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"'Don't be frightened,' said the host.
'What's the matter?' screamed the
ladies.
'Mr. Tupman has met with a little accident; that's all.'
The
spinster aunt uttered a piercing scream, burst into an hysteric laugh, and
fell backwards in the arms of her nieces.
'Throw some cold water over
her,' said the old gentleman."
'No, no, ' murmured the spinster aunt; 'I
am better now, Bella, Emily - a surgeon! - Is he wounded? ' - Is he dead? - Is
he - ha, ha, ha!' Here the spinster aunt burst into a fit number two, of
hysteric laughter, interspersed with screams.
'Calm yourself,' said Mr.
Tupman, affected almost to tears by this expression of sympathy with his
suffering. 'Dear, dear madam, calm yourself.'
'It is his voice!'
exclaimed the spinster aunt; and strong symptoms of fit number three developed
themselves forthwith.'
'Do not agitate yourself I entreat you, dearest
madam,' said Mr. Tupman soothingly, 'I am very little hurt, I assure you.'
'Then
you are not dead!' ejaculated the hysterical lady. 'Oh, say you are not
dead!'
'Don't be a fool, Rachael,' interposed Mr. Wardle, rather more
roughly than was quite consistent with the poetic nature of the scene. 'What
the devil's the use of his saying he isn't dead?'"
Charles Dickens - "The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club"
Texts
Recorded
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Nobodyes Gigge, Fvb 149 - Giles Farnaby - Claudio Columbo [from The Fitzwilliam Book]
this music is an open book
takes pains to clarify the underlying
regularity of the theme
Sonata in F Major, Kk. 194 - Domenico Scarlatti - Pieter-Jan Belder
a fiddly bit that begins a figure
can finish another figure
cross-referencing at either end
fiddly bits reach across memory
Sonata in E minor, D 566 / 506 - Franz Schubert - Paul Badura-Skoda
sings and dances
lyrically designed play
between accompanying
figure and melodic lines
the counterpoint between them
is at a
distant level of detail
from the sweep of the lines
dramatic arch
nowhere to be seen
the internal drama between moments
is
structural in presentation
that is
designed to delineate the
structure
running brook rhythm/tempo
drama of the various rhythms
of a brook in terrain
questions arise within answers
accompanying
figures are plain in provenance
but worked out with great care
to
be exigencies of the melodies
they talk to each other
Yellow Dog Blues - Sam Collins [from Allen Lowe's Really The Blues]
the guitar answers
discuss the matter
among the strings
August 16, 2022
Easy Living - Billie Holiday, Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra [from Lady Day - The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia]
reshaping a standard
how does it hang
on the voices of the players
Dexterity - Charlie Parker [from The Complete Savoy and Dial Master Takes]
designing one's own clothes
to suit a new voice
Shulie a Bop - Sarah Vaughan [from Swingin' Easy]
introduces her band
as they do their solos
mostly nonsense scat
Cocktail Music - Salvatore Martirano - Marilyn Nanken
the image
is of an organization
by means of gesture and figure
Venus in Furs - The Velvet Underground [from The Velvet Underground and Nico]
discordant drones
more so when stretched
into uncomfortable chords
The Wild Eyed Boy from Freecloud - David Bowie [from Space Oddity]
sentimental tale told
trying so hard to break free
Sirius (beginning) - Karlheinz Stockhausen - Elektronische Musik Realisation des Westdeutschen Rundfunks Koln, Markus Stockhausen, Annette Merriweather, Suzanne Stephens, Boris Carmeli
the aliens land
one two three
without smooth transition
four
from arriving to winding down
then
the big engine powers
down
announcing their meanings
as symbology
in words
and all too obvious sound examples
everything represents
so
they don't have to be themselves
The Joy of The Census
no sound
approaches another
they are all in opposition
without
transformation
aholistic
Don't Mess Up This Good Thing - Janet Jackson [from Janet Jackson]
for social dance
a constant pulse
uncomplicated by transformation
Assembly Rechoired 23 - Karen Eisenbrey, Keith Eisenbrey [May 5, 1987]
the sound of rosin being applied
accompanied by guitar
bone guitar
bow of bone
strings of steel
clumsy knockabout rhythm
vigorously noisy
irregular rolling
indexed with steady
muscle repeating pulse
a whistle of some kind
replaces violin
perhaps a fish whistle
going at it with intent
to go at it
the whistle has wandered to a new room
and back
as it calms
down
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Ubi Caritas Et Amor - Morton Lauridsen - Polyphony, Stephen Layton
the ancient
swathed in soft folds
neo-gothic
with padded
pews
warm glow spirituality
Nasty Boy - The Notorious B.I.G. [from Life After Death]
punctuational perturbations in the funk
8 Mile - Eminem [from 8 Mile]
interesting
that such a technologically enabled music
has become a
signifier
of the music
of the systematically
disaffected
and
economically aspirational
at the same time
Banned Rehearsal 714 - Karen Eisenbrey, Keith Eisenbrey, Neal Kosály-Meyer [February 19, 2007]
optimally
the articulation between adjusting one's noise makers
and playing them with intent
ought to be smooth
the music
as such
should have no firm starting point
and might even
waver
between
irregularly
someone plays each instrument
and at least one someone
is playing several instruments
but
which set of instruments
might be being played
by a single such
someone
is unascertainable
at this remove
archaicize
gleefully
any meaning might still linger
can a usage
be not
quite in the dictionary
and who says anyway
type vigorously
into a spring reverberant
percussion gets feedback
spends
some time being pretty quiet
and getting more so
Sound Check and Tower of Song - Andrew James Robison [recorded live at the Blue Moon, Seattle, October 4, 2012]
an attempt to grasp the Zeitgeist of a roadhouse generation
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this song
is
a distant
knocked on
effect
of
writing books
whiskey and betrayal
Infrathin Condition 13 - Doug Haire [from Infrathin Conditions]
the roar at the edge of discrimination
no clunks here
the wind
that blows within the skin of perception
Malt's Come Down, Fvb 150 - William Byrd - Claudio Columbo [from The Fitzwilliam Virginal Book]
one presumes a popular ditty
no effort is made to compose in the spirit
of any
but William Byrd
all things that pass through this gate
must be civilized
forcibly if necessary
Damfino Swamp - Sylvester Weaver [from Allen Lowe's Turn Me Loose White Man]
heavy on one
like hip hop
and funk
for that matter
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the talk back on the guitar
is not by any means a duplicate
of the
vocal
it is another character
Weird Lullaby - Babs Gonzalez [from Allen Lowe's Turn Me Loose White Man]
not a language
that is familiar to me
if it is a language
and not some form of tongues
has a New Orleansy noirishness to it
The Man I Love - Ray Charles [from The Great Ray Charles]
mostly his chords and his tune are distinct
but at the ends of things
they go through the same narrow door
Exactly Like You - Aretha Franklin [from The Electrifying Aretha Franklin]
leaving room within the frame
for the melody to be nearly anywhere
and for the band to comment and talk back
Real Real - Nina Simone [from Sings The Blues]
with a rock&roll beat to it
made simply
almost a Sun Records
sound to it
nails the soft landing
caught by the organ
chords
Emergency Ward - Cheech and Chong [from Cheech and Chong]
grim triage
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Sirius (continuation) - Karlheinz Stockhausen - Elektronische Musik Realisation des Westdeutschen Rundfunks Koln, Markus Stockhausen, Annette Merriweather, Suzanne Stephens, Boris Carmeli
inflicting our own problems upon the stars
self assertion and complaint
the wheel and other instruments of cruelty
bass clarinet solo is
the highlight of the piece so far
for me
why?
it sounds like
it's actually playing for us
rather than
to fulfill what the score
says
playing or singing into its music stand
following
instructions
one might say
it is more like music as usual
than the other episodes herein
which is true
but then
so is the more-or-less rhythmically unison trio that follows
but
it is interrupted by more squabbling
and a bit of phony empathy
are you hurt
Torch Song - Walt Wagner [from The Evening Muse]
he must be listening to other torch song singers than I am
this one just
seems self absorbed and needlessly anthemic
U Stink But I Heart U - Billy and the Boingers [from Bootleg]
sophomoric novelty song with tuba
Leap of Faith - Bruce Springsteen [from Lucky Town]
jumps right into his holler mode
as though he was uncertain
that
he would be heard
that his platform would be enough
Séquences Res est admirabilis, Graduel de Bretagne - Ensemble Organum, Marcel Pérès [from Portrait]
melody speaking plainly
note to note counterpoint
supporting point
to point
Banned Rehearsal 637 - Karen Eisenbrey, Keith Eisenbrey, Neal Kosály-Meyer [May 10, 2002]
drums open the door
cornet seeps in
piano sits down to a chordy
chord
we make ourselves comfortable
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realms of musical discourse ::
global: what is it as a thing on the planet
cultural: what is that thing
on the planet as a thing for us now
us and now being left to later
specification
personal: what is it for me
i.e. who am I with it
immediate: what is this
any of these
might be
discussed
in terms of any subset of the others
with the global
proviso
that none of them are categories
but rather consideration
vectors
energized any which way
i.e.
why discourse
concerning music is a muddle
that is
because we are
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we're focused on a combo mode music
drums cornet and piano
with the funmaker in quiet slow rhythm mode
prodding us along
though we resist its ostensible tempo
from an
is this music
standpoint
this is
so far
a strong entry
within this group of sessions
a good day
when things click
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start again
with new thoughts
less overtly jazz flavored
but
still focused on maximal sedatoriousness
wanders into the bells and
small percussions
this session forms itself in two thoughts
each strong and lovely
when the magic works it really works
I'm Beginning to Look A Lot Like Santa - Capital Steps [from O Christmas Bush]
from the sublime to the ridiculous
Banned Rehearsal 818 - Karen Eisenbrey, Keith Eisenbrey, Neal Kosály-Meyer [July 23, 2012]
same crew ten years later
also opens with drums or chimney and piano
and will it be cornet
perhaps
that sounded like breath
through a pipe
but now some soft plucks on kora
for awhile most of
the sound has been from the speaker on my left
but someone has begun to
play on the other side of the room
I'm building a pile of something on
the piano
ping pong balls are in play
a lively mix of extremely
tiny and big spill sounds
ever transparent
mostly tiny
percussions shelled with ping pong balls
was Uncle W the Mighty
still with us then
could be
though it may be the Yamaha
Disco Punk - Camarones Orquestra Guitarristica [from Feeexta]
action team on route to action
enter strange lands
Sinfonia 2 - Keith Eisenbrey
a fractured march
this past week I have been considering giving the
first of these a haircut
I hadn't yet learned how they go as well as I
have now 3 + Sinfonias into the project
In Session at The Tintinabulary
August 15, 2022
Banned Rehearsal 1057 - Karen Eisenbrey, Keith Eisenbrey, Anna K, Steve Kennedy, Aaron Keyt, Neal Kosály-Meyer
we gathered in Anarcadia to rattle the evening
August 17, 2022
Prelude in A-flat Major - Keith Eisenbrey
my 2011 composition
August 19, 2022
Humbuggy 220819 - Keith Eisenbrey
we recently acquired an electric vehicle
this is the sound it makes
backing out of our driveway with a gentle drizzle dripping through a downspout
Postscripts
Skaldmud's Doodle Gallery
some listening journal doodles from 1990s
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