy's busted open wide
flooding this ol' heart of mine
liquid is light
I seen 'em both in her eyes
in the folds of her mind
in...
2016-08-0303 minWeekly Song PostWSP#178 - In The MysteryWeekly Song Post number 178
'In the Mystery'
outtake from my 2006 release, Bones of the Tree
recorded by Colin Gagon at Herzog
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mine is a water sign
I get wet I get dry
it's all just a state of mind
mine is a water sign
full moon is high
I feel the pull of the tide
levy's busted open wide
flooding this ol' heart of mine
liquid is light
I seen 'em both in her eyes
in the folds of her mind
in...
2016-08-0303 min
Weekly Song PostWSP#177 - I Love You Mary JaneWeekly Song Post number 177
'I Love You Mary Jane'
outtake from my 2006 release, Bones of the Tree
recorded by Colin Gagon at Herzog
lyrics:
they say happiness don't grow on trees
but your love grows wild and reckless like a weed
my heart buds forth like a swollen spring
when I walk through your fields of green
I drink you up until my cup runs high
you make me wanna sing when I feel like dying
I know you aint the solution to my woes
but this world is a whipping post and I'm getting stoned
you make my gray...
2016-07-2602 minJonathan BurksWSP#177 - I Love You Mary JaneWeekly Song Post number 177
'I Love You Mary Jane'
outtake from my 2006 release, Bones of the Tree
recorded by Colin Gagon at Herzog
lyrics:
they say happiness don't grow on trees
but your love grows wild and reckless like a weed
my heart buds forth like a swollen spring
when I walk through your fields of green
I drink you up until my cup runs high
you make me wanna sing when I feel like dying
I know you aint the solution to my woes
but this world is a whipping post and I'm getting stoned
you make my gray...
2016-07-2602 min
Weekly Song PostWSP#176 - Rock and RollWeekly Song Post number 176
'Rock and Roll'
from my 2006 release, Bones of the Tree
produced and engineered by Colin Gagon
bass guitar by Marc Luther Paul
keyboard and backup vocals by Colin Gagon
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lyrics:
your heart is always restless
your feet they never touch the ground
the truth is what you're avoiding
your lost and you don't want to be found
it's one, one for the money
and two, two for the show
your heart is good and golden
but your soul...
2016-07-2002 min
Weekly Song PostWSP#175 - Quiet Desperationrecorded by Mark Zbikowski on Friday July 8th, 2016
I got piss poor life skills
for a grown-ass man
honey I aint as tall
as you think I am
quiet desperation throwing 'round its weight
got me dancing a side-step shuffle
down this load bearing plank
time waits for no one
every man got needs
there's somebody else
that I have to be
quiet desperation loosing its restraint
floating on the surface tension
held taut behind her face
I suppose I should have seen it coming
how could I know it would be as sweet as this
every pause and mis-step
...
2016-07-1203 min
Weekly Song PostWSP#174 - It's On'It's On' originally appeared on my 2010 release, Loudmouth Soup
featuring Joe Peschio, Nick Westfahl, Marc Luther Paul, Dan Boyles and Jacob Sutrick
recorded by Shane Hochstetler at Howl Street
roll with the punches
follow my hunches
drink a 6pack for lunch and
smoke that shit all day long
It's me Johny B the honky tonk m.c.
piece of straw in my teeth when i flow fancy free
stoned on the weed and the beer for sure
loose like Willy and haggard like Merle
it's Sunday morning and I'm coming down
damn straight fools can drink up in the brew...
2016-07-0603 min
Weekly Song PostWSP#173 - Deep Searchaint waiting round with bated breath
boot drop don't designate next step
you get yours honey, I got mine
I'm working out my piece of the pie
I took my last chance
gonna grab something better than that
disconnect, discontent
working all the time, barely making rent
feel a bit like human fuel
for somebody else's dream come true
you aint got a chance
you have something better than that
the world we're in has got the bends
coming up too quick thru the primal depths
mounting pressure, space/time rift in our bones
as we breach the surface on...
2016-06-2802 min
Weekly Song PostWSP#172 - Monkey TeethWeekly Song Post number 172, 'Monkey Teeth'
lyrics:
I have a hard time letting go
afraid to lose my hold
upon some kind of feeling
that I've come to know
get my head wrapped around
some notion I've found
when it outlives its usefulness
I forget to put it down
it's a thin line between what's real
and just how ya feel
I don't trust any one of us
not to slip on that banana peel
a joke lands or it don't
some plans just won't
keep on darlin, keep rolling on
whatever floats your boat
be a dog, get your...
2016-06-1302 min
Weekly Song PostWSP#170 - Be AwareWeekly Song Post number 170, 'Be Aware'
Spatula City featuring Jonathan Burks, Andrew Euting, Marc Luther Paul, Dan Hartwig, Gabe Jankowski, and Adam Krause
written by Jonathan Burks
recorded by Colin Gagon at Herzog
2016-05-3103 minJonathan BurksWSP#170 - Be AwareWeekly Song Post number 170, 'Be Aware'
Spatula City featuring Jonathan Burks, Andrew Euting, Marc Luther Paul, Dan Hartwig, Gabe Jankowski, and Adam Krause
written by Jonathan Burks
recorded by Colin Gagon at Herzog
2016-05-3103 min
Jonathan BurksWSP#169 - Alien LoveWeekly Song Post mailing list: http://eepurl.com/bcruFT
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Contact: jonburk7@gmail.com
Weekly Song Post number 169, 'Alien Love'
Spatula City featuring Jonathan Burks, Andrew Euting, Marc Luther Paul, Dan Hartwig, Gabe Jankowski, and Adam Krause
written by Jonathan Burks and Andrew Euting
recorded by Colin Gagon at Herzog
2016-05-2403 minWeekly Song PostWSP#169 - Alien LoveWeekly Song Post mailing list: http://eepurl.com/bcruFT
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Contact: jonburk7@gmail.com
Weekly Song Post number 169, 'Alien Love'
Spatula City featuring Jonathan Burks, Andrew Euting, Marc Luther Paul, Dan Hartwig, Gabe Jankowski, and Adam Krause
written by Jonathan Burks and Andrew Euting
recorded by Colin Gagon at Herzog
2016-05-2403 min
Weekly Song PostWSP#168 - Third Floor, One BedroomWeekly Song Post mailing list: http://eepurl.com/bcruFT
Website: http://www.jonburks.com/
Contact: jonburk7@gmail.com
lyrics:
there's circles on the floorboards
where I wound my nights
into the cupboards of
my neighbor's lives
running down this small room
my secrets storm the halls
the best and the worst of me
dripping from these walls
I'm leaving here and I'm never coming back
the past holds dear what don't fit on a future track
imprints from my forehead
blood from my tongue
air still displaced
from my lowest rung
hole in the drywall
fist shaped in size
salt...
2016-05-1703 minJonathan BurksWSP#168 - Third Floor, One BedroomWeekly Song Post mailing list: http://eepurl.com/bcruFT
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lyrics:
there's circles on the floorboards
where I wound my nights
into the cupboards of
my neighbor's lives
running down this small room
my secrets storm the halls
the best and the worst of me
dripping from these walls
I'm leaving here and I'm never coming back
the past holds dear what don't fit on a future track
imprints from my forehead
blood from my tongue
air still displaced
from my lowest rung
hole in the drywall
fist shaped in size
salt...
2016-05-1703 min
Weekly Song PostWSP#165 - Paid - Live at Circle AWeekly Song Post mailing list: http://eepurl.com/bcruFT
Website: http://www.jonburks.com/
Contact: jonburk7@gmail.com
recorded live at Circle A on Saturday March 5th, 2016
performed by Jonathan Burks, Nathan Kilen, David Cusma, and Didier Leplae
lyrics:
piss and moan don't get nothing grown
aint no way around the work
I'm up to my teeth in soiled schemes
trying to keep my mouth free of dirt
two steps back aint nothing jack
but a running start
9 to 5's breaking my stride
might as well commoditize my heart
I wanna get paid
gonna grab me a slice
they say...
2016-04-2703 minJonathan BurksWSP#165 - Paid - Live at Circle AWeekly Song Post mailing list: http://eepurl.com/bcruFT
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Contact: jonburk7@gmail.com
recorded live at Circle A on Saturday March 5th, 2016
performed by Jonathan Burks, Nathan Kilen, David Cusma, and Didier Leplae
lyrics:
piss and moan don't get nothing grown
aint no way around the work
I'm up to my teeth in soiled schemes
trying to keep my mouth free of dirt
two steps back aint nothing jack
but a running start
9 to 5's breaking my stride
might as well commoditize my heart
I wanna get paid
gonna grab me a slice
they say...
2016-04-2703 min
Weekly Song PostWSP#164 - Turn of the WormWeekly Song Post mailing list: http://eepurl.com/bcruFT
Website: http://www.jonburks.com/
Contact: jonburk7@gmail.com
lyrics:
you're not alone, it aint you
the way you feel is only passing thru
it aint nothing but a mess of wind
the wild rough edges of the good within
you got troubles it's true
but they aint nothing that you can't get thru
don't take it hard, honey you're alright
even a broken window lets in the light
we all catch a bit of rain
every picture looks different from the inside of the frame
you got troubles it's true
...
2016-04-1902 minJonathan BurksWSP#164 - Turn of the WormWeekly Song Post mailing list: http://eepurl.com/bcruFT
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Contact: jonburk7@gmail.com
lyrics:
you're not alone, it aint you
the way you feel is only passing thru
it aint nothing but a mess of wind
the wild rough edges of the good within
you got troubles it's true
but they aint nothing that you can't get thru
don't take it hard, honey you're alright
even a broken window lets in the light
we all catch a bit of rain
every picture looks different from the inside of the frame
you got troubles it's true
...
2016-04-1902 min
Weekly Song PostWSP#159 - Water Beats Rock - Live At Circle AWeekly Song Post mailing list: http://eepurl.com/bcruFT
Website: http://www.jonburks.com/
recorded live at Circle A on Saturday March 5th, 2016
performed by Jonathan Burks, Nathan Kilen, David Cusma, and Didier Leplae
contact: jonburk7@gmail.com
2016-03-1502 minJonathan BurksWSP#159 - Water Beats Rock - Live At Circle AWeekly Song Post mailing list: http://eepurl.com/bcruFT
Website: http://www.jonburks.com/
recorded live at Circle A on Saturday March 5th, 2016
performed by Jonathan Burks, Nathan Kilen, David Cusma, and Didier Leplae
contact: jonburk7@gmail.com
2016-03-1502 min
Weekly Song PostWSP#158 - I Hate My Mind - live at Circle Arecorded at Circle A on Saturday March 5th, 2016
performed by Jonathan Burks, Nathan Kilen, David Cusma, and Didier Leplae
photo by Jen Skladanek
2016-03-0903 minJonathan BurksWSP#158 - I Hate My Mind - live at Circle Arecorded at Circle A on Saturday March 5th, 2016
performed by Jonathan Burks, Nathan Kilen, David Cusma, and Didier Leplae
photo by Jen Skladanek
2016-03-0903 min
Weekly Song PostWSP#156 - TopsideWeekly Song Post mailing list: http://eepurl.com/bcruFT
Website: http://www.jonburks.com/
top·side
noun
1.
the upper part of a ship's side, above the waterline.
lyrics:
aint no wrong side of the bed
when you're waking up warm and fed
set of lungs pumping breath
arm around your chest
aint no star that shines
longer than a finite time
you get one go around
feet barely touch the ground
and you're gone and you're dead
I never been one to rise
with hope singing out my eyes
but I'm learning to shift
my temperament a bit
I been a...
2016-02-2302 minJonathan BurksWSP#156 - TopsideWeekly Song Post mailing list: http://eepurl.com/bcruFT
Website: http://www.jonburks.com/
top·side
noun
1.
the upper part of a ship's side, above the waterline.
lyrics:
aint no wrong side of the bed
when you're waking up warm and fed
set of lungs pumping breath
arm around your chest
aint no star that shines
longer than a finite time
you get one go around
feet barely touch the ground
and you're gone and you're dead
I never been one to rise
with hope singing out my eyes
but I'm learning to shift
my temperament a bit
I been a...
2016-02-2302 min
Weekly Song PostWSP#155 - Exit StrategyWeekly Song Post mailing list: http://eepurl.com/bcruFT
Website: http://www.jonburks.com/
Video: https://youtu.be/FREiRv_2UUo
lyrics:
leaves are getting thin
out here on the limb
you can see the landscape
in all it's vacant heartache
full force of the wind
cutting thru my chin
sand of my glass jaw
rolling thru the back door
mind on the prize
nose to the grind
head in the clouds
boat on the brine
I'm owning this moment
victory is mine
hands on the plow
toes on the line
moving on what's next
with embryonic steps
goosebumps are my...
2016-02-1503 minJonathan BurksWSP#155 - Exit StrategyWeekly Song Post mailing list: http://eepurl.com/bcruFT
Website: http://www.jonburks.com/
Video: https://youtu.be/FREiRv_2UUo
lyrics:
leaves are getting thin
out here on the limb
you can see the landscape
in all it's vacant heartache
full force of the wind
cutting thru my chin
sand of my glass jaw
rolling thru the back door
mind on the prize
nose to the grind
head in the clouds
boat on the brine
I'm owning this moment
victory is mine
hands on the plow
toes on the line
moving on what's next
with embryonic steps
goosebumps are my...
2016-02-1503 min
Weekly Song PostWSP#154 - UntitledWeekly Song Post mailing list: http://eepurl.com/bcruFT
Website: http://www.jonburks.com/
lyrics:
I been writing more than I been living
I been talking to myself more than anybody else
it's an odd inclination I been given
love the alone time, live for the song
I been thinking, lord I been thinking
round and round these walls my thoughts scramble and crawl
the only time my soul is calm completely
is when my head is empty and there's room for the song
it's all been sung and done before I know
stronger hands than these have crafted finer...
2016-02-0902 minJonathan BurksWSP#154 - UntitledWeekly Song Post mailing list: http://eepurl.com/bcruFT
Website: http://www.jonburks.com/
lyrics:
I been writing more than I been living
I been talking to myself more than anybody else
it's an odd inclination I been given
love the alone time, live for the song
I been thinking, lord I been thinking
round and round these walls my thoughts scramble and crawl
the only time my soul is calm completely
is when my head is empty and there's room for the song
it's all been sung and done before I know
stronger hands than these have crafted finer...
2016-02-0902 min
Weekly Song PostWSP#153 - Overview EffectWeekly Song Post mailing list: http://eepurl.com/bcruFT
Website: http://www.jonburks.com/
The overview effect is a cognitive shift in awareness reported by some astronauts and cosmonauts during spaceflight, often while viewing the Earth from orbit or from the lunar surface. -wikipedia
lyrics:
nothing pressing to do today
think I'll roll a spliff and drift away
set up camp in my inner space
think on nothing at all
I'm gonna tuck these blues away
save em up for a sunny day
let the shadows on the wall
battle the grey dissolve
tomorrow brings
a little everything
I'm getting...
2016-01-3102 minJonathan BurksWSP#153 - Overview EffectWeekly Song Post mailing list: http://eepurl.com/bcruFT
Website: http://www.jonburks.com/
The overview effect is a cognitive shift in awareness reported by some astronauts and cosmonauts during spaceflight, often while viewing the Earth from orbit or from the lunar surface. -wikipedia
lyrics:
nothing pressing to do today
think I'll roll a spliff and drift away
set up camp in my inner space
think on nothing at all
I'm gonna tuck these blues away
save em up for a sunny day
let the shadows on the wall
battle the grey dissolve
tomorrow brings
a little everything
I'm getting...
2016-01-3102 min
Jonathan BurksWSP#152 - Punching TreesWeekly Song Post mailing list: http://eepurl.com/bcruFT
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Weekly Song Post number 152 'Punching Trees'
This is an acoustic demo of a new song that the band and I are working on for the next album. Recorded on my trusty Zoom recorder.
bound to crack some eggs when you're hatching plan
I'm breaking dirty, I got hatchet hands
there's more than one way to get across
I'm riding backdraft, tossing matches like a boss
small mind fit inside small frame
hanging big picture on the walls of my brain
adjust the angle of the view
...
2016-01-2602 minWeekly Song PostWSP#152 - Punching TreesWeekly Song Post mailing list: http://eepurl.com/bcruFT
Website: http://www.jonburks.com/
Weekly Song Post number 152 'Punching Trees'
This is an acoustic demo of a new song that the band and I are working on for the next album. Recorded on my trusty Zoom recorder.
bound to crack some eggs when you're hatching plan
I'm breaking dirty, I got hatchet hands
there's more than one way to get across
I'm riding backdraft, tossing matches like a boss
small mind fit inside small frame
hanging big picture on the walls of my brain
adjust the angle of the view
...
2016-01-2602 min
Jonathan BurksWSP#150 - It Starts With A Sound [part 1]I sampled some radio waves and set it to some weirdness. George Darrow on the vox samples. Riverwest Radio 104.1 WXRW
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vocal samples by George Darrow on Riverwest Radio - 104.1 WXRW
http://www.riverwestradio.com/
written, produced and engineered by Jonathan E Burks
contact: jonburk7@gmail.com
2016-01-1201 minWeekly Song PostWSP#150 - It Starts With A Sound [part 1]I sampled some radio waves and set it to some weirdness. George Darrow on the vox samples. Riverwest Radio 104.1 WXRW
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Website: http://www.jonburks.com/
vocal samples by George Darrow on Riverwest Radio - 104.1 WXRW
http://www.riverwestradio.com/
written, produced and engineered by Jonathan E Burks
contact: jonburk7@gmail.com
2016-01-1201 min
Weekly Song PostWSP#149 - Graceland HillWeekly Song Post mailing list: http://eepurl.com/bcruFT
video: https://youtu.be/luUBfYeUE9M
on mushrooms in the moonlight
twenty-five years ago
I knew you for the first time
your head beaming rivers of gold
heavy frozen branches
bursting silent and still
halo round your frame
throwing light down
on Graceland Hill
when I was a kid
winter brought lost wind and flight
thin plastic spaceships
sailing on physics and ice
into the cold
we climbed to catch that thrill
one with the now
zooming down
Graceland Hill
innocence lost
experience awkwardly won
your hands told mine
how to...
2016-01-0502 minJonathan BurksWSP#149 - Graceland HillWeekly Song Post mailing list: http://eepurl.com/bcruFT
video: https://youtu.be/luUBfYeUE9M
on mushrooms in the moonlight
twenty-five years ago
I knew you for the first time
your head beaming rivers of gold
heavy frozen branches
bursting silent and still
halo round your frame
throwing light down
on Graceland Hill
when I was a kid
winter brought lost wind and flight
thin plastic spaceships
sailing on physics and ice
into the cold
we climbed to catch that thrill
one with the now
zooming down
Graceland Hill
innocence lost
experience awkwardly won
your hands told mine
how to...
2016-01-0502 min
Jonathan BurksWSP#148 - Wing Nut - Live at Circle AWeekly Song Post mailing list: http://eepurl.com/bcruFT
Website: http://www.jonburks.com/
sometimes I'm up
other times I'm down
something different always coming round
I got thin skin
pulled taunt over tender frame
one breeze and I'm flying squirrel
blowing round every which way
dark thoughts rolling
down the barrel of my mind
synapsis claw and scratch
leave me staring down the great divide
I can feel something breaking
but it aint coming quick enough
there's a breakdown in the making
but it aint coming quick enough
all this slo mo salvation
is quickly making me nuts
words...
2015-12-2902 minWeekly Song PostWSP#148 - Wing Nut - Live at Circle AWeekly Song Post mailing list: http://eepurl.com/bcruFT
Website: http://www.jonburks.com/
sometimes I'm up
other times I'm down
something different always coming round
I got thin skin
pulled taunt over tender frame
one breeze and I'm flying squirrel
blowing round every which way
dark thoughts rolling
down the barrel of my mind
synapsis claw and scratch
leave me staring down the great divide
I can feel something breaking
but it aint coming quick enough
there's a breakdown in the making
but it aint coming quick enough
all this slo mo salvation
is quickly making me nuts
words...
2015-12-2902 min
Jonathan BurksJonathan Burks - WSP#147 - Silent Nightvideo: https://youtu.be/dLBHe0pJ8Co
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lyrics:
silent night, holy night
purple dome, approaching light
golden pink glorious crown
pouring splendor on centuries down
songs of heavenly peace
sweet songs of heavenly peace
silent night, holy night
all is calm, all is quiet
softly listens the wondering air
holy infant with clustering hair
sleep in heavenly peace
sleep in heavenly peace
silent night, holy night
all is one, love's pure light
radiant beams from thy heavenly face
speaking the knowledge of abundant grace
songs of...
2015-12-2102 minWeekly Song PostJonathan Burks - WSP#147 - Silent Nightvideo: https://youtu.be/dLBHe0pJ8Co
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lyrics:
silent night, holy night
purple dome, approaching light
golden pink glorious crown
pouring splendor on centuries down
songs of heavenly peace
sweet songs of heavenly peace
silent night, holy night
all is calm, all is quiet
softly listens the wondering air
holy infant with clustering hair
sleep in heavenly peace
sleep in heavenly peace
silent night, holy night
all is one, love's pure light
radiant beams from thy heavenly face
speaking the knowledge of abundant grace
songs of...
2015-12-2102 min
Jonathan BurksWSP#145 - Light It Up - WMSEPerformed by Jonathan Burks, Nathan Kilen, David Cusma, and Didier Leplae. Recorded and mixed by Billy Cicerelli at 91.7 WMSE on November 10th, 2015.
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lyrics:
thirty-something years old
recovering alcoholic
Jon Burks is in the place
the stage, man I'm on it
Johny Bizzle with the flame to the wick
rock a many style, flow indiscriminate
from Woody Guthrie to Old Dirty Bastard
my influences range from Wimbledon to Nascar
I'm not the hardest, not the farthest out
still I get around when I roustabout
from the Zoom...
2015-12-0805 minWeekly Song PostWSP#145 - Light It Up - WMSEPerformed by Jonathan Burks, Nathan Kilen, David Cusma, and Didier Leplae. Recorded and mixed by Billy Cicerelli at 91.7 WMSE on November 10th, 2015.
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lyrics:
thirty-something years old
recovering alcoholic
Jon Burks is in the place
the stage, man I'm on it
Johny Bizzle with the flame to the wick
rock a many style, flow indiscriminate
from Woody Guthrie to Old Dirty Bastard
my influences range from Wimbledon to Nascar
I'm not the hardest, not the farthest out
still I get around when I roustabout
from the Zoom...
2015-12-0805 min
Jonathan BurksWSP#143 - Holding Pattern - Circle A 14Nov2015Video: https://youtu.be/d4a3aj7PIWc
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performed by - Jonathan Burks, Nathan Kilen, David Cusma, Didier Leplae
lately my mouth don't do nothing but whine
need to sharpen the edges of my battle cry
I got one foot rooted in the mess I'm in
and the other one moving on, I'm spreading thin
blade to the path, I don't chiromance
got a read on the backside of the task at hand
I'm catching lumps taking it on the chin
most times where you're at aint where you're trying to...
2015-11-2503 minWeekly Song PostWSP#143 - Holding Pattern - Circle A 14Nov2015Video: https://youtu.be/d4a3aj7PIWc
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performed by - Jonathan Burks, Nathan Kilen, David Cusma, Didier Leplae
lately my mouth don't do nothing but whine
need to sharpen the edges of my battle cry
I got one foot rooted in the mess I'm in
and the other one moving on, I'm spreading thin
blade to the path, I don't chiromance
got a read on the backside of the task at hand
I'm catching lumps taking it on the chin
most times where you're at aint where you're trying to...
2015-11-2503 min
Jonathan BurksWSP#144 - Tool - Circle A 14Nov2015Weekly Song Post mailing list: http://eepurl.com/bcruFT
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“There are two kinds of people in the world: Drains and Radiators.” – Andy Serkis, Nerdist 545
lyrics:
getting dirty and down to work
hands underneath the hood
frontal lobe ‘neath my fingernails
diy I don’t knock on wood
I might be out of luck
but I ain't afraid of rut
every valley’s got peaks
I might never get out this crevice
but it won’t be 'cause I didn’t reach
you can give off heat
or take it away
you can be the radiator
or the drain
hat...
2015-11-1404 minWeekly Song PostWSP#144 - Tool - Circle A 14Nov2015Weekly Song Post mailing list: http://eepurl.com/bcruFT
Website: http://www.jonburks.com/
“There are two kinds of people in the world: Drains and Radiators.” – Andy Serkis, Nerdist 545
lyrics:
getting dirty and down to work
hands underneath the hood
frontal lobe ‘neath my fingernails
diy I don’t knock on wood
I might be out of luck
but I ain't afraid of rut
every valley’s got peaks
I might never get out this crevice
but it won’t be 'cause I didn’t reach
you can give off heat
or take it away
you can be the radiator
or the drain
hat...
2015-11-1404 min
Local Live | WMSELocal Live - Jonathan Burks“Jonathan Burks teams up with Dave Cusma, Didier Leplae and Nathan Kilen for the latest iteration of Jon Burks’ Band, bringing on tuba, electric guitar and Rhythm and Blues. His eighth release and first full-length album in three years, Getting Low playfully self-examines, giving quiet desperation a voice of reflective reckoning. A little less country, a lot more Rock and Roll, Burks continues to move forward exploring demons and ideas with psychedelic warmth and self-deprecating wit.”
2015-11-121h 02
Weekly Song PostWSP#146 - Water Beats Rock - WMSEvideo: https://youtu.be/ixVhma0Rajo
Performed by Jonathan Burks, Nathan Kilen, David Cusma, and Didier Leplae. Recorded and mixed by Billy Cicerelli at 91.7 WMSE on November 10th, 2015.
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lyrics:
I aint got no money, I aint got no girl
fear I been misplaced
I aint wanted in this world
like a square peg lego
I don't seem to fit
I lay me down upon the wall
but I don't hear no click
gradients of static saturate the lens
I'm having a hard time making out
any...
2015-11-1002 minJonathan BurksWSP#146 - Water Beats Rock - WMSEvideo: https://youtu.be/ixVhma0Rajo
Performed by Jonathan Burks, Nathan Kilen, David Cusma, and Didier Leplae. Recorded and mixed by Billy Cicerelli at 91.7 WMSE on November 10th, 2015.
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lyrics:
I aint got no money, I aint got no girl
fear I been misplaced
I aint wanted in this world
like a square peg lego
I don't seem to fit
I lay me down upon the wall
but I don't hear no click
gradients of static saturate the lens
I'm having a hard time making out
any...
2015-11-1002 min
Jonathan BurksWSP#141 - ROCK AND ROLL - WMSE 2005Weekly Song Post mailing list: http://eepurl.com/bcruFT
Website: http://www.jonburks.com/
your heart is always restless
your feet they never touch the ground
the truth is what you're avoiding
your lost and you don't want to be found
it's one, one for the money
and two, two for the show
your heart is good and golden
but your soul is all rock n' roll
resting in the arms of a woman
who wept for forty days and forty nights
but aint no flood or mad amounts of love
gonna get you clean tonight
all your bridges are...
2015-11-0402 minWeekly Song PostWSP#141 - ROCK AND ROLL - WMSE 2005Weekly Song Post mailing list: http://eepurl.com/bcruFT
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your heart is always restless
your feet they never touch the ground
the truth is what you're avoiding
your lost and you don't want to be found
it's one, one for the money
and two, two for the show
your heart is good and golden
but your soul is all rock n' roll
resting in the arms of a woman
who wept for forty days and forty nights
but aint no flood or mad amounts of love
gonna get you clean tonight
all your bridges are...
2015-11-0402 min
Jonathan BurksWSP#140 - REBOOT - zoomWeekly Song Post mailing list: http://eepurl.com/bcruFT
Website: http://www.jonburks.com/
I asked for a sign, didn't like what it said
I kept on keeping on instead
they say nothing beats a fail but a try
guess that's one thing I'm doing right
been kicking round the same old tunes
tangled up in a predictable hue
all the ink I've spilled on rambling songs
aint floating me none or getting me gone
stubborn is as stupid does
my head knows better but my feet won't budge
my donkey-sense has got me frozen in this track
some kind...
2015-10-2802 minWeekly Song PostWSP#140 - REBOOT - zoomWeekly Song Post mailing list: http://eepurl.com/bcruFT
Website: http://www.jonburks.com/
I asked for a sign, didn't like what it said
I kept on keeping on instead
they say nothing beats a fail but a try
guess that's one thing I'm doing right
been kicking round the same old tunes
tangled up in a predictable hue
all the ink I've spilled on rambling songs
aint floating me none or getting me gone
stubborn is as stupid does
my head knows better but my feet won't budge
my donkey-sense has got me frozen in this track
some kind...
2015-10-2802 min
Jonathan BurksWSP#139 - HOLDING PATTERN - zoomWeekly Song Post mailing list: http://eepurl.com/bcruFT
lately my mouth don't do nothing but whine
need to sharpen the edges of my battle cry
I got one foot rooted in the mess I'm in
and the other one moving on, I'm spreading thin
blade to the path, I don't chiromance
got a read on the backside of the task at hand
I'm catching lumps taking it on the chin
most times where you're at aint where you're trying to get
I fall to pieces like Humpty Dump
the hunch in my back is packed with psychic junk
I'm...
2015-10-2003 minWeekly Song PostWSP#139 - HOLDING PATTERN - zoomWeekly Song Post mailing list: http://eepurl.com/bcruFT
lately my mouth don't do nothing but whine
need to sharpen the edges of my battle cry
I got one foot rooted in the mess I'm in
and the other one moving on, I'm spreading thin
blade to the path, I don't chiromance
got a read on the backside of the task at hand
I'm catching lumps taking it on the chin
most times where you're at aint where you're trying to get
I fall to pieces like Humpty Dump
the hunch in my back is packed with psychic junk
I'm...
2015-10-2003 min
Jonathan BurksWSP#138 - PAID - zoomWeekly Song Post mailing list: http://eepurl.com/bcruFT
piss and moan don't get nothing grown
aint no way around the work
I'm up to my teeth in soiled schemes
trying to keep my mouth free of dirt
two steps back aint nothing jack
but a running start
9 to 5's breaking my stride
might as well commoditize my heart
I wanna get paid
gonna grab me a slice
they say money don't buy everything
but it buy everything I like
row my boat against the flow
common sense aint my friend
if I had a lick I would take the...
2015-10-1303 minWeekly Song PostWSP#138 - PAID - zoomWeekly Song Post mailing list: http://eepurl.com/bcruFT
piss and moan don't get nothing grown
aint no way around the work
I'm up to my teeth in soiled schemes
trying to keep my mouth free of dirt
two steps back aint nothing jack
but a running start
9 to 5's breaking my stride
might as well commoditize my heart
I wanna get paid
gonna grab me a slice
they say money don't buy everything
but it buy everything I like
row my boat against the flow
common sense aint my friend
if I had a lick I would take the...
2015-10-1303 min
Jonathan BurksWSP#137 - GOTTA GET AROUND - band practicevideo: https://youtu.be/DL1NzGnEAxA
This is band practice version of a song off my 2009 album Brown Paper Bag
featuring Joe Peschio, Nick Westfahl, Marc Luther Paul, Dan Boyles and Jacob Sutrick
recorded by Joe Peschio and Marc Luther Paul
I don't like my roommate, I hate my job
I like getting drunk but it don't pay a lot
I like getting high, I like writing tunes
love me some women, baby I miss you
so dissatisfied, so doggone blue
pacing the floor, wearing holes in my shoes
drinking beer in the morning, smoking all day long
I'm in...
2015-10-0602 minWeekly Song PostWSP#137 - GOTTA GET AROUND - band practicevideo: https://youtu.be/DL1NzGnEAxA
This is band practice version of a song off my 2009 album Brown Paper Bag
featuring Joe Peschio, Nick Westfahl, Marc Luther Paul, Dan Boyles and Jacob Sutrick
recorded by Joe Peschio and Marc Luther Paul
I don't like my roommate, I hate my job
I like getting drunk but it don't pay a lot
I like getting high, I like writing tunes
love me some women, baby I miss you
so dissatisfied, so doggone blue
pacing the floor, wearing holes in my shoes
drinking beer in the morning, smoking all day long
I'm in...
2015-10-0602 min
Jonathan BurksWSP#136 - OFF THE STONE - zoomvideo: https://youtu.be/YAvJKIn1Pfc
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one grain at a time
lifting weight from the stone
giving up to the wind
what aint mine to hold
can't tip the slope of the hill
gotta lessen the load
techtonic plates
aint got nothing on me
rearranging my face
grinding glacially
where I'm at right now
aint where I'm gonna be
get my needle stuck
on a particular note
swimming round and round
confusing ocean for moat
if the craft is sound
why not get in and row?
every step of the way
...
2015-09-2803 minWeekly Song PostWSP#136 - OFF THE STONE - zoomvideo: https://youtu.be/YAvJKIn1Pfc
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one grain at a time
lifting weight from the stone
giving up to the wind
what aint mine to hold
can't tip the slope of the hill
gotta lessen the load
techtonic plates
aint got nothing on me
rearranging my face
grinding glacially
where I'm at right now
aint where I'm gonna be
get my needle stuck
on a particular note
swimming round and round
confusing ocean for moat
if the craft is sound
why not get in and row?
every step of the way
...
2015-09-2803 min
Weekly Song PostWSP#135 - UPPERCUT - zoomWeekly Song Post mailing list: http://eepurl.com/bcruFT
video: https://youtu.be/Ua_hbKr4CkU
struggling to find my place
these clumsy hands can't catch no break
hustling, too dumb too quit
guess some folks aint got no sense
nothing left to do
chin up and punch through
feeling anything but whole
busted, every kind of broke
the pieces shift, can't get a grip
never been quite this over it
hard rain filling up the boat
best laid plans don't always float
the tide just rips, it don't rise or lift
20,000 leagues sitting on my chest
Email: jonathan.burks...
2015-09-2102 minJonathan BurksWSP#135 - UPPERCUT - zoomWeekly Song Post mailing list: http://eepurl.com/bcruFT
video: https://youtu.be/Ua_hbKr4CkU
struggling to find my place
these clumsy hands can't catch no break
hustling, too dumb too quit
guess some folks aint got no sense
nothing left to do
chin up and punch through
feeling anything but whole
busted, every kind of broke
the pieces shift, can't get a grip
never been quite this over it
hard rain filling up the boat
best laid plans don't always float
the tide just rips, it don't rise or lift
20,000 leagues sitting on my chest
Email: jonathan.burks...
2015-09-2102 min
Weekly Song PostWSP#134 - Holiday Paradevideo: https://youtu.be/v1_XSQbMZuY
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Email: jonathan.burks@rocketmail.com
Website: http://www.jonburks.com/
Bandcamp: https://jonathanburks.bandcamp.com/
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/jonathanburks
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/jonathan-burks/id13673861?uo=4
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/jonathanburks7
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2015-07-0602 minJonathan BurksWSP#134 - Holiday Paradevideo: https://youtu.be/v1_XSQbMZuY
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Email: jonathan.burks@rocketmail.com
Website: http://www.jonburks.com/
Bandcamp: https://jonathanburks.bandcamp.com/
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/jonathanburks
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/jonathan-burks/id13673861?uo=4
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/jonathanburks7
Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/jonathanburks
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jonburks1
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jonathanburks
CD Baby: http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/JonathanBurks
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2015-07-0602 min
Weekly Song PostWSP#133 - ROLL AND TUMBLE - remixvideo: https://youtu.be/valLitdOrtc
I'm really digging making darker, weirder versions of these songs I haven't thought about in a while. also, its fun sifting thru a bunch of quirky old commercials. sign up for the mailing list and get a weekly song directly in your inbox. no spam, just ham:http://eepurl.com/bcruFT thanks!
original track recorded by Dave Gelting. he also plays the piano and string parts that I sampled.
words and music by Jonathan Burks
I'm gonna roll and tumble baby, stumble through every town
gonna romp and ramble 'till my name gets around
I'll...
2015-06-2802 minJonathan BurksWSP#133 - ROLL AND TUMBLE - remixvideo: https://youtu.be/valLitdOrtc
I'm really digging making darker, weirder versions of these songs I haven't thought about in a while. also, its fun sifting thru a bunch of quirky old commercials. sign up for the mailing list and get a weekly song directly in your inbox. no spam, just ham:http://eepurl.com/bcruFT thanks!
original track recorded by Dave Gelting. he also plays the piano and string parts that I sampled.
words and music by Jonathan Burks
I'm gonna roll and tumble baby, stumble through every town
gonna romp and ramble 'till my name gets around
I'll...
2015-06-2802 min
Weekly Song PostWSP#132 - HOPE SPRINGS TEMPERAMENTAL - remixvideo: https://youtu.be/sBGBOBrcGuA
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remix of a song off of my 2006 release 'Bones of the Tree'
words and music by Jonathan Burks
lyrics:
once the words came to me
now I'm chasing around
all these lame and useless
verbs and nouns
I might be lost
I might be found
I'm a square
the earth is round
over around the bend good
lord it never ends
they say hope springs eternal
but she always been
my fair weathered friend
I had it all
and threw it away
not just once
over...
2015-06-1903 minJonathan BurksWSP#132 - HOPE SPRINGS TEMPERAMENTAL - remixvideo: https://youtu.be/sBGBOBrcGuA
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remix of a song off of my 2006 release 'Bones of the Tree'
words and music by Jonathan Burks
lyrics:
once the words came to me
now I'm chasing around
all these lame and useless
verbs and nouns
I might be lost
I might be found
I'm a square
the earth is round
over around the bend good
lord it never ends
they say hope springs eternal
but she always been
my fair weathered friend
I had it all
and threw it away
not just once
over...
2015-06-1903 min
Jonathan BurksWSP#130 - SHE IS GONE - remixWeekly Song Post mailing list: http://eepurl.com/bcruFT
Video: https://youtu.be/qxTqaakgazE
In my early twenties I used to carry around a handheld cassette recorder and tape noise jams and random goofs, hamming it up with other cheeky weirdos. The night these samples were recorded I also managed to break a piano. I got that on tape too.
The original version of this song is off of my album Red Pulpy Mess, recorded at Howl Street in 2010.
Guitar - Joe Peschio, Jacob Sutrick
Bass - Marc Luther Paul
words and music by Jonathan Burks
lyrics:
I found my...
2015-06-0703 minWeekly Song PostWSP#130 - SHE IS GONE - remixWeekly Song Post mailing list: http://eepurl.com/bcruFT
Video: https://youtu.be/qxTqaakgazE
In my early twenties I used to carry around a handheld cassette recorder and tape noise jams and random goofs, hamming it up with other cheeky weirdos. The night these samples were recorded I also managed to break a piano. I got that on tape too.
The original version of this song is off of my album Red Pulpy Mess, recorded at Howl Street in 2010.
Guitar - Joe Peschio, Jacob Sutrick
Bass - Marc Luther Paul
words and music by Jonathan Burks
lyrics:
I found my...
2015-06-0703 min
Jonathan BurksWSP#129 - CANT GET RIGHT - Linneman'svideo: https://youtu.be/litCrOnSiUM
Recorded at Linneman's Riverwest Inn on Thursday May 14th, 2015. From a show with Heidi Spencer and the Rare Birds, Andru Bemis and Tom Brusseau.
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Jonathan Burks - voice and guitar
Didier Leplae - guitar
Nathan Kilen - drums
Dave Cusma - tuba
song by Jonathan Burks
I aint hungry
roof over my head
no kind of problems
are the only ones I have
something's burning
but there aint no light
low and heavy
can't get right
running...
2015-05-1403 minWeekly Song PostWSP#129 - CANT GET RIGHT - Linneman'svideo: https://youtu.be/litCrOnSiUM
Recorded at Linneman's Riverwest Inn on Thursday May 14th, 2015. From a show with Heidi Spencer and the Rare Birds, Andru Bemis and Tom Brusseau.
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Jonathan Burks - voice and guitar
Didier Leplae - guitar
Nathan Kilen - drums
Dave Cusma - tuba
song by Jonathan Burks
I aint hungry
roof over my head
no kind of problems
are the only ones I have
something's burning
but there aint no light
low and heavy
can't get right
running...
2015-05-1403 min
Jonathan BurksWSP#126 - OFF THE STONE - Linneman's open micwords and music by Jonathan Burks
jonathan.burks@rocketmail.com
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website: http://www.jonburks.com/
one grain at a time
lifting weight from the stone
giving up to the wind
what aint mine to hold
can't tip the slope of the hill
gotta lessen the load
techtonic plates
aint got nothing on me
rearranging my face
grinding glacially
where I'm at right now
aint where I'm gonna be
get my needle stuck
on a particular note
swimming round and round
confusing ocean for moat
if the craft is sound
why not...
2015-05-0503 minWeekly Song PostWSP#126 - OFF THE STONE - Linneman's open micwords and music by Jonathan Burks
jonathan.burks@rocketmail.com
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website: http://www.jonburks.com/
one grain at a time
lifting weight from the stone
giving up to the wind
what aint mine to hold
can't tip the slope of the hill
gotta lessen the load
techtonic plates
aint got nothing on me
rearranging my face
grinding glacially
where I'm at right now
aint where I'm gonna be
get my needle stuck
on a particular note
swimming round and round
confusing ocean for moat
if the craft is sound
why not...
2015-05-0503 min
Jonathan BurksWSP#125 - REBOOT - Linneman's open micvideo: https://youtu.be/ZdYrzhLdOWA
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words and music by Jonathan Burks
I asked for a sign, didn't like what it said
I kept on keeping on instead
they say nothing beats a fail but a try
guess that's one thing I'm doing right
been kicking round these same old tunes
tangled up in a predictable hue
all the ink I've spilled on rambling songs
aint floating me none or getting me gone
stubborn is as stupid does
my head knows better but...
2015-04-2802 minWeekly Song PostWSP#125 - REBOOT - Linneman's open micvideo: https://youtu.be/ZdYrzhLdOWA
jonathan.burks@rocketmail.com
Weekly Song Post mailing list: http://eepurl.com/bcruFT
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words and music by Jonathan Burks
I asked for a sign, didn't like what it said
I kept on keeping on instead
they say nothing beats a fail but a try
guess that's one thing I'm doing right
been kicking round these same old tunes
tangled up in a predictable hue
all the ink I've spilled on rambling songs
aint floating me none or getting me gone
stubborn is as stupid does
my head knows better but...
2015-04-2802 min
Jonathan BurksWSP#124 - HOLDING PATTERN - Linneman's open micrecorded at Linneman's Riverwest Inn open mic on Wednesday April 1st, 2015
words and music by Jonathan Burks
jonathan.burks@rocketmail.com
Weekly Song Post mailing list: http://eepurl.com/bcruFT
website: http://www.jonburks.com/
lately my mouth don't do nothing but whine
need to sharpen the edges of my battle cry
I got one foot rooted in the mess I'm in
and the other one moving on, I'm spreading thin
blade to the path, I don't chiromance
got a read on the backside of the task at hand
I'm catching lumps taking it on the chin
most times where...
2015-04-2002 minWeekly Song PostWSP#124 - HOLDING PATTERN - Linneman's open micrecorded at Linneman's Riverwest Inn open mic on Wednesday April 1st, 2015
words and music by Jonathan Burks
jonathan.burks@rocketmail.com
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website: http://www.jonburks.com/
lately my mouth don't do nothing but whine
need to sharpen the edges of my battle cry
I got one foot rooted in the mess I'm in
and the other one moving on, I'm spreading thin
blade to the path, I don't chiromance
got a read on the backside of the task at hand
I'm catching lumps taking it on the chin
most times where...
2015-04-2002 min
Weekly Song PostWSP#123 - GETTING LOW - acoustic demowrote this one last winter.
video: https://youtu.be/-YgsYgkD3QA
words and music by Jonathan Burks
jonathan.burks@rocketmail.com
Weekly Song Post mailing list: http://eepurl.com/bcruFT
website: http://www.jonburks.com/
bandcamp: https://jonathanburks.bandcamp.com/
soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/jonathanburks
itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/jonathan-burks/id13673861?uo=4
youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/jonathanburks7
vimeo: https://vimeo.com/jonathanburks
facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jonburks1
twitter: https://twitter.com/jonathanburks
radio reddit: http://radioreddit.com/artist_profiles/?artist=Jonathan+Burks
2015-04-1303 minJonathan BurksWSP#123 - GETTING LOW - acoustic demowrote this one last winter.
video: https://youtu.be/-YgsYgkD3QA
words and music by Jonathan Burks
jonathan.burks@rocketmail.com
Weekly Song Post mailing list: http://eepurl.com/bcruFT
website: http://www.jonburks.com/
bandcamp: https://jonathanburks.bandcamp.com/
soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/jonathanburks
itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/jonathan-burks/id13673861?uo=4
youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/jonathanburks7
vimeo: https://vimeo.com/jonathanburks
facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jonburks1
twitter: https://twitter.com/jonathanburks
radio reddit: http://radioreddit.com/artist_profiles/?artist=Jonathan+Burks
2015-04-1303 min
Weekly Song PostWSP#122 - PRETTY GIRL FROM VERMONT - bSidewords and music by Jonathan Burks
bass and engingeering by David Gelting
jonathan.burks@rocketmail.com
http://www.jonburks.com/
jonathan.burks@rocketmail.com
Weekly Song Post mailing list: http://eepurl.com/bcruFT
website: http://www.jonburks.com/
bandcamp: https://jonathanburks.bandcamp.com/
soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/jonathanburks
itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/jonathan-burks/id13673861?uo=4
youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/jonathanburks7
vimeo: https://vimeo.com/jonathanburks
facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jonburks1
twitter: https://twitter.com/jonathanburks
radio reddit: http://radioreddit.com/artist_profiles/?artist=Jonathan+Burks
2015-04-0603 minJonathan BurksWSP#122 - PRETTY GIRL FROM VERMONT - bSidewords and music by Jonathan Burks
bass and engingeering by David Gelting
jonathan.burks@rocketmail.com
http://www.jonburks.com/
jonathan.burks@rocketmail.com
Weekly Song Post mailing list: http://eepurl.com/bcruFT
website: http://www.jonburks.com/
bandcamp: https://jonathanburks.bandcamp.com/
soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/jonathanburks
itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/jonathan-burks/id13673861?uo=4
youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/jonathanburks7
vimeo: https://vimeo.com/jonathanburks
facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jonburks1
twitter: https://twitter.com/jonathanburks
radio reddit: http://radioreddit.com/artist_profiles/?artist=Jonathan+Burks
2015-04-0603 min
Weekly Song PostWSP#121 - ANY PORT IN THE STORM - rough mixJonathan Burks - voice and guitar
Didier Leplae - guitar
Scott Johnson - drums
Dave Cusma - tuba
song by Jonathan Burks
recorded and mixed by Didier Leplae
jonathan.burks@rocketmail.com
Weekly Song Post mailing list: http://eepurl.com/bcruFT
website: http://www.jonburks.com/
where you at, that's where the fresh start is
back from the dead more times than Jack Harkness
I resurrect myself on a daily basis, I'm turning pages
I aint a quick read, lessons come slow poke
taking my time, digging deeper than the cliff notes
dog-eared, highlighter in hand
in between the lines...
2015-03-3102 minJonathan BurksWSP#121 - ANY PORT IN THE STORM - rough mixJonathan Burks - voice and guitar
Didier Leplae - guitar
Scott Johnson - drums
Dave Cusma - tuba
song by Jonathan Burks
recorded and mixed by Didier Leplae
jonathan.burks@rocketmail.com
Weekly Song Post mailing list: http://eepurl.com/bcruFT
website: http://www.jonburks.com/
where you at, that's where the fresh start is
back from the dead more times than Jack Harkness
I resurrect myself on a daily basis, I'm turning pages
I aint a quick read, lessons come slow poke
taking my time, digging deeper than the cliff notes
dog-eared, highlighter in hand
in between the lines...
2015-03-3102 min
Jonathan BurksWSP#120 - The Three Fierce Mantras - rough mixThe three fierce mantras (Wyl. drag sngags gsum) of Tsangpa Gyaré are:
“Whatever has to happen, let it happen!” (ci yong ba shog)
“Whatever the situation is, it’s fine!” (gang ltar 'gro ba song)
“I don’t need anything whatsoever (but the Dharma)!” (ci kyang dgos pa med)
Jonathan Burks - voice and guitar
Didier Leplae - guitar
Nathan Kilen - drums
Dave Cusma - tuba
all songs by Jonathan Burks
recorded and mixed by Didier Leplae
jonathan.burks@rocketmail.com
Weekly Song Post mailing list: http://eepurl.com/bcruFT
website: http://www.jonburks.com/
bandcamp: https://jonathanburks.bandcamp.com/
soundcloud...
2015-03-2403 minWeekly Song PostWSP#120 - The Three Fierce Mantras - rough mixThe three fierce mantras (Wyl. drag sngags gsum) of Tsangpa Gyaré are:
“Whatever has to happen, let it happen!” (ci yong ba shog)
“Whatever the situation is, it’s fine!” (gang ltar 'gro ba song)
“I don’t need anything whatsoever (but the Dharma)!” (ci kyang dgos pa med)
Jonathan Burks - voice and guitar
Didier Leplae - guitar
Nathan Kilen - drums
Dave Cusma - tuba
all songs by Jonathan Burks
recorded and mixed by Didier Leplae
jonathan.burks@rocketmail.com
Weekly Song Post mailing list: http://eepurl.com/bcruFT
website: http://www.jonburks.com/
bandcamp: https://jonathanburks.bandcamp.com/
soundcloud...
2015-03-2403 min
Weekly Song PostWSP#119 - PAID - dubwords and music by Jonathan Burks
jonathan.burks@rocketmail.com
http://www.jonburks.com/
Weekly Song Post mailing list: http://eepurl.com/bcruFT
video: https://youtu.be/VpUC3Ng4TLs
bandcamp: https://jonathanburks.bandcamp.com/
soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/jonathanburks
itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/jonathan-burks/id13673861?uo=4
youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/jonathanburks7
vimeo: https://vimeo.com/jonathanburks
facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jonburks1
twitter: https://twitter.com/jonathanburks
radio reddit: http://radioreddit.com/artist_profiles/?artist=Jonathan+Burks
2015-03-1603 minJonathan BurksWSP#119 - PAID - dubwords and music by Jonathan Burks
jonathan.burks@rocketmail.com
http://www.jonburks.com/
Weekly Song Post mailing list: http://eepurl.com/bcruFT
video: https://youtu.be/VpUC3Ng4TLs
bandcamp: https://jonathanburks.bandcamp.com/
soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/jonathanburks
itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/jonathan-burks/id13673861?uo=4
youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/jonathanburks7
vimeo: https://vimeo.com/jonathanburks
facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jonburks1
twitter: https://twitter.com/jonathanburks
radio reddit: http://radioreddit.com/artist_profiles/?artist=Jonathan+Burks
2015-03-1603 min