Showing posts with label Ollie Halsall. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ollie Halsall. Show all posts

Saturday, January 24, 2015

RUSTY STRINGS (PROFESSIONAL CONCERNS)






4 January.  In the morning.

                Didn’t sleep well last night.  I have decided to submit a memorandum to the Soviet of People’s Commissars as I am convinced that the reconstruction of citizens on new principles should be carried out on a national scale.

5 January.  In the morning.

                Didn’t sleep well last night.  I have decided that the reconstruction should be carried out on a universal, or in other words, cosmic scale.

The same date.  In the evening.

                The moment I got home I sat down at my desk to work on my memorandum.  However, when I came to practical suggestions I was compelled to discontinue my composition as the train of my thought had come to an obstacle.  Namely:  I didn’t know how and into what substance the citizens should be turned.






Rusty Strings (Ollie Halsall): Medium Twist (Link)

Text:  Lev Lunts, The Outgoing Letter N37 (1921)

Friday, July 4, 2014

THAT'S WHAT WE DID TODAY





Washing our socks in the dark
Burning the snow in the park
Didn't have much to say
But that's what we did today

Shaking our fist at the moon
Tried to catch stars in a spoon
Watching the children play
That's what we did today




Drinking up a bottle of wine
Messing around with time
Looking for something to say
That's what we did today

Running around in the nude
Making the neighbours feel rude
Remembering how to play
That's what we did today




Holding our baby tight
Making it through the night
Trying to find our way
That's what we did today

Wishing upon a star!
How far away is far?
Don't understand what you say
That's what we did today




Lyric:  “That’s What We Did Today” (Ayers/Halsall), from “Falling Up.”