"i have had my ups and downs
but wotthehell wotthehell
yesterday
sceptres and crowns
fried oysters and velvet gowns
and today i herd
with bums
but wotthehell wotthehell
i wake the world from sleep
as
i caper and sing and leap
when i sing my wild free tune
wotthehell
wotthehell
under the blear eyed moon
i am pelted with cast off
shoon
but wotthehell wotthehell"
Don Marquis - from "the song of mehitabel" from "archy and mehitabel"
Texts
Live
January 27, 2024
Flawed Contraption
Greg Campbell, Jesse Canterbury
Chapel Performance Space, Good Shepherd Center, Seattle
in the morning the harbor wakes up
birds and early fisherfolk
a
fog forms
all the business of morning near the piers
vibraphone
bells and clarinet discuss exact intonation
but not intonation of any
system beyond exactness
horizon throbs
release
a new
creature enters
clarinet is dismantled then re-mantled
mallets
turn about like clock hands
station to station
bells to drums
shore birds scurry along
we have met on a set of ordered pitches
coalescing
moving from piece to piece
dual wielding bell
bows
we accumulate pitch resonances that hang in the air
herd of
cowbells on a frame
pitches flock like bird swarms
conjoined
business all wound up
vibraphone wash
melody and resonance beds
Recorded
Wojak, Op. 74 #10 - Frédéric Chopin - Ewa Podleś, Garrick Ohlsson
goosing notes at the ends of lines into impolite harmonic situations
My Native Land - Charles Ives - William Sharp, Steven Blier
song in the time of sentimental nationalism
Criss Cross - Thelonious Monk [from The Complete Blue Note Recordings]
index point and locations above it in a sequence for subsequent discussion
I Feel That I've Known You Forever - Elvis Presley [from Pot Luck]
greeting card song
ends on a weird chord
nearly not in tune but
could be anyway
You Gotta Quit Kickin' My Dog Around - Bob Dylan [from A Tree With Roots]
in the discussion he uses the term 'harmony' to mean
I think
a
note to be sung that isn't part of the tune
as in 'sing harmony'
as opposed to singing in harmony or establishing a harmony
Mary, Don't You Weep - Aretha Franklin [from Amazing Grace]
a function of the gospel choir
to embody the community from within which
witness is made
socially structured
supported
'we' or 'us'
a first person plural
Riding in the Buggy, Miss Mary Jane - Mike, Peggy, and Penny Seeger [from American Folk Songs For Children]
songs for social amusement
does the tall tale trope extend outside of
the states?
one imagines probably
Starlight - Taylor Swift - [from Red]
this song is for fantasizing with
suburban dream world
cloisters
in cloisters
Unreal City - Steve Layton [from No Answer]
it is night
all abed
empty streets
empty rooms
voice
groups move as though through thick tar
Hole In The Ground (Alternative Mix) - David Bowie [from Toy]
groups of measures
grouped by different patterns in the rhythm section
what is called a modulation in this music
is a different animal
than in gallant practice
Rocky Ground - Bruce Springsteen [from Wrecking Ball]
songs for solidarity among those for whom American life isn't a walk in a
fantasy of empowered success
working class gospel
Dwoajaki koniec, Op. 74 #11 - Frédéric Chopin - Ewa Podleś, Garrick Ohlsson
stepping to the side of the imputed tonality
in recording art song
it is possibly essential
that the singer's breaths be audible
His Exaltation - Charles Ives - Daniel Trevor Bircher, Diego Matamoros, Douglas Dickson, Michael Cavalieri, Patrick Carfizzi
a manly bonding song
with manly chords
with manly dissonances
Criss Cross (Alternate Take) - Thelonious Monk [from The Complete Blue Note Recordings]
winding up with style and synchronicities
these musicians are thinking
about and discussing the how of how what they do does what it does
Night Rider - Elvis Presley [from Pot Luck]
this one's a rocker
with a fine guitarist and a tight band
having
a bit of fun making a groove like that go
See You Later, Allen Ginsberg - Bob Dylan [from A Tree With Roots]
these musicians have just gotten silly
too much beer in the booth
Never Grow Old - Aretha Franklin [from Amazing Grace]
these musicians are focused on
and focused from within
the
present actuality of the perfection of prayer
|| rhetorically
it provides a single charisma for all to focus upon
hoisted on their shoulders
|| however
the rhetorical technique in and of itself
is not that
present actuality of the perfection of prayer
the focus
is prior
to and innocent of that device
|| it might be a different device that could also serve
Billy Barlow - Mike, Peggy, and Penny Seeger [from American Folk Songs For Children]
these musicians seem to have a gig as a museum exhibit
but I think they
actually like singing these songs
so they're having a good time at it
Sunbreaks - Steve Layton & Improv Friday [from PPP]
these musicians are opening a space for themselves
in each of their
geometries
joint and several
Dress - Taylor Swift [from Reputation]
these musicians are being a billboard
selling a sexual fantasy
Shadow Man (Alternative Mix) - David Bowie [from Toy]
that's a skillful pianist back there
actual dynamics and touch
We Are Alive - Bruce Springsteen [from Wrecking Ball]
the guitar strumming fades in from a distance
the singer appears at our
ear
string band with winds (synthetic?) and percussion
but the
string band is so massed it mostly just seems to strum
forgoing the
intricate part work to which those instruments are partial
Moja piesczotka, Op. 74 #12 - Frédéric Chopin - Ewa Podleś, Garrick Ohlsson
narrow melody in the minor mode portion
until that sudden leap
all
hidden in a charming waltz package
Thoreau - Charles Ives - William Sharp, Steven Blier
by the azure tint
distance obscurity abstraction
the flavors of
our perceptual limitations aestheticized
Eronel (1988 Digital Remaster) - Thelonious Monk [from The Complete Blue Note Recordings]
these musicians are intent upon their playing
as an image of what music
is
id est
this playing is the music
I don't play that tune
that tune is what I play
this one has a stutter skip in part of it
Fountain of Love - Elvis Presley [from Pot Luck]
travelogue arrangement with mariachi styling
Tiny Montgomery - Bob Dylan [from A Tree With Roots]
an accent can signify cultural attitude
we ascribe this to the person
singing
but it more properly should be ascribed to our projection upon
the singer/persona
as they arise within the song we are hearing
Remarks by Rev. C. L. Franklin/Precious Memories/My Sweet Lord - Aretha Franklin [from Amazing Grace]
Rev. Franklin is a practiced public speaker
subsequent remarks
accompanied by piano as it sneaks into the song
like a recitative
a cooperative venture that relies on both the style of music
and
the style of speaking
The Juniper Tree - Mike, Peggy, and Penny Seeger [from American Folk Songs For Children]
sounds like a lap dulcimer
Begin Again - Taylor Swift [from Red]
she pulls her short 'A' sounds (th'a't)
back into the sinuses
Decrepit Pocket Circus - Steve Layton & Sound-In [from Further Journey]
cave trolls and cave bears tell tales of heroic deeds in the bowels of the earth
Toy (Your Turn To Drive) [Alternative Mix] - David Bowie [from Toy]
Bowie-type intro:
care taken to compose how the groove assembles itself
Land of Hope and Dreams - Bruce Springsteen [from Wrecking Ball]
gospel witness imported to a stage spectacular
never grow old
triumph at the end of the rainbow
the whole Sister Amy shtick
Nie maczago trzeba, Op. 74 #13 - Frédéric Chopin - Ewa Podleś, Garrick Ohlsson
these songs are fabulous
I hadn't heard them before and had paid them
little mind
but they are fast becoming some of my favorite Chopin
Harpalus - Charles Ives - Dora Ohrenstein, Phillip Bush
silverish delicacy
Straight No Chaser - Thelonious Monk [from The Complete Blue Note Recordings]
figure A:
pointer <--- toward ---> points of geometric time on a
circulating surface
That's Someone You Never Forget - Elvis Presley [from Pot Luck]
the emotional vocabulary of the stereotypical 19th Century lady novel reader
transfigured into a quivery velvet voice
The Spanish Song (Take 1) - Bob Dylan [from A Tree With Roots]
song jumping
free form
an inebriate stumbling through the catalog
Old Joe Clarke - Mike, Peggy, and Penny Seeger [from American Folk Songs For Children]
examples of styles of picking and strumming
also of songs
there
needn't be much to them to be such a song
Swallowed Up - Bruce Springsteen [from Wrecking Ball]
ooo! depiction!
we are the clot in the great fish's gullet
wears
his words on a studied voice
gussied up with production
Silver Screen - Steve Layton [from No Answer]
the cymbal strike opens a door into the fog of Noirhattan
the texture of
the sound has become denser
pressured
crowded
the new normal
The Great War - Taylor Swift [from Midnights]
we are sure she's talking about something
but not enough information to
be certain of any particular application to particular events
In The Heat of the Morning (Unplugged & Somewhat Slightly Electric Mix) - David Bowie [from Toy]
the two faces of the charmer
public private
Pierścień, Op. 74#14 - Frédéric Chopin - Ewa Podleś, Garrick Ohlsson
establishing a triad stands for establishing a key
if he isn't going to
treat of the whole tonic/dominant/subdominant fiasco
he simply doesn't
bother with it
The Children's Hour - Charles Ives - Paul Sperry, Irma Vallecillo
learned composition
wallowing in bourgeois dreaminess
Straight No Chaser - Thelonious Monk [from The Complete Blue Note Recordings]
he secures his subject as best he can
but they're lively and squirm
something awful
The Spanish Song (Take 2) - Bob Dylan [from A Tree With Roots]
northerners playing in brownface
Down By The Greenwood - Mike, Peggy, and Penny Seeger [from American Folk Songs For Children]
voice alone calming lullaby
American Land - Bruce Springsteen [from Wrecking Ball]
get the big parade drums out
we're off to war
join us we're
pirates
a life of excitement and glory
colonial shock troops
This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things - Taylor Swift [from Reputation]
such a scold this
is no longer the voice of a human-sized person
Intrada - Steve Layton [from Lucky You]
the subject's heart is beating
we can investigate strands of twisted
strands
abstractly abstracted
I Dig Everything (Unplugged & Somewhat Slightly Electric Mix) - David Bowie [from Toy]
presented as one might
on a stage
with backup singers
misgivings and intestinal turmoil
World's Wanderers - Charles Ives - Dora Ohrenstein, Phillip Bush
those with leisure
not migrant workers
Ask Me Now - Thelonious Monk [from The Complete Blue Note Recordings]
dusts his keyboard both directions
cleans each note he needs
some
take some scrubbing
some figures are the subject
some are just
clearing detritus from the work space
I'm Your Teenage Prayer - Bob Dylan [from A Tree With Roots]
advertising copy or camp skit
Roll That Brown Jug Back To Town - Mike, Peggy, and Penny Seeger [from American Folk Songs For Children]
sung in full costume in the character of an original authentic
A Lonely Man - Steve Layton & Sound-In [from Further Journey]
out west where a lonely man can be lonely with pride
words hitch a ride
an image sense is not to be made here
in case of penalty
Bigger Than The Whole Sky - Taylor Swift [from Midnights]
the brand we know as Taylor Swift
is in the voice of a divine movie star
rodeo queen patriarchal-corporate good girl
You've Got A Habit of Leaving (Unplugged & Somewhat Slightly Electric Mix) - David Bowie [from Toy]
remembering the 60s fondly
Piosnka Litewski, Op. 74 #16 - Frédéric Chopin - Ewa Podleś, Garrick Ohlsson
voice is the silver screen
piano is the pantomime orchestra
translating the film into music
The Housatonic At Stockbridge - Charles Ives - Eric Trudel, Robert Gardner
sounds like night
or immobalizingly muggy
yikes! there's a whole excitement!
Willow Weep For Me - Thelonious Monk [from The Complete Blue Note Recordings]
the voicing on each punchy little chord
finds their unsuspected corners
Four Strong Winds - Bob Dylan [from A Tree With Roots]
it's been worse times
our hang in there anyway anthem
some
wanderers settle down
As I Walked Out One Holiday - Mike, Peggy, and Penny Seeger [from American Folk Songs For Children]
two pitch bass voice part
in imitation of easy chord strumming
song takes a very dark turn
down a deep well
15 fathoms deep
Water Wheel - Steve Layton [from No Answer]
with cute little sea hamsters running it round and round
The London Boys (Unplugged & Somewhat Slightly Electric Mix) - David Bowie [from Toy]
a generation's narrator
Paris - Taylor Swift [from Midnights]
fashion check-in
having a fantasy romance in title town
foreshortened
we view above us
as from a pit
a national hero
so proud
so noble
so tortured
Du Alte Mutter - Charles Ives - Paul Sperry, Steven Blier
an accomplished gentleman
who is an accomplished composer
ought to
be able to write
an accomplished Lied
Skippy - Thelonious Monk [from The Complete Blue Note Recordings]
a game for astounding each other
loads of fun
The French Girl (Take 1) - Bob Dylan [from A Tree With Roots]
let's put it down in G
to hear himself in all the songs
She'll Be Coming Round The Mountain When She Comes - Mike, Peggy, and Penny Seeger [from American Folk Songs For Children]
authentic practices
New Land - Steve Layton & Sound-In [from Further Journey]
it's different in the forest
the further in the more different
Karma Man (Unplugged & Somewhat Slightly Electric Mix) - David Bowie [from Toy]
a portrait
High Infidelity - Taylor Swift [from Midnights]
always circles back through the same old story
as it gets older
West London - Charles Ives - Dora Ohrenstein, Phillip Bush
circular melody bits
each attached to its appropriately hued patch of
piano
amen tag
Skippy (Alternate Take) - Thelonious Monk [from The Complete Blue Note Recordings]
limber
The French Girl (Take 2) - Bob Dylan [from A Tree With Roots]
one song bum's idea of the sound of his world
Juba - Mike, Peggy, and Penny Seeger [from American Folk Songs For Children]
the same four lines repeated with mouth percussion in the breaks
I Stumbled to the Door - Steve Layton [from No Answer]
film cue
extended dance mix
we groove on cycles
accepting
the illusion of perpetual return
Conversation Piece (Unplugged & Somewhat Slightly Electric Mix) - David Bowie [from Toy]
a song is a role or set of roles
activated into sound space
sound
is invisible in space
but space is audible in sound
Call It What You Want - Taylor Swift [from Reputation]
ok it seems to be about some guy
vaguely catty
Hymn - Charles Ives - Douglas Dickson, Ian Howell
this hymn has been moldering on a shelf
its voices have weakened their
hold on each other
Hornin' In (Alternate Take) - Thelonious Monk [from The Complete Blue Note Recordings]
clear linear trajectory emerges from the splotchy figures
Joshua Gone Barbados - Bob Dylan [from A Tree With Roots]
a non-commercial space to try things out in
Run, Chillen, Run - Mike, Peggy, and Penny Seeger [from American Folk Songs For Children]
it's almost day
Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow - Steve Layton [from No Answer]
a flow within the sample data making like vowels being mouthed
Glitch - Taylor Swift [from Midnights]
there is no outer surface to this
Shadow Man (Unplugged & Somewhat Slightly Electric Mix) - David Bowie [from Toy]
piano figure presents three stepped locations
but the figuration as such
has no discernible after life
appropriate for any and all high-toned parlours
none need blush
Hornin' In - Thelonious Monk [from The Complete Blue Note Recordings]
here the piano figure
also narrow in range
has quite the time of
it trying horns on for size
I'm In The Mood For Love - Bob Dylan [from A Tree With Roots]
Dear Reader:
we're in for an awful lot of this album over the next few
weeks
personally I'm not overly fond of it for many reasons
and I
presume as a matter of practice
that my reasons for not liking it much
are more interesting than the mere fact that I don't is
All Around The Kitchen - Mike, Peggy, and Penny Seeger [from American Folk Songs For Children]
likewise there will be many of these tracks as well
we're just through
the first CD of two
and there are quite a few left in the animal album
also
Shashanka - Steve Layton [from No Answer]
and though I haven't counted remaining tracks
I'm convinced that Steve
will be the final holdout
outlasting even Ives
who wrote a
shitload of songs
I'm not personally sorry for that
I could
imagine worse playlists
notably
those without anything even half
as interesting as what Steve does
but why wherefore and for what reasons
are these my preferences?
Let Me Sleep Beside You (Unplugged & Somewhat Slightly Electric Mix) - David Bowie [from Toy]
there are a few more songs on this album
not much of it will survive
into next week
{NB: none did}
so what does it seem to be?
tracks left unfinished or unreleased somewhy
Bowie was a smart and
thoughtful song writer song producer song collaborator and stage song
performer who more or less invented self re-invention
New Year's Day - Taylor Swift [from Reputation]
and just a few more songs from the woman of the hour
so what is she
doing?
she's making big-screen movies out of pop song parts
she
(the brand) is inconceivable without the movies
so what are they as
movies?
Abide With Me - Charles Ives - Paul Sperry, Irma Vallecillo
and then of course
we have our old New England Ivy League bourgeois prim
and proper parlor provider pater familia Uncle Charles
so sincere
Sixteen (first take) - Thelonious Monk [from The Complete Blue Note Recordings]
Monk I believe will survive this week
{NB: yep!}
I enjoy listening
to his piano playing
he's a poker
that is
as a pianist he
pokes the notes and not the keys
(the black and white - the ivories)
the notes
the pitches
he pokes those
it's a simple
magic
that's why they seem to bend
we feel his poke through the
pitch
All-American Boy - Bob Dylan [from A Tree With Roots]
so back to Bob
but perhaps my complaints should be addressed to those
responsible for making this public
here's my beef with this as an album
the sound of it deafens me to anything they might be doing musically
and try though I might
and I do
I can't hear it
it
gets me to no good place
I'm Going To Join The Army - Mike, Peggy, and Penny Seeger [from American Folk Songs For Children]
so this album is a museum of song examples
instrument examples
performance style examples
et cetera
there really should be
a comprehensive index
but it is a remarkable museum
Slip Beats - Steve Layton [from No Answer]
so would this album be different as a music
if the titles were rotated
with respect to the tracks numbers?
with Steve the ontological issue arises
I know Steve
he sometimes
reads this blog
{NB hi Steve!}
he as a person in relation to me is
on a different plane than the other survivors on the list
this one is
strobey
Hole In The Ground (Unplugged & Somewhat Slightly Electric Mix) - David Bowie [from Toy]
the salutary effect of multiple versions in the rotation
is that they
become just that
versions
they de-mystify each other
Would've Could've Should've - Taylor Swift [from Midnights]
So Ms Swift stars in all her movies
all her movies star her
all
movies star her
all movies
her the star
must be strange
automegalomanic
the wind machine blows the hair
in every
scene
every shot
neogothic impressionism
we visit each old 'un in turn
what a wonderful
time we had
as cinematic as Swift?
no and yes
just cinema of
a different time
patriotic rouser good ol' boy song
Sixteen (second take) - Thelonious Monk [from The Complete Blue Note Recordings]
so he pokes and prods pitch around
and time with it
what does he
make of it with all that prodding
trick question
the prodding and
poking are a dance
he is collaborating with those pitches
what he
made of it is a dance partner
Sign on the Cross - Bob Dylan [from A Tree With Roots]
so OK Bob
I suppose it was one of those guy-bonding things
hey
I've been silly too
so the hope is for something to make it worthwhile
this track may qualify
they seem to be taking it seriously
(as least while he's singing)
can't quite sell the spoken verse
though
he caricaturates it all up
Scraping Up Sand in the Bottom of the Sea - Mike, Peggy, and Penny Seeger [from American Folk Songs For Children]
dulcimer? and banjo
there are more banjos in the banjo family than you
think
The Moment of Equinox - Steve Layton [from No Answer]
equator crossing
tossed in the gravity sea
this music refreshes
the ear
gives it a firm massage
detox
Baby Loves That Way (Unplugged & Somewhat Slightly Electric Mix) - David Bowie [from Toy]
invented it ad hoc
every song he does involves the inventions of at
least one self
self-invention is his whole shtick
Dear Reader - Taylor Swift [from Midnights]
so we bid adieu to our movie star for the time being
thanks so much for
stopping by
we'll just be going now
exit toward the lobby
fade to black
Hymn of Trust - Charles Ives - Frederick Teardo, Tamara Mumford
so it would seem that Ives spent most of his composing energies on songs
there sure are a bunch of them
their limited scope avoids the
often murky tedium of some of his longer scores
(Symphonies, I'm looking
at you)
the shape of these is always clear
we know where we are
and so does he
Carolina Moon - Thelonious Monk [from The Complete Blue Note Recordings]
he plays a tune and then puts some questions to it
the ensemble is the
arena within which those are hashed out
the questions never disappear
Silent Weekend - Bob Dylan [from A Tree With Roots]
trope
complaining about one's romantic treatment
so this album
could be seen as
primarily
a museum piece
that is
as a
hunk of Dylan in the raw
a primary source
but also as a song
repository
less so of performance style
which is rote for the most
part
Old Mister Rabbit - Mike, Peggy, and Penny Seeger [from American Folk Songs For Children]
this collection is quite consciously a repository of all sorts of things that would otherwise vanish traceless
A Regular Life - Steve Layton [from No Answer]
power tools!
walking along
taking in the hears
along the way
sounds on a stroll
each new sound presented with Kovacsian
blatancy
back to the guy in the garage with his drill
Can't Help Thinking About Me (Unplugged & Somewhat Slightly Electric Mix) - David Bowie [from Toy]
in the first person singular
which is common for Bowie
the
characters he invents for his songs address us
as themselves
to us
as sometimes fictional others
or
as sometimes our actual
selves
Serenity - Charles Ives - Mary Ann Hart, Dennis Helmrich
dissonant
yes
in the service of atmosphere
brief sudden
consonant fragment
(to tone-paint beauty?)
Let's Cool One - Thelonious Monk [from The Complete Blue Note Recordings]
score as prescriptive ritual
Plato's council of elders
to keep the
youngsters in line
it is an authority
for how that ritual goes
it might be quite laid back
Don't Ya Tell Harry - Bob Dylan [from A Tree With Roots]
comic bar tale from the old times
Harry is Henry in their singing
Old Molly Hare - Mike, Peggy, and Penny Seeger [from American Folk Songs For Children]
Mike's accents have his accent
Silly Boy Blue (Unplugged & Somewhat Slightly Electric Mix) - David Bowie [from Toy]
London sound:
what I dig about Bowie's
songwriting/producering/arrangering
is that it is always clear what he's
doing
he doesn't obscure anything
Introverted - Steve Layton [from Ending to Begin]
we mechanized the repeated notes
as due to the audible record skips
but then
our mechanism falls apart
and we accumulate quite
the theogony
distinguish not just the instruments
but the spaces
they appear to inhabit
nice finger bells
a poem addressed to
as a conceit
a character
out there in
the world
who is never expected
within the conceit
to read
the poem
it is a rhetorical rather than an actual epistle
I'll Follow You - Thelonious Monk [from The Complete Blue Note Recordings]
his left hand stands to the side of his right hand's melodicizing
commenting
supporting
admiring
a separate character on
stage
the straight man
trickster type
duet partner
foil
Bourbon Street - Bob Dylan [from A Tree With Roots]
an ill-tuned trombone is holding forth from the next barstool
Oh, John The Rabbit - Mike, Peggy, and Penny Seeger [from American Folk Songs For Children]
the trouble with critters
Helios - Steve Layton [from Excavations 2013-2014]
the sun rises too near
far too near
Toy (Your Turn To Drive) (Unplugged & Somewhat Slightly Electric Mix) - David Bowie [from Toy]
his forces enter in order that they be counted
Reflections - Thelonious Monk, Sonny Rollins [from The Complete Blue Note Recordings]
this duet groove is negotiated tensely
room to spread out
Million Dollar Bash (Take 1) - Bob Dylan [from A Tree With Roots]
a party of some legend
self-mythologizing through the side of his mouth
The Little Pig - Mike, Peggy, and Penny Seeger [from American Folk Songs For Children]
as museum exhibits they are scrubbed of any aroma
their venue has been
expunged
Altiplano - Steve Layton [from Colors]
breath across a chamber
pitch is about the chamber
the hand is in
charge of the chamber
the bells and face
are in charge of the
breath
Christmas Carol - Charles Ives - William Sharp, Steven Blier
it is certainly of its time as to fashionable hymnody
a lullaby
everybody
wants to put Jesus to sleep
Misterioso - Thelonious Monk, Sonny Rollins [from The Complete Blue Note Recordings]
2 to 3 rhythm with the prevailing drum groove
and yet neither end quite
lines up geometrically
the hemiola has slipped askew
an
arrangement that re-introduces the band in its pecking order
Yea! Heavy and a Bottle of Bread (Take 1) - Bob Dylan [from A Tree With Roots]
so guys what are we doing today?
Bought Me a Cat - Mike, Peggy, and Penny Seeger [from American Folk Songs For Children]
fiddle-aye fee
animal sound game
Creepers - Steve Layton [from Moving Bodies (Pandemic 10)]
imagine a venue to which this is native
or an event to which it gives
witness
how do we parse its articulations
the image of
polycyclicity
Ilmenau - Charles Ives - Paul Sperry, Irma Vallecillo
in nature all is at rest
I am troubled and would rest in nature
Crepuscle With Nellie (Live) - Thelonious Monk [from The Complete Blue Note Recordings]
lots of mic noise
Million Dollar Bash (Take 2) - Bob Dylan [from A Tree With Roots]
whatever it takes
we'll all make it to it
Hop, Old Squirrel - Mike, Peggy, and Penny Seeger [from American Folk Songs For Children]
another index
nonsense syllable fillers
all the many species of la
di das
Monster - Steve Layton [from Miracles and Wonders]
through the dark and twisty passages of this our all too narrow galaxy
the Minotaur still feeds at men's souls
In Session at The Tintinabulary
January 28, 2024
Alfreton - Keith Eisenbrey
an arrangement from an old shape-note song book
January 29, 2024
Banned Rehearsal 1093 - Hayley, Karen Eisenbrey, Keith Eisenbrey, Steve Kennedy, Aaron Keyt, Neal Kosály-Meyer
January 31, 2024
Ich grüsse dich am Kreuzesstamm - Aaron Keyt
February 2, 2024
Auf Christi Himmelfahrt allein - Aaron Keyt
the spare textures of these and their narrow ranges makes them ideal clavichord scores
Postscripts
Drops
Keith Eisenbrey 12: 2007 - 2010
This volume is bookended by two large works: a study of the traditional song "Old Bangum", and "Sonata Liebeslied" which systematically explodes a seed idea courtesy of Benjamin Boretz. It also includes six original hymns and "N", a marginal commentary on Neal Kosály-Meyer's "Gradus" project.
Volumes 1 through 11 are available at keitheisenbrey.bandcamp.com
All are free for download.
Skaldmud's Doodle Gallery
listening journal doodles from 2019
