Danny  Barnes has been on the margins of America's pop republic for decades, both on his own and with his wonderfully odd group Bad Livers (whose 2000 album "Blood & Mood" might be the most marvelously twisted piece of work that Sugar Hill Records released during the years the label was based in Durham). Along the way, Barnes has learned a thing or two about how to balance the dual concerns of making a living as well as art -- and you can read his very practical take on it here.