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The first ever Shaking Presents... February 27, 2010

Mark Cutler sings/plays/shakes the mountain/2-27This past Saturday night, fifty-plus hearty spirits crowded the Mediator Fellowship Hall in Providence, RI, braving the churlish end-of-February weather for a night of shiny music, shimmering poetry and shaking prose. It was shaking’s maiden voyage public-wise, a shakingdown cruise so to speak. Everyone survived. Yea, I dare say even flourished__ to the delight of the writers and presenters (Jericho Brown, Marita Andrade, Jo-Ann Reid, R.A. Stovetop Lawson, Liz Carter, Scott Duhamel and shaking editor Mr. Don), and a trio of fine singer/ songwriters (Mark Cutler, Chris Monti and Anthony Loffredio).The next one’s already on the drawing table; check these pages for announcements of more shaking evenings to

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A Winter Mix from yeah, yeah, you got us rockin'

A Mix Tape from Mark Cutler, songwriter, singer, bandleader and guitarist

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Razzmatazz and the wild parrots of South Pasadena

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Killer Heart

Hofner_Icon_B-Bass_Case_Open-a4347342d2e390ed63125c4ed4dd0be4Yeah, I’m in this band. Wilde at Heart. It’s this whole David Lynch / Oscar Wilde thing. Either you get it or you don’t.

The name is mine; in the sense that I made it up. More than that: I dreamed it. I fashioned it out of my creative consciousness. I’m a bass player. I play the

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New Chris Hickey album features song titled,

Chris HickeyThe new album, Razzmatazz, includes sixteen songs that were written and recorded over the course of three

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Mark Cutler’s Manifesto

mark_cutler_thumbYou can ask anyone and they will tell you that I’m an optimist. I have the ability to make friends with douche bags and assholes and frequently, I have given money to the most sickly drug addicts and drunks begging on the street. Some people think it’s wrong, but I say, “So What?” Just like Miles Davis. Forget about lending, I believe in giving. I wrote a song about

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