*rings the bell* "Bring out your dead!"

This PL i dedicate to all those soundtrack-ish pieces out there, putting me instantly in this specific "last days on earth" mood. Also might be the beginning or end sequence of one of this movies with bad, post apocalyptic, simply destructive and or sad ending. I think you got the "picture"....

Your "cinematic" full of melancholy SC Music-Director,
SF

The time is nigh!

Here's what's been travelling the most through the Cat's headphones lately!
Includes one of my favourite new discoveries - A Canadian group called QB Bills and a beautiful song by Jenni Grossman.

The Cat's December Soundcloud Earworms

1234

MTD Mixtape January 2024

Sunshine songs

Energy (193)

Scotty: rhythm, percussion, harmonica, lyrics, vocals
Tommy: lead, bass

Presently This Is An Untitled Song

Pengelum

The quickest song I've ever written - started as an instrumental while waiting for my flatmate to be done with her shower, then added some autumnal lyrics the next day and recorded it the same day, just in time for Halloween.

This is part of my second "album", https://soundcloud.com/jenni-grossmann/sets/when-the-curtain-falls

Verse 1
Autumn leaves
Are getting ready to let go of the green
The breeze is whistling its tune
Of all things gone too soon

Verse 2
Autumn leaves
Are setting fire to the trees
The flames grow high to set the scene
For Halloween

Chorus
The streets are lined with
Pumpkin heads and flickering lights
And all the trees are dressed for the night the dead are coming, coming back to life

Verse 3
Autumn leaves
Are barely clinging onto the trees
The breeze is singing in your ear
‘What are you doing here?’

Chorus
The streets are lined with
Pumpkin heads and flickering lights
And all the trees are dressed for the night the dead are coming, coming back to life

Verse 4
Autumn leaves
Withering in rotting piles under the trees
The summer breeze is now a storm
And it rages on

Chorus
The streets are lined with
Pumpkin heads and flickering lights
And all the trees are dressed for the night the dead are coming, coming back to life

When The Curtain Falls

Autumn Leaves

Pick me up
I’m a bad believer
Pick me up
Underachiever
Pick me up
Teacher told me 
Bullies run this yard

Pick me from my spot
Lift me up and drop
Come on and pick me up

Pick me up
Cuz I need a home now
Pick me up
So I’m not alone
Cuz hey
I’m falling like a fool
I’m falling
Like a stone
Like Ancient Rome
Come on and pick me up

One horse down
The headlights hurt me 
Blinding lights
They’re always blurry
One horse down
Graffiti says the end is always nigh

Pick me from my spot
Lift me up and drop
Come on and pick me up

Pick me up
Cuz I need a home now
Pick me up
So I’m not alone
Cuz hey
I’m falling like a fool
I’m falling
Like a stone
Like Ancient Rome
Come on and pick me up
Come on and pick me up
Come on and pick me up
Come on and pick me up

Pickmeup written, recorded, and produced by The Young Love Scene at His Bedroom Studios, Burlington VT USA
Guitars, vocals, and orchestra bells performed by TYLS 
Mastering by Dave Blackman at Hiltongrove Mastering
All Rights Reserved

Pickmeup

A solstice song - possibly - not exactly cheery and I'm probably unwise to post but it's the shortest day today (in the northern hemisphere) so it's now or never.

Many thanks to Jonathan Beckenstein and grumpy Ian (unknown on SC) for their extremely helpful feedback on an earlier version of this track.
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The light grows weak and the dark grows strong
But life must end for life to go on
Rich and strange
This world is rich and strange my child

When the snow comes down it's so beautiful
But the birds will starve and the cold will kill
Rich and strange...

We cherish the lamb keep him safe from harm
Then we slit his throat cut the meat from the bone
Rich and strange...

And if you don’t fight they’ll drive out our kind
But to win a war you've got to lose your mind
Rich and strange...
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Produced arranged composed performed recorded & mixed (inexpertly) by Wheelwright in bedroom.
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Original image (detail, processed) by Jr Korpa https://unsplash.com/@jrkorpa
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17th November 2023: Replaced with a hopefully somewhat better mix.

Rich And Strange

I'm not quite sure where this one came from! I think it's anti social media, anti mobile phones, anti celebrity culture.  Maybe I'm getting old!  I think it sounds a bit Leonard Cohenish if I had to pigeon hole this one.  I enjoyed the process of recording it, laying down first the piano then the other keyboard 'voices' and finally the vocals.  Not sure if I've got the levels right, but here it is.

Mariella (Queen of Fools)

Mariella (Queen Of Fools)

Original  Radar Detector, Iriser
https://soundcloud.com/iriser
Playng a bit my Pioneer dj Deck :)

Radar Detector, Iriser  - Revelation / Moondustmix

Carry Me Home

A trip down memory lane (available on Bandcamp)

Edie is the title track from the forthcoming LP, out 3rd June 2022
Video here, all ochre and gold https://youtu.be/sBuMe7vnbDE 
Thanks for listening x

Edie

She got a pocket full of mighty fine, fine intentions
She got a way, she got a way that somehow makes you feel good
She got a story full of love and hate and other complications
Got you hooked on her smile, hooked and hung on a hook. (x2)

She got a promise full of smoky red wine redemption
She makes you pay, she makes you pay as if she's drawing your blood
She got a black heart full of war and peace and other aggravation
Got you hooked on her smile, hooked and hung on a hook. (x2)

She got you hung on a hook
Hung on a hook, she got you hung on a hook
She got you hung on a hook

Little cat all alone like that, in ballet flats in the snow
Little cat all alone like that, hey Edie, where you gonna go?
Little cat all alone like that, in ballet flats in the snow
Little cat all alone like that, hey Edie, where you gonna go?
I say Edie, where you gonna go? 
Oooooooh Ooooooooh

Edie oh Edie oh black-hearted Edie
Littered, lost love-lorn and ghost
Edie oh Edie oh black-hearted Edie
The one that I still love the  most
Edie oh Edie oh black-hearted Edie
The one that I still love the most

Edie(c)2022steph sweet All Rights Reserved
Fender jag, 500 bass and vocals

Edie

edie video

guitars by andrew salvner (aka lil' spaceman)

carried away by owls

Feline Zorro and his trusty companion, Shadow Chaser, wish to relate another story. This one, is Safety Dance, by the super-group Men Without Hats. I have lost my hat in the heat of battle before, so I can relate. Please enjoy!

As far as the 'everyone look at your hands line', that is a good one. I use that one, along with, 'hey, your boots are untied', or 'hey, what is that on your shirt'? Then, that is when I strike!

Safety Dance -- Feat. Zorro! (Men Without Hats Cover)

you were a soul, never meant for this life.
this world is hard, full of trouble and strife.
you were so sensitive, you took it all to heart.
nobody saw, you were breaking apart.

people like you, don't speak out........people like you, full of doubt.

i saw your sadness, is it the same as mine?
another day, wont it turn out fine?
i saw your face,, i never saw the signs.
i didn't know, it was the end of the line.

people like you, don't make a sound......people like you, quietly drown.

such helpul words, are very hard to find.
i wasn't close to you, i didn't know your mind.
i feel so sad, full of sorrow.
now that i know, there's no tomorrow.

people like you, sensitive soul........people like you, leave a hole.

now that you're gone.......and we know your fate.
many tears at your funeral, but now it's all too late.
we must learn from this, nobody is the same.
we can't carry on like this, we should be full of shame.

people like you, dont make a sound........people like you, quietly drown.
people like you, sensitive soul........people like you, whose life we stole.

Sensitive soul.

This is a very old 4 track recording.
Less & less now we remain...
Think about it.

Chris Hull - Nice creative guy, good voice. Hiya Chris!

Less And Less Now

And if you might like to purchase it, it is available on my first Album, called A Lover's Curse
http://stephsweet.bandcamp.com/album/a-lovers-curse

"Fire walk with me. Dale cooper is dreaming about dwarves talking backwards to this." Tristan Narbrough

Dancing Bears ( lyrics included for Trixie Delight )
Another married man with a clandestine plan.
So tiresome and boring I can't keep from yawning
All the gold in my eyes
You think I'm a dancing bear?
You'll tell me what to wear?
Tell me what to sing and what nuance to bring?
Here's mud in your eye.
I'm not your dancing bear.
Your control-freakery puts the creeps on me.
Sly vibes aside, it's your soul I despise
And your misogyny.
You think I'm a dancing bear beneath my binary hair?
With one eye on the shot
And you think that you rock.
You're a dinosaur.
I'm not your dancing bear.


A Lover's Curse

Dancing Bears

Download

My old friend Strootman Pianomonster (will post soon on https://soundcloud.com/stroot-246138153) sent me some of his baroque recordings on harpsichord. I've worked on one of them with all the Ruizzoid stuff you can hear, and even translated to Latin one of my old poems!

VOLO OSCULUM TUUM  /  I WANT YOUR KISS

 Volo saxum ad clamare.  /  I want a rock to cry on.  
 Ad gemere, quis saxum.  /  To moan, any rock.  

(Volo osculum tuum ad somniare.  /  I want your kiss to dream.  
 Ad vivere, nisi osculum tuum.  /  For living, just your kiss.)
  
Volo flammam ad queri.  /  I want a flame to scream.  
 Ad pati, quis flammam.  /  To suffer, any flame.  

(Volo osculum tuum…  /  I want your kiss... ) 

 Volo pugionem ad exspirare.  /  I want a dagger to expire.  
 Ad mori quis pugionem.  /  To die, any dagger.  

(Volo osculum tuum…  /  I want your kiss... )

Volo Osculum Tuum (with Strootman on harpsichord)

Recorded in Modesto, Ca.   Featuring Soprano Saxophone solo. Vibraphone solo. Flute solo. Godin Nylon Guitar Rhythm. Steinway Brothers Acoustic Piano Rhythm. Acoustic Stand-up Bass. Drums Full drum trap set. Percussion, Congas, Ago go Bells, Cow bells. 22" Zildjan Ride & Crash Cymbal.

Splender

Essentialy Yours

Get Something Going

A banned book fetish. That's our current kink.

Read the accompanying poem here while you listen: https://mystictapedeck.com/bards/the-librarian/

PS Perkins: Guitars, Bass, Vocals, Piano, wood blocks, programming
R Thomas: Drums, Wah guitar, shakers, cowbell
 
LYRICS
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A secret knock, a hidden door, a narrow hallway
The eyeless guide sees us inside, watching us always
As we meander down the aisles, 
Rows of spines which stretch for miles
And we show our special card
On the scent of another shard

A vaulted dome, a musty tome, an umbrous alcove
A sacred space, a quiet place, a sunken treasure trove
Details infinitesimal
Dewiest of decimals
Ever stranger truth to know
As we squish the forbidden fruit between our toes

A deeper shaft, an ancient craft, a garish goblin
The icy stare, the purple hair, a memory maudlin
Going deep down in the mines
With a shining pick to grind
The librarian lights the way
Understands the game we play

A puzzle piece, a glob of grease, a rusted lever
A blazing fire, we never tire, we nurse our fever
Run our fingers down the crease
Gently comb the golden fleece
Read aloud the sacred scroll
Let's show these muggles how we roll

They cant stand you, they want to ban you
They want to sterilize and pack you up and can you
They prefer truth that's mass produced
Because they're lacking the tenacity to grasp you
So let me ask you: what's the bigger threat?
While we're waiiting on a bomb you haven't dropped yet
They'd rather burn you then have to learn you
Their little fingers are too slippery to turn you
The truth waits for us to dissect it
And librarians are here to protect it
So grab some glasses if you need
And climb atop the worlds' mightiest steed
We're gonna read until our fingers bleed
It's a seed, it's a need, it's an urge you gotta heed
It's a growl in your stomach that you know you gotta feed
Let's show 'em how to read!

BARDS:Of The Shimmering Seraphs

The Librarian

Track & Lead Vocals By Ty Stevens
Back up Vocals & Mix By MrDjBigHouse

I Dont Get To Choose By Ty Stevens +( MrDjBigHouse Mix)

Echoes(NotNow)☠️🎶

Oh no!!
I think Im falling down again
What vice to take away the pain again?
Forget everyone that I love
They don't feel the same anyway

Don't believe!!
Everything that you've done!!
Everything you've said!!
Wasn't in vain!!
Never burn out!!
Don't fade away!!

We're Echoes!!
What we do matters!!
Not now....Forever!!....eh

Oh no!!
I think Im falling down again
What vice to take away the pain again?
Forget everyone that I love
They don't feel the same anyway

Don't believe!!
Everything that you've done!!
Everything you've said!!
Wasn't in vain!!
Never burn out!!
Don't fade away!!

We're Echoes!!
What we do matters!!
Not now....Forever!!....eh😂🖤

Echoes(NotNow)🎶

Originally this song was going to be on my album "III", but I decided to make it a standalone piece. This is the demo version
Stargazer was written, arranged and recorded by Louis Taverna
All rights reserved © 2022 2024

Stargazer (Demo)

Notes Upon A Late-Autumn Road Trip

Artwork by Nyxone_aka_Deestop1c ▼ https://www.instagram.com/nyxone_aka_deestop1c/

Edited by D#27

The Last Call

McCafferty
McCaffertty
Sum of all fears
Skeleton bones

Cavetown
Twenty one pilots
Panic!atthedisco

Alt rock
Bottles and cans
Ajj 
Study music
Cavetown
Cave town
Warrior cats
Acoustic

And I know that you're an asshole
And I know that you do not need help
And I know that you're in counseling
And that counseling, won't help
And I know that you will break me
And I know that you won't make it fast
So I will writhe away my skin and bones
And you can kill me in the grass
She's saying, "I just drove so far to see you
But I'm not sure that I want your kids."
He's saying, "Oh my god, I should've known that
That was then, and this is this."

She says, "Oh my body, I hate this body
I'm a skeleton, and I am dead and gone
And when I die, he peels off all my skin
And he staples it back up to his."
She says, "Oh my body, I hate this body
I'm a skeleton, and I am dead and gone
And when I die, he peels off all my skin
And he staples it back up to his."
These bones

And he is shaking at the knees
Because he never has the words
He says that "I can't do this anymore
The way you act in public sickens me
And I hate you and your fucking friends
And the way they try to use me."

She says, "Oh my body, I hate this body
I'm a skeleton and I am dead and gone
And when I die, he peels off all my skin
And he staples it back up to his."
She says, "Oh my body, I hate this body
I'm a skeleton and I am dead and gone
And when I die, he peels off all my skin
And he staples it back up to his."
These bones

Whoa

I never told you, how much I need you
Back in November, when we were broken
Now it's October, I am alone
But I am awake, and trapped in this place
And I never told you, how much I need you
Back in November, when we were broken
Now it's October, I am alone
But I am awake, and trapped in this place

She says, "Oh my body, I hate this body
I'm a skeleton, and I am dead and gone
And when I die, he peels off all my skin
And he staples it back up to his."
She says, "Oh my body, I hate this body
I'm a skeleton, and I am dead and gone
And when I die, he peels off all my skin
And he staples it back up to his."
These bones

They say, "Oh our bodies, we hate our bodies
We are skeletons, and we are dead and gone
And when we die, he peels off all our skin
And he staples it back up to his."
These bones

Twenty one pilots
Panic at the disco
Radical face

Skeleton Bones - McCafferty

Lost

Cold

Future Scourge! - "End Of Message"

Music's got a hold of me.
I am also half of Fictive Sisters https://fictivesisters.bandcamp.com

I have a soundcloud manifesto too (I know almost no one cares):
(1) I do not want to win at soundcloud
(2) I respect people who listen by trying to do work that is as good as I can make it but I may attempt (and possibly fail badly at) different kinds of music so you will probably find some of my tracks suck quite badly even if you like others
(3) If I follow you please feel no obligation to follow me back or to listen to my tracks because I know different people like different things
(4) If you follow me please don’t expect me automatically to follow you back because as I said different people like different things. I try to listen to most new uploads of the people I do follow, so there are only so many people I can meaningfully follow (and only so many reposts I can cope with) at any one time before it all gets a bit overwhelming
(5) If I add a track of yours to my likes that means I particularly like it and if I comment on a track that means I really did want to communicate something. I do not do these things expecting or wanting anything in return or fishing for listeners/followers etc.
(6) Soundcloud (still) can be wonderful and has wonderful people in its universe but some aspects of it do my head in and so I am putting this out here so everyone knows where I am coming from. This is not intended as criticism of anyone else, it is just what works for me