Tributary #10: «East» — where no 1 is native but every 1 belongs | post |
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22 Oct 2021 |Bologna > stream #10 off Tributaries = «East» ... as in East river, the river we lived + ran along (when Sound Furies lived in the UES, LES, East Village + DUMBO) for many years in NYC > it's also a tribute to Jim Carroll + also the workers that died building the Brooklyn Bridge + other bridges spanning the East river + the 1,021 ppl that died in the PS General Slocum disaster (a day before Bloomsday, which is how we know what day Bloomsday is) > we wrote the song on mandolin tuned A-D-A-D + it's in 5/4 time (sort of... every 4th measure we threw an extra beat in) + also used autoharp, don't think there's even guitar on it > here's our notes > + here's the lyrics East where no 1 is native but every 1 belongs all the people who couldn't fly, they died P.S. Jumping from the C is practice for the GWB At least 20 people died spanning the East the same troubled waters of S + G + hear's the video (stealing footage from Bridge Over River Kwai + The Basketball Diaries): > Tributary #11: «Piscataqua» |
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