Damn Broke

by Tony Brewer, March, 2026

Back where the river flowed … back where the river flowed … back where the river flowed …

Usually with EAPS the writing comes slowly, brand new with the theme word as a guiding inspiration.

This time I had a poem (actually a pantoum) and a specific performance of it in mind from the jump, based on an improv with some musician friends, so I let the sound design and mix be languido, grinding to a halt midway it gets so glacial.

And I had recently seen the Anselm Kiefer exhibition in St. Louis, hence a focus on water, layering, and incantation.

photo, Tony Brewer

Damn Broke, Tony Brewer, 2025

I write everywhere all the time but so far, all my mixing happens in a kitchen in Bloomington, Indiana. I also play lead foley in the modern classical field recording free jazz ensemble ORTET. Find more at Tony Brewer.

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