undertow / afterglow...absolutely  brilliant man.

Very clasy stuff! Is the Scorpio related to Kenneth Anger's Scorpio Rising? That was much more raucous with Wipeout! etc., but I feel we might be in a related underbelly, here. Super.  But I feel I am in the

Nice riff and the verse guitar muting sounds brilliant- kind of Foo Fighters meets The Police to my ears - your best I would say 🤘🎸

another goodie, listening through your recent tracks here while I work - great music to work to

I've known a few Scorpions ... this track really explains them well 🖤

Loving this laid back soulful vibe on this one. I love your productions!! (Soooo much music here on sc ...hard to keep up!)

LOVE the star wars intro haha... You brought me back to sticking on my Dad's Star Wars soundtrack vinyl in the shed... Aw memories... Great contrast in the intro though with that and the guitar. Cooool. Sweet track man

Daily Drops

Written for songwriting contest, w/theme the Santa Fe River in n. Florida. Translations..."Timucuan": native people in n FL at time of Spanish Conquest.  "Cracker Cowboys": colloquial name for cattlemen who herded wild cattle north during the Civil War.  "O'leno town": ghost town on the Santa Fe, a swinging bridge built in the 1930's is still there.  

Roll On, River   c. 2023 by Mike Manetz

V. 1
The river was Timucuan,
Before the comin' of the white-man's gun.
'Neath the giant cypress trees,
They fished the river wild and free.
Spanish priests came one day,
Taught the natives how to pray,
Named the river Santa Fe,
River watched them fade away.

Chorus
Roll on, river,
On and on forever,
She'll be rollin' on when we're all passed and gone.
Through centuries of hopes and dreams,
Conquistadors, fools and thieves,
Roll on, river,
Roll on,
River, roll on...

V2
Cracker cowboys took control,
After driving out the Seminole.
Their cattle on the muddy banks,
Would feed the hungry rebel ranks.
Black man runnin' to be free, 
Down the Santa Fe on to the sea.
Midnight paddle down to where,
A Yankee gunboat's waitin' there.

Chorus

V 3  
Lovers at O'Leno town,
On a swingin' bridge they're lookin' down,
River rushes there below,
Like a thousand years ago.
Their kids will play computer games,
They'll forget the history and the names,
But the river holds the memories,
Of all she touches, all she sees...

Chorus




Their kids will play computer games,
They'll forget the history and the names,
Of all of those who came before,
Guess it doesn't matter anymore...

Centuries of hopes and dreams,
Conquistadors, fools and thieves,
All they left is all but washed away,
Their kids will play computer games,
And forget the history and the names,
of all of those who came before,
They don't care much for that anymore...

Roll On, River

When You Wake In The Morning

Sweet Bean Jam

Piano/instrumental composition, and piano: Debra Buesking @debra_buesking
Melody composition for the voice, photo and voice: Oddrun Eikli
Studiowork: Arne Hiorth
Poem: Robert Frost (1874-1963)

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.

My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.

He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound's the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.

The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.

Robert Lee Frost (født 26. mars 1874 i San Francisco i California, død 29. januar 1963 i Boston i Massachusetts) var en amerikansk poet. Han ble tildelt Pulitzerprisen fire ganger, henholdsvis i 1924, 1931, 1937 og 1943.

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening. Debra Buesking and Oddrun Eikli.

UnBoxed March 2024

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Spaced Out Alien Encounter

Original composition, acoustic & electric guitars, bass, drum programming by Neno J.

Good Old Days

Distorted Love

The Scorpio

comin’ over
to my place tonight
dressed in clover
whets my appetite

i want to know
the afterglow

slide on over
i’ll take it at the light
black bulldozer
tailin’ us tonight

i feel the flow
the undertow

cold turkey
no way
i’ll get there
someday

now it’s over
turnin’ out the light
bruised all over
exiting stage right

i feel the flow
the vertigo
and now you know
the scorpio

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Thanks to Janine Levinson, Cheesemont Paisley-Paisley, and Wheelwright for consultations various.

Image by Hassan Sherif via Unsplash

The Scorpio

'your addiction' 

Scratch Kelly: beats, production, photography
Scotty: lyrics, vocals, guitars 

I loom in the subconscious of your mind.
I won't reveal myself until it's time.
Assume you're well until I come to find
your weakness. Then your ass is fucking mine.
And once I get my filthy hands on you,
you'll have no idea of the things that you will do
to get me into your blood, and when I'm through,
you'll crave my love and I'll be stuck with you. 

Finding it hard to live without my love?
Finding it hard to cope without my love?
Finding it hard to kick your need for my love?
You're stuck, babe, I'm your addiction. 

Consumed by the evils in your mind.
You're ruined by the fecal memories you find.
Your wounds that you can't forget or leave behind.
Resume with your need for my love until you die. 

Finding it hard to live without my love?
Finding it hard to cope without my love?
Finding it hard to kick your need for my love?
You're stuck, babe, I'm your addiction.

your addiction (with Scratch Kelly)

noxpox - Dark Lemonade

'perhaps, the best...'

Baby, unfortunately you have gave me
no choice but to leave you,
'cause you're crazy.
Indeed, at once it was 'maybe.'
But, now it is definitely 'no.'
Although I am sad to see you go.
And wish you all the best.
I still love you.
And always will for what you've been to me.
Eternally. 

I pushed you through your spare room window
and never left.
You made me poutine, burned your arm and had sex. Perhaps the best...

perhaps, the best

R-Three Arrows

This is a favorite song of a friend of mine, so thought I'd do this for him. we had a conversation about the way it ended and my thought is that the one that was being left behind asked for Boots, as a way of saying "These boots are made for walking' because its quite obvious the one who is leaving isn't going to miss the one she or he, is saying basically 'good bye ' Anyway this is my humble version of this song and I thank you for the listen and any comment if you choose to leave one. Ya'll take care of one another and yourself .

Spanish Boots of Spanish Leather -Dylan Cover - 6:27:24, 12.51 AM

The road is long
And where you think it ends
Take a good look around
It just begins again
If you get weary
If you get tired
If you want a heart that beats with your heart
Darling, why not mine

A loving hand for your hand
A loving soul for you soul
Loving arms to keep you warm
When the night is cold

Did you hear the news
Did it make you cry
Consider the human condition
Did it make you cry
But if you get lifted
If you get inspired
If you want a heart that beats with your heart
Darling, what about mine

A loving hand for your hand
A loving soul for your soul
A loving friend to listen to you
On the telephone

That I'd ever betray you
That I'd turn on a friend
Better think again, Baby
Better think again
Because if you're in trouble
Then that's my trouble too
Somebody's gonna be right by your side
Guess who

It's a world of worry
It's a world of woe
How we get through the day
I don't even know
If you get scared in the dead of night
If you want a heart that beats with you heart
Darling, why not mine

A loving hand for your hand
A loving soul for your soul
Loving arms to reach out to you
When you feel alone
Because you're not alone

The road is long 
And where you think it ends
Take a good look around'
It just begins again
If you get weary
If you get tired
If you want a heart to beat with your heart
Darling why not mine
If you want a heart to beat with your heart
Darling why not mine...

A Heart That Beats With Your Heart

In With The New (2023) Anthology CD4 Track 16

Rough demo

You know its easy to be happy
And its easy to be far away
Now you know that its time to be alive
And you know what you need to say

And with the sun there comes the rain
With the fun there comes the pain
Take the world and keep your pride
Let it go, stay on the ride

You know its easy to be happy
And its easy to be far away
Now you know that its time to be alive
And you know what you need to say

And with the sun there comes the rain
With the fun there comes the pain
Take the world and keep your pride
Let it go, stay on the ride

And in this town I have no face
in this town I have no face
Cos they took it all away
in this town I have no face

Stay On the Ride - DEMO 2

Heavy Punk Rock 'n' Roll band turns into Synthwave nowadays! Brand NEW album "Ultraviolet Cosmos" available NOW!

A laboratory with an open bar and floating altar. Come on in! 

Here are various solo and collaborative projects - songs, soundscapes, live looped solo guitar improvisations. 

This project used to be called "imaginary friends", but it became too real for that name, as did many of you.

I hope you enjoy something you find here. Do feel free to be in touch, you never know what might happen.  

I also invite you to attend @hypnopompetus, a duo project with the illustrious Cheesemont Paisley-Paisley https://soundcloud.com/sel-sync, and Fictive Sisters, a transatlantic band with  the incomparable Wheelwright https://fictivesisters.bandcamp.com/album/immaculate-distraction.

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