Spoken / song by Dave uncleweed Olson about the burned down Humble Boys Club of Little Bay, Westmoreland, Jamaica. Recorded in Little Bay, Jamaica.

Never Gone to Sea

Humble Boys Club of Westmoreland

Words by Dave uncleweed Olson (written in Pokhara, Nepal) with additions by Mikael Lewis

Music, vocals, guitars by Mikael Lewis (recorded in Utah, USA)

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Cold Water Flat

Landlady's always angry
So I keep strangers hours
Meditate to TV static 
Decorate only with the freshest flowers

Use the payphone down the stairs
Still has that old rotary dial
Instant coffee in electric kettle
Takeaway leftovers wrapped up in foil

I will wait in this cold water flat
Rent paid out 3 months in advance
It’s lonely, but I’m not alone
I’ve got memories of you... for to keep me warm

Registered under a fake name
Though I've really nothing to fear
Endearment terms are always wide open 
And your affections are always quite near

Hot water register yawns and moans
Damn thing either freezes or it burns
Three tarnished coins run the washing machine
Dirt spins round and around as I yearn

I’ll wait in this cold water flat
Yes I've mailed you a dark scribbled map
It’s lonely here, but I’m never alone
I’ve got memories of you...to torture my soul

Gave up on the smokes and the booze 
I like to think I’ve paid all my dues
Now my addictions are much more complex
I just torture myself with my memory of you

Comfortably Lonely

Cold Water Flat

Words by Dave uncle weed Olson (+ Mikael Lewis) written in Pokhara, Nepal

Music, vocals, guitars Mikael Lewis, recorded in Utah, USA

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Wildflower (for Foster)

Foster can you tell me
where the hell you left those tapes?
I was riffing on my first guitar
you were mouthing poetry scapes

I'd go to visit your gravesite
but I'd hate to waste that precious hour
you don't belong in flat mown lawn
when you are a wildflower

Recorded in my parent's basement
our earnest, green, unflinching truth
unaware that three short years later
you'd be cashing in on your youth

Don’t need to pour one out for you
or leave a fat one rolled
I'll just light the signal fires
To make sure your story is told
The tale of the wildflower

I ignored their useless platitudes
self-serving, cliched and quaint
You and I both know what the truth is
And so I share this brief lament

I visit you atop the mountain
Where freedom lives and truth is found
When morning light first hits that meadow
I’ll have proof that the wildflower lives

April 1 & 2, 2017
Words by Dave Olson and Mikael Lewis
Music by Mikael Lewis

Wildflower (for Foster)

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Along with original poetry, includes “Dream World” by Matt Harding from NYOSSS (New York, Orem, San Sebastian, & Shanghai) and various shortwave broadcasts of unknown origin, sound samples from oceans recorded by Dave, and via BBC sound archive.

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Intro theme for Choogle On with Uncle Weed podcast featuring Japanese pals, the "Poutine Lady" at the Cambie pub, various sounds and songs.

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Disappearing, invisibility, loneliness, depression, anxiety, being lost, trying to not be found, trying to find white space to invigorate… Sometimes these weave together, other times (perhaps) each remain exclusive.

Gord Downie, Jack Kerouac, Charles Bukowski and me all try to figure out the nuance in different ways atop Turkish street music, trains from Kerala and Moncton, and various ephemeral music snippets.

Disappearing for Invigoration – Postcard #78

Analog loops, guitars, feedback and poetry about impossible alleys, 8 seat bars, villages with book shops, woolen scarves, Fado, Kathmandu mud, and umbrellas thwarting tactility.

Made by "Thorvald and Thurston" in a Provo basement, 2018

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Excerpted from The Breaker podcast: https://daveostory.com/audio-pods-songs/prezos-interviews-media/breaker-news-japan-cascadia-doa/

DaveO Personal Archive Project on The Breaker

Poet, podcaster, pundit and chronic documentarian, this world-rambling Uncle spends time writing, painting and listening to vinyl on back porches in rather odd locales whilst gazing into space, making handmade chapbooks, static montage art, postcards, and audio hi-jinks.

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