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  • March (1)
    • ANSWER TO WHY
• 2012 (9)
  • December (1)
    • CHRISTMAS IS WEIRD
  • October (1)
    • Fall Is Here
  • July (1)
    • My humanity classification system (HCS)
  • April (1)
    • NEW SONG: BLACK LIKE ME
  • March (3)
    • John Common and Band to Preview New Material on 4-27-12 at Oriental Theater
    • tucson
    • YOU ARE MY HOME
  • February (1)
    • NEW SONG: NORTH DENVER
  • January (1)
    • NEW SONG: ONLY ONE
• 2011 (77)
  • December (6)
    • NEW SONG: IS IT EMBARRASSING?
    • Confession for 2012
    • Confession for 2012
    • Thumb Wrestling With Emma
    • I had a dream about a beautiful river that flooded its banks.
    • NEW SONG: THE TIME BETWEEN
  • November (9)
    • NEW SONG: 25 DICKS
    • NEW SONG: DAYTON
    • Fleeting
    • How tour's been going
    • On tour...
    • 5 Things John Misses While On Tour
    • TOUR UPDATES!
    • Our Daytrotter session is live - free download!
    • Our new music video for THE MAN WHO COULD !
  • October (3)
    • TOUR TOUR FALL TOUR!
    • JC&BFoL FALL TOUR DATES! First show - Nov 2nd !
    • FINALLY GETTING REAL
  • September (5)
    • Last Saturday -- So great!
    • Another poem about Autumn
    • A poem about fall (sort of) that I really like
    • Here's a lullaby I just wrote
    • Story behind SIDE 3 (our new EP)
  • August (8)
    • Breakfast Joint Shootout: Who Wins and Why?
    • Kind Words from Iowa City
    • Chicago, Madison, Spring Green > AMAZING
    • Schuba's in Chicago!
    • Dayton
    • NYC Living Room show preview from Unveiled Arts
    • Family Diner: An Island of Kitsch in a Corn Sea
    • Daytrotter
  • July (17)
    • writing
    • old song
    • NYC (Jon)
    • JCBFL on morning television in Philadelphia
    • Somewhere near Philadelphia
    • Erotic Poetry (from the van)
    • Somewhere near Philadelphia
    • Box of Luden's
    • Kill the Devil, Day 11 (JC)
    • Kill the Devil, Day 11 (Jon's Day 2)
    • North Caroline, Day 10
    • Southeast, Day 6 (Unto us a Child is Born)
    • Southeast, Day 5
    • Southeast, Day 4
    • Southeast, Day 3
    • Southeast, Day 2
    • Southeast, Day 1
  • June (3)
    • Editor's Pick in Nashville Scene
    • 16 shows in 17 days.
    • NPR Interview with John Common - Colorado Matters
  • May (3)
    • Music Festival - In Downtown Denver this Saturday
    • Turnaround Music Video Recognized in LA Film Festival
    • Music Connection Review of Beautiful Empty - May 2011
  • April (7)
    • Radical Collaboration at TEDxDU on May 13th
    • Beautiful Empty is Top Seller at Twist and Shout during RECORD STORE WEEK!!!
    • JC&BFoL Playing LOVE IS A SHARK at Twist and Shout
    • Kirk Montgomery Interviews John Common at Twist and Shout
    • John Common on Colorado Public Radio
    • press release
    • BEAUTIFUL EMPTY and SIDE3
  • March (4)
    • Our new record drops nationally on APRIL 12th!
    • OLD SONG: FOLLOWING CYNICISM
    • Celebrate the National Release of Beautiful Empty with us at Twist and Shout!
    • Eye Opener
  • February (7)
    • NEW SONG: ONLY A LITTLE
    • NEW SONG: THE MOON AND ME
    • NEW SONG: ALIEN
    • The Lyrics vs. Music Question
    • Haiku Novel
    • NEW SONG: YOUR MAN
    • NEW SONG: MAKE IT REAL
  • January (5)
    • Trauma
    • NEW SONG: SUFFER MY LOVE
    • NEW SONG: THE TIME IN WHICH WE LIVED
    • NEW SONG: SOMETHING LIKE BEAUTIFUL
    • BEAUTIFUL EMPTY NAMED A TOP 20 ALBUM
• 2010 (63)
  • December (8)
    • Westword: Moving and Shaking
    • NEW SONG: BOY TROUBLE
    • JC&BFoL Named by Examiner as a Band to Watch in 2011
    • NEW SONG: THE RIVER IS MOVING
    • This One's For Gary
    • NEW SONG: ON PAPER
    • NEW SONG: MY HEART'S A FIGHTER
    • Treebird Horse
  • November (6)
    • NEW SONG: The Sun Inside You
    • NEW SONG: Messy Mind
    • NEW SONG: Late
    • Daren's Musical Influences
    • NEW SONG: You Aint Broken
    • Song Requests
  • October (1)
    • Q&A with Shelley from Fish House
  • September (2)
    • Dear Wasabi Sandwich Sauce
    • Know anyone in Steamboat Springs, CO?
  • August (8)
    • Seduce Me To Pieces (new song)
    • Fully Loaded (new song)
    • Westword Review of Our Mile High Music Festival Set
    • Examiner Interview at Mile High Music Festival
    • Song Looper
    • UK Write-up (Bucketfull of Brains)
    • Festival Story Contest (Mile High Music Fest)
    • Pikes Peak Pics
  • July (6)
    • We're playing a gig at 12,000 feet on Pikes Peak!
    • Things I Heard John Macy Say In The Studio
    • Some pics I took at Red Rocks
    • Free ticket giveaway for our Red Rocks show!
    • We're playing Red Rocks!
    • New short films on our media page!
  • June (4)
    • Westword Music Showcase: This Saturday @ Curious Theatre
    • Upcoming Summer Shows
    • Recent band photo
    • Hey Sugarbear.
  • May (2)
    • Interview with French Davis from Yellow Scene (Boulder)
    • We're playing the Fox Theatre in Boulder!
  • April (5)
    • radishes
    • Colorado Music Buzz Review of Beautiful Empty
    • Pensacola Love
    • CALL FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS! (music+photography collaboration)
    • New song > Everything Goes Black (Shotgun)
  • March (6)
    • When I'm An Old Man - lyrics
    • This Saturday
    • Walnut Room show last night in Denver
    • Q&A with Mike Doughty (formerly of Soul Coughing)
    • This Saturday @ Walnut Room in Denver
    • That time we opened for The Replacements
  • February (6)
    • Article by Chris K. from The Colorado Sound
    • It's snowing again
    • Chin Whiskers
    • New song: Pull the Trigger
    • THANK YOU
    • Half-parented.
  • January (9)
    • Channel Two - Il Deuce
    • New Side Project: 5 guitars + 1 drummer
    • Beautiful Empty is available for sale! (And you can help Haiti too)
    • Day after our Denver CD release show
    • Help Haiti
    • Haiku Finalists
    • Whiskey & Cardigans Reviews Beautiful Empty!
    • 1st Song of 2010
    • Sneak Peak Song Lyrics
• 2009 (48)
  • December (15)
    • Supernatural... Goodbye Vic Chesnutt
    • Art Into Dust... Thanks!
    • 2009 and 2010
    • New Song: It doesn't have a name yet.
    • I wanna tour in this supervan.
    • Something to say thank you and happy holidays
    • Help us pick a t-shirt design! Vote with your comments!
    • Common Box Project and Abecedarian Gallery
    • Clearly, I have a welding goggles problem
    • Gift Ideas from John Common & Blinding Flashes of (Holiday) Light(s)
    • Denver CD Release: Sat, Jan 16th @ Casselmans
    • I should read this everyday.
    • A (revisionist) stroll through the history of the Christmas Television Special
    • My first Christmas song
    • Swimming Pachyderm (The Fall)
  • November (1)
    • Tomorrow-Thursday at Meadowlark in Denver
  • October (9)
    • Snowy morning
    • New Record: The Horse Lattitudes
    • last night...
    • Dream this morning -- missing a plane
    • New Piano
    • Adventure Records Q and A (and A)
    • Pad Thai
    • Pensacola Triathlon
    • Surgery
  • September (1)
    • I Should Read This Every Day
  • August (4)
    • Channel 34
    • Playing with David Lindley
    • Angels and Sharks
    • Title of next record. Maybe.
  • July (1)
    • Dream this morning -- missing a plane
  • June (3)
    • Following Poets
    • The Box Project is Getting Noticed!
    • Dream: Bike On a Bridge
  • April (4)
    • Hot damn, Golden Spam (is back)
    • Hot damn, Golden Spam (is back)
    • Night Clouds
    • New Song: Last Night
  • March (7)
    • The International Traveler
    • Come find me (songwriting)
    • A childhood fear of mine
    • Dream: Ex-GF's Star Wars Toys
    • New Record: The Horse Lattitudes
    • Dream: Saltwater Apple River
    • Raw footage for a song
  • January (3)
    • 25 Things
    • PKO Recruiting Poster
    • PKO Propaganda
• 2008 (58)
  • December (6)
    • Operation PKO is now in effect.
    • Colorado Music Buzz Article
    • I sneeze and record in two's
    • Another Cough Syrup Memory
    • Dream: Nyquil is a Right Wing Mind Control Drug.
    • How'd the PKO Start?
  • November (9)
    • Studio Diary: Twirling Around
    • Studio Diary: Getting Tones
    • Studio Diary: Pictures
    • Studio Diary: The Box Where I Lived
    • Studio Diary: What You're Recording
    • Studio Diary: The Right Drummer
    • Studio Diary: The Right Bass Player
    • Studio Diary: Twas The Night Before Recording
    • Tomorrow night is nothin' but net.
  • October (7)
    • Pho Phederal
    • Adventure Records Q&A (&A)
    • A pretty great song
    • Detached Heart
    • Talent Buyer
    • WANTED: Kazooists for The People's Kazoo Orchestra (PKO)
    • Cure for those sleepy songwriter shows
  • September (6)
    • Morning
    • New Song: Thinking 'Bout God
    • People Who Vote Are Hot. And Smart.
    • New Song: The Man Who Could
    • The Lyrics vs. Music Question
    • New song - in my neighborhood
  • August (2)
    • Forget Brilliant... Go For Useful.
    • The Small Town In My Head
  • July (4)
    • New song - Hold It Close
    • Triathlon Update: T Minus 25 Days
    • 7 Reasons Why I Don't Dance (But You Should)
    • Recording Advice
  • June (4)
    • Daytona Box Quinella
    • Westword Showcase Review
    • Wonder... from David James Duncan
    • Wonder... from David James Duncan
  • May (9)
    • Telluride Troubadour Contest!
    • The PKO Idea Is Catching On... We're holding a seat for you!
    • HJTWYASP Update: Let's Give It A Name
    • The After School Special Chord
    • Mister T is a holy man
    • New song: Go to Hell (with me)
    • The Golden Age of Spam
    • My Dog Record
    • Saturdays with Bob.
  • April (3)
    • A Nashville Story: Like A Prayer In Tootsies
    • Telly Savalas, you make me weep, ya big ole bald lug.
    • Dream: I broke its neck
  • March (2)
    • ee cummings wrote great lyrics.
    • New song: The Letter
  • February (4)
    • Is it just me, or is Spring making a pass at us?
    • Taos Today
    • New Song: The Dreamers
    • Vegas
  • January (2)
    • Dream: God and the Devil
    • Happy New Beard
• 2007 (33)
  • December (7)
    • New song: Walter Whitman
    • Dream: David Bowie
    • Prague: This is not a WWII movie. This is Zurich.
    • The Difference Between Therapy and Art
    • Žižkov Television Tower
    • Prague at Night
    • Prague: Buildings and Streets.
  • November (14)
    • 3AM Hotel Room. Can't Sleep.
    • Walking around.
    • Prague: Two Kinds of People
    • Charles Bridge
    • Worn things are far more interesting.
    • They call me Honza
    • Sunday morning in Praha
    • still life with hooker, king and me
    • still life with hooker, king and me
    • My Mom's name is Dorothy.
    • Central European Gray
    • Prague: When she danced, pain was not weakness
    • Prague: The threat level has been elevated to *ORANGE*
    • (Seemingly) disconnected scenes
  • October (4)
    • The perfect chair (I'm moving to Maine)
    • poem for a painter
    • New Half Disease
    • New Song: Turnaround
  • September (2)
    • Swim to the buoy
    • A New Song... Inspired by Katie, by Allison, by Virginia
  • August (1)
    • Channeling A. Hepburn
  • July (2)
    • Still Life With Desert, Crucifix, Tower, Guillotine
    • My Dad and Frank Sinatra
  • April (2)
    • Kurt Vonnegut Died... Hi ho.
    • A Recent Interview
  • February (1)
    • Skippy Beats The Pants Off Jif