The Sound Of My Spirits

In The End Its Never Ending

(Free WAV Download available here under '••• More'; and eventually, as part of a future solo album)

Greetings my friends. I admit up front, this is a strange write-up… culminating from years of trying to navigate a world that no longer makes sense to me. And maybe that’s a good thing. We all needed a wake up call to just how ineffective and unsustainable it all is? And the last few years have provided examples of that… in abundance. 

Speaking of abundance (or in this case, lack thereof), Cheer and I have been discussing this one a lot lately; specifically in regards to the shops and restaurants we frequent. I finally gave up on building a DIY, music-centric desk I designed, because none of the local hardware stores had enough of the pieces in stock. We’ve watched our favorite Romaine lettuce disappear from the shelves, to be replaced by something half the size and twice the cost. Several of our favorite restaurants have closed permanently, and the wait times at others is painfully long now. 

Apparently, shop and restaurant owners can’t get anybody to work for $15/hr when it costs $30/hr to afford rent and groceries now. (How could we have ever predicted or prevented that? One might speculate.)

It’s enough to make the average mind go a little panicky. “Why don’t you have that in stock?”, ‘Why did the price on this just double overnight?”, “Why have we been waiting for 20 minutes just for the menus?”. All of these are very real, and very concerning… specifically if we never stop to question how much of that thinking is the result of being programmed to think like consumers our whole lives.

How often have you heard a commercial say something along the lines of “You deserve this because you are worth it.” Or “You should fear this. And our product/service can protect you.” Or “You should take this prescription, despite the list of side effects being longer than the list of benefits.”

I suggest we ask ourselves ‘Am I thinking with the mind of a consumer right now?’, and then be very willing to let those developing thoughts roll around in our heads for a while. 

Cheer and I concluded (with minor alarm) that we are both profoundly brainwashed by ‘consumer’ thinking; and it shows every time we feel a sense of panic in the store. Sure, things are a bit more scarce than they were 5 years ago… but does anyone (old enough) remember 30 years ago, when the stores contained half of what they offer now? (And none of us were freaking out over a lack of choices then). How about a time when you couldn’t have something shipped to your door overnight (many of us can still remember a time when 6-8 weeks was a decent shipping window).

Maybe the path to changing this paradigm is for us to get out of that ‘consumer’ thinking, and focus more on a ‘grateful for all the amazing things we have’ kind of thinking. I can still go to the store and choose from an abundance of fruits and vegetables, a teetering display of chips and dips, a bevy of beers from around the world. There are still more choices than my simple brain truly wants to think through, even if they are sold out of the Smoked Salmon and Ketchup flavored Cheetos I was specifically looking for.

So my plan going forward is to TASER myself (at least psychologically) every time I catch my brain being consumery. And the goal is to reach a point where I’m not thinking “It’s not fair my favorite restaurant closed.”, but instead thinking “How cool is it that I had that experience; and got to support the family that owned and worked that restaurant.” 

We’ve reached some critical tipping points that are well on their way to determining our future; and I believe a healthy attitude (dipped in gratitude) is the thing that’s going to keep us from gnawing each other’s faces off over the long haul. Them’s my weird thoughts for the day. Take em with a grain of salt (assuming the store carries the brand you like). I hope you enjoy my latest musical offering, ‘I’ll See It When I Believe It”. :)

WTF! The Musical

I'll See It When I Believe It

Alfred Theunis

Heaven

Watch the video On YouTube!! https://youtu.be/45vI5icluCU


Gothic Funk - Open Collaboration
https://soundcloud.com/gothic-funk/from-ukraine-with-love-open-collaboration-5?si=af01983de586454793e8a73638d6f9e4&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing


Vocals & Lyrics by Soundcloud.com/cosmic_Keanu and Hobocop

Art by Cosmic Keanu

Lyrics:

Here we are, lost in haze
In an endless concrete maze
Working for our enslavement
nature giving way to pavement

Turn our back on truth
Our convenience is now a prison
Sold lies of a better tomorrow
Consumed by greed, promises hollow

Money's your God now

Hungry ghosts wail and moan
Believed the lies they were shown
Mouths agape at parlor tricks
Pied pipers’ lead to the river Styx

Forgot everything that’s come before
Bathed in the manufactured glow
Consuming all of our attention
cradle to grave their sole intention

We never take the time to ask
Who profits from our pain and lack
We watch others fall through the cracks
Our morals no longer intact

Black mirrors sell a vision
Improve our fallen condition
$19.99 for the golden calf
It’s half-off, better act fast

Slip down the evolutionary ladder
Brains shrink with each misstep
Sell our souls to get our kicks
How many skeletons got rich quick

Money's your God now
You can have it all
Did you think that it was free?

Babylon built brick by brick
Bad decisions wall us in
Search for the escape hatch
buried beneath mounds of scratch

We’ve reached critical mass
No attention span left to ask
Why the foundation is so cracked
Tipping point has been surpassed

Life valued less than common cents
Even our bodies have been lent
Ones and zeroes decide our fate
Plastic identity, totally fake

Sign on the dotted line 
Everything goes, name your price
Puppets dangle from golden threads
Souls gone, hearts of lead

Money's your God now
You can have it all
Did you think that it was...

Never enough to feed the beast
Consumes all for its feast
Never stops, feeds and feeds 
Belly bloated on all that breathes

We won’t stop until we reach
The highest peak of idiocy
Almost there, not much time left
We wallow in our lack of depth

There’s still time, we could say no
To this degenerate side-show
Turn back this broken clock
The door will open if we knock

Unless...

Money's your God now
You can have it all
Did you think that it was free?

Money(Gothic Funk, Hobocop, Cosmic Keanu)VIDEO AVAILABLE🎥

The Trapped

No Side - Car Camel (ft Rekha)| Music by One Blind Mouse | Music/Vocal Improvs/Lyrics by REKHA - IYERN [Fe]

Vocal Improv composed & produced, recorded & performed, mixing by REKHA at IYERN [Fe] RECORDS IN CANADA | Final Mixing & Mastering by Stu of One Blind Mouse in SCOTLAND

Listen to the amazing music of ONE BLIND MOUSE HERE: https://soundcloud.com/oneblindmouse/tracks

No Side - Car Camel | Music/Vocal Improv’s by REKHA - IYERN [Fe] | (Under Editing)

Do-oh…

Daily grind
Daily grind
Makin’ me wind up
Daily grind
Makin’ me wind up
Messin’ with my mind-mind
Messin’ with my mind-mind, Oo
Oo-Ah…

Yeah…Oo-Ee-Ah…
Too-Too...much to do
Everyday too much to do
Messin’ with my mind-mind
Doom-Ticky 
Doom-Doom
Ticky-Doom
Doom-Tee

Doom-Doom 
Ticky-Ticky 
Doom-Doom
Doom-Ticky-Ticky 
Doom-Doom
Doom-Ticky 
Doom-Doom…
Doom-Doom-Doom
Doom-Doom-Doom

Daily grind
Messin’ with my mind-mind
Makin’ me wind up

Like a puppet on a
Like a puppet on a
Like a puppet on a
Like a puppet on a

Doom-Doom 
Ticky-Ticky 
Doom-Doom
Ticky-Ticky
Doom-Doom-Doom
Doo-oo…

Slam-Bam
Thank You Mam
Slam-Bam
Ya gotta keep it up
All the time
Daily grind
Messin’ with my mind-mind-mind
Make-Makin’ me
Make-Makin’ me 
Make-Makin’ me
Make-Makin’ me
Crazy
W-Oh-Oh, Oh-Oh
W-Oh-Oh, Oh-Oh

Doom Ticky-Ticky 
Doom-Doom-Doom
Doom-Doom-Doom
Ticky-Ticky

Ding-Dong
Down-Down
Down-Down
Down-Down 
Down

Ropatata-Ropatata 
Ropatata-Ropatata 
Ropatata-Ropatata
Ropatata-Ropatata

One one more time
It’s one more time
Everyday you gotta get up really early
Do it every single day-day
One more time-time
Time-Time
Doom-Ticky 
Doom-Doom
Ticky-Ticky-Ticky
Doom-Doom...

Feelin’ my, feelin’ my 
Doom…Oh…

Ow! Ow! Ow!
No! No! No!

No Side - Car Camel (ft Rekha)|Music by One Blind Mouse|Music/V-Improvs/Lyrics by REKHA-IYERN [Fe]

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Walker

Altered Perspective

It’s Going Down IPG1 & Paploviante
Vocals and Lyrics IPG1
@ipg1
Paploviante: Bass, Music, Mix, Mastering and Picture

It's Going Down IPG1 & Paploviante

Track 5: Big City Lights

Finally, you’ve reached the city. It’s fully night now, but the sights and noises of the night are nowhere to be found - blocked out completely by an overwhelmingly vast array of lights and sounds. The city is a stark contrast from the quiet reverence of the valley - the nightlife is both flourishing and all-encompassing. There are people everywhere you look, in every corner and filling every street. 

You’ve never seen this many people before. It’s too much. It wasn’t an issue with that large group of people that was trying to murder you, but this is different. You’re going to have to interact with them, talk with them. You’ve spent years alone in your tiny apartment with only your tiny cat to keep you company. Somehow, you must now find your way through this auditory nightmare to find the place where your one true love is waiting for you. You know this would be hard, but it’s why you’re here. After a deep breath, you walk onto the main street; looking for any kind of sign to point you in the right direction. 

As you walk through the crowds, a cool summer night’s breeze comes down the street. You begin to feel relaxed, blending in seamlessly with the crowd, each in search of their own goal. This isn’t so bad after all. This actually feels… nice. A strange feeling, for sure, but a welcome one. Before you know it, you’ve suddenly found your destination, as if your feet already knew where to go. You open the door to the arcade and head inside.


In The End Its Never Ending

Bill's Music Box