Neal McAlister

is a web developer,

musician, writer, and artist

based in Fort Worth, Texas

ALIVE

is a series dedicated to capturing raw performances in order to document the various forms in which musical expression iterates.

It is an effort to give the listener supplementary exposure to the pieces being performed, and to underscore the amount of effort being exerted by a studio arrangement.

[Lo-Fi] Live at Magnolia Motor Lounge - 19 March 2024 - Music & Lyrics by Neal McAlister
1. (This Universe Is) You + Me
2. Keep A Light On, Lauralene

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The Grandma is the Powerhouse of the Slime
Photography
The Grandma is the Powerhouse of the Slime
Photography

AUSTIN, TX — Grandma Mousey, as promised, filled the heads of listeners-on with “liquid hot magma”. The quintet released Slime Community on 26 July 2024 to a packed house. The rambunctious volcano of an ensemble moves you with their dancey, spacey performance.

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Photography
Spark
Poetry, Archive
Spark
Poetry, Archive

There is a feeling that I get
When I see the image rising
From the words that shape our
Unrealistic construct of life […]

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Poetry, Archive
Stillness
Poetry
Stillness
Poetry

1.
Perpetuating stillness that perpetuates
Even when its evidences dissipate
An undercurrent of stillness
That dismantles movement […]

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Poetry
Awake
Poetry
Awake
Poetry

Not knowing whether the expanse trepidatiously expands,
Or whether the harbor’s arousal
Seeks to mitigate some proverbial acquiescence—[…]

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Poetry
Ode to a Winter’s Midnight
Poetry
Ode to a Winter’s Midnight
Poetry

Fireworks and bridges
Solo cups of rosé
Smiles of hope with dear friends
The passing of the day […]

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Poetry
Joys Complete
Poetry
Joys Complete
Poetry

Life is lived in fragments
broken up in days,
Sewn together fragments
in a million different ways […]

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Poetry