Lia Purpura

2 months ago | oakiedog.substack.com | Lia Purpura |David Katznelson

Big news: Lomax Archive went live yesterday morning, a record label dedicated to releasing the music recorded primarily by Alan Lomax and his father John. I am honored to have worked with Anna Lomax Wood, her son Odysseus Chairetakis, Reed Watson and Robert Meitus to create the label, as well as to help curate the releases going forward.

Jul 16, 2024 | terrain.org | Lia Purpura

Those moments of what-might-have-been, the ones I know of? So many come in. The shooting in the coffee shop I went to every day that summer in Tacoma, and waited for my order at exactly that window. Running for the bus, the ice I sidestepped, as the guy behind me slipped and hit hard. The night I was driving in lashing rain and at the last second yanked the wheel back onto the shoulder. I was shaken and pulled over, got out and looked down into the ditch where I wasn’t. The banks collapsing.