the little wretches

Radio promotion for The Little Wretches' BURNING LANTERN DROPPED IN STRAW is now underway. 

The songs being “pushed” are TELL ME, NEVER IN THIS LIFE, DARK TIMES, and STRAIGHT INTO THE CENTER.

Please let the hosts of your favorite shows…

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It's a pretty good night of music. Robert opens with some solo stuff, including powerful renditions of (May You Never Be the) Child of a Realist and I'll Be Your Mirror (Poem)…

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WHY PATTI SMITH MATTERS 

Caryn Rose 

Universtiy of Texas Press, 2022 

WHY PATTI SMITH MATTERS, the book is called. Matters to whom? Matters why? Matters for what? 

Caryn Rose comes…

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Okay. I don't know if such a person as Mia DeSine actually exists. Does Mia have pronouns? I browsed the internet for somebody named Mia DeSine, but I didn't…

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Did you ever see one of those New Wave films in which you're not simply watching a story but a story about telling a story. The filmmakers make sure to remind you that…

Roger Waters 

PPG Arena, Pittsburgh, 7/6/22 

F##k Sloganeering. 

F##k taking potshots at easy targets. 

F##k railing against mind-control tactics by employing those same tactics. 

F##k the use of the word f##k as though it adds weight to the slogan. 

F##k…

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The Little Wretches's showcase of songs from RED BEETS & HORSERADISH at McKeesport Little Theater was streamed on Facebook, and so was The Little Wretches (East)' show in Philadelphia back in April. 

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Robert's appearance on COOL EXPLORATIONS on YouTube

Robert's appearance on COOL EXPLORATIONS on Anchor

I am personally a person of faith, but the music of The Little Wretches is not about evangelizing or converting anybody to anything. I try to…

click here to listen to the Robert's appearance on the Cancer U. Thrivers podcast

Thank you to Andrea Wilson-Woods for inviting me to speak about an experience that profoundly affected who I am but is not something I’ve had the…

Scott Mervis of the PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE interviews Robert about RED BEETS & HORSERADISH

Even back when he was playing the Electric Banana in the height of the Pittsburgh punk and post-punk era, for Robert Wagner, it was all about the…

PALMS & CROSSES on MetaPop

Ezra Daye reached out, asked for our music, put it on the MetaPop platform, and asked me to share it.

It has been shared!

Thank you, Ezra Daye!

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MuzicNotez: First off, it’s an honor to be doing this interview with you, thanks for taking the time to sit down with us. 

What motivated you to start creating music? What age did…