This is the full album before it was "mixed" for release.  It is raw. It is pure. The poetry of Chris' lyrics are more legible.  The tones are what we were listening to in the studio. The actual release mystified people. It never represented the recording.  It never represented the genius of where Chris could, and did, take the blues and rock paradigms. The album is one of rock's Greatest Misses.  

There are some alternate versions, and a different sequence.  Mostly I am posting this because of the decades of conversation with Whitley fans who don't enjoy the album.  How can you convince someone that "really, it's a milestone and a classic" when the only thing they have heard is a watered down commercial release that has little to do with the actual work that was done?  I hope this spurs conversation about this classic!

Chris Whitley-Din Of Ecstasy

© 2021 Jordan Seal

Recorded and mixed using a Tascam DP-006.

Lyrics:

I kick my sheets to the foot of the bed
feels better to freeze than to sleep in sweat
the sky is blank, it’s a new moon
the space between stars reminds me of you
// you see all the things I don’t
// through smooth skin to broken bones
// you say all the things I won’t
// and the words hurt worse than sticks and stones
// I can’t admit you’re gone

your words hover over my head
like vultures perched on the ceiling fan
and I pray for Somnus to bring me sand
and for my dreams to be photographs
 
// you see all the things I don’t
// through smooth skin to broken bones
// you say all the things I won’t
// and the words hurt worse than sticks and stones
// I can’t admit you’re gone

and in the half-light before I wake
I can hear your voice and see your face
and I curse the sun smiling through the shade
and I shut my eyes and I call your name
I don’t wanna cry another day
but maybe one more flood will wash you away
’til then I stare at a spreading stain
at a gypsy angel I can’t erase…
… and I may never replace

Gypsy Angel

robin st. Julien's long-awaited debut album.

Grog Pains

Dust

The Feeling

A long dive into the ethics of Corporate Consumerism, with influences ranging from but not limited to: Aristotle, Marcus Aurelius, Marcus Antonius, Flavius Honorius Augustus et al. Credit goes to my High School History Teacher Nic, thanks Brother.

003 1

"boys decide whether you're girly or not"

tactile distraction
pomelo pith peeled with precision
babe, it’s not gonna
babe, it’s not gonna happen

get away while you still can
protect yourself from the modern man
babe, he’s not gonna
babe, he’s not gonna get you

i kicked a fucking ball for four years
never scored a goal
and i tried to be academic
but it sucked out my soul

I’m coming into myself cause i have to
running home to the shelf where i kept you
to fill it up with my books and my seashells
coming into myself

skins

Either/Or

VERSE 1
you never want to go home
somedays you always feel alone
truth be told
my home's whenever you're around
you tie my soul to the ground
lay me down
VERSE 2
i know i'll never be free
this life here just ain't for me
so unique
my love is heavy with dope
i hope we both overdose
hold me close

soundtrack for your backseat

Mild High Club - Homage (Slowed)

A song about pizza.

Official video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Uc-d1roP1I

Official lyric video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhwmz7i7rZo

I like pizza

ELØN

Hi there. I'm Jordan.

I'm a normal person, leading a normal life. But in my free time, I also like to make music.

You can find some of it here.

Gypsy Angel

Jordan Seal

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