Writing and demoing the next album. It will the poetry of Robert Olen Butler set to music from his work ‘Severance’
“each in the voice of a beheaded historical, mythical, animal or modern figure, make up the collection. Each is exactly 240 words, Butler’s estimate of the number of words that could be spoken by a decapitated head before oxygen runs out.”
Here is a demo of the second completed song. Chicken (Americauna pullet, beheaded in Alabama for Sunday dinner, 1958) recorded on my four-track cassette recorder in the wee hours at my home in Denton, TX.
Today I’ll be guest DJ at Denton’s smallest and best station 1670am. With Denton legend himself Peter Salisbury. Get the video and audio here on ustream…(3pm cst)
Here’s the first work. It is a guitar improvisation I recorded in my home in Denton, TX. Two guitars. Both improvised the second guitar is a reaction to the previously recorded guitar but recorded directly after the initial track. The tuning is random and was not predetermined. One complete improvisation divided into three parts….some superfluous meandering has been edited out.
Lotte Kestner the solo project of Anna-Lynne Williams (Trespassers William) Seattle, WA plays a rare Denton, TX show. Ormonde, the new collaboration between Anna-Lynne and Robert Gomez headlines. Gomez opens the show at 10pm (CST)
The sweet west has opened and we are in Los Angeles tonight at the knitting factory in LA. Trespassers William headlining and Theater Fire playing in the middle. Same bill for the next 4 days up the coast!
Midwest check. East coast check. Now it’s time to focus on the west coast dates July 18-21 with a Denver date thrown in for good measure. I put some photos up of the tour thus far. Witness! Happy to announce the last run will be with Trespassers William and The Theater Fire respectfully. Two of my favorite bands. Very much looking forward to it.
