this is the living end         moooooooo.     love it!

Who could blame them for being giddy?  They finally had him….got the mugshot, and in a few months he’d be tried & convicted, and best of all, out of their way for good.  Some may question their motives & methods, but hey, it was up to them to save democracy, right?  
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For this one, I rounded up my fantasy band, the Famous Texas Men Of Note, to perform at the imaginary Seven Sisters Dance Hall, some 40 miles west of Austin, in the heart of the Texas Hill Country.  The crowd wasn’t huge that night, but it was plenty raucous.  Needless to say, we brought the house down.  We always do.

LYRICS
Finally bagged the prize,
Event commemorated with a photograph,
A delightful list of crimes,
Got ‘em prancin’ with the lawyers down the primrose path,
The scribes down in the court,
Breathlessly report,
With a glee they can’t contain,

Oh they’re giddy….

Giddy like the rats that swarm the sewage slag,
Giddy like the vultures, feasting on the rotted culture,
That has spawned them from its womb,
And they tell us all how grateful we should be,
Cause they’re doing it to save democracy.
 
Yeah all fortitude & grit,
Our protectors wouldn’t quit,
On this noble quest,
There would be no rest,
Staged sudden raids, drew dossiers,
Tried Russian links, threw kitchen sinks,
To cage the dreaded pest,
Damn the proper form,
They’ve snared Le Bete Orange,
Slam the gavel, bring the charge,

And now they’re giddy…..

Giddy like the buzzards circling o’er their prey,
Giddy like the varmints, chewing on the hated target,
While the judges hold him still,
Giddy like the frantic hawks, flailing with their shrilly squawks,
The fear they just can’t kill,
Damn the coming storm,
Now they’ve booked Le Bete Orange,
Slam the gavel, bring the charge,
Hey, the law may be applied unequally,
But it’s the only way to save democracy.

I beg you Lovely Lady, turn your head away,
Away from the shame, away from the pain,
America, America, how did we let it get this far?
We are your sons, what have we done?
What have we done……….

Ah but giddy doesn’t last, when the vengeance & the wrath,
Shred the piers that bear the load,
No it won’t be so hysterical, when even Heaven’s miracle,
Can’t keep our father’s code, 

Oh but decision day is nigh, & the beast is still alive,
And far too many still believe…..

So arrest the Monster!...show it on TV,
Silence him & anyone who won’t concede,
There’s no time for constitutionality,
When the mission is to save democracy.

Giddy (now with lyrics)

Sakamoto Blues

method: guitar, pedals, voice, audacity
narration: just what the poem says (okay, offering a clue to toying with the clew: there is light - lux - as the main topic here, things you can and cannot perceive, that might and might not be at all - beyond mere appearances. Remember, however, how a haiku works - surprise overcomes you in the last line, not the one before that which still sets the natural and supernatural scene, no matter the momentum of tension it builds! - ... and, of course, a bow to a certain British poet's perspective on totemism might be in the cards as well ;-)
image: copyright jo richter ... using the illustration on a packaging container  used to transport guitars

poem/ copyright jo richter:

in winter's midlight
crow's crystal inverse shadow
lifting fingered feet

luxury

And now... a moo-ment of zen, courtesy of "Big Cow Blues"...

MUSICIANS
Dave Turnbow - vocals, guitar

The Venerable Beads

Pastoral Sorbet

Tribrid: a three-way hybrid...term seems to have a recent resurgence due to popular culture. For me it was more about three sector mass spectrometry!! 

Tribrid Revamp ('Tribrid Vamp' remix)

synthphonics

Written by James Geer

My job was sufficient 
But I worked all the time
Now I don’t miss the stress
Of the firing line

I’ve worked for some monsters
And admirable men
But I’ve burnt my bridges
With all of them

Now i live in the country
Blessed by the trees
Feeding the bluebirds
Greeting the bees

The firing line

photo by i stole it
mixed out of https://soundcloud.com/fr0ggy5/idols-and-role-models

mr spock - role models and idols from tv

A spiky trek in rondo form, containing a hint of cha-cha

Yella

Meccanik Char Char

So I Ran My Camera (The Agony of 10,000 Dying Souls )

01 - Spitfire Audio - Alev Lenz 3 - I Know You Will
02 - Spitfire Audio - Eric Whitacre Choir - Tutti - All In One - Dynamic Swell OOH
03 - Spitfire Audio - Eric Whitacre Choir - Evo Grid - Bass - Dynamic Movements
04 - Spitfire Audio - Albion - NEO - Brunel Loops - Suspended in Space

Palette Of Voices

Pop and Ambient/Instrumental works.

I'm a homebound composer/songwriter/musician with poor self-marketing skills and no allegiance to a style/scene. In an earlier age, I played live music (guitar, bass, vocals) with various originals bands... but I've always been much more interested in writing+recording (or jamming with talented musicians) than playing for an audience.

I'd describe the majority of my vocal music as pop (in various subgenres) with interesting lyrics, mostly performed by myself with a few instruments+microphones and some software. I also have quite a few instrumentals (adapted chamber music, soundtrack etc) that I'll be posting eventually.

Occasionally, I also play bass in a band that plays some of my songs, as well as a lot of Grateful Dead: https://soundcloud.com/savage-gulf

Thank you for listening, and I hope you enjoy it! Play away, and leave a comment to start a discussion; likes and reposts are also appreciated :-)

NOTE: Lyrics reading have been moved to a separate profile: https://soundcloud.com/user-647643083... Read by Luci Christian, Patricia Duran, Adam Gibbs, Andrew Love, Monica Rial and John Swasey

Pastoral Sorbet

Dave Turnbow

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