Color 32 | March 23.2023

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Dorell

"2004.
The cards are set.
Davenport's gone.
The audience awaits.
Serena's knee may slow her down.
Papa's in the back row.
Nothing to lose and so much to win.
Pick up the racket and hit!"

Wimbledon 2004 - From "MARIA"
Music composed by Thomas O'Higgins Horna
Produced at Kolima Forest Studios.

Poster photo by Tracy Nearmy,
Edited for a movie that most definitely exists.

Full EP available on bandcamp:
https://thomasohigginshorna.bandcamp.com/album/maria

This track is not to be used to train AI.

Wimbledon 2004

Full EP on bandcamp

Mary Jane was waiting
Standing out in the rain
And in her mind, debating
Should she stay?

Too many words unspoken
Will lightning strike again?
And every dream broken into pieces
And fallen with the rain
In a downpour

Oh Mary Jane don't, no don't despair
Before the sun breaks, I will be there
Now don't you feel it in the air
And in the rain?

And Mary Jane was weaving
Cloud patterns in the sky
Even as the rain was beating
On her head

She almost stopped believing
Through the deluge and the flood
She felt the hope retreating
With the rain and the sun
But she waits, she does not run

Oh Mary Jane keep, keep holding on
The time will come when this will be gone
The rolling clouds will move along
With all the rain

Oh Mary Jane don't, no don't despair
Before the sun breaks, I will be there
Now can't you feel it in the air
And in the rain?

Image by Stephanie Leblan

Mary Jane (In The Rain)

Moments In Time

Disquiet Junto Project 0651: Why Compute?
The Assignment: Respond to a prompt from George E. Lewis.

Lewis asks, “Why do we want our computers to improvise?”
I, for myself, to be surprised by the improvisations.
But not too much.
That's why half of this track is made up of repeating patterns and the other half of patterns that change through computing slightly (!) with every interation.

More on the 651st weekly Disquiet Junto project, Why Compute? — The Assignment: Respond to a prompt from George E. Lewis — at https://disquiet.com/0651/

Discussions https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0651-why-compute/

Subsidiary Surprise [disquiet0651]

Snow Snow Snow. .  by H an G wav

This song is for you, and the person who can never see you for who you are. Maybe they don't agree with who you hang out with. Maybe they don't like the music you listen to or the clothes you wear. Maybe they don't like who you live with, or who you voted for, or what you do for a living. Well, we don't care about any of those things. We appreciate you for who you are, so forget about them, and come listen to some cool music. 😎
Special thanks to @julia-gromskaya-385505773 for helping with the arrangement! She has her debut song coming out soon!

Blue Jeans

You came down the stairs to where I was
I showed you things that I had done
Then we played that song that you had loved
In that summer on the bus
It was hot
it was great
And those blue jeans were the craze
Then you stopped and felt the shame
You closed off and left to pray

So you’ll never know the real me
You only believe what you cannot see
Missing everything that’s real and free
Hoarding your gold for heaven’s streets

A few months later we are at your house
I shared a song I wrote out loud
But all you said, to fill the void,
Was “you’ll never make it with your voice”
I was shot
Full of hate
Tore those blue jeans just to say
That my love began to fade
But you forgot and went to pray

So you’ll never know the real me
You only believe what you cannot see
Missing everything that’s real and free
Hoarding your gold for heaven’s streets
But what if I'm wrong?

You came down the stairs to where I was
I showed you everything I loved
And we talked for miles and lost the days
It didn't matter what was faith
It was fun
It was great 
And our blue jeans were the craze
Then this dream began to fade
I woke up and walked away

So you’ll never know the real me
You only will see what you want to see
Missing everything that's real and free
Living your lies religiously

Blue Jeans

I can’t remember just when it happened, all I know is it did.
Next thing you know, I am deep in love, but I didn’t fall, I slid.
Nobody pushed me, I didn’t struggle, no magic potion to drink
I can’t remember just when it happened, call it a nod and wink.

There was no rational explanation, there was no scheme or plan.
Once I got moving in your direction I didn’t walk, I ran.
And suddenly my whole world is changing. I still don’t know what I did.
It all happened before I knew it. I didn't fall, I slid, and I’m sliding now.

Some say love is a roller coaster, taking you both for a ride.
But I say love is no roller coaster, I say it’s a slip and slide.
Some will tell you that love is easy. Some have never tried.
When that path gets nice and greasy, you know you’re gonna slide.
You know you’re gonna slide.

One day you’re gonna tell your story; how love conquered you.
Then comes the obligatory passionate overview.
In all of your recollection that you never hid.
I know if you’re being honest, you never fell, you slid. And you’re sliding now.

Some say love is a roller coaster, taking you both for a ride.
But I say love is no roller coaster, I say it’s a slip and slide.
Some will tell you that love is easy. Some have never tried.
When that path gets nice and greasy, you know you’re gonna slide.
You know you’re gonna slide.

I Didn't Fall (I Slid)

Here you will find little acoustic pop songs; melancholy, dreamy-folk things. Sometimes some jangly, fuzzy rock tunes or ambient pieces as well. Work-in-progress demos to finished tracks, informal playlists to official album releases. Enjoy.

Mary Jane (In The Rain)

Tom Hanson