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Fractalized: Total Immersion

May 9, 2025 Bbarrett01 0

In 1993–1994, I wrote an anthology of short stories of characters in a near-future world called Total Immersion for a zine called Fractalized, published by […]

23 Enigma and the Byrning Sensation

April 16, 2025 Bbarrett01 0

Normally, this story is twice as long, but I shortened it to tell on an podcast. This is a timed practice run of the shorter […]

Live at Karpeles Manuscript Museum, Buffalo Infringement Fest 2014

April 2, 2025 Bbarrett01 0

To my immediate right, there was a small, unassuming display case on a free-standing pedestal containing the original sheet music for either The Wedding March, or maybe it was Happy Birthday; one of those—a song ingrained in our culture, universally recognized, and the idea of seeing the handwritten draft by the composer, penned as they were figuring it out, was surreal

Uncle Kong’s Thud Factory

November 26, 2023 Bbarrett01 0

I booked a few bands, co-wrote a theme song and cut a few promos

Gracies Dinnertime Theatre (Magazine)

August 15, 2023 Bbarrett01 0

In February 2025, after almost two decades of dormancy, I was asked to write a piece for a 30th anniversary issue, so I did.

Chorus & Flange: Lair of Our Dreams

July 9, 2023 Bbarrett01 0

It’s no secret I grew up listening to the Cure, Joy Division and Depeche Mode; I had the hair to prove it.

Empty Grave / H2&Flame

February 15, 2023 Bbarrett01 0

“We fight with our friends in a beautiful way.”Starts simple, becomes beautiful, grows epic. Jim LaPietra (vocals & guitar), Eric “the” Taylor (drums), Brian Barrett […]

Barrett & Airheart

January 30, 2023 Bbarrett01 0

Around 1995-1999, I recorded a series of multi-track improvisations with Matthew Jay. The songs have a Robert Fripp meets Cluster and early Tangerine Dream feel to them; It’s got that mellow progressive electronic sound so popular within a few city blocks of Berlin in the 70s.