a young bravo: ah, the work week! another chance to turn personal industry into financial stability
you (a sensible child): no one yet knows the secret languages of the birds, which is the only thing that keeps their unyielding terror from crippling us under the weight of our own empathy, mudbound as we are, for if our feathered friends can’t o’ercome fear, what hope is there for we smooth discarded artifacts of flesh?
The Signal: EP147 – 45 minutes of downloadable music, as easy to use as pressing the button on a remote control… and just as live-changing! We’ve got cut-up sound collages, cool jazz, extended ambient denial, a no wave dub soul cover, pop & rock, a dancehall refix, and more!
Download by clicking on the link (or image) above. The file is available only for a limited time. If you’re interested in the tracklist, it’s in the mp3 itself, in the id3 tags. Or, if you sign up to be a member of our mailing list, The Tuned In, you’ll be among the first on the planet to know when a new mix is posted, and you’ll get a permanent archive link and the entire playlist, delivered to your inbox.
Just for kicks, I’ve continued my new habit of seeing how much of the Signal mix I can recreate in Spotify. This time out I had 5 tracks I couldn’t find (but I was able to make a substitution for one), so if you’re a Spotify user… there’s this limited version of EP147 available.
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M of Ragged Feathers
oh no a trickster god turned my desires against me and instead of granting my wishes, i’m now a scarecrow in an empty field, clutching a phone with spotty wifi, typing out these words with my increasingly straw-flimsy fingers
oh nooooo o
Jazzy Doom
@signalstation what did you wish for
M of Ragged Feathers
to be a scarecrow in an empty field clutching a phone with excellent high speed internet and strong fingers made of straw
The roving carnival pulls into town. Out the school window you see figures pounding stakes, raising tents, lights on strings arcing across the park as whirling amusements power up.
That night, after a rushed dinner, you walk the strawdust paths of the carnival, gawping at stuffed animals, darts, funhouses and music, so enchanted it takes you a while to notice that every carnie is dressed like a plague doctor, their faces under leather beaked masks.
They cry: Step right up and let us cure you!
It was much easier, pre-technology, to rent a cabin on the shore of a cursed lake.
Used to be families could disappear, but you and your terrified community knew you could continue to appease the lake because westward expansion would continue to deliver new renters.
These days, you spend all your time politely responding to AirBnB reviews like “Thanks for the feedback about the missing children. We did mention that risk in our listing, but can offer a 10% rebooking discount for next time!”
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A SLOVENLY CHILD: oh boy, that was a good meal, time to go outside and play, abandoning my dishes on the table and not washing my hands!
YOU (A GOOD CHILD): anything I’ve touched must be cleansed with fire lest it fall into the hands of my enemies, who can fashion a totem from any crumb that touched my lips and bend the universe against me through the connection I once had with it… I must move through this world without a trace
Drag down the sky and chain it out back, it’s Friday and it’s time to FOLLOW!
Sharpen your teeth and wind your hempen binders, it’s time to follow the following:
) The Stars – See how they bend?
) Ajdur, The Mouth Full of Ashes – Want to be rid of desire, dancing for months straight in service of this being that drowns pleasure in its wake? Follow!
) Kult Buddies (TM) – If you prefer your cultist robe to have a cute logo & your name on it, follow the KBs! They’re hiring! Ask for Gary!
Who wants to come over and play board games? I’ve got ’em all, I’ve got:
* ESCAPE from SEVERAL MONKEYS ISLAND
* DICE MASSACRE
* THAT’S LIFE: The Game Played with Wet Napkins
* ALIENS ABDUCTED MY HEALTHCARE
* Prussia 1882: 700 Miniature Soldiers Edition with Kickstarter Exclusive Bandage Packs and Soggy Boots
* Monopoly (SACCO & VANZETTI edition)