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I was dreaming on the back seat of a Jowett Javelin
Eating ice cream on the back seat of a Jowett Javelin
I was dreaming on the back seat of a Hillman Hunter
I was dreaming on the back seat of a Vauxhall Victor
lyrics by Colin Robinson 2012
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Less Is More
04:30
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he went to town
in the driving rain
that turned to snow
he told his young niece Josephine
"you just hang onto my coat"
it didn't matter he was blind from birth
he always made his way
the wind and ice
the perpetual dark
it was just another day
less is more...
warming up at the general store
she got a pickle from the pickle jar
they went to visit aunt Marianne
across the tracks it's not too far
she say "Melvin you're a damn fool
walking on a night like this!"
"well it ain't nothing I ain't done before,
the good lord is watching out for us"
in his lost carnival
from the sky right to the floor
in his lost carnival
always less is more
less is more...
he made that trip
that windy road
through winter sun and summer rain
well into his 70s
nothing much would change
but it snowed all night
and the next day too
old Melvin must've stayed at home
when the snowplow came they found him
buried in the snow
in his lost carnival
lyrics by Richard Knutson 2012
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helium balloons, carbon foot runes
tongue of fire, Louise admire
tripping with the Stones
red blankets a red duvet
sheets and sheets performance art
your powder vanish quickly
so delicious, so delicious and sickly
filling in the space between
his lover’s ears with gasoline
his lover’s gearbox trampoline
the possibility of Steve McQueen
takes your seeds, your madness 10
plant them deep inside a friend
red blankets a red duvet...
my darling fatal lover spice
my couch potato thinly slice
coughing fits, smoking/coughing ice
she has the tune... the merchandise
you hollow broad, you buzzy mote
you fairy-tale king, you will note
the red the red the red duvet!
(I like baking bread)
that's the possibilities of Steve McQueen
lyrics by Richard Knutson and Colin Robinson 2012
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Until Djuna Barnes
04:22
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Djuna - it was more than I could bear
the misery of watching them
thinking of you
in the end
locked together like poor beasts
with knowledge they never wanted
to contemplate each other
head on
until Djuna Barnes
eye to eye
until death
will be all we see...
and in that spangled enigma
bringing the beast to heal
turn towards a face
much like my own
curious and weak
picked out in that precise fury
until death
until Djuna - do-b-do-b-do
paraphrased from Djuna Barnes
by Richard Knutson 2012
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Black & Ginger
13:11
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legs and arms and feet and brain
when I saw you last
I can't tell the difference anymore
I would have like to know
coffee black and ginger root
traffic fall out of smoke
from the window where they wait
she scratches me
legs and arms and feet and brain
I made it before
I set it free
no guarantee
no fun for you and me
I could tell you all the words
if I could remember them
if I could run home in the rain
legs and arms and feet and brain
leg and arms and feet and brain
when I saw you last...
lyrics by Richard Knutson 2012
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Corn-Raised Montana
05:50
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take what you need we have a bucket
no pity no greed no emotion
class above taste
it's a beautiful piece
salut printemps... what's Debussy on?
a mute expression
in our view you have a weapon
dreaming in shifts
raising the shield
flashing our guns
flashing our belts
the purest have doubt
we categorize we just take notes
wicked inside imperious view
bar-b-q sky onions for eyes
religion for sale
raising the bishop
wishbone slip suspension face rubber overdrive
forks into taste daredevil space
a board and a tape meticulous crop circle
cows are not God-corn-raised Montana
cranberry fed raising specter
take what you need
we have a bucket...
lyrics by Richard Knutson 2012
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So Many Shiny Legs
08:53
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Churn Milk Joan Hebden Bridge, UK
Music created by American Richard Knutson and Englishman Colin Robinson.
"One of the most
extraordinary outfits I ever heard. Intriguing, irreverent and funny as Hell"
Sadly, Richard died from Motor Neuron Disease in March 2020.
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Churn Milk Joan recommends:
Gardening Your Mind
by Plum Flower Embroidery
Because because because. If you like Churn Milk Joan, you may find this particularly stimulating.
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Bells & Proclamations
by Big Block 454
It leans both on good melody and on all-out avant-garde’ism... finding the perfect balance between the two. I am really both intrigued and impressed by this album - Torodd Fuglesteg of Prog Archives
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Jumble Hole Clough is a project by Colin Robinson to produce music influenced by the landscape, industrial remains and experiences around Hebden Bridge in West Yorkshire.
go to albumIf you like Churn Milk Joan, you may also like:
Bela Lugosi's Dad
by Jumble Hole Clough
supported by 10 fans who also own “Black & Ginger”
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Raising the Nap
by Jumble Hole Clough
supported by 10 fans who also own “Black & Ginger”
Unobtrusive music influenced by the landscape and industrial remains around Hebden Bridge in West Yorkshire. Ambient but interesting, quiet but exciting.
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A fascinating mash-up of jazz sensibility with Krautrock motorik on an album that mesmerizes with repetition.
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