Christmas song home demo in a retro mood from long, long ago. Wishing everyone a merry Christmas and a happy New Year.

ONE DECEMBER NIGHT
© Woodstock Taylor 1995
This recording © 2004

one december night
if i remember right
it's all so long ago
there were christmas smells
and cathedral bells
and warmth to make you glow
there were angel chimes
there were pantomimes
and chocolates galore
presents round the tree
pleasant fantasies
i always wanted more

one more dance around the year now
one more chance to put it right
one more fanciful idea
that we could learn to love tonight
we could learn to love tonight

in the crowded bar
where the rowdies are
we drink away the cold
drink away the past
try to make it last
i must be getting old
and the music plays
songs of yesterday
they always make me cry
all that glitters is
only bitterness
without a reason why

across the park a light is burning
in the window of a home
and in the dark i fight the yearning
for the things i'll never own

one more dance around the year now
one more chance to put it right
one more fanciful idea
that we could learn to love tonight
we could learn to love tonight

once upon a time
in a nursery rhyme
we sang goodwill to men
embers in the grate
was it worth the wait
cause here we go again
give to charity
fight disparity
the caring time is here
the expense of it
the suspense of it
will santa come this year

one more dance around the year now
one more chance to put it right
one more fanciful idea
that we could learn to love tonight
we could learn to love tonight

one december night

One December Night

Taken from the album "Schez"

Artwork by Pedro Perelman (Fase)

Schez - No. 1

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

Just Like A Dream

Eagles Fly

Released on Song, by Toad Records on 7" vinyl on 19th May 2017.

Viking Moses: “an absolute genius, and one of the best musicians I have ever released” Alan McGee (yes, that Alan McGee)
“a tremendous talent.” Tony Wilson (and yes, also that Tony Wilson!)

Sam Goodwill: "Their lyrics are well crafted and soulful, their melodies a tapestry in a house built out of rhythm." Alternative Press Magazine

Brendon from Viking Moses was an integral part of catalysing the upsurge in energy in the Edinburgh music scene in the early 2000s. Although an American now living in Baltimore, and a little like Canadian songwriter Mark Hamilton from Woodpigeon, he was one of those people who didn't stay that long, but still became a vital part of the movement and of the loose group of friends and co-conspirators who achieved such a lot around that time, and whose work and energy was what drew me into working in music in Edinburgh in the first place.

We've maintained our friendship with Brendon ever since. He booked Meursault's US tour in 2014 and, recorded in our living room for Split 12" Vol.4 last year.

On his most recent tour he was accompanied by Sam Goodwill, and given they were both staying with us, we thought we might as well pop into The Happiness Hotel and do some recording, and this is what we made.

Brendon reunited with old Edinburgh pal Ceylan Hay to record a song they first sand together over ten years ago in house gigs and underground shows in and around town, and she then went on to add her gorgeous vocals to Sam's tune as well, which helps the two tracks fit together so well.

This split single is no more than a gorgeous snapshot of a couple of days last Summer spent hanging out and making music with old friends and new ones. It's not commercial, it's music made for fun, for sociable reasons, and just because we enjoy it. And this makes me happy.

Viking Moses/Sam Goodwill Split 7"

Viking Moses - Clown School

Travelers in Erewhon by Kenneth Rexroth read by Jim Colquhoun. Travelers in Erewhon was first published in The Collected Shorter Poems of Kenneth Rexroth. New Directions 1966. 
Writing from Jim Colquhoun can be found at https://blackdrop.wordpress.com

Travelers In Erewhon By Kenneth Rexroth Read By Jim Colquhoun

Taken from the LP Fire Behind the Curtain, issued on Song by Toad Records 4/5/2018.

The Witch Hunt

A song I wrote in December 2019 just before the UK General Election..

Winter Again (own)

Selections from a live improvised set at Sharmanka Kinetic Theatre, Glasgow, on 7th July 2019, featuring flutes, FX, and the sounds of Sharmanka's kinetic sculptures. Read more about them here: http://www.sharmanka.com/Home/Welcome.html

With thanks to John Cavanagh for recording this set and inviting me to perform.

Diljeet Live At Sharmanka 07072019

Love in the Last Century

The Night Watch (a prayer of sorts)

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

Just Like A Dream

sonically depicting

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