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silver bedlam

As this post appears i am arriving in london! i love the magic of time stamping. London is the home of bedlam, of course. The Bethlehem Hospital was one of the earliest and longest running mental hospitals in the worlds. i mean the world. The word ‘bedlam’ is a quick version of the word ‘bethlehem’. i believe the hospital building is now the war museum, and i’m hoping to get a chance to go there this trip. they had an interesting use for photography in the early days at bethlehem hospital. they would take your photo when you were Crazy, and then again when you were Sane. my god, i’d love to see those photos.

this is the version of bedlam from silver. it’s the same performance as on auditorium, just a different mix. you can go watch the video for a very different version of bedlam on myspace. and now i promise i will never post about bedlam again. Continue reading silver bedlam

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comrades

another song from silver. a kind of fake eastern european wedding song paired with lyrics from a book of songs for jewish soldiers. there’s another version of this song that i reworked for the leaky heaven circus production of Birthday Boy in 2003. that one has lyrics taken from the Song of Songs. maybe i’ll put that on the new album (recording in april 07, probably for release in the fall), since i have a kind of biblical theme going on. just warning you. Continue reading comrades