tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38097262026-04-14T22:24:56.745-06:00Sandman's JournalSandman, Montana's Rappin CowboyChris Sandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12356548465935585497noreply@blogger.comBlogger1928125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809726.post-53783089235245992172023-11-16T22:20:00.001-07:002023-11-16T22:20:03.933-07:00Rappin Cowboy ValentineThis video is from almost five years ago in Memphis at AMURICA, but I'd never seen it until tonight. šŸ’˜Video by Jamie Harmon.Chris Sandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12356548465935585497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809726.post-71972159462326867362023-03-29T21:13:00.002-06:002023-03-29T21:17:17.754-06:00Tomorrow morning I'll cross into Canada for the first time since about 2018 to play three shows in three days the Ignite the Arts Festival in Penticton, BC!There will be a lot of great bands, art, and food there. You may buy tickets here: https://www.pentictonartgallery.com/register-online/p/ignite-the-arts-late-bird-ticketsChris Sandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12356548465935585497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809726.post-39036910918208729042023-02-07T16:11:00.003-07:002023-02-07T16:13:02.128-07:00A New Look for My Original Website (since 2002) Check it out! www.rappincowboy.comChris Sandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12356548465935585497noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809726.post-88705564636562593232022-11-26T15:24:00.014-07:002023-02-07T16:07:39.039-07:00Chris Sand's MAGIC BEANS website for his Children's Music!Videos, Songs, and MORE! āž”ļø www.magicbeanclub.com Chris Sandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12356548465935585497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809726.post-34701736771005962692022-01-09T22:48:00.007-07:002022-01-09T22:51:43.718-07:00I'm on Patreon now, y'all! Please click the red button below to see what shenanigans my daughter Stevie and I are up to these days. Become a Patron!Chris Sandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12356548465935585497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809726.post-82726386329843700832020-09-19T17:52:00.003-06:002020-09-19T17:54:10.157-06:00I'm honored that Mr. Joseph Running Crane invited me to partake in his brand new video series: OFF THE RESERVATION. Iā€™m not Native, but I made the cut because I grew up on the nearby Flathead Indian Reservation. Joey, who hails from the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, is not only a videographer, heā€™s also a talented drummer, guitar picker, and country singer-songwriter. Last week he dropped by my Chris Sandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12356548465935585497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809726.post-1835227308095974812020-07-25T22:30:00.000-06:002020-07-25T22:32:05.825-06:00Guru Please Jessica Sun recently featured me on her GURU PLEASE podcast! https://www.guruplease.com/podcast/chris-sand Chris Sandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12356548465935585497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809726.post-72338129071206031582020-04-23T22:38:00.000-06:002020-04-24T09:01:22.600-06:00Sandman's Bandcamp HEY, FOLKS! Greetings from Quarantown, USA. Headquarters of Lockdown, Inc. First off, because people have been asking, if you so desire to download any of my past records, look no further than my Bandcamp page.*  I've written over a hundred songs since my last record in 2016, but I've been way too busy with life to do much recording. Expect a children's record--"Cow Cow"--out by Chris Sandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12356548465935585497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809726.post-91517916222713300042019-11-29T22:58:00.001-07:002020-07-25T22:22:09.009-06:00 I'm very grateful to The Roxy Theater and the local Missoula community who come out to enjoy good movies, good comedy, & good triple-organic popcorn*. I've been employed at The Roxy for almost seven years, and constantly feel lucky to work here. In 2020 we're expanding into a small building next door so we can install a 4th screen PLUS a new concessions stand. There is a rumor that under Chris Sandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12356548465935585497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809726.post-75926293892661127992019-11-18T10:11:00.006-07:002019-11-18T10:11:56.882-07:00 Comin' up! Chris Sandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12356548465935585497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809726.post-84594019857211499252019-11-05T12:29:00.001-07:002019-11-18T10:10:49.031-07:00 Iā€™m THRILLED to be part of this upcoming event at Zootown Arts Community Center for many reasons: 1) Itā€™s being organized by the brilliant Montana Area Music Association who are helping create a vibrant new music scene across Big Sky Country, 2) Itā€™ll be my first time performing at the new ZACC, and their music venue is rockin', 3) Itā€™ll be my debut playing as a trio with Chris Sandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12356548465935585497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809726.post-30775026208637288132019-05-08T14:39:00.000-06:002019-09-29T16:04:29.644-06:00 Sandman 2019 Spring Tour May 7 - Reno, NV May 8 - Sacramento, CA, 7pm May 9 - Petaluma, CA, 6-9pm May 10 - Berkeley, CA, 7pm May 11 - Somewhere near Midpines, CA May 12 - San Luis Obispo, CA, 5pm May 13 - Los Angeles, CA @ PSKaufman Footwear, 9pm May 14 - Tucson, AZ, @ The Owl's Club, 8:30pm May 15 - Bisbee, AZ @ Poco, 7pm May 17 - Albuquerque, NM, 8:30pm May 18 - Chris Sandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12356548465935585497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809726.post-6292523399441498152019-04-30T10:21:00.003-06:002019-05-01T12:27:34.345-06:00 So much has happened, IS happening, since my last blog post. Besides the constant rewards and challenges of parenting and work . . . I started a BEAT HAPPENING cover band with my friends Bente & Drew. We opened for CALVIN JOHNSON at The Roxy Theater. Then we were featured on ANDRAS JONES' amazing RADIO8BALL podcast: https://www.radio8ball.com/2019/04/15/Chris Sandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12356548465935585497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809726.post-83293711963595028932018-11-02T08:41:00.001-06:002019-11-11T07:21:19.903-07:00 I'm approaching my 6th year of working at Missoula's Community Cinema AKA The Roxy Theater where I, along with a talented staff headed by Director Mike Steinberg, have poured our creativity into since it's inception in 2013. A filmmaker from New York named Tara Young, who works for the Criterion Collection, just made an informative short documentary about it which features a Chris Sandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12356548465935585497noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809726.post-50275349180450689962018-06-03T23:38:00.000-06:002018-06-03T23:39:18.889-06:00Chris Sand's Upcoming Shows June 9th: Bozeman, MT: https://www.facebook.com/events/2132189800344539/ Pass-the-hat! June 10th: Lewistown, MT: https://www.facebook.com/events/184344479058632/ Free! June 22nd: Missoula, MT at The Roxy Theater: https://prod3.agileticketing.net/WebSales/pages/info.aspx?evtinfo=379006~12361531-e299-4d76-9525-9f4a743638d8&epguid=a967a128-7832-44cb-839a-38fcc870ad72&Chris Sandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12356548465935585497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809726.post-89432161869647955462018-03-04T03:00:00.003-07:002018-08-03T11:54:04.746-06:00Tumbleweeds . . . Tumbleeds are blowin' through my website these days. It's like I've devoloped an intolerance to opening up my MacBook, let alone to blogging and promoting shows. My ego's ravaged carcass lies rotting on the lone prairie. Nevertheless, I'm still doing my thing. Here's a glimpse of a unique gig from a few months back at Burgdorf Hot Springs. My pal Miranda Laber recorded me here singingChris Sandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12356548465935585497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809726.post-45648611358078123952017-11-21T11:01:00.001-07:002017-11-21T11:02:22.450-07:00Tractor Pull The Radio8Ball Show's song of the day today is a live 2004 version of my dirge "Tractor Pull." Growing up in rural Montana I had the privilege of driving an old Massey Ferguson tractor, and nothing made me happier than ploughing earth with seagulls and crows spinning overhead, the Mission Mountains looming to the east and a warm wind blowing through my snap-down shirt. I could be "working" and Chris Sandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12356548465935585497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809726.post-81391140450903810542017-09-04T14:11:00.001-06:002017-10-17T10:40:45.186-06:00Sand Land Report - Late Summer 2017 Where to begin . . . Well, my daughter, Stevie, just finished up her first week of kindergarten. That's a milestone for sure. She's even taking the bus to school now! She and I spent the last ten days of her summer vacation camping and traveling around the NW, and it was a true American Road Trip. By Day Five we'd escaped the mid-'90s heat by swimming in four different states: Montana, Idaho,Chris Sandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12356548465935585497noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809726.post-66543090893554164702017-07-29T00:30:00.001-06:002017-08-01T21:03:56.516-06:00 Show on July 31st in Billings, MT! Click pic for details. Chris Sandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12356548465935585497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809726.post-8870623442664438232017-04-20T00:35:00.003-06:002017-04-20T00:39:32.265-06:00A Revolution You Can Dance To See you this weekend in Tacoma, perhaps! $12 Adults / $8 Students, Seniors (60+), Military FREE ā€“ Washington State Historical Society Members; Ages 5 and younger (Check out the sponsors!) Chris Sandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12356548465935585497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809726.post-63838876964128307472017-01-19T23:53:00.001-07:002017-02-20T11:09:38.897-07:00 How to Escape the Horror Without Leaving Hey, World! Here's my article that Mask Magazine published last week: In the Post-Truth world, truth still might, if weā€™re lucky, set us free. So might dharma, death, and Donald Glover. The only thing that definitely wonā€™t free us anymore is freedom. Freedom is a bison in the Bronx Zoo sitting on an eagle egg. Nothing goodā€™s gonna hatch here. Not soon, at least. Democracy served us Chris Sandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12356548465935585497noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809726.post-40925896022079004192016-08-08T23:36:00.002-06:002016-08-13T12:47:35.287-06:00Strike One My recent Kickstarter campaign didn't reach its mandatory $25,000 goal. Thus, I don't get to keep any of it. Friends are encouraging me to run it again, but this time for only $10,000. Problem is, of course, that number isn't enough to produce the ROAD TRIP trilogy as I envisioned it. Plus, I'm ten grand in debt just from all the lost time and campaign awards I pre-purchased. Perhaps I just Chris Sandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12356548465935585497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809726.post-17871208047063312672016-08-04T14:13:00.002-06:002016-08-04T14:14:14.364-06:00Radical Adjustments CALLING ALL ANGELS In the pursuit of a Kickstarter miracle (my campaign ends early Aug. 5th) I've made some radical adjustments. For a $10 pledge you'll now get an AMERICAN ROAD TRIP bumper sticker AND a full-length download card of my new 13-song album AMERICAN ROAD TRIP. PLEDGE HERE ------->http://kck.st/1Yb3Tkc For $27 you can now get the whole AMERICAN ROAD TRIP-tych trilogy as each Chris Sandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12356548465935585497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809726.post-19168681965279643052016-07-15T14:37:00.005-06:002016-07-15T17:06:36.546-06:00AMERICAN ROAD TRIP-TYCH 2.0 (Last Night's Dream) So . . . I'm 13% to the goal with only twenty days to go. The math doesn't look great, and I've been praying for insights. Last night I had a dream. I was in an ancient temple where I asked the head priestess, "How can I reach my goal?" This was her response: 1. VALUE. "Because your project is a trilogy, supporters deserve to hear all THREE records, not just the first." 2. ENVIRONMENT.Chris Sandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12356548465935585497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809726.post-6202916718279639172016-06-28T00:55:00.001-06:002016-06-28T00:55:05.624-06:00 Here's the link: http://kck.st/1Yb3Tkc Chris Sandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12356548465935585497noreply@blogger.com0