My dear old mother played Suduko all day long
She never walked the dogs
And she never chopped the logs
Then finally the time came
When she would have to leave behind her game

And she said
"No, no, Suduko!
I must look at the numbers forever
No, no, Suduko!
I must put combinations of them together."

I said, "Mother, dear, this house is on fire
So you must leave your Suduko days behind."
I said, "Mother, dear, there's maggots in the pantry
So you must leave your Suduko days behind."

But she said,
"No, no, Suduko!
I must look at the numbers forever
No, no, Suduko!
I must put combinations of them together."

So, from the flames I pulled her, from the maggots did I save
And what reward did I receive for this courage I'd displayed?
She laid aside her pen
She looked up at me, and then

She said
"No more Suduko
All my numbers I have boxed
But oh, my darling daughter
Go back and rescue the dogs!"

Suduko

Who Have You Killed Today?

Just like a dream you said
A half-drank cup of tea you left
Just like a dream...

Just Like A Dream

Lynchian Mob feat. Meray Diner

Long ago, in ancient times
People used to sit around fires in the forest clearings
And look up at the sky
The stars twinkled so brightly that the people said
That the stars themselves must be singing a song
Called "the harmony of the spheres"
Some strange celestial magic chanting
Which we on earth cannot hear
And yet which shapes our days, as well as our nights.
Perhaps you've heard the phrase
"It was written in the stars" -
Perhaps it was sung there also.
And people traced out patterns in these musical stars
And named them after animals that they knew
The Great Bear
The Giant Squid
The Dog
(Yes, some of these star names are a little bit odd!)
Let us go into the stars and twinkle with the animals
Hearing the different songs that different animals sing
Is there a unicorn star? A spider star? A cat star?
What would they sound like?
Let's find out!


Art by Daria Hlazatova
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Harmony of the Animal Stars

inside a prism
the world is spinning
it's spinning

Inside A Prism

Recorded on glass tubular bells, courtesy of magnificent glass percussionist Brendan Murphy, Gateshead, 05.12.16.

glide on ice

Recorded and mixed on 30th December 2016 by John Cavanagh. Played as part of Lights Out Listening Group on 25th January 2017 at The Old Hairdressers. The instrumentation is electric guitar, backwards, then using e-bow. That's it. No vocals, nothing else, just e-bow.

A Feather Wait

"pliancy and weakness are the expressions of the freshness of being, because what has hardened will never win." - stalker, andrei tarkovsky

what has hardened (will never win)

Listeria Hysteria

w h e r e ' s  y o u r  p l a c e  i n  a l l  t h i s ?
n o w  y o u ' r e  s p i n n i n g
y o u ' r e  p o u r i n g  c o n c r e t e  i n t o  q u i c k s a n d
h a v e  y o u  p l a y e d  y o u r  l a s t  h a n d ?
n o - o n e  s e e m s  t o  s e e  y o u r  p o i n t  o f  v i e w
s o  y o u  s h u t  y o u r  e y e s 
s h u t  y o u r  e a r s 
s h u t  y o u r  m i n d  t o o
w h e r e ' s  y o u r  p l a c e  i n  a l l  t h i s ?
n o w  y o u ' r e  s p i n n i n g

Mosul Dam

Adapted from 1871 text "Notes on the Death of Mrs Baird of Cambusdoon" by Ebenezer Smith, a cobbler of Ayr.

The Death Of Mrs Baird Of Cambusdoon

who knows! words pulled alphabets gathering grasping ears seeking sense within sound

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