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French Library of the Modern Period

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  I hate tpyos--especially when they're burned in, and it's the "single" on this album of music for miniature dioramas. ( More on this room )    

He Got Celebrated

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What I find particularly interesting about the second version is the vocal is just dummy lyrics--similar to what we do at the beginning of a song when we don't have words yet. The rhythm (or wordrum) is a repeating phrase or vamp that can have words filled in. The first version has a Talking Heads vibe, the second something Mark Hollis would do. Both paintings by Ed Paschke:  First (Title Unknown), Second "Caliente" *** This originally started as song-as-word-game, using pronouns, verbs, and words ending in -ated, and in this case alphabetical, set against a blues shuffle rhythm. There is no vocal (at least at this point), but the words create the rhythm of the piece. He got celebrated He got dedicated He got elevated He got fabulated He got infiltrated He got liberated He got militated He got negotiated He got occupated He got perpetrated He got repatriated He got substantiated    It's the final track on the Frontiers album. In the repeating phrase in t...