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Curlew
04:12
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As we turn to go
Flycatcher scissors the sky
Indigo repeats repeats
You and me and a killdeer wing
Curve and curlew
Fold you under my coat
Smooth your feathers down
Together hearts beat beat
You and me and the killdeer wing
Curve and curlew
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Static
05:06
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Trace your name with a fountain pen
Tear the paper into ten
Standstill still standing still
Still life still living still
Standstill still standing still
Still life still living still
Surface noise 78
33 1/3 turns of the balanced plate
Standstill still standing still
Still life still living still
Standstill still standing still
Still life still living still
steady-state radio wave AM surf
iron filings stitched in starched shirt
Applause please applause
applause please applause
Sandpaper purple martin sings
You and me to the hummingbird wing
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Over Yonder's Ocean
04:34
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Over Yonder’s Ocean
Make me a place at the welcome table
Make me a place at the welcome table
Make me a place at the welcome table
Over yonder’s ocean
carry me home where the ripe fruit falls
I wanna go where the ripe fruit falls
In the orchard with the pears and plums
Over yonder’s ocean
Set me down where the sun swings low
Set me down where the sun swings low
Set me down where the sun swings low
Over yonder’s ocean
Climb the tree where the stars are hung
Climb the tree where the stars are hung
Shake the tree - stars rain down
Over yonder’s ocean
Make me a place at the welcome table
Make me a place at the welcome table
Pears and plums at the welcome table
Over yonder’s ocean
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Turnover
06:40
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OK. Here's the scene
Interior: a room.
Looks a lot like this one
Can you hold it all in your mind?
Turn it over in your mind?
OK. Here's the scene
You look to your left
Cut to a room
It's the same room
Can you hold it all in your mind?
Turn it over in your mind?
OK. Here's the scene
The room is upside down now
Chairs on the ceiling
I before e except on the ceiling
Can you hold it all in your mind?
Turn it over in your mind?
OK, here's the scene
A long lens
Dolly pushes through the back wall
Foreground merges with the middle state
Time squeezes from the edges of the frame
Can you hold it all in your mind?
Turn it over in your mind?
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Alap Catfish Impala
09:07
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I would rather be a little catfish
So I could swim way down in the sea
I would have somebody, somebody
Settin' out hooks for me
Went back home, home to see my baby
She said come back some other time
Said I got me another catfish, got me another catfish
Dangling from my line
I went down to the church house
and they called on me to pray
I got down on my knees
but didn't have no word to say
I don't wanna be no bullfrog
I don't wanna be no tadpole
If I can't be a catfish
I won't swim at all
That's the reason I want to be a little catfish
So I could swim way down in the sea
I would have these good-lookin' women
Settin' out a line for me
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No Mule
06:36
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No mule
No mule
No mule
Stubborn Enough
No whiskey
No whiskey
No whiskey
Too strong
No sun
No sky
No sparrow
Only snow
No road
No road
No road
Leads straight home
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Laurel Cove
05:40
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We lay together by the spring
Layin' all day by the spring
Laurel Cove Laurel Cove
Lay together by the spring
Slow summer kisses and a cool cool drink
With one eye open and one eye closed
Walked together into town
Walked together into town
Laurel Cove Laurel Cove
Held hands together all through town
Didn't care who found out
With one eye open and one eye closed
Mama said it just ain't right
Daddy said get outta my sight
Laurel Cove Laurel Cove
Mama said it just ain't right
Two girls together holdin' tight
With one eye open and one eye closed
She got down Daddy's gun
She got down Daddy's gun
Laurel Cove Laurel Cove
She got down Daddy's gun
Aimed it at his head said "you better run"
With one eye open and one eye closed
Hidin' all night by the railroad track
Hidin' all night by the railroad track
Laurel Cove Laurel Cove
Hidin' all night by the railroad track
Sorry gotta go and I ain't comin' back
With one eye open and one eye closed
I pass the time in my cell
Slow summertime in my cell
Laurel Cove Laurel Cove
Sometimes I even smile in my cell
I know where she's gone but I'll never tell
With one eye open and one eye closed
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Holland Hopson Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Holland Hopson is a sound and media artist, composer and improviser. He usually performs on clawhammer banjo and electronics. Holland often augments his instruments with custom-designed sensor interfaces and performs with his own highly responsive, interactive computer programs. Holland has performed in Australia, Europe and North America with notable experimental and outsider musicians. ... more
Holland Hopson recommends:
Tell a Gossip
by Holland Hopson
Solo improvisations for electric clawhammer guitar (or some such beast)
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Mirror Water Mind
by Sweet Wreath
Water-themed compilation to benefit the Cahaba River Society.
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