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Dolcie, at night, goes running into the woods. But why?
The below track contains a field recording of a long neglected play area in Frient Country Park, around abouts here.
You never see anybody there, and it has an eeriness about it. Maybe this is where the likes of Dolcie plays.
On this particular night Dolcie had been detained and was under supervision, because the community [...]
A Drowsy Spell
Maybe it should have been ‘Sha la la’ instead of ‘La la la’? Ah well, moving on…
A Drowsy Spell
Gene Chandler cover
Here’s a cover of Gene Chandler’s ‘Nothing Can Stop Me’. There was no intention for this to be a dub reggae thing, but due to some bad vocal performances by a certain community member, and a seance that went all weird, it was best to go with that style.
When relaxing at home, if the TV isn’t on, i like to listen to…
When asked for an insight into the daily lives of our close knit community I usually tell people that they should mind their own business if they know what’s good for them. They wouldn’t understand our ways, they’d think us strange. Like, as if there’s something wrong with having a beer for breakfast, [...]
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New Council Flats of Kingsbury mini album out now on Vinyl and download
Only 250 vinyl copies pressed, each individually numbered and available direct from Uncharted|Audio|, and all good UK record stores. Also available for download from iTunes, et al.
Stream the whole album for free here.
Fun in the Sun by The Council Flats of Kingsbury
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The Voodoo Pins
The Voodoo Pins met at their local boozer, The Bald Faced Stag, which resides at the edge of the Willow Tree housing estate.
It’s a place where everybody knows your name, but not necessarily for the right reasons. It’s here you will find brooding lead singer, Charlie Cockroach propping up a shadowy corner of the bar, [...]
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Suburban Mysticism: What happened?
Well, my intentions were good, I just misunderstood. Meetup.com looks great, it definitely has it’s uses. After signing up, you can create a group (costs about £17 a month) you pledge to get people together, beyond the computer, in the physical world. There’s Meetup groups for everything imaginable, and i should use it to get [...]
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meetup group: suburban mysticism
I’ve started a meetup group at meetup.com. Meetup.com is a website where you can find groups of like minded people in your local area, or create your own group, with the intention of meeting up.
It may be the start of something amazing, or maybe it won’t get off the ground at all. We’ll [...]
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Sunflowers: A five part story
A spoken word story, with a noisy, distorted soundtrack is available for free from here. The first episode can be downloaded this week, followed by an episode each week from here on. It’s a sort of a lovely fantasy kind of thing, to start with at least…I do hope you’ll grab it [...]
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Sunflowers: The Script