This song comes at the point in my story "The Monster we created," after the king's Epiphany when he realises that he has to work with the protestors to defeat the monster( my metaphor for Climate Breakdown)"while the arguments were strong . Above all what united them now was a need to tell the Truth."
A massive thank for the inspirational percussion from Warwick Haycock.
Thank you again to Bill, Warwick, Warren, Jon, Matty, Mike, Troi and Claire whose enthusiasm and love keep me writing this project.

Tell the Truth

Welcome to Adventures in White Privilege;
50 minutes in the lives of 3 foreigners in Helsinki. 
Created by Alexia Andrei, Marjorie H Morgan and Rosie Swayne

A site-specific audiopiece that begins in Oodi central library, and takes the listener on a narrated, comical, musical wander around the railway station and surroundings, and finishes back in Oodi.  

The listener first collects a map entitled "Adventures in White Privilege" from the brochure stand next to the info desk on the first floor of Oodi Central Library. The map includes a QR code that can be scanned with a smartphone, which will open a link where the audiopiece can be either streamed or downloaded. The listener can then hear the track through headphones and follow the directions of the audio and the map. 

For potential listeners who require the loan of headphones and/or mp3 player to access the piece, there will be a small number available on request at the info desk.

The piece is free of charge and will be launched at 15.00 on 24.09.23 and will be available at any time during Oodi's opening hours until 24.10.23.

The piece is in English, though transcripts in Finnish will be available soon.

Adventures In White Privilege

You're An Idiot

Remember when you were 5 years old
And somebody bought you a barbie doll
so you cut off her hair and with biro you gave her tattoos
But what became of baby-dyke Barbie?
Or for that matter her PVDC hair?
Or the box that she came in
Or the bag she came home in
Or the bin she was thrown in
We may purge and disown
But these moments are STILL HERE

Each hilarious fake dog poo - still here
Every smashed Buckeroo - still here
Deely boppers and cherished space hoppers still here
Shrinky Dinkies, spokie dokies, Tinkky Winkies broken still here
Tamagotchis

Each defiled Action Man it's still here
Somewhere still on this planet still here
And the eyes and the ears still heeeeee-eeeeeee-eeeeee-eeeeere
And the moustache and the feet of mr. potato head
Though not the actual potato
cause that's biodegradable... so it's fine...Just play with potatoes children!

Each plastic bottle you put ya lips to - still here
That White Lightning you sicked through - still here
Tic tacs, pixie sticks, takeaway coffee fixes still here
Kwenchy Kups you sunk with your dairy lea dunkers (I look at you accusingly, you look sheepish) still here it's true
6 billion tonnes of plastic sack-age still here
And that's just from one Amazon package!

Each piece of plastic through your hand will
Still be here in some great landfill or
Floats around with the sad, lost fish in the ocean

Every dayglo bright orange swimming bag - still here
That you and each of your friends had - still here
Rainbow Brite and her STUPID horse Starlight still here
And NO, I'm not still BITTER that I wasn't given a

GUN!
All the gum! all the tinsel, each promotional pen!
All the tape, every chapstick, all the green army men
Every plastic toggle still here, gonks will...

(great pacific cabbage patch kids- still here - , sending our trash to Malaysia and Vietnam tips - all the rubbish goggles still here every game of Boggle will...)

Still be here in some great landfill or
Floats around with the sad, lost fish in the ocean un - un - un
and on
and on
and on
and on
and on
and on ...
credits
from FOSSILHEADS: The Future is Petrifying (4 song EP), released September 18, 2019
All material ©2019 R Swayne All Rights Reserved
Performed by Rachel Duncan & Rosie Swayne
Recorded/produced live by Chris Furner at FitDog Studios Northampton, September 2019

3 Baby Dyke Barbie from FOSSILHEADS

Yes i know it has been a while so here is a treat for you!  This is a mix of some of my fav underground tunes atm! hope you enjoy it as much as i did making it much lovex

Dj ryanjames-deep into the mountains!

Free demo!

This is a varied selection of music and lyrics written (and performed) by British songwriter/composer Rosie Swayne, from her band Invocal and selected theatre projects in Finand and Sweden. Some are studio produced and others taken from live performances so sound quality varies.

"Rosie Swayne is one of the most distinctive songwriting voices I've heard for a long time" NETRHYTHMS REVIEW

"Wonderful, inventive and unique" SUE MARCHANT, BBC EASTERN COUNTIES

"Great fun, and clever too" JUDY SPIERS, BBC RADIO DEVON

"I've been playing this music all week - it's addictive - funny, but so dark" MONICA WINFIELD, BBC RADIO LEICESTER

"Caustic, funny and so damn harmonic" CURVE MAGAZINE

"Five stars" ALBUM REVIEW, OUTNORTHWEST UK

"Truly great songwriting" OUROBOROUS REVIEW

" It’s impossible to categorise this music and I’m inclined not to...rich and compelling" RAINBOW NETWORK REVIEW

"A little bit gypsy, a little bit theatre, a little bit curious and a lot interesting" JANE EAMONN, THE MUSES MUSE

"brilliantly intelligent, funny and talented" GENOVIEVE TUDOR, BBC RADIO SHROPSHIRE

The other performers on the "from Invocal" tracks are Rachel Sanson, Helen Turton, Bee Church, Sarah Moloney and Debbie Frayling, all from Northampton UK.


Damnable Darkness

This is a varied selection of music and lyrics written (and performed) by British Sound designer/songwriter/composer/writer/ Rosie Swayne, from her bands FOSSILHEADS: CLIMATE CRISIS CABARET and Invocal, and selected theatre projects in Finand and Sweden. Some are studio produced and others taken from live performances so sound quality varies.

"Rosie Swayne is one of the most distinctive songwriting voices I've heard for a long time" NETRHYTHMS REVIEW

"Wonderful, inventive and unique" SUE MARCHANT, BBC EASTERN COUNTIES

"Great fun, and clever too" JUDY SPIERS, BBC RADIO DEVON

"I've been playing this music all week - it's addictive - funny, but so dark" MONICA WINFIELD, BBC RADIO LEICESTER

"Caustic, funny and so damn harmonic" CURVE MAGAZINE

"Five stars" ALBUM REVIEW, OUTNORTHWEST UK

"Truly great songwriting" OUROBOROUS REVIEW

" It’s impossible to categorise this music and I’m inclined not to...rich and compelling" RAINBOW NETWORK REVIEW

"A little bit gypsy, a little bit theatre, a little bit curious and a lot interesting" JANE EAMONN, THE MUSES MUSE

"brilliantly intelligent, funny and talented" GENOVIEVE TUDOR, BBC RADIO SHROPSHIRE

The other performers on the "from Invocal" tracks are Rachel Sanson, Helen Turton, Bee Church, Sarah Moloney and Debbie Frayling, all from Northampton UK.

3 Baby Dyke Barbie from FOSSILHEADS

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