3.12.2010

The Sirens' Song (blind, silent, haunted)


"And a call, pure, long and throbbing. Longindying call.
Decoy. Soft word. But look: the bright stars fade.
Notes chirruping answer.
O rose! Castile. The morn is breaking.
Jingle jingle jaunted jingling.
Coin rang. Clock clacked.
Avowal. Sonnez. I could. Rebound of garter. Not leave thee. Smack. La cloche!
Thigh smack. Avowal. Warm.
Sweetheart, goodbye!
Jingle. Bloo.
Boomed crashing chords. When love absorbs. War!
War! The tympanum.
A sail! A veil awave upon the waves.
Lost. Throstle fluted. All is lost now."
James Joyce, Ulysse

Tim Buckley, Song to the Siren
Prince Rama de Ayodhya, Haunted Aquarius
Kurt Vile, Deep Sea
Brian Eno, Deep Blue Sea
Ash Ra Tempel, Silence Sauvage
The Pop Group, Savage Sea
Deux Filles, Sur la Plage
Vivian Girls, Blind Spot
Gong, The Isle of Everywhere
The Czars, Song to the Siren *

*thanks to Etienne Chambaud