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Water Scorpion

Red Deer Rut - Binaural 26:09:2022

Recorded the screech of the Barn Owl in Nairobi, Kenya, 2020, during lockdown. 

Barn Owl Screech

Poetry by Jeff Gburek & Ahmad Almallah ("A poem for Gaza, a pome for Palestine) voiced by Jeff Gburek. Music: melodica loop layers, prepared guitar, zither by Jeff Gburek

abyss or kiss in the shadows
beneath the dust the stone
from the once hanging window
where your eyes will hover forever
within my piece of endlessness
although your eradication is utter
and my grief secondary to yours
who crumble upon the ground
& only through the one
nearest so dear to me can I
fathom the absence
fracturing my sentence
I the landless who know daily
what they seek to take away
from the likes of you
and I see those eyes
you seek with your own
as if the only grace I've known
were blown away
by a ravaging wind

-- Jeff Gburek

Gaza, the last thing you need is a poem. Don’t say!
I have nothing else to give. A poem is a poem…what can it do? Don’t say!
But simply be like a poem.
You were an open land, and
your sea was no sight
for blood. Yes, once upon a time,
you asked nothing
of the world,
and it gave you
nothing.
Gather our words and toss them into
the empty well.
Screams don’t linger, but they do not
disappear—
They lodge themselves
beyond the ear,
and once they begin to haunt
they appear, they
reappear.
*
Corrupted by the attempt to apply logic
to the wound. We are all talk
no action!
We all know, that talk is talk
that’s why no one
listens.
Reality wounds can’t be mended by
thoughts. We all know—
Don’t keep me in your prayers, and please
spare me the guilt.
Where can the eye rest on the sight –
screaming children?
*
I want my words to spill blood and when I say
that once upon a time…
I want you to cringe
because this land has only one name—
and its people are only
its people
Call them what you may, that doesn’t change a thing—they too disappear
and they too will reappear—
*
Once upon a time, Gaza,
there was no need for anyone to give you any
empty words, like this poem. Your only hope
is to look us straight in the eye, and say once more, that you were,
and are, once upon a time.

– Ahmed Almallah

Casa Mia, Casa Tua, Non C'e Differenza

In the stillness of a Swedish forest, a solitary Mistle Thrush sings its melancholic tune. This recording captures the essence of the forest, a place where time seems to stand still and the beauty of nature can be fully appreciated.

Recorded 14.04.2023
Zoom F3 + Sennheiser MKH8020

Image courtesy of Birds of Gilgit-Baltistan (Creative Commons)

Mistle Thrush - Öjesjöbrännan Ekopark, Västerfärnebo, Sweden

St  Marks Fly Emerging 6.5.23

Captured in the afternoon May 11 using a VLF reciever built on the McGreevey schematic. Spherics, whistlers, lightening crackles, other mysterious ufo sweeps and swerves. 
Just a small except three hours of very active sky listening.

VLF Rusalka May 11 Tr770

The Marais Du Verdier is a rich marshland made up of four former fishponds totalling 120 hectares, with a variety of habitats (reedbeds, bulrushes, salt meadows, ponds, tamarisk groves). This recording captures the intense amphibian chorus after dusk, with many Stripeless Tree Frogs (hyla meridionalis) vocalising. 

Recorded 10.05.2024
Zoom F3 + 2 x Sennheiser MKH 8040s (ORTF)

Amphibian Chorus - Les Marais Du Verdier, Camargue, France

VLF receiver, Shortwave Radios, Field Recordings, up-pitched Schumann Resonance calibrated locally on June 4, 2024

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Fire Sky June 4 Pt 6 Higher Ghost Deeper

Song for Zofia

This may be the final or phoenix edition of the Rifles & Garbage Podcast as I seek social medial detox and the travelling cures for the next 2 months. "On Fire" includes poems by Charles Whittaker, Tony Brewer, George Christian, Palestinian poet Hiba Abunnada and a special forest fire narration & field recordings by Phil Mill. Poems and various vocal assertions about language and life forms on the brink of extinction by myself as well as the weaving field recordings and sonic textures by yours truly. And special thanks to Tony Brewer for the extended field recording of the cicada double brood from Belle, MIssouri (USA) which allowed me to breath more deeply and orchestrate this virtual commingly of spaces, places and voices. Have a great summer. Be great, everybody, one and all. Because you were meant to be so. 
Selected Bibliography. On the Hawaiin land reclaimation movement
MĀLAMA MĀKUA   https://www.malamamakua.org/
On the treatment of Palestinians in Gaza
https://thebaffler.com/latest/running-amok-turfah
Further field recordings by Phil Mill
https://soundcloud.com/phil-mill1
Find Tony Brewer and Charles Whittaker on Facebook.
George Christian's music: https://soundcloud.com/georgechristian

Rifles & Garbage Podcast "On Fire" #6

Nature Sound Recordings, Wildlife Sound, Field Recordings

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Phil Mill - Wildlife and Nature Sounds

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