"If any dispassionate spectator could have beheld the countenance of the illustrious man, whose name forms the leading feature of the title of this work, during the latter part of this conversation, he would have been almost induced to wonder that the indignant fire which flashed from his eyes did not melt the glasses of his spectacles - so majestic was his wrath. His nostrils dilated, and his fists clenched involuntarily, as he heard himself addressed by the villain. But he restrained himself again - he did not pulverise him.
'Here,' continued the hardened traitor, tossing the licence at Mr. Pickwick's feet; 'get the name altered - take home the lady - do for Tuppy.'
Mr. Pickwick was a philosopher, but philosophers are only men in armour, after all. The shaft had reached him, penetrated through his philosophical harness to his very heart. In the frenzy of his rage, he hurled the inkstand madly forward, and followed it up himself. But Mr. Jingle had disappeared, and he found himself caught in the arms of Sam.
'Hallo,' said that eccentric functionary, 'furniter's cheap where you come from sir. Self-acting ink, that 'ere; it's wrote your mark upon the wall, old gen'lm'n. Hold still sir; wot's the use o' runnin' arter a man as has made his lucky, and got to t' other end of the Borough by this time.'"
Charles Dickens - "The Posthumous Papers of The Pickwick Club"
Texts
Recorded
October 9, 2022
Assembly Rechoired 30 - Karen Eisenbrey, Keith Eisenbrey
a rodeo's sounds
from the stands
I stood up
as it had
actually
been my first rodeo
the rodeo royalty tour
they have all the credits at the beginning of the
show
we get a drill team performance
as narrated
one imagines that the
fun of the activity of engaging in a drill team
on horses
if I
heard correctly
is the community and the corporate discipline
a
bit like choir
it sounds like the sound-track
for the drill team
consists of antebellum sentimental songs
Look Away Dixie Land for
instance
now some bareback riding
they're supposed to stay on for eight seconds
a horse named Shadow Caster
sounds like an electric guitar
cross and tie any three feet
fresh dogies
calf roping
then
barrel racing
bulldogged a calf
an appropriate mood
for the body corporate
to contemplate
the enormity of the horror
we have wrought
so that
we
can be confident
we have thought
the proper thoughts
and
felt
the proper feels
under the properly cordoned-off
circumstances
under the properly polite auspices
I'm Afraid of Americans - David Bowie [from Earthling]
music and lyrics each cling to a narrow ledge
Waitin' On A Sunny Day - Bruce Springsteen [from The Rising]
a modulation in this music
comes across
more like
a new
wholesale
chord-change-chord-area
exactly like the other
but goosed
to articulate different stanzas of the lyrics
Sputnik Love 04 Mixdown 01 - Keith Eisenbrey [February 20, 2007]
shuffled access memory texture
continuous shuffling of sounds
from
a limited set of source signals the
more varied the original source(s)
the more identifiable sounds there are
within the texture
and the further out one need be listening
to experience it
as a single texture
Pretty Hurts - Beyoncé [from Beyoncé]
so much production
it obscures the merits
of any one
through-performance
that might be or have been
a part of this
the performance we hear
is manufactured of parts
exploited
from a set of performances
de-personalized
Banned Telepath 51 - Karen Eisenbrey, Keith Eisenbrey, Steve Kennedy, Neal Kosály-Meyer
this may have been Excelsior's debut
the toy accordion is a bit of a
windbag
wheezing a harmony into the room
Excelsior is more subtle
the mice gnaw in the corners
we deflate
and open up the sound
quiet doings
drifting toward a sleeping state
Improbable Ensemble 1 - Sascia Pellegrini [from 4 Improbable Ensembles]
has a texture
see above
but also
an image of various
intentions
that cooperate fitfully
taking advantage of distracting
pokes
to press and prod
what is this music's attitude toward me?
not indifference
inquisitive
testing
examining
from a combination of
positions
and with
various combinations of instruments
Pavana and Galliarda, Fvb 175 - William Byrd - Claudio Columbo [from The Fitzwilliam Virginal Book]
to make the whole beautiful
each individual must be made alike as
beautiful
grace is a balance of graces
Sonata in B-flat Major, Kk. 202 - Domenico Scarlatti - Pieter-Jan Belder
clever delights beguile
and lead astray
and we thought we knew her
ways so well
but now we have become inextricable
Are You Washed in the Blood of the Lamb - Da Costa Woltz's Southern Broadcasters [from Goodbye Babylon]
no effort spared
to make anything as spare and raw
as a clear
statement
supported
and set off
by a constant background
in a differently detailed texture
of background
plain speaking
Who Wants Love? - Billie Holiday [from Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia]
draws the line of melody to the end
from the start
without
misstep
tag ending
name of song
Scrapple from Apple - Charlie Parker [from The Complete Savoy and Dial Master Takes]
scribbles of firm intent
and direction
and flow
knows where
it's headed
you don't
You Win Again (fast version) - Jerry Lee Lewis [from Rare and Rockin']
sings it lightly
as to projected sincerity
believe him
young
woman
at your peril
Be-Bop-A-Lula - The Beatles [from First Live Recordings Volume 1]
keep it reckless
Liverpudlians imitating rock-a-billians
in Berlin
making a living
in a narrow range of falsetto
My My She Cries - Carole King [from Rhymes & Reasons]
the engineer keeps making the piano move away
or toward us
its
sound is thin and brittle
a shame really
as some care was taken in
the song-writing
Favorite Jazz Artists - Conlon Nancarrow, Charles Amirkhanian [from Conlon Nancarrow Speaks with Charles Amirkhanian]
Father Heinz (?), Louis Armstrong, Bessie Smith
Ballad of a Thin Man - Bob Dylan [from Before The Flood]
preacher man
right in your face
finger pointed
at your chest
pushing for a fight
In Session at the Tintinabulary
October 10, 2022
Banned Rehearsal 1061 - Karen Eisenbrey, Keith Eisenbrey, Anna K, Marta K, Aaron Keyt, Neal Kosály-Meyer
Karen, Aaron, and I masked up and braved our first session together in the studio since the start of the Pandemic. Neal, Anna, and Marta called from Outpost Howth.
Postscripts
Skaldmud's Doodle Gallery
some listening journal doodles from 1990
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