Tracked by Travis Pavur at Golden Beat. Mixed by Dylan Ely at Portia Street.

ONCE

CEMETERIES OF LONDON

Written & performed by JF Whitney (keys/bass/drums/voc/flageolet) Aisha Khan(voc) Sister Suzie (voc) 2019 for JF Whitney's short film of the same name.
Watch film here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8cT2x_QxaE
www.flytowhitneysmoon.com

The Empire withdrew its tentacles
And some took a ride
Some folks were left behind
And some people……
Where the streets are paved with sleepers
So you’re never lonesome
Back home I was a deep sleeper
But here the doorways and pockets are deeper
Love’s off the menu when you’re down and out
Gloves off: the menu when you’ve got nowt
From the Emerald Isle to the Emerald City
There ain’t much green and there ain’t no pity
From Soho Square to Gutter Lane
From frying pan to fire and back again
Heaven from pennies, nickels and dimes
I’ve no big issues to sell in these times
Face down into the gutter
We can’t see no stars
A breath of fresh diesel
From the tail end of the cars
Life’s just getting worse
I credit the universe
A kick on the can can be quite detrimental
But hymens are a girl’s best friend
There’s no home like this place
There’s no place like no home

Heaven From Pennies - JF Whitney / Aisha Khan / Sister Suzie

Welcome kind stranger, to a selection of musical peculiarities I have been recording since 1992...
"Absolutely crazed but beautiful" The Village Voice
"Sultry, seductive and entrancing" Maverick
"Ace" NME
"Jazzy, quirky and thoroughly bohemian" Penny Rimbaud
"A fine mutilation!" Jello Biafra
"The last of the true English bohemians" Greg Foat (Author of "Gigolo")
"Amazing musical scientist and experimenter of genres" Jamboree
"The best beatnik in the world" Yvan Serrano Fontova
"The Eric Ambler of the drums" Jake Vegas

Mr Whitney has played live shows all over the world and appeared on 70+ recorded releases, while having performed & collaborated with:
The Flaming Stars, The Urban Voodoo Machine, The Tropics Of Cancer, Billy Childish, The Sting-Rays, Minxus, Jello Biafra, Jake Vegas, Glen Matlock, Paloma Faith and many others.

​BBC Radio sessions/broadcasts include John Peel, Radio 6, Clive Anderson, Marc Riley, Mark Radcliffe, Mark Lamaar, Sean Hughes, Resonance FM, GLR.

TV: BBC2, ITV, C4, MTV, Rockpalast (WDR Germany)

​Music compositions in own short films and feature films "Bruna Surfistina" (Brazil)& "Playing With Pihranhas" (Australia)

Heaven From Pennies - JF Whitney / Aisha Khan / Sister Suzie

Fly To Whitney's Moon (Side 2)

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