A unique, hand-made artifact created by Illustrator Jamie B. Wolcott. Each 7" x 7" collector's edition volvelle (or "spinny") is constructed and screen-printed by the artist and includes an instant download of all the music. THIS IS A DIGITAL RELEASE.
Turn the wheel to create your own cantastoria as you listen to four musicalized Baudelaire poems by Curtis Eller's American Circus and New Town Drunks!
An initial run of 200 of these special items will be created.
Includes unlimited streaming of Baudelaire in a Box: Songs of Anguish
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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lyrics
THE JOYFUL DEAD
In the key of Am
In rich earthy soil infested with snails
I wish to dig my own grave
Where I can at leisure, stretch out my old bones
And sleep like a shark in the waves
For I have a hatred for testaments and tombs
And rather than implore the world’s sorrow
I’d sooner, while living, invite down the crows
To drain all my blood and my marrow
I’d sooner, while living, invite down the crows
To drain all my blood and my marrow
Oh Worms! Black comrades, deaf and blind
Take this dead body sinking down, joyful and free
I leave this body to you….wanton philosophers
You, wanton philosophers
You children of rotting soil!
So dig through my ruin without remorse
Learn what tortures may still haunt the bed
Of this old soulless body, dead among dead
Dead among dead
This old soulless body, dead among dead
Dead among dead
credits
from Baudelaire in a Box: Songs of Anguish,
released May 27, 2015
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CURTIS ELLER'S AMERICAN CIRCUS:
Curtis Eller: banjo & lead vocal
Dana Marks: harmony vocal
Shea Broussard: harmony vocal
Louis Landry: drums, accordion, glockenspiel, keyboards, vocal
William Dawson: vibraphone
Douglas Vuncannon: upright bass
These banjo instrumentals were recorded outside at night, so the backdrop is full of cricket songs—the perfect accompaniment. Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 29, 2022
