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…the stuff so old, I don’t even know what it is, but can only feel my way around the edges of it, see it’s tracks through the dirt. [for electric guitar, cello, synth] This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit briancshort.substack.com

What is awful about this is how utterly normal it is. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit briancshort.substack.com

“Rather than putting things together, let’s take them apart,” says the man with no eyes. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit briancshort.substack.com

A time of life / of simply having answers / to questions you’d never thought to ask. [for field recording, acoustic & electric guitar, piano] This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit briancshort.substack.com

Who is Mr.? [for synth, electric guitar] This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit briancshort.substack.com

Reeds and tall grasses throughout. [for field recording, synth, cello] This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit briancshort.substack.com

This kid is just annoying. Though he’s got his own prominent role, now he’s shadowing me on stage, hovering around and peering over my shoulder at the card in my hand as I’m trying to read it. Though I’ve been doing this part for a while, tonight I simply can’t manage. I stumble through the sentences and flub it terribly. It isn’t necessarily because of this kid who’s bugging me (though the kid is...

Armies of collapse. [for electric guitar, piano & acoustic guitar] This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit briancshort.substack.com

Armies of soft derangement. [for dvina, cello, electric guitar, pressure0Oo] This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit briancshort.substack.com

[for electric guitar, synth] This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit briancshort.substack.com

[for electric guitar, cello] This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit briancshort.substack.com

“Asakusa” is a response to my first visit to Japan in February of 2023, staying in the Asakusa neighborhood of Tokyo, with its river and elevated highway and frenetically busy temple. I don’t know why I chose Asakusa for my first visit, but then again, why not? Knowing nothing about the layout of Tokyo, it made as much sense as anything for a place to start. The piece is composed first from field...

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit briancshort.substack.com

The several-times silence (out) of need and remembrance. [for acoustic & electric guitar, cello, synth, just intonation] This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit briancshort.substack.com

I like the idea that people are a story. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit briancshort.substack.com

[for electric & acoustic guitar, cello, dvina, ghost] This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit briancshort.substack.com

Among? Or first, you see: a-mong. He will go a-mong them. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit briancshort.substack.com

eyes was not / of film as / you can still get a This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit briancshort.substack.com

Persons in juxtaposition; the heads of persons, juxtaposed. They will – they do – face each other and they will (do) speak, are (are) speak(ing). This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit briancshort.substack.com

Remember the Unborn Child, hyperborean, immense. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit briancshort.substack.com

Examination of the offering; the offering is accepted, and grrr…. grrrrr … the god becomes manifest. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit briancshort.substack.com

oOo This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit briancshort.substack.com

I shaved today my muzzy mug, shaved it bare and clear. Cut off my eyes, my nose, my mouth, I even cut the ears. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit briancshort.substack.com

The room was full of people who were not there. Amsterdam, August 2022. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit briancshort.substack.com

He was not a rhetorician. But he knew one from before. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit briancshort.substack.com