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Marian Call
@mariancall.bsky.social
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Songwriter, writer writer, director of MusicAlaska / AKIMI, probably owes you an email.

Still rockin on Bandcamp, Twitch, and Patreon.
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no, that lobster has dungeness crab legs and too few of them. lobster legs are spindly.
Diagram of a lobster, illustrated, viewed from the top and labeled "Maine Lobster - Dorsal View". The lobster's eight skinny and delicate legs have tiny pincers.
November 12, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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what in the fake birds and lobsters hell

w-why are the fake lobsters illustrated and why are the fake wild birds indoors and why is the dolphin a carving --

I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS.
screenshot from a browser's Captcha screen, showing a "Prove that you are human" confirmation pop-up. The text reads "Click on animals that move like the one shown," with an image of a bird. There are nine images below this one in a grid, but all appear to be AI-generated. Curiously, the three wild birds visible (the correct answer) are all depicted improbably indoors on living room furniture.
November 11, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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concert tonight in Juneau at Spice Indian Restaurant, 6-8pm! dinner (or apps) and a show. details at mariancall.com

we did the Denali song and the Avocado song and Good Morning Moon and November Babies last night, and it was such a blst.
photo of singer-songwriter Marian Call seated and playing guitar in a cozy living room. photo taken by Taylor Vidic.
November 8, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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Hey Juneau friends, I'm playing concerts Friday night and Saturday night here in town! To celebrate getting started on a BRAND NEW ALBUM!

mariancall.com has RSVP details for you -- send a friend <3 <3 <3
Photograph of singer-songwriter Marian Call playing guitar, seated, in front of some very fancy wallpaper at a house concert.
November 7, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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uhhhhhh
photo of fruit in a cooler at the grocery store. prices announce $12.29 for 16 oz of strawberries and $20.99 for 10 oz of fresh blueberries (not organic).
October 28, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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Been coming in to talk to Loren Dixon and Danny Preston since my very first record was baking, back in 2007. Their station was the first I heard my music on while driving around town.

Love KNBA, love how they support Alaskan artists.
Selfie of songwriter Marian Call holding her guitar up in front of a radio studio microphone. Selfie of songwriter Marian Call holding her guitar and smiling in front of a radio studio microphone. selfie of singer-songwriter Marian Call and radio host Loren Dixon shot in the studios of KNBA anchorage.
October 25, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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new firefox achievement unlocked: infinity tabs
Screencap showing the lower 1/4 of a mobile screen opened to Firefox web browser. An icon that normally displays the number of open browser tabs now displays an infinity symbol rather than a number.
October 23, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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a new typewriter has entered the chat

love to mic it up in stereo
photo of a 1940's Underwood typewriter, with a wide 11" carriage, in a recording studio under a stereo microphone. close-up photo of Underwood typewriter keyboard. close-up photo of Underwood typewriter carriage.
October 20, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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we have concluded our percussion day with cowbell. perfection
photo of percussionist Will Bacau playinh cowbell into a studio microphone.
October 20, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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Working today with Good Company drummer Will Balcao. And. Like. Dude.
October 19, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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Anchorage! I am here!!! RECORDING!!!! A new album!!!!!!!!

And on Saturday I'll play a bunch of those songs for you at Writer's Block! No tickets, just a suggested donation. mariancall.com #alaskasky
Event poster with a photograph of singer-songwriter Marian Call reads "Marian Call at the Writer's Block Cafe & Bookstore - Saturday, Oct. 25th, 6pm-8pm, 3956 Spenard Rd. - All ages - $15-ish recommended, pay-as-you-can. Cozy coffeehouse songs, original Alaska blend." Selfie photo of singer Marian Call at a studio microphone preparing to record some music.
October 19, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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apparently it was done at the march in Juneau today even tho I wasn't there.
October 18, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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I'm about to!
selfie photo of singer Marian Call at a studio microphone between takes.
October 18, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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whoa. good on ya, Lucky Wishbone!
photo from the interior of the Lucky Wishbone diner depicting a payment counter and large chalkboard with colored chalk art. The chalk art reads "We are honored to be 2025 James Beard winner: American Classics."
October 18, 2025 at 5:27 AM
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studio treats: Lucky Wishbone diner pie. #goddamn
photo of a partially eaten slice of cherry pie on a white plate, the best-tasting most quintessentially artificial red cherry pie imaginable, with a massive dollop of whipped cream.
October 18, 2025 at 5:25 AM
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studio studio studio all day all night studio
selfie of Marian Call standing at a microphone with headphones looking tired yet serene, hopefully. Photo of guitar on stand in recording stufio. Selfie of Marian Call with mouth agape, looking excited, in front of a massive rack of analog synthesizer components. photo of the somewhat messy recording studio space, with stands and cables everywhere. on the wall is a TV screen acting as a video portal to the control room; on it we see the bearded studio engineer working at his desk.
October 18, 2025 at 5:23 AM
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STUDIOOOOOO
Photo of the massive control board at Surreal Studios, helmed by audio engineer Kurt Riemann. There are so many knobs and dials and cables. Photo of the effects and bussing racks at Surreal Studios in Anchorage, a wall of knobs and jacks with flashing lights and cables. Photo of acoustic guitar on a rack in the studio.
October 16, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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Living room is now a disaster, but I think we're ready.
Photo of the setup for Marian's livestreaming concert: a nest of crowded chairs, mics, stands, cables, and sound gear, with a typewriter and colorful noisemakers and shakers in the foreground.
October 12, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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They hid the lovely photo by Taylor Vidic, damn shame. Patreon's so withholding.

This is me and Kelsey Riker, we will be playing an online show on Bandcamp this Sunday, you're invited, link can be found above.

(Email coming to the Donors' Circle in the morning, now I must sleep!)
Photo of singer-songwriter Marian Call singing and playing guitar while percussionist Kelsey Riker plays cajon and grins impishly in the background.
October 11, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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I'm playing a livestreaming @bandcamp.com show this Sunday with my friend Kelsey Riker!

she plays typewriter and rainstick and kazoo and cajon, all the things I can no longer play because of this gorram guitar in my hands.

Tickets by donation: mariancall.bandcamp.com/merch/rain-b...
Photo of singer-songwriter Marian call playing guitar and singing into a microphone at a living room concert, with performer Kelsey Riker seated alongside, singing while playing cajon, a seated hand percussion instrument. Photo by Taylor Vidic
October 8, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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my guitar is naked right now and very sexy

handmade by artisan Rob Goldberg, from Haines, with abalone and sea glass inlay and a green body

new strings for my shows this weekend!
Photograph of blond acoustic guitar without strings, laid out on a table with pillows and ready for new strings. close-up photograph of soundhole of acoustic guitar, surrounded by hand-tooled ornamental inlay, a whorl of abalone fans and copper edging. close-up photograph of guitar neck and upper bout, showing gold-colored frets on a black neck marked with green sea glass inlaid markers to indicate fret count.
October 2, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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it is a beautiful day and i am a terrible goose here to learn about city infrastructure
selfie photo of Marian Call, outside in a parking lot on a sunny day, in front of a sign for the Mendenhall Wastewater Facility in Juneau.
September 30, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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i'm startin shit on facebook

TAX ME, PLEASE.

And if you're voting in Juneau, no on 1 and no on 2.
Screenshot of lengthy Facebook post by user Marian Call reads: "I'm voting No on 1, No on 2. Because I'm on a mission to support the least attractive platform ever: TAX ME. Please, tax me. And tax people who are wealthier than me more. Tax the wealthiest a LOT more. Maybe saying it sounds unpopular, but I don't think I'm alone. When I hear people around me demanding better schools, better healthcare, better public facilities, an end to homelessness, improved travel options, job security, accessibility, isn't that what we're really saying? TAX US PROPERLY PLEASE? Because we've TRIED cutting taxes. We've been cutting and cutting *for seventy years.* Even when local taxes have risen, that's often because cuts at the federal level have pushed more and more responsibility onto the states, and states are shoving more and more responsibility onto the munis, who have the smallest tax base to deal with it, and face the most local pushback. People wanting to go back to "the good old days" are reminiscing about a time when the effective tax rate on the wealthiest Americans was over 70%. I don't actually want to return to much else about the past. But I'd take that tax rate. A billionaire can still live quite a nice life as a $300,000,000-aire. Quit whining, billionaires. You're fine." Screenshot of continued Facebook post by user Marian Call reads: "I have been to countries where people pay their taxes -- especially the wealthy -- and guess what? They're lovely. They're great places to visit and great places to live. And the envy I feel when my friends overseas or in Canada can simply go see a doctor when they don't feel well? Or a therapist when they need support? Indescribable. I just don't think taxes are bad. I think we've been gaslit as a nation into thinking they're evil -- but very rich individuals and corporations have a LOT to gain by making us believe that. They've gained everything, in fact. The greediest have secured a level of control in the US that's unparallelled in the rest of the developed world. And the rest of the world is staring at us, with heads tilted, asking "Mais pour quoi?" On the local level, my TAX ME PLEASE platform means I'll be voting NO on measure 1 and NO on measure 2. Because the $50-500 these measures might save me, as a lower middle-class artist, are better spent on flood mitigation and playgrounds and our utilities and schools and ploughing snow and parks and the arts. If there's a thing the city is doing that you don't like, this is not how you punish the city -- it's how you punish all of us. What gets cut when cuts come down? The fun stuff, the stuff that makes life here worth living. We've been trying cutting taxes. We've done it. And I'm done. Tax me, please. No on 1, no on 2." Photograph of a hand holding the Juneau, Alaska local voter information guide for the upcoming municipal election on October 6th, 2025.
September 30, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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Loving all the new titles in the set list. that's comforting. i feel like such a poser, but the evidence confirms i HAVE been writing songs.

every artist, when you ask: "i have

n't done anything lately except for [gestures to giant pile] these..."
screencap of the list app "Clear" displaying an abbreviated list of song titles. It reads: "Set List: *Know So -- I Like You -- Franklin & Front Batman Somg Asterisk *Boulder -- Fix It -- ----------- BREAK -------- *Heffalumps Woozles -- *GMM -- *Endeavour Precious Moments Until Then Becomes Now *Little Bit Scared -- Equinox -- Zombies -- *Denali -- Hope Rain Boots -- ✓ Volvo -- ✓ Lib Arts."
September 28, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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RSVP details Arrrrrrr. yes. pirate show.

I'll also be leading some rounds of my No Kings protest song, and folks periodically ask me for lyrics/music -- here they are -- mariancall.com/for-the-publ...
Screencap of Musical score for The Boulder by Marian Call, starting with the lyrics "Now we all push together / we might not agree how far / but we all know which direction gets us closer than we are". Full lyrics can be found at the link in this post.
September 27, 2025 at 8:35 PM