Shows
SwivelableOPC - Don't Give UpWritten for a family whose child has a medical problem, and because they were poor were were wrongly accused of it being the mother's fault. They battled the courts for four years. He recently passed on from brainstem neurodegenerative disease that he had when the nightmare began. Mayo Clinic now has his brain for research as his condition was so rare.
You can find the tracks he made here:
https://soundcloud.com/ourvoiceisking/tracks
She’s a single mother with a very low income
He’s an eight year old who knows there’s nothing that he’s done
To be torn...
2021-10-2102 min
SwivelableLliam - Joy TogetherLliam - Steel string acoustic
John Asrelsky: bass, Carol Thomas: vocals
Pepito Pareja : Chirango, Malcom Howard: Banjo
Barred Owl of the mountians
Soft as sunshine on the outside,
Resilient, strong within.
You're the warmth that makes it alright,
You're delight is my heaven.
Joy when we're together
With life you are connected,
You feel earths' pulse and beat.
Neither of us perfect,
but with you I am complete.
2021-01-2003 min
SwivelableOPC - Planet NoodleOther People's Children - The Lliam, Malcolm, Beva Trio.
This one recorded and mixed by Mike Grace
They found me in a noodle factory up on planet Pluto
They couldn’t figure what to do they thought I was a noodle
So they hung me up and hosed me down enough to make a worm ill
but just before my eyes caved in she said life’s not that futile
I understand the sadness buried deep beneath your eyes
gets in the way takes up space there’s too much else to occupy
I got it too I feel it’s terror...
2020-11-0302 min
SwivelableAoSW - Not Working OutSure seems that way. So every little bit of love given or gotten helps.
Another one recorded live.
It’s not working out, just not working out
Getting nowhere, so why should I care
Can’t take what you give me, Can’t get what I need
Don’t want to be lonely, I got to succeed
Don’t seem like living, don’t feel like nothing
I sure need your loving, sure need your loving.
How many times, how many times
Do I have to, do I have to
Put my finger to my head
And pull the trigger, pull the tri...
2020-01-0303 min
SwivelableAoSW - You Been ToldLliam Chad and Malcolm energized by why we judge others on their shine rather than their depth
You been told
Fear the stranger, his offer’s in greed
now you can’t get near for the hugs you need.
You been told
It’s all in your hair it’s all in your smile
It’s all in my head, I can’t take much more style.
You been fighting
Against existence, and you lost
Fighting for a grasp
But you know what comes out of that ass.
Stay away you keep coming back
You must like this contortion wrack
Wrench the g...
2019-06-0901 min
SwivelableAoSW - Look WhatElectro-Acoustic entreaty to realize we are all alike and all in this together.
2019-05-2004 min
SwivelableAoSW - CockroachWe can’t clean up this mess on our own:
Was rudely awakened by a cockroach at 3 am
Chewing on the map over my head
Maybe he wanted to check out the Russian scene
Now he lies dead under my bed
I wonder how he’ll stay there
I wonder how long he’ll stay
I wonder how long till you come back here
It must have been a good good day
Or maybe I was feeling extra mean
Stomped and swatted 3 or 4 more
Plump juicy turned to squashed and lean
I wonder how they’ll stay there
I wonder how long...
2019-05-2002 min
SwivelableAoSW - Bridge Of HeadsLliam, Chad, Malcolm, & Gary
A quick weekend at Inner Ear Studio.
Recorded & mixed by Don Zientara
Mastering by Tom Scheponik at The SoundLAB
You knew it well a long time ago
But you didn’t know where to go
So you lowered your standards and got it where you could
And you’re no longer looking in the places that you should
Trying to feel satisfied
Its emptiness won’t let you survive
Deceiving yourselves by its lie
And it’s trying to pull me in, do me in, ruin my life.
But there’s no-one there to really care, no comfort...
2019-05-2002 min
SwivelableAoSW - Just A LureLliam, Chad, Malcolm, & Gary
A quick weekend at Inner Ear Studio.
Recorded & mixed by Don Zientara
Mastering by Tom Scheponik at The SoundLAB
I come to you cause you hold out your hand
Imagination took its toll of the plan
And then returning with the promise of more
Again to leave without its reward.
Just a lure
Give me unyielding truth,
the depth beyond the deep
the light that never sleeps.
No desperation, no dissipation
A see through situation.
So you know desire’s in my heart
This dangling brightness could sure tear me apart
Delight in seeing didn’t say...
2019-05-1903 min
SwivelableAoSW - Little Chance Of HopeLliam, Chad, Malcolm & Gary bemoaning how impossible it is to become one of the fortunate
Where do you think you want to go
Ain’t no place, no-one to know
looking for a chance to find your spot
that little chance of hope is all you got.
There’s something strange going on round here,
Looking for love, all you can find is fear
It’s a two-edged sword, every day
everything’s fine, nothing’s ok
Don’t tell me you want to
when you know that you can’t
Don’t say you have to
When you won’t take the chance
2019-05-1901 min
SwivelableAoSW - Bowling Time / Make YouTimes too often what's done has to be re-done and there seems like no moving forward. Nice to have friends and community in such occurrences.
Live trio - Lliam, Chad & Malcolm
Oh Yea, I get it - it’s bowling time.
Set them up to knock them down
Your balls on the line.
That’s a comfy rug, looks might good
Step right on what you get
Your ass one the wood
This life is geared as give and take
The subsequent shatter comes
with every break
Cruelty speaks, the offer beguiles
Meant to pass on only
Meberance of smiles
I’ll...
2019-05-1810 min
SwivelableAoSW - Door Through MusicMary is the driving force behind our previous release "Elephant Fly" She penned these lyrics which inspired Lliam, Chad and Malcolm to interpret them with their typical bizarre energy.
Door Through Music
step sharper
me riding your clef
face bleeding
a song
I ran wired twirling
tongue crawled
don’t
ask me to sing
shame
to crack
the glassed webbing
spit teeth into roses
thorned my nose
with the scent
of dancers
Gershwin, Gershwin
2019-05-1701 min
SwivelableAoSW - CalligraphyLliam, Chad, Malcolm & Gary reveling in the artistry that nature is.
Thru tunnels of tower towards starlight trees
Creating a canopy of effervescent green
On to marshland by the sea
Where egrets glide to green grassed waters unseen
Mimicking cry from branches beyond
Answering warbling wren's plaintive song
Next to you is where I belong
But when I get there I find that you've gone
Cascading crescendo from crevasses high
On cloud fluffed mountains water whirls down by
Fields and meadows gaze at sun soaked sky
They speak of answers but don't ask why
What are you are you (saying...
2019-04-2703 min
SwivelableAoSW - BonesLliam, Chad & Rich pounding it out.
Bones
Well she’s really kind of quiet cause she’s got so much going on inside of her
And she never needs to diet cause she’s got so much going for the rest of her
They call her Bones, cause she’s been through a lot.
They call her Bones, tho she’s really not
And she’s looking for a love that will never let her go
She likes the summer cause the sky is so blue and the beach so hot
And the sun shines upon her, wanting to put a new song i
2019-02-2802 min
SwivelableAoSW - That Sound Sucks All The Fun Out Of WakingThe 'Any of Several Weasels' electric (Lliam) version with drums (Chad) replacing the percussion and the second acoustic switched to a bass (Malcolm). Check out my post from 2 yr ago for the acoustic/synth version called "OPC - That Sound"
That sound; solemn and desperate.
The determination of man; relentlessly stubborn.
Call it the waves crashing or the pitiless sand.
You get what you want and it's nothing at all.
Still you find yourself waiting all over again.
If there's nothing worth waking for there's nothing at all.
Took too long today, took too long these past ten years.
Not...
2018-12-2802 min
SwivelableAoSW - Elephant FlyWhile elephants in the wild need our support, there are deranged elephants, in Washington and other cities around the world, stomping the life out of this earth and poisoning our families. Become a fly - let your voice be heard. Stand against the deceit and corruption.
Mary - Expression, Lliam - Guitar, Chad - Drums, Rich - Bass, Zoid - Atmosphere
Elephant Poem - Judy Grahn
Suppose you have an elephant
with 56 millimeter trunk
and say he’s tearing up the jungle
(say you think he’s drunk or crazy)
How’re you going to bring that elephant down?
lion can’t...
2018-10-1404 min
SwivelableStream Journey 80minAn 80 minute sound immersion with pools, falls, and birds of a Catskill Mtn stream. In early summer there are enough rocks sticking out so walking up it is possible, as the stream has settled from its spring torrent and not yet disappeared into the occasional pools left from a hot dry August. The water is delightfully cold and feels wonderful when splashed on the arms and face.
2018-08-191h 19
SwivelableThunderstorm - 11minStaying dry in a pounding rainstorm is a quite comfortable feeling. I am very fortunate to live in a corner of the world where rising temperatures are coupled with precipitation, where the trees still hold the land intact, and the slope keeps the water moving.
This is the second in a series of extended water environs. It is a short section of Thunder and Heavy Rain. It's available for download for whenever you want to feel enveloped in some rainy woods. The full recording of this storm is 99 minutes.
2018-08-1411 min
SwivelableAoSW - Arnold Layne (Cover)An uptempo version of Syd Barrett's song which was released as a single (being condensed to 3 minutes), then banned for its being " too far removed from "normal" society". Later It was released on the compilation "Relics"
2018-06-3002 min
SwivelableAoSW - Water Hot Feedback JamTwo guitars and a bass celebrating a hot bath at the end of a journey. The instrumentation & delivery may be slightly different from Peregrin's original version.
2018-05-2507 min
2018-01-2905 min
SwivelableLoUD - Bugs Before DawnJust before the light returns small forms of life scurry, preparing for the prying eyes out there watching for edible movements.
An experimental jam with Lliam & Beva on Juno106 and Malcolm on Percs
2017-12-2607 min
SwivelableLuis Días - BorrachoElectric guitar and palo driven World music where Caribbean punk meets hard rock
2017-11-1004 min
SwivelableLuis Días - Palo De San Juan (ae Mateo Ae)Electric guitar and palo driven World music where Caribbean punk meets hard rock with socially charged lyrics
2017-10-0606 min
SwivelableLuis Días - Native ReservationEarth is a reservation we share, but it takes cooperation, not denigration.
Native reservation Letra y música: Luis Días
Acoustic tribute:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rz2HZX4tDFA
You been so bad with me
that I don't want it
to be your neighbor
or call you brother
You been so bad with me
that I don't want it
to walk your street
or drink your water
Native reservation we are
we are living in New York city
but you never wonder why
Looking for solutions we are
but you never listen to me
you are the on...
2017-06-0804 min
SwivelableLuis y Lliam - Native Reservation (Live)Luis and Lliam live on WNYC radio
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rz2HZX4tDFA with Yasser Tejeda
Native reservation Letra y música: Luis Días
You been so bad with me
that I don't want it
to be your neighbor
or call you brother
You been so bad with me
that I don't want it
to walk your street
or drink your water
Native reservation we are
we are living in New York city
but you never wonder why
Looking for solutions we are
but you never listen to me
you are the one with the burro he...
2017-06-0303 min
SwivelableLliam - Mountain Breath Streamjourney of a few drips in the mountains to the swell of ocean
2017-05-1108 min
SwivelableLliam - Park Road BluesAcoustic guitar, Upright Bass & various Samples. Percussion is actual rhythms of a stream dripping.
Amazingly they did ban cars from the park in June 2018
Got to keep the cars out of Central Park
Cause life can't breathe fumes.
Got to stop relying on fuels that exhaust
And you can't start too soon.
I would rather breathe Gas from leaves
Than fumes of cars, incinerators and factories
Outside my window; blowing horns, burning gas.
Inside my window; plug your ears and wear a mask.
2017-04-1504 min
SwivelableOPC - That SoundTwo acoustic guitars, some synth doodling and a bit of percussion.
THAT 'SOUND SUCKS ALL THE FUN OUT OF WAKING'
That sound; solemn and desperate.
The determination of man; relentlessly stubborn.
Call it the waves crashing or the pitiless sand.
You get what you want and it's nothing at all.
Still you find yourself waiting all over again.
If there's nothing worth waking for there's nothing at all.
Took too long today, took too long these past ten years.
Not that we're in any hurry, just should have been there already.
Fucked up makes fucked up if you are or...
2017-04-0502 min
SwivelableLuis y Lliam - BwanaBuanna : Luis Días
¡Buanna!
¡Bueno Tiá, su misé!
¡Buanna!
¿cómo tan su misé?
Son to ra mi negree mise
llorando ra muiete
pú tú ro camino, ¡guay, guay!
ar negrito moragueró ro moto ra pinga
y io rengue una cancioncita
buanna!
Canta kumino ¡o yeah!
buanna
Rambe ra pinga ¡o yeah!
Dame mi cafecito por la mañana que me voy
¡Buanna!
¿cómo tan su misé?
¡Buanna!
bueno riá su misé
Son to ra mi negree mise
llerandó ra muite
pú tú ro camino, ¡guay, guay!
al negrito moragueró ro moto ra pinga
y io rengue una cancioncita
buanna!
Canta ku...
2016-10-0803 min
SwivelableLuis Días y Lliam - YipetaLuis on a Gibson Acoustic, Lliam on a Veillette Baritone 12 string
Vuelca la yipeta, las aguas negras
retumba el tambor, en la frontera
la yipeta busca muertos de la esquina
atrévete a andar por la isla
¿para qué le venden más gasolina?
¿para qué le venden su medicina?
de ambos lados el mismos dictador
de ambos lados el mismos dictador
un deseño americano
una cruz de cuervos da luz a una tumba
todo da un cuartel en la negrura
la yipeta busca muertos de la esquina
atrévete a andar por la isla
¿para qué le venden más gasoli...
2016-10-0503 min
SwivelableLuis y Lliam - Accidente (live)Luis y Lliam live on WNYC
El Accidente Letra y música: Luis Días
Fito sufró un accidente
en la avenida principal
que lo tuvo casi al borde de la muerte
huyendo de la presencia
escondida de un radar
se salió de los linderos
y dio vueltas
cuando volvió a su cabeza
todo parecía normal
se quiso limpiar el polvo de su t-shirt
su cráneo era una vitrina
llena de rayas y trazos
por los golpes contundentes recibidos
aunque a Joe no le imporara
ni tampoco lo sintiera
la radio seguía encendida
y la gente se acercaba...
2016-10-0403 min
SwivelableLliam - Children KnowMixing up the drums, adding electric guitar for lead. With children voices and keyboard on top of the Acoustic. One of my do everything constructs.
Where do they get it from? They get it from us.
Why do they do these things? They learn them from us.
How do the children know how to hate, who to hate?
They're watching us.
How do the children know how to love, who to love?
They're watching us.
They're watching, and waiting,
and wondering, and wanting.
How do the children know, They're learning from us.
2016-06-0502 min
SwivelableOPC - ElephantsInsight from MoNH, and Bronx zoo.
A steel string, nylon string, synthesizer and some percussion celebrating one of the most magnificent animals on earth. Band called Other Peoples Children.
Elephants; they eat plants. It makes no sense why we can't advance.
Beyond the greed that dooms them, we should leave some room for the elephants.
Waterhole's a must. When the water's all gone; dig with those tusks.
Bring the water on. Lots of creatures of the land depending on the elephant.
Elephants in a family. Tusks are for defense, not for mans' vanity.
Every piece of ivory that you buy...
2016-06-0305 min
SwivelableOPC - That Sound (clean)Two acoustic guitars, some synth doodling and a bit of percussion.
2016-06-0302 min
SwivelableOPC - HummingbirdMalcolm on nylon & Lliam on steel string Acoustics, Dave Edwards on Bass. Written by Malcolm Lucard
I am the hummingbird, I quiver by your bed.
There is a flower there, growing baby, baby inside your head.
I am the rocking chair, gonna rock you all night long.
Gonna hold you in my arms, lean you back,
rock and roll you baby till the break of dawn.
I am the alcohol, stirring inside your drink.
Gonna get to your heart, get to your mind,
bubble in your blood, baby no matter what you think.
2016-06-0104 min
SwivelableOPC - Dulce Et Decorum EstMalcolm on nylon & Lliam on steel string Acoustics, Beva on Perc .
Written by Malcolm Lucard
Recorded by Mike Grace
In a beatup barrio of bricks & linoleum down by the locked up water
Dirty Eddie & the coffee brewing of a young unwed daughter
The police & the drug lords of Panama City were snoring
When nana heard the helicopters, tanks & troops scream by the door
As the first explosions of dawn caught fire on the roof
She ran to the window but the word she heard were foreign
Dulce Et Decorum Est, Pro patria mori
Bullets bolted the doors on the poor...
2016-05-1604 min
SwivelableOPC - Deep Quiet Waters / Two Headed CalfOPC is
Lliam Steel string, voc, Malcolm - Nylon string, voc,
John - Bass, Beva - percussion
Recorded live to 2-track
The waters of Long Island Sound were home and life to me
I'd fish on gentle buoyant swells rake oyster from the sea
clams I'd dig from the muddy shore where kingfishers were angling
A seaweed coast on the Island of Shells called Seawahakie.
And you can see the sun sparkle on the water
waters that give life to everything around
The marsh lands and bays are a heritage that nurtures
the deep quiet waters of the Long Island...
2016-05-0309 min
SwivelableLoUD - BuzzdripThe stream was dripping off a strand of moss into a drop sized hole, each drip replacing the last with a varying amount of water, creating phrases with changing pitch.
2016-04-1402 min
SwivelableLliam - CountrysideTaylor guitar recorded in a round castle tower. Samples from the mountain, including the Barred Owl. Hope and Janice added backgrounds to the bass and perc. Can't wait to go back and sit in that knarly pine.
Also on track: Vanessa Walters: Dümbek, Dave Edwards: bass
Hope Johnson:vocals, Janice Marie Johnson:vocals
Birds of the woods
I cannot speak my mind is tied
With thoughts and dreams and hopes untried.
From a gnarly pine on a mountain high
Nothin out there but countryside
My dream would be to go where I will,
To walk where I want, to t...
2016-03-1303 min
SwivelableLuis Días y Lliam - La YolaLa Yola - Two acoustic guitars and vocals.
La yola se va
La yola se va y te deja
la yola rodando po el suelo y se va
y se va y se va la yola y se va
En un botao yo la arreglé
le di asá por toda parte
de noche y de día también
Por eso me mataron
a mi me asesinaron
entonces ya no quiero
que me vuelvan a matar
woy woy
La tierra e pa sembrala
dijo Tingó
la tierra es de nosotros
dijo Tingó
2015-12-3105 min
SwivelableOPC - HungerOPC is
Lliam Steel string, voc, Malcolm - Nylon string, voc,
John - Bass, Beva - percussion
Recorded live to 2-track
It makes no sense trying to balance my head
The heart runs cold, the mind has lost control
Hunger, reaching out beyond reach
Frustration is all that's left to eat
Makes a whole lot of difference and no difference at all
When you're reaching for the high place, and all you do is fall
Is this a joke or a curse gone wild
In truth no hope, dreams that pass in a while
Hunger, reaching out beyond reach
Frustration...
2015-12-3102 min