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night had a voice -
now even darkness
is a little darker
(Indian singer Bhimsen Joshi passed away January 24 2011)
Bio: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhimsen_Joshi
Sample: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gGkUboxv8E
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walking the rain dogs -
Alice in red shoes
on Skid Row
(Tom Waits)
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disintegrating cities -
to be sane in an
insane world
(Einstürzende Neutbauten)
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Lachrymae Antiqua -
I've got recent tears to
pull on your string
through the lachrymal canal
we dance a pavane
of the slowest kind
(John Dowland: Lachrymae Antiqua / Flow My Tears http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkRrzAo9Wl4 )
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Tiger Mountain -
am I an airport in
another green world
Neroli -
I am a stamen
catching echoes
thursday afternoon -
driving in Dali's car
for the equatorial stars
(Brian Eno)
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nothing out of place -
I hold up a mirror
for the sun
(Haydn: Die Sonnen-quartette op. 20)
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head over heels -
I draw angels
from a milk calf skin
(Cocteau Twins)
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lost river -
I catch a sound
and it changes
unmapped
this coiling river stream -
now: a starfall
(Tangerine Dream: Rubycon)
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the right side of the moon
a Bach Cantata
embedded in silver foil
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the moon in a tux -
I'm way past
speaking
(Tuxedomoon: In a Manner of Speaking)
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rivers of blood
a future cathedral built
with five voices
(Carlo Gesualdo, late renaissance Italian composer:Bio: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlo_Gesualdo ,
Sample: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZAs9LjJAHU&feature=related used harmonics otherwise not seen/heard until the 1920's. Killed his wife & her lover, mutilated their bodies and hanged them on the outside wall of his castle)
I love so many of these! ;-)
ReplyDeleteall my best,
Alan
Alan’s Area 17 blog
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