Simpatico

Forward now
in too deep that’s my problem
I can’t wait.
Never mind it’s all right
I cross a bridge when I come to it.

I don’t suppose you would like to come out with me too?
No? I thought so.
Is this your boyfriend?
Pleased to meet you…

Just quit - you’ve done it again
you fool -  what can you do to make amends?
Can we just be friends then?

I’ve said too much.
I’ve had too much to drink so please excuse me.
I’ve said too much and I think I should be leaving

you.
You’ll be in my dreams tonight
and in my dreams,
in my dreams I will love you.

Now and then, when I think,
which isn’t that often
but when
when I do, I think of you…
…I’ve forgotten what I…
what I was saying
but what I am saying is that I am lonely.
Please will you walk home?
Please walk home with me,
I just need a good friend.

You.
You’ll be in my dreams tonight
and in my dreams
in my dreams I will love you.

You.
You’ll be in my dreams tonight
and in my dreams
In my dreams you will love me.

Forward now, in too deep - that’s my problem.

Lollipop Licks EP

Forward Now

Free download! Free to use under Creative Commons CC-BY ByAttribution!

Funking Duck: What did you say?

Lyrics: 
When I live it one day at a time, life seems a little more free
I was never good at making much sense of the complicated things.
I want to be like a bird in the breeze, I want to live in the sassafras trees
I was never good at making much sense of the complicated things.
We are the anomaly - Nietzsche
Anybody questioning the common ideology
We are the words between the lines of every book
We are the way the future of the world looks.
Cryptic symbols, yes its a riddle
If you want to travel time you've got to find yourself a wrinkle. 
Sometimes I dont know what I'm talking about but I still want to sing
I was never good at making much sense of the complicated things
Maybe I've got birds in my head, well that's one good possibility,
I was never good at making much sense of the complicated things.
Upside down and I'm right side up
I never really know where I am going to end up
With one theory saying this - another saying that
I try to differentiate the fiction from the fact 
But I fail, more that I win
But hey now - its just a human thing.
Am I mistaken or is the fast lane overrated?
Forgive me saying, the simple life is the best way. 
I could come up with some obscure word or some long linguistic string
But I was never good at making much sense of the complicated things.
Cant you see I'm just a wanna be bird with some paper mache wings
I was never good at making much sense of the complicated things.

Simple Life

Purchase all 3 Editions of Books on Bandcamp here: 
https://musiciselation.bandcamp.com/album/books-3rd-2nd-1st-editions

All money will go to the Book Foundation. 
The Book Foundation's mission is to promote literacy by placing new books into the hands and homes of low-income and underserved children
Visit the Book Foundation for more information at: 
www.thebookfoundation.org 

When Ronny the Rocket and I first made this track, we couldn't decide who would be the best person to add their magical touch to the mix and master of this song. So we decided to have both Wou-Wou & the Wormling and Ill Dub make a version. I originally posted the Ill Dub version on my page and Ronny the Rocket posted the Wou-Wou & the Wormling version on his page. Both Ronny and I eventually took down the respective versions from our page as new music was made. I have numerous songs set to private to eventually delete as I am running out of space on my page and am not going to pay for a SoundCloud Pro Unlimited plan. But, I still like this song, so decided to give it fresh life on my page with the Wou-Wou & the Wormling mix. 

For this release, Wou-Wou & the Wormling provided me with this special artwork. I think it looks great and companions the song excellently!!!

Enjoy and happy Reading!!!

Watch the little GIF like video of Books (1st Edition) on Facebook here:
https://www.facebook.com/marquis.zane/videos/vb.100000277086729/1723074164378470/?type=2&theater

Ronny The Rocket: Original music composition
https://soundcloud.com/a-r-m-e
Couch King: Vocals and Lyrics
Wou-Wou & the Wormling: Book Reading, Mix and Master, Art
https://soundcloud.com/wouwouandthewormling
Stephanie Sweet: Book Reading
https://soundcloud.com/steph-sweet
S.Yamagishi: Book Reading
https://soundcloud.com/esuyamagishi

Lyrics:

I love books
Give me lots and lots and lots of books y’all
I love books
Give me lots and lots and lots of books

I love books
Give me lots of books
Books and books and books and books
The printed word, handwritten spells, illustrations with stories to tell
Pen on paper, the ink in well, going old school with a brush or quill
I love books

I gotta say, I love ‘em all, hieroglyphics on walls to a manic scrawl
Roald Dahl to Aristotle
You get the gist, now come here and sit as I go through the list
E-books, Ibooks, books on tape, from MP3 to that vinyl scrape to blocks of wood, they all are great, ha

Pssst, psst, yea you, come here, come here, I have a secret to tell

When you are imagining you might as well imagine something worth while for if you don’t imagine nothing ever happens at all

Whistles and bells, peas in nutshells, everyone’s got at least one story to tell
So write it down and self-publish, count your lucky stars and go make a wish
Dream a little dream, concoct a tasty dish
What?
Collect your recipes, even cook books aren’t off limit
Children’s lit is still legit, captures the adolescent spirit 
Hey, true fact, I even took college courses on it
Yea!
I love books

I’ll read ‘em all, no prints to small
bifocals for my eyeballs downfall
Through strain and squall, fatigue at nightfall
god damn it, I’m in it for the long hall

Complete book reading lyrics and sources available on Bandcamp

Bandcamp

Ronny the Rocket & the Couch King - Books (Wou-Wou & the Wormling Edition)

Rue d’Auseil

"Leaping, floating, flying down those endless stairs through the dark house; racing mindlessly out into the narrow, steep, and ancient street of steps and tottering houses; clattering down steps and over cobbles to the lower streets and the putrid canyon-walled river; panting across the great dark bridge to the broader, healthier streets and boulevards we know; all these are terrible impressions that linger with me. And I recall that there was no wind, and that the moon was out, and that all the lights of the city twinkled.
Despite my most careful searches and investigations, I have never since been able to find the Rue d’Auseil. But I am not wholly sorry; either for this or for the loss in undreamable abysses of the closely-written sheets which alone could have explained the music of Erich Zann."

	This piece is the second track on “Experimental Cassette #0001”. It began as an experiment with sampling moments of “The Final Nights of E. Zann” (album) with an EHX 2880 looper. I was encouraged by another musician/filmmaker to experiment with cassette. Since I still have all of my old cassette recorders from high school days I took it as a fun challenge after living digitally for so long. After sampling random instruments and sections that I liked I began experimenting with live effects pedals on various samples as it played into a Vestax 6-track cassette recorder. “Rue d’Auseil” was the first piece that materialized from those experimentations and became a cornerstone upon which the rest of the album was built. To learn more about this album and how the process took form you can check out the write-up for “The Final Nights of E. Zann” which is the first track on the cassette.
https://soundcloud.com/f_anthony_shepherd/the-final-nights-of-e-zann 

You can also check out “Skeleton Key & Feather: The Declivity and The Panorama Beyond” as those songs were built upon the foundations of tracks 3 and 4 (same names as above) from “Experimental Cassette #0001”.

https://soundcloud.com/f_anthony_shepherd/ii-the-declivity-skeleton-key?in=f_anthony_shepherd/sets/skeleton-key-feather

https://soundcloud.com/f_anthony_shepherd/v-the-panorama-beyond-skeleton?in=f_anthony_shepherd/sets/skeleton-key-feather 

Experimental Cassette #0001 track listing:
1.	The Final Nights of E. Zann
2.	Rue d’ Auseil
3.	The Declivity
4.	The Panorama Beyond
5.	Nachte Für Immer
6.	Pazutzimtzum
7.	Lagniappe: Zim + Teemo playlist 2016

Available on CD or cassette with digital downloads included: 
http://zimteemo.bigcartel.com

short music vid on IG:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BhfCguLgumd/?taken-by=f.anthony_shepherd

Experimental Cassette #0001

Rue d'Aussi

Rue d'Auseil

Produced by Sule Heitner
Written by Kathryn BERRY
A Patrón or Two
A couple of hours past Saturday night
You slip your hand between my thighs
As you lean across to grab a light
Sunday morning has arrived
The sheets are as tangled as your hair
Yesterday’s bad decisions, they are everywhere
Black mascara crease
Poster child for 90’s heroin chic
Chorus
No, I don’t need a man who’s strong
Who walks with fire and conviction
Don’t hold my hand
Just scratches my back
Cause I’ll still come back to you
After a Patron or two
The lights are dim, the curtains low
My body aches it needs u so
I can hear you breath
My muscles are weak
It’s a couple of hours past, I don’t give a fuck
I’m ready to jump
Risk that mess we might need to clean up
Chorus
No, I don’t need a man who’s strong
Who walks with fire and conviction
Don’t hold my hand
Just scratches my back
Cause I’ll still come back to you
After a Patron or two
Bridge
You got me falling and breaking and taking and starting again
You got me hiding and faking and hating then making amends
Ya, I still come back to you
After a Patron or two
Chorus
No, I don’t need a man who’s strong
Who walks with fire and conviction
Don’t hold my hand
Just scratches my back
Cause I’ll still come back to you
After a Patron or two x3

A Patrón or Two

Jupiter Ascending

Caiine - Drown

'ARCADES' out now on all platforms
Stream here: 
https://ffm.to/oe5rmvy

ARCADES

live in the living = Live recording in my living room. The idea is obvious. After rereading this classic I needed to find out what sick flies would sound like.

Flies of the Lord

Sounds channeled from Venus to the brain of Anonymous Human.

http://universalmindmusic.bandcamp.com

Simple Life

Universal Mind