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THE OPENING ACT
OCTOBER 20�27, 2021
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RAISING THE CURTAIN
ON THIS WEEK’S ISSUE
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ROCK PAINTING
‘A FILAMENT IN THE
WILDERNESS OF WHAT
COMES NEXT,’ CHRIS
ROBLEY
When I suddenly found myself
with lots of free time during my
yearlong pandemic layoff , I didn’t
want that to translate into merely
lying on my daybed. Although the
General, my 9-year-old German
shepherd, would have loved that.
I took the opportunity to get
back in touch with my inner crafti-
ness. When I worked at a secure
treatment facility for adolescent
girls, I used to lead holiday craft
activities. We made everything
from popsicle stick sleds and
puff ball snowmen to pipe cleaner
spiders and toilet paper roll mum-
mies, cats and witches.
I was inspired by my octo-
genarian mom to take up rock
painting. Initially, I painted fairly
simple designs — dog paw prints,
M&M’S, the yin-yang symbol,
Jack Skellington and Anasazi
petroglyphs.
Over time, I’ve gotten better,
which has translated to more
creative designs. I recently made
special memorial rocks for each
of our past canine kids. In addi-
tion, I painted a larger rock to hold
Tammy Malgesini/Go! Magazine
our front porch mat in place so it
doesn’t blow away in the wind.
I enjoy painting rocks and
giving them away, including nu-
merous dog paw print rocks for
Oregon Trail Veterinary Clinic and
for friends. I recently made a bas-
ket of M&M’S for Jeanne Jewett,
a former co-worker. I used to help
myself to her candy bowl when
working late in the newsroom.
Also, I made a special hand rock
for my massage therapist, as she
Chris Robley’s music is
beautiful when it’s angry.
The Maine-based singer-
songwriter bemoans the state
of the nation on “A Filament in
the Wilderness of What Comes
Next,” a seven-song collage of
characters vexed and per-
plexed by a society in decline.
Robley’s weighty words —
he’s an award-winning poet —
are made even more powerful
because they’re paired with
equally engrossing melodies. It
makes for the loveliest kind of
blues regarding disparity, hy-
pocrisy, racism and American
retreat in a foreign land.
As a testament to Robley’s
craftsmanship, the two longest
songs are the best. The album
opens with “American Dreams,”
The Associated Press
“A Filament in the Wilderness of
What Comes Next,” Chris Robley
(Cutthroat Pop Records)
a 7-minute survey of the
country’s contradictions, and
closes with “Filament,” an even
longer lament. The two songs
serve as towering bookends,
and on each lead vocal, Robley
takes turns with Anna Tivel
and Margaret Gibson Wehr, a
democratic decision that fi ts
the narrative.
The melodies are as eff ort-
lessly irresistible as an old folk
song. Robley’s music asks: Can
we overcome?
— THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
had been using a plain rock to
hold her door open.
— TAMMY MALGESINI, EO MEDIA
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