ooohhh the lights are glorious
the power goes down 
but the smiles
illuminate the background

and
oooohhhh there are much more of us
than you ever imagined
we're jumping and clapping
we've seen it 
and we want it to happen
we hear it 
and know that its ours
if these voices and hands can get through these bars/barres.

oh dismantle this pyramid scheme
this time around
the people will build it for free

and, the world is ready for your new debut
so say As-Salamu Alaykum
peace be upon you

but, I know
that I may be unfit to comment
so I've got to hand it to the people
pounding their feet on the pavement

the colours of anarchy
black white and red
the symbol of freedom
a gold eagle's head
oh you should have seen em'
meat shield around the museum

to all the brave people 
who walk out their doors
to douse the firewalls
like rain when it pours

as salamu alakum
peace be upon you



 I got the 'speaking' samples from http://egypt.alive.in/ which is like an internet voice mail that was set up so that people could leave messages for the internetz to hear when their connections were cut. All other ambiance samples were grabbed from Aljazeera English youtube videos.

This took about a week to put together.  It !was fun

The pic is a painting from Long Beach artist Dave Wrathall --> http://randomfigment.blogspot.com/

Volcairo

This is a propaganda piece made for Presto (part of an Ontario government agency known as Metrolinx). The artist known as Tomcat and Metrolinx have yet to reach an agreement on the song's use. 
Please stand by for further developments. 

Presto (the Smart New Way)

After working as a banquet server for two years and working close to thirty weddings, it's about time I came up with an original sappy-ass love song about a couple getting married. 



Euphoria

This is a sort of death/murder ballad put to a rockin progression.  

Written and recorded in Ottawa around September 2014 

Crossfire

"Some things benefit from shocks; they thrive and grow when exposed to volatility, randomness, disorder, and stressors and love adventure, risk, and uncertainty. Yet, in spite of the ubiquity of the phenomenon, there is no word for the exact opposite of fragile. Let us call it antifragile. Antifragility is beyond resilience or robustness. The resilient resists shocks and stays the same; the antifragile gets better" - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Antifragile

Wrote this before traveling around the west coast gulf island. 

A Place to Live

Pumkin Beer, we just drink it when they make it, it's no big deal.

Pumkin Beer

This song was inspired by Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, a book of Gentleman Magicians who strive to bring practical magic back to England at the dawn of the 19th century.  A very good book.  

Picture is from: http://readtoher.deviantart.com/

Storybook Gentleman - Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell

Written by Thomas Love-Vani

This is a theme song for Corrie's Cafe in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.  I met Corrie in the summer of 2012 and we immediately hit it off.  When I began writing songs for businesses and places in Victoria Corrie's was one of the first places that came to mind.  

Here's a link to the Cafe's facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Corries-Cafe/218963961472597

Corrie's Cafe

Written, played, noised, destroyed by Thomas Love-Vani

LYRICS:

I'll BE HOME 
FOR THE HOLIDAYS
WELL EXCUSE ME
IF I'M A LITTLE LATE

WHILE MY FAMILY
WAS FILLING UP THEIR PLATES
I WAS IN THE SKY
MAKIN' MY ESCAPE

FROM ANOTHER TRIP 
AROUND THE GLOBE
LOOKING FOR A LAND
TO CALL MY OWN

WHERE OLD SAINT NICK
WILL NOT GO
WITH HIS DIRTY BOOTS
AND HIS HO HO HOs

HIS HOLIDAY SECRET
I WILL EXPOSE
DON'T BE FOOLED
BY HIS MISSILE TOES

AND HIS RED RIGHT HAND 
AND HIS MATCHING NOSE
I DON'T TRUST NO ONE
I CANNOT THROW

AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT
I WAS ALWAYS TOLD

------------------------------------
I'll BE HOME 
FOR THE HOLIDAYS
WELL EXCUSE ME
IF I'M A LITTLE LATE

WHILE MY FAMILY
WAS FILLING UP THEIR PLATES
I WAS IN THE SKY
MAKIN' MY ESCAPE

THERE'S GOT TO BE A BETTER WAY
TO CELEBRATE
NOT ONCE A YEAR 
BUT EVERY DAMN DAY

FOR THE AIR YOU BREATH
AND THE LIFE YOU TAKE
YOU WERE BORN TO KILL
MAKE NO MISTAKE

TWO BIG EYES
ON THE FRONT OF YOUR FACE
SO WHY ARE YOU RUNNIN
THIS RAT RACE?

OH SO SPECIAL
LIKE A SNOWFLAKE 
DANCING WITH DAGGERS
IN A HURRICANE

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REFRAIN:

THIS IS JUST ANOTHER CELEBRATION 
OF THE P******T

OF THE THINGS THAT YOU CAN BUY
ON TV

THE REINCARNATION OF CONSUMPTION

AND THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN
YOU AND ME
-------------------
THE POLAR BEARS SINKIN
ON A GLACIAL HELL
AND I'M COCA COLA DRINKIN
STRAIGHT OFF A THE SHELF

CHILD SLAVERY
NO ONE CAN TELL
SHE TALKS LIKE A GIRL
BUT SHE LOOKS LIKE AN ELF

A PRICE TAG FOR YOU
AND A PRICE TAG FOR ME
ONE AROUND MY LUNGS 
FOR THE AIR I BREATH

=========================
REFRAIN
===================

HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS



H FOR THE H

Grant Morrison is one of my favorite authors and human beings even though I have never met him.  I don't really want to meet him either.  He makes a perfectly good teacher and inspiration through the medium he transmits his ideas through: comic books. 

The sound clips are from the documentary on Morrison called 'Talking with Gods'.

Talking with Morrison

An Ottawa born and razed in the (blackBURNHAMlet) burb-topia, just trying to get my jam on your peanut butt and heal the rug-burns of the past.  

^_^

ThomasLoveVani

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