This is the epic line that Gregory Peck says in Alfred Hitchcock's "SpellBound" after his character, Anthony, wakes up from being "Slipped a Mickey" (drugged). It's a classic line.

I just wanted to give you some background on the title. lol.

TSK

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The People of Oklahoma

Updated June 12, 2023

Greetings Somber Ones,

This is a bit of an updated biography covering the last 5 years or so.

But first, I wanted to tell anyone who landed on these pages and listened that I am eternally grateful to someone who listens to one of my quirky electronic oddities. You don’t have to like it, I but thank all of you for listening. 

In case you haven’t been here before, this is “The Somber Kiosk”. 

“The Somber Kiosk” produces “Probable Soundtracks” of ambient oriented soundscapes, audio collages and sometimes music.

Over nearly the past 5 years, I have off and on again, posted some meaningful compositions that I created during a troubling time in my life. Emphasis is on the word “created”. I am not a musician. Nothing was composed or written nor scored. Everything heard was spontaneously thrown into a Digital Audio Workstation or a cheap free downloaded app from the I-Store and left where it lay. Not to be reworked or finessed or edited. 

These audio artifacts have collectively become the archive of my own personal, musical mutterings known as “The Somber Kiosk”. 

My influences include, but are not excluded to that fact that I’m a sycophant for Brian Eno, John Cage, Alice Coltrane, Miles Davis, Luis Bunuel, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Ornette Coleman, Frank Zappa, Mark Rothko, Pedro Almodovar, Helen Frankenthaler, Alfred Hitchcock, Roman Polanski, Laurie Anderson, Hunter S. Thompson, Vasily Kandinsky, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Elvis Presley, Prince, Duane Allman, Duane Eddy, The Sex Pistols, Pablo Picasso, Magic Slim, Mick Jagger, John Lennon and sometimes Madonna and infinitely more. 

The audio entity known as “The Somber Kiosk” began as solely a personal refuge. Constructing and recording Sound became a distraction from a troubled and troubling personal life. 

The soundscapes you find here and elsewhere on the internet labeled as “The Somber Kiosk” were never intended for distribution of any sort. I used these internet clouds and links as a personal chalkboard and virtually free, unlimited storage. Allowing me creative access to my” tracks-in-progress” from anywhere, at any time, from any device, using any platform, any software,  any hardware and any instrument available for my own indulgences, distractions and catharsis.  You should try it. 

Now, here in 2023, in a more sane and sober mind, getting past my personal ghosts, getting past The Covid Phenomenon, The Toxic Media, The News and all of its related suffocations and strangulations, when I listen to this “heap of sound”, I find it quite compelling. I know it’s a biased opinion, but I think it’s worth sharing. Please see and, above all, hear for yourself..

Normally and naturally, I am not one who engages in self-promotion or relishes in attention, but I believe that some of these sounds (soundtracks, soundscapes, noises, etc.) may just capture your attention. 

I hope that you take a moment to listen, rinse and repeat. 

Thank you.



The Somber Kiosk

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