Piano Oboe and Strings. Playful birds on a cool windless day.

Birds of a Feather

not losing to the rain
not losing to the wind
not losing to the snow nor to summer's heat
with a strong body
not fettered by desire
never losing temper
always quietly smiling
every day four bowls of brown rice
miso and some vegetables to eat
in everything
count yourself last and put others before you
watching and listening, and understanding
and never forgetting
in the shade of the woods of the pines of the fields
being in a little thatched hut
if there is a sick child to the east
going and nursing over them
if there is a tired mother to the west
going and shouldering her sheaf of rice
if there is someone near death to the south
going and saying there's no need to be afraid
if there is a quarrel or a lawsuit to the north
telling them to leave off with such waste
when there's drought, shedding tears of sympathy
when the summer's cold, wandering upset
called a nobody by everyone
without being praised
without being blamed
such a person
I want to become



Ame ni mo makezu - not loosing to rain

Holiday Hustle

Track inspired by Ryan Maguire's PhD project (see link below).  The primary track was compressed, inverted, subtracted from the uncompressed version, then amplified. The resulting track is what's lost during compression from wav to mp3, plus a few ambient layers on top.

http://ryanmaguiremusic.com/

Negative Test

Smashing fascism, one synth-pop song at a time.
Pay-what-you-want dload via buy link.
Lyrics:

Falling backward I catch myself 
Don't wanna get caught up in the net 
Perpetual bad news, the jerks keep on winning, and 
The Devil cashes in all his bets 

Stupidity rules, we're surrounded by haters 
Pumped up on their own ignorance 
If I divert my eyes from their fear and their lies 
I'll only be left in suspense 

Guilt before Innocence, fear is the fuel. 
Where can you think if you can't think in school? 
Expecting the worst of what you don't know. 
How can we evolve if you won't let yourself grow? 
Everything's dangerous, fear is the fuel. 
You paint your own portrait of a cowardly fool. 

Somewhere deep in the news you eat 
Lies a kernel of the truth. 
But you fill up on lies that serve to disguise 
Your hunger for some proof. 

Everything's dangerous, fear is the fuel. 
Where can you think if you can't think in school? 
Expecting the worst of what you don't know. 
How can we evolve if you won't let yourself grow? 
Guilt before innocence, fear is the fuel. 
You paint your own portrait of a cowardly fool.

THE FALL OF DECENCY :: Part 1

Everything's Dangerous

Everything's Dangerous ::

Smashing fascism, one synth-pop song at a time.
Lyrics:.....................................
Money. Glory. Oily war. 
Making bets. Keeping score. 
Propaganda. Us and them. 
Death to ordinary women and men.

Got no choice but let the enemy in 
Won't wash his hands before he begins 
Wanking the media for all that it's worth, 
Spurting mediocrity all over the earth. 

Tempest. Violence. Just the way 
Men have done things since the earliest days. 
Heaven help us, if we pray to evolve 
If no one's receiving, well then, what does that solve? 

How can we stop perpetuating this hate? 
Let go of the fears you create. 
Are you so much better than the ones you despise? 
You look the same through my eyes.

THE FALL OF DECENCY

No One's Receiving

No One's Receiving ::

Cat Lasers

i am hermi
from the center of the mountain
going inside
myself
hermi
from the center
dyana
dyana

produced by Angell Mastered by Aaron Salomon

hermi

sat-chit-ananda

... exactly what a monocle-wearing mole might sound like, given the right instruments.

Negative Test

Chrome Mole Monocle