E.G. Phillips
@duckswithpants.bsky.social
songwriter w/ fake band; Bob Dylan with ♭5ths / lounge music somewhere between Tom Waits and TMBG; midwest in origin, 🌁 SF based; 🎵✍️ + Dr. Who🧣, maps 🗺, jazz 🎷, politics 😔; "too classic"
http://duckswithpants.com
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Signals In the Dark
diary entries from a singer-songwriter in jazz fusion form
www.duckswithpants.com
January 27, 2026 at 8:34 PM
While this particular piece is a more traditional swing jazz type of deal inspired by one of my favorite bits of Ellingtonia, it acts as the entry point to a soundscape influenced by Miles Davis’s fusion era.
January 21, 2026 at 5:14 PM
While this particular piece is a more traditional swing jazz type of deal inspired by one of my favorite bits of Ellingtonia, it acts as the entry point to a soundscape influenced by Miles Davis’s fusion era.
This track drops as the first single of my latest project “Signals in the Dark” later tonight. This is the third project I’ve recorded at Wally’s HydeOut with Chris McGrew and Kevin Seal.
January 21, 2026 at 5:14 PM
This track drops as the first single of my latest project “Signals in the Dark” later tonight. This is the third project I’ve recorded at Wally’s HydeOut with Chris McGrew and Kevin Seal.
I appreciate that she called Secretary Noem “ICE Barbie” before correcting herself.
January 10, 2026 at 5:55 PM
I appreciate that she called Secretary Noem “ICE Barbie” before correcting herself.
Well you know, when you’re batting 1000 in the court like this administration is, you don’t want to take any chances that there’s a problem with the paperwork
January 3, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Well you know, when you’re batting 1000 in the court like this administration is, you don’t want to take any chances that there’s a problem with the paperwork
I laughed when they slammed the door when the response to “who are you representing” was “just ourselves”
December 31, 2025 at 10:58 PM
I laughed when they slammed the door when the response to “who are you representing” was “just ourselves”
Eventually I’ll bust out my Gahsn Wilson cartoon book so I can share the one where it’s a king looking over his shoulder at a sunset saying “fine, go ahead and set” so I can share it for just these occasions
December 31, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Eventually I’ll bust out my Gahsn Wilson cartoon book so I can share the one where it’s a king looking over his shoulder at a sunset saying “fine, go ahead and set” so I can share it for just these occasions
I'd like to see them try this shit at preschool in Edina
December 31, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I'd like to see them try this shit at preschool in Edina
Maybe he should try just hanging around playgrounds next.
December 30, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Maybe he should try just hanging around playgrounds next.
Sad that Barron never had an adult in his life who knew how to read to children (or just knew how to read).
December 7, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Sad that Barron never had an adult in his life who knew how to read to children (or just knew how to read).
The whole “summary execution thing” is what troubles me.
December 7, 2025 at 2:32 AM
The whole “summary execution thing” is what troubles me.
Like the demolition company that took the East Wing demolition gig, signing up to be the architect for this project is a choice…
November 28, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Like the demolition company that took the East Wing demolition gig, signing up to be the architect for this project is a choice…