italian dreams

Sometimes There Are No Answers 2.mp3

Jar Of Jarre 17

On a planet resembling Earth, in a Galaxy far, far away 
There were creatures resembling humans of two pigmentations: one red and one blue 
And the red ones instructed the blue ones that there is one word that THEY must never say. 
And they will be ostracized, subject to violence or otherwise harmed if they do. 

You see, one or two centuries prior, the blue ones held red ones enslaved 
And there was a word that the Blue ones would use to refer to the red ones possessed
And though they had long since been freed, in lieu of the justice they craved 
They insisted the blue ones should never again breathe that word, not even in jest

And the blues ones at first were quite gladly compliant, at first they completely concurred
But the red ones adopted this word as a term of endearment, not a hideous curse!  
And now and again some poor Blue would get loose with its tongue and then out popped that word! 
And red ones who heard it were given free license to beat the blue or something worse! 

Even the most rich and powerful Blue ones if ever that word did they say
Were forced to make public apologies, tearfully beg for forgiveness, repentant 
that’s just the trouble with pendulums swinging too wide can the pendulums sway 
What started as simply a politic gesture was simmering now as resentment 

Words are just noises you make to express an idea you may have at the time
Our primitive ancestors, warning of predators, made noises just to alert you 
Always remember the words that are used in that world famous nursery rhyme:
Sticks and Stones may break your bones but words will never hurt you 

Most Blues were fine with not saying the word, its insulting so why not refrain 
And all of that’s true but it’s rather short sighted and frankly it misses the point  
The point is that blue ones were forced to comply or else suffer the punishment’s pain 
And when rules don’t apply to both red and blue equally, blue noses get out of joint 

So small bands of blues started saying the word in their home and amongst other blues 
And the building resentment would over time lead to a war pitting race against race 
Only slaves are subjected to punishment over expressing unpopular views 
Free people use any words that they want to:  a warning from deep outer space!

The Word You Dare Not Say

Noisy Stabber (2025)

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Mirage Bay

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CURTAIN19

(Hallam | Sharbaugh | Weber)
Adrian Hallam [https://soundcloud.com/blue-room-green]: guitar and drum machine programming
Michael Ash Sharbaugh [https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh]: synthesizers and found sound
Christofferson Weber [https://soundcloud.com/christoffersen-weber]: vocal
Composed and Recorded ca. 2013 to March 17, 2016.
sm5 [LANDR].

C. W. (Christofferson Weber): https://soundcloud.com/christoffersen-weber
Adrian Hallam (Blue Room Green): https://soundcloud.com/blue-room-green
Michael Ash Sharbaugh: https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh

This song is based on two previous releases:

"Galaxy No. 9" by Blue Room Green: https://soundcloud.com/blue-room-green/galaxy-number-9

... and ...

"Galaxy" by Cam-O the Chameleon and Blue Room Green: https://soundcloud.com/christoffersen-weber/galaxy

Galaxy No. 9 [C. W.'s Reprise]

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"Galaxy No. 9 [C. W.'s Reprise]" [Blue Room Green, Cam-O the Chameleon, and Michael Ash Sharbaugh]

Celebrating the arrival of  the arrival of Fall with the release of my unofficial remix of Killing Moon. Go outside, press play, and dance under the full harvest moon on September 16th, 2016 during the last lunar eclipse of the year. 

Tonight, I will be in Playa del Carmen celebrating under the moon at Cannibal Royal before heading back to San Francisco on Saturday night for Public Work's 6-year anniversary. On Sunday, meet me under the Santa Monica sun for the last U.R. Art Festival of the Summer at Bergamot Station. Next week, you can find me at Catskill Chill Music Festival or back on tour with Thievery Corporation  at Thrival Fest in PA, as well as shows in San Diego, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara and more. Visit http://robgarza.com/tour for the full calendar.

Last month, many of our Louisiana fam were impacted by massive floods that took about 140,000 homes underwater. Show your love to the #LouisianaStrong by donating to relief efforts and win flights, hotels, and full VIP passes to III Points Music Festival in Miami and hang with Thievery Corporation while you're in town. The media has been M.I.A. for our cajun brothers and sisters, so share this around.  

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Big love to you all,

Rob Garza of Thievery Corporation
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Killing Moon

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Rob Garza - Killing Moon Remix

DARK WAVE | SPACEROCK | VAPORTRAP | TRIP-HOP
AMBIENT | EXPERIMENTAL

the PERSON, the SOUND : Since 1985, Philadelphia-born Michael has composed and released hundreds of audio recordings, and published books of poems and a university thesis on Halloween.

His 'sonic-sojourn' sparked intensely in his teens. After discovering the works of Duran Duran and Brian Eno, he vowed to 'birth sound' for the rest of his life.

Sharbaugh has relocated to a small village outside Atlanta, Georgia, and continues to voraciously attend to his dream -- to create and release music that he, himself, wants to hear.

Michael's signature sound merges the sexy R&B, industrial trip-hop, and spacey psychedelia he has grown to adore -- having absorbed the edgy rhythms and dreamy soul of the southern United States (Atlanta and Miami).

Michael puts forth ample amounts of ambient musics, and his recent sound hovers elsewhere -- amidst the dream pop, IDM, vaportrap, spacerock, and trip-hop works he adores.

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the INFLUENCES : Duran Duran, The Weeknd, Blondie, Depeche Mode, Billy Idol + Steve Stevens, Stone Temple Pilots, Dead Can Dance, Siouxsie & The Banshees, This Mortal Coil, Air, Naked Eyes, Tears for Fears, Alice in Chains, John Barry, Leslie Bricusse, The Chameleons [UK], Brian Eno, The Cocteau Twins, ABBA, The Bee Gees, Claude Debussy, Frederick Chopin, Guillaume de Machaut, Early Music, Renaissance music, Baroque music, and Joe Meek.

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