EPISODE · Feb 28, 2024 · 4 MIN
That Confounded Code
from Orchestra naïF · host Orchestra naïF
Widely circulated within post-colonial circles this bit of choice orientalist pomposity: the Anglo-Ottoman charge d'affaires a wealth of secondary smoke lies well within his horoscope Was it only yesterday? That confounded code! in parade-ground plaid the embers and the burble of a morning hookah he took and has been had Won’t you stay for luncheon? stray from script at billiards? blather to the raja in ruinous prose? [ad-lib ruinous prose] misremembered polo clubs, thrashed ponies and their squires; a mismatch in the Levant; a royal bash, a royal hash of empires Was it only yesterday? That confounded code! I merely wish to humbly inquire, Sire amidst the devestating wreckage of your crumbling empire: Was it only yesterday? That confounded code! Joel Banner Baird: lyrics, acoustic bass and guitar jhaffur khan azad darakth: duduks, clarinet, voice and drums
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Widely circulated within post-colonial circles this bit of choice orientalist pomposity: the Anglo-Ottoman charge d'affaires a wealth of secondary smoke lies well within his horoscope Was it only yesterday? That confounded code! in parade-ground plaid the embers and the burble of a morning hookah he took and has been had Won’t you stay for luncheon? stray from script at billiards? blather to the raja in ruinous prose? [ad-lib ruinous prose] misremembered polo clubs, thrashed ponies and their squires; a mismatch in the Levant; a royal bash, a royal hash of empires Was it only yesterday? That confounded code! I merely wish to humbly inquire, Sire amidst the devestating wreckage of your crumbling empire: Was it only yesterday? That confounded code! Joel Banner Baird: lyrics, acoustic bass and guitar jhaffur khan azad darakth: duduks, clarinet, voice and drums
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