Hi, April here!
Wax Pony is a multi-media brand established in 2020.
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*April of 2024 @ 1000 Faces / Athens, GA
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17 March 2024
This will be my first small talks entry... I have stolen the idea for hosting a “small talks” page from Jens Lekman.
He was the first musical artist I felt I’d truly “discovered” for myself (that was in 2017) and he remains to this day a favorite of mine.
Jens has inspired me in many facets throughout these years of listening to him in my earphones.
Pictured below is a stained glass mosaic that depicts a drop of blood in a glass of milk & also a video to his song Pocketful of Money.
song: Shirin
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album: the cherry trees are still in blossoms
song: pocketful of money
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album: the cherry trees are still in blossoms
song: pocketful of money
He’s been a soundtrack to my life, and for that I am grateful.
The first time I heard Jens Lekman was when I watched the movie Whip It - I remember immediately looking up the movies’ soundtrack to find the song that played during the pool scene: You’re Arms Around Me from the album Night Falls Over Kortedala & I’ve been a fan ever since. I was attending University in Kentucky when I found out Jens was going to be playing a set in Bloomington, IN the night before his birthday! I immediately bought tickets for me and my friend RON to go. The show was sold out at the Bishop 05/02/18. His set went past midnight and I was so excited to share a space with him on his birthday. I had made a birthday card in for the occasion and in it pointed out that he and I both had “single digit, even numbered birthdays in the month of February”. So cool. I got a hug, gave him his card, and stole the poster taped to the front window of the venue as RON and I stepped out into the still streets of the night. Unknown to us, it had started to snow while we were packed into the small, sweaty, dark venue... It was as if we had stepped outside into a cold glittering magic world. I felt so full of life, I could have flown! *RON wasn’t 21 yet, so the only place we could go to get food was this dodgy pizza place. (We walked to it.) We drove back to our University in Kentucky and called it a great night.
“maybe Baby” by Bark Bark Disco was playing on the F.M. radio.
So... my first small talk is about Jens Lekman... I suppose. Seems appropriate to me. This website is technically “public” right now even as I type these words. However, I haven’t told anyone about it yet, so this small talk is just for me for now. And it will be for you, as soon I let you know that such a place as this exists in the world of the web.
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