music and vocals by Karl Blau, words by me.
second track on Karl's release "raise the lower'd"
whole album (pay what you like)
available here:
https://klaps.bandcamp.com/album/raise-the-lowerd-2

Raise The Lower'd

Out of the Sky (S. Roxborough)

music by barbara benary
words by stephen roxborough
soprano solo by kamala sankaram
performed by the flexible orchestra
november 9, 2011
brooklyn, NY

accordingly

60second radio spot conceived, written and directed by stephen roxborough and wonderfully sound-scaped by karl sutton for crear creative, las vegas, december 2007.

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conceived, written & directed by stephen roxborough and expertly soundscaped by karl sutton for crear creative, las vegas, december 2007.

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co-editor jeff pew and i wandered into the cbc building in vancouver one day with a bellyfull of beer and had a delightful conversation with sheryl mackay about bill bissett and our anthology, radiant danse uv being. excellent & raging.

CBC interview by sheryl mackay

for this spiritual demons session, i brought over plenty of beer and proceeded to drink as many as i needed to lose any studio inhibition. thanks to the crew at midnight music for putting up with me and helping me out so i didn't drink all the beer. if i remember correctly, i wrote this poem at work on st. patrick's day, which at keizer communications, was really like a holiday because we took off for the pub at lunch to quaff pints and the occasional jameson sunk into the dark depths of our guinness.

drunken awakening

my second son, eli, was just born, and i was feeling ultra-mortal. in tune with the miracle and fragility of life. eli's mother was kind enough to let me escape two evenings a month for two months for early morning recording sessions at midnight music. i felt the need to preserve something of my voice for my boys in case anything should happen to me before they were old enough to remember me. funny how the mind works.

inside out

the final take of eco logic during the now historical spiritual demons sessions at midnight music, las vegas, nevada. karl sutton at the controls.

ecological Logic

i worked for a spell with/for my tree surgeon friend, gregor good. excellent dude with a heart of gold. wrote this poem the day i walked off the job. turns out we were cutting down too many healthy trees because customers were tired of looking at them, or raking the leaves or they spoiled their view. it made no sense to me. sorry gregor. don't take it personally. thanks for the gig, the beers and the conversation. let's hang again sometime real soon. (kudos to karl sutton for capturing my angst)

good job

i don't believe in writer's block. i do believe in blocked writers. thanks to karl sutton and the uber-talents of midnight music.

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