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<p>- The Who, 1978
I enjoy sitting behind the curtain and watch how many people listen to the music on this page.  There is no telling the numerous ways it has been linked, downloaded, passed-on... but it seems as if someone is listening.  Then #s continue to grow with each month,.. and yet... I don't know who the fuck you are
I'd like to know.

If you accidentally found this music and you liked it, or it bothered you somehow, let me know.  Leave a review on the Visitors, join the email list or Contact me…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/the-story-so-far-1/blog/6187938/who-the-fuck-are-you">Read more</a></span></div>
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<p>OOLYAKOO has been going through some transformational musical growth and I'm very proud to be able to share some of the expansion with you.  This is our latest improvisational piece recorded at MZZL studios on 6/29/2010.  Enjoy MORE OF THE SAME:
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<p>This weekend has proven to be a swirl of poetic energy.&nbsp; On Friday, my latest poem was published on Terrence Moss Presents.&nbsp; It was a spontaneous session that bore the work titled "Bird".&nbsp; Please visit the link below and enjoy:</p>
<p>http://terrencemoss.blogspot.com/2010/04/bird-poem-by-lyle-tharp.html#links</p>
<p>In turn, I got a message from the bassist of BRANDY REPAIRS UTAH.&nbsp; He had read my poem and it inspired him to revisit the mixing of the original recordings of B.R.U.&nbsp; Throughout the day, I've been receiving…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/the-story-so-far-1/blog/6187936/poetry-poetry">Read more</a></span></div>
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<p>OOLYAKOO had a great set at Rusty's Surf Ranch on 2/18 and I've uploaded the entire performance to my YouTube channel:&nbsp; www.youtube.com/merkusalkus</p>
<p>We made it through the first round of the 9th Annual "Battle of the Bands" and will be returning on April 1 @ 8 PM.&nbsp; If you live in the area, please come out and have a little fun with us.</p>
<p>I'm also waiting for confirmation, but it is very likely we will be playing at Club Good Hurt on 3/12.&nbsp; I will post the info when it's written in pen.</p>

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<p>"My God... <em>it's full of stars</em>!"&nbsp; - "2010: The Year We Make Contact."</p>
<p>I’m simply amazed that the first month of this year is already behind us.&nbsp; There is so much I want to accomplish and even more that I have to do… &amp; if it’s going to continue at this pace, or more quickly for that matter, I don’t know where I’m going to find the time.&nbsp; OOLYAKOO has been in and out of the studio putting together our upcoming release “GRATES’HITS” and I’m chomping at the bit for a finished product by Spring.&nbsp; I may be in…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/the-story-so-far-1/blog/6187934/oolyakoo-rusty-s-surf-ranch-02182010">Read more</a></span></div>
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<p>I have performed a lot of shows in my life.  Several of those shows exist on video.  Though often there were not many people in attendance, I'm happy to be able to share these shows with anybody on the internet that cares to watch them.  Welcome to my LIVE shows, from past to present, with the bands SHAFT, MUZZLELOADER, BLAUDO, OOLYAKOO... possibly even some CAST OF SHADOWS (the early '90's OK version)...

www.youtube.com/user/merkusalkus</p>
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<p>Taking a moment to remember the:</p>
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<p>affluent</p>
<p>atheist</p>
<p>bird</p>
<p>black</p>
<p>brother</p>
<p>brown</p>
<p>bum</p>
<p>cat</p>
<p>christian</p>
<p>clerk</p>
<p>cop</p>
<p>conservative</p>
<p>daughter</p>
<p>democrat</p>
<p>dishwasher</p>
<p>dog</p>
<p>dumb</p>
<p>father</p>
<p>fireman</p>
<p>homosexual</p>
<p>husband</p>
<p>intellect</p>
<p>jew</p>
<p>liberal</p>
<p>mother</p>
<p>muslim</p>
<p>paramedic</p>
<p>republican</p>
<p>sister</p>
<p>son</p>
<p>stockbroker</p>
<p>tan</p>
<p>white</p>
<p>wife</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>man</p>
<p>woman</p>
<p>child</p>
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<p>We all died together.&nbsp; It’s a shame we can’t get along.</p>

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<p>We just made the OOLYAKOO E.P. "Four Sheets To The wind" available for download, free of charge.  I'm traveling next week &amp; don't want to have to carry a suitcase of CDs,.. so take advantage of the digital age &amp; download the damn thing while it's available.  It will cost .99 a song before you know it (click the "down arrow")(&amp; no, I don't make typos)

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<p>Without question our society has become more narcissistic.  I don’t believe that it’s merely that I notice it more that I’m older.  Granted, I live in an area of the country known for cultivating self-centered arrogance as a status symbol, but the trend is pervasive.  Though the current technologies appear to connect more people with one another, the current infancy of their evolution has plugged directly into the co-dependent nature of our culture.  Years ago I said that cell phones would create a level…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/the-story-so-far-1/blog/6187930/connection">Read more</a></span></div>
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<p>I can’t honestly say that when I first picked up a guitar that I felt it would shape my life.  Didn’t even really take them seriously at all.  It was just play.  My friends were learning technique and chords and studying the shit.  To me it was just something to get my hands on and it was many years of fucking around with one that I realized my life had changed and something was different.  I bought my first guitar when I was in 9th grade.  For $100 I got a Lotus strat copy and a tiny Gorilla amp.  Prior…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/the-story-so-far-1/blog/6187929/tangible-future">Read more</a></span></div>
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