c e l l o d r e a m s
& the cosmic pit orchestra

	the stones breathe 
	in years
	blue and gray and white and deep
	and precipitous--
	the stones bear our weight
	gather us in kindness
	in silence or in light
	remember fern 
	and leaf and bone
	tremble and crack
	like ice or lightning
	sing of the dead
	split like seeds in the ground
	and feed us minerals
	hold all the roots
	stones roll and shift
	with their secrets
	in their beds
	stir the moons
	and dream

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cd: cosmic pit orchestra - twisted & frayed (2006)

the quaker meetinghouse series

psychedelic improv journeys - richie townsend on electric guitar, kathy mctavish on cello, emily montgomery on percussion

track » twisted, frayed, held

track » wire web

track » accordian on edge

track » under the bridge

track » love migration

cd: cosmic pit orchestra - grief & love (2006)

the quaker meetinghouse series

psychedelic improv journeys - richie townsend on electric guitar, kathy mctavish on cello, emily montgomery on percussion

track » post-industrial love (long song, very large file)

track » song for gate & pipe

track » grief

track » glass

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cd: cosmic pit orchestra - gossiping dolphins (2006)

the quaker meetinghouse series

psychedelic improv journeys - richie townsend on electric guitar, kathy mctavish on cello, emily montgomery on percussion

track » whales on acid

track » modal impasse

track » mixo caravan

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journal: cellodreams - love things (2008 solo cello)

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track » love things (1)

track » graphite sky

track » nesting grounds

track » crane language

track » lone birds

track » boat to alright

track » love things (2)

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journal: cellodreams - night language (2007 solo cello & coffeepot)

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some initial sketches...

track » polar night

track » shaft of light

track » raven window

track » night flying

track » moon boat

track » whisper darkness

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journal: cellodreams - the infinite between (2007 solo cello)

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some intial sketches...

track » subterranean fields

track » industrial dreamscape 1

track » drifting currents

track » distant storm horses

track » surreal wind pipes

track » old wooden ship

track » bear journeys

track » walking crows

track » chance canvas 1

track » chance canvas 2

track » chance canvas 3

track » chance canvas 4

track » yes

track » whirl, whirl

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cd: cellodreams - lines (2007 solo cello)

an experimental, minimalist sound - lines

track » line 1

track » line 2

track » line 3

track » line 4

track » line 5

track » line 6

track » line 7

track » line 8

track » line 9

track » line 10

track » line 11

track » line 12

track » line 13

track » line 14

i heard what you played this morning

sheila packa

	I heard what you played this morning,
	some long flexing in the lake ice, groaning,
	strumming on barbed wire,
	like the workings of an old clock
	coils and geared wheels
	and something ticking.  
	It's like driving along a night road,
	things in the headlights fleeing, and at the end?
	Lines.  Like the long fault lines resonating.
	I did sleep some but from this most ecstatic union,
	there is no recovering.
	The poem here needs deepening.  
	There is more to it.   The pattern will develop longer, deeper.  
	The constellation brings together things that start resonating.
	Each star fiery in its fastening.

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