Man is but a parasite on the face of the globe and the end of his so-called dominion approaches rapidly - at 180bpm with aggressive melodic synths and pounding timps.

one by one - here they come
to spark the match for a big bang romance 
with their pseudo-independence
on their own but with their parents      

looking for a bonding - like a mother to a child
a state of nature - going back to the wild
the first moment that they feel a bite
they are once bitten and then twice shy
guarded, defensive fighting to get it right
terms and conditions - get the contract signed
framed with best intentions and conventions they have
finding they’ve become their own photographs 
hollow (ego) husk they habitually serve
time to give it back to the universe

two by two with polar ice view
chimpanzees with power tools
 sociopathic characteristics 
prone to infant mystical instincts

the prefab is cemented for the breeding pair
who claim the right to territory then laisser faire
the market isn’t selling new intelligent design
they set up on the land and mine mine mine
then wonder why their plunder builds up in their face
th e hard drive of technology runs out of space
deluded, refusing to save them selves
the finite looks to infinite for magic spells 
 pinning vein hope on a virgin birth
time to give it back to the universe

side by side - they decline      
imbed divide left to right
carrion a food chain flying mile high
club the seven seals bye bye 

sucking out the marrow from your dry bones
guarded by a watchmen who controls the drones
cacophonous whirs hail the end of time
nowhere to run nowhere to hide
venture aspirations sell adventure to the stars
empty TV fantasy of Life on  Mars
Big wig in big apple  knows the score
promises the earth and unearths the core
the mantle is cracked and your species is cursed
time to give it back to the universe


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My Definition Of A Bomb-Practiced Man's Trial (Give It Back To The Universe) - rough cut early edit

Live performance of poem 'The Post Colonial Global Blues' at Catweazle Club - all acoustic and all very much a surprise to the unprepared musicians (who were there for other reasons) who were snatched on to the stage to help produce a tasty musical poetry soup.
Bass - Colin Fletcher, drums - Joel Bassuk, piano - Matt Sage.


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The Post-Colonial Global Blues with improvised musical backing at Catweazle Club

Necessary Evils

"I don't want to die in rented accommodation"  
- anyone?
I'm sure I've heard this quoted somewhere.

Recorded at Catweazle Club.  
(First draft - first reading)


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Animal - Rough First Cut

A brief encounter between two rare birds.

Lovely Plumage

The Datsun Wedding

Recorded, produced, and arranged by Steve Larkin with assistance from George Boxall on the European Languages Day 2024 at St John’s Smith Square Hall, Westminster, London, UK. With thanks for the contributions from 300+ adults and young people on the day and to poets and workshop facilitators Bohdan Piasecki, Becky Bee, and Michaël Vidon

"Embracing Me Without Borders" - Multilingual Poem for European Languages Day - Steve Larkin

Happy Birthday Malcolm Larkin

Spoken word story recorded at Catweazle Club:
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Thanks to Catweazle for the stage and listening audience.

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Lucy Lefty Right Tighty

Poem made with pupils of John Henry Newman Primary School and Oxford Academy about Littlemore, its past, present and future as part of a project to create a 'poemural' on the walls of the underpass on the Cowley Road there.
The vast majority of the words in the final edit were those of the young people involved.

You Matter Littlemore

Image credit:
city-transportation-storm
Image by Pete Linforth from Pixabay
https://pixabay.com/photos/city-transportation-storm-3253414/

System Malfunction

Ape (not monkey!)with Disney Porn Argument Live in Vancouver

This is one of my oldest songs.  It grapples with the horrors of British history and it aims to show utmost sympathy for those that have been downtrodden, oppressed, and murdered.  
It started with the idea that the disgraceful homophobia - the state chemical castration of national hero - Alan Turing (the man that cracked the enigma code and helped win the war against the Nazis), doled out as a punishment for the 'crime' of homosexuality, was, when you think about it, a relatively short time ago - 1952.  My initial idea was to celebrate the fact that 'we' have come a long way culturally in short space of time, but for every two steps forward there appears to be one taken back.
It's not easy to pin point where you stand on all the issues that musings on such subject matters brings up, other than the condemnation of the moral bankruptcy of people in the past.  
The reparation debate is a hot topic in Canada where people with European ancestry live in the same spaces as the people who's ancestors were nearly wiped out and have been oppressed since.  I added a forth Canadian-centred verse about George Vancouver, who, was a vile mass murderer that got a city named after him.
Whatever you think about responsibility of people that live now, and trust me I well understand the legacy that's been left by my forebears, I hope you'll agree that people need to be reminded about the horrors that made the nations that people live in today.


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Original Sin - Live in Vancouver - Steve Larkin

Inflatable Buddha 
The squad: 
Steve Larkin, Susanna Starling, 'Purple' Dave Hart, Mauro Sanin, Rupert Allison, Simon Rhys, Richard Brotherton, Alex Horwill, James Schumann
The team: varies from track to track.

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