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seeding the clouds

by whitesand/badlands

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1.
we'll run the newspapers into the ground in real time pack it in and thin the herd condense the written word so it's all la la la why do we keep asking how many angels on the pin? we'll buy the time in between commercials get seen la la la condense the noun and verb pack it in and thin the herd so it's all la la la
2.
a silhouette cardboard cutout pack of rats a pack of rats, a boardroom dance liquidate the asset stocks the cayman accounts, the bank notes the steak was coughed up onto the floor blood on the carpet, blood on the carpet we'll call in the shredding trucks shredded paper trail, into the thin air la la la la
3.
catching information virus awareness sisyphus total immersion portable hand-held infotainment cluster honeycomb copy and paste, yeah compass directionless wireless and distanceless safe and secure server tucked in fiber optic figurehead coming to get you glowing data sheets with meet and greets, oh yeah hacking inside flash drive, hard drive, sing a little, sing a little open up your minds' mind, show me where the data lies compass directionless wireless and distanceless there was a rumor trying to keep digits of code from the company board safe and sound known unknowns, and what do the numbers say when the tuck you in? safe and sound
4.
statue park 04:50
through a pane of glass passport stamped without a wayward glance stations' cavern lit pigeons flit, where do it fit? seems like it's hard to speak the language of the people you meet another couch to crash soviet scars and underground bars we'll ride the danube streets we'll raise a glass seems like it's hard to speak the language of the people you meet i saw so many faces they showed me the hidden spaces i was a lost brother and i won't see them on the other the other side of the world
5.
watch the hand disappear a magic act i can nearly see the trick slight of the hand distracts look away i can nearly see the trick suspend the disbelief look the other way takes the wallet from your pocket eyes and ears covered covered up seeings believing can we buy in? tiny paper houses thrown into the sea nothing for you and nothing for me yeah i see the bottom of the magician's hat it's dark and black colored like an oil slick the pig has gone to market they say "don't buy in" they say: "it can't be true", but i can see it for myself
6.
syntax trees 05:27
a moment without language nose against the window screen quaking leaves on the trees it all fades what i know is buried beneath a forest of syntax trees over the bridge and through the hills and it still haunts you no more grass and rocks in place concrete blocks asphalt and white lines all day in the confines what i know is buried beneath a forest of syntax trees over the bridge and through the hills and it still haunts you falling down is a virtue of what? a slow ride, a question mark we sit and watch the river run its' course falling down is a virtue of what? memory fades and do we forget? instead we sit and worship it we choose to forget we remember one fact there are places we never want to call home
7.
Sunburn 06:37
the sun burns down over the riverbed the ground cracks---dries right out a grease spot cloud hangs in the sky horizon bigger than you and i tried to divide the kingdom from the king we are waiting for the sun to come, come right down again and waiting as the clock hands melt alive inside the sun burns right out
8.
the nature of knowledge the nurture of action build wings by virtue everyone must leave something behind when they die so much in the visible world horizontal rules vertical actions hide your ignorance keep the sense of wonder we are the miracle of force
9.
it's all sinking in the devil in the man one hand washes the other the blood spills i've a brother and the bills he made a deal the men in the hills it's unholy for the faithful dirty fingernails handfuls of dirt he's a knife blood made ice sin and vice he's a knife shepard to the flock but the gate is unlocked like it's fate like the son who waits for the perfect time to betray stupid and cruel the fathers' a fool the man flashed gold and the secret was sold
10.
whale song 07:01
sleep in the rays of radio waves satellites twitch flick of a switch carbon and dirt in the mother's milk a ray of light a thousand miles wide la la la la still i can hear it like whale song sing until the ocean is gone

about

"Seeding the Clouds" was recorded it in Duluth, MN with Eric Swanson in Sacred Heart Recording Studio (a 19th century cathedral converted into a recording studio which is where Low & Retribution Gospel Choir have recorded, among others). we mixed it in chicago, il in Mahjongg's home studio with Cooper Crain of CAVE manning the mixing board. it's the first release on our own imprint, Magnetic Ghost.

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released July 10, 2010

holly habstritt - fender rhodes, piano, guitars, vocals, trumpet
casey holmgren - bass
ryan parsons - drums, saxophone
andy larson - guitars, vocals, drum, fender rhodes

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