The metaphor "Bruised Pockets" was a phrase i would sometimes hear as a child growing up in the 80s. It was a quick method to describe that your wages were too compressed, and your finances were consequently hurting. A phrase spoken by men who were always buying family members drinks, birthday cards, christmas cards, presents, not to mention a round of pints at the local pub, or a whole host of other financial outlets expected from an 80s gentleman.
It also slightly came from the routine sound of coinage jangling away in peoples' pockets as they traversed the local town centre. These were the days before debit/credit cards were the norm, hence everybody carried an amount of coinage on them as you'd need it for everything, everywhere. You could also purchase just about anything for under a pound too. Bag of lose Carrots for 10p, bag of lose apples for 15p, a daily newspaper for 16p. Sandwiches, a burger, or even a pint of beer, all under a pound. 
Indeed, coinage was used so frequently that some gentlemen would make it a habit of filling up their trousers, with just the right amount of coinage to produce a special sort of musical jingle-jangle which emanated from their pockets. Though the reverse tactic could also be utilized: some men would carry very few coins to produce a dullish lacklustre jangle, to ward off the women. Whilst other men perhaps looking to entice the women would carry enough coinage to produce a pleasant music-box styled repetition. In fact, for some men it was a matter of prestige to fill their pockets with enough coinage to attract a woman through a hypnotic, repetitive, jingle-jangle of wealth. On at least one occasion i remember a rather jovial jingle-jangle stroll past me through the town centre, only to then hear the phrase emanated from the mouth of a nearby young woman, "Right..... i'm going to bruise his pockets", before she started walking in pursuit.

Recorded Autumn 2022.

Bruised Pockets

The Spider pictured is a British Wasp Spider, one of the larger Spiders you could possibly encounter whilst travelling around the Devonshire countryside. They don't just eat Wasps, but will also eat Bees, Beetles, Butterflies and Wood Ants. Watching a Wasp Spider swing from it's Web to grab a Wood Ant is a joyous sight to behold(i've been bitten by Wood Ants plenty of times). Wasp Spiders dangle down, grab the Ant, encase it within silk thread, then leave it hanging somewhere to consume later in the day, and all within around 3 and a half seconds flat. After watching the amount of grief a squad of Wood Ants can inflict upon just about any other type of insect it's satisfying to see at least one wild species pick-off Ants with as much ease as a human would flick a nut inside their mouth.
Easy pickings for a Wasp Spider.

Swinging from Web to Web

The Best of Farmer Freakeasy: When dissent gets deleted by default
2 alternative covers, with 4 different versions to choose from: 
Paperback
Paperback with alternative cover
Premium Hardcover with alternative cover
Ebook PDF

Farmer Freakeasy lovingly compiles 67 of his most potent, thought provoking online comments. Then infuses them with further narrative, statistics, and interesting facts, so readers can contemplate the future of British society. Incorporating a variety of different subjects such as: musical subliminals, social demographics, videogames, or environmental issues. Farmer Freakeasy asks his readers, have we entered an era whereby dissent is deleted by default ?

"A powerful thread of thought for those who like to monitor societal trends".

"Imbued with profound material for any  21st century deep thinker".

All versions have identical insides, apart from internal identifications for the creatures on the front and back covers. If purchasing this book from Lulu there's no black/white barcode on the back covers(giving nature the opportunity to flourish without digital infringement). Whilst buying from Amazon or any other global bookstore means you'll have to suffer a barcode. 
For further details click on the buy link to see your best option.
It's also stocked locally(whilst stocks last)at the following bookstores: 
Evolution in Exeter
Liznojan Bookshop in Tiverton
Phoenix Sounds in Newton Abbot
Arcturus Books in Totnes
Courtyard Books in Glastonbury
Quintessential in Truro
Cork Pages in Exmouth(brand new shop based on Albion Street, just around the corner from Chapel Street)

Incidentally, Are You Still Feeling Human ? Has now received it's final 2023 remaster and is also available from the same buy link, or orderable from your nearest independent bookstore worldwide.

The Best of Farmer Freakeasy: When dissent gets deleted by default(New book, 2 different covers)

Recorded during a rather dismal july 2023. The British summer was an absolute washout. At least i had some Lemonade to cheer me up. 

I actually spent around 4 to 5 weeks on this track, most of which was spent on microscopic timing increments on the individual midi notes(changing the volume, note length, or timing placement to 1 thousandth of a second). The rest of the time was spent on midi modulation to get all sounds to integrate correctly. 
I'd deliberately left the loop "loose" on it's initial pasting, with the assumption it wouldn't take too long smoothing out any timing discrepancies as i changed/modified the individual notes along the track. The impetus was to have a track which was in perfect timing, but to keep the notes completely unquantized, in order to give a more lively/swingy feel overall. I think the track has this; but i didn't realize when pasting the original loop that i'd then be spending several weeks microscopically hand-tweaking every single midi note along the track(to the point of sadism). 

Anyone who's extensively used a sequencer timing-bar will understand the pain of hand-tweaking over a thousand individual notes. An absolute nightmare to produce. I must never repeat the creative process of this track.

Lemon Drizzle Mountain

Farmer Freakeasy in no way, shape, or form, endorses the entrapment of living animals for the advancement of scientific study. Though the entrapment of Mutants is another story altogether.

100% produced with a Novation Supernova. Sequenced via midi through Ableton Live 5, and running on a Windows XP computer. 
Mutations was recorded in 8 days during september, then tweaked and underlaid with extra channels in october, 2023. No animals were harmed throughout the production process. Though several mutant strains did try self-replicating, transmuting, or escaping during the Tour. Thankfully any contagious elements were securely contained inside the F.A.R.T.A compound.

Touring the Mutations Department

https://farmerfreakeasy.bandcamp.com/album/unheard-sound-spaces

This discount code will get you 50% off the album: uss50off4freaks
It expires at the end of April 2024.

Unheard Sound Spaces: New release on Bandcamp or Youtube

(Just click on the buy link. But it is totally free trust me)

Pull on your hiking boots for an emotional excursion throughout the wildest parts of Exeter City, then outside into the largest Forests of Devon. Fully Fabricated Forests features over 200 photos collected over a 7 year period. A book which highlights nature's magical moments, whilst exposing the pitfalls of utilizing our Nature Reserves for practising Silviculture. 

Often delightful, sometimes demented. From the safety of the inner city, to the isolated dangers of wilderness. Join Farmer Freakeasy to experience the friendliest and deadliest animals of Devon.

Recommended reading for amateur photographers, experienced ramblers, or professional environmentalists.
This Ebook is currently free to download exclusively from the Lulu website.

Fully Fabricated Forests (free 296 page Ebook available from Lulu.com)

The "Environmentally Demented" 2025 remasters have now been uploaded to Bandcamp. Sorry it took it me 15 odd years to finish my 1st album. It was a troubled and convoluted procedure with some rather cheap equipment(including the Eltax Hi-fi speakers). Thanks to everyone here in Exeter who gave me feedback in person throughout this time period. Hopefully the 2025 remasters are now worthy of repeated listening.

If you wanted confirmation that the English are just about to be bred out of their own country by the immigration invasion, then look no further than the next Labour politician for Exeter: Steve "Race". The south west of England is a bit too reluctant to be bred out, hence we get Steve "Race". 
So don't forget everyone, vote for "Race". 
A vote for "Race" is a vote for you.
YOU CAN'T MAKE IT UP.

Don't forget it's neither racist nor xenophobic to be anti-immigration. If you wish to understand exactly what's happening in Britain then please watch the following video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnwpuxkQWbE&list=LL&index=150

Congratulations for voting in Labour. English people will now be a racial minority in their own country by 2045.

"Exotic Excursions" (F.R.E.E Vol 7) Is another epic trip through the archives of experimental world music. It's currently exclusive to Mixcloud = www.mixcloud.com/TheOriginalOutcast/

FREE downloads are currently turned off here on Soundcloud because the downloaded files are not 100% identical to the uploaded file; which is how it's supposed to be. The downloaded files were 97.5% accurate but with a duller, more plasticized, less sparkly sound. Almost like the higher frequencies had been chopped off somehow. I don't know if this is deliberate sabotage or not(i'm currently looking at other platform options).  I can only imagine what their punishment will be.

If you've got the time check out these brilliant educational films. Some of the best watches on Youtube =
Reef life of the Andaman
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ncUVddkK3Q
Chemical Farming & The Loss of Human Health - Dr. Zach Bush
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aw16LPVnNco
The Four Horsemen
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fbvquHSPJU
The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire
www.youtube.com/watch?v=np_ylvc8Zj8
David Icke at Oxford University
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uitSTzi3-Gg
Piers Adams - The Dangerous Musician
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFlbChQvja8&t=1959s
Jim Marrs = 9/11 was an inside job
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WV_fPqmpQMk&t=3911s
All wars are bankers wars
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hfEBupAeo4
Michael Persinger
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9l6VPpDublg
Will work for free
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SuGRgdJA_c
Cancel marriage
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTf8jKMGsGE&index=1&list=LLUPfkPNRFJtCkvW0QANuS7Q

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